The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-04-23


Rev. James Chain, a brother Of
our Sheriff, r. NJ. Chain, preach
ed a splendid sermon at the School
House last Saturday evening.
We are under obligations to
James Ellis and John Miller for
valuable services rendered this
week in the way Of type sling
ing"
John Justice has received his
stock of new goods and is now.
busy opening them up in the store,
house recently purchased OF L. ID
Chambers.
Major and Mrs. J. A. Nighbert
returned Monday evening from
their trip South. The Major is
looking fine and we hope he feels
as well as he looks.
An estimate of the G. & O.'s
traffic for the fiscal year ending
June, 1891, places the passenger
earnings at 100000 and the
frelghtat sc, 000, 900.
The secret art Of beauty lies not
in cosmetics, but is only in pure
blood, and a healthy performance
of the vital functions, to be OBJ
tanned by using Burdock Blosd
Bitters.
Henry Schoenhals, foreman of
Henry Krug Packing Co., st. JOS
eph, Mo-, uses DR.. Thomas Eclec-
trio Oil with his men for sprains,
cuts, bruises, chapped hands, etc.
|It=isthe best
John S. Marcum, of Hunting
ton, one of the brightest legal
lights Of this part Of the country,
is here atteding our Circuit Court
and assisting Mr.. II. 9. Ragland,
Prosecutor pro tep.
In thousands Of cases the cure
Of cough is the preventive Of
consumption. The surest cough
medicine in the world is DIR.
Woods Norway Pine Syrup. Sold
by all dealers enAa guarantee of
satisfaction.
In this issue will be found the
announcement of Ell. O.. Starkey
as a candidate for Superintend-
ent of Schools. Mr.. Starkey is a
young man Of good habits and
one among the best teachers in
the county, and deserves the sup
port of the voters.
The Norfolk & Western Rail
road has ordered twenty-five new
locomotives from the Baldwin
Locomotive Works in Philadel-
phia. Fifteen of them will be
used for freight hauling and the
remainder for passenger work on
their different lines and branches.
In this issue will be seen the
announcement of John F. Farley
for County Superintendent of
Free Schools. Mr.. Farley is in
every way fully qualified for the
position. He is young man of
undoubted moral character, and
has by hard study fitted himself
to be leader among our teachers.
The G. & O.'s new fast train
between Cincinnati and WASH
ingt n will not be put on until
about the 1st of May, it is now
stated. The equipment for this
train consists of six excellent
coaches, three composite cars, din
ing car and handsome Pullman
sleepers, all lighted by Pintsch
gas.
The continued high water has
interfered with work on the Nor
folk & Western bridge, at Kenova,
and as aresult it is several months
behind. A force of $50 men will
be put to work on the bridge as
soon as possible, says the Kenova
Reporter. They are now build
ing the viaduct or approach to
the bridge.
The Norfolk & Western earn
ings for the first week in April
were 176, 474. The g. & O.rrearning
for the same period were $145,-
800. These two great trunk lines
keep about neck and neck in their
earning capacity. Both are great
lines. The Norfolk & Western.
system earns more in a month
than the old Scioto Valley did in
a year.
The drama entitled, Iowa, The
Pauper, which was rendered by
the Dramatic Club at the School