Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-08-17

ter, Mrs. DR.. West, of Sistersviile.
last Saturday. New Matamoras
i Mail.
| H. H. Sc~aford, of Pittsburg,
general superintendent of the Eu-
reka and Buckeye pipe lines, is in
the city.
| John T. McGraw was nominated
by the democrats in the second
congressional district, in this state,
yesterday.
Perry Nelson, an employee of the
Eureka Pipe Line company, left last
evening for Parkersburg on a short
visit with friends.
Do you favor an electric railway
in this county? If you do go to
work and convince your neighbor
10 be of the same opinion.
| M. M. Smith, of the we'll known
firm of Smith & Boeshar, has re-
turned from ten days stay at Ep.
worth Park, near Bethesda, 0.
Sistersville will spend four or
five thousand dollars for paving
and about half that much in build
ing a wharf.-Bellaire Independ-
ent.
P. E. Donelly and A. NJ.
Sweeney left today for Rochester,
N. Y, where they will visit with
friends and relatives for several
days.
7. w. Boehm, who has been
large merchant in Richie county
for the past twenty years, has made
an assignment for the benefit OF his
creditors.
T. L. Flack returned yesterday
from the Elk Run oil field. Here
ports operations quite active, with
every indication of good field be-
ing opened up.
E. H. Stoever, local superintend-
ent of the Fisher Oil company, and
treasurer of the Jumbo Manufact-
uring Co., has returned from a
short visit in Oil City, Pa.
There was boom in the lynch
Ing business a few days ago down
| in Arkansas. Four men and two
women were 1ynched, if the reports
sent out from Claiborne in that
State are true.
If you receive a check with two
cent revenue starp thereon that
has not been cancelled by the maker
of the check. you should cancel it
yourself by putting on your initials
and date of cancellation.
A good many of our people are
beginning to take some interest in
the matter of building an Electric
railroad through this county to
Salem or West Union. It's good
thing and should be pushed along.
An new electric railroad through
this county would mean the ex-
penditure of thousands and thou.
sands of dollars for labor. When
town can give employment to many
labors the town booms substantial
ly.
The o. R. trains al stop three
times in going and coming in and
out of Parkersburg, once to get
water, second, to drive the cows off
from the track and lastly at the
depot. Parkersburg is a great
country town.
w. F. Weichman was in Wheel
ing last night attending meeting
of the A. o. U. w. Mr.. Weichman
is secretary of the Sistersville
lodge and takes great interest in
doing many things that are bene-
fetal to the order.
William Daniels, the oil we'll drill
err, who works In the Elk Run field,
while up on a derrick one day last
week. was struck on the neck by a
hook and so severely bruised that
he was disabled for work for sever
al days. New .Matamoