West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-06-22
Clarksburg has electric lights.


first of next week
Mr.. VIM. Bragg broke his leg last
Monday evening by falling off h
bicycle whilst riding out the Smith
field pike.
Mr.. Thos. A. Moore, Clerk Of the
County Court, has been quite sick
for week, but is now better, and
hope is entertained for his recovery.
Mr.. ii. A. Burton has had erected
in front OF his residence on Law
renee street a neat wire fence, which
adds greatly to The appearance of
his property.
Mr.. +. B. LuncefOrd's chicken
roost was burglarized on Tuesday
night last, and contributed eight
ofthe finest of the flock. No doubt
the thief has been feasting himself
royalty at our friends expense.
This is what $. d. Hirschman &
Co. saw. For the sake of keeping
our stock cleaned up as We 90 along.
We shut our eyes to everything but
quick sales aud the very lowest and
cut prices.
The Shepherdstown Manufaet0r-
ing Company's property was sold at
public auction last Friday-the
grounds and buildings to Mr.. w. j.
Knott at $4.1O0. and machinery and
equipments to Mr.. +. III. Potts.
We are pleased to learn Of the
transfer of our young countyman.
Mr.. JAS. ID. MOler. from the office of
the Comptroller of the Currency to
the office of the First Assistant
Postmaster General, with an in
creased salary.
In another column appears the
card of Mr.. w. r. Alder, who has
recently started in the Huckstering
business for himself. He is a gent
al and energetic young man and mer-
It's the patronage of.our farmers and
country friends.
Hereafter the Il. Il o. Co. viii sell
round trip tickets to each county
seat on its time between Harper's
Ferry and Lexington on the first day
of each term of Circuit Court. Tick
cts good for two days, and the round
trip will cost half the regular fare.
Nearly 200 men are now employed
bv the Pulp Company on the Poto-
mac works. The dam between the
Armory Yard and the island is com
pleted, and workmen are drilling the
stone in the river bed preparatory
to deepening the channel with dyna-
mite.
RIDENOUR GIVEN A NEW TRAL.-
Judge Turner Tuesday morning.
in the Circuit Court, granted Tur-
ner Ashby RidenOur, under sentence
Of death, new trial on the ground
that Judge Clark's certificate Of
facts did not state BrOy, the muir
dered mans name, to be William
Andrew Broy, but Andrew Broy.
The indictment charges William
Andrew Broy. The seventy bills
of exceptions taken by counsel for
the prisoner were also decided
against him. This will be the third
trial, the formOr trials resulting in
verdicts of murder in the first de
gree.
Some time since II. H. Warner Il
Co, of Rochester, \. Y, manUfactu-
rers of Warmers Safe Cure, offered
$37I.2l for the best answer to the
question, What is the hole for that
is used in the outside of the chin
ney of the old fashioned lrg cabin,
as represented in the trademark OF
Warmers Log Cabin Remedies"
The committee appointed to select
the best answer TO the question, have
reported in favor of Mr.. G. c. StOd-
dard. of Palestine, Tex. His answer
was: THE hole is place of exit
for the smoke from what was known
in the old log cabin days as the out
side bake oven. The representation,
as given in the pamphlet, is an eX-
,cellent one, as / recollect the old log
.cabin with which was familiar in
vmy bOyhOOd days.
On Thursday eveniDgOt last week,
at ..Burnlea," the hospitable home
of Col. Jno. +. Gibson, a charming
party was given by the Misses Glib
son in honor of their guests, Miss
Lewis of Washington, ID. c., and
Miss Shepherd of Shepherdstown.
After a pleasant drive of a mile and
a.half from town YOU approach the
brilliantly lighted house through a
grove, from the trees of which were
suspended numerous Chinese Ian
terms. On entering the hospitable
walls. You were welcomed by Colonel
and Mrs. Gibson and their accom-
piished daughters. Through the
large double parlors May couples
are already waltzing, and your eye
is at once struck by the handsome
costumes and rich toilets. These
we sill not attempt to describe.
Several hours were spent IN dancing
and e&Fd playing, until the summons
of the hostess, the company repaired
TO the diajng room, where on tables