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XXXII?NO. 10.
Qlevoted to Praotioal Information, gome Rews, Pure politics, and the Development of Y?est Virginia's Resources
WHOLE NO. 1564
CLARKSBURG, W. VA., JANUARY 20. 1893
LARGEST PAPER IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA '
Advertise in the World's Fair Edition to be published Feb.22, >i)3.
Clftifitmrg
EN. B. B. HAYIS
President Of The
,d States Is Among The
Living no More.
(president Hays is lying se
lf ill at his home near Fre
1 0. Neuralgia of the heart
i trouble, and -considerable
|ty as to his condition pre
famong his friends.
later.
emont, Ohio, January 17?
resident R. B. Hayes died
o'clock to-night, but the in
ition of his death was not
ed for some time later, as
fthing was kept exceedingly
in the vacinity of the Hayes
0D. - On Monday, January
?. Hayes went to Columbus
ate University business stop
with his niece. Mrs. Geu.
bell. Thursday he left Col
is for Cleveland, where he
>d tho university, with refer
to securing an instructor to
charge of the manual train
lepartment in the State Uni
ity. He remained in Cleve
withhis son Webb Friday
Saturday, and left there Sat
y afternoon for Fremont.
lewas driven in a closed car
E! to Union depot where his
oinedhim and immediately
? entering the car he com|"
bed of cold and asked for
julants He finally consented
lave the car, and went into
]waiting room, where stirau-'
s were givon him.
baaajBgyag
kted upon I
paying he muit |o'hbmefl
fonld rather die-in Spigel
Ire' he said, 'than live some
Ire else.'
<Mter his return to the car he
seized with violent pains in
chest which lasted until after
return home. He was treated
angina pectoris, but while re
ed of distress his heart never
overed its vigor and life was
dently terminated by paraly
ot the heart.
While lying in his own room
frequently referred to a visit
deto his wife's grave on the
seeding Sunday, and spoke
be quiet beauty of the snow
ered scene. He said he almost
bed he was lying [here by the
i of his wife. It was all so
iceful. and yet he said,
itn not unhappy. My life is |
exceptionally happy one.'
His last words were! 'I know
in going where tiucy is.
he new Line to Wheeling.
f railroads were built by news
?rs the woods would be full
|thera. The newspapers of
leneand Washington count
have been constructing on
?er. a line from Wheeling to
|t>nelli,ville for the past year or
The road is not built yet,
It some very good judges say
its early completion is very
psiole. In confirmation of,this.
?es the information that all
e choice coal lands along the
Kt feasible routes have been
Itioned. When the capitalists
Iwadays conclude to build a
flroad they aim to get all there
I? it, not only in the operation
I'be line itself, but also in its
ption and construction.
| he people of Connellsvilleare
tested in this project only so
the coke region terminus
I'he road is concerned. Unless.
I1'terminus is here, the road
fnt benefit our town much,
?URn the region in general
1 profit by. it.?Connellsville
nirfcr. r
at
?ur negroes were hanged <>?>
ar'estown, Md? on Friday for
1,6 ?urder of Dr. Hill.
An Awfnl Troth.
The {rreat National Democratic
organ, the World, in its Thurs
day's edition, throws some light
or. the present state of things in
Democracy's camp. The follow
ing head lines from the World are
suggestive: "All signs say WAR
and a bitter struggle between
Cleveland and tlie machine."
"The fight will begin over dis
(tribution of patronage." "Cleve
land forces need Captains," &c
Then concerning the machine
rule of yie party the World says:
"No Democrat has a fair field.
Nobody can be a candidate for
any office except by favor of an
oligarchy which assumes the
right to parcel out all the offices
in th&gift of the party in secret
council to suit itself.
"No man can present himself
as a candidate without the con
sent pf this ring unless he is pre
pared to incur its hatred and re
venge.
"Its arrogance has reached
such a degree that itdares affront
public sentiment by forcing the
election and appointment of men
to the highest offices who are
notoriously unfit in qualifications
and character. Maynard, Scan
; nell, Koch, and Murphy are
recentevidences of its impudence.
The existing oligarchy is an in
cubus on the Democratic party."
The news comes from Cincin
nati that the poor people of that
city are suffering froBi the short
supply of coal.
CUPID'S CAPERS
i ?
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Kiufjwood Argm.]
About one year ago MissJennie
Sypolt, a young lady of this place,
who was a poor girl and worked
for her living, answered an ad
vertisement m a matrimonial
paper and engaged in a corre
spondence with a young man
named David A. Murphy, of
Kaig's Mills, Washington county.
Pa. The correspondence ripen
ed into affection, and they
exchanged photographs and
mutual tokens of esteem. Neither
had ever heard of the other be
fore, or saw each other until, last
Friday, when the would-be groom
arrived in Kingwood and stopped
at the Preston House, where the
expectant bride was awaiting
him. They had become engaged
by letter, and the understanding
was that he was to come on, and
if both were satisfied, gqt married
at once. If not mutually satis
factory, no harm was done, and
the courtship dropped. She is
an exemplary church member
and a splendid girl to work, and
no one had anything against her,
except that' 'she isn't handsome."
But her faith in her lover was
strong, and she never doubted
but that he would come and
marry her. He came Friday at
noon, and they met for the first
time. Both were satisfied and
the courtship brief, for the next
day at 2 p.m. they repaired to the
M. E. parsonage and were joined
by Rev. M. W. Rider in the holy
bonds of wedlock, and left on the
4 o'clock train for the home of
the groom. Mr. Murphy is 34
years of age "a real nice looking
fellow," the girls all said. He
claims to have a small farm and
comfortable hom? of his own, and
says that his mother, who has
been keeping house for him, is
getting old, and he needed a wife,
and was well pleased with the
bride from among the West Vir
ginia hills. Some thought that
when he saw the prospective
bride he would not be satisfied
with her appearance, for, as we
said before, she is not pretty,but
he seemed like a very sensible
fellow and probably thought
beauty is only skin d?ep any
how.
AMERICA'S
Great Coke Region.
Statistics and Prices for
1832.
Courier. J
The coke trade o' the Conells
ville region for 1892 is a record
beater, in spite of the discourag
ing conditions under which the
manufacturer fo often labored.
The total output slightly exceeds
that of the boom year of 1890.
The prediction made in these
columns several months ago,
that the shipments of the region
would reach 6,000,000 tons, is
more than verified. The cash
returns were not so great in 1880.
but upon the whole the opera
tors have reasons to congratulate
thomselves that they made so
good a record, and tnat the pros
pers are encouraging for agood
trade this year. ?
The aggregate output of the
region for 1892 was 0,800.691 tons.
At SI .90, the quoted price of fur
nace coke, its value would be
*11.971.282. This estimate may
seem a trifle high. It is an open,
secret that much furnace coke
sold below the market rate dur
ing the year, and is still selling
under $1.90. Sales have been
made as low as $1.45 per ton,
and $1.50 to $1.60 have been com
mon prices. On the other hand,
foundry and crushed coke have
sold steadily up to quotations.
Foundry coke has been in good
demand right along throughouht
the greater part of the year.
'b?s txicitas.-'l in
favor everywhere, and the
crushers of the region have more
orders than they can fill just now.
The price of foundry coke is
$2.30, and crushed $2.65 per ton.
In many of our large cities it
appears that people are suffering
with cold. There is a fuel famine.
The new Columbian postage
stamps are very pretty bat thoy
require so much more licking.
Fanny Kemble. the famous
English actress died in London
Monday.
Mr. Gladstone, grand old man.
has resumed his position at the
helm of state in Great Britian.
The late Senator Kenna was
buried in the Catholic cemetery
at Charleston last Saturday.
Farther Marlborough who was
recently stationed in Clarksburg,
assisted in the funeral rites.
Hon. William G. Worley. of
Kingwood, was honored with the
nomination, for President of the
Senate by the Republican mem
bers. This was a just recogni
tion of the services of a grand
AVest Virginian. *
The north-bound local, on the
M. R. R. was badly wrecked near
Maulsby bridge last Thursday,
nine cars being derailed. Fortu
nately no one was hurt, although
considerable damage wa$ sus
tained by the railroad company,
as it was necessary to call the
section hands and also the B. &
O. wrecking train in order to
clear the track. The wreck oc
casioned a delay in traffic over
the line for eighteen hours.?
Shinnston Times.
The last issue of the lluckhan
non Delta was under the manage
ment of its new editor. Will T.
Burnside. Mr. Burnside startles
the newspaper world by announ
cing that his references to the
editorial inspiration will all be
in the personal pronoun
"1" instead of the "time honor
ed'1 we. We have no objection,
especially since he asserts that
he came into the world alone and
is "still single." The Delta is
however one of our valuable ex
changes.
BET. L U STEWART DEAD.
Tbe many friends of Rev. L.L.
Stewart, presiding elder of the
Parkersburg district of the M.E.
church, will be sorry to learn of
his death at his home in Williams
town on Sunday morning at 11
o'clock, after an illnos&of several
weeks.
