West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20
DR.. Alex Leeds. Dentist. Grafton.

The Stuck house. occupied by Samuel 7.
Sterling, has been improved by a new coat
of paint.
Isaac Elliott, who now lives over on Lan,z
Ridge, near Amboy, was here las, week on
business.
Scott FELTON,, the new Justice of the Peace
on the East Side, gave us paying call the
other day.
Edward GreaseT and Miss Ella Barlow
and Melvin Kellar and Miss May Swearin.
gen spen, Sunday at Terra Alta.
DIR. w. NJ. Sivey and wife and Nc. ana
Mrs J. J. Thomas, of Tunnel,on, were here
Saturday night.
Get your wall paper at Gibson Bros, Tun.
melton, w. Va. Their line is new, clean,
and the price is right.
Henry Cramer, who runs the Electric
Light Plant, has gone to housekeeping in
Will Blaney's house, back of Lenhart's
store.
George c Giles has been over in Pennsyl-
wanna recently attending the funeral of his
mother, who died of old age and general
debility.
Row Martin, of near Gainesville, was here
during the past week visiting friends. lie is
sun on clutches from the broken leg he got
last tall.
J. Frank Lan,z, old Kiugwood boy,
and now editor of the Telescope at HiIdreth.
Nebraska, has been appointed postmaster of
that town.
Grove &. Jackson has moved into his new
house At the head of Main street, and Iohn
b. Ford has moved to the property vacated
by Jackson.
Engine No. o, of the w. V. n. r. r.,
took FIRE Tuesday night and all the wood
work was burned up before il could he ex.
tinguished.
George Buckalew has had his house
painted and well bored on his 10, by the
we'll boring machine that has been operating
around town.
Stanhope Crane arrived home last week
from the military academy at Danvil.e,
Kentucky, and has grown so that his friends
hardly knew him.
Red Ball Flour at J. II. Gamers Bar
gain Store, Price Street, Kingwood, at only
90 cents per sack and guaranteed to give
excellent satisfaction. Try sack of il and
see for yourself.
Mrs. III. s. Whetsel left last week for
Aurora to remain till after the wedding of
her sister, Lulu Alice Lantz, to Oscar c.
Wilt, which event came off last evening at
Mountain View House
Jasper n. Calvert is at Morgantown, w here
he has position with the Electric Light
Company and will take course in Civil
Engineering at the University lie is stop
ping with J. Ami Martin.
The Board of Regents of the University
are in a hole about $4,000 Indebtedness
left them as special bequest by the old
Board. OF this amount sII, 900 is on
salaries and $4,000 on building.
Miss Georgia Wilson, of Morgantown. W on
the sIoo prize given by Senator Scott in the
defamation contest at the University last
Friday evening. She recited "Scenes from
Mercedes" by Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
A. w. Albright is preparing to build
large two-story business building on the
vacant lot between the Albright and ARGUS
Building on Price street. lie is figuring on
making towr hall IN the second floor
Uncle John Ami Rodabaugh, of near
Masoniown, WIS in town Saturday and
dropped in to pay up for another year lie
was here looking after his old 'friend"
Major Fields, who he had heard was in
trouble.
The Point Marion Methodist Protestant
church will be dedicated June 30. DE-
Tagg, of Baltimore, will preach the sermon.
Sunday services begin at 10 O'Clock a. m.
Dinner served on the ground for benefit of
the church. All invited.
Peter Pelleasier, from Medora, North
Dakota, was here last week, visiting William
q. Brown. lie is brother-in-law to the
Eaton boys, Howard and Alden, and came
East with a carload of horses. Mr.. Brown
met him in Pittsburg, and they brought.
some of the horses to Kingwood.
GAME LAw.-Copies Of the game and
FISH laws Of West Virginia, compiled and
printed in small hook suitable for carrying
in your pocket for handy reference, for sale
by {. w. Dering, Kingwood, W. Va, at
only 10 cents per copy, or three for % cents
Sent post paid to any address. n
II Is reported that John c. McPeck, son
ofWilliam McPeck, Of the Herring neighbor-
hood, was killed over in Pennsylvania, near
Confluence, Wednesday Of last week. while
working on tram road for some lumber
company. lie has been over there a year
or two and married and settled down.
Walter Williams an old Kingwood boy, is
now at Atlin, British Columbia lie writes
us from Seattle, Washington, under date Of
June 9th, that he would sail that night for
Skaguay and would summer up IN British
Columbia. lie sends in regards to an bis
friends in KingW God, and also sent a dollar
for THE ARGUS TO keep posted on the news
from home.
The festival in the Court House las, Fd-
q sy and Saturday nights for the benefit Of
the Soldiers Monument Fund, was we'll a.
tended and very pleasant and successful
affair. The Kingwood Band furnished
music the occasion and a large class Of
little girls sang patriotic airs. The ladies
deserve special mention for getting IL up
The proceeds the hrst night we're nearly
fifty dollars, and about the same the second
night In spite Of the wet weather and he