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Weekly Oil Review!1
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WEDNESDAY DE:. 14, 1898.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL. |
From Saturday's I>ailv.
Will Ullom mowd Lis family to
Bridgeport, Ohio, last Saturday.
I
Ike Simons arrived in the city
this morning from Steubenville, O.
D. A. Bartlett, of Si?*tersville,was
here this week. ? St. Marys Leader.
Deputy Sheriff Shriver, of Mid
dlebourne, is in the city this after
noon.
Ho a. W. Seymour Edwards, of
Charleston, has beeu in the ciry on
business.
L. B. Ainsworth wen? to New
Martinsville this morning for a vis
it with relatives and friends.
O. W. O. Hardman, Esq., of
Middleboume, was in he city this
morning en route for Wheeling.
Charles Gibbs Carter, of Pitts
burg, is in the city today on busi
ness pertaining to his profession.
Mr and Mrs. F. L. Carroll went
to Park ersburg this morning for a
few days visit with rtlatives and
frieuds.
Selmon P. Wells, who has been
the guest of his son, Dr. G. S.
Wells, returned to his home in
Bens Run this morning.
El A. Nisbet, general manager
ot the Long Reach Oil company, of
Sistersville. was in the cily Mou
day. ? St Mar>s Leader.
M. C. Hagan, one of the pro
gressive contractors and producers
of Sistersville, was in the city yes
terdny. ? St. Marys Leader.
C. R Rodgers. the b^xer. re
turned last evening from Steuben
ville, Ohio. He will endeavor to
arrange a match with "Pete" Jack
son.
B. T. Bowers, E?q , of New Mar
tinville, was in the city today on
his return from a western trip. He
left on the afternoon train lor
home.
H. H. Work, of the big: dry goods
house of A. D. Work & Son?, re
turned last night from Wheeling,
where he had been on business for
the firm.
Claude Campbell will return to
his regiment ? the Second West
Virginia ? the 24th inst. He is
about the only West Virginia sol
dier who has not yet been dis
charged.
Mayor Lawrence returned last
evening from a business visit to
Middlt-bourne. He had a case on
the appeals calendar, but that calen
dar was continued to the April
term in its entirety.
Mrs. C. K. Kelly, who was sum
moned to Buckauan, Ky., by the
sickness of her graudmother, has
returned and left this afternoon for
Moundsville where her husband is
stationed as night operator.
Winter has set in this year at
least a month in advance of the
years past. If it holds on we may
have an old time early spring,
when the frogs sang in February
and corn was planted in March.
Prof. J. M. Skinner left this
morning for New Martinsville
where he will be the guest over
Sunday of relatives. His wife, who
is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. F. C. Bucher, will remain un
til after the holidays.
Rev. Weller, step father of Capt
B. T. Bowers, died last week at
Macon, Mo. Capt. Bowers left on
Saturday to attend the funeral
Weller visited here a year or two
since, and preached at the M. E.
church ? Wetzel Democrat.
Notice the changed advertisement j
of the Baziar. This large store is
noAf crowded with Christinas goods,
suited for old, middle aged and the
children, and what is best of all, at
prices within the command of all.
Drop in and see the goods.
Attorney C. N. Matheny passed
through town yesterday on his way
to his home in St. ??Iarys from at
tending circuit court at Middle
honrne. Me reports the road from
Middlebourne to the macadam pike
as simply indescribable muddy, but
says the macadam pike is fine,
smooth and dry.
The 20 acres of ground on which
the buildings at Scio college are lot
cated are pght in the middle of the
new famous Scio oil field. It is said
that the professors in the college
are interested in a number of wells,
and borings will be made on the
college lands at points that will no.
injure the buildings.
From Monday's Daily.
Saturday was very quiet for pay
day.
I H. P. Myers and D. A. Bartlett
| went to St. Marys today.
The present heavy snow storm
is unusual for this section.
Geo. M. McCoy, E<q., is rapidly
regaining his health in San An
tonia, Col.
! Dr. J. L- Thistle, ot Washington,
I Pa , arrived in the city on the after
' noon train.
Divid Thonen returned this af
ternoon from a visit to his home in
Hannibal, Ohio.
M. D. Hanes, Esq , visited rela
tives and fiiends in St. Marys yes
terday afternoon.
Lee Fredenreich, the well known
cigar man, is in the city today
calling on his trade.
Mrs. Lewis Wetzel, of Garry
Owen, is visiting friends and rela
tives in Ravens wood.