Mr. Stewart was born in Alle
gheny county, Pennsylvania, in
1845. When he was fourteeiL,
years of age his parents removed
to Wood county, this State, and
engaged in farming.
he was well known in ClarkS'
burg. and was an able man. His
burial took place at Moundsville.
A dispatch to the Ilea liter on
Sunday says: "The ffteat Rock
Kun gas well, which the local
authriritie? were assured was
securely plugged, let loose yes
terday at West Union, driving
people from their housps in the
vicinity, where fires would have
been'death. and forcing the clos
ing <>f ihe town school. Experts
say that the well is flowing so
strongly that it can not be plug
ged. .The. thermometer is near
zero and the turned-out people
are aulfering greatly from ex
posure.
The only foundation for this
wonderful story is the fact that
tlie well is so near the country
school house of that sub-district
(not the "town school") t at the
school had to be temporarily
closed. People were not driven
from their homes. It is a groat
big fake sent out by a Parkers
bu
porter.
Penn. Co.
Mr. E. D. Crum. one of the
best informed newspaper men on
the subject of oil development,
has the following in the Pitts
burg Commercial Gazette, in a
review of oil develodment:
"The South Penn Oil Com
pany is also holding back an
other belt on account of no induce
ment to drill it. This latter is
not, apparently, continuous in
one sand, but is partly in the
'Big Injun' and partly in the
Gordon. A great deal of careful
'geologizing' was done on this
line during 1889 and 1890. Con
trary to the accepted theories
the first well was located on the
Dodd farm in Marion county in
September, 1889, on the east side
of the anticlinal. This well was
unfortunate and throe holes wire
dri'.led before one was finally
completed in the 'Big Injun'sand
enrly in 1891. The well
PROVED A GOOD ONE,
much to the surprise of nearly
everybody.
"Operations were then exten
ded on the same line down
through Marion and Doddridge
counties, wells being drilled at
intervals clear through to the
Ritchie county line. These wells
have not been opened to the pub
lic, but they have demonstra
ted the existence of a belt? which
may be continuous, or broken by
short intervals?which will furn
ish good wells from some of the
various sands throughout its
length. Several wells were
drilled at various locations in
Ritchie county, contempor
aneous with Burning Springs in
the early '60's, but none of these
give promise of any great results
in that county.
HARRISON COUNTY.
Still another line was followed
down through Harrison county
from Mannington, and that line
will be heard from again, though
ihe first wells were not success
ful. Thus it may be seen that
West?Virginia has three demon
strated, but undeveloped fields
which are only waiting for an
advance in the market
RAILROAD BUILDING.
What Has Been Done
In West Virginia The Past
Year.
The following is tho record of
West Virginia id railroad build
ing during tho past year:
. Baltimore >& Ohio?Morgan
town north to the Btate iine.near
Point Marion. Pa. 6 miles.
Cairo tfcKanawha Valley?Near
Cairo, towards Hughes' river 2.
Charleston Clendennin & Sut
t(?n*-l'harleston to Clay county
line. 15.:..
Fairmont Belt--From Monon
gahela Junction with B. & O. R.,
0.8.
Huntington & Big Sandys
ifuyandotto to Tenth street,Hunt
ington. 8.4 miles, and Vinson to
Kenova, 8.1 miles; a total of 0.6.
Norfolk A Western, on Ohio
& West Virginia extension be
twpen Dunlow and Kenova, On
main line 118 miles, Kenova belt
line 1 mile, and on North Fork
branch 1 mile, a totalof 115 milos.
Ohio River?From Ouyandotte
to east line of H anting ton. 5 miles.
Western Maryland - On Poto
mac Valley, end of track at Po
tonfac river west to Cherry run,
1 mile.
West Virginia and Pittsburg?
From Elk river bridge south to
Camden-on-Gauley, Hi miles;
from Newlon south to Pickeni
10 Biles, total a.-! mi leu.
Morris Gsis Coal & Coii''f!o.?
From Fall Iiun mines toM. K.
near Clarksburg, 1 mila. >;;.j ,h
track laid Iff&B ttlfes 'T
? m ? ?
During thu temporary absotice
of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Fortney,
who reside on Big Bingammon. a
horrible accident occured, which
resulted in the death of their
two-year-old daughter. Delia.
Mrs. Fortney was absent a few
minutes at a neighbor's house
and upon her return was con
fronted by the horrible spectacle
of her child enveloped in flames,
its clothing having caught fire I
from an open fire-place. Tho I
flames were immediately axtir. |
guished. and everything possi- j
ble was done to relieve ^ie suffer
ing of the unfortunate child, but
all in vain, until death released
it on the fol lowing Tuesday even
ing.?Shinrmton Timet.
