West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-10-26
COAL CENTER CHATS.
TIdblts OF Tattle and Town Talk To-
gether With Tales Tersely Told.
Correspondence of The Argus.

). w. Shahan was a business visitor at
Grafton ON Tuesday last
John Willis Smith the optieion was in
town several days this wees.
Albert Weaver is having a cellar dug
under his residence on Boswell street.
U, $. Sapp received a car Toad Of oats on
Friday and car load OF hay on Monday.
Jacob G Weaver lost pocket book con.
tanning several dollars in money last week
Which one o, the ten commandments
did Adam break when he ate the forbidden
fruiip
The early bird gets the worm-as does
the fellow who eats chestnuts in the dark
this season.
Ernest and Harold Garner were down
Al, Austen Friday visiting their brother
Roberts SCHOOL,
The rumor reaches Function that "Dr."
George Bone was practicing in Kingwood
last Sunday-with his revolver.
Noble Montgomery. electrician at the
power house OF the Merchants Coal Co. is
OF duty suffering from typhoid fever
The Tunnelton steam mill is doing a big
business in buckwheat these days-produc
Ing the -four that made old Preston famous
6 NJ. Castle is moving his blacksmith
tools back to the Coal Center this week.
lie says Tunnel,on is good enough for him.
Joseph 5. Miller was away the early part
OF this week on 4 business trip to Balti-
more, Philadelphia aud other eastern
cities
The building OF bridge at the old Glib.
son ford across Pringle at Atlantic will be
sold to the lowest responsible bidder on
Thursday OF this week
Another change occurred in the police
force OF Tunnelton last week Oscar w.
Zinn retiring aud Frank Craig. ]. p. being
invested with the star aud baton.
We hereby issue our proclamation APP
pointing Thursday November goth. as
Thanksgiving Day. What's the use OF
waiting any ongerl Get ready.
Superintendent Sandridge OF the Atlantic
mines will hereafter have charge OF the
mines at lrona and Montrose also. dividing
his time between the three plants
Clyde zinn was taken through town in
charge OF officers last week and placed in
the Kingwood jail charged with serious
crime committed near Amblersburg.
w. b. Edwards mine foreman here for
the Nero hants Coal Co. returned on Tues
daY from ten days visit to relatives and
friends at his old home in Cory, Pa.
George Is. Williams. ex.chef OF police.
moved last week from Gibson Hin to the
handsome residence owned by his brother
Robert Williams. near the steam mill
Somebody exploded dynamite cracker
on the front steps OF !. s. Hunts residence
one night last week II 1t was intended as
a joke the joke was Of very inferior quality.
George Miller and son received a car of
Fairmont coal on Tuesday OF this week
This is nearly akin to carrying Goals to
Newcastle" as the old English Proverb
hasit
Boquets are still being thrown at Senator
Montgomery by the state press IN recogni.
ton OF his address on West Virginia and
the resources before the late editorial as
ISOLATION.
We are pleased to note that the health
OF A. ]. Bons6eld In better this week than
II has been for some time. lie is once
more on the streets and attending TO bust
ness to some extent
jury in charge of Sheriff ScbaeHer was
in town Tuesday returning from Rowles.
burg. where they had gone on Monday to
view the land Of the Bishop heirs through
which the NJ. s. K. railroad wants right OF
way.
The Kingwood Milling Co. illustrates one
type Of twentieth century hustling. Last
week IL got a 100 pound sack of -four
through from Kingw God to Tunnelton by
Express In six days. II Il had waited TO
come by freight il might not have arrived
until Christmas
Mrs. Laura Hutchinson OF Fairmont. &C.
comPanied by her little daughter. is visiting
her brother Wa kins Weaver. and other
relatives In this vicinity. Mrs. Hutchinson
has recently returned from New Hampshire
where she lived for two years and where
her husband died a year ago.
Senator Montgomery spent several days
in Philadelphia this week, visiting his sister
Mrs. Hugh Bona6eld. We presume he was
also studying insurgent politics IN the city
OF brotherly love, and possibly arranging
Tor a new brand Of phosphate that will
grow snti-Dawson Republicans.
On Thursday afternoon OF last week
horse owned by Henry a. Cool OF Ander.
ran away on the streets OF Function and
badly demolished the wagon to which IL
was attached. The horse was in charge Of
Floyd Shaver al the time. Albert Weaver
caught the runaway on Boswell street. near
the head Of Monkey Row
For long time we thought the Rambler
was romancing when lie claimed Governor
Dawson was In Cuba but we see by the
daily papers that on October 10Th he issued
charter TO I'd Eoonomlsta Publishing Co..
OF Havana. Cuba to publish a Spanish
paper IN that city. so il seems 10 be fact
that he Is doing business in that far south.
ern cline
W. r Harvey. a former Tunneltonian
who Is now president Of the Southern Coal
& Coke Co. Of Charleston. was In town last
Friday on his way 10 Kingwood on bust.
ness. His company Is nov building a new
coal town named Shrader- in honor Of S
w. Shra4er Of Grafton, a leading spirit in
the enterprise already has one plant
IN operation, with two others 10 be com.
pleted this fall and a fourth that will be
finished early In 1000 The town OF Shrader
IS located on the X. W v. railroad. sew.
enteen miles from the State Capital
DO the people oi'Tunnelton realize that
through the generosity Of the two leading
papers IN Preston county they have practi.
cslly had the benefit Of a village newspaper
| all summer without it costing them one
| cent? These letters have attempted 10
cover about the same ground that would
| ordinarily be included In the local columns
Of village paper and there are people