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The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-07-23

Stroke Arthur Gregertsen set swift
stroke at the start, but the regulars in
their keen whaleboat got the jump and
kept the lead for three-quarters of a
mile. Then Gowan, coxswain of the
Reserves crew, urged the boys on.
The stroke quickened and the distance
between the two boats grew less. 1t
was about even for long pull, and
then the Wilmington's launch crept
up alongside the whaleboat, and Ber-
toilette forgot that he was a Judge, see
ing as he did, that while the Reserves
we're pulling with undated energy,
the regulars were showing signs of
exhaustion. Berrolette yelled encour-
ment, and the coxswain of the Will
mington's crew, who was the chief
b0atswain's mate of the ship, hurled
oaths at the half dead men, even going
so far as to grasp the stroke by the
throat and threaten to throw him
overheard. The poor fellows made a
squirt, but their usefulness was about
played out. Brunswick was in the
lead and kept it across the line.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-07-23

Bertolette was inclined to "guy" tn e
six boyish fellows who came along
side in the pretty gig of the Passaic to
contest with his veterans of the regu-
lar service. He thought they looked
'green" and weak Lieut.. Clyde Tay-
Tor, who managed the Brunswick
crew, insisted on a different course
from that proposed by Bertolette. The
latter, however, was obdurate, and
would allow no change.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-07-23

The way the amateurs" the play
sailors, as the regulars had called them
before the race, "guyed" those fellows,
BertOlette included, was shameful.
eco off and train a month or two, and
we Will try you again." said Eustace
Butts,
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-07-23

There seems to be more trouble in
getting up this little one.slded race
than any l ever bothered WITH" said
BertOlette. "WeIl give you more
trouble than this before we get through
with with you," plucklly respon ded
Taylor.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-07-30
cIarksburg FAN.

The West Virginia Central Ag.
ricultuaral and Mechanical Sos
ciety will hold itsSlst annual Fair
at Clarksburg, w. Va. on Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday,
September {. s, and 9, 1897. The
premium list has been carefully
and thoroughly revised, in thei
terest of exhibitors, We are as.
sured of an excellent exhibition
in every department. There will
be trotting, running and pacing
races each day, on one of the best
tracks in the State.
Tho worlds greatest lady mros
naut will on both the second and
third days of the Fair make a 4
balloon ascension and parachute
leap, the most thrilling and cleo
trifying sight ever witnessed by
the American public. 1t will be +
made with the largest balloon and
smallest parachute ever used by
a human being, and by the only
woman who performs daring feats
upon the trapeze bar from the
time she leaves the ground until
she descends to the earth.
There will be music by one Of
the best bands in West Virgins.
Let every one make the Fair .
great reunion of citizens of Har.
rison and adjoining counties.
Excursion rates on all railroads.
Admission 20 cents; Children is.
Write for Premium List, address
ing NJ. M. THOMPSON, Sec'y,
3std Clarksbnrg, w. Va.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-07-30
Glosules Of saeIenlce.

We never knew but one model
husband, and he only lasted three
months.
Women who have tried it, say
that naming baby for the doc
tor doesn't reduce the bill any.
When a woman wants to get
out of housekeeping. shepretends
to have nervous prostration.
It makes a banker as mad to
go behind his counter as it does
q woman to go into her bedroom.
The latest way to curse a man
is to express the hope that some
of his kin will arrive to visit him.
If there is anything that particu-
larly makes man feel big, it is
to receive 9 telegram when in
the presence of a lot of admiring
girls.
Awoman never feels SO proud
of her husbands love as when he
falls sick and becomes delirious
and refuses to let any one but
her come near him -Atchison
Globe.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-07-30
Burdette's Views.

In a letter to his cousin, Mrs.
A. j. Stone, of Fairmont, Robert
j. Burdette, the brilliant humor-
list, says, in regard to the mining
situation
Daily your names are on our
lips. for the newspapers are full
of Fairmont and Monongah, and
4 know under what q stress and
strain you must be living. I hope
things will clear up for you, and
/ do hope the men who are eating
white bread won't be misled by
working men who never work.
Although in every struggle for
better pay and better hours and
better times my sympathies al
ways go out to the under dog, "
always. But I'm not a Debs man."
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-07-30
spend Your Vacation at the seashore.
Lew Rates via B. so.
The Baltimore and Ohio r. r

