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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-06-26
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on of Woman's Clubs.

Officers of the State Federation of Woman's Clubs.
President Mrs. B. M. Stoutenborough, Plattsmouth.
Vice president Mrs. E. Keysor 1924 Caldwell
Secretary Miss Vesta Gray. Fremont
Treasurer Mrs. NJ. +. Nichols. Beatrice.
Auditor. Mrs ID. c. McKlip, Seward.
Librarian Mrs. G. NJ. Lambertson Lincoln.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-06-26

The Ashland Wonan's club has been
a wide awake organization dur.n, the
year. Reports of the meetings show
that good work has been accomplished
and pleasant time enjoyed by the
members. The officers for the new
year are: President, Mrs S. S. Fal es
vice president, Mrs. o. ID. Hartford. SIC
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-06-26
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED EXCURSIONS

The Phillips
lSos>1< island ENCasr-
siolIS
Are the most popular. and carry the
argest business Of any other California
Route. This signifies that you get the
best a.teation and receive the best SER
vice.
The lowest rate tickets to California
are available on these excursions.
Don't start on trip to California I'M
I'll you get our Tourist Folder. contain
ing man showing routes and all informa-
ion. For rates and reservations appl
to and agent OF the G. X. /. 4 p. Ry.. o
address
JOHN SEBASTIAN,
General Passenger Agent.
Al Chicago Ill
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-01-08
Vote for Shuttle


