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The Penn's Grove record., 1893-06-23
PENIS GROVE. N. j., FRIDAY. JUNE %. 1893

ing across continents and seaa. the earth will
glveoonc fearful shuider anH the door of the
lamiiy vault, without icing unlocked,
WIZ hurst open. ,anb all the
hFaves of tire dead will begin to
throh'and heave like tho tNt2Ves(of the seq,
ana tho Smrsnsoleum OF pr n,est wal fall into
aust, AID Ostend and Sea)nstspol and AUS
t"r.ity and Gettysburg stalk forth, in tho
riPHi and the shipwreckedi rise from the
Ieep, their wet locks loominFfabove the bill
low ind all the land and ali the sea become
onfraoving mass official generations. oil
ages with upturneI coun rnances-some
kintPd with rapture and others lluTGhed
wiFsdespair. but going in lone direction,
upon one object, AMI that tho throne OF
resurrection.
On that day ouwln get back your Chris
i'm dead. There Is wherethe comfort comes
N. They will come up wifntha sanas hand,
thetssme foot and the sa,nei entire body, out
with q, perfecthand, and asperfcct lost. and
q p'dect body corruption. mortalEy h9vtng
osc0nne Immortality: ANDY oh, the r%eunion
Oh the embrace, after SO long an uhseaGe!
Comfort one sEother!withls1ese wo-de.
Waffle Iipresent these thoughts this morn
Ing does Il not seemj that heaven comes very
Heu to cs, ens,though ouritriends. whom we
thought atgfnat wayioH, are Eotlin the dis
lance, but cps9 byP You h~ayeysometlines
come down: : a river at nightfa1l, and you
haze been surprised how easily you could
hear voices across that'river. You shouted
over to the 0 lher side OF the river. al1I they
shouted back II is sYi1 that when George
Wakefield plh'ached in Third street. Pblla-
delphia, ons evening time his voice was
heRrd clear atross to tho New JerEeyfshore.
When i was u little while chuplaln in the
army, l remesIber how at,evcntidG w could
eisayrhear t~lse'voices OF the pickets across
the EotomacSust when tls,y were using or
binary tones. Aid IS We come. to-day and
stand by tne,riter of JoFi ian that. divides US
from nUr fFIntatE l Nyftr nNAGranA II GNarnG IN mn
we stand on oneibank, and they stand or t"e
other, and 1t Is ofiy Il narrow Stream,
ana our voices go, and their yo-ces come.
Hark! Hush! / hea~ 5~.7tinctly what
they say. ''Ihes@ar1 tl.y Eho came out of
great tribulation AM had their robes washed
and made white m the,blood of tho Lamb"
Still tlpe voice coms across the water, nrd I
hear, "Ws hunger no more we thirst no
more neither SHAY theisun light on us nor
any heat for the Bunb (which is in the ml'st
Of thethrone, leSis usfto living fountain
water, rGndi God Islpeth' away all tears IL,
our eyeS."
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-06-23
Pennsylvania Item
Condensed News IIsaaed From
Various Points of the State.

