Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-03-30
NONpAREIL NUGGETS.


Grantsvilie, In the State OF Calhoun, has
the natural gas fever.
According To weather prophets, the comi 9
month of April viii be dry instead OF wet, as
Is generally the case.
The newspapers are once more engaged In
Matching a war,this time between your u ncle
sammy and Johnny hull.
Van Zevely OF the Pen nsboro Beacon L,ght
trots out the name of Greed Collins of Ritz HE
county for gubernatorial consideration.
Such a serious integrstlon OF the Demo
cratic forces In New York State has set la.
that IL is now utterly out OF the question foi
that party TO carry thst State, no matter
whom they nominate.
Says some inspired genius:
Once twas Grover.
Then twas rover:
Now Its Overt
Amen.
THE editor OF the Richie County Reveille
has extended the olive branch of peace to
the editor OF the Richie Review. and dis
graceful newspaper wrangie has thus been
brought to close.
A bill has been introduced In the Ohio
ished with fine aud imprison ment, for any
employer To discharge "a msn because he Is n
member of "A labor equalization.
There IN some talk vf the starting Of auoth-
cr Democratic daily paper at Parkersburg.
The sudden and ignominious failure OF the
last one launched there does not appear to
have dampened the ardor of IA certain few of
the great unwashed natives.
Several xnung laat.s of lhto
suicide for dear loves sake last week Let
all respondent maideus como 10 way=e O ~
they would he accom- mmodated In this respect
the chivalrous swa'ns of Wayne could give
the Buckeye boys n few pointers on how To
care for womankind.
Because of alleged incorrect and mlsiead-
Ing reports of proceedings. IL has been finally
decided To exclude from the chamber during
executive sessions all the employees of the
Senate, even To the venerable assistant door
keeper, Bassett. who has been In the Senate
for nearly seventy years.
The proposed new bridge between Cincin-
natl aud Gov ngton il To he one OF the most
substantial structures spanning the wester,,
waters. IL will cost when completed about
s2,ooo,ooo and will be nearly mile long. The
bridge proper il To be built OF iron and steel
aud the floor asphalted.
Nearly all the coal mines I'm the Kanawha
valley have shut down, including the wiui-
frede, the largest on the Kanawha river
Notices were posted last Saturday morning
offering all the men work on condition that
they sigu "A contract TO work "a In The pnst
until the constltutionaliIy OF the anti scrip
law is hnaIIy settled by the courts
President Harrison has conveyed Ia Lord
Salisbury the Information that unless Great
Britain agrees To some arrangement pen nding
arbitration by which the Interests Of the u
- I'm Bering Sea could be y otccted. our gov
ernment will take measures TO protect them
even " IL Is necessary TO go To war. Spoken
like man, Mr.. Preident! Here's our hand
aud our heart
The Huntington Advertiser asserts that
Editor I. Williams OF the CIarksburz En-
quirer IL fake newspaper correspondents.
and reads him the riot act In "a hHlf column
OF brevier.' VIII the gentleman rom Harri-
son be so kind as To inform an anxious pub.
Tic whether or not he IL guilty OF the heinous
charge? BY the bye. is 10 the bare, bs III and
unvarnished truth that counts with the av-
erage reader IN these degenerate days, Mr.
Advertiser?
Ten kentuckiauE were swiDdled by " reen
goods" counterfeit money men last week
The New York sharpers pulled their legs a,
thousand dollars worth. giving but one dol
lar In return. One OF the victims was n rich
man, who can afford TO grin and bear ~, but
the others dropped all they had aud all they
could borroY. These men deserve no sym
pathy. For years the newspapers have been
showing up this swIndIe, aud he - rash and
foolish beyond excuse whO.falIs Into such a
trap.
10 Is stated that r.. Ward Cious'on. the
thievish deputy clerk of the circuit court OF
Wood county, has left the State. Clouston Is
one OF the IuckIest fellows alive. lie prsc-
ticed a systematic game OF robbery for sever
al cars by making out false vouchers, etc,
and 10 is estimated he pocketed thousands OF
dollars In that time. At his last trial he was
proved guilty beyond the shadow OF a doubt
and found ~ by the jury. bat the verdict VA
set aside by the technical ruling Of Judge
foreman, aud he escaped term In the pen.
IL isquite likely that II viii be years before
ne gets hlsjus reward. 10 at all