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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-07-15
New Covers on Travellers R. R. sulds.

Travellers are familiar with the
cover of the Travellers Il. R.
Guide, which is now very much
the same as 1t has been for the
past thirty years, showing a lit.
tie bit of Pittsburg, the Bay Of
Naples and the High Bridge Of
New York, combined in one
landscape without regard to
geographical proprieties. A new
cover has just been designed for
the Guide, but the familiar fea-
lures of the old one are preserv-
ed, even the antique model Of the
train of cars creeping over the
bridge has been left as it was,
probably because a train Of mod
ern sleepers would wreck the
bridge. The inside Of the book,
however, is strictly down to
date, with the latest time tables
and reliable information to trav.
elers.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-07-15
From .Wsst Milford.

Mr.. and Mrs. A. b. Clark and
children. Of Buckhannon. and
Rev. G. E. Clark of Wheeling.
visited relatives here last week,
@. NJ. Sturm who has been the
guest OF his parents, has return.
ed to Carlisle, Pa.
Mrs. E. j.. Rider. and daugh-
ter, Eleanor, of Buckhannon.
visited relatives here last week.
Miss Blanche Shinn, of Shinn-
ston, who has been the guest of
Miss Villa Hoff, returned home
Sunday.
Miss Ada Smith, Of Wheeling,
is spending the summer with her
friend Miss Virginia Rider.
F. e. Morrison, of Myersdale,
Pa, spent several days with his
parents here last week.
Miss AIDA Fittro is visiting
friends at Bridgeport.
Misses Edna and Winnie Dor.
ing, Of Sycamore Dale. were the
guests Of Mrs. Selby Thursday.
Mr.. Bealls, of Smithtown, visit
ed his daughter Mrs. 3. T. Post.
last week.
r. I. Johnson. OF Lincoln City,
Neb., was buried in the ]. o. o.
f. cemetery Thursday. The de.
ceased was a native OF this iowa,
and after an absence of fifteen
years, came back to visit his re.
latives, accompanied by his wife
and son. He was at Sutton at
the time Of his death, but his
body was brought home Tor
burial.
Miss Ellen Eib left for Buck-
harmon Saturday, where she will
be the guest OF her sister Mrs.A.
M. Leggett.
Mrs. B. F. Ramage and daugh-
ters Berta and Pansee and son
Chesney, Of Fairmont. who have
been visiting relatives here have
returned home.
Miss Nellie Eib. of Romines
Mills. is the guest Of Misses
Buena and Hettie Young.
Judge Campbell and M. q.
Holmes, Of larksburg, were here
last week.
Born to Mr.. aud Mrs. o. j.
Fittro, July 3rd, a son.
RExFoRD.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-07-15

A man in virginis, rode forty
miles to Fairfax Station for the
express purpose Of getting
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
and took home with him, a dozen
bottles of the medicine. The
druggist who relates the incident
adds Your remedy seems to
be general favorite wherever
known" Its effects are indeed
wonderful in all lung and throat
troubles. Procure a bottle at
Cunningham Bros. & Co. Clarks
burg. 34-1m
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-07-15

non river. The next year the
county seat was moved to Clarks'
burg. Youghiogheny county
one OF the three in which the dis,
trict of West Augusta was divid.
ed. soon ceased to exist. When
the line between Pennsylvania
and Virginia was fixed, it cut the
county in two parts, neither OF
which was large enough for a
county. Thereupon one part
was added to Virginia's counties.
the other part to Pennsylvania's.
The last mention Of the district
of West Augusta in the proceed
of the Virginia legislature seems
to have been in 1888.
Fourth OF July orators and 9th.
ers delight in quoting Washing
ton as saying that, If driven by
the British from the seaboard, he
would repair to West Augusta
and raise the standard Of liberty,
and gather about him the men
who would defeat the invaders.
The sentiment is fine, but Wash
ington said nothing about West
Augusta. He said Augusta, and
no doubt he meant everythingin
Virginia west of the Blue Ridge
which included kentucky, ILL
nois, Michigan. and all the sur.
rounding region.
Hu MAXWELL.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-07-15
Transfers..

w. w. Morrison to Louis W.
Mines liz acres; Coal.
Byrd Littleton to Jennie Lit
Teton i lot; Clark.
lisa NJ. Plant 10 j. J. strother
J acre; Sardis.
Jas N. David to Riley Ables
loi; Clark.
Joel F. Randolph to q. F
Randolph ~ acres; Ten Mile.
g. Schultz to Henry Schultz
lot, Clark.
Edmund G. swiger to John B
Swiger 4 acres; Clay.
The Pine Grove Co. to H. w
Afford l lot; Coal.
E. W. Rouse to same, l lot
Coal.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-07-15

Our customerssay you manu-
facture three of the best reme-
dies on earth, said the mercan-
tile firm OF Haas, Harris, Brim &
McLain, of Dawson. Ga, in q re.
cent letter in the Chamberlain
Medicine Co. This is the uni.
versal verdict. Chamberlain's
Pain Balm is the finest prepare.
ton in the world forrheumatism,
neuralgia, cuts. bruises. burns,
scalds. pains. and swellings. A
25 cent bottle of this liniment in
the house, will save great deal
OF suffering. Buy it at
Cunningham Bros. & Co.'S
drug store, Clarksburg. Balm.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-07-15
'; 20; "a: ;:'' :; Try
YERyS.
PILLS
Instructive PROGRESS.

No matter how much better a
v thing may he there is al
Us certain pathos in doing
Isy with the old. It is no long
needed, its day is over, it is
thlessly pushed aside, discard
and forgotten. Every now
dthen one sees an old horse
tup for sale, Perhaps in its
nth, and strength, and beauty,
hauled fine carriages in which
Ihionable ladies' took their
se. 1t moved to the tinkling
silver mounted harness, and
'pped proudly to the proud
asts of its owner. People re-
lnbered its pedigree and re-
lied its kinship to such and
Oh a glorious strain of blood.
ter while age came upon it,
d the fleet limbs grew heavy
d stiff. and it was sold to a
ocery, where it did its daily
mt hauling heavy loads, with
dropping head as if it was
hamed of its altered estate. No
dy remembered the faithful
rvice, no bodody asked what it
ddone. 1t was old and worm
/ and pushed aside. So with
cold car mules all over the
uutry. Electricity was called
to their work, and their was no
pger place for them in this
syworld that must take all the
ort cuts and make what haste
can. Every now and then we
called on to admire some
echine that is spoken of as a
uuph of human ingenuity. 1t
do the work of a hundred or
thousand hands. 1t is a great
por saving device, and we hard
stop to think Of those who are
Eown out of work by it's use.
(thaps they have sat at one
nch from youth until old age
l1g one thing. They have peg
ashoes, or made buckles, or
ned books until they them
YES are hardly more than a
Chine. They can do nothing
e, they really know moth.
else, and when they are swept
one side to make room for the
macines, the era of progress
Us Oh over their broken hearts.
gently it was announced that
German army cat IS to be
Stored out of the service. The
Verument has maintained a
aoer of cats at military pro-
flGn stores and magazines for
:, obstruction OF mice at an an
cost of 10 marks per cat. 1t
been discovered that more
seand rats canbe killed by the
bacillus system of inoculat-
nice, and at a much smaller
and so poor Tabby has lost
!oo' and must go, another
Sn to scientific discovery. 1t
Is as if the days of the domes.
animals were numbered. With
! trolley car taking the place
, .ae street car mule, and the
scle and the motor car super
slag the horse, and even the
hunting around for work
NJ paying second fiddle to an
solated mouse, the outlook is
.Sny They are no longer
Ssssilles. We can get. along
aout them, aud in that lies
- sorrow OF falling behind the
~ y, OF being superseded by
It e.alo e, that is newer, and
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-07-15

