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VOL. XXXIII.-NO 42.
CLARKSBURG, W. VA., AUGUST HI. 1894.
WHOLE NO. 17r>8
Four More Year's 0/ Urorer, Etc.
Ob. Onr Grover,
Where's tUe clover.
That we beard so muoh about ?
We've been sighing.
Pryiug, lying
But the clover cau't find out.
Tell us. Grover,
Where's the clover
Sung about in '92 ?
While we're sighing.
Time is flying.
And the rent is overdue.
Prithee, Grover,
Where's our clover ?
O'er onr homes is deepest gloom,
While we're rustling,
Bustling, bustling
Looking (or the clover bloom.
Show us, Grover,
To the clover
That's not mentioned nowadays.
Let us know
Where to go
On the clove* fields to gaze.
But, if, Grover,
There'anoolover,
And you've fooled us with your
tricks?
We will shake you,
And unmake yon
When we vote in '96.
Terrible Fi?l)t
Between Americans and Hun
garians at Farnum, this
county.
CLUBS AND REVOLVERS WERE
USED?ONF MAN LEFT
FOR DEAD.
A very bloody fight, almost
'Farnum on Saturday evening.
A party of nineteen Hungari
ans were imbibing very freely in
Chas. Ross' "speak-easy" when
for some reason they began a
brutal assault on Dan Coopar,
who was unable to repel the at
tack of the mob, and his friend,
John Richards, a powerful man,
weighing over two hundred,came
to bis assistance and was struck
on the knee with a beer bottle.
I A rough and tnmble fight ensued,
in which Richards, assisted by
Jenks Smitn and Stein Conaway.
succeeded in flooring five of the
Huns. The remaining fourteen
then seized any weapon to be
found and centered their attack
on Richards, who was forced to
flee for his life. After running
for some distance he turned to
repell his pursuers, when one of
the Huns shot him in the mouth
with a 32-calibre revolver. The
I bullet entered the corner of his
I mouth.and knocking out a lower
tooth, lodged in the roof of his
mouth, just entering the skin, so
that he spit both it and the tooth
out. He was then knocked down,
his skull fractured, and arm badly
bruised, when, thinking that he
was dead, the Hungarians) left.
Richards, having been taken
into a house nearby, was cared
for and brought to town the next
morning, when his wounds were
all dressed and he was made as
comfortable as possible under
the circumstances, and returned
to Farnum the same evening.
The Hungarians are arming
themselves and trouble is ex
pected, as they are determined
to have revenge before leaving
for Hungary next week.
Great praise is given to Rich
ards for his bravery in coming
to the assistance of his friend,
and for his prowess in the fight.
For quite a while, single handed,
he withstood the whole mob and
through it all defended himself
and Cooper in a very courageous
manner, as the scars on many a
Hungarian head will testify.
New blank deeds just printed
it this office. Best form, finest
paper, and most convenient deed
!ver printed in this State. Forms
>r bo th townproperty and tracts
f land. U6t
A Bad Accident.
A terrible accident occurred
last Sunday night on the B. & 0.
railroad at the Silver run cut,
near Silver run tunnel, the scene
of more than one fatality.
The Washington and Cincin
nati express. No. I. due here at
12:23 a. m.. ran into a rock on the
track throwing the engine across
the track, derailing the coaches,
killing the tireman and injuring
the engineer.
No passengers were seriously
injured.
The train was drawn by engine
No. 878, Engineer Pat Flannery,
of Grafton, and Fireman James
Shaughnessey, who lived be
tween Salem and Long Run.
Conductor Frederick was in
charge.
Shaughnesiey was killed and
Flannery wau injured, but it is
said, not seriously.
A wrecking crew, physicians
and undertaker were sent out
from Parkersburjt.
The east-bound 3:19 a. m. train
was in three sections, carrying
K.ofP people to Washington
One section was stopped at
Pennsboro and the other two
sections at Parkersburg. The
Knights were delayed fourteen
hours by the accident.
It may be said witb certainty
that not one person in the whole
United States supposes or
imagines that under the Demo
cratic tariff scheme now to go
into effect the country will re
cover the degree of prosperity it
enjoyed during so many years
anSw Rupub'iicau policy. No
one expects wages to be so high,
business to be so active, values
to be so good, as in former times.
The country will now have oppor
tunity to make the comparison,
or mark the contrast, between
the polices of the two parties and
their results. The tariff ques
tion therefore is not settled by
passage of this bill. It will be
a more lively question than ever
from now till after the Presi
dential election of 1896.?Port
I land Oreoonian.
Hon. A. B. Clark has been
nominated for House of Dele
B gates by the Republicans of Up
shur county. He is among the
best on earth and will be elected
by a large majority.
? , At the Democratic Senatorial
convention for the Tenth Sena
torial district at Buckhannon.
the banner was committed to the
hands of Benjamin Bassell, Jr.,
of Upshur county. He was nomi
nated on the eighth ballot.
The Sew Railroad.
A great many prophesies and
comments can be heard now con
cerning the proposed new rail
road that will pass up the Elk
valley to Belington. The momen
tous question that is being asked
is "Will the road be built?" We
are not able to answer that ques
I tion. One of the most prominent
capitalists "of this community told
us that it was almost certain to
be put through. The engineers
are now at work, which means a
vast expenditure of money. The
great coalfields through which it
will pass are being optioned at
about $20 per acre. All these
movements cost a lot of money.
Just such movements as these
have been the first steps taken
in all the railroad building of
I the past But what this move
ment will finally develop is more
than we can tell at this time,
but the intentions of the com
pany are certainly centered on
building the road as soon as pos
sible. _
This may mean you. We do
not intend any insult if it does,
but a large 'number of our sub
scribers are in arrears for the
Telegram. We wonder how
these people think we can keep
the paper going without a little
money. We expect to collect
what is coming to us
this fall, and our friends
will oblige us by getting ready
for this emergency as soon as
they can. We mean you if YOC
are very far behind.
Henrr F. JUy?-r.
?(' Telegram :?Noticing
your paper of recent date
death of Capt. Henry P. Ma
I desire through your colunn
add iny testimony in behalf
this lamented comrade and ;
riotic citizen of your town.
he was a brave and true sold
your citizens well attest,
his health was wholly unde|
ed in the service of bis coub
we but too well ltnow: but tbt'
ell of his afflictions he was <
ready to respond to the calls
the Grand Army of the Repu
and to the wants and nece
of his friends and comr
wherever located. The deV
soldier, this loving, trusting I
band having now taken his flij
to other realms we can but i
late all that was noble in hii
a soldier,?true as a citizen a
fond as a husband and may .
fact of his patriotic servic
country, his unswerving frici
ship, his loye and loyalty to 1
home, in some manner atohe
the loss, to the partner of all
joys and sorrows, as she now sit*
in the silence of this great gii
May the consciousness
pure patriotism, his una
life, his devoted attacbme
her through all the vicis
of married life be to her
balm to a bleeding heart,
may He who tempers the
to the shorn lamb, watch )
and protect her.
Yours truly,
P. G. Sf
Ripley, Ohio, Aug. 29, l&tJ,
West VttM.
Attorneys Maxwell and Lynch,
of Clarksburg, were here on le
gal business Monday.
John J. Davis says the Demo
craats have been unfaithful to
the Chicago platform. Davis
ought to know, as he helped to
make it.
The'West Union base ball club
played the Orove team a match
game at Market last Saturday, in
which West Union won with a
score of twenty to si*. The team
here has received a challenge
from Clarksburg,
On Thursday policeman James
Parlin and a deputy of Marietta
arrived here and succeeded in ar
Mw Harry. N. Smitbson on
two charges, one of rape and the
other of bastardy, "and;) started
for Mack.sburg, Ohio, Smith
son's home. ? Ex.
Sunday morning during the
heavy storm Basil Moyerpjf
Parkersburg, was struck by
lightning and instantly killed.
About six o'clock Moyer was
gnulglpn the docks, under the
Ben Hur, which is in the dock,
fishing. After that bright flash
of lightning and loud clap of
thunder, the men in the boat
came runDing out to see if the
SwSppiad been struck, and saw
Moyer lying on the dock dead.?
State Journal.
We hope the pretty Weston
girl who was engaged to a certain
Clarksburg society s.well, and
whose diamond engagement ring I
had to be returned to the Clark.
burg jeweler because it was not
MaBEfor. will meet with better
luck- should she ever again be
wooed by a Clarksburg youth, j
We desire to assure her that |
Clarksburg is able to provide liar
a fair Adonis who can place the
golden circlet upon her dinty
finger, and she can rest in sweet
uninterrupted anticipation until
he comes to claim her a?his own.
Certainly we can, for we have
hosts of them.
There will be the novel attract
ion of a potato race at the Olarks
burg Pair. For particulars call
on C. L. Hickman, Vice Presi
dent. . A golden opportunity to
win a handsome purse. 41-2t.
First class work guaranteed by
Clarksburg Steam Laundry. 38
>'? Excise.
Just hear what the old Demo
cratic New \ork Sun has to say.
It is the following:
It is no excuse for Congress
that it was directed into the broad
^.V/'iat leadeth to destruction
by Mr. Cleveland. His pan in
'he dishonor will be large; but
the share of the Democrats in
Congress will be large enough
to make them wish that they had
never been born, a wish in which
the Democratic party, betrayed,
humiliated, condemned to almost
certain disaster by their weak
ness. will heartily join.
The contract' between the
high Democratic hopes with
which this Congress met last
December, and the absolute dis
appointment and disgust which
u has sinse caused in every Demo
cratic heart, is too evident and
too sickening to be dwelt upon.
?Since this Congress had not the
common honesty to keep good
faith with the people, the best
thing it could do was to adjourn,
[t is unfortunate that there is no
"institutional provision for ad
irning Mr. Cleveland for a few
jnths, too. There will bo no
-ijournment of the disgrace
which this unfaithful President
Snu this unfaithful Congress have
upon themselves. That
" sit continuously.
g| m ?
t I'arkersburg, last Monday
Chas. Ratliff, colored, was
k on the head by Joe Mor
another colored man, and
?ed so severely that he will
The trouble was over a
b President by his neglect
(bill arraigns himself
i people. He
t .0 charge of
he cause of which
been the leader. He
ands himself with the shame
ful and degrading words, ?-per
fidy" and' dishonor.''
Grafton Gleaning*.
Mrs. M.J.Hanshaw and daugh
ter, Miss Nettie, who have been
making their home in Mounds
ville for several months past
have returned to their old homo
at Grafton.
James Carr an old and well
known citizen of Grafton died at
the home of her sister. Miss
Ann Carr in this place on Mon
day morning last, the 20th, of
hasty consumption. The deceas
ed was born in Maryland.
Hon. W. E. Dorsey who rep
resented the Second Congress
ional district of Nebraska in
Congress for several terms, was
visiting his friend Capt. John S.
S. Herr, in this city, on Wednes
day. Col. Dorsey is a native
West Virginian but went west
after the war and located at Fre
mont, Nebraska, where he gain
ed great popularity and is recog
nized as one of the leading man
i of the west.
i Chas. K. Thompson, of Pt.
j Pleasant, this State, died on
train No. :5. between Altamont
and Deer Park, last Tuesday
moraine. The deceased had been
east in bad health and was ac
companied by his wife and sister
and two little children. It was
the hope of the wife and sister
that the husband and brother
would be able to reach home be
fore the end came, but after
leaving Washington on the way
home he took worse and died as
above stated. The deceased was
a member of the masonic fra
ternity, and the members of the
order here gave his body proper
attention. -r-Sen tinet.
Riley Gregg, of Ruhl & Co,
left Saturday for a ten days vaca
tion which will be spent at his
old home in Tyler county. He
will be joined at Clarksburg by
Mrs. Gregg.
Mrs. J. W. Haslup received
her warrant for 12,000 from the
Superintendent Lodge K. of H.
this week. This makes 126,000
that has been paid to beneficiaries
of deceased members of Grafton
I*>dge.?Grafton Leader.
Without His SlKiuture.
The failure of President Cleve
land to sign the tariff bill will
| place an additional burden upon
| the backs of the Democratic
I campaign workers this fall. Al
though the bill will become a law
i within the ten days' limit, the
I lack of the presidential signature
| will make an almost unanswera
ble argument in condemnation of
it. It is very apparent that what
ever may be Mr. Cleveland's
numerous virtues as a man and
a president, tact, the ability to
smooth his own and his party's
path to success is not one of
them.?Wheeling New*.
Marriage*.
William T. Core, ago 30, to
Melissa Randolph, age SO.
John W. Freeman, Jr., age 18,
to Mollie Conway, age 10.
Claude Gaston, age 24 to Elsa
J. Sommerville, age 23.
Eugene C. Johnson, age 25, to
Ada V. Young, age 21.
Charlie M. Herndon. age 21, to
Lucinda Critis, age 20.
Ellis H. Rogers, age 21. to
Druzilla May Murphy, age 21.
Trantfer*.
J, B. Harrison toWm.K. Har
rison 120a; Clay.
fhos Hawker com'r to J B
Cunningham. 1-5 int in 344a;
Eagle.
James H Morrison to Nancy
E Maphis, 1 lot; Elk.
John H Davisson to M K Davis
son. 05 a: Sardis.
A D Cookman to Rosa Dawson,
1 lot; Grant.
C M Jackson to Ann Keener,
I lot; Coal.
J cUtigs Duukm to Al&x
W L Cole to S G Monroe, 1 lot;
Clark.
M J Prances to Nathan Goff,
II :> 1 a; Clark.
D A Flanagan to Loria A
Stewart. 20<t; Sardis.
Harriett A Sirinner to Jemima
A Buck, int. in coal; Tenmile.
G L Hurst to same; same.
F M Hurst to same; same.
James L Hust to F M Hurst,
coal; Tenmile.
KHOgdento Oscar Fortney,
18Ja; Simpson.
S K Ronrbaugh to S E Hager
ty, 2 lots; Sardis.
