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

next month can drive out to the
foot ofthe macadam road and then
walk to the court house. This will
be the best way to get there.
D. H. Galbraith, connected with
the Office force at the railway sta
ton went to Parkersburg this
morning to attend the funeral of
his grandfather. He was accom-
panied by his wife.
G. L. Zirckel, a private il COM
pany G, Second West Virginia,
! who has been visiting friends and
relatives in the city, left this morn
ing for Greenwood, South Carolina,
where his company is stationed.
Ten thousand persons paid an
average admittance Of $3.50 to
see the Corbett-Sharkey fight.
This does not look as if money
was scarce in the pockets of the
class of people who go to see such
exhibitions.
Attorney S. B. Hall and family
have removed to their elegant new
{ home on Maple avenue. The house
they have vacated will be occupied
/ by Mr.. Felt, field boss for Treat &
Crawford Wetzel Republican.
County court continues to
hold its regular sessions right along
but no one has heard of its granting
license yet. Strange, when you re-
call the recent promises made in
this line to secure votes in this city.
A little infant babe boy of Mr..
and Mrs. T. A. Twyford died Mon
day, and was inferred Tuesday. We
extend coincidence to the parents,
their family and friends. The lit.
tie fellow was only about two
weeks old.
Miss Hortense Butler, of Mccoy
avenue, left today for Parkersburg
to attend the Sisters of the Vista
ton school for girls. Miss Butler
is an exceptionally bright and good
girl and will be missed by her large
circle of young friends.
The colored people have been
obliged to discontinue church
services, owing to lack of financial
support. The meetings have been
held for several weeks on the up
per floor of the Schmulbach Brew
ing Co.'s building, on the Diamond.
Chris Henderson, cashier at the
Ohio River Railroad station. who
has been recuperating his health
Tor some time at his home in Little,
arrived in the city this morning
from a short visit in Pittsburg. The
relaxation from work is having a
very beneficial effect in his case.
Ed. Roome, the popular hotel
man of Piney, has leased the Point
House and the barn attached, and
is prepared to accommodate all at
either end of the Pine Fork route
He has supplied the barn with
water and gas. and can always fur
nish good saddle horse. -Wetzel
Democrat.
1t is reported thata young man
was married last week in New
Cumberland. this state, who would
not pay the preacher for perform
| ing the ceremony. He is nearly as
mean as the fellow that takes your
paper a few years and then refuses
to take it from the postoffice.
Mr.. Charley Riley, of Company
E, who has been sick for a long
time with typhoid fever, and about
which considerable has been said in
the Review columns by his father
and others, has recovered and re
turned to his home at Matamoras in
time to eat good Thanksgiving
dinner.
An effort is being made among
some of our people to have built
here an M. E. church, South.
There are quite number of follow.
ers of this denomination in the city
who are seeking a home of their
own in which to worship according
to the dictates of their own con-
science. and where none can modest
or make them afraid. We can not
have too many churches in this city
and we hope this effort will be a
successful one.