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Seme Young Men In Trouble.
I'oited States Marshal C. W.
Law arrested three young men
on a charge of violating the U. S.
Postal laws by using the mails
for a correspondence relating to
the purchasing or selling of
'.green goods." The accused
parties were Wm. Haskins, of
Raccoon Run, not far from Cher
ry Camp, and Hrnner andTilden
Nutter sons of David Nutter de
ceased. who reside near Big
Isaac. The hearing before Com
missioner Spates occupied about
two days. J. T. Carter prosecut
ine attorney of Doddridge county
appeared for the prisoners. It
seems that the young men had
been pretending to act as agents
for a tirmof counterfeiters who
had "green goods" to sell. Their
plan was to go around and show
some good money as a sample
and get people to put in so much
to buy it with. It was to come
at about $10 for $1. After the
agent had gotten together enough
money, he pretended to go off to
meet the "green goods" men and
make a deal. Then he would
come back and announce that
le bad gotten the money-but was
obbed. As a matter of fact it
ras all a hoax. He simply put
he money in his pocket and
ever tried-to get "green goods.''
Two of them were held to await
he next session of the 'Federal
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verdict i
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J. L. Jackson came in from
Cairo the first of the week after
his wife, who,had not yet gone to
ber new homa ''Dick" is well
pleased with his new position.
Reliable persons have informed
the editor that the communica
tion from Jimtown telling about
some "sports" attending the Wes
ton fair, was intended to reflect
on innocent parties, and was a
falsehood all through.
The Salem lot sale was a splen
did success. ' The lots went to
people from a distance generally,
md several will build on them
soon. Another sale is announced
tor Nov. 23.
There was a small freight
Keck at Brown's Creek Church,
? the W. Va. & P. yesteiday.
*hich was caused by two cars
.oaded with lumber jumping the
track. No one was injured.
Two Italians tore a hole in the
?llof the Fairmont jail,recently,
ud cscaped. They were jailed
%r a trivial offense and would
We been released in a couple of
lays.
The Northern Pacific and Alas
[> Mining, Transportation Co.,
| New York, have secured the
"vices of Mr. Chas. J. Goff, of
Us city, as assistant manager,
foe company is a strong one,
'?(in h". Cowan of the B. & 0.
vice president. Mr. Goff
fill go to Alaska some time nest
priog and will have the advant
of knowing considerable
toJt the country and its climate,
kny of our readers will remem
that be was located there as
'representative of the treasury
Apartment during President
Prison's administration.
HORSES WANTED.
I will be at Stenart Bros' sta
^.Clarksburg, West Virginia,
Wednesday, Nov. 17th, to buy
cur load of horses and mares,
.?"r years old and up.
P. K. HAFER.
Weston Xewslets
From Exchanges.]
Henry Brannon. Jr.. and Karl
Jvunst have succeeded D. F Cor
pening & Co. in the shoe busi
ness.
Guy Gribble, who has been the
Western Union operator at Buck
hannon, was here Monday. He
becomes the railroad agent at
Burnsville.
J. D. Paugh and wife spent
Sunday with friends near Lost
Creek.
W. G. Harrison, who returned
to Weston a few weeks ago. will
make this his future home. He
is a Rood citizen and a worthy
man.
Cards are out announcing the
coming marriage of Mr. M. B.
Ralston, the popular druggist, to
Miss Gertrude Lewis, a sister of
Dr. J. S. Lewis.
From Brown.
We have not seen anything in
your excellent paper from our
place for a long time, so if you
will give us a small space in your
paper we will try and give you a
few items which will let the
readers of the TELEGRAM know
we are still among the living and
most of us are enjoying the Mc
Kinley administration.
A. F. Kemper and wife were
visiting at D. W. Kemper's last
Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. T.
F.Kemper, of Marshville, was
visiting her step son at our place
also Sunday.
