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CLARKSBURG, wAa, APRIL 7. 1893.
WHOLE NO. 157.5
the mormons.
fi They Were Exiled From
Illinois in 1845.
t?e historical sketches are written
he Telec.bam by a Mormon minister
m,a? year* affo lived in Clarksburg,
rtounow a rosidentof Utah.?Ed.]
t ^-Continued from A'limber 7.]
St. George, Utah. |
April 3. 1893. f
a the 19th of October at noon,
new Colonel at the head of
command, took up the line of
ch for "Saint Francisco,"
foraia. as it was then .called,
which was understood to be
place of destination. Our
rse was now south, following
Bio Del Norte for three hun
1 miles, thence west over
intains and across trackless
Iries and parched deserts for
Ire hundred miles or more be
I reaching the Pacific coast.
:h of the time we were re
ed to quarter rations and at
shad to sink wells on the
irt for water. In my opinion
aortal man can fully describe
rnte a full and complete his
ot that campaign as it really
-bat enough I will return to
Rio Del Norte.
oar marching we passed a
it many Mexican towns atd
iges. Our camps were visited
e or less every day by Mex
swho brought wood, -corn,
is, meal, apples, grapes,
i, goat milk, goat cheese,
ns, (the finest I ever saw.)
cco and molasses t,o barter
ild shoes, old boots, pants.
Is. vests, buttons, pocket
ing glasses, hair combs, etc.
j seemed to prefer such
lies to crold and silver, and
they did, for it gave us a
ice to treat ourselves to some
ie luxuries of the country as
as to increase our scanty
)ly of provisions. "
ie road down the Rio Del
I was sandy. Grass was
e and our teams soon began
fait. In passing over sand
p and ridges twenty or more
I took hold of each wagon,
|e with long ropes and others
Noa the wheels. The men
1 carried their guns and knap
3 as well as their cartridge
K in each of which there
funds of ammunition. Push
ful pulling while living on
Tt rations was well calculated
se men up. Colonel Cooke
the line of march, leav
panta Pe with only 00 days
isions. instead of 120 days
?rations as was advised by the
The excuse was that
|amount of provisions could
^ had 'n Santa Pe. nor could
she procured to haul them.
:0 Brew weak, beef cattle be-1
Jj P??r and it was the custom
Pi work animals, such as
T 0ut ?xen, and issue the
I, the battalion. QThe best
I attest the Colonel gave
|rs D0' to kill?only such as
??e weak and unable to work.
herded by Mexicans,
? in leather with blankets
? their shoulders. They
, )ows and arrows in their
a?nd kePt dogs by their
somehad staffs or long
L i?harp sPear points in
s- The sight to me looked
, At one place our com
R Purchased three hundred
P ? he driven along for the
re command cs mutton.
Lero a Grubby looking lot
lh.r soon became so poor
tk/i.C0U^ scarcely keep up
?e battalion and when ever
P gave out, it was killed
!? ? bV the war guard or
i hlu0"1' sold>ers, who had
'?Pwith3lhbeing UDable to
fo' "1 the main army.
[ j. 'eaving the Rio Del
kJ?- discovered there
IgH lumber of men too
sick and weak to carry the mus
kets and knapsacks and stand
the journey through to Cali
fornia. Accordingly another de
tachment of sixty odd, under
Lioutenaut Willis, was sent to
Pueblo for the winter. Colonel
Cooke now gave orders to the
commanders of companies to
leave the ox wagons and pack
the baggage on mules and oxen.
It was laughable to witness the
antics of the frightened oxen
after their packs were on. Some
of the boys said they "kicked up
before and reared up behind,"
bellowing, snoning, jumping up,
wheeling around and pawing and
goring the ground. However they
soon became perfectly gentle.
I Continual]
H. W. Bigler,
St. George, Utah.
helFfohmdrder.
Sheriff J. I. Alexander received
a telegram from Prosecuting At
torney W. B. Cornwell. of Horn
ney, to immediately arrest J. W.
Monroe, of Adamston, our sub
urban village, stating that a war
rant charging him with murder
had just been issued in that town.
Sheriff Alexander at once went
to Adamston and found Monroe
working in Mr. Kidd's garden,
at which place he is a boarder
He was somewhat surprised at
being arrested on the charge of
murder, but admitted that he
had come from Romney only a
few days ago. Monroe is a
single man, and has been pedling
over the country for some time.
