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., MARCH 31, 1893. WHOLE NO. 1574
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femaledeparl
ment of the
WestoDinsane
asylum, be
came so bois
terous as to
neces s i t a t e
the use ol a
|?tjacket. On last Tuesday
Sling while Mrs. Margaret |
jCrcary, one of the attendants,
t adjusting Ellen's jacket, she
L kicked in the stomach by the
btic. who planted her enor
i pedal extremity with such
eas to givfe the unfortunate
jndant injuries which proved
tl in a few minutes.
Ituilroiiil Note*.
lie B. & 0. have made a cir,
^ of the mines in this comma
f, connecting all of of them by
[phone with yardmaster
Iter's office at the depot. The
enit takes in Gaston, Monon
i Clark's mine, Montana and
it Fairmont, and is this -week
connected up with
ighmaster Sapp's office in the
? yard. This will greatly
?itate matters, for all hands,
information providing the
^telephone works o. k., will be
satisfactory about cars
d the old way of finding out.
pin many cases where no in
nation was to be had.
3 are coming in more plen
r for the mines than for
etime past. Last Monday
. R. R. got 174 empties, but
ikes 200 to 250 for them a
s work. The M. R. R. is in
good condition now for
S business, and the road is
do twice the amount it
k been doing of late, Additions
- been made in the motive
wer, and the management
ides itself on being able to
idle all freight, and more to,
Utravels by the "Star Route.''
'airmont Press.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
Tie Sunday exercises at the
Iptist church will be supple
Wed by administering the
finance of baptism to new
Tubers.
Tie season is here when we
iy confidently look for livelier
*"?5- House cleaning, moving.
ying and suiciding are the
Vbingers of "gentle spring."
The rapid growth in the circu
?n the Telegram during the
tl year is unprecedented in the
*>ry of journalism in Clams
?? Our circulation for this
roth was double that of any
Jker paper published here. We
Mrantee to advertisers a larger
?eolation than any other paper
'the county.
Miss Maggie Wetzel,of Weston,
lonng lady who is known to
'eral of our people, was one of
"00 persons from every part
the world who guessed on the
?"e the famous stallion 'Sidney'
Id sell for at, public auction.
We's guess was $27,000,
lich was the exact sum for
Wch the horse sold, and she be
toes the winner of the finest
Somatic sulky that is manu
Unred. The sale took place at
sveland on February 27.
it Cleveland has de
1 to call an extra session of
Jfess about the 1st of Sep
""ter. It may be a little earlier.
' will do it for the purpose of
,IBK more time for the prep
Won of a tariff bill in order
J*t it may be passed in time to
r?to effect on the 1st of July,
The "Red Men" have again or
"tted in Barbour county.
Two unknown counterfeiters
passed through Randolph county
one day last week and traded $20
to two citizens, but when viewed
closelyjby them they found them
to US oaly two SI bills and had
been raised to ?10 each. They
made good their escape.
Half the town of Litchfield.
111., is in ruins in consequence of
an explosion in a flour tmlli said
to be one of the largest in the
world. The earlier account said
that 500 houses were wrecked,
but there is reason to hope this
is an over estimate. The calam
ity is marked by the somber ele
ment of tragedy, for dispatches
state that several lives have been
lost. The fine particles of dust
floating in the air about a mill is
what causes such explosions.
Fairmont' Wiiuper*.
Index.]
There was a slight fire at the
Fret Prcus printing office on last
Friday morning.
Col. H. G. Bowles, of Monon
gah, was in the city yesterday.
He has just returned from a trip
to Cincinnati.
F. M. Meredith bought two
steers of Isaac Davis last Monday
which weighed 1,905 lbs. and
1.626 lbs., respectively.
Married at Oaklann, Md., on
March 20th, 1893, by the Rev.
Geo. W. Kepler, of St. Paul M.
E. Church, Mr. Thos. jjp Latham
and Miss Annie Gantz, both of
Palatine. W. Va.
The new town council will have
to solve a serious problem. It
will encounter a debt of about
two thousand dollars left as a
legacy by the outgoing council.
To meet this and provide for
needed improvements of the town
requires no small amount of finan
cial engineering.
A young man by the name of
C. Horton, who has deen living
in Pa latine for some time past,
was arrested there on Wednes
day night by Sheriff Morgan on
a capias from the; authorities of
Braxton county. He is charged
with stealing a horse while a
resident of Braxton.
J. Fay Watson is in Yokohama
Japan. He arrived in that far
distant land several days ago,
and from a letter received here
by his brother Charley, he stood
the trip very well and is enjoying
himself. He simply -went for the
novelty of the trip and will be
many times repaid in the sights
he will see.
Clarksburg improvements are
showing up on almost every
hand. On other occasions we
have mention
the new Mer
chant's N a -
tional B ank
and other pro
posed build
in g s. The
Epi s c o p a 1
church is now
being repair
ed and the home!; of Maj. A. C.
More and W. B. Maxwell on Pike
street show neat -'extras." Dr. D.
C. Louchery will also build a
residence on the lot he purchased
from the Catholic church.
The Public School Mirror,a most
gracefully edited journal, issued
its first edition at Clarksburg
last week. It is published in
the interest of our schools, is
edited by two of the most promi
nent educators in the State and
should be cheerfully supported
by the people of this section of
West Virginia. The hope of our
civilization rests with the public
schools.
Miss Dolliver, of Iowa, who
has been visiting at Washington
city, is the guest of Buckhannon
nonfriends... .MissBerthaHeav
ener has returned " from Balti
more and Philadelphia, and is the
guest of Miss May Doughtery in
Weston Flay Butcher and
sister. Miss Lulu,of Burnersville,
are visiting Buckhannon friends.
YOU CET o
ALL THE
tMPOUTAST==
?XK1VH
(\F THE Central
W Wat Virginia
Countut in tiu
TELEGRAM
EACH WEEK.
EASTICR.
P TO THE
fourth cen
tu r v there
was no re
gu 1 a r i t y
about t h i!
<1 a t o of
Easter Sun
day. Thoso
of the early
Christians
who be
lieved the
Christian Passover to be a com
memoration of Christ's death
adhered to the custom of holding
the Easter festival on the day
prescribed for the Jewish pasch.
the fourteenth day of the tirst
month; that is.the lumnar month,
of which the fourteenth day
either falls on or next after tho
day of tho vernal equinox.
But most of Christian churches
attaching greater importance to
the day of Christ's resurrection,
held to Easter being celebrated
on the Sunday which followed
the fourteenth day of the moon
of March, the day on which
Christ suffered.
This difference was finally set
tled by the council of Nice, in
the year 325. The rule then
adopted is still in force. Easter
is always the Sunday after the
full moon which happens on or
next after March 21?the vernal
equinox. By this arrangement,
Easter may come as early as
March 22 or as late as April 25.
This year Easter Sunday is April
3rd.
See the beautiful assortment of
Easter Cards at Nusbauni's.
Nearly 100.000 persons are in
our jails and penitentiaries.
Thirty-two States and Terri
tories have given women some
form of suffrage.
Who would have supposed that
a woman would be the inventor
of self-patching trousers?
The National Republican
League meets at Louisville, Ky.,
May 10th, 1898.
Elliot F. Shephard, editor of
the New York Mail and Express,
died suddenly last Friday.
It is rumored that Queen Vic
toria will leave no part of her
large fortune to the Prince of
Wales.
A destructive cyclone passed
through the Mississippi valley
last week carrying death and
ruin in its wake.
Sam Jones, the noted evangel
ist, and Claries Dobbs, a Baptist
preacher of Atlanta, Ga., are
carrying guns for each other.
A new theatrical spectacle is
to have an ''electric ballet" The
most ballets we have seen were
shocking enough without the
electricity.
Another centennial is being
arranged for the year 1900 to
celebrate the nineteenth centen
nial of the Savior's coming to
earth.
The man who marries, as a
rule, takes upon himself a re
sponsibility which largely
changes his course of life, and
which in turn modifies his char
acter and his ways.
An insane woman named Hath
away and a Mr. Huchinson, also
insane were taken through the
city last week for the asylumn.
Both parties were from Wheel
ing.
Mr. A. G. Sine, president of
the Mountain State Business
College, of Parkersburg, was
married last week to Miss Hattie
Timms. a popular young lady of
that city. Prof. Sine is one of
the hustling college men of the
State and is quite popular as an
educator in his line.
I'NTAIN STATE.
esting Hems or News
Gathered
THE MANY SECTIONS.,
. ?''' 'V' ?; ?(' "/ (
i W. Morrill died at Rives
on last Friday. March l~th.