R. A. Frame, of Coolville, O.. is
the guest of his brother, J. F.
Frame, of Railroad avenue.
Wm. Kaiser left on the afternoon
train for Pittsburg on business for
the Oil Well Supply company.
Mrs Frank Green and daughter
left this morning for a visit with
relatives and friends in Pittsburg.
Jas L. Pringle, local manager of
the Oil Well Supply Co , spent
Sunday with his family in Mari
etta.
W. S. Allen, of St. Marys, is in
the city and will go from here to
Sancho to look after his oil inter
ests.
E. O. Bowers, of the Eureka
Pipe Line office, was the guest yes
terday of relatives and friends in
St. Marys.
J. P. Sweeney, of the Eureka
Pipe Line cffice, spent Sunday veiy
pleasantly with Iriends in Ntw
Martinsville.
C. Y Benedum, of Middlebourne,
a prominent attache of the South
Penn Oil company, was in the city
over Sunday.
Mrs. H. G. Meek returned Sun
day morning from Anvil, Ohio,
where she was called by the critical
illness of her uncle.
H. M. Hall, who is identified
with the South Penn Oil company,
was in the city this morning on his
way to Middlebourne.
C. C. Koontz, of Cincinnati, rep
resenting the Post-Glover Electric
Co., was the guest over Sunday of
Supt. A. L. Jones, of the electric
plant.
H. D. Currie, of Mellins, W. Va.,
a prominent contractor who has
been in the city the past week on
business and pleasure, left last even
ing for Park'.rsbuig, Marietia and
other points.
Mr. F. M. Leasure, of this city,
was in Wheeling yesterday on^usi
ness.
Harry Stanberry left this morn
ing on a business trip to Littleton,
W. Va.
H. B. Smith and Warren Brown
field are moving their families here
this week.
We are booked, according to the
to the weather man, lor another
cold wave.
Miss Clara McGowan, of Alle
gheny, is the guest of frieads on
the north side.
William Hower returned today
from Parkci>burg and other points
down the river.
Mrs. M. B. Walton has returned
from a week's visit with relatives
near Center Valley.
Jos. Thompson, late of the firm
of Thompson Bros., is in Marietta
on business today.
H. McGinnis, a prominent con
tractor, of new Martinsville, is in
the city on business.
Clias. Chatterton, the contractor,
went to Parkersburg on a business
errand this morning.
Dr. C E. Warren, James Davis
and Hu^h Cane, of Matamoras,
were in the city today.
II. Seymour Edwards left for
Charleston this morning after a
business visit in the city.
P. B. Crosby, of Parkersburg,
who is representing the Oil City
Boiler works, is in the city.
Rev. S. H. Bowden left this af
ternoon for a short visit with
friends in New Martinsville. *
Hoav.v Teim Hamuli, Blank
et* mid KoIipm of nil UIiiUm wiM lifl
fiitld f??r cn?h l?y H. Yard,
408 En*t Charles Ml. *6?ld:w
Edgar D. Albright, principal of
the Parkersburg high school, died
Saturday at his home in Lima, O.
W. G. HayF, manager for the
West Virginia Tool Co., went to
Scio, O., this morning on business.
Mrs. August Weindt, who re
sides in Wetzel county, is a guest
of relatives near the city, this week.
Hon. O. W. O. Hardman, of
Middiebourne, was a guest at the
Howell House in Wheeling yester
day.
Croup instantly relieved. Dr.
Thomas' Eclectric Oil. Perfectly
safe. Never fails. At any drug
store.
H. T. Campbell, Myers Brown,
Henry Smith and S. Tilden Hen
dershott, all of Greensburg, Pa., are
here today.
John E. McGuire and T. J.
Moran, of this city, were both guests
at the Windsor Hotel in Wheeling
yesterday.
Miss Katliryn Lentz is improving
and expects to be able to take her
place in the school room again, in
a day or two.
A Locke, a prominent vonng
business man and a member of the
firm of Stealey & Locke, is quite
seriously ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Frt'd Ney, of upper
Wells street are moving out to the
Elk Fork oil field where Mr. Ney
is employed.
Rev. J. L. Preiser is assisting
the pastor of the Baptist church at
Center Valley, Ohio, iu ^ series of
revival meetings.
Mrs. Harry Ash ton, of upper
Wells street, has returned from a
month's visit with her parents who
reside near Pittsburg.
The ice blockade on the river
works to the advantage of the rail
way, which is having a great pas
senger traffic this week.
Mrs. Charles Thistle and Mrs.
George Slemaker werit to Wheeling
this morning on a shopping expedi
tion and to visit friends.
John Matthews, a prominent res
ident of Middlebourae, was in the
city yesterday afternoon and left
this morning for St. Marys.
Miss Hilda Harmison. of Upshur
county, arrived here yesterday to
spend a few weeks with friends and
relatives in and near the city.
Miss Gertrude Clark returned
this afternoon from Chicora, Pa.,
where .she has been visiting with
relatives and friends for several
weeks.
Joseph A. Kennedy returned
this afternoon from Whiskey Run,
where he has been for several days
past looking after his large oil in
terests.
The sound of sleighbells is vi
brating very pleasantly on thr air
today. A number of people are
taking rides on runners for the first
time in several years.
Ed A. Daniels, of the Opera
House drugstore, and Daniel Pad
gett are in Scio, Ohio, negotiating
for the 'purchase of some land in
the newly developed oil belt there.
Mrs. W. H. King was called to
the upper oil country recently by
the death of one of her sisters.
Since her return to her home on the
north side she "uas been sick, but is
almost well again.
Charles D. Veith, a merchant
tailor, of Parkersburg, has made an
assignment for the benefit of his
creditors. Parkersburg is a great
town for prosperity, oil, gas and as
signments, especially the latter.
Mr. U. G. Wilson, the well
known oil operator, has removed
temporarily at least to the new oil
dooI opened up at Scio, Ohio.
The Review wishes Mr. Wilson
success and plenty of it in his new
venture.
J. C. McCue arrived in the city
this afternoon from Cuvahnga Falls,
Ohio, but will return to the latter
place this evening. He states that
'his wife, who has been critically ill
for sometime, is but slightly im
proved.
When is the Ohio River railroad
going to build that board walk
alongside its track from Charle*
sfreet to the depo ? And when will
the good denizens of Burt street get
th<u g^s jet which is so badlv need
ed? Two pertinent questions.
Prof. Luci-n Meyere returred
this afternoon from a vi^it with rel
atives and friends in Parker-burg
and Marietta. While in the latter
city yesterday he attended the First
M. E. church and erjoyed the sing
ing by the famous choir of that ed
ifice.
Bert Hindman, of Sistersville.W.
Va., who has been the guest of his
brother, Benj F. Hindman, of. the
class of 1900 W. & J., for some
time, leaves today, Dec. 5. for
Pittsbure and other points. ? Wash
ington Observer.
The Wheeling papers of yester
day give the following names of
Sistersville people who are in that
c'ty either on business or pleasure:
T. J. Moran, J. F. Shav, John W.
McGuire D. Badgett, E A Daniels,
H. A. Wright and Clel Nichols.
If some of our good citizens would
jnst think for a moment, and then
think again, and then quit think
ing and adopt a few lines of .one of
Wesley's productions, "Help us to
build each other up, our little stock
improve," we would be making
rapid strides towards a better gov
ernment.
The Review has just added an
other handsome piece ot machinery
to its already complete printing
and binding departments. The new
machine drills holes in paper two
inches thick. It makes a clean cut
hole about as quick as you can
wink. It's used ror drilling holes
in cards, pamphlets, order blanks,
etc. The Review now has by far
the finest job and book binding of
fice in the state, barring and ex
cepting none.
Local and OlhfrwlM
1S99 begins 011 SurcUy.
The legislature meets in one
month.
Now is the time to \isit your
poor relations.
It is unlawful to kill doves in this
stale any time or any place. Please
remember this.
| John Sherman is opposed to an
nexing the Philipine Islands, and
there are others.
W. L Russell, of the Oil Re
view, solicited orders in our city
Tuesday. ? Wetzel Republican.
A flmr trust is the latest thieving
combiu3tion that has been organ
ized in this boasted land of the
free.
What day are you going to cele
brate f<T Chistmas, Saturday or
Monday? The Review will take off
Saturday.
Frank Hicks, ot Middlebourne,
who is connected with the South
Penn, was here Sunday. ? Wetzel
Republican.
Buy your wife and children a
Christmas present. If you have no
wife or children, buy your sweet
heart one. "It is more blessed to
give than to receive."
Every family should have its
household medicine chest ? and the
first bottle in it should ? be I)r.
Wood's Norway Pine Syrup. Na
; ture's remedy for coughs and colds./
Advertise your Xroas goods if
you want to sell tbem. This is an
age when the people depend on the
newspapers to tell them where to
go to get what they want.