Mr.. Frank WEIGH attended q
hall at Grafton New Years eve.
Little Trixien at the opera
house snexs Wednesday night.
Revival services are in pro,
gress at Golf Chapel.
Several Of the public school
teachers were off duty Tuesday,
being IN with la grippe
Don't fail to attend the concert
at the First Presbyterian church
Friday night of next week.
Mr.. VIM. wheatley. Jr, Of
Uniontown, Pa, visited his par.
ents here during the holidays.
Miss Marion Owens spent the
holidays in Petersburg visiting
friends and relatives.
If the new charter is the right
kind of one, then give us new
charter. But you know there
are;charters and charters.
Speaking of a city charter it
must be borne inmind thata bad
law carried into effect is no less
ubiquitous and detrimental than
a good law not enforced.
Let us trust the reports that
the brave and brilliant Maceo
still lives. We don't want him
to die till he pays up his sub.
scription.
A fight on Pike street, near the
Deison House, Monday evening
made things pretty lively in that
section of the burg for a little
while. 1t is said the racket
was the outcome of a game of
poker, and that one of the
parties was rather badly poked
up.
Report Of the Point Pleasant
school for the month ending
December %. Pupils neither
absent nor tardy are as follows
Martha Carpenter, Jennie Lynch,
May Lynch, Naomi Carpenter,
Audra Reed, Georgia Kuhn, VII
ola Reed and Charley Carpenter.
ANNA RANDOLPH. Teacher.
Mr.. Hoffman Sommers, of the
Sommers & Boughner Insurance
Agency, was married on last Mon
day morning to Miss Annie Null
heran, at the home of the brides
mother on Pike street. The we'd
4 ding was a very quiet affair, ant
Ionly Il few intimate friends wit
4 nsssedS TIE ceFainon The IMP
Nv couple LETT the same morning
ON No. 3 for d bridal tour Of thu
Western States.
Those who want to take out
shares Of Building Association
stock should rememb Der that they
han commence any time with the
Home Builders Building and
Loan Association. You DOM
have to wait for the end Of 8
series or year. but the books are
always open at D. K. Reed & Cos
Store. 21tf
The editor of the TELEGRAM
will be absent for a few weeks
attending the session Of the Leg
1slature at Charleston, but the
TELEGRAM Office will be open tc
its friends, and some one will be
here ready to greet you wher
you call and receipt you wher
you pay your Subscription. Dc
not forget that nice clean re
ceipt from the TELEGRAM is
good thing to have in the begin
ming of the year 1897.
While the island of Juan Fer
nandez is not that described il
that ideal story Of boyhood
"Robinson Crusoe. lit will rejoice
all to whom the story has been
delight to know that the island
is still existence, and has no
been blown up by volcanic up
heavals. Juan Fernandez ant
Selkirk are interesting as thu
source of inspiration. if not thu
groundwork, Of Defoe's work
The story that the island had dis
appeared. itseems, was conceived
in rum and perpetrated in the be
! fuddlement Of captain Of TN
old school.
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:
They will not keep.
Time has marked another
milestone in the march Of centu-
|ries.
Miss Rhoda Lowe, of Shinns.
SION, returned Sunday from q
visit to Bridgeport.
E. M. Estlack was one of our
pheasant callers last week, and
brought us cash for a new sub
scriber.
When you come to town do not
forget that the place to get q
stylish hair cut is the Traders
barber shop. 2-6t,
Mr.. Lewis II. Mcmillan, prln-
cipal of the Bridgeport public
schools, spent New Years day
in the city.
Capt. Hugh CallaRhan, our
efficient Street Superintendent,
is confined to his home with
typhoid fever.
Many young men announce
that they will enter a new field
this year. And yet, they growl
if the old man wants 'em to clear
and cultivate ten acres.
The Traders Hotel has been
leased to Mr.. j. w. Marshall. of
| Petersburg, and will be taken
charge of by that gentleman in
a Few days.
DIR. selby, of Good Hope. Har-
rison county, was visiting his
father in this county last week.
He is an applicant for the posi-
ton of assistant physician at the
hospital for the insane, at Yves
ton.-RitcIie Gazette.
Rabbits which lave overrun
Kentucky this fall and winter
have damaged young trees in
Breckenridge and Meadecounties;
| and in the district known as the
French Lick precinct they haye
eaten all the grass in one pasture.
1t is understood that James
Boyle, who has been the Presl-
dent.elect's private secretary for
several years, will make way for
Mr.. Dawes. who is said to be
slated for the position after
March 4. Mr.. Boyle, rumor has
it, will be appointed Consul to
Bradford. England, his native
place.
Shuttleworth will be interested
in the economical administration
of municipal affairs. He lie a
member of a family who are
among the heaviest taxpayers
in the city. Few young men
who have not taken a regular
course in law are better prepar'
ed to fill a position administra'
tive and judicial in its character
The s.Mikadop was reproduced
Christmas night to a large audi
ence, with even greater success
than before. The unmistakable
evidence of appreciation with
which it was received, should be
most gratifying to its promoters
The Mikado and his Court. il
truly royal style, gave a recep
ton and ball at the home of Miss
Gay Duncan on New Years eve
which was largely attended and
proved to be a most enjoyable
affair.
The late John Latstetter was
born at Zell-am-ziller, Tyrol
Austria, on August, 10. 1880
Game to America August 90,
1860. Was a mining engineer
First work in the United States
was boss at gold mines in Ten
nessee and North Carolina. Game
| to Clarksburg in 1872, when he
became Master Miner of the
Despard mines, which position
he held until his death January
End, 1897, at 11:o6 p. m. His
widow and four children. (al-
married) survive him.
Last Saturday evening about
six o'clock as Dan Ogden was
driving down Fourth street at 9
pretty lively gait, he accidentally
collided with a team belonging
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-01-08
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Yon will find lots Of news on
Etifth page. 5
Buy your notions and grocer.
lies st Wagner Bros Pike St.
Nashville had { most unhappy
New Year. In the form Of Q mill.
lion dollar fire, ss
Miss Amanda Gran of Phil:
ippi, is Waiting Miss Minnie
Hugill.
"A passenger tram was wrecked
at Littleton Wednesday morning
and considerable damage done.
Be sure to see again the
great successof the opera season
last year, Little Trixie. : at the
Grand, Wednesday night, Jan. Ia.
Mrs. B. virgie and Miss Bertha
Fordyce who have been spending
the holidays with their sister
Mrs L. G. Brown, Of Pittsburgh,
Pa. returned Monday
Stop and think a minute. Have
you been to r. T. Lowndes' One
Price Store and seenthe full line
of factory tlannels and blankets,
which he has just opened up. 9-tf
Farmers around vermilllon. s.
d., are annoyed by wolves and
are complaining about 1t. In
Wisconsin, near Superior, the
Chippewa Indians are slaughter
ing wolves at $40 . scalp.
1t is very thoughtful in the
makers Of New Year calendars
to have the figures SO large and
black. Hang one Of them on the
wall and you can tell when a note
falls duo without getting out Of
bed.
The Democrats fondly imagine
that in the cry of 'non.partisan-
ship they have given evidence
Of superior dexterity in strategy,
but they can't fool the people
this time. The political pendu-
lum points the other way
Il = + j. I =
A vote for the city charter does
not necessarily mean its adop-
tiou or rejection. 1t would silnp,
ly givea vague expression Of pub.
lie sentiment. What it will
amount to remains yet to be
seen.
AT the M. Il. church, south,
last Thursday night, Jenny Lind
Muller Green gave an Organ Re-
4 cital. She has i marvel6 tech
Unique, and ii Without doubt liS
finest s1iSI ever % Gtis
1Sse 1sStess the nut
~
4 terrain church, Jan. IS.
In 1875 the United States was
third on the list Of nations owing
the largest national debt, but.
now occupies the sixth place.
This is the only particular in
which the Republican party is
likely TO display a downward
tendency.
Do not let the year 1897 go by
without you having opened an
account at r. T. Lowndes s. Co..
Savings Bank, The accummula-
tions Of your savings will be q
surprise to you. Their books are
always open. ten cents the small
est amount taken on deposit. All
deposits are interest bearing. At
Ray Friend, an eleven year old
boy, methis death as the result
| OF a Christmas gilt from his
father. He gave the boy %
caliber revolver and while trying
to remove the loads, it was dis
charged. The bulletentered the
child's eye and he died in a short
time.
Some farmers in Polk county,
Fla. as an experiment last spring
sent for some Cuban tobacco seed
and planted 1t. When the plants
had grown theygot Cubanexperts
to cure the leaves, and the re-
suits have been so good that the
farmers feel themselves assured
of q successful new industry.
The 81. Louis Globe Democrat
Semi Weekly Tuesday and Fri
daylight pages each issue
sixteen pages every week only
one dollar a year, is unquesticn-
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-01-08
.ocalandP fsondl.


