West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-06-14
COWS IN THE CORPORATION AT
BRAND0NVILLE.
a Correspondent Protests Against
Changes in the Mail ROates.
spsck,l corrssponeenee OF Tms Anars.
BRANDONvILLE. ". VA. J
June 9th. 1874.

| uistuToahcc III our towns political
elements arising from the agitation
of allowing live stock to run at
large Within the corporate limits.
Public opinion, however is unequal
ly divided in consequence of which
the stock IS protected TO run ut
large by order Of the council. The
minority, not of the council, but of
the public who have interest at
stake, protests strongly against the
measure taken by the counsel. We
ask the reader to take common
sense view Of the matter and see il
you will not concede, that it is more
pleasant. agreeable aud beneficial to
Il town, village or country to not be
annoyed constantly by hogs, cattle
or sheep as the case might be and
be Mt rest with the assurance that
X your gate or fence or barn door
IS accdenly left open that you will
not be intruded on by herd OF
hungry stock, invariably causing
Inconvenience and very often dam
ages, OF to be constantly annoyed
by whatever or whosever stock took
pleasure in strolling past your door
and ready to climb stake anu
ridered fence to feast upon sum
/ flower. Popular sentiment demands
release from such nuisance.
Which should reign upreme-tho
majority or the minority &?
Our town has received another
blow aimed ut her prosperity and
business interests. At present.
there 10 a deep laid scheme to over
throw our present mail system and
to this time the scheme has been
successful. The reader will have to
allow me to now make few preim.
mary remarks IN explanation to
parties not acquainted with our
present mail facilities. Under the
existing system we have two daily
routes which give us four mnlls each
day, MS follows First mail starts
from Brucetou about o. clock and
travels via Brandonyillc, Clifton
Mills, llaydentown and reaches
Farrchance about ~ O'Clock m. 1t
there receiving the mail from Pitts
burgh, Uniontown and other points
of Importance to us, starts about
o clock and travels over same route
and reaches Bruceton about 6
o clock in the evening. BY tint
medium we can receive letter or
other mail from Pittsburgh on the
same day of mailing and likewise.
vice-versa. The carriers on the
route between Terra Alta and Som.
erfield leave about O'Clock Il. IN .,
respectively. The mail coming
from Somerfrld comes via Mark
legs burg, Glade Farms, Brandon
Vile and Bruceton and meets the
carrier on route from Terra Alta,
vim Al5rights. Cat which place our
Kngwood mail is received off the
route from Albrights to Kingwood)
and Valley Point, about two miles
west of Bruceton where mail bags
are exchanged and the carriers re.
turn over the same routes to their
respective points of starting which
they reach about 6 O'Clock IN Che
evening.
By that route we receive i'm the
forenoon our mail from Selbysport.
FriendsYille. Somerfeld, Markleys
burg, Confluence, Ursina and Glade
Farms and in the afternoon we re-.
ceive our mail from all Western
cities, Baltimore and nearly all
other points in Maryland, Wheel
ing, Parkersburg, New York, Gin
clnnatti, Philadelphia, IN fact the
greater part Of our mail. We also
receive our county papers not later
than Saturday. The proposed
change would not effect the route
from Brucetou to Fairchanco but
would rcuder the other route as fol.
lows Mail start from Terra Alta
in the morning and make round
trip to Bruceton every day. The
other end Of this present route
which starts from Somcrfeld every
morning would start from Glade
Farms Iu the morning and 90 via
Markleysburg and arrive at Somer-
field shortly before noon. Start on
return trip early ia tho Afternoon
over same route and arrive ut Glade
Farms in the evening. The mai.
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