The Baltimore and Ohio r. r.
announces another one of those
popular reduced rate excursions
to Atlantic City. Cape May, Sea
Isle City and Ocean City. Thurs
day August 9Th. The same ex.
|cellent train arrangements that
proved SO satisfactory on the
previous trips will be repeated.
The tickets are good twelve days
and will permit q stop.off at
Washington on the return jour
Iney. We show below the train
schedule and rates from points
in this vicinity.
AN. A NJ. AN. PM RATE
s saasS 10; OF 81 . . 8 S 10 10 GO GO
Grafton 4 45 10 90 80. =. o 90
Correspondingly low rates from
other stations. For further in
formation address the nearest B.
& o. agent.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-07-30

Do not wait until r. I. LowndesI
& Co.'s Saving Bank moves into
their new building at the corner
of Main and Third streets, to be-
gin to save, but call on them at
once and investigate their
methods and open an account with
them. Remember it is to your
interest (patd semi-annually) TO-
do so. S6-tt.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-07-30
Move Upi

There are more young Ameri-
can men in the penitentiaries ia
this country learning trades than
there are outside Of them, says q
recent writer. The principal
cause of this is that we are edu.
eating our young men for gentle-
men-trying to make lawyers,
preachers, doctors, and clerks
out of material that nature In,
tended for blacksmiths, carpen-
tiers, sailors aud other honest
..hewers of wood and drawers of.
water It is mistake, big
one, to teach the boys and girls
to believe that to labor is dis
graceful. and to do nothing fora
living is more becoming theso.
ciety in which they expect To-
move and have respect Hang
such society. II is rotten to the
core to day, and there are many
mems sons and daughters who
are now being educated to play
the parts of "leading LADY, and
.swalking gentleman in the great
drama of life who viii! light out
for poor house or penitentiary
before they have played their
parts and the curtain drops. Go.
to work
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-07-30
The Neu
Savings Bank

On Monday morning R. T..
Iowndes g. Co., Bankers, moved
into their elegant new quarters,
corner Main and Third streets.
The building adjoins the main
store building and on the exterior
/ is uniform with it in appearance.
/ A sidewalk on the east side of
Third street will soon be built.
we are informed. The interior
ofthe new bank is veiy handsome
and it is most convenient in ar
angement, being excelled by
none in regard to tineness of ap-
pointment and completeness of
equipment.
We especially congratulate the
genial and gentlemanly cashier,
Mr.. George L. Duncan, whose
thorough and correct business
methods have put this banking
house on a firm footing, and given
itrank among the best in our
city.
Tho Weston Democ,at- whose
wide.awake editor was in Clarks-
burg last week. and whose OBJ
servant journalistic eye took in
the situation, says, concerning
our business enterprises in
general :
"Clarksburg, which is rapidly
becoming a city of handsome
public and private buildings and
financial institutions, completes
this week its fourth banking
house-a costly brick and stone
structure on the corner of Main
aud Third streets. There is per-
haps no town or city in the coun-
try around. certainly none in
West Virginia, with four hand
somer or more attractive business
houses than occupy the four
corners of Main and Third streets
Clarksburg. The Merchants Ma.
tional Bank. the County Court
House. the Traders Bank and
Hotel and the Lowndes' Savings
Bank are the just pride of all
citizens, and are public monu-
ments to the enterprise and pro-
gress of their respective promot-
ers, The old town is on a sub
stantial basis, not a temporary.
transient boom. but a safe and
conservative foundation under
lies the superstructure.
Every one should come to the
clarksburg Fair, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, Sept.
:, $ and 9, 1897, to see the poultry
exhibit fruit display. variety Of
food products, the exhibit OF
woman's industry and handi.
work, the floral and domestic
hall, the farm machinery and
Utensils of husbandry, the live
stock department, horses, cattle,
sheep, swine, &c. The Fair will
be mammoth, matchless exhibi'
,lon OF things Of peerless worth
Don't miss it. s6;td.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-07-30
same old Bachelor.
Love is called a butterfly, be
cause it springs from grub.

Love is called a butterfly, be-
cause it springs from grub.
A woman's bette aoir is child
lessness, and a mans bette noir is
twins.
When you see a girl wearing q
stiff collar and cuffs, 1t is q sign
that no man cares enough about
her to make her quit.
Women always have an idea
that men have such a good time
together. because they are telling
stories about their wives.
Women won't mind having
nothing but wings to dress up
with in heaven if they can only
stitch the feathers on in differ
ent ways.
If woman worried as much
about what the Lord thought of
her as she does about what the
neighbors think of her, there
wouldn't be any need OF . heaven.
IN Y Press.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-07-30
Hasn't Missed a Meal.


