Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-12-14

finest turkeys that come 20 the
Baltimore market are the turkeys
shipped from W. st Virginia. The
Sun editors evidently know good
turkey when they eat one. s
Miss Grace Wilson returned last
evening from Sistersyille, where
sh- visited her sister. Mrs. Dunlap,
for several days. She attended the
reception given by the Virginian
club of that city Friday evening
Marietta Times.
Mr.. J. H. King, a prominent
operator in the Waverly oil field.
was in the city yesterday, and
while here, renewed his subscrip
ton to the Daley Oil Review. II
is such subscribers as Mr.. King is
that makes the newspaper mans
life happy, and his pocket book fat
The towhoat, Iron Age, lost sew
eral barges of steel rails and a lot
of boats loaded with coal in a
storm Or the lower Mississippi
The boat was saved and tied up for
repairs. The rails and coal were
the property of Plttsburg parties.
Ohio is the home of the Ohio
man, who is very much to the front
in national politics, and now it is
said the Ohio man is more nurper
Gus in the formation of trusts than
he man of any other state. This
is bad eminence for the Ohio
man.
Gar Reed will. no doubt, during
the remainder of his term, as far as
possible try toavoid giving further
cffense to the administration and
it's friends in the House. The Ca,
is feared, but not loved by most Of
the republican members of Con-
gress. .
A big black bear foated ashore
on lot of wreckage at place on
Long Island Sound. The bear
walked up to the nearest hotel and
took place near The stove. The
barkeeper after he got over his
fright, gave him beer and grapes.
1t is thought the bear was on one
of the ships lost in the Tate storm,
Competent authorities estimate
that if William Waldorf Aston
lives out the ordinary span of life
he will be "billionaire" before he
dies. His daily income rs now
stated to be S25,6a7. At present
there are nine American families
whose fortunes aggregate the al
most uncomfortable sum Of S2.754,-
900, 1000. ..s,." ...e.
Mr.. J M. Gerard, representing
Treat & Crawford, is in Columbus,
OHIO, on business connected with
their gas interests in that state.
This firm has placed gas in about
seventeen Ohio towns and are on
the lookout tor more franchises.
The people Of these Ohio towns are
to be congratulated in having such
straightforward, honest and pro
gressive men to deal with. There
may be others as good, but none
better. ....-..,...t ..''
Bob McEldowney, in the Wetz=l
Democrat, makes a strong appeal
for a special session of the town
council to enact a law to prohibit
children from riding their hand
sleds on the pavements ofNew Mar
tinsville. McEldowney has evil
IDENTIFY forgotten that he. was young
once, and should let the young folks:
have the same rights h enjoyed
Give them all they can get, and Tor
many Of the children of this age a
good ride on a hand sled is abou>
the greatest pleasure they have
Fall down and break your head a
time or two, Colonel. but don't stop
the children's pleasure. " 81
Courtesy toward strangers is one
OF the most commendable traits OF
the inhabitants of a town. Make
man feeltba he is welcome and it
is no trouble, but a pleasure, to
show him the town and country. 1t
be is prospecting, in all probability
he will locate. If. you have, land
for sale don't be jhoggish and ask
three times more money for it than
you had agreed to- accept for five
years past. And if your guest takes
a fancy to some other felle1's prop
erty don't begin running it down
on account of jealousy. With the
majority If US, it is not so many