West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-05-10

Mrs. q. w. Martin, of the Hotel Gordon,
has been quite i'll with the grip.
IL. S. whe,sell was at Fairmon, this
week attending District Convention.
There are quite a number Of cases of grip
in town and il seems to be almost epidemic.
Chester Reed, the brother of c. l..
Reed, the barber is here to attend school,
but is sick with the grip.
Ashford w. Brown is in town this week.
He is now travelling for the Standard School
Furniture Company of Chicago, and has
been working this county.
DIR. IIartigan has leased the Wiley
home on Chancery Hill at Morgantown and
will convert il into sanitarium where
invalids may be treated and restored TO
health.
Rev. George A. Doyle, formerly Presby-
ierian minister at Clarksburg, Philppi and
elsewhere, was expelled from the Lexington,
KY, presbytery for drunkenness and viola
ton of the eighth and ninth commandments.
The department of the Public school
taught by Miss lisa Monroe, closed yester-
day, being behind the other departments on
account of being in the new annex. Miss
Monroe will open up again next Monday
with a term of subscription school.
The Chadwick Day Committee at Nor.
gantown had 5000 left over Of the expense
fund for that occasion and have been trying
ever since 10 agree on some plan for dis
posing of il and have finally decided to
adopt Senator Willeys suggestion and inyes
it in library for the High School.
We hope the Town Council will enforce
the dog ordinance this year and collect the
tax on every dog in the corporation There
are about four times as many dogs in town
as are returned by the assessor or taxed.
aud the matter should be looked after.
Is IT possible that another young lawyer is
going to break out here ? 1t looks like il
from the following local in Morgantown
paper
ID. b. Hardwick, of the senior law class,
who took the recent bar examination, left
to-day for Preston county
| The Terra Alta Dramatic Company gave
a very good performance in the Court House
here last Thursday night to fair sized
audience. The play was "Haze Adams"
an old time Southern story, and considering
that there was no stage or music, the per
formance was very good.
Major Fields lost his best horse Yesterday
with lock-jaw. II had been sick for several
! days and he sent TO Fairmont for veterinary
surgeon who arrived yesterday evening and
/ Pronunced it lockjaw and ordered the horse
shot, which was done. The Major says he
was offered sI5o recently for the horse
The wind caused a very destructive fire at
Etam Tuesday of this week. a FIRE started
in the NJ. f. parsonage. and as everything
was so dry and high wind blowing, there
was no stopping it till the rain came. In
the meantime the Parsonage, residence and
barn of Joseph w. Davis and residence of
Byron Peasley we're all destroyed, entailng
loss of from four TO six thousand dollars.
We have received a letter from James A.
Mouser of this county, now at Fort Keogh,
Montana, where he Is stationed in the
Regular Army, as Trumpeter Of Troop "F,"
Ist Cavalry. lie enlisted in April, 1900,
and has been at Fort Keogh all the time,
except about four months on detached ser.
vice al Camp Merritt. Montana lie writes
for The ARGUS to get the news from old
Preston.
Here is a three days record that is hard
TO beat by any physician in this county
Born, 20 Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Iiston. Of
Alhdghtsville, May 9th, boy.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. I'd. Walls. Of
TOWNSVILLE. May 9TH, boy.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Bear. Of
TOWNSVILLE, May 9Th. Girl.
Born, to Dr. and Mrs. Sherwood, May
9Th, boy.
Dr.. u. w. Showalter attending physician
in all the above cases. This will call for
four more Republican platforms for the
babies TO play with, according TO the Hon
u. S. G.. Pliers statement.
The will Of the late =. ri. Keck. who
died at Morgantown, recently, has been
fled with the County Clerk and shows con.
siderable property, estimated at from forty
70 fifty thousand dollars in personal prop
eriy and realty lie leaves the home on
the West Side, where they resided and all
land on that side Of the pike 10 his widow
and 5000 every year as long as she lives.
The rest Of the estate IS to be held IN trust
by two executors for twenty years for the
benefit Of the children Of Julius Keck, who
lived near Reedsville, this county. for
long time before his death and for the
children Of the attorneys son, l.. v. Keck.
the lawyer at Morgantown and the latter is
therefore virtually cot out entirely and gets
nothing himself