Wm Cain to R L Queen, int in
land; Elk.
R L Queen to Wm Cain int in
land; Elk.
G A Curtis to Heman Maxon.
4CJa; Grant.
Joseph A Ileldreth to Uriah
Heldre'th. coal priv.; Eagle.
No man can truthfully say that
the Democratic Tariff bill is not
a complete exemplification of the
principles and a consistent per
petuation of the practices of the
party in the past. From the
time of Jefferson the Democracy
has unwaveringly advocated and
enacted tariff laws based on the
theory of revenue and incidental
protection. ? Cleveland Itain
dealer.
Tbe Farmer and Hit Wool.
The other day an Ohio county
farmer came to town to sell his
wool and be measured for a good
suit of clothes. The clotnes cost
him $25 and are well worth the
money. They contain about four
pounds of scoured wool.
To pay for this suit of clothes
in unwashed wool of the first
quality required the sale of 20$
pounds. This was the product
of 85 sheep, It represented three
tons of Hay, fifteen bushels of
bran, oats and corn, pasturage
for seven months, the labor of
penning every night through the
winter and salting once a week
In summer.
For all tbe outlay, including
the interest on the investment in
the thirty-five sheep, the West
Virginia farmer gotatwenty-five
dollar suit of clothes. He was
obliged to sell his wool at a free
trade price, for although the
Mckinlev law was still on the
statute book the Democratic free
wool was already in practical
effect. This West Virginia farm
er will not vote the Democratic
ticket this year.?Intelligencer.
Barkhinnon.
Attorney G. M. Fleming re
turned Wednesday from bis sum
mer's outing In good health, and
ready for business and politics.
President Hutchinson left
Thursday for Cincinnati He will
go from there to his father's
home at Mt. Pleasant, Pa., where
his family is, and will return
Aug. SI, ready for the opening
of the fall term. September 5.
The Teachers' Institute for Up
shur county convened at the
courthouse inBuckhannon, Mon
day morning. There were 10<i
enrolled the first day, and up to
this, Wednesday morning, there
are enrolled 134, 91 gentlemen
and 411 ladies. Prof. R. A. Iilggs,
of Benwood, has charge of the
Institute, assisted by Eugene
llrown and W. B. Nutter. Prof.
F. P. Harris, of Charleston, and
chief clerk to the State Superin
tendent, is also present, assisting
in the work. Prof. Wilkinson,
of Grafton was present Monday
and Tuesday.?Delia.
Walffe.
Camden, youngest son of Dr.
and Mrs. A. H. Kunst, has ty
phoid fever.
T. L. Egan's Minstrel Com
pany that left here last week for
the Webster Springs, started on
foot from Cowen, a station on the
railroad, to Addison. Under the
guidance of F, Brinkman they
left Cowen at two o'clock in
morning and before they
gone
? hours, wew^Indr tired logging
their m instrel paraphernalia, sore
of foot, they arrived at the
Springs at 11 o'clock,?Democrat.
Mrs. Wm. Lockhart died of
I paralysis at 2 a. m. Friday. af cer
an illness of less than twelve
hours.
James Eakle dropped dead
from heart failure at the resi
dence of Major T. Smith on
Jesse's run, Saturday morning.
Martin Post, an aged and re
spected citizen of Hacker's creek,
died Saturday of paralysis. The
funeral occurred Tuesday morn
ing.
Clerk Bennett has issued mat
rimonial permits to James W.
Ingram and Cora McLaughlin,
Jas. G. Simons and Icy J. Casto.
?World.
Scarlet fever is prevalent in
Weston.
Col. Ben Wilson and grand
daughter, Miss Gertrude Brown,
of Clarksburg, were visiting at
Camden-on- G&uley.
Hon. C. P. Dorr, of Addison,
was in Weston Monday. Mr. Dorr
contemplates locating in Wash
ington, D. C., in the near future
for the practice of his profession
Miss Mollie Glancy, of the Bon
ton store, returned to Weston
Friday, after a vacation of sew
eral weeks pleasantly spent at
her home in Clarksburg. ? /?(?>??
pendent.
IlrmorratN Fight.
Parkersiu'rg. W. Va., August
29.?The Wirt county Democrat-'
held a convention to-day at Eliza
beth to nominate a county ticket
and also to select delegates to the
Congressional and Senatorial
conventions. The county ticket
was soon nominated, but when it
came to the selection of delegate-,
there was the worst kind of a
row. and jwrsonal altercations
ensued, finally leading to blows.
There were no fewer than seven
personal encounters. At last the
Cai>eliart men secured control of
the convention, but the wrang
ling continued throughout,causing
the Congressional delegates to be
divided between Leonard and
Capehart. Lou Roberts, a Cam
den man was nominated for the
House of Delegates?From Wheel
ing Sunday Register.