The Ohio gas fields are played
out and the boom townz and the
manufacturers who supported
tbem are in a sorry plight.
Frends.come over to Clarksburg
and build your factories. If our
great gas well should go back on
you we are in the midst of the
grandest coal field of tUs earth.
Two of our young men, who
had been visiting some friends
over the bills one evening last
week, were followed by a panther
wh'leon their way home. The
animal must have been surprised
at the way those fellows disap
peared.?Elk Harden New*.
Old Aunt Sarah Gaddta, col
ored, died at the Poor House,
Jan. 11, she was one ot the oldest
persons in Taylor county?said
to be 130 yban old. She will be
buried on the poor farm. ?Re
form School Fountain.
...? n 1 ?'
On account of tho severe
weather nearly . all the
saw mill? along the line of the
West Viiglala Central* & Pitts
burg railroad have shut down
until March or April, and most
of our prominent lumbermen
have temporarily suspended
operations.
An exchange states?that one
county u. Wsii Virginia now lias
110 prisoners in jail. The county
alladecl to is Fayette. We ? are
inclinded to regard the stateSlfrfi;!
us rather extravagant.
*? r. (kapla Ilrtd.
Judge Virginius P. Chapin,
who has been ailing for soma
time, suddenly passed from life
U> the great beyond on Tuesday
at _:.I0 p. ni. He had been ron
dered almost helpless for many
months by paralysis of his llmba
but was able to sit in his chair
and also ate a hearty dinnorooly
about two hours before his death.
Judge Chapm's father came from
New England and located in Vir
ginia at an early day. The Juage
was the American Consul to the
Navigator's Islands (now called
Saajoan) under Presidont Buch
anau's administration. While
there he sustained a loss that has
only recently been allowed by the
U. S. Court of Claims, and now
awaits a Congressional appro
priation which will add several
thousand dollars to his estate.
Judge Chapin was a Royal Arch
Mason and is well-known to the
Masonic fraternity all overth?
State, as wbs attested by the
; largo number of Masons who at
i tended the funeral yesterday.
Ho was never married and lived
[ with his unmarried sisters in a
comfortable home on Muin street,
adjoining the residencu of Judiro
Goff.
attest.
Mas. Mahy N. Baut died ?ud
dply about 12 o'clock Friday
night at her home in this city,
She had been complaining for
several days but was not thought
to be dangerous!
time during th<
Vear i
ly worse ana expired before any
of the near neighbors could be
summoned.
The Hart family, at the time
of the mother's death, was com
posed of her daughter. Miss
Lillie, her two sou Charlos M.
and John B. Hart, and thoir
married sister Mrs.Chas. J. Goff.
The father, Mr. Ira Hart, it will
be remembered died frc-.s injuries
received by being thrown out of
a carriage on Main street in 1878.
The otherdanghter. Mrs. Wilson,
I lives in Pueblo, Colorado.
Mrs. Hart was known to all
her friends as a gentle, amiable.
? noble woman, whose fondness
? for her children and home knew
? uo bounds, while they, in turn,
? were as devotedly attached to
her.
In her face there was a wealth
of beauty that was fittingly char
acteristic of her life. No earthly
words can portray the |npth of
sorrow that has come to that
home now, robbed of its last
jewel?mother. She is gone and
to use Pope's words:
A? Into tha ?lr the purer attlrlu How
And wp'rat* Iroro their kindred u rt,? below
Ho ll?w linrw.nl la ita flonfeolal pine#.
She was in her (16th year when
death called her and since it
seemed ordained that she should
go from earth, it was certainly
a great solace to her in her lust
moments, to realize that those
whom sho loved and for whom
she lived?her children?were
I men and women whose lives are
typical of all that, is admirable in
human endeavor. The friende
and relatives heave the Tele
oham's deepest sympathy.
The above waahaatily written in tti*
office, bat? more esteude.1 obituary by
" ,lf? JooR Mend oI Mr*. Hart is now o?
I n?t l?S?.-L^d WilI *PDe*r iu our
Nothing could be more striking
ly suggestive of the depth or
poverty and misery in Great
Britain than the faet that the
Salvation Army in 'London is
giving 40,000 farthing breakfasts
a week to poor children. A farth
ing is half a cent, and when we
consider that the necessities of
life are as dear in England as is
America the kind of breakfast
supplied for a farthing may bet
ter be imagined than described.