The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-06-07
STATE liens.
Whispered % Tie Winds Of Called.
from Our Exchanges.

.A"s., V'lr Exchanges.
The State Wholesale Grocers
elected Directors as follows:
Joseph Speidel. James P. Max.
well and Henry Bear, Of Wheel.
ing H. 3 Hagan, Huntington:
John Z. Rub. Grafton; d nj.
Jackson, Jr, Parkersburg, and.
T. II. Noyes, Charleston. The
BOARD organized by electing JAS.
speidel, President; P. II. Moves.
Vice President; John L. RuhI,
Treasurer and James Cummins.
Secretary.
The fact that West Virginia
was the fourth State In the union
IN the production of coal last
year, the value of its product
reaching nearly 100000 is a
gratifying evidence of the enorm.
Gus development of this great in.
dnstry within the last few years.
II is also especially noteworthy
| that while other large coal pro
ducing States, like Ohio and
pennsylvania, have stood prac-
ideally still in coal production, or
even decreased their tonnage.
West Virginia has constantly and
rapidly increased. Yet West
Virginia's marvellous richness of
coal and timber has scarcely been
touched. West Virginia is a good
state tolive in.-Ee.
shepherdstown. Jefferson coun..
ty, claims the original inventor OF
the steamboat was James Rum.
sey, a resident of that town, who
constructed craft in 1875.
Only one tobacco firm in Park.
ersburg took out the $500 license
required under special act of the
last legislature for the sale of
cigarettes.
Shelbyville Democrat: Hell
and How to Get There, says an
Indianapolis paper, is he name
Of a new book issued. If the
book contains more information
on the subject than a newspaper
man gets in dealing with delin.
quent subscribers, we do not care
to read it. Ia.
The case which attracted the
most interestduring the lastterm
of the Beverly court was that be.
tween A. NJ. Cunningham and
AlBheps Buckley, proprietor of
the Valley House. in. which Gun.
bingham sues for S240 which he
claims was stolen from him at
that hotel, about a year ago. Suit
was brought on the grounds that
landlords are responsible for the
losses Of their guests, and was so
decided by the jury. Unless the
supreme court reverses the de.
cision. Mr.. Buckley will have 10
make good the loss, with s per
cent. interest for one year. A
similar case was decided in Cum.
berland last week in the same
way. Enterprise.
Seventeen passenger conduc.
tors on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad lines, west of the Ohio
river, were discharged Monday.
Spoilers are said to have been
working on the road recently.
Bishop Peterkin says that he
hopes to have the Episcopal dor.
mitories at the State University
at Morgantown ready for occu.
pancy by the opening of the fall
term. He has bought one com
modious building, and is negotiat.
ing for another. He has in view
man to put in charge and in
tends to make the dormitories
homelike and attractive with a
library, parlor and Other features
to make college life pleasant.
The Bishop says that the Univers-
.ity is doing splendid work. -hr.
Some lowlived, miserable son
of sea cooks half-witted sister
went into lawyer Conley's COW
stable Monday night and cut his
cows tail off. There was an
other COW detailed the samenight
but.we have not learned to whom.
she belongs. We suppose that
the insignificant cur is the adj