West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-01-12
RIVER CITY RPPLES
New Years Entertainment aud Police
Court Proceedings
From a special correspondent,

from special correspondent
RowlESBvEC, January. o 1905
New Year Entertainment was given
Monday night OF last week in the X 4.
Hall az Rowlcsburg that was well attended
and very successful affair The proceeds
amounted 20 SS2. SO aud were toe the benefit
VI the River City Band. Some OF the pre-.
formers deserve special mention Ross
Hollis the Irish comedian was hard to
beat and the hit Of the evening was
Hubert Cassidy in his negro comic songs.
Mcrv'u Wheeler a son OF Charley was the
heavy william la the play aud carried his
part welt Miss loie HulStine as a"maiden
all torIorn was simply natural as lie aud
tcll into the arms ct tho william in a very
realistic manner The best recitation OF
the evening was LEO The Forsaken" by
Mary Wheeler daughter OF sherman whce.
Ter. Tho young lady has quite tai ent as
an clocuuonist and rcciter and has won
several prizes already.
One OF the most enjoyable social events
OF the holiday season was the "Pumpiu Pie
Watch Meeting givcn by Mrs. Rohr.
baght in thc X. OF A. Hall The young
men were Invited and then taxed 40 cents
each under the new tax law for the punk in
pie refreshments for themselves and the
girls some OF the boys didn't have the 90
cents aud started the New Year i'm debt
We have music teacher from Barbour
county who is very clever young man
and carries M his own coal when hc goes
counting.
Our game warden Sherman Wheeler is
hustler aud has been after a great many
vtolators OF the law. lie has considerable
trouble with the Italians ana other foreign.
crs who work az the stone crusher here
aud az thc Cement mill below here. When
the assessor aud Sheriff come around TO
assess thcm or collect taxes from them
thcy kick and swear they arc not American
citizens and refuse to be assessed or taxed
but they persist in going hunting every
chance they set and as the law REQUIRES
every nonresident to take out a license to
hunt Il looks like they were violating the
law In hunting without IL auu should be
arrested aud hucd the same as any other
nonresident There are 81 Italians at
Buckhoru aud 'cs down az Mannheim aud
they should be taxed aud fined Tor hunting
without license.
Ihcte was an interesting trial in our
Justice court here last week The facts
were about as follows
John LipsComb has been living with two
different women upon Madisons Creek
about six miles above here for several
years. Tho women lived a mile OF so apart
and Lipscomb spent part OF his time with
one woman and part with the other with
out been married 20 either one. ON New
Year $ day a ueighbor named / / ellsworth
weu1to one OF the places to get some cider
so he says anyhow and I.ipScomb found
him there and threw him out aud pulled
his whiskcts aud blacked ono eve lie
had probably heard OF the encounter be-
tween Chairman Flynn and Leader Shaw.
Old man ellsworth was wrothy and went
after his gun. Ills son Mark went bacl,
with him and Lipsoomb tackled both. gun
and an lie grabbed the gun and It went
OF iu the scuHIe and Lipscomb received
flesh wound FROM the gun aud was hit in
the back OF The head with a rock boy young
ellsworth $ J. Wheeler and Tom Riggs
were sent after the parties and arrested
them and brought them before Justice
John w. Carico OF this place who held
them under $500 bond TO await the action
OF the next Grand jury and as they could
not give it they were taken to Iail at King
wood Later on bond was given by dis.
worth and sent over by Wheeler TO get him
out but the States Attorney did not think
the bond was good and refused TO accept
IT, Wheeler who acted as special constable
iu the matter also appeared as counsel for
tie parties IN the lustic Court and rode
an old bind horse twenty four miles across
the mountain TO Kiugwood and back across
the river four times. by bridge twice and
ferry boat twice after dark to get this man
out OF IaiI but failed. We have no cons.
table as Fred iiabdttcr was elected but
failed 90 swear in and give bond