Mr. Howard Martin and John
Nuzum, both have becomaresi
Veterans bad the Junior Order
had a public meeting at the G. A.
R. Hall in our town last Satur
day evening for the purpose of
discussing the principles of the
several orders. Quite a number
of the members of the three ord
ers were present and took part
in the discussion and quite an
enjoyable time was had by all!
who were present by both the
members of the orders and also
non-members of whom there was
quite a crowd present. Arrange
ments have been made to hold
these meetings every two or four
weeks by tbe different orders in
the neighborhood to which meet
ings the public are cordially in
vited.
The Brown and Katylick B. B.
nine's will cross bats at Dola,
Saturday Nov. 13th.
WILD BILL.
Robert T. Lincoln, son of Presi- J
dent Lincoln, may be chosen to
succeed George M. Pullman, as
president of the great Pullman
Company.
The heirs of Lord Waldon. of
England, are claiming that they
own 40,000 acres of land in West
Virginia, and will bring suit soou
to recover it.
Mr. B. L. Drummond. of Wes
ton, stopped in the city a few
days this week on his return from
Pittsburg.
The West Union ?Herald says
attorney M. M. Thompson, of
Glarksburg.tnade a very eloquent
speech in the ltig oil'suit that
came up last week at Harrisville.
D. E. Dent, a married man,
with a family, who resided at
Sutton, left for the west with a
Mrs. Stuart last week. Both had
been employed at the Insane
Asylum at Weston.
Mrs. E. B. Hustead has re
moved from the Haymond prop
erty and is now occupying the
brick house opposite Boughner's
store, where she will continue to
keep boarders, and extends a
cordial welcome to all her old
patrons.
(Mai Battle.
Reports have reached the news*
papers of a terrible battle in a
church situated in the moun-,
taiDS of Nicholas connty. The
United States Marshals bad en
tered the church and demanded
the surrender of Melton Hick-,
man, who with his followers, has
been a terror to the two Virgin*"
tas, and has robbed many post
offices. Reports are that a gen
eral fight ensued between the
marshals and the desperadoes, in
which three were killed and seven
wounded. Among the dead are
Hickman and Deputy U. S.
Marshal Rader.
Broaddus Notes.
At a teachers' examination re
cently held in Lewis County, a
graduate of Broaddus Institute
received the highest average.
?iven. there being eighty-six ap
plicants. The young lady thus
distinguished was a member of
the class of'H7. Another mem;
ber of the same class received
next to the highest grade given
in Barbour county.
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The primary department at
Broaddus Institute, under the
skillful management of Mi
Maude Bassel has attaineda srratl
fying measure of prosperity. Th
little folks have never had a mor
pleasant school room nor-a mo
successful teacher. The prim''
may now be regarded as an.
tment of
Daisy-not not' 'crimson- tipped,"
but pure White-also gladens the
eyes of all beholders, whde near
by is seen a rare specimen con
sisting of a Blue eyed Snsan. In
an out-of-the-way corner the
Johnny-jump-up flourishes. Two
fine plants of the Sweet BaRsel
grow side by side. The Myrtle
has recently made in appearance.
Maiden Hair, Lady Fingers,
American Beauties, Tulips and
Palms are well established and
abound on every band. There
is the prospect of a fine collec
tion of Bachelor Buttons, but the
Cigar Plant and the Dutchman's
Pipe have not even sprouted.
Broaddus Banner.
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The Broaddus Literary Society
is doing excellent work and is
well attended. Each class of
performance is now arranged
after the manner of a contest,
the judges rendering a decision
each evening as to the best reci
tation, oration, essay, debate,
etc. The Broaddus Banner bids
fair to beoome one of the most
interesting features of the So
ciety.
A valuable donation to the
library of the Institute was re
cently received from Mr. D. T.
C. Farrow, of Mnrpbytown, who
for many years was the efficient
State Sunday School Missionary.
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There are eighty-for students
enrolled this term, and others
are planing to enter for the win
ter term, which begins Decem
ber 1st.
The President has appointed
Judge Charles F. Scott as police
judge in Washington. Judge
Scott is a native of West Vir
ginia. He > served as a member
of the legislature for six years,
was once a candidate on the Re
publican ticket for Congress and
served under Hayes as Postmas
ter at Parkersburg.
Huntington gets the Home for
the Incurables, sfare. A deed con
veying thirty acres of land to the
State has been secured from the
Central City Land Company.
. The Republican candidate in
ura received the largest vote
ar cast for a Republican Gu
rnatorlal -candidate in that
ite and won. by one of the lar
st majorities.
tin Nebraska, Mr. Bryan's own
'"ate, the free silver majority is
ant SO per cent smaller than it
i'year. Does that en
Mr. Bryan! Or does
msas, the returns from which
dicate a Republican majority
Jf 10,000 or 15,000?
New York still lias a Republi
D Governor and legislature.
The Nawk.JtoMy Republicans)
i tain-a majority of SI in the
gislatnre as a result of this
'ears election.
BushnelTs plurality is one of
|the largest ever given a Governor
fin Ohio. Hayes was elected Gov
ernor three times, aad his plu
ralities were 2988, 7518 and 5544.
pushnell's plurality is above 28,
8)00.
i The result in Maryland was a
imost crushing defeat for the
^Democrats, who have lost both
houses of the legislature and a
United States Senator.
SHAW'S total vote is the larg
est ever cast for a Republican
candidate for Governor of Iowa,
being 16,000 higher than the
highest before. Democrats are
entitled to all the consolation
they can get out of thai vote.
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several months visit!
ents. She goes to
about the 12th of this month.
Rev. J. W.T.Goode. s Method
ist .Frotestaet minister died at
his home in Prantytown, Monday
at 2 o'clock.
Oliver McPherson, a brake
man on the B. A O. road, met
with a fatal mishap on Thursday
night of last week by being
struck by an overhead bridge
near Glovers Gap.
The citizens of Grafton were
shocked on Friday morning last
to learn of the sudden death
which had befallen John H.
Means, proprietor of the Clifton
dairy, and whoresided about two
miles east of town. It is thought
he was injured by a cow as he
was fonnd dead in the stable.
Doddridge Dots.
Mr. H. N. Smithton and Mrs.
Lucy Fleming, the daughter of
K.J. Kinney, were married last
Tuesday week at Marietta.
The compulsory school law is
having good effect on the West
Union school. The attenance has
increased so that other arrange
ments will have to be made for a
class room.
Old hunters say there is more
game in this county at present
than there has been for severel
years. Many young men are
aware of the fact, and as a result
much nice game is being killed.
-Herald.
THE presence of Gov. Lloyd
Lowndes, of Maryland, in our
city this week, reminds us that
Clarksburg people are particu
larly proud of the chief execu
tive of that State. Three or four
years ago anybody who would
have predicted that Maryland
would at any time within the
present generation go Republi
can three times in succession, and
have a Republican Governor and
two Republican Senators at the
same time, would have been
thought a good subject for an
asylum for idiots. - Yet the in
credible, the seeming impossible,
has come to pass.
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About this time of year fricas
seed bootleg is considered a great I
delicacy on the Yukon.
" " Ms: ? .
^
aBi&gW<gram :-I heard
el'.ng man say "What CUrl^trtU*
SmmIs more smokestackrf^H*
was ? Hour mill macninery MM
man and spoke of what a fjrand
opening there was for someani
ergetic parties to erect an up-to
date Flour. Corn and Feed Mill
on side track at new depot. Witb,
say. a capacity of 100 barrels a
day ; he says with one exception
youhave not got a mill betowo.