Typhoid fever left me with a
bad stomach tronble. The medi-
cines / tried did not relieve me
until / began taking Hoods Sar.
saparilla, This medicine reliev-
ed my stomach trouble and i am
now able to work every day and
have not missed meal since
taking Hoods Sarsaparllla." F..
M. DAWSON. Box 81, Cherry
Camp. W. Va.
Hoods pills arc the best after
dinner pills ; assist digestion,
cure headache. 25 cents.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-07-30
4 WEDDING IN THE COURT HOUSE
Court Adjourns TO Enjoy the Fun-.A
Large Number or Gnests-The
Couple Young and Bashful.
From Preston County Journal.l

- -. i
From Preston County Journal.l
When the deep.toned cour,
house hell rang out its melan-
choly peal at 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning it was not a call to an
swer the summons of the court,
but the call of Cupid to the ropu-
lace asking that all who wished
might come and witness the
solemnizing of the holy rites of
matrimony.
Eliza Ann Burket, originally
of Wetzel county. is a young
thing, only sixteen. and not un.
pretty. She loved Ellsworth
Hileman, and loved alas too
we'll. Ellsworth had been incar-
cerated in the county jail for
several weeks unable to give bond
and unable to even pay the fine
and costs already incurred so
that he might be released and
fulfill his broken promise with
Eliza Ann. The girl and her
parents and sister visited him in
the Jail Monday and together
thew planned. They mustered
up sixteen dollars of the thirty
dollars fine, but that was far from
the mark, The sister spoke up,
her eyes bright with an original
idea, Nav said she, please
dew now, jast sell the COW, and
get him out. Nav" was will,
ing to do most everything but
sell the COW. At last a note with
approved security for the balance
was accepted, with the agreement
that Ellsworth should marry
Eliza Ann when released on
Tuesday morning. Liberty was
so tempting. the thought that
the huckleberry crop was about
gone maddened him, and SO the
marriage was arranged.
Sheriff Shaffer had no time to
issue cards, but cards were not
4. 2 81 i.
necessary. The hour was set,
and long before the time arrived
the temple of Justice was filed
to oyerfowing. Sheriff Shaffer
hustled about arranging the final
details and wore as happy smile
as if he was attending a corn
husking. The one serious ques-
ton that agitated his mind was
who should hold the baby. So
many kind friends proffered
their services that the
sheriff disliked to offend. He dis
posed Of the infant with due
solemnity. The march from the
door up to the bar commenced.
the bride being preceded by
Sheriff Shaffer. There was no
music, no flowers. There were
no attendants. 1t was a plain
wedding. When the bride enter
ed the bar, the sheriff told the
groom to stand up, and then q
solemn, serious faced gentleman
arose from seat behind the ta-
BILE. The crowd at first failed to
recognize the ministerial looking
man as Harrison linn, NJ. G
(member of COURT, but it was he.
Being a local preacher, he was
pressed into service at a late
moment. The ceremony was
short, but very much to the point.
The couple then rushed out of
the building, followed by the
crowd, who came very near
cheering them for furnishing such
a novel and interesting event.
such as never occurred in King
wood before.
| Asa
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-07-30
4 Boy Murderer.
Awful Crime Perpetrated up
on Two Innocent Children.

No tongue or pen, says the
Herald, can describe the excite
ment in Moundsville last Tues
day evening when the report was
flashed through the city that two
young and innocent boys resid.
ing on the outskirts of the city
had been foully and fiendishly
beaten and mutilated and were
at deaths door. The excitement
spread like wild fire and soon a
stream of people were pouring
back the Waynesburg road to
the scene of the crime.
The facts hastily CLEANED are
these: Mrs. Mardova Mason.
who lived in a little house on the
Terrell land, south of the Way
nesburg road, returned home
from neighbours where she had
been working Tuesday evening
at seven O'Clock and found her
two sons. aged 4 and II beaten
and mutilated and lying in the
yard. The elder was insensible
and dying the younger could
speak. The woman hastily gave
the alarm and neighbors came
aud summoned Drs. States. Stew
art and Steele, who did all in
their power but the elder boy
died Wednesday night at two
O'Clock. The infant son partly
from his injuries and partly from
his tender age can only say The
old man did it The question on
every tongue is Who did it.
George Edwards, who was one
of the first to answer the alarm,
said while hurrying across the
fields to get a doctor he was
knocked down and beaten by a
man with a whita hat and coat
on.
Wednesday morning man
answering this description was
arrested near Rosby but dis
charged. Charles Younger and
a colored lad were also in turn
arrested but discharged. Mean
time the Mayor offered $50 and the
county $3.50 for the arrest of the
criminal and this multiplied the
amateur detectives rapidly.
LATER ADvICES
state that the mystery of the
Mason tragedy at Moundsyille
was solved at the Coroner's in
quest Thursday morning by the
confession of a colored boy, jas.
Edward Jones, who is the per-
petrator of the crime. Jones.
who is only thirteen years of age
bears a bad reputation for the
reason that he has recently been
caught stealing and neighbors
have had their eye on him CON
stantly.
The motive Tor committing
this crime seems to have been on
account of the murdered boy,
Stanley, possessing information
of him having stolen a horse
bride from his home aoout a
month ago. Jones. on the other
hand, has always denied being
implicated in the stealing aud ne
and Stanley have had one or two
ouarrels over the matter.
Thursday morning the jury
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-07-30
Fifty Years Ago.