| 4uS Sol1S ISCO10S VI buS GCIIl-
tory now included in West Vlr.
GINA contain frequent reference
to the District of West Augusta,
but at no place and at no time
has there ever been published.
so far as | know. a clear state
ment of what that district COM
prised, and what its political
status was. Perhaps no such
statement is possible now; for
West Augusta appears to have
an uncertain quantity, neither its
beginning. nor its ending being
by process of law. In this arti-
Gle l shall not undertake to clear
up the vagueness of early refer
ence and descriptions of the dis
trict. but shall endeavor to give
a history (perhaps incomplete)
of the acts of the Virginia assem-
bly, relating to the subject and
/ shall also aim to show that the
boundry lines. as designated by
the legislature, enclosed no ter
ritory, because one side Of the
district was left open. In the
nhraseoloev of surveyors, "it
failed to Close
In July, 1775, a convention of
delegates" from the counties and
corporations of Virginia was
held to provide for the defense
of the colony. lin the presence
of danger"-the beginning of the
Revolutionary War--and it was
resolved that two regiments, of
/, o2O men each. should be raised.
To facilitate the raising of the
troops, and to proportion them
equally, Virginia was divided
into sixteen districts. One of the
districts was called West Au-
gusta. This is the earliest men
ton of West Augusta in any legal
proceeding or public document
so far as 1 have found. The
western part of Augusta county
was spoken of as West Augusta
before that time but the name
seems TO have been used in a
general way for all the country
west of the Allegheny mountains.
In the same month, July, 1775,
the Virginia assembly passed a
law requiring settlers in West
Augusta to pay taxes on lands
claimed by them, although they
had no patents. This appears to
have been the first mention OF
West Augusta in an act of the
Virginia legislature. The dis.
tric5 was not created by law, but
after July, 1775, it was frequent
lly referred to in the laws as pass
ell by the legislature. On May
| /, l776, an act was passed, allow
| ing West Augusta a delegate to
the assembly; yet no bound or
limit for the district had been de.
sienated. An act passed at the
session of the legislature, May.
1875, SPEAKS of sheriff and court
for West Augusta; thus allowing
the inference that the district had
a separate court and separate
sheriff. (See Henings's Statutes
Vol. tx: p. 264.
/ am satisfied that west Au-
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-07-15

NESS

bosses many a body and bur
|. nany a mind. You can't enjoy
.food YOU like because you are
:,,s You take all sorts of pre-
,tons, and yet the bilious attack
4; on you Ikea tiger from ambush.
: know the feeling! The blood
,,ing on fire with a dull heat ; the
mo pains in the eyes; the head
,ning to open and shut; the hor-
n nausea. You know the irrita-
(which precedes and the languor
L,tollows the attack. It's miser-
\ isn't it? Why not cure the
Bvble !? There's a pill thatwill cure
BUSINESS. Dr.J. c. AYERS PILLS
an acknowledged specific for this
sngement.
A. swanger, Tezarkana, Tex, writes /:
For fifteen years1 have used Ayers Pills
a End them very effective in bilious COM
sLipts. have yet to see the case where
asy have failed to cure"
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-07-15
clartsburE Fair Sept 0, 4 and s.

All entries this year will be
made at the law office of M. M.
Thompson, in clarksburg. West
Virginia. Entry books win be
opened August goth, 1893. and
close September 5, 1893, at 8
O'clock y. NJ. In all classes Of
trials or speed the BOOKS will
close SEPTEMBER Srd, 1893. at 8
y. III, Make al tntries early.
NJ. N. THOMPSON,
Secretary.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-07-15

To Cure a Cold In One Day. take Laxa.
tive Bromo QuInine Tablets. Cunningham
Bros. q Co. Refund money II II falls 70 cure
20 cents. b-bm.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-07-15

The subdivision of the dis
trict into three counties, Ohio,
Monongalia and Youghiogheny
in 1916, did not abolish the dis
trict. These three counties then
formed the district. An act Of
the Virginia legislature was pass
ed in October, 1888. directing the
sheriff of Mon6ngalia county to
open polls at two places in the
county for the election of a sena'
tor and delegates for the district
of West Augusta. The polls
were opened at Bush's Fort on
Buckhannon river, and at Nor
eantown. 1t should be stated
that prior to that time lin 1779
and in 1880 two large tracts had
been taken from Augusta county
extending, Monongalia from Ty-
CARTS Valley TO the Ohio. river,
including all parts Of Webster,
Upshur. Lewis, Harrison, Gil.
mer, Doddridge. Richie and
Wood.
/ In 1764 Harrison was formed
from Monongalia with its first
county seat at the residence Of
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16
uneIe Sam After Lynehrr..

Washington, Jan. 14.-After
the transaction of some routine
business in the senate today,
Mr.. Quay introduced the fol-
lowing resolution, which was
referred to the committee on
Indian affairs:
Resolved. that the secretary
of the interior shall be and is
hereby instructed to investi-
gate the facts attending the re-
cent alleged atrocious burning
to death of two Seminole In
dians by a mob in Oklahoma
Territory, and make report
thereon to congress.
THAT the sum of $4,000 or
so much thereof as may be nee
essary is hereby appropriated
out of any money in the treas
ury not otherwise appropriated
for the Investigation, apprehen-
sion and punishment of the
guilty persons, to be expended
under the direction of the Sec
retary of the interior"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16
A Big Cattle Deal.

