“Grey Eyes,” a local correspondent at Ferrellsburg in Lincoln County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Lincoln Republican printed on Thursday, December 2, 1909:

The tobacco barn of Ferrell & Altizer burned a few days ago. Loss about $1200. It is supposed that it caught from a passing train.

Keenan Toney is doing a very good business with his store, P.O. and grist mill.

The Lucas boys, Ward and Watson, are running a good job of logging on Big Ugly.

Miss Lottie Lucas is teaching the Green Shoal School this year and is having fine success.

The people over this county, are well worked up. They think the Court House will be built on the Guyan River side. Petitions are flying here like straw in a whirl-wind for a chance to get to vote on the question.

Farmers are busy gathering corn.

The sons of Charley Tomblin, Coon and Strawder are getting over a severe spell of typhoid fever.

Rev. Jos. Gartin preached to a large congregation at the Low Gap School House on last Sunday.

Mrs. Nan Alford died at her home on the West Fork of Big Hart the other day.