Winter, like returning prosper
". is on the way, but there is q
title hitch somewhere.
Miss Alice Bean returned
saturday from a pleasant holiday
yisit to her home at Peel Tree.
We are in a position to an
ounce authoritatively that the
Mckinley Cabinet viii not be
liver mounted.
DR.. George NJ. Holt, dentist.
in be in his Office at Clarksburg,
february 1st, 1897, and remain
b days. 2S-tf.
Attorney R. G. Linn, a promi-
ent member of the Gilmer conn
! bar, was here last. week on
gal business.
a,Ars, Drummond, OF Washing
b, Pa. was here last week Wis
.lue her father, Mr.D. Boughner,
Ia returned home Saturday.
"a fiehtbetween a negro and the
'loprietor of a speak-easy on
ionday night caused the glass
ont of his establishment to be
icked out by the darkey.
Mr.. Cleveland is growing SO
tout that he walks with difficult
i. He should learn to walk
'panish. It is both an airy and
raceful motion,
Miss Jessie Trotter, sister OF
late Supt. Trotter, came in from
Washington Monday night, and
sft for her home at Buckhannon
hlesday morning.
Too many women KEEP their
lost gracious smiles and pref
lest gowns for company, instead
L donning them for the home
olks' benefit.
Mr.. j. W. Marshall, ticket
,roker, of Parkersburg, was
autographed at the Traders this
beek, the guest of his father-in.
Aw, Mr.. W. p. Camp.
r. q. Umbel, Esq, one Of the
eading lawyers Of Uniontown,
las autographed at the Traders
unday, and left Monday morn
eg for Addison, in the interest
L some Pennsylvania timber
REGULATORS.
The manager of the Traders
Hotel has been fortunate in
occurring the services of a skillful
lew head cook. Monsieur Eu-
.ene Carmollee is "chef from
shefield, and a master of (culi-
IPry) arts.
Rufus Choate used to thrill
hries with sentences half a col.
inn long, but when o lawyer in
ihoate's city a few days ago
sked a question of 663words the
itness requested its repetition,
nd then replied that he didn't
bow.
The State-Jou1nal and other
ewspapers are giving our owr
i. 2. E. Dawson some very
supplementary notices. suggest
g his appointment as Warder
1.-THE. State penitentiary. DIR.
kwson is an active, wide-awake.
aergetic Republican. and merits
hat is said of him.
Last Saturday the West Vir.
ihia Central Agricultural and
Iechanical Society, at q regular
betting. elected the following
Ulcers: G. L. Hickman. presi.
snt; T. T. Wallis, vice-president
S. Spates, treasurer; M. M.
thompson, secretary; S. S Faris,
lief marshal; ]. R. Steel, ticket
srshal.
lat the last meeting of the Her.
On Masonic Lodge the follow
. officers were elected ; D. X.
Bed, W. Master (; v. L, High
md, Sen. Warden w. T. Mer-
man, Jun. Warden VIM. Sum
i, Treas; E. E. Lowther. Sec,
tary. The lodge is in q -four
hing condition, and shows {
althy increase in membership
the year 90.
Mr.. j. i. Alexander, in retiring
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-01-08

