The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-11-04

Salem'S new oAnk opened up
for business last Monday with s.
N. White, Of Grafton, as cashier.
Miss Genevieve Hayden, Of
Grafton, wasthe guest of friends
in the city atew days this week.
Mr.. B. A. Reeeer. of Shinns-
ton, was visitor to the city
Tuesday.
Mr.. Lawrence Dana. of the
Parkersburg State Journal, was
here Saturday and acted as time
keeper at thefoot ball game.
Major Lee Raymond. of the
Merchants National Bank, has
been on the sick list for several
days, and is still unable to attend
to his duties at that institution
The Till family gave another
one of their delightful concerts
at the Baptist church Monday
night before q large and appre-
ciative audience.
The Congress to be elected
next Tuesday ought to be in &C.
cord with President Mckinley.
There should be no deadlocks on
our side in disposing of the prob
lens of the war.
Miss Laura Taylor will give
an exhibitionof Chrysanthemums
at her home next Thursday. Fri
day and Saturday, November 10.
IL and 70. Admission, 10 cents.
Mrs. Susan Smith a respectable
lady of this county, died last
Saturday at the age of 80 years.
She was buried at Boothsville
! Sunday.
Randolph and Barbour coun-
ties have had pumpkin produc-
ing contest. Randolph was VIC
torious, the largest specimen
grown weighing 79s pounds.
while the Barbour product tipped
the beam at IS.
Oil was struck in the Gordon
sand on a farm near Salem, be-
longing TO Mrs. M. NJ. Sommer RS
last Friday. The excitement is
high in that locality and the
South Penn Company are leasing
all available land in that neigh
borhood.
The country editor is a reliable
encyclopedia. A subscriber sent
him this query: What ais my
hens2 Every morning / find one
or more of them keeled over to
rise no more" The answer was:
THE fowls are dead. 1t is an
old complaint and nothing can be
done except to bury them. "-Ea.
LOST-November 1st, 1898,
between Sardis and Huntsville, a
pocket book containing valuable
papers and a sum of mon"y. A
liberal reward will be paid for
the return of book and contents.
| Address r. +. SHAPES, Buck
harmon. or j. @. GOODWIN & Co. /.
Wheeling. w. Va. 52-3t
Harry Finnell. an old Ciarks.
burg boy, was the guest OF
friends in the city day or two
the first of the week. He had
just arrived in this country from
Europe where he had been trav-
cling for medicine company for
several months, and will go from
here to San Francisco, Califor-
MIA, where he will visit his par
| ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Finnell,
formerly of this place.
Loar & Co., the enterprising
photographers, have just made
some very much needed improve
ments in their gallery in the
Clifford building. They have
had the old fashioned fat sky
light changed to a modern single
slant light which all tirst-class
galleries are using, and besides
this they are adding many new
things which go TO make up a
first-class gallery. These gen
tlemen say that they intend max
ing their harrisburg gallery sec.
| ond to none in the State and they
will spare neither time nor money
to give the people the finest
up date pictures. We recon-
mend all who want the finest
| photographs to go to Loar d 90.
4 Frank r Watkins. of this CITY,