Ashland is to have a fine new opera
house.
An emery wheel burst and killed
Emil Bitch in a South Allentown f0un-
dry.
Sixty million feet of timber have
been RATED out OF Wllliamsport's main
boom this summer.
Gay BaiogI Zulu, a native African,
is to teach a summer school OF coloIed
children at Columbia.
Two disturbers of the peace n Read
ing knocked Police Patrol Driver
Young unconscious and escaped. 4
AS lie swan in the Codorus Creek,
at York, young David Mitzen drown
ed.
A huckster was arrested in Reading
for trying to corner the strawberry
market.
Tie Henry ClV furnace at Read
ing, employing 100 men, has been blown
out.
Coal that is sold for so cents a ton is
mined in large quantities in Lebanon
County.
T~wenty-one cars of the Pennsylvania
Railroad were wrecked at Greensburg,
entailing a loss of S25. 900.
Judge Lynch awarded damages to a
Luzerne miner who was disabled, alleg-
ing that the act of 1891 has not been
declared unconstitutional. 8
M%yerstown wlltbe linked 10 Lebanon
with a trolley.
A gang of counterfeiters at Councils
Vile is being Swallowed.
Frank Lee, a Bethlehem Cbinaman,
was beaten almost to death by unknown
robbers.
Max Mendel, who was struck on tie
head with a baseball is dead at Altoona.
To escape the officers, Chauncey
Arnold, arrested at Lykens and hand
cuffed, jumped from a running train
near Harrisburg and was not caught.
Melancholy Mrs. 6. G.. Kunkel, wife
of a Lutheran clergyman, hanged her
self at Mechanicsburg.
Claude Hartman walked to his death
on the raiiroal near Factoryville.
Seven-year-old Isaac Eckard was
drowned while bathing in the canal at
Harrisburg.
A gas explosion in a COIL mine at
Banksvllle. near Plttsburg, injured, but
did not imprison three miners, as WAS
at first announced.
F. Llnders, Jr., of Stroudsburg, Pa,
says he had to pay the New York police
$3.50 before they would attempt to find
his runaway daughter. 2
Brakeman Philip Nixon fell from a
train nesr Eas'on and was cut in two.
Two cars crushed the head OF Brake
man Michael Whalen, of Mt. Carmel.
BY the Gavin & in OF a gang.way in a
P~ottsyille colliery, COO men and boys
were thrown into a weeks idlenes'.
1t Turns out that the james Bell
taken from Winchester to Harrisburg
is not the murderer Of Mr., Ellen
Smith, Of Steelton. 3
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James harrison and William Hen
son, short term convicts, scaled the
walls and escaped from the prison at
Jackson, Mich.
George L. Porter, William Davis,
Ed. l.. jackson and John Alexander,
the last three named colored, escaped
from jail at Huntingdon, W. Va.
The Coroner's jury investigating
the Ford's Theatre disaster in Washing
ron returned a verdict holding Colonel
F. q. AinswoIth, Contractor Dant,
Superintendent Covert and En2i;e er
Sasse responsible for the deaths of tie
victims, by reason CT criminal negli-
gence. The Coroner will issue warrants
for their arrest to day.
II. L. Jones, a clerk in the Wafer
Department OF Detroit, Michigan, COM
united suici lie by shooting himself In
the head. 1t was discovered that his
accounts were short $500. 1t was
found also that other employees had
taken sums amounting to S7C0J. 2
Tie mother of Bob and Charley
Fork, who killed Jesse James, has Just
died of a rats bite, BAL Richmond,
Mo.
A debtor of the MOSCOW (ldaho)
National Bank. Michael d. Leitch.
shot its president, Robert IL. Browne.
in the neck, after thu failure to COM
promise a debt.
Tom Cordoroy, a prosperous Next
can farmer, and his sister were m.ur-
dered at their home, in De Sofa Parish.
Louisiana, fo- purposes of robbery.
Daniel Lord. Jr., aged %, Of New
York, walked in his sleep at Chicago,
and, falling from a fourth-story win
dow, sustained fatal injuries.
Owing to evasse in the Williams
levee above New Orleans traffic over
the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Rail-
road has been suspended.
A slight shock of earthquake was re-
ported as having occurred In portions
OF Georgia, South Carolina and North
Carolina. 3
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-06-23
Original Method of Theft.

An ingenious method Of theft Is
thus described Us taking place on tho
coasts of South America. 1t is need
less to say that the perpetrators are,
Of course, professionals"
"One sailor is sitting, half asleep.
on his ~sca-cheit. A gaucho quietly
comes up and taps him on the back.
,Bueno, Johnny; hueno, Johnny II
YOU are not of, I'll send a bullet into
vow says Jack. 'Bueno, Johnny;
bueno; TIL tomorrow and off skulls
the gaucha TO his horse, which he
mounts. With a tardonic smile ho
takes oil his hat to jack, bids him
farewell, and digging his spurs into
the tanks of his wiry little hor c,
leans over his neck, and is of at fall
gallop over the short grass II tho
sandy plains. At the first stride Il
the horse, to Jacks intense sur Prise,
his box is wrenched violently from
under him. lie Jumps up, ruLs his
Y e and, before he can recover his
senses, he secs his property Sollipg
and humping away over the sand
hills, at the heels Of the gaucho's
steed; for this clever gentleman had
managed to make one end of his lasso
fast to the handle Of Jacks tox while
,ngaged In conversation With him."
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-06-23
THE. DOOM OF BANK ROBBERS
TWO Convicted of Murder and Two
More vii! Go on the Rack.

