The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-10-01

Che trial OF the noted Cnmotu
ejectment case. he performed
his duties to the entire satisfac.
ton of all concerned and made
US feel that We were everlasting
ly right when. upon a former oc.
casion, we called him a typical
representative Of our Hottest
manhood.
An important newspaper
change occurred in Martinsburg
this week. The Berkeley Eenso.
crat. owned and published by ID.
S. Eichelberger & Co., was merg.
ed into the Berkeley publishing
Company, a joint stock company
/ with Messrs. D. S. Eichelberger
and George W. Johnson as edi-
tors, and j. Howard Emmert, as
treasurer and business manager.
A freight wreck at Bridgeport
delayed all the trains on the b.
& o. last Thursday night. The
east bound mail train was caught
west of the smash.up and was
held at Harrisburg for nearly
two hours. The Flyer and west
bound express were held ct
Grafton and arrived here four
and two hours late, respectively.
The truck Of a freight car left
the track and several cars were
piled up. but no one was injured.
The North american Recieso for
September contains a valuable
article on sThe Right of Con-
tract" from the pen of F. B.
Thurber. 1t is a timely inquiry
into the causes and reasons for
the tendency of Legislative. and
judicial bodies in this country
just now to condemn sweeping
contracts which in any manner
restrict or regulate trade. There
is a danger, Mr.. Thurber de-
clares, in going too far in con,
demning aggregations Of capital
and hampering their rights of
contract.
DIR. and Mrs. S. S. Wade will
leave on Saturday for New York
and Boston to be absent for sew
eral weeks. The Doctor will
spend his time attending lectures
at one of the hospitals in the lat
ter city. They will be accom-
panied by the Doctors mother
who goes to Boston to visit her
daughter Mary who lives in one
of the pretty suburbs of that city.
Mrs. DR.. Wade will stop in New
York to meet her brother Geo.
B. Chorpenlng who will return
from summers stay in Europe
on the 27th.-Ddily Dominion.
The county fairs this season
have been the most successful in
many years. according to reports
of them in the State press. Such
notices as the following have ap-
peared about nearly all held up
to date 1.-THE Hazel Green fair
was the most successful ever
held by that association" The
attendance has been good, and
the displays have been more ex-
tensive. Last years poor fairs
we're declared to be due to the
hard times, which doubtless was
true. The Improvement shows
a much better financial and COM
mercial condition in West Vir.
ginia.
In the September number of
the North american Revieao Prof.
Goodwin Smith discusses the
question Are Our School Histo.
ries Anglophobe p The infu-
ence of American school histo-
ries in stimulating international
ill will has been, Prof. Smith as
serts, over-stated; the special
fault he is inclined to find with
these books being their want of
literary art. The American will
render no small service to the
nation who will compose a school
history, in fresh, simple, and
vivid language, replete with
truth and lmpartiality.
Last week quiet wedding
took place at the residence Of
Rev. CD. Smith. The contract
ing parties were Worthy Davis,
of Harrison county, and Miss