West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-01-18

'- -. N'>'' "~>.t'-'Ns ho"SS'haS.
Hon William G. Brown and wife have
been in Washington City the past week.
Red Dog Flour 81. so per hundred, in I4o
ID. sacks. Bran $i.Is per hundred
MCKENZIE, Iiowesville.
Dont get up with baby these cold rights.
Instead give DIR. Fshrney'S reething Syrup.
II prevents and cures collie. All druggists.
10, of new music just received this week
at the Argus Book Store. Twenty cents
per copy; regular price so, 90 and IS cents.
Go to L. b. Williams for Brick. Cedar
Shingles and all kinds of Building Supplies
Orders for any amount of material filed on
short notice. u
Ladies desiring gentlemen correspondents
or wishing TO marry, should send their
description to the Banner Directory Company
p. o. Box 90, Arden, w. Va.
Mrs. Julia Williams of this place is very
poorly with dropsy and has teen confined to
her bed. Her daughter, Mrs. Cecil Mont
gomery of Grafton. is with her taking care
Of her.
GO TO MURDOCK'S.
Report of Snyder school. No. 5. King
wood district, for second month ending Ian.
Sth, Lula Martin, teacher. Nuunber of
pupils enrolled boys IS. girls ~, total IS;
per cent of daily attendance boys 50, gils
So, total SO. Those neither absent nor ,srdy
Berye Squires, virgie, Ella aud Mabel
Craig. Efhe Wolf, Charles and junior Craig,
Grover Shrout and Robsr, Beavers.
Weston b. Dunn, a law student at the
Bar examinations and will be admitted TO
practice in the courts of Yves, Virginia. Mr..
Dunn is the student who last year when the
members of the junior, law class ordered him
to shave off his mustache carried a big blue
steel Colt 10 protect himself. lie comes
from Reedsville, Preston county Chronicle.
An Italian was up in Justice Murdock's
court here this week for stealing another
dsgoe's jug of liquor. II seems he went to
the express Office and got the jug by claiming
that he was the right party and as there are
so many of them around here now working
on the NJ. & X. construction and most of
them with unpronounceable aud unspellable
names that knocks out the railroad agent
occasionally. The Justice whacked Il to him
pretty heavy and the fellow promptly dug
up the fine and costs.
Last week the Reed barber shop changed
hands and is now IN charge of Melville
Keller. wko has been Mr.. Reeds right hand
man for years. Earl Lantz. the cashier of
the National Bank here, purchased the Reed
building, adjoining the Argus building,
barber shop, residence part. tonsorial outfit,
and ali, for $1,000, and leased same to Mr..
Keller, who took charge Monday morning,
and Mr.. Reed stepped down and out and
has been In Morgantown this week with his
family looking up location over there.
III. +. Jenkins, the merchant and post
master at Evansville, was held up and
robbed by two masked robbers in his store
one night last week. Mr.. Jenkins had
closed up for the evening and was sitting
reading when two men in disguise entered
and while one pointed big revolver at him
the other bound him hand and feet to the
chair. They thea took his pocketbook. con-
tanning about $Iso in money, and left and
Mr.. jenkins was not released till his wife
came 10 see what was keeping him. There
seems to be no clue to the robbers.
David E. Cuppett of the class of 'o4, w.
v. u, was married Christmas evening TO
Miss Vida Barnes of Brandonville. Mr.
Cuppett is a native Prestonian. but since he
left the University has been located at
Thomas prscticing law, where he has been
quite successful. His bride is the daughter
of J. p. Barnes, one of the substantial
citizens of this county, and is one of the
county's best teachers, an accomplished lady
and extremely popular. They will make
their future home ia Tucker county, >where
the good wishes of all their many friends
follow them. We had expected to receive
full account of this wedding for publication
and had omitted to mention il on that
account, although we knew all about It
month ago or more since the wedding invi-
tatons were printed at this Office.