kIrTANNING, Pa:-A famous trial
is in progress here, and this morning
the jury convicted Charley Spaythe, one
OF the four men implicated. of murder
i'll the second degree. In February last
an attempt was made 20 rob the hank
at Leech0urg. Counc .inau William
; hatfer saw the robbers and mterfered
lie was shot dead. -Four meI DT.
Wyckoff and Messrs. RhinFs, SpCythe
and Kroner, were arrested. Rhines
has already been tried, was convicted
of second degree murder, and is serving
"a term of IL years. imprisonment.
Spaythe VIII also get a long sentence.
All four meu will be placed on trial for
burglary, and after that Wyckoff aud
Kroner will be tried for murder.
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feet high, built in the form OF an ir-
regular octagon, and rising from a
high marble terrace which rests upon
a terrace OF red sandstone. From
the corners OF the marble terrace rise
minarets and In the center rises a
dome fankcd by cupolas. Inside and
without it Is decorated with mosaics
Of precious stones, The whole Of
the Koran is inlald In back marble
and precious stones on the walls
within.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-06-23

rSA "afN a ~
A CHRISTIAN can carry the most
when he Is full Of praise.
Cop never needs many soldiers when
hey are led by a Gideon.
Whose confcslcth and forsaketh
his sins shall have mercy"
"HE that keeneth the command.
neut, kecpeih his own soul"
The more Others are untrue the
lore God needs loyalty In US.
CONVINCE the masses that you love
hem, and 70 I've got them.
THERE /, nothing more cOwagdly
than being afraid Of the truth.
TIE kind Of salvation that tells, is
he kind that can lie seen In us
II you are afraid in the dark, do
more praying when the sun Is shin
ths.
HAPPY Is he that condemncth not
himself In that thing which lie al
oweth."
The real prayer meeting always be-
gins a good while before the bell
Ings.
THE souls Of the good 90 to Heaven.
but their influence remains behind
hem.
THE true worker for Christ never
complains that he doesn't get pay
inough
CHRIST didn't come to help us to
be saved, but to do the whole work
Himsslf.
The real motive behind the desire
to oreu the Worlds Fair on Sunday
S money.
Jr ia hard for God to forgive US,
but 1t is impossible for us to forgive
ourselves.
If the devil had to stay outside OF
the church he would soon give Ut
discouraged.
COP puts as much heart In the
making Of a loaf as He does In a crea
lion of a world
PRAY for q revival 10 your own
heart II you really want to have n
n your church.
IN the war against sin the only
place God Will take is that OF Com
nander-in-Chief
INFIDELITY may throw stones at
the Bible, but II can't say a word
lyainst a godly life
THE more the man who builds on
the sand invests In his house thu
worse 1t will be for him.
ONE of the greatest heroes Of life
is the man who has the nerve to get
Up early In the morning.
THE man who Is not willing to fol.
low Christ n the dark, Is not willing
to follow Him anywhere.
The conversion Of one sinner ID
a better answer to Ingersoll than aD
The lectures ever delivered.
COP says he loves US and there 10
nothing we can do that will please
Him better than to believe IT.
WHEN In line Of battle no soldier
ever finds much fault With the bow.
egs Of the man IN front Of him.
TIE true believer Ia Christ 10 al.
WAYS ready to take Hin to his home
and honor Him. as zsechsus aid.
THE Lord knows Just how much
Sou leave In your pocket every time
YOU put a two-cent piece in the basket
THE kind OF religion that alwayi
makes the sipner ashamed OF himself
is the kind that does Its own talking.
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Herr Liebinecht says Ire certainly be-
leves the Government will cary tie
Amy oil, through the RCichstag.
Ambassador Bayard, will proceed to
Windsor Castle cI FRIDAY next for the
purpose of presenting lis credentials to
the Queer. 3
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-06-23
Arithmetic of the,Camboaians.

