West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-07-18

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a T. Chidester was at Haywood FRIDAY
last on business FOR his hrm-I y. Ringer
y Son
Mrs Harry Matthews was a, Morsan,own
several days ct last week visiting home
people
Miss Jennie Steers and sister Of Parkers.
burg, arc guests this week OF Mt and Mrs.
| Jas ; Lakiu
| Chas. r. Burke proprietor of the Del.
monico. is out again. after several DAYS
wrcstle With humps
| John +. Sinccli the Oakland real estate
| agent was business visitor In town
] Thursday morning last
Guy Elliott aud family are spending the
/ present week as guests Of Isaac Elliott and
family, down on salt Lick
Mrs George NJ. Ridcnour OF Clarksburr
is the guest Of her parents. Dr. aud Mrs.
X. X. Frey on state street
squire and Mrs. Nm ID richcncll spent
last sunday with friends at Mt Lake Park
returning home Monday morning.
| Quite number of eases OF whoopine
cough are reported Throughout town. the
disease having broken out suddenly last
| week
II. II, banl4, j.. OF Baltimore, spent
Sunday last with friends at Carmel. ne
turning by way of Terra Alta Monday
morning
Rev. Shulu and son OF Albrlghtsvilc
passed through here Monday evening en-
route home after spending several DAYS AT
Mt. Lake Park
Mrs Cloyd Crane now has "a boardcrs
az her beautiful summer home. Highland
Cottage, and could secure as or 40 more
had she the room to accommodate them.
As your correspondent writes part of
this letter this morning CTucsday). Terra
| Alta Is being visited by refreshing rain
several days past have been warm. but the
atmosphere is now cool and pleasant
Rev r. I Brown, late pastor Of the
| Terra Alta Presbyterian church. who went
east month OF two ago, is baci, again on a
short business visit and IS receiving "A
hearty welcome from his many friends
great many city people have arrived in
town during the past week and ar, quar-.
tered at our different hotels and private
boarding houses. The balance of the sea
son promises to be quite successful here.
An oil well boring machine arrived here
via the II. q o. Monday morning. and on
tuesday was taken down in Preston's oil
! territory, where a suitable spot will be
selected and a test well put down at once.
representative OF the Pittsburg Dis
patch was in town Saturday last and ar
ranged to have his paper sold here ON the
streets. Daily papers hrvc become quite
numerous here and seem to find ready
sale.
capt Shahan. the popular 10 x o. passcn.
ger conductor, came to Terra Alta Sunday
last and spent the day on his pretty farm AT
the foot tot Shaggy Mountain. His family
viii arrive here August ISL and spend a
month at the farm
Dr' Willis and daughter. Miss Florence
Of Marietta. Ohio. who have been sumner
guests here for several weeks past dc.
parted yesterday for Rowcsburg. where
they VIII spend a few weeks before return.
ing home.
MIR aud Mrs. NJ w Robinson and family
returned Thursday last from two month :
visit with relatives IN Missouri While
they were greatly pleased with the West
thcY were all glad to return to the West
virginia Hills and were in no wise weaned
| """1 iibth tHeif native Cline
The lines for the electric light are now
all run the arc lamps hanging in place. and
nothing remains but to put up the power
mouse place the dynamos and turn on the
current. Terra Alta has needed electric
nghts SO long and so badly that il hardly
| seems possible she is TO really have Them
and when light is turned on il will be given
an ovation.
/
Rev Buck, Of Wheeling. who is summer
ing here. has been preaching some very
eloquent sermons in the Terra Alta BAPTIST
church during the past few SUNDAYS. and
has been drawing large audiences. lie is
| an earnest and forccfu preacher and his
| every sermon contains much Of the Gle.
| vaiing and encouraging
Miss Jennie Smith. the famous railroad
evangelist held service in the Baptist
church here Monday evening. which was
| attended by an immense conconrsc of
people. Thc church would not hold near
| all those who sought admission and quite
| a crowd had collected az the doorway and
windows. This Is the FIRST time in many
J years that Miss Jennie has been i'm Terra
| Alta and her meeting. il is said accom-.
| plished great good
Two Italians, employed by tho Broad.
head Construction Company operating on
the Is * O. near Amblcrsburg. became in.
yoived in a quarrel over bar Of soap
sunday last. while doing their weeks
washing. and as result ono is dead
stabbed TO the heart with the dcadly
| sthletto and tie other is furatiye from
| justice, hiding somewhere in the woods.
| Details OF the killing arc unattainablc as
| yet y Ice murdered man was buried Mon.
| gay near mblcrsburg. by Undertaken
| Wheeler Of Rowlesburg
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com.
pany has discontinued payment of lis EN-.
ployes By check. and on Wednesday Of
! this week the old-timo paycar PASSED
through here. making glad the hearts Of
the railroad boys. II is said that the en-.
! ployes Of the y. IL o. ON the pcunsvlyani,
/ lines objected strcnousIy TO check nae.
/ ment prcterring 10 receive their salaries In
! CON and grecnbaClgs direct from the car
| ahu tne KICK became so general that 10 was
| thought expcGient TO put the car back and
| Io"ow the Old rule. Hence The change.
Cranes addition 10 Terra Ata fin the
/ pastfew weeks has jumped into prominence
/ as 'thc" leading resort for the strollinp
| hundreds and the balfmile Of sidewalk
/ running the length Of the addition ig NOW
1 the fashionable promenade for al classes
| work goes steadily ON towards tho com.
! pieuon Of several residences over there.
/ and ground rs being broken Tor foundations
! oil handsome homes in several places
! througout thc addition. The new section
| pas future and next year will begin TO
] TOOK Ike town 10 itself The addition Is
/ 90 Dc more closely connected with Terra
/ Alta by an iron bridge crossing the b.. Il %.
! 90 70 point near the West End of state
! street
! Terra Atans ard residents along this
/ section Of the %. g. O.-aro kicking hard