I after a lengthy illness, with
- of tlio stomach.
nr. Fredrick Emory and
lary McFarland Dillie.only
iter of ex-Judge Jno. A.
of Morgantown. wero
;it'd last Friday. They will
in Indianapolis.
ik Fisher has been ap
I express agent at Weston.
iSpriggs having resigned,
fton went for licenses at
of 485 to 129 and the
men are joyful. R. D.
ord was elected Mayor,
^d ridge county Republicans
i mass meeting at their court
i April 11th to nominate a
;ito for county superin
at.
is a familiar sound in
nes of the West Virgin
it Washington. It seems to
it we have heard these
before. Iiot us see?
, Col. J. H. Hassler, Ca'pt.
['ingle. Col. C. C. Watts,
: Wilier, Col. W. A.Ohloy,
her reminiscences of the
I other years, and they all
lico and want it bad.?
[ Democrat
>, and Col. Ben Wilson and
Lucus and Col. John
S. Circuit Court de
cided the Shaw injunction case in
favor of ex-Senator Henry G.
Davis and Hon. Stephen B.
Elkinsby refusing theapplica
tionof Major Sbaw Mr an in
junction to restrain the leasing
of the Piedmont & Cumberland
Road to the West Virginia Cen
tral for a proposed term of 21
years, and for an accounting be
tween the two roads, etc., and
dismissed the bill.
W. E. Chilton has assumed his
duties as secretary of State It
is understood that his clerical
force will consist of George O.
Chilton, C. W. Gallagher and
Fred H. Scott, of Charleston,
and Bilton McDonald, of Logan
county.
The bird ldw of West Virginia
says that it shall [be unlawful to
kill robins at any time. Any
person so offending shall be fined
from $2 to $25 for each offence,
or imprisoned in jail for twenty
days, or both and the cost of
prosecution, at the discretion of
the court Boys will do well to
take warning?and some men.
too.
The Presbytery of Parkers
burg will meet in Morgantown
on April 11th, Sunday.
Geo. W- Sommers has purchas
ed the Daily Gazette, of Charles
ton. He is a newspaper man of
considerable ability.
The Governor has appointed
the following persons Regents of
the State Normal schools: Mel
ville D. Post, of Wheeling.
Harry L. Snyder, of Shepherds
town; James H. Miller, of Hinton;
L. C. Summerville; of Point
Pleasant. Mr. Snyder and Mr.
Miller held the same position
under Gov. Fleming.
Judge Hagans this week over
ruled the motion for a new trial
made by F. M. Moran and im
posed the fine of fifty dollars and
cost upon him. It will bo re
membered that Moran was the
leader in the strike that took
place in this section last year.?
Index.
The Mayor at Morgantown gets
|75 per year: the Recorder $125
and the Sergeant $500.
R. P. Harr. of Marion county,
goes to the penitentiary two
years for shooting John Martin
last fall.
J. A. Bird and F. Tenny are
announced as candidates for
county Superintendent of Lewis
county,
Harry Sands, of Fairmont, has
been elected a member of tho
American Institute of Electric
Engineers of New York.?Ex.
He is'n brothor of Cashier C.S.
Sands of this city and his promo
tion to this society of which
Edison and other famous electri
cians are members, is no small
honor.
Dr. Chas. W. Co win. formerly
editor of tho Mannington Tim fx
is after the Montreal, Canada.
Mission.
J. Slidell Brown, of tho King
wood Argu*. is an applicant for
the postofflce of his town.
Messrs Georgo Bastable mil
Hugh White of tho woll known
shoe firm of White & Bastable
have disolvod partnership. Mr.
Bastable has bought out Mr.
White and he will conduct the
business at tho old stand. ? Par
kersburu Journal
Tho coal deal has been revived
in the vicinity of Long Run by J.
P. Clifford, Sprigg Sands and T.
M. Jackson. They havo taken
an option on about Ave thousand
acres of land in that vicinity at
?8.50 per acre, agreeing to pay
ono third of the amount by tho
first day of July, and tho residue
in 0 and 12 months. Should the
deal prove a go it will bo a great
help to the farmers in that sec
tion.?Went Union Herald.
The store room of Wilson Bros,
at DeKalb, Gilmer county, was
burned last Monday.
Shinnston is trying to secure a
firm to locate a pottery at that
place.
Elias Brown died at his home
on Broad Run, Lewis county,
Tuesday.
