Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-12-06


narrow escape today with their lives
when the passenger train hit the Oil
Truck of the Standard Oil Co, and
smashed it. The accident occurred IN
Junior at noon. A dog that was rid
ing with them was killed outright.
A hunter form Elkins in quest of
bear was watching stand for the
bear to pass, in his eagerness and
excitement, seeing the bushes shaking
and hearing the baying dogs he shot
and to his surprise found he had kill
ed the choice bear-dog of the bunch.
Some hunter.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Louis Lazarus died very suddenly
last week, the remains were taken
to the former home of Mrs. Lazarus
at Wheeling for interment. The par
ents have the sympathy of all who
know them in their bereavement.
Wonder what is wrong with the
cemetn curb recently built along Pike
Street looks as though it is shedding
| its features as chickens do. Slip-shod
jobs of this kind and jobs like the
| grading job on the H. S. hill is apos-
tive waste of the peoples money
and should be stopped at The Marine
or some place else.
DIR. Burton, the Weston eye special
list was here one day last week and
waited on large number of parents,
it is to be regretted that he cannot
spend more than one day in our city,
as patients still kept coming the fol-
lowing day to find him gone. His
large hospital business at Weston
however does not permit him to stay
long in town.
The opening of skating rink in
our city fillus long felt want . in
good Wholesome athletic excerise,
provided the place does not become
the rendezvous of rough-necks who
will make it dangerous for folks to
engage in roller skating. If this
place is conducted as we think it will
be, people will patronize it and it
will be of much good in the city.
Floyd Teter who recently returned
from Florida, the land of flowers,
says that Florida is not the country
that folks up North think it is, and
from the talk of Mr.. Teter, he does
not wonder that Ponce de Leon fail
ed to find. The Tabled Fountain of
| Youth, for which he was seeking,
when he found death lurking for him
in that land of flowers, for he died
from poisoned arrow shot by an Ind
ian, nor half-hot from gone form the
ian, nor half-sot form gin form the
Bermudas, but he did almost freeze
to death and is glad to be back in
/ West Virginia, where cold weather
goes by its right name.
Troy Hardman of Elkins, w. Va,
| has pitched his hat into the political
arena and will make the race for
oe'.C OSHdte III CIilS ulSITlcC. MT.
Hardman is one of the most widely
known business men in this section
of the State, gentlemen of the high
est type one of the best mixers, which
means much in vote getting, that is
to be found in the State, qualified in
every particular, honest and upright,
in fact everything that it takes to
make goodman for all the people.
If nominated his election is assured.
sured.
G. A. Dayton, son of R. S. Dayton,
uho has been in the U. S. Merchant
marine for the past four months blew
into town Saturday, wearing the lat
est style fDerby hat and a fine
mustache, which was mistaken by
some for dis-located eyebrow. Glen
has visiting about a score of South
American ports on this long voyage
Of the sea, went through siege of
yellow fever, put off in the Bermuda
Islands to recuperate and then sailed
for the States, landing here as noted.