West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-26

Miss Lula Martin is visiting friends at
P,,shurg and Oil City.
Morley Thomas has been here The past
week visiting his parents.
James a. wardweI, Of Warrington. has
been here the past week on business.
Rober, Johnston, of Harrisburg. Pa, was
in Kingwood from Saturday till Monday.
Miss Celia ShafIer, Of Carmel has been
here visiting friends dunng the pas, week.
Lloyd Watson has been. at Buffalo the
past ten days taking in the big show there.
Miss Pearl Stone will teach the Foreman
Gate School this winter over near Hayden.
$. l.. cobun. the Mason,own merchant.
was here last Friday and gave us paying
call.
Several of our people are preparing to GO
to Buffalo next week to attend the Exposi.
ton.
George 5. Deakins, who lives above Row
lesbnrg. was in town last Friday and CAV.
us a call.
Miss Nora Craig left Thursday to visit
friends in Piusburg accompanied by Master
Preniis Wilson.
Charley Copeman, who clerks for Riggs
Co. at Terra Alta, was in town Saturday
night and Sunday.
Mrs. Morgan Orr and baby from New.
burg have been here this week visiting
friends and relatives.
Mrs Allen Fawee,t got her hand badly
mashed in cider press last week. Drs.
Pratt and King were summoned to render
surgical aid.
Miles Cobun, the buyer for Bouahelds big
store at ruuuelton, returned last week from
tnp to the Pau-American Exposition.
Postmaster Henry Murdoch returned last
Thursday evening from the Salt Sulphur
Springs of Webster county where he had
been for his health.
Hon. William 6. Brown left last Sunday
with his daughter Jessie for Tyrone, Pa. to
place her in school there. lie returned
home yesterday evening.
The large, new and handsome storc-room
in the a. w. Albright building adjoining
The ARGUS Office is almost ready for use
and will be occupied by John IL Garner
who will move across the street into it.
Forest Martin returned to Philadelphia
last Saturday TO resume his work there
after some time spent here with his parents
and at the bedside of his father DR.. Winfield
Scott Martin, who has been very i'll but is
much improved now.
Mrs. Perry Siemple and baby arrived here
last Saturday from Buckhannon where they
have been residing for some time. They
remained here over Sunday visiting and
then went on over TO Amboy on Monday to
visit her husbands relatives
John S. Dunn, of near Reedsville, and
President of the County Court was in town
several days last week on business. Mr..
and Mrs. Damn recently returned from
ten days trip to the Pan-American Exposi.
ton and at Toronto, Canada.
The Parkersburg Presbytery is in session
this week down at Winfield in Putnam
county and Rev. Ramsey of this place is in
attendance. Rev. T. T. Brown, of Terra
Alta, is presiding as Moderator and Rev. ].
M. Buckhannon, of Morganiown, is Clerk
The session will close today.
Geo. p. Watson, son of Thomas 7. Wat
son of near Reedsvlle, is now in the regular
array, a member of Troop f. of the I2th
Cavalry, stationed at Fort Mcintosh, Texas,
right on the Mexican border. 'Pete" as
we used to call him writes for THE ARcus
in order to keep posted on the news of old
Preston.
There was surprise party at the Presby-
terrain manse here Thursday night of last
week. Quite number of the members of
the Presbyterian church and friends Of the
pastor and wife found ont that 1t was the
seventh anniversary of their marriage and
gave them surprise party making it very
pleasant occasion all around.
Miss Stacia Liston, of Lansing, Ohio,
was in town this week accompanied by her
sister Miss Hettie of Muddy Creek Hill,
below Albrghlsyille. They were visiting
friends here and left yesterday for Ohio
where the former has made her home the
past thirteen years, coming out here nearly
every summer to visit her old home. Her
sister went back with her this time to spend
the winter in Ohio.
The 20 tracts Of coal land in Valley dis
triot advertised for sale at the front door Of
the Court House here by the special com.
missioners appointed by the court in the
suit of Jonathan Barrett vs.. The West Vir-
ginia r. X, after being postponed from
Tuesday we're disposed Of on Friday after
noon and sold in one tract Of about 3soo
acres to Chadwick from Morgantown who
was here to buy it for George c. Stureiss
The whole amount went for $4,000 or a
little less than 81 per acre. Charley Craig
cried the sale.
From the Hants Journal Of Windsor
Novia Scotia, Of Sept. IS, we clip the fol-
lowing:
Misses Maude and Josephine Bombcrger,
daughters Of Major NJ. Bombcrger, Of
Boonsboro. Maryland, are guests % Judge
and Mrs. iIokc, stopping a few DAYS at the
American Consulate. Major Bombereet is
an old friend Of Judge Iloke, their friend
ship dating back TO The days of the civil
war. We hope these young ladies are en-
oying their stay in Windsor and that they
will be pleased enough 90 return again.
One Of our staff met these visitors on Mon
day and greatly enjoyed the brief acquain.
tanceship