The,aGithDletic of the CGmbodinns, a
euIiona people of Indo.China, is de.
scribed.bysthe st. Louis Post-Dispatch
as differing vastly from that of other
nations. IN the first place their sys-
tenn of enumeration is qaintecimal by
c~ounaihg up TO 5, as: Mouille, pi,
beye, boar, pram q, ., 3, 4, 81 then
going onYTfth pram-mouille Tor . and l,
and so on). In adding the Camf>odian
doesSnottwrite his numbers in ~colH1nns
below each other. No matter how
many numbers he may have to add he
plscestthe FIRST two beside each other,
a. 24T, 1872 $50, 1913 with q vertical line
t~o'the'right. The addition is mado
AM the result, set down besideithe YER
teal. Under,tkis first totH he writes
the3next number and adds the two,
dr:twing another vertical line at the
sids with tho result as before stated
urail4an the numbers have beenadded.
Wmiiotle process Is somewhat lengthy
Ola. mistakes are discovered Mt n
glance. Their method OF subtraction
is also quito complicaSpd. Surprising
UHaI % JooS IL 10 De bttDtfictGi from.
796,522, tho operatio which the Cam
bodians pursue is as follows:
657,86 12s, 553
7S6, 400
First Of all 1t will be seen HAT fthe
lesser number is written nboveftho
greater one, and the operation is
begun at the left. Six. from ten. (says
the Cmnbodian, employing the 10 as a
fictitious aumbeT leaves T., and by
adding Z (the first figure in tnqgreater
number) he has II, and 10 from II
leaves l, the first figure in, the rest.
Then he goes on to say<'5 from 10
leaves'5, and is 10. 1fiAmI3 ielSyes
70, thusgiving thetfirst two figures of
the rest. In this complex way the
remainder is at last dcfIitelyo btafned.
In multiplying the mulfiplieriis .placed
above the multiplicand and eachtigure
in the multiplicand Is multiplied by
each n in the mnhiplier, thus pro-
ducing an iInumeral9c amount of
small series, whiehymust ehezt bcadded
in tho same mslrDhr tLs,t has been
shown above. TIL. method OF division
is Just MS complicated, buts enough has
already been sgd to show that the
arithmetic Of the Csmbodsans is not
particularly brilliant for its sin
licity. ~
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eA VIZ N
Ming OF the pres.
cnt century, when
IL became a Brit
i1h possession.
Scattered through
the city are up
ward OF forty
mosques and the
tOmbs of MusSul-
man saints and
olnncrOrs. A pillar
{NnUwu as kutub
, Minar or column
of victory was
. built 100yeal ago,
and Ibp1vD Ibnrn
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MEMORIALS OF TIE PAST.


This city OF Delhi, India, has lcci
called the Rome OF India, AMI its
memorials Of the past d t ~ &c
NnHra from zoo II q til tho hmm.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-06-23

Wyoming has a mine Of natura
soap.
A Kansas mar has invented an In
stanaueous ice cream freezer.
Out of every 100 persons IN Pitts
burg, Penn, 80 are foreign born.
1t is said 10 cost $50, oOO q year Il
keep st. Peters Church at Rome u
repair.
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FACT is rs strong
as the throne OF
God.
'BLi SsED are
all they that put
their tIust in
Him."
For eyeryd drop
we need God has
an ocean to give
us.
THE sinner is
one who doubts
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-06-23

James harrison and William Hen
son, short term consicts, scaled the
walls and escaped from the prison at
Jackson, Mich.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-08-04
Weston MIaifs..

Mr.. Louis Deison, Of Clarks-
burg, spent Sunday here.
Miss Lucy Love Lockhart and
Mr.. Minter Dennison were mar
8ried Thursday morning at 7:so at
the residence Of the brides
mother.
Mr.. w. J. Daugherty died
ednesday afternoon OF paral.
Iysist State Times.
Mrs. L. Smith has returned
from q visit to her mother, Mrs.
John Knisely, who is stillin very
bad health.
Mrs. John s. Mckinley, who
lives in Kansas, arrived here
Thursday accompanied by her
son. John.
Mrs. r. q. Harrison and little
daughter, who have been spend
iingsthe summer in Virginia, are
expected home next week. They
will be accompanied by Miss
Carrie Beattie. q sister Of Mrs.
Harrison. - Democrat.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-08-04

One dollar for q three months treat.
ment and an absolute guarantee for o
cure is what the Mayors Drug Co., Of
Oakland, Nd, offers TO sufferers Of ca
tarrh, hay fever, etc. Ask you drug
grit for q bottle Of Mayors Magnetic
catarrh cure It has never failed, and
will cure you. For sale by IL. O. Clay
ton, Wells 4 Haymaker; b. b. Scran-
age. Shinnston, w. Va. John Dunkin,
Bridgeport r. j. Criss and Cunning.
ham Bros Clarksburg; or address the
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-08-04

Mrs. Cornelia Dayidsonleft for
her home in Bridgeport Friday,
after q stay of three weeks with
her sister, Mrs. Sarah Wood.
The Regents appropriated
$500 for the equipment OF q boat
house and boats and $500 for d
bath room in the gymnasium.
This is certainly a generousmov
on the part Of the Board +,
Profs. A: 4: and President d.
3. Pur:nton the former Of Nash
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-08-04
THE LATEST MARKE1S. y
NEW YoRK. MONDAY, Aus. /, 1893.
QUOTATIONS. or BFryEs. Il,

IA y ketl1e IHuB OF prices p 10 " D -
Good TO prime steers sold one year
ago at "a 70@S5 90; the average price
was estimated at 81 rs.
BEEyES - Receipts for two days
were 318 cars, or 5,2l3 head. 217f cars
consigned direct TO slaughterers 81
cars tor export alive, and 80 cars for the
market, ofwhich 81 cars were at Jersey
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-08-04

:::.. = !.
!. a ~; ! 4
= ,,es. s.nons sae ~ osnsrs Were
Szea'ei ssaalien' Y " a y. hn = !!
=. e plackio ro' Nne church 60
s . :, llea sels. l, suppnesso ~ Neys I
E. y raarcni.o, joel stonero aa Y
D,, =, anas o.ners;
@ assors saialy was mace g
" y !'ars a.olh peWs tsnss. teM z
ne.l w pa,p.s rsnsea y sasyo
= u ye - 7. snose 1nr.ner oack as Siv'
~ y, s,oV aug ! !. g Ss'oV ana ssnose ~ y
;'ne rear as =. w.
some a.sen.lon was gwen e
music l0F = io4s sne 1oiilowlng e
nss1unsn's were use ~ narmonl e
!. u -, s'oi.n, pass VOL ana hnse;
ulss pass Aev - sa
.vAs olsu ASscenapers e, 1905
:. :. oll.oas ieyst az was = man man
esas powes' ana mac lnsense
loys ior sne scn "! q lew
nonsn.s ,oe1ole ms aeasn :ne go -
aussssa 1nas sne cnarc ca nere, !, :.
y. us"isnousa PASTOR FORA monsn:
me esteem - wnlcn ne was ;neid
y nced soy 9 pubic meeting
o. the town OF which the follow
ing IS 9 record: y
As 9 meetlng neld on Iuesda
the go day OF december, 1884
IN S'larks burg % take into con:
sheraton the measure most pro-
per TO pc adopted IN paying the
!ast nonors g the remains OF the
Rev' Asa Bro ks, doctor David
SOC was called TO the chair and
9, y: Camden Esq app pointed
secretary. " was
Rssolved, That the citizens OF
( sliarks ourg sgenera any be invited
I 70 the funeral on Wednesday
ISenis oay) az 2 O'Clock r. W and
that 1t be recommends to to4||
70 wear Grape or ''.' '4[ 1<|n z1E
e9e mon <13- a. !, 2 ~ y 20 o
~, = l'''e ~ LOT ' ...s oeeea7eo
ssoees nav sns c''!zens De
aass.s. s,suspeno business ane
slose snslrs aooFs q ssn.s gay pe-
.we g sne nours Oh ano O'CLOCK :
": =: DAVIDSON, Tres
y =; SAMpEs ~, sec
pecemoer - 1909.
Many sacred memories cilng
AROUND ene olo cnurcn. me men
anu women VINO lou pun lssWere
- 1ne ngnesssype q cnarac1er.
some q .nelr cnlloren ana grand
cnluren are among sne oess cl1l-
zens q .ne county otners are
scas.ereo 70 an paris OF tne coun-
wy ana are honoreo wnere tney
live. Memory brings back the
time whan the;r q t,,a,.s 30 /, arad
80 800 SAes14 4as'1e.s : as4e1e "
them into the praye citing, the
Sahhath sch,aI tha a,,,,.ot, ! :, \
ossSs1s1 sSeoot, .iie Sauici' ta l1''.i
they craned their necks to look
~ 59fi.is 80 Co.,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-08-04

There have been Ave negroes
lynched in the South within the
last two weeks.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-08-04

u =. =, Z. =, =. !. e. q : Y
ID
,n.., ..., ,y..; !. s.,
+ On Monday night last Tom;
Bennett was. lodged IN jail a.
sbnrg charged with shoot,
ing James Windell. :'E
Il James Hclley was senia ncst, w
10 years ia the penit entiary ~ Z
Huntington JUDGE last weak for
making q criminal assault mon
q young girl,
stoart - ,,.,,,,
Known Demo cratic politician q
Martinsburg is said to be eneacs
ed To- Miss Thayer, 81 Charles.
tor. The wedding Is to take place
In October
The s.utfed sIsin 4, u Il s,lna I.
| county rather & feet lone and 81
Inches IL circn,n fanca aus \,
1 The postofiice buildinc' 4 Ill
Ilkilieisby r.am H;nzman ona ,as
Hast :waeIs ana was ,,,e a ~ j, ",
largest of M s5acis,s III, IN.
/ Ratl.,jnde,. a
syv,,;,a ~ 1S {, !, !, 4. s. s..
HI, ! i, y :, &. 3
~ NJ. 4; 7, V q a 8 s''
came s., 81 os IS
$3.50 I, ! sss's !, s.soas wnlie .raver e
road. and The 6 Il yaoo,, nj III
"a soccanan 4 ,yaya I /, rcssn c,,a,. H.,
l.enbanlrment and nj. f,o,,,r,a,, \
was md 81 ~ ,s.,<,,, -
llof the WAGON INNS str;.,;n<, -,
on the head and ,s,,,ine, III, l.
| stantly.
H.. Il !, 4 !. /, ......
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&<1t1 y p
-.
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To-
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-08-04

Long and some OF them had w.
n. Atha y signature. These notes
were cashed and as they would
Imatrre we're paid OF by "A. O.
Davis. Everything went well
and no one was suspicious. 1t
was the last note that was offered
ct the bank that raised q dis
Iturbance and further inyestiga.
ton led to the charge that w. a.
81. Davis name had been a fcrg.
cry all along. Just how this
stands, no one knows but the
parties themselves. II has not
been shown that Davis had any
money with him VIII en- he was
found in Illinois.
His stopping place in Illinois
was revealed in q very romantic
manner, q young lady Of the
family having q correspondent
in this city.
Prof. Atha was here this week
and proved himself clear Of any
connection with the affair by de-
handing that any accusations re.
tiecting upon him be brought to
light There were none.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-08-04
VOL. XzsxH NO Sc
HISTORY.
PIONEER 81 CITIZENS OF HARRI-


"reminiscences OF the First
Presbyterian Church Of
Clarksburg. ,sss!
special Correspondent OF the Telegram.
Now that the old brick build.
ing in which that church has so
long worshiped has been torn
down to be replaced by Q new
house, it may be Of interest to
recall some Of the early incidents
Of that church in which many Of
the Oldest and best families Of
Clarksburg and Yiclnityf tooksa
conspicuous part These facts
are taken from the original pa,
pers, and the writer Isl under
obligation to Hon. John .. Davis
land w. b. freeman. cashier Of
the West Virginia Bank, for &C.
cess tosthe documents. S:
The first entry signed by r.
Chaplin, clerk, reads.
WHEREAS The Rev. Asa
Brooks. OF the congregation Of
French Creek, and Of the Presby-
terrain church within the bounds
OF the Reds e tone a Presby terry, duly
authorized 70 preach the gospel,
administer the ordinances, and
establ ish Echurc hes within said
bounds ogether with David.
Phillips. Roswell Knowlton and
Pascal Young ruling Elders Of
the French 4 reek church on the
/ 10th day Of Octo Der, 1929, a. the
Metho list eting house in
Clafk sbprg did proceed 70 estab
lisha Presby teriaii church IL the
said town of Glarks burg The
session having been opened with
prayer, the following persons
appeared as candle ates for adj
mission to the fell wship OF the
church. who after having been
) examined, as to their faith and
experimental knowledge Of the
truth of the elwere received
byunanimous vote, viz
John Wilson. Jr.. and Margar
ret. his wife, John ursey, Nancy
G. Chaplin, wife Of Phineas Cha
PIN, William Shields and John
Lindsay.
The following persons were re-
ceived by letter from other
churches, viz: Phineas Chaplin,
Elisha Hall, Eleanor Wynn, Eliza
Davis, wife Of John Davis, Nancy
Hurry, Nancy Lefever, John
Garrett, and wife, John Reed and
wife Catherine Armstrong and
Jane Stein. The members then
proceeded to the election Of rul-
ing Elders. whereupon the fol-
lowing persons were unanimous
" elected I: John Wilson, Jr /,
Phineas Chaplin and John Hursey.
Eliza Davis mentioned above was
the motnerof Hon. John j. Davis.
She Joined the church IN Phila.
delphia at the age of twelve
years, and brought her letter to
this church from the Morgantown
church. John Garrett, many OF
whose defendants still live in
this county, brought his letter
from a church in ireland, the
following being a copy Of the
original
THAT John Garrett is assingle