West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-08-01

Charles w. Beerbower. of Terra Alta.
was here last Friday and gave us pleasan,
call.
Hon. NJ. G.Holmes, of Ciarksburg. ex.
consul to China, was IN K,newOOd las,
week.
Col. jim Lakin and Cashier 0. c. Crane.
OF Terra Alta, were in town on business las,
Friday.
Miss Florence FOr,ney. Of Bridgeport.
Ohio has been here visiting friends and
relatives.
l.. NJ. Albright has been IN again this
week aud Joseph Jackson had charge Of the
store for him.
Messrs. Charles +. Reed aud Frank and
Rafe Hayden, of Fairmont, arc here stop
ping at The Inn.
Clark L. White, Of Portland district, was
here the other day and dropped in 10 renew
his subscription.
Several Gypsies passed through town
Monday. They had been eamped down
below here over Sunday.
The mines at Irona have been shut down
on account of scarcity of water and the
railroad is on short allowance.
DIR. II a. Jarrett, the Grafton dentist. will
be at Terra Alta Angus, sIh for days, a,
Newburg August 9th for days.
Mr. S. ID. Gatewood and family and
niece, Mis- Emily Allen, spent Saturday
and Sunday visiting friends and relatives
out in Valley district
Willard Carr came over las, Saturday from
Grafton to see his daughters, who have been
here visiting their grandmother. lie re-
turned home Tuesday.
The Aurora term of Summer Normal
School is progressing nicely nnder Prof.
Lee Post of the Seminary at Buekhanuon.
There are IS students enrolled.
Miss Martha Copeman arrived home last
Saturday from Washington City where she
is employed in the Census Department and
Tom Weaver has opened up barber shop
at TOWNSVILLE in the new building across the
railroad track from Cookies store lie has
purchased barber chair and other supplies
from Reed & Keller.
Mr.. and Mrs. John { Conlif and child, of
Washington City, are expected here this
week for a months stay at The Inn Mr..
Conlif is representative of the Stief Piano
and an experienced tuner.
Judge Edmund Messenger has moved into
his new house down below the old depot
site and has one Of the handsomest proper
ties in town and the finest spnng and dressed
stone milk-house in the county.
William b. Parkhurst, an old Kingwood
boy, has been appointed stenographer for
the uew Federal District Court, under
Judge Keller with headquarters at Charles
ton where Mr.. Parkhurst resides.
John Sharps, an old Kingwood boy,
writes us from Oron, Missouri, that he is
working there now and has good Job on a
dredge boat Says everything in that
section is drying up except the mosquitoes
and that it is very warm out there
Dancing is said to make a girls feet
large; ice cream produces freckles; hanging
on the gate brings on consumption; chewing
gum d'storts the mouth playing on the
piano destroys the beauty Of the hands, while
washing dishes causes the chaps to come
and propose.-Ex.
The barber firm of Reed & Keller have
purchased the shop at Tunnelton of Cecil
Montgomery and now have charge up there
aud down here both. Mr.. Keller will run
the shop at Tunnelton while Mr.. Reed will
remain here, assisted by Mr.. Montgomery
who comes back to Kingwood.
A young man called ON one of our physi-
clans and obtained a prescription for nervous
trouble. Upon receiving it and promising
to pay him later, he requested the doctor to
loan him the amount necessary to have il
filled. The NJ. ID. took the prescription,
tore itup and remarked TO the young man
that he guessed he didn't need any "nerve"
tonic Weston Democrat.
-. +. Davis left last night for Terra Alta,
where he will begin the frame work on the
handsome new residence of G. $. Sands at
that place. When this building is com.
pleted it will be one Of the handsomest
summer cottages in the State. Several
building sites have been purchased at Terra
Alta by our prominent citizens who are
contemplating building fine resid ences. -
Clarksburg Herald.
The funeral Of J. p. Sinclair. son Of Alex
and Mary NJ. Sinclair, who was in Company
Of the 4Gst Regiment, u. S. Volunteer
Infantry and was drowned in the Philippine
Islands on the goth Of August, 1900 and
buried in the National Cemetery at Grafton.
on the Goth of April 1901, will be preached
by Rev Lewis, at Sinclair Ridge church,
J miles from Rowlesburg. on the 18th Of
August az 10 O'Clock a. m.
Several post Office changes have taken
place in this county the past week -. s.
Wilt has resigned as postmaste at Amboy
and II w. Mason has been appointed in
his place. H. a. Feather has been appoin.
ted at Hayden, in place Of +. b. Hayden.
who resigned and r w. TichneU has been
appointed al Pleasant Hill to succeed w.
NJ. Uphold, who resigned Also !. r..
Simpson has been appointed at Marques 70
succeed j. NJ. Huffman, who resigned also.
Here are three items from the Grafton
Sentinel
Editor John RI. Zirkle, Of the Phibppi