The town ticket is all right
Stand by your colorss
"a Baggage Check. ct Grand
tonight "wednesday.
The popular B. & Q. conducs
tor. Capt. Pickett, has been s.
for a few days.
VIM. j. S. Hammer. of shinns:
ston, was among our agreeahls
Saturday business callers.
Senator Geo. @. Cole. of IVES
ton, was. autographed at the
Traders Tuesday.
j. W. Odell 3 Co. can please
you in furniture -also repairing.
Prices low. West End. N;tt:
Mckinley will be inaugurated
as President ofthe United States
on Thursday March 4th.
A vote for Shuttleworth is a
vote toreform and economic the
affairs of the town.
Miss May Stout was too I'M
well to be present when shool
was resumed at Broaddus Tues.
day morning.
Mr.. Thos. Danser, OF Weston,
was here Monday and left that
night for Cincinnati.
Miss May White. of Church,
vile, Lewis county, is one among
the new students enrolled this
week at Broaddus.
Mr.. Ashby Watkins returned
from Buckhannon the first of the
week. where he spent the grea-
ter part of his holidays.
Don't fail to go to the polls
and vote o-morrow-vote the
straight Republican ticket. too,
and you will never regret it.
Circuit court convenes next
Tuesday. 1t is said that there
will be considerable legal bust
ness transacted before that au=
gust body.
Superior assortment in stand
ard carpetings. the highest grades
of Brussels, Ingram and 3-ply,
in the most select color and de-
sign effects at r. T. wNDEs u
Our friends up street are very
strenuous in insisting that the
municipal election should be nom
partisan, and still give their most
enthusiastic support to q Straight
Democratic ticket. N
Miss Hattie Roger an accom-.
plished young lady OF Washing
ton, ID. q, and guest Of her
brother, I. 81. Roger, is indis.
posed from a severe cold and la
grippe.
Rev. @. r. Clark, formerly Of
Harrison county, is taking prom
inent place among the ministers
of the State. He is located at
Wheeling and the Register de-
votes considerable space to his
sermons.
Don't fail to look at the samples
shown by Long & David, sales
agents. They can furnish you
a suit of clothes, made to your
measure, and good fit guaranteed
cheaper than you can buy one
ready made. 3s-tf.
The students and teachers OF
Broaddus Institute were again
on duty Tuesday morning. after
having had a merry Christmas,
a happy New Year, and a pleas
ant time generally during the
holiday vacation. Several new
students have enrolled.
Mr.. J. R. Adams is one of our
noblest and best citizens, and
the fact that his opponent fol
School Commissioner. DR.. Nor.
gan, is likewise man of super.
Tor attainments and wide popu-
larity, renders the contest inter.
esting. Personally the two can
didates are intimate friends.
Dick Young, of Charleston, the
boy that was blown up THANKS
giving day when his gun explod-
ed, is up and out again looking
as though nothing had happened
saws the Gazette. but the loss OF
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-01-08