One man was indicted at the last
term of the grand jury for making
a false return of his property for
taxation. There s'lould be many
such indictments returned.
Miss Myrtle B^rr, who has been
the guest of her sister, Mrs. E E.
Stewart, of Sistersville, for sever il
days, returned to her home here,
Tuesday evening. ? Wetzel Repub
lican.
Harry W. Smith is now the s)le
owner of the Star, he having re
cently purchased O. H. Btrnes' in
terest* The Star seems to have a
hard time to find a permanent
owner.
If you contemplate painting your
house, barn or fence see Hill &
McCoach's full line of paints, var
nishes and brushes before purchas
ing, for they can save you money
and give you the best goods. 4 6tf
Prof. C. S. P. Edwards has re
signed as principal of the business
department of the Ohio Valley Col
lege and has been succeeded by
Prot. Warren Wood, who is one of
the best qualified men for the po
sition in the state.? Ravenswood
News.
Thr^e sevenths of the Attleber
ger farm near the Jug mill were
sold Tuesday at public auction by
Special Commissioner C. B. Riggle.
One-seventh owned by J. B. Attle
berger was purchased by O. W. O.
Hardman for $185, the ether two
sevenths bringing $200 each from
W. F. Coller, of Pennsylvania. ?
Star.
A Texas judge wa* robbed of a
horse not long ago, and the thief
being apprehended was brought be
fore him for trial. The judge eyed
the prisoner witn deep satisfaction
for a minute or so and then deliver
ed himself of the following: "Owing
to a prejudice, the court will not
hear this case. It will be tried by
the bailiff who will find a verdict
in accordance with the facts. In
the meantime," he added impress
ively, "the court will go outside
and bend a rope and pick out a
good tree." ? Ex.
Wanted ? A girl for general
housework. Inquire at McCoy &
Hanes' office. 7-wi-d3
Pains in the chest when a person
has a cold indicate a tendency to*
ward pneumonia. A piece of flan
nel dampened with Chamberlain's
Pain Balm and bound on the chest
over the seat of pain will promptly
relieve the pain and prevent the
threatened attack of pneumonia.
This same treatment will cure a
lame back in a few hours. Sold by
C. VV. Grier.
This is not a new story but it de
scribes Marietta to a dot. The people
down there have never seen a live
town hence they just exist like dead
people and don't know no bettei;
no; Marietta is no,4late"town but she
is a fine cemetery and her extreme
old age makes us respect her aud
keeps us from saying mean things
j about the poor old sissy.
As Congressman-elect Freer,
while at home last week, was car
rying in a bucket of coal, he re*
marked to his wife, who was churn
ing in the kitchen, "Mary, I'll bet
there isn't ano'her congressman in
the United States carrying in coal
todav," to which Mrs. Freer quick
ly replied, "No, and there isn't
another congressman's wife churn
ing, either."
In response to f many kind in
quiries, we desire to say to all, that
\ recent letter from Mr. George M.
vleCoy. who is spending the winter
>t Los Angeles, Texas, for his
icalih, says he has gained eight
pour.ds, that he is in good spirits
and improving daily. He thinks
when he returns home that if he
takes good care of himself here as
he has to do in Texas, he will have
to be killed on the day o! judgment
!>erore be can be examined. His
t unily who are with him are all
well and contented.
It is not unnatural that
should believe in imperiali
all that it involves, since tbey
been accustomed from the el
ages to conquering: and annexing
mankind and to ruling their sub
jects afterw?rd with wisdom and
kindness. If the individual man
can be so improved in mind, body
and estate by matrimonial annex
ation and domestic imperialism,
why should not national expansion
prove an equally good thing to both
for the annexed and the annexer.
Every Siamese girl who reaches
a certain age without marrying is
ticketed and labeled and placed in
a privileged class, under the special
care of the king, who binds him*
self to find a husband tor them all.
His method is delightfully simple.
A prisoner in any of the Siamese
jails may gain his pardon and re
lease by marrying one of the inel
igible class. Whether he is al
ready married or not is not of great
consequence, for in Siam it is not
necessary to draw the line at one
wife.
"My good woman," said the par
son to a Yorkshire woman whose
husband had just died, "your hus
band is now with Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob " "That's what makes
me fee f so bad," was her reply, "for
he was always so shy with stran
gers."
The Point Pleasant Register says
parties are contemplating putting*
down an oil well on the south side
of the Great Kanawha, in the neigh
borhood of Salt Creek. The work
will be started about the first of the
new year.
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