West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-05-21

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Alex Leeds. Dentist. Grafton.
zen and bear were IN town yester-
hg street performances to the delight
children and the adult population
'ast abou, as much iickled over it.
% he in,eres, in the Masontomn 10, sale
which takes place next Saturday is high in
Morgau,own and Kingwood. Large crowds
Of people from these towns will be present
and they will iuyes, heavily
There is to be a band at the 10, sale at
Masontown on Saturday. May 23rd, This
to be the University Brass Band which
as one OF the best In this section.
The Tunnelion letter in this issue should
have appe ared last week but came in TOO
late and we were crowded with other matter
and had to let II 60 over but as 1t is good
letter we publish il anyhow.
There viii be lot sale at Masontown on
Saturday. May 73rd. 7slotss are to be sold;
others. The sale will be under direction
OF the Morgantown Real Estate Company.
IL Is from 10 to ~ and from 1870 10 Z.
Two Yves, virginians we're granted patents
last week as follows L. J. Faulkner Of
Kim5aIl, patent on an automatic feed box
for horses or cattle; A. w. Hickman Of
Clmksbnrg, patent on a resilient tire.
Prof. Walter A. Masirezat will have
charge Of the University Band at the Mason
town lot sale on Saturday. lie is one Of
the most famous cornet players in the
country and under his instruction the band
has become widely and favorably known.
Outsiders have lively appreciation of
what land in coming town IS worth and
those who go after the lots in Masontowa
know that they afford opportunities for
rapid increase in value There will be n
tremendous crowd at MasonJown ON next
Saturday.
Felix Elliott Jr has his hands full now as
Manager Of the Irona Supply Company and
the big new store at the Atlantic Mines also.
lie will send his hes, clerk from Irona,
Lloyd Whom, TO the the new store at
Atlantic, and be back and forth between the
stores looking after them
One of the boilers in the d. & o. shops
al Grafton exploded last Friday night.
badly wrecking The shop and fatally iijudug
Charles Jsco, the engineer, aud badly
scaldng Frank Keane. the foreman, who
was nearby. The shops took ERE but the
quick work Of the fire department, stopped
the conaagra.ion.
Circai, Clerk w. K. Glass discovered al
wellsburg in the old Court House vault
tied in newspaper the ballots cast in Brooke
county m the Presidential election Of 1860.
OF the votes cast, Breckenridge received
200, Lincoln 90, Bell s. and Douglas az.
But IS Of the original Lincoln voters are
known TO be alive.
Senator Elkins, the principal owner of The
West Virginia Coal Company, has been IN
conference with The representatives of the
Deckers Creek Coal and Coke Company.
AS result of this, the Two companies have
exchanged 5000 acres Of land, making their
fields more compact. Each is putting in
big mines and hundreds Of coke ovens.
+. ]. Dean, the we'll known contractor
and builder from Keyser, was here Monday
and contracted to build handsome resi-
dence for Mr.. and Mrs c. w. Wolfe on
Beverly Hill. lie will send a force Of men
to begin work at once aud push Il rapidly to
completion. The plans, specifications and
blue prints as drawn and prepared by Mr..
Dean call for one Of The finest residences in
Kingwood, built and finished with the best
Of material.
Capt William Elliott Of Terra Alta, &C.
eompanied 10y his son a. J. Elliott Il the
same city, were in Grafton yesferday, en-
route to Pennington, TO attend Tie funeral
Of Mrs. Minerva Bailey, a sister Of Capt.
Elliott who died 90 Saturday, from cancer.
after lingering Illness Mrs. Bailey was
The wife Of Mr. {. H. Bailey, we'll known
and highly respected farmer Of the Fleming
ton section, and was aged atou, sixty 1--WE
years. The funeral occurred this morning
IT eleven o'clock, with services and inter
mcnt At Bailey Chapel Sentinel
The Secretary Of STATE has issued The
following charter
DALEY Coal aud Coke Company Of King
wood, W Va, has been chartered ~ caffy
on general coal ard coke business. 'o lay
oui town containing no more than 90
acres and 20 do other work incident % carry
ing on such business. Capiiai $500. 600
Incorporaioas: jos. r. Daley, w PARKS
Of Kingwood, w Va; Hugo I.orcn,z Of
Mycrsdalc, Pa; &. +. Tctcr Of phinppi. w.
Va, and W Teier Of Bsingion, W Va.
The company is named after their attorney
James + DALEY Of this place, who has been
busy IN securing the coal leases and attend.
ing to the legal work for The company
The Fairmont Free Press Says
The baseball game Wednesday afternoon
between Fairmont and GAINESVILLE. Ohio,
teams, proved q keen disappointment 90 the
fairmont people. The home team had
b'cn looked upon as being a winner IN the
game, and when, 81 the end Of the ninth
inning The score stood i3 tooin favor of
The Ohio team, The local fans had LOST heart.
ihe HON. boys played . very good game ~
bali, the feature Of IL being tie work done
by the pitcher, Morris Jackson lie aid
good work al he way through bnt. owing
% poor support. the Buckeye batttrs man,
aged TO pull IN thirteen HITS At one time
during The game thc locals had three men
on bases, but they we're held down too
. closely 70 get home