In the breach of promise case
of Miss Rosetta Higgs against
Henry S Thorn, of Marion coun
ty, the jury brought in a verdict
of $1,500 damages for the plain
tiff.
Hon. W. H. H. Flick, the post
master at Martinsburg, has nearly
a year to serve before his com
mission expires. Editor C. W.
Boyer, of the S'tatemnan, stands
the best chance to be the suc
cessor.
Rev. L. E. Peters, of Parkers
burg, has been invited to preach
the commencement sermon of the
Burnsville Academy and has con
sented to do so. Hon.* John J.
Davis, Clarksburg, has been in
vited to deliver the annual ad
dress? Col. Elihu Button, of
Randolph county, was here this
week and purchased for eastern
parties, 12,000 acres of land on
Holly river. The Holly river
land seems to be in great demand
?Braxton Central.
The editor of the Ritchie Re
veille announces himself a can
didate for Supt of Schools thus:
Simon S. Stewart, at the request
of himself announces himself a
candidate for the office of Free
Schools of .Ritchie county, sub
ject to the decision of the voters
at the election on the 3d Tues
day in May, 1893. He has taught
17 terms of school on a No. 1
certificate and is otherwise poor
ly qualified also.
The Monongah R. R. paid the
mother of W. S. Strother $5,000
according to the compromise re
cently effected. It will be re
membered that Strother met a
horrible death between Clarks
burg and Fairmont several
months ago.
Eppa Bartlett, of Pleasant
Creek. Barbour county, died last
Saturday.
Lloyd Robinson has been ap
pointed postmaster at Philippi.
TIIK EARLY CLOSING GOES INTO
Effect *1(InilnJ, Anrll :til INKS.
HE Telegram is
informod that
acco r d 111 g to
ng r oe m o n t
signed by about
nino tenths of
the merchants
of Clarksburg,
the stores will
close over y
evening except
Saturday, at 7:30 o'clock begin
ning Aprd 3d, 1893.
Let uvory door bo closod
promptly at that time, don't wait
oue for another, but when the
appointed time comes lot every
thing move like clock-work. This
movemont involves the interest
of inoro working people probably
than has any local movement for
many years, and wo congratulate
the merchants and citizens of
Clarksburg upon the steps they
have taken in this worthy cause.
1 ho proprietor will no longer
bo a slave to his business, or the
clerk a slavo of his employer.
Mo'e efficient services will be
obtained, expensos will bo dimin
ished. and wo believe that tho
daily sales will not bo docreased
in tho Ioast. j,;
Rev. It. B. Smith, pastor of the
I arkersburg Baptist church
was married to a Miss Smith this
week.
Kx-Stato Superintendent B. L
Butcher will make his future
home with tho Fairmontors.
Joseph Moreland, a leading
several weeks.
A I'airmont school girl was
recently asked to compare the
wood "ill" and complied-by say
ing, "Il| worse, dead." A Clarks
burg girl did much bettor when
she gave as the "principal parts
of -like'" the words, "like, love
married."
The Tygart'1'valloy Oiink at
Philippi has gotten into a muss
with its cashier, and for several
days there has been groat excite,
ment in that town. The old
cashier resigned, and J. p.
Manown was elected in his place!
For four years the creamery,
in connection with tho agricult
ural department of our State
University, has furnished tho
butter for the President's table at
Washington,bnt last week Grover
shut down on Morgantown butter
and the farmers are hot about it.
Probably Grover is getting tired
of the West Virginia "mob" that
is down there trying to get "but
tered loaf."
Elsha Mason, of Grafton, who
has a wife and eight children,
fell in love with Miss Mary
Pifer.of Doddridge county, whom
he met at Terra Alta. W. Va. In
order to get the pretty Mury into
the family ho got a half witted
brother of his to marry her and
then continued an intimacy with
her that caused tho indignant
citizens of Terra Alta to take him
out one night last week and give
him a flogging that he will not
soon forget. The blood flowed
from him in fifty places.
The World's Fair edition of the
Clarksburg Telegram recently
issued, is indeed, "a thing of
beauty" and does honor to our
little city, credit to the profes
sion to which it Is an ornament,
and to tho great institutition to
which it is dedicated. It is the
product of an ossthetic mind, of
skillful labor, and of a hand and
brain that is destined to play a
prominent part on the great stage
of American journalism, if plied
with the vigor and conservatism
which have already made the
Telegram a journal for the
people.?Public School Mirror.