4. j. Hall has returned from
Kansas City, where he has been
to close a big cattle trade. He
states that he sold 5000 head of
two-year-olds to Kansas City
parties at $21 per head, to be
delivered in the spring. The
cattle are on Mr.. Halls ranch
in the Kiowa and Comanche
reservation. where they Will be
delivered. This is the biggest
cattle deal made by Gainesville
parties in a long time.-Regis'
ter.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16
In Ouandary.

Chelsea, /. T., Jan 15.-The
fullblood leaders in the proposed
immigration to Mexico scheme
are in a quandary. The Mexi-
can congress has cited them to
the fact that land for colonial
ton IL Mexico cannot be ceded
to fullblood Indians to settle
upon. Only mixedbloods can
get a title. This will knock the
plan of the five tribe full bloods
into a cooked hat, unless some
arrangement can be made with
President Diaz.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16
QUIET IN HAVANA.
Order Has Been Restored Among the
PeOpIe-Lee Reports Everything Out
et--MInIster Protected In spain.


et--MInIster Protected In Spain.
Washington, Jan. 14.-The
last news of the day from Con-
sui General Lee came to the
state department about 2 o'clock
and was at once sent TO the
White House. 1t was to con-
firm the previous reports and
was a simple statement by Gen
eral Lee that up to noon all was
quiet in Havana.
One of the dispatches re-
ceived today stated that there
would be no objection to the
presence of Miss Clara Barton
in Havana, the authorities be-
ing ready to extend to her the
same privileges as those given
to any other citizen of the Unit
ed States.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16
Judae Levi. ReeoverIna.

The many friends of Judge
Yancey Lewis were pleased to
see him on the streets last Sat
urday for the first time since
his return. Judge Lewis has
had a tough siege of sickness,
and is at last on the road to re-
covery.-South McAlester Cap
ital.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16
CORNISH cULLIN0s.
Special Correspondence.

Special correspondence.
Cornish, Jan. IA.
Cornish and vicinity had a
nice rain Wednesday night
which will greatly benefit the
wheat crop.
Tom Lilly, deputy United
States marshal, passed through
here Yesterday.
G.. FL. Chapman, of Elk, is
here collecting rents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan enter
tanned the young folks with a
dance. A delightful time was
had by all.
Our school. under the man
agement of Prof. W. r. Carter.
is progressing nicely.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16

n. II. Mccoy, over City
National bank, loans money,
make collections and adjust
ments, attend to rentals, do
notary work, prepare deeds and
mortgages, and is special
agent for the Mutual Reserve
Life Insurance company 1--WE
think the best insurance COM
pany for the people of this
country. "a
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16
THE LIVER KEEPS PEOPLE WELL

When the liver is sluggish all other
organs are involved. You suffer
from Constipation, Biliousness,
Jaundice, Headache, Indigestion,
Pain in Back, Chills and Loss of En-
ergy. You will never know how
promptly these troubles can be cured
until you use HERBINE. Ii cures
quickly when other remidies utterly
fail. Regulates the Liver, Purifies
the Blood. HERBINE is a Harmless
Vegetable Remedy that gives new
life and energy almost from the arst
dose. Price 75cts. Free Trial Bottle
at Coleman & Lynn, the Red Front
Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16
chautauauana Meet.

Notwithstanding the lowering
afternoon. there was a goodly
attendance of Chautauquans at
the meeting of the circle at
Mrs. VanDeEberg's last Friday
and a most interesting program
was gone through with. not the
least enjoyable part being a
lunch served at the close of the
meeting, which closed the Ger
man part of our years study.
1t was unanimously decided to
take up German history and
literature at the close of the
Chautauquan year, for the sum-
mer's work. last years summer
reading having been such q
marked success that the hot
test days proved no bar to an
enthusiastic attendance.
The papers last Friday after
noon were on the great men
and heroes of the German en-
pire of today, and every paper
showed most careful study and
preparation. Mrs. Thompson
gave the circle a most instruct
i've talk about ArmInius, the
German chief, who delivered
his country from its oppress-
ors (the Romans) in that noted
battle. the result of which was
that mo Roman army ever
ventured to penetrate from the
Rhine into the interior of Ger
many" and thus our study
was changed from German his
tory to Roman history, which
will be taken up next week.
The Table-talk on Russia was
full of interest, and every mem
Der had carefully studied up on
the subject. The literary por-
ton of the afternoon was closed
by quotations from Lessing,
with a sketch of his life. and a
short review of Nathan, the
Wise"
Next week the first hour will
be devoted to reading from
Rome in Pliny's Time" Ii
was decided, also. to read at
home some history of Rome,
going back to legendary Rome,
in connection with the class
study, each member taking one
Of the early kings or legendary
heroes for a paper.
The Tabls-talk will be about
1.-The Seven Hills of Rome" ("
and general quotations will be
from and about Sallust.
Will meet with Mrs. VanDen-
berg next Friday afternoon,
promptly at 2 o'clock, Jan. 21,
Members not present please
call on Mrs. Neish for the sub
ject of their paper.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16
For Sale.

