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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26
shinnston, March 25, 1897.

Governor Pingree, who is also
mayor Of Detroit. is a remark
able man. He has achieved fame
in several ways, some of which
are to his credit, while Others are
no more to be envied than they
might be. Potato Patch Pingree,
who is the same man, has at
tached his name to the plan OF
providing needy families with
ground whereon they could plant
potatoes, and add to their incomes
during the hard times. Potato
Patch Pingree is about the best
character this man of many
aliases has assumed. AS mayor
Of Detroit he gained a good deal
of prominence, but the act that
brought him into the notice, and
likewise the ridicule, of the
whole country is his determine.
ton to be mayor of Detroit and
Governor of Michiganat the same
time. In this he succeeded until
the courts ousted him from the
office Of mayor. Now he is en-.
pertaining the idea of resigning
the office of Governor that he
may again run for mayor, be.
cause, as he says, he is needed to
rule over that city.-Pittsburg
Times.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26
WHOLE NO. 1879
From Mlnleral.

Sunday school was organized
at Pleasant Hill last Sunday,
Miss Lettie Thrash Is visiting
her sister at Castor.
Mr.. A. Thompson and SON
Cecil, of Gilmer county, was
visiting Mr., Thompson's sister
Mrs. Hughes here last week.
Worthy Davis who has been
teachingin Gilmer county visited
his parents here q few days. He
returned to Glenvllle to school
Saturday.
Miss Emma Barb, OF Light
burn, was visiting her sister.
Mrs. w. Il. Smith Saturday and
Sunday.
Willie Hudkins, Q, @. Reed and
sister Miss Eleanor and Miss
Etfie Davis left Monday to attend
the Normal school taught by
Prof. Mcmillan at Good Hope.
William Burnside. an aged
gentleman, of this place, isvery
poorly at this writing.
The Davis school taught by O.
D. Sturm. Of Enterprise, closed
Friday with music, declarations
and recitations and speeches.
Charles taught a very successful
school during the winter and
made many friends during his
short stay here.
PAPA's DARLING.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26
The editor sat in a hard bot.

The editor sat in a hard bot
toned chair, trying to think Of .
thought, and he plunged his fin
gers through his hair, but not
one topic they brought. He had
written Of balls socials, temper
ance, tariff rnd trade. and the
prospects of having a crop. and
ioked about ice cream and weak
lemonade till his readers had
told him to stop. And weary OF
thinking sleep came to his eyes
and he pillowed his head on his
desk, when the thoughts which
had refused to arise, came IN
troops that were strong and
grotesque. And as the IDEAS
airily float, he selects .he bright
oneof the tribe, and this is thesem
that while dreaming he wrote :;
Now is the time to subscribe.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26
From sycamore Dale.

Mrs. May Bumgardner. Of
Quiet Dell, is visiting her sister
Mrs. T. L. Evans.
Mr.. DAVID Hall has gone to
Sutton on business.
Miss Stataria Stephens is able
to be out again after a severe at
tack of la grippe.
Misses Mary and Flora Evans
and Miss Bell Hall attended the
entertainment at the Post school
last Friday and report a grand
time.
Mr.. j. Il. Wilson has moved
his family to Denver City. We
are sorry to lose them from our
midst. They have ourbest wishes
In their new home.
DR.. Powell and Mr.. Allison
Bartlett. of West Milford, were
calling on friends at this place
Thursday evening.
Our school taught by Miss
veta Courtney closed Thursday.
Miss Ivy Hall received the prize
in the first grade, Miss Emma
Starkey in the second grade,
Raymond Hallln the third grade.
Johnnie Free was neither absent
nor tardy during the term. Miss
Courtney taught usa good school
and we welcome her back next
winter. PANsY.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26
How to Secure a Farm.

There is a great deal of truth
in the following. by the noted
writer and adviser Bob Bur.
dette:'
My homeless friend with the
chromatic nose. while you are
stirring up the sugar in a 10
cert glass of gin, let me give
you fact to wash down with it.
You may say that you have
longed for years for the tree in
dependent life of a farmer, but
you have never been able to get
money enough to buy a farm.
But this is where you are mis-
taken. For some years you have
been drinking good improved
farm at the rate of one hundred
square feet at a gulp. If you
doubt this statement figure out
for, yourself. An acre of land
contains 1880 square feet. Els,
timatlng. for convenience. the
land at S43,56 an acre, you will
see that it brings the land to
just one mill per square foot.
Now pour down the fiery dose.
and imagine you are swallowing
a strawberry patch. Call in your
friends and have them help you
gulp down the garden of 500
square feet. Get on prolonged
spree some day and see how
long it will take you to drink a
pasture land to feed COW. Put
down the glass Of gin; there is
dirt in it--3o0 square feet OF
good, rich dirt, worth s4s, 56 per
acre.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26

The miners on the Toms Creek
and Clinch Valley Divisions Of
the Norfolk & Western Railroad
are on a strike against a reduce
ton of wages offered by the oper-
ators Of the mines on those dlvls-
ions.
Miss Gladys Strait, of Hunting
ing, was horribly burned Sun
day morning by her clothing
ingniting from a CRATE. She caa-
not possibly recover. Attorney
D. Z. Strait. her father, was killed
bv o train one year ago.
AS John Jeffers, and aged vet
eran, of Standing Stone, Writ
county, was mounting his horse
at Elizabeth, Friday evening, his
left foot caught in a stirrup strap,
frightening the animal into run
ming away. LETTERS was dragged
bv his foot for nearly mile, his
head and shoulders being cut so
badly that he is reported to have
since died.
They are having considerable
trouble in Chenille Normal
School with three refractory stu
dents, who on account of insubor-
dination and cheating were ex-
PEELED from the school. The young
men secured attorney Robert
Kidd to look into the case, and
10. day supt. Trotter received a
message from Mr.. Kidd, asking
him as president Of the board to
come at once and settle the mat
ter. AS Mr.. Trotter is absent he
will be compelled to defer action
until some future date.-Jou1nal.
Buchanan White came down
from Weston Saturday and
spent a few days with friends in
this city. He has been busily
engaged as stenographer in tax
ing the evidence in the Contest
Case. The arguments in the.
case began Wednesday.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26
From Coco, Hope.

Charles Cheuvront just
reI 6sl from his fathers at
M EnIons who has been sick
infant child belonging to
Jdl Seinmeryille and wife, of
BIZ sSkc, died of pneumonia
ID By Bnaast Friday evening and
WI bntied on Saturday evening
al ths Burnside cemetery.
IS sn infant belonging to
Ehpeh Bonneville and wife,
DIED ihe same day, Friday. and
wa buried the same day. Satnr-
day Bf6ther's children. Enoch's
bu III 10 o'clock and Johns
al oiG.eck. Enoch's child was
bvEssa stMt. Olive
Third quarterly meeting
81 aiaIconference year will con.
VI ~ Tichnel's Chapel next
81 li6Y and Sunday. Rev. J..
I'd P g.. is expected to be
Chas. Sturm. brother and
cQaz Mr.. Harrison, spent Sun
dkV iEh DIR. and Mrs. Selby.
Ef6f "A. Lee Post, Universe
VI student, came home last Sun
dSH ora vacation.
A. Law, Esq. has been on
fI,S siEIr lis it for some time.
u. GUESS.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26

McClure's Magazine for April
will contain series Of unpub.
lished letters by General Sher-
man to a young lady between
whom and an Army officer the
General undertook to re establish
a broken romantic relation. The
letters embody q story as good as
any piece OF fiction, and exhibit
Shermanin a very charming way.
Scott jackson and Alonzo
Walling we're hanged at Newport
Kentucky, last Saturday. for the
murder of Pearl Bryan. The
suffering public will now turn
with a sigh of relief from this
disgusting episode. which has
already engaged an undue amount
Of their attention.
A lady has made to Secretary
Long the suggestion that instead
of giving the names Of our great
admirals to our iiminutive war
crafts, the torpedo boats, the
latter should bear the names Of
Indian chiefs or tribes that have
achieved fame in our national
history.
A local paper says that Elori-
da's- orange pops
double in value a. Rs 9
result Of the favorable winter.
Governor Atkinson was ct
Washington last week escorting
Eve distinguished West Virginia
Republicans who want office I'M
der NICK inley.
aShe dresses we'll, /" can be
said Of every lady who buys her
dress goods from r. T. Lowndes
go 49, 49, iaN 49, t4 ttdfsfil y
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26
FROM CAIRO.
CAIRO, IIL., March ll. lS97

