West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-04-04
Terra Alta.


Mrs Rev Roger aud Miss Porter. Of
Aurora. were Terra Alta business visitors
Monday
Mrs. ]. ]. Gnseman OF Kmgwood. spent
part of last week in Terra Alta the guest
OF old friends
Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Forman, OF near
LenoN, are spending the present week in
Terra Alta guests Of relatives.
The Misses Copp of Corinth. spent sun.
DAY aud Monday In Terra Alta. the guests
OF MIR and Mrs David Beeghley
Cioyd Crane, who superintends store
at Mabie W. Va spent Saturday, sunday
aud Monday with his faulty at this place.
Or, Jarrett the Grafton dcntist is
making his regular call in Terra Alta this
week aud is overwhelmed with dental
work
"SunSet Hail. Is being thoroughly over.
hauled repapered aud generally beauti.
fed in anticipation Of an early and success.
| ful season.
Miss Ellen Council spent several DAYS of
this week at her Oakland millinery store
experimenting the opening of her large
stock OF goods.
John White. who is a student az Lindsay
institute wheeling is at home Tor the
holoays' spic and span in his uniform and
looking every inch the student
| Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. w Robinso, aud
Tamil, will leave about MAY 6rst ON an
extended visit to relatives in Illinois and
VIII be absent nearly all OF the summer.
The venerable Isaac Elliott and family
are removing this week from their old home
near Aibrightsvillo TO their new purchase
the Jacob Elsey farm-down ON saltIick
Our millinery stores had their opening
days tho latter part OF last week and
Judging from the streams OF ladies that
passed in and out business was I'm the
push
Charles Low. who has been at Morgan
town and points Ia Pennsylvania during
the winter months. has returned to Terra
Alta Tor the summer aud will assist Lee A.
Forman in the pop works
William Hayden and family. who have
resided for couple of years past at LaSo
Terra Alta. are removing this week to the
Craborchard, where they will occupy the
hayden farm which they lately purchased.
Mrs. Mary Cramer. who had been in a
Baltimore hospital Tor some weeks. under
going treatment for a broken knee r.,
turned home Friday evening last. greatly
| improved and is the guest OF MIR. and Mrs.
| Jos Beatty, on State Street.
Mrs. Rebecca Feather. who with her
youngest daughter, Miss Bessie, spent the
past winter as the guest OF Rev. and Mrs
Berry. at MasiIlon, Ohio returned home
Thursday evening last. Miss bessie will
remain at Masiilon until June.
Rev f. 4. Brown for more than two
years past paste" Of the Presbyterian church
at this place. rendered his resignation TO
! MS congregation sunday last. and viii
shortly remove from Terra Alta. Rev
Brown has made warm friends here who
viii regre, his departure.
Mr. and Mrs Daniel |. Herndon and
little son, Chester departed Tuesday
morning for 81 Louis Mo. the old home OF
Mrs. Herndon, where they will visit for a
while and will then proceed TO Kansas
CITY Mo where Mr. II. has been trans.
ferred by the U. S. Weather Bureau.
Messrs. Bolden s Brown the Oakland
furniture de ilers who had arranged 70 place
a branch house at this place. have given
mp the idea and have opened branch at
Piedmont. w Va Terra Alta and Pros.
ton county in general will continue to be
supplied by tho old reliable furniture and
carpet house of Messrs. ]. II. Rodeheaver
& Son.
The Morris millinery store has been re.
moved from the McGinns building on
state Street to tho room in the Lamb build.
ing lately vacated by Jos Adair This room
had been fitted up for a new millinery bus
mess that was to have been opened by Mrs.
Heaton and Miss Grace Chidestcr. but at
the last moment these ladies decided to
locate elsewhere.
a man named Bucklew ran amuck here
last Thursday evening having imbibed too
freely and was promptly run in by Police.
man Holland lie wanted TO whip the
mayor Tor imposing fine and for a time
blue biazes aoatcd about the justice shop.
but IN tho end he cooled of and took his
medicine in the usual way No monkeying
with our chief of police and crack mayor
The weather during the past week OF
rather from last Tuesday until SUNDAY. was
nothing TO brag on IN this section. and all
the frogs, robins and blue jays that sang
so merriIy took sudden flight southwark to
seek the sun. Terra Alta weather proph.
cts look for an Easter storm. and az
ter that. praise the Lord. we may hope for
good weather. Such as ploascs all kin.
bred and tribes
Dr. J. r, ShaGcr and his patient. Mrs
Nordcck returned Friday last from BALI
more. where they had been for several
days in the interest Of the lady's oversight
which had been almost totally DESTROYED
by cataracts. Mrs. Nordeck Is Of good
old age. but stood the trip and the opera
ton for the removal Of cataracts yer,
well She Is the mother Of Messrs Dan. (
Jas. y. and Christian Nordeck three oil
Portland districts most prominent farmers
Chas Spndler late Of Bruceton Is busil,
engaged az the Mason shop East End IL
erecting handsome and expensive house
aud will shortly embark in the undertaklnt
business atTerra Alta Mr. Spindlcr car
ried on tho business OF undertaking sue
cossiuily Tor five years az Bruccion havin,
formerly studied under an undertaken oil
long experience and also having attended
Prof sullivan's School of Embalmisg Al
Piusburg. Charlie IS good mechanic at
earnest and popular young man and vii
doubtless meet with success in his new
calling
To venerable George Fcarcr father %
merchant q. x Fcarcr Of Terra Alta die,
vcrj suddenly 40 bis sons residence her,
Friday evening Of last week. az about 10 q,
O'Clock The gentleman wss as we'll a,
usual and enjoying fairly good hcBin
dnrlnr m. dIr anh .rLnn r.tl.l.. -.