Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-11-30

after a pleasant visit with the Misses
Emma Poulton and Jennie Parshall.
Mrs. W. H. Mcfarland, a former
resident of this city, returned to
her home at P arkersDurg this morn
ing after a short visit with friends
here
Eugene Mallory, of the firm OF
Mallory Bros, Parkersburg. and
his wife were the guests yesterday
of Mayor and Mrs. S. w. Law
renee.
Messrs. Harry Blackmarr, Joe
Miller, Fred McGinnis and Abner
c. Thomas passed a very pleasant
Thanksgiving with friends in Mari
eta.
Toe Williams, editor and propri-
etor of the Peasants County
Leader at St. Marys, was in the city
last evening and this morning on
business.
Joseph Donnelly, of Rochester,
who is the guest of his brother, P.
E. Donnelly. of the Mountain State
Gas company, passed Thanksgiving
with friends in Wheeling.
Carroll Neal went to Marietta
yesterday to witness the football
match scheduled for the afternoon,
but through some misunderstood
ing the game was not called.
B. F. Rice. of Morgantown,
representing the Edward Thomp-
son company, Law Publishers OF
New Port, N. Y, spent Thanksgiv-
ing with friends in the city.
Robert Mccoy, son of John R.
Mccoy, of near Middlebourne, who
is bugler for the Second West
Virginia regiment, left last week to
Join his regiment, which is now
encamped at Greenville, S. c.
Misses Mary Heintz and Vida
Still, were the guests yesterday OF
the formers parents in Marietta.
They witnessed a fine production
of 1.-The Merchant of Venice" in
that city last evening.
Miss Bertha Allen, one OF the
pretty young girls of Wick, this
county, was the guest OF Miss Lena
Burchfeld, of Catherine street, for
a few days this week en- route
home from a visit with relatives
at Waverly.
The sound of the curfew bell is
beginning to lose its unnaturalness.
1t has a direful meaning for the
children who are upon the streets
at the time and it is an amusing
sight to see some of the small
wichins leg it for home when the
first stroke reaches their ears.
J. L. Buckley, prominent mer-
chant and politician of Parkersburg
has made an assignment for the
benefit of his creditors, sure sign
that the village down the river is
an "oil CENTER" money is always
scarce in "oil centers," especially
where they have no oil.
Ohio now, has law similar to
what we have in West Virginia, a
man can make an assignment but
cannot prefer creditors, all must
share equally under the assignment.
It's a good law and one that has
worked we'll in our state. 1t pre-
vents many persons from assigning
that would do so if they could pre-
fer creditors, who were generally
members of the debtors family.
The Star says it is in favor Of a
macademized road through Els
worth district. We should think
it would be when the roads already
off Of the macadem road are almost
impossible now, and winter has
hardly set in yet. The Star should
induce the people to have an cleo.
ton and vote for bonds for the road
and the quicker it is done the
sooner it will bring a good road to
the county seat of the county,
Either this or the court house will
be removed as sure as night follows
the day. The people at the county
seat must either keep up with the
procession or get off the face of the
globe.