= : y
Ed. TELEGRAM :-W While waiting
on the train from st. Louis, Mo,
! will pen you a few lines con-
corning the high waters in this
section about the 25th ult. had
made trip down the Ohio river
as far as Cincinnati, returning to
Portsmouth just in time to catch
the Ohio river OVERLOOKING all the
low lands and doing damage to
property to the extent of thous.
ands of dollars. Changing my
route at that place / ran through
northwestern Ohio into Indiana,
passing through flooded districts
all through that State, returning
to the Ohio river at Evansville.
Ind, on the 9Th and crossing the
river at that place into Kentucky.
While coming off the bridge on
the Kentucky side the train stop
ped while on the trestle and the
conductor called a station. Look
ing out over the water for miles at
the overhowed land, / said to a
passenger, why, man. you done
have to get off here do you?'
Yes" said he, pointing out the
window at his house half mile
away, which was built on little
knob and his stock was on a little
mound that had been provided
for them. Here l will say the
farmers in these low lands select
a high place or throw up a mound
on which to build their house and
barn. but in some cases they
have pens built on posts several
feet high, and they keep their
stock in these pens for days The
water at this point is still rising
and is now at the 49ft mark. The
river towns are protected by
levees, and should they break
sthropgh there would be-
many people drowned and the
town washed away. This town
has about 1900 population, with
the Mississippi river on one side
and the Ohio on the other. Our
West Virginia hills would be a
sunshine to these people and they
would know how to appreciate
them much more than we do. I
am comfortably seated in chair
car as the train is starting out.
Will close, Respectfully,
EDMUND HUG1LL,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26
~ MEMoRlAM.

II is seldom that the death of a
quite young person excites much
interest in community beyond
the immediate family of the de-
ceased, but when itw whispered
little Nina Wyatt is dead a
thrill ofsymparhetic feelingswept
over our village. She was such
a naturally healthy, happy, we'll
dispositioned little girl that it
did one good to see her. Without
showing or affecting particular
brilliance her intelligence was
remarkable, as was evidenced by
the fact that though but little
more than six years old when she
entered school, upon examination
she entered the second primary
room, instead Of the first (lower.)
Just before her mortal sickness
her mother had been trying to
select a poem for her to reclte on
the last day Of school; after hear
ing several read Nina said: "None
of them suit me. None Of them
have anything about God in them,
/ want a piece that has God in it,
What she ment or thought by
that is beyond our knowledge,
but on the last day of school little
Nina was 'reciting to the Great
Teacher a poem grander than
human mind ever conceived or
human ear ever heard.
Our records will say: Nina
Wyatt, daughter Off. w. and r..
A. Wyatt, departed this life
March 18th, 1897, aged s years.
8 months and day. The records
of the cherubs, where no dates
are kept, say, nina, our new
sister, has arrived
a FRIEND.
CT. Mech OK 1907
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26

A deplorable accident occurred
on the B. & o. railroad. between
Dayisyille and Walkers Station
about noon Wednesday. John
Donahue, a. well.to-do lumber
dealer of Davisviile, was return
ing to that place about - o'clock,
after a visit to one of his saw
mills further up the road. He
was walking on the railroad track
with the wind in his face, so that
he could not hear the approach
Of the B. & o. pay train, No. GIL,
which struck him from behind
and knocked him off the track in
stantly killing him.
The Monticello Brick Company
are getting ready for a big trade.
They now have about 100000
brick on hand.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26
, From Big Buffalo.

The fine weather has advanced
vegetation. And the wheat and
pasture fields is. carpeted 10 llv'
ing green.
The schools have about all
closed and one of our teachers
I. G. Barrett and his brother
Jacob has gone to attend the
Buckhannon school.
There is a great deal OF SICK
ness in this community and the
doctors are kept busy.
Mr.. G. T. Richards who has
been down with the pneumonia
we are glad to say, is GONZALES
cent.
There will be quarterly meet,
ing held next Saturday and Sun
day at Tichnel's Chapel on the
West Milford circuit. Methodist
Episcopal church,
Mr.. N. B. Cox. of Doddridge
county. is setting a new saw mill
on S. Benefits farm, at Big But
falo.
The maple sugar crop is short
in this section.
There was a sly wedding last
Thursday night at the widow N.
A. Suffers. Her daughter Miss
Jennie to a Mr.. Boiling, widower,
neer Jane Lew, Rev. Lightburn,
officiating. Some of the boys
who had been watching gave
them a sernading. S. D.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26

The Terra Alta Oracle thinks
that tor sensational. downright
newspaper prevaricating, The
Kiugwood correspondent to the
Cincinnati Pittsburg and Wheel
ing papers takes the cake. Dur
ing the last two months he has
built a railroad down Cheat
river, extending the West vir-
GINA Northern railroad to Nor
gantown. sent some Prestonians
to enlist in the Cuban army, and
pardoned Mrs. Belle Freeland.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26
You VIII Never be Sorry


