The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-01-08

day "r two last week.
Nathaniel Ellison, of Okla, was
looking after affairs about the court
house one day last week.
james Huffman brought up the
safe for the bank from Palestine, on
his gasoleue boat, Edith III.
Attorney Alfred E. Kenpdy spent
a day or two in town last week, look
iug after his legal affairs here.
The town election went of very
peacably, there being only about four
ttths Of the vote of the town cast.
Misses ArabeI Bennett Mona Terrell
and Eva Peninger, we're visiting
Mira j. D. Slalnaker one day last
week.
|, Squire Jane, Douglas, OF Wash.
ington district, was attending 20 some
legal matters about the court house
last Friday.
A. j. Petit, one Of the good natur
ed and prosperous farmers, OF the
Bigben, Was in town last Wednesday
evening.
We have been crowed with job
WORK every since we assumed con.
troll Of the Chronicle. And still it
continues to come.
z, II. Fluharty, one of our c5un-
TVS prosperous and up-to date farm.
er's, was looking after legal affairs in
the city last Thursday,
Rev. a. $. Kelley will begin
series of meetings at the Baptist
Church here at his next regular ap
pointment, ON the fourth Sunday.
Read our notices af judicial sales.
Several tracts Of valuable real estate
will be sold next court, aud no doubt
many Of them will sell for much
less than their real value.
Several conversions and eight nc
ceSsions to the church, WAS the re
suit of the series of meetings held at
Inc. Bland school house on Bull river,
by Rev j. ID. Stalnakcr,
Capt. n. Williams claim. that his
gasoicue boat, Eiurrican, is the fastest
boat on the riYei, and that he can
make The run from Creston here IN
g. hours. She lauded nj our wharf
last Friday evening, being her sec
omd trip here.
Quite number Of our friends had
thelr names added TO our subscription
list during holidays, for which ne are
thankful We still have room fur 1t
few more, and if you want to read the
best paper published Ia the Little
Kanawha Valley, send us in your
name.
Dir A.. j. Pickering, the popular
aud obHging post master, has obtain.
ed leave Of absence from the T.. o.
Department for three months, and
will attend medical college at
louisville, Ky, during the time
The office here will be in the custody
OF Ward H. Belts and Miss Nora
Huffman, his assistants, during hls
absence.
1t will be news to most ofour read.
er- to learn that Charley Walker,
who gained such aR unenviable rep
ulatiou in the circuit court few
years ago, and who was sent to the
peuiIenliary from This county for
stealing a horse from Perry Mace,
was killed in the Philippine Islands
recently, while fighting brayely tor
his country.
}. \ Waldo left Sunday for
Clurksburg to attend the trial of his
brother, who stands indicted IN the
| Harrison county circuit court for
murder. The circumstances sur.
rounding the case are such that it j..
believed the trial will not amount to
much, aud tina; his brother will be
acquitted Waldo was ON the po.
lice force at Clarksburg, when a fight
vas started ou the street, and the
people reported TO him tha. man
bad killed a boy, and he started to
arrest him. Tie made his escape, and
attempted to swim the river some dis.
lance from where the disturbance oc.
Cured when boy ON the opposite
side hearing the hue and cry, shot
and killed him At the time. Waldo
was mile or more away, and knew
nothing OF il until after il was all
over IT then developed that the
man bad not seriously hurt the boy.