| offer for sale my entire
transfer business, consisting of
bus, two wagonettes, closed
carriage, baggage wagon and
eight head of horses and har-
ness, controlling the entire
transfer business of Ardmore.
A bargain for some one.
15-tf II. B. CATHEY.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16
Progression.

Keep up with the times in
scientific dental work. which
can be found at the dental par
lors of j. S. Cash in the Pen
nington and Williams building
on Main street. 20-tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16

j. II. Gregg, of Dundee, Kas., says
my little daughter has been trou-
bled with Group ever since she was
three months old. / never found
anything to relieve her until / tried
Beggs' Cherry Cough Syrup, and that
has cured her entirely think it is
the best cough syrup on the market. I"
Frame, Green & Co., and Coleman &
I.Unr
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16

Prosperity comes quickest to the
man whose liver is in good condition.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers are fa-
nous little pills for constipation,
biliousness, indigestion and all stom-
ach and liver troubles. City Drug
Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16

Mrs. Mary Bird, Harrisburg, Pa,
says, my child 10 worth millions to
me; vet / would have lost her by
Group had not invested twenty-five
cents in a bottle of One Minute
Cough Cure" IL cures coughs, colds
and all throat and lung troubles.
City Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16
wooDFoRD'S RESIDENCE PRO-
TECTFD.

Madrid, Jan. 14.-The police
precautions have been re-
doubled in the vicinity of the
United States Legation and
around the residence of United
States Minister Woodford.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16
Work stock For Sale.

Seventy-fve head of mules
and horses for sale on terms to
suit the purchaser. Do not
purchase until you get my terms
and prices. S. S. EvANTS,
slim Marietta, l. 7.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16
Hon. John Temple Graves.

DIR. Homer T. Wilson is a no-
BILE and inspiring figure of the
platform of today-big of heart,
bigof brain, magnetic, eloquent
and sincere. He would grace
any platform and please and
uplift the most fastidious aud
ience.
Will lecture here, beginning
Sunday.
Every dollar which a life in
surance company promises to
paw in the form of investment
to the assured must be paid for
by the assured. See the policy
contracts of the American On
ion. 10d&w3t
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-11-26
DON'T WANT THEM.

Tt is said the population of Louis
lana is to be increased in the near
future by a colony Of 10000 Rus
slams who are fleeing from the perse-
cution Of the Car of Russia, and
that the Southern Pacific is using its
efforts to get them located in Acadia
and Calcasieu parishes. With all de-
ference to the ideas of the Southern
Pacific management we beg to enter
our protest against the introduction
of this class of foreigners. South
west Louisiana wants mainly, farmers
and prefers them to be Americans
from the other states as we have been
getting them in the past. The Rus
slams who have been seeking an
asylum in America in previous years
have been rather a shiftless lot of
traders, who know nothing Of our
language, our institutions or our sys-
tenn Of farming. Acadia begs to be
excused from having this kind of
population foisted upon her. They
will be no accession to our agricult-
ural on commercial interest and hence
we decline them. Signal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-11-26
The Longest Railway in the World.

Now that Briton and Slay have
united in, seemingly, the final death
struggle that is to insure pre-eminence
in Asia, each move on the great chess
board Of diplomacy and politics brings
the moment nearer when that buga-
boo OF statesmen and diplomats, tie
Eastern Question, viii reach final
settlement and determine the future
of this, the oldest of continents. And
in its disposition, writes Vim. j.
Reid, in an article on the subject in
t'The National Magazine" for No
yember, "no other integral force will
play more important part than the
Tfans-Siberian Railway, in which
Russia places all the hopes Of securing
the vaunted supremacy and political
dominance in the far East.
This Railway, now about half com
pleted, will be 1850 miles long, and
will span the hitherto trackless wastes
Of Siberia, running from St. Peters
burg to the Pacific Ocean, north Of
China. The first sod was cut by the
Gar in the summer of 1891. The
cost for laying the road is enormous,
being something like $4,000 for
every two-thirds Of a mile.