For living a pure life.
For doing your level best.
For being kind to the poor.
For hearing before Judging.
For thinking before speaking.
For standing by your principles.
For stopping your ears to gossip.
For bridling a slanderous
tongue.
For keeping away from the
saloon.
For being square in business
dealings.
For giving an unfortunate per-
son alift.
For promptness in keeping
you promises.
For putting the best construc.
lions on the acts Of others.
For leading a sober life and
using you influence to help others
do so.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26
A Mans Shirt

May be out of sight but if it
isn't comfortable, he has very lit
tie peace. Shirt making is a
everybody can't make
good shirts any more than every
body can write a book. We have
always prided ourselves on the
superiority of our shirts, and its
q reputation we hope to maintain
until the end of the chapter.
Come to us for genuine shirt
satisfaction.
THE CLARKsBURG
TAILORING co.
Traders Building.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26
The B. & o. Southwestern ha'

The B. & o. Southwestern has
adopted new specifications for
section houses. These struc-
lures are now being built with
slate roofs and cost about $65 a
piece. The slate roof is found
to be a preventive of fire from
sparks.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26

The series of meetings conduc-
ted by Revs. White and Doyle.
have closed, after having &C.
complished considerable good.
The meetings were very we'll
attended throughout, and the
church was greatly refreshed
and Strengthened by the able and
fervert sermons of these earnest
pastors. I.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26

6el Pathfinder is warning the
d Glenville about jumping
d ana, off trains while in motion,
End CANS their attention to the
a law just passed prohibiting
Referring to the theatre hat,
same sprightly paper ironi-
d liS remark According to the
passed by our State Iaegis-
& It's unlawful for ladies to
y high bats on in 9
& Hhe ladies Of Glenyille
ignored this during the presen-
'tation of Faust at the Fifth
Avenue theatre last week. and
also at the Twenty-third Street
theatre during Margaret Mather's
stay. We DO not like to see any
of them get into trouble. hence
the pointer
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26

The Petersburg Parkhurst,
the Rev. Robert B. Smith, of the
Rontist church. has resigned and
will go to Chicago. Another
Petersburg minister, the Rev.
W. S. winans, of the Fifth Street
M. p. church, has resigned and
will go to New York.
Darkest America Monday night
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26
KILLED !!
sudden A n d Tragic
Death of The
Road Supervisor
Of The M. r. R. Thurs
day Morning.
A single Man With One Living Sister
Lived at Springfield. Ohio.

This Thursday morning at
10o,,ock Col. John Patton, road
supervisor of the Monongahela
River Railroad. was killed oy the
Baltimore and Ohio east bound
accommodation. He had board
ed the train at Monongah this
morning, and after its arrival
here had been sauntering around
the depot for some time. Step
ping down to Smith and Kidd's
restaurant, Patton bought some
cigars, and lighting one. return
ed toward the station, smoking.
He stood for a few moments be-
tween the tracks, looking east
ward, and presently stepped
upon the B. & o, track and start.
ed to cross it. Hearing the roar
of the approaching accommoda-
tion. Patton looked around, and.
seeing that it was right upon
him. tried to jump off the track.
but was too late. The locomo-
tive struck him, cutting off one
leg and crushing his skull,
IN receiving a telephone mess
age, Brady's undertaking estab-
lishment sent wagon rnto
the depot. and the remains were
removed to their quarters in the
Traders building, and prepared
for shipment. They will be sent
to his home in Ohio on the 500
train tonight (Thursday0
Patton helped to build the M.
r. r.. and has been with the road
since the first. He was an un-
married man, about forty years
old, and had one living sister.
Their home is at Springfield, y.
A certain country pedagogue
ran away to Oakland and got
married recently, and on his re-
turn it seems the boys OF the
neighbornood decided to have
some fun. How we'll they sue
ceeded may be judged from what
follows: They surrounded the
house where the bride and bride
groom tarried. aud with the hor-
rible horse fiddle and circular
saws made the night hldeous'
The welded pair refused TO
show themselves, which. out OF
respect to a time-honored Gus,
tom, they should have DONE ana
the serenaders thereupon pro-
ceeded to "smoke them out.
This was accomplished by plac-
Ing and old carpet over the
chimney top, and presently the
bridal chamber was filled with
smoke, and the inmates appear
ed at the door, whereupon a
great shout went up from the
outside. The bridegroom was
generous. and. having q sense OF
humor himself, treated the boys
to the smokes"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-29
seth lew en- staten Isss=a-
Vet "a Oh Year


