West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-09-25

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Mr.. aud Mrs. Cyrus II. Martin of Tunnel.
ton, were here over Sunday.
Miss Jessie Thomas has been in CIarks
burg the past week visiting friends.
Daniel r. Fawceit aud family lett last
week for Charleston TO remain this winter.
| Hon. William G. Brown and wife aud
daughter have been in Wheeling during the
past week.
Mrs. Joseph Moreland of Morgan,own.
has been here the past week visiting friends
and relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Y. Bishop and baby and
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Gidley moved to Nor
gantown this week.
Mrs. l.. NJ. Albright has been in Balti-
more the past week purchasing her fall and
winter millinery goods.
Messrs. Felix Elliott Jr. and John A.
Liston are having some improvements made
on their properties where they reside.
James 7. Daley returned last Saturday
from visiting his parents at Buekhannon.
His father is Mayor of that town now.
Miss Mabel rompkinson. who spent some
time at the Hotel Gordon here, left last
week for Carlisle, Pa, to rc-enter college
there.
Mr.. and Mrs Farley DeBerry of Terra
4 Alta and Me Tfno r....n tT...-
and another lady, we're in Kingwood yes
rerday.
from visit to her sister at Homecoming and
resumed her position in the big store of
Herring & Brown.
| l.. ii. Frankhouser, prominent farmer
OF Giant district, near Brandonville, was
here this week on business connected with
the sale of his coal land.
Mrs. George Graham of Terra Alta, came
over Sunday to visit her sister Mrs. ]. A.
Lenhart and has been very Ill this week
DIR. ]. NJ. King is attending her.
M. Z. Gibson, one or the most prominent
lumber dealers of Preston county, passed
through here on Monday en- route to Mont
rose and Parsons looking after his business
interests .-EIkins Inter Mountain.
Will T. Nicoles. the new clerk in the rail.
road Office here, was summoned home las,
Saturday owing TO the dangerous illness of
his mother. who had been stricken with
paralysis. lie left Saturday afternoon for
Weston.
| ]. Ami Martin Of Morgantown. vice prcsi.
dent and general manager of the Morgan
town & Kingwood railroad row under con-
siruc,ion and almost completed TO Mason.
town, left last Monday morning for cincin-
natl, where he goes to purchase two new
passenger coaches for that road.
large fine barn has just been completed
on the farm Of the late Col. J. w. Brown
near town. omer White has been working
on IL for two or three months The harm 10
o. feet long aud A feet wide and with NOV
enough TO hold big lot of hay aud straw
and plenty Of loom below for cattle. horses
and sheep. grain, vehicles aud machinery.
Or. u. ". ShowaI,er Of Clirksbare. was
in town last week on business. lie was sum
moned 10 Independence on account Of the
serious illness OF his mother, who had
severe stroke of paralysis and as she is over
! eighty years OF age her condition was crit
ical. but she IS much better now and the
Doctor came on over here on some business.
Mcclure Mason of Grafton, Pa, Is in
town today He is moving his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs Albert G.. Mason, from 81.
! Joe 10 Clsrksburg where they will reside in
the future. They have sold their property
at ST. Joe and rented property in Clarks-
burg. Their other son. Sherman, is locsied
there as Superintendent o. that district for
the Metropolitan Insurance Company.
The Harrison Herald says that:
Deputy Marshal Dan X. Jackson arrested
4 I Marcellus Marshall Of Stouts Mills Gil.
mer county, Friday. and brought him here
/ a capias had been issued for him on an in.
dic'nent 10y the federal grand jury. charging
him with violation Of The postal laws lie
was taken before United States Commission.
cr Thomas >. Spales, before whom he gave
bond " $500 70 appear here for trial AT the
October term Of the Uoiied States court,
{ Marshall Is re puted 10 he quite we'll 10 de-.
( II Is said that the charge against Marshall
was that be dunned man on postal card
From The Fairmoai Free Press we learn
hiatt
The plant Of the Preston Republican AZ
Terra Alta has been sold by editor l.. v.
Reed 10 S. ]. Newell, editor and proprietor
4 II the Kavenswood News, who will he as
sisted IN the editorial management by A. G.
! Hughes, graduate Of the law and literary
/ departments Of the West Virginia Univetsity.
The Republican was established eleven
years ago by G.. a Boldcn, ct present asso.
cate editor and manager Of the Grafton
Sentinel. who conducted il for nearly eight
years, selling out TO editor Reed three years
/ ago.
U. g. Squires Of ReedsvilIc, was IN town
Monday negotiating for the purchase of
lot lie IS thinking Of buying lot here
and building on !, aud moving to Kiocwood
TO reside. Mr. squires is contractor aud
builder and fine workman and we hope ne
will come TO town as we are badly IN need
Of more workmen Of this kind Several
more houses would have been built In King.
wood this year " the men to do the work
could have been secured