He is now in jail where he awaits
developments. , | ..;
Just to we go to ptesS tffo War
rant arrives here by mail, in
which Monroe is charged with
the murder of Mr. McDonald, by
kicking, beating and bruising
him in a shocking manner.
One thousand families have
been made destitute in four coun
ties of Mississippi by the cyclone
of last week. Perhaps the en
tire effects of this great calamity
will never be known.
Deputy Sheriff R. R. Dawson,
of Charleston, arrived here this
morning having in his charge
Russel Sarver who is wanted in
Braxton county for figuring in a
shooting scrape. Sarver was
marched through town wearing
hand cuffs and with his feet in
shackles. He is charged with
shooting a man named Mollihan
about a year ago. Mollihan
however, was not killed.
Miss Vandelia Varnum, of
Franklinville.N. Y\, who has been
styled "The Queen of the Plat
form," will deliver her famous
lecture "Who Pays the Freight?"
at the Court House Monday eve
ning April 10th, at 8 p. m. A
free lecture and no "after collec
tion.". As a lecturer Miss Var
num always entertains her hear
ers and leads them through fields
that blossoms with wit, pathos
and eloquence. Everybody in
vited to this entertainment.
Clarxsbuna, W. Va., )
April 6, 1898.)
Mr. John Whitehead, Gen'l Manager
of the Morris Goa Coal and Coke Co., is
no longer connected with said Company.
Weiton.
Waton Democrat.
Two fights last Saturday broke
in on the monotony of a dull
week.
We understand the railroad
company will shortly make some
changes in the running of their
passenger trains.
There are some cases of scarlet
fever at Jane Lew.
Married, Wednesday March,
22, at 8 p. m.. Mr. Walter Law
son to Miss Eva A Goodwin at
the home of the bride near Jane
Lew. Rev. J. Vincent, officiated.
A lodge of Knights of Pythias
will be organized at Berlin next
Friday night Deputy District
Grand Chancelor C. H. Danser
will be the instituting officer.
FROM CLARKSBPRt
A Boy From This City And
One from Taylor Cgpnty
Are secured for a
MUSEUM AT THE WORLD'S
FAIR.
C'LillK NH ELTON, ONE OF THEM
Clark Sheltoa will no longei
be one of Clarksburg's curiosi
ties. He is ?oon to be placed on
exhibition in a Chicago museum.
Almost every person that visits
Clarksburg has seen the deform-1
ed child as his playmates pulled |
hi s little
YOU GET?o ,
all the wagon alons
i3iroKTAXT_ the s t r e ets |
- im* taking him to
and from
Countia in Uu school. Clark
teleura w j is 13 years old
Kit:II M'F.EK. . ,
and was born
with his unfortunate deformity.
He has no use of his lower
limbs and propels himself alonn
the street by swinging his little
body between his arms. Many
persons have been moved to |
sympathy for the poor little waif
and have turned aside from the
hustling throng to drop a|f?M
pennies in his hand. He will be
missed by our people to whom he
is a familiar figure.
His teacher. Miss Nellie Barnes,
for a long time, took great pains
to instruct him, and was instru
mental in having a fund of $125
raised for him, which amount is
now deposited in the Traders
Bank as the "Sheltonfund." Now
that he is to be sent away it is
nofknown what disposition will
be made of this fund. The boy
lives with his step-father, John
Davis, near the B. & 0. depot,
and will remain there until his
clothing and tights arrive, which
were ordered this week by the
Chicago man who came to get
him.
The man who came forShelton
Mr. F. L. Porter, is a native of
Cincinnati, and says he will
secure a very valuable museum
freak in Taylor county. It is a
badly deformed man. who has no
forehead, has webbed fingers and
is almost covered with hair, in
fact the unfortunate creature
hardly resembles a human being.
When placed in the museum at
CLARK SHELTON.
Vorld's Pair it will be label
ifhat is it?" This creature
Ijof human parents is now in
~ ayior county alms house
lis about 20 years old.
< man who is looking after
specimens is reported to
esaid that West Virginia Ims
human "freaks" than any
: State he has visited,
i is very proud of his luck in
-in- these two boys and rc
I them as very valuable for
urposo. The pictures above
ery accurate and present two
9 of Clark Shelton. the hoy
nentionod.
Dowr^rov r
n you want a little "puff"
ouncement you come to
iome paper always.
ask it to boom your
es. your festivals and say
ings about tho town and
your property. Then if
ive 75 cents worth of print
do you sneak around to
> office that runs in op
to your home paper and I
all your work that there |
ruin in.
don't you?
nine times out of ton you
payjjhigher price and get the
material in town,
o, of course you do.
k the editor to advertiso
liege or institution in
)U are interested "at the
ible figure" and then
first paying job of
e to let out to
you get a chance.
You are mighty free about tell
ing what a good thing for a town
a home paper is, but are back
ward when it comes to helping
that paper with cash, aren't you?
The home paper doesn't charge
you interest on back subscrip
tions, but you will wait till the
last thing before paying it, don't
you?
You are mighty anxious to
have the home paper spend
money with you. but are careful
to spend as little as possible with
it, aren't you?
\ou know that the best adver
tisement any community can
have is to send out over the
country a live, wide-awake, pro
gressive newspaper.
Tho newspaper is the mirror
in which the outer world catches
a reflection from your com
munity.
Do you care anything about,
that?
Your home paper should bo I
very near to you. It tells you
who is dead, who is sick, who is
married, who is born and many
other things you would like to
know.
It tolls you what the courts are
doing, who the jurors are, when
to go to church, to county court
and when to send your children
to school.
??Yet in spite of all these bene
fits. some* people say that the
home paper is not half so good
as some city paper that has no
ieterest in their business or suc
cess. The home paper, like the
home church, is too often ne
glee ted by those who are bene
fitted by it."
The rapid growth in the circu
lation the Telegram Juring the
past year is unprecedented in the
history of journalism in Clams
burg. Our circulation for this
month was double that of any
other paper published here. We
guarantee to advertisers a larger
circulation than any other paper
in the county.
Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland,
the sister of Grover Cleveland, is
now in Europe. Last summer
she was met walking on a road
in Switzerland by Colonel Dan
Lamont. who was making the
tour.
mountain state.
Interesting Items of News
Gathered
FROM THE MANY SECTIONS.
Married at the residence of Rev
James AUender. on Wednesday'
March 29th. Mr. Amasiah Devoid
and Miss Myrtle Michles. both of
Newburg, Preston county -
Sentinel.
Graduating exorcises of the
class of '93 of the Buckhannon
High School were held at the
Opera House at 8 p. m. Monday.
Miss Fmma Bailey. Myrtle Low.!
and Clara Mathers wore tho
graduates for this year.
Charles Ray. of Wheeling, W.
a" llas a peculiar dog. The
cars ran over two of the dog's
legs, a front and a hind one on
tho same side of tho body, but
tho canine is still able to balance
itself and run, and even perform
to the music of the piano. II Un
drods of persons have noted tho
dog's peculiarities.
The Secretary of State has is
sued a certificate of incorporation
*<> the Morgan town Glass Com
pany, of Morgantown, W. Va.
with a capital of 82,000. Tho
privilege of increasing tho capi
tal stock to 150,000 in all is al
lowed. Tho shares aro $50 each
anc are held by John j. Wa)fih
of, Wellsburg. W. Va.; E. M.
Grant, R. E. Past, Goo. C. Stur
and I. C White, of Morgan
Tho Knighta of Pythias organ
ized a Uniform Rank here last
I'riday night. Col. Paul Prager
of Parkorsburg. officiating, witli
tho assistance of several of tho
Rank from Weston. An attract
tivestreet parade was given head
ed by the city band, and after the
work of installation was complet
ed a delightful banquet was sorv
edatthe Valley House.?Buck
hannon Bee.
Mr. Ira Robinson, a former
member of the bar, and who left
here last fill for the west with
his bride. nreMiss Sinsol, with a
view to taking up his residence
m Kansas, after visiting several
points has returned to Grafton,
and we understand has concluded
to make his home in our "Moun
tain State." Mr. Robinson, dur
lug his absence, visited several
States, but found no location that
suited him. Old West Virginia
is good enough for him yet. The
i friends of Mr. Robinson and his
excellent young wife gladly wel
come them home again.?Grafton
Sentinel.