The year following n presissztial siec-
ton - generally considered ens most III
interesting politically % Al years TIE
Intensity Of TIE strain put Upon Ire
voters II choosing a president naturally
reacts anE leaves thnFn inert ard Hstless.
Tas rsv1srratfoz and vote Eau or aad po-
Etscai leaders nue & azra % ger people %
the polls
The present year promised % follow The
ruIe. The tension Of the contest ef Isas
Was str feIE and a lsnz1lfd interest n psi
1etcs only was expected The rssuAg on
rhe constitutional amendments sabunItre1
% a vote TIRE past few months was r.
1eEe1 pruof u the lack 4 attention glveu
% politics. n Tennessee. New JersHy ard
Connecticut, where important amend
Hseats were voted on only sne-th5rt or
oEs-f5urth 81 rhe usual vote was polle1.
Bat this lack OF interest X appears =
only local and confined % neighborhoods
wAsrs there - 70 great issue az stake.
II cities Ike New York Baltimore aad
Louisville. Ky where earnest contests
ara = progress tire TegfSrra Zton i QEsX-
pecteGIy large and fsresaadoEs an IN.
usually large vote. In @ex fork city the
hrzT days registration. while falling be-
low last years Is the largest or any
known except e a presidential year In
Brooklyn the same fact : evident. The
completed registration q Baltimore gives
an extTa9rdinary showing. falling OF only
LIS from the large registration % last
year. And n Louisville, Ky. az records
have been broken by a registration 4ss
larger than IN Isss.
These figures SHOW that there is 10 81
year when the people recognize that there
- q great issue az stake. IN Greater
New York the interest Ia the good gov
eramsnt OF the new and enlarged
municipality * certain TO call uut
a large vote. The desire 70 give German
ism n Maryland is finishing blow has
swaa.ed The registration TO an unusual
total q Baltimore. And The large reglstra-
too q Louisville Ny, IS due 20 the earn
esl canvass TIE sound money Democrats
are making Win the purpose CT demon
sIFaung tneir strength AZ the polls. In
Massachusetts,. PsGnsy lyania, Ohio and
Iowa. where the Result Is a f0regoBe con-
clus.on, the interest Is not SO intense. and
the vote Will De smaller. BGC where there
are important questions u De decided and
TIE Result = Ia doubt, enough l. already
evident 70 prove that the votsrs 10 not
look upon ISIS As al on year II politics.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-29
WOOD BLOCKS WITH HISTORY.
PART Of sh~ ogsa water supply system
OF the HANK Of the Msnhaxfna Co

Naw York Tribune.
A curious discovery Vas made Cav OF
I've ago Av sore w1rx1nan eGgsxsa r. lay
fax re aaw tracks fsr rne underground
trnEly - sAa Fourth zwenGe railroad a,
Center street as&r Grand he SEES t-urc
a. a 5spsk - about tNrse feet frosn me
surface A member 81 nl1cSs & pane w9e1,
earoGgh which a01es s6ogt ar tnc1 arr 4
half in diameter had Seen eorn& No ore
could understand aow TIE Shocks cssae 30
~ IN ths position n ~hieh they were
scGId. o. for NAat pu~rcss tasy ha3 aesB
use1 untA enc q thsr1 was shown 20 an
cid New Yorker. he reccgu5zesS e AZ cnca
as a sectscn * 5ne - ne 1rss wa1er-p.pe
systems ever l214 n the city. Apart fFcn
the archaic ua1Gre q ire material used la
the construction sf tna system shr htxtarv
OF tAe cemnany whSea lid i dawn e 81
itself reEsarS aAsss Ia ira earty tweutlss
feeling against nattc1EI haaEs ran a4zh
II thts ettv. ard ne or1y way ia wharh
Asran Burr and rs Associates. Snan Sney
wished - sSgnd re nznk % ire MaEnat-
tzn company. enIsd asfaln charter was
BY GtsEul sing Ere hank as 4 water con-
panv. TREY contracted % ss4nnlT nart #
TIRE city with water ard ira carter FOR
banking privileges was artfuisv concealed
IN tae water company Blk o. ceurse. ths
contract 20 supply water 20 she clty bad
70 - fulalls3. aGd f1- many Years ths old
wooden pipes served to Bring that necex-
sstT q ufe 70 The Inhabitants Of what IS
nov downtown New Yark TIE bank e
st1I n existence. and Is located a. No. -
Wan street BY she terms q - charter
e may be called upon at any time 70 sup
ply part Of the cry with water. and Il still
maintains a small reservoir II Center
street. The p.n@weod blocks found mar
Canal street are sbout a foct On diameter.
ard are Eri4 as sound Is when they we're
laid down