The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-08-12
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A ". n. NEED q TO-. 6AtsUWAksssss''
i Hon. A. w. Davis was in the
city for q day or two this week.
DR.. Bartlett and family and
Mrs. Jim Allen have returned
from trip to Atlantic City.
4 DR.. and Mrs. Late Coplin. OF
Philadelphia, are distinguished
guests of Mrs. NJ. o. Golf.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Seymour. Of
Washington, D. O., are pleasant
visitors at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom Brady.
Sheriff W. P. Fowkes and SOD,
Walter, of Buckhannon, we're
calling on friends here the first
of the week.
At the Clarksburg Fair. the
flower show will be q bower Of
beauty, a bewildering display Of
fragrant flowers. 40,td.
Every one should witness the
wheelbarrow, sack and dress
races at the Clarksburg Fair.
You will burst your sides with
laughter. 4o-td.
Miss Gertrude Howard left
Friday night for Kentucky where
she will spend a month before
beginning her work at Broaddus
Institute.
Miss Rosa A. Davis, daughter
of Mr.. CHI. Davis, of Lost creek,
is home from Chicago, where she
has been studying and teaching.
Miss Davis is a graduate of AL.
fred College, New York.
A new parochial school build
ing is being built. at Grafton by
st. Augustine's parish and will
cost in the neighborhood Of 49,.
900. 1t will be ninety feet long
by sixty feet wide, aud it will be
a handsome structure.
Mr.. Homer Straight who left
here with company "K" died at
Chickamauga last Saturday after
an illness of several weeks.
Young Straight was a former
student at Broaddus and had
many friends IN this city. His
home was at Warrington.
West Virginia and Pittsburgh
Railroad Special Excursion to
Camden ono auley, Sunday, Au-
gust IA, 1898. Train will leave
Clarksburg at Z 10 a. M, and re-
turning leave Camden. on auley
at 5 100 p. M. fare for the round
trip $1.25 from Clarksburg and
correspondingly low rates from
intermediate stations.
John j. McManaway died at
the st. Charles Hotel last Sunday
night. He had been sick for
several months and only recent.
| ly returned from a Baltimore
hospital where be had been for
treatment. Mr.. McManaway was
we'll known throughout the State,
and was for a number of years
secretary of the District Demo
cratic Executive Committee, of
this county. The funeral was
held at the Catholic church
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock,
and the remains were inferred at
Holy Cross Cemetery.
People having friends or rela-
! tives in the armies now stationed
in Cuba and Porto Rico seem to
be much puzzled as to how letters
to them should be stamped. For
the benefit of those interested
the Post Office Department has
issued circular stating that let
tiers addressed to soldiers or sail
ors in Cuba, Porto Rico or the
Philippines only require the do.
nestle rate of postage. Mail
matter addressed to others than
/ Government employees must pay
the regular rate as fixed by the
International Postal Union.
The outlook for a large attend.
ance at Broaddus Institute the
coming season is very fiattering
Miss Stout is greatly encouraged
in her canvas for students. The
splendid work done at this school
is attracting widespread attention
and winning patronage from
those who desire the best posi-
lilo nronaration for entering into