License in Grafton is not a
bloamfiig moral success. The
Sentinel of last week says: " *lf
we nad license.'" we have had it
so often told us by the advocate
of that measure, "'boys and
men could not get whiskey.' "
What are the facts now that we
have license? Is it true that
boys and those whom it is known
get drunk at every opportnnity,
still get all the whiskey they
want? It looks like it. Is there
now no Sunday selling? This
paper cannot answer the ques
tion, but it hears many charges
to that effect- The town author
ities ought to prepare to fence
Latrobe street in on Saturday
evenings and make it the regular
dumping ground for the over
loaded stomachs of those who
put in the night filling themselves
with bad whiskey. And by shut
ting off the above named thor
oughfare from general use, the
Sunday morning church goer
would bo forced to seek another
route to the sanctuary, and thus
avoid the sickening spectacles
presented by the streets last
Sunday, that is so completely
given up to the saloons. Turn
on the hose!"
Thp Young Man Wat Cruj.
A young man who was trying
tho doors of businoss houses and
acting in a straugo manner was
wrested at Huntington last
1' riday. In the police court ho
was lined $10 and committed to
jail. He bocamo maniacal and had
to bo tied down. It was subse
quently learned that ho was
Charles Smith, tho nephew of
the sheriff of Gallia county,Ohio,
and the son of wealthy parents,
who live near Gallipolis. to which
place he will be taken to-morrow.
In 1891, for tho twolve months
ending Docomber 31, the value
of salt exported from tho United
States to other countries was
?1.270.
In 1892, for tho corresponding
period, under KepvblUan reciproc
ity and protect ion, the value of
the export was $4,087.
Thin incrctmc of ft),417. or 209
per cent., shows that the salt in
dustry is freshening up. Repub
lican business principles are at
the bottom of it. Hail and Ex
7>rr*u.
Fairmont wiTlnpor*.
Sheriff Morgan took Charles
Horton, the horse thief, to Sut
ton Tuesday, for trial. On Mon
day he took Stiof Molnar to tho
penitentiary at Moundsviile.
An eight-year-old son of Wil
bur W atkins, residing noar Rives
villo, had ten teeth knocked out
and its mouth and gums badly
cut by boing struck with a leaver
on a hand car, one day last week.
The child, was playing oa tho
Mrs. Jesse Manley spent Sun
day in Clarksburg with friends.
The Normal students are talk
ing of organizing a military com
Pan.V, there being in tho neigh
borhood of fifty who have ex
pressed a desire to do so and
uniform themselves.
A letter will go quicker to
Baltimore or Wheeling or Pitts
burg from Fairmont than it will
to I alatine, just across tho bridge
from Fairmont.
Kev. (i, U. Shott, of Madison
ville, Ohio, will enter upon his
I duties as pastor of tho Baptist
church in this place.
The town officers last Saturday
evening made a raid on a speak
easy, located in the old house
near the pump station, and con
ducted by colored gentlemen.
HughSwann, of the Connells
viHe region, Sampson Warden,
of Weston, and Henry Hervey, of
Clarksburg, wore gathered in.?
free Preau.
LA TEST MAKKETS.
CATTLE.
New Yokk, Tuesday. April 4.
Good to prime, $5 40@5 70.
Fair to good. $5 25@5 40.
Common to medium, 4 o|@5 20.
Oxen and stags, 3 15@5 50.
Bulls and dry cows, 1 05?3 80.
Average to day, estimated, 530.
Extreme range of prices,4 50@
5 70.
Good to prime steers sold one
year ago at fl 00@*4 75; the
average price was estimated at
$4 40. Receipts for two days,
200 cars, or 4,404 head.
Exporters of beef cattle are
not much encouraged and are
very inactive this week.
wool.
Philadelphia. April 4.?Wool
market quiet, prices nominal.
Ohio, Pennsylvania and West
Virginia XX and above, 30ca3Xc;
X 28ca29c; medium, 33ca35;
coarse. 34ca35. New York, Mich
igan. Indiana and Wostern, fine
or X and XX, 20ca27c; medium,
33ca34c; coarse, I4ca35c. Fine
washed delaine, X and XX; 30c.a
38c; medium washed combing
and delaine, 30c.
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