Twelve Temptations VIII Be
] az next attraction o. the Grand:
you want i good. economical
oWn administration, vote for
6hpttl eworth for mayor.
u is understood that Senator
lorgan writes his Cuban war
aeches with red ink.
Gas Rossie Hewes gave d very
a9 ioyAble hop Ut her home on
New Years night. IS
has +. Thompson. OF Clarks-
b1r was in town Monday on
6Siness. Parsons Advocate.
Willie Valley Astor is Of the
Spinion that . raw repub-
ne 5 40 place for q rich man to
Hive ID.
lkyNpt. u. a, ". ternatQ nuu
x5te have moved to Bridgeport
t6fbe regret Of a large circle Of
relatives aud friends.
4 You should see the line of
Sls. 90 and Sl5. 90 suits shown by
Long & David before purchasing
your fall suits. 3s-tf.
Yale's TwelveT Temptations will
lha the attraction at the opera
hbnee January 18th. 1t is billed
| ftr Cincinnati this week.
New Year, bend above us
With Your skies Of blue
Give ns-hearts that love us
Cash subscriptions due
Mr.. p. M. Long, who retires
| from the public service. was an
IEe!ticient county clerk. and turns
TIE Office over injgood condition
his successor.
-Four family" said the young
gan in atone Of pride. came in
with the Mayfiower."
sHow interestingly" rejoined
Miss Cayenne. "And it seems
to be going out with the chrys.
anthemum.
BE honest with yourself. what
lever the temptation; say nothing
70 others that you do not think,
and play no tricks with your
own mind, OF all the evil spirits
ABROAD in the world insincerity
Is the most dangerous. james
4nthony Froude.
An editor out in Missouri de-
sSribes with great viyidness in
\ Iiis paper last week a fight which
he said he saw between a big
acksnake and SIX bullfrogs,
AlthorGh this IS merely an early
stage. = friendly warning Riighl
Be amis ISL ISsas
The ejistk s6nfg Fair viii bs
held septem6ef 9Th, 9th and 9th.
The new officers are Charles u.
Hickman, President T. I. Wal.
las, vice.F President Thomas s.
Spates. Treasurer M. M.
Thompson, Secretary S. S.
Faris, Chief Marshal and John
4 r. Steel, Ticket Marshal.
A pig jumped in front of B.
and o. train near Jeffersonville,
Lind. The engineer saw it and
sighed for one farmers loss. But
when the train got TO Watson.
FIVE miles away. the porker was
found on the pilot of the engine,
a little bruised. but not other.
wise injured.
BY the way. circuit court con
yenes next Tuesday. What q
crowd there will be here on that
day This will be a grand OPP.
portunity to pay up your sub
scription. Don't fail to improve
ii. and respond nobly, as hund'
dreds OF others are doing. o.
course you are coming, and will
greet the new county officials.
To those who complain that
times have not improved as rap
idly as they had reason to expect
after McKinley's election. the
Louisville Commercial aptly re.
marks: when q man is tumbled
down into a great rayine, and
gets to the bottom much bruised
but still alive. 1t takes him some
time 70 climb up the other side
Tho f;rct stems are slow. THAI
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-07-20

ing called upon 10 treat case OF pesti-
lential or infachous disease in the limits
Of the county, who refuses or wilfully
fails to make to the county health officer,
within such time as may be prescribed
by the county board of health, full re-
port of the same, specifying the charae-
ter OF the disease. the name and locality
of the patient,. together with such other
details as may be required by the county
board of health. must on conviction. be
fired not less than ten, nor more than
fifty dollars.
40S5 Failure of physician to report
death.-Any physician. or person prac-
ticing medicine or surgery, having charge
of a patle:l at ths time of death, who r.
fuses or wilfully fails to make 10 the
county health officer. within such time as
may be Prescribed by the county boa.d
of heaTh. full report of this name, age,
sex, color, date, place and cause of the
death of such patient 50 far as is known.
together with such other details as may
be required by the county hoard of
health. must, on conviction. be fined not
less than ten. Tor more than fifty dol 'ars.
The limit Of time for reporting births
and deaths Is the 10th of each month. by
which date all reports for the preceding
thirty DAYS must reach the county hsath
officer. Returns ca be made to assi t9nt
hsalth officers in the different heats. or
else direct to the cNuntv health officer.
Blank certificates of births and deaths
can be obtained free of cost upon applica-
ton.
The above laws will be strictly en-
forced.
J. w. BARCLAY, M. D..
Health officer Jefferson County,
Birmingham. Ala.
corner Twenty-frst street and Second
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-07-20
MARION.
Corn and Cotton Crops cut off for Lack
OF Rain-state Herald's Democracy
sustained-General Topics.


Marion, Ala. July 1s.-(speeial Core
spondence.)-The. corn crop of this equity
has been cut off at least one-half, and
the cotton has begun to fail on account of
no rain.
large crowd from Marion attended
the Uniontown races this week. Mr.. c.
R. Chairss, one of the party, met with a
painful aeciden. by falling from the sec
old story veranda of the hotel
Mr.. Acc oliver is repor,-l very i'll at
his home near Marion.
There will be wedding in this city the
latter part eff July.
A revival NEE ting has been in progress
at Hopewell Baptist church, five miles
west of Marion during the past two
weeks, Rev. |. A. White, of Orrville, do
irig the pfeaehing.s ts4tHs= sssse.e.-.s. ,.-s
We understand there are two candi-
dates in the field for circuit court judge
of this district to succeed Judge John
Moore, who is a so a candidate for re-
e1ectioa. Judge Moore is one of the ablest
judges in Alabama, and it will prove
difficult task to defeat him.
Col. w. w. Quarles, the present solicit
tor, and Hon. A. d. Pitts, of Selma, are
candidates for the solicitorship of this
circuit.
There has been very little serious sick
ness in Marion this summer.
The course of the State Herald in
standing up openly and squarely for the
national platform of the party and for
the state administration is commended.
by all real democrats of this section.
The Perry county Sunday school con-
verltion will meet in Marion on the 22d.