Ooaj^iMw
wortbr&aentioning on either of
the branches of the B. &0. B. B.
tfiW"mill In- qnestion is a^|
orowded and not an op to - d a to
mi|l by any means, yet with its'
small local trade earns probably
9500,00 per month. What would
a model mill situated as aboye
with the capacity stated earn
with intelligent management ? J
Look at the good towns to furn
ish Why Clarksburg, Grafton
and Fairmont's wholesale houses
sell about 500 barrels ol flout', per
month. These towns' alone would
consume all you could turn, out
He went on to say that flourinj
mills have been largely " ins
mental in building up cit
Every owner of a flouring mill 1
also known in the community as
a public benefactor and that's the
way to- make Jioney. If I wis
better: .
which would necessarily benefit
the town and last but not least
give employment to. your mVllers.
Another thing, the situation
would allow you to get a milling
in transit rate,-that is, buy your
grain in the West, if need be,
with stop over privilege to unload
and re load your products for the
Eastern markets for same rate it
would cost to stop it here. He
went on further to say that the
milling business to-day is the
best paying investment in which
capital can be invested. I can
agree with .him and see wherein
he is right in every particular,
but the query is, can any one
convince small capitalists to even
investigate it. A Millek.
Lost Creek, W. Va., Nov. 10. '97.1
Ilackkannon Breeze*.
Mrs. U. G. Young left>Tuesduy
morning for Chicago, where sue
will join and visit her brother
Dr. J. L f ifer, of that city, for a
couple of weeks.
Wm. Post qualified last week
as administrator of the late Kbe
nezer Leonard.
Mrs. Joseph Rapp, of Clarks
burg, is In town the guest of her
daughter, Mrs. f. M. Boggess.
Mrs. Chas. F. Thompson, of
Clarksburg, is the guest of Mrs.
Jerome W. Stewart,
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Johnsos
and little daughter, of Rockford.
were guests of the family of C.
R. Bond Friday and Saturday.
Dr. Smith Carr, of Clarksburg
spent several days in town last
week.-Delta.
Fairmont.
Capt. T. A. Maulsby has re
ceived notification of his re-in
instatement' as storekeeper in
the Internal Revenue Depart
ment
Mrs. Ernest Criss, of Clarks
burg, is the guest of her parents
near town.
It was stated as a fact that the
Marion county Fair Association
intends to make some extensive
improvements to their property
east of town. Among the first
things that will be done, will be
the making of a half mile race,
track, and the changing of the
qgadd stand.-Index.
tribute to the Mm
parted, to aay
his removal from ox
mourn "for one whoi
way, worthy of our
Retolvei. Th?t. .*
condole with
Ueceased on thertupi
which It ha*pleated
idence to afflict thei
mend them for . CO
Him who ordets al
the best, and wh<
menta are meant !n
. Resolved, That tl
testimonial of our si
sorrow be forward
ilyof our depufl
v. >
J C Nay to F N Wilooxllc
Eagle.
Strother Stout to Ai Stout i
sign men t.
C W Lynch vs D W
lispendens.
Amanda Weekly to N S1
65} a; Eagle.
B P Lowe to Albert Sapp J
17 poles; Clay.
Hugh Evans to A G Fordy
lot; Coal.
Clarksburg High Grade !
Co. to W B Maxwell'7&i;
David Slocum to Hagk:
Ac., 133 a; Clay. " 4^
Clark Jarrett to Masonic Lotfgi
Shinnston 1 lot; Clay.
H M Martin to F A Wys
lot; Clay.
J J Martin to Walter &
1 lot; Simpson.
MB Bice to KB Bli
acre; Clay.
John S Warner to Alverta I
ton, 1 lot; Tenmile.
Sal la Callahan to Kate Ke
i lot; Coal.
Kate Eearns to Salla Calls
1 lot; Coal.
"Do Yput Hooey Do," _
title of the latest musical
position of Theodore A. '
the famous aathor of _
Time in the Old Town."
Philadelphia Snnday
secured the first two_
thousand copies of lu
song and every rei
Sunday's Press, No
will reoeivaacopy: