The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-08-13

spection on Saturday night at the
headquarters of Company K. He
is making a tour Of the State and
goes from here to Piedmont.
We find q very complimentary
notice in the Inder concerning
our friend L. A. Flanagan. the
popular merchant and hotel
keeper at Central Station. Mr..
Flanagan merits the good things
said about him and when we hear
a good word said about Mrs.
Flanigan's splendid dinners we
say Amen" She INST only knows
a good thing but knows how TO
cook it.
The many friends of that
splendid railroad man and Gull
tured gentleman, Charles o.
Scull will be happy over his re-
cent promotion. He has. been
elected general passenger traffic
manager of the New York Cen.
trail R. B., audit is rumored that
his salary will be SIS, 600 a year.
Mr.. scull was for many years
Zen. Pass. Agt of the B. & o.,
and has a host Of friends in West
Virginia.
While looking over Parker B.
Cookman's fathers papers, Ed.
ward Goodman, who is admins.
traitor. found a note executed by
Adam Goodman in favor of p.
B. Goodman for $4,000, dated
1888. No interest has been paid,
making the note now over $4,000.
Adam Goodman swore before a
magistrate that he never made
the note and that the signature
is a forgery. All the parties are
prominent farmers living near
here.
At the Christian Endeavor raj
| ly at the Baptist church Sunday
night, echoes of the great San
Francisco convention were sound
ed in the interesting speeches of
Mr.. q. 6. Blatchley, of Grafton,
q gentleman Of some prominence
lin G. 3. circles, and Mr.. d. D.
Boughner. manager Of the ex-
cursion for West Virginia. The
rally was largely attended and
Tau present were benefited and
well entertained.
The loafng on Court Square
lcorner and at the Merchants Ma
tional Bank is becoming an un-
bearable nuisance. Aside from
the annoyance caused by FIRE.
quent acts of rudenes., the free
and unlimited expectorations, as
an indignant citizen says, Of
.'niggers and white trash makes
it very unpleasant. for ladies,
Il r.
especially. to pass that way.
What's the matter with our come
lily Confederate cops ?
A IL year old colored boy nam
de Luther johnson undertook to
beat his way through from Park
ersburg on freight train Mon
day morning, and fell off the car
at Cherry Camp and was killed.
His head was mashed up and one
leg was broken. The body was
brought here on the evening
accommodation, and prepared
for interment. The lad was quite
recently employed by Walter
Sedwick as driver of a trunk
wagon. Two of his brothers are
waters at the Walker House.
Maulsby Bridge has been re-
paired. at a'cost of 5000. Mr..
Charles Short, who did the work.
regards it as fortunate that the
wind twisted the bridge a little,
for parts OF the structure we're
becoming unsafe, and the effects
of the storm made prompt re-
pairs imperative. Maui Shy
Bridge was built by Elmer Hart
in 1854, is the Oldest bridge in
the county, being 43 years old,
and now Mr.. Short feels assured
that it is good for 43 years more.
Mr.. Frank Hickman. accom-
panied by his brother, Mr.. James
o. Hickman. of Hanford. Cali
fornia, was here Saturday morn
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