mi. i. the way i. was bound to look
when = grandfather had his "pieter took.s
49,. were the shadows cast before
The coming of conjurer Daguerre
And his art; like q girl in a pinafore
sone day to bloom to goddess fair.
M.u certainly were not as black, we know
A, they pictured them, SO years ago.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-07-30

WANTED-To exchange a first
class saddle and driving horse,
six years old weight 2.175 for
two three year old. or two year
colts of quiet disposition. Ad,
dress GEO. W. HALL, Peel Tree.
West Va. s5 It.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-07-30
Excursion To Chautauqua, n. Y
LOW RATES VIA B. s. o.

The B. & o. Royal Blue Line
has arranged an excursion to
iChautauqua, N. Y, Monday, Au-
gust 2, via Pittsburg.
We give below the time Of
trains and rate of fare from points
in this vicinity. Tickets good
II
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-07-30
Ayers sarsaparilla

began to make new men, just
as the new pictures Of men
hogan to be made. Thousands
Of people fronted the camera
with skins made clean from
blotch and blemish, because
they had purified the blood
with Ayers Sarsaparilla. It
is as powerful now as then.
It's record proves it. Others
initiate the remedy they
can't initiate the record:
20 Years of Cures.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-07-30

Correspondingly low rates from
other points. Don't forget the
date August I'd.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-07-30

5Ohds W. VAss tn
placed Jones on the stand for
their first witness, and his story
is in substance as follows
On the day Of the murder he
left home in company with his
father. to pick blackberries, near
their home. They were out all
the forenoon and secured about
two buckets of berries. after
which they returned home for
dinner. After they had partaken
of the meal, Jones says his fath
er sent him to town and he went
back for more berries. He was
probably there a half hour when
he succeeded in filing his bucket
and again returned home. This.
he said, ended his labors in this
line and he proceeded to do his
usual chores about the house, at
te.. which he sat down in the
var and read book. remaining
there the remainder OF the after
noon.
nnr;no tho examination Jones
became tangled up badly, and it
ended in the boy breaking down
and crying like a baby. Being
asked why he acted in this man
ner he SAID that he thought that
the people present thought he
killed the boys and he didn't
even touch them.
THE BOY coNFEssEs.
1t was easy to see that the boy
knew more than he was telling.
so Mr.. Parsons accused him Of
striking Stanley. This he denied
ed at first and after a rigid cross
examination, he finally admitted
that he struck him on the bare
feet with a willow switch, which
he had brought along with him.
He said Stanley had said that if
ne struck him he would split his
brains open with a hoe which he
had in his hand. Jones when
this threat was made took the
hoe from Stanley and in the
struggle he beat his victim into
insensibllity. winding up by TAX
ing the switch and flashing the
body until it was black and blue.
The wounds inflicted by the
hoe were enough to cause his
death and he told exactly the
places where he hit him on the
head and nearly the extent of the
wound. He next made for the
Younger brother, who. no doubt,
saw the first tragedy and did his
best to kill him with two very
sharp sticks or clubs. The ex-
tent of this ones injuries have
been told and his evidence was
nothing else.
FATHER TRIES TO SAVE SON.
1t took at least two hours to
get this information out of Jones
as he was evasive and gave many
conflicting answers. His father
succeeded him on the stand, and
attempted to get his son out of
the trouble by telling different
story altogether of the days
events. The evidence of his son
was finally read to him, and he
said it was not true, but his own
story was hopelessly conflicting
and improbable. Several state
ments of the son were corroborat-
ed by other witnesses, and at 8
o'clock last night the evidence
was completed and the jury re-
turned a verdict of murder
against James E. Jones.
TORTURED HIS VICTIM.
YoungJ ones harboring revenge
for the part young Mason took
| in convicting him of the theft Of
the halter, and knowing that
Mrs. Mason was away from home
went to the Mason house with
the deliberate and premeditated
intention of killing Stanley, and
did not only do this. but tortur-
ed him in the most tnhuman man
ner. The nurderous assault up
on little Willie Mason was evil
daptlv an aftarthnupht. The
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-07-30

Awicked punster says, You
kon bet Alaska is the place for
gold.'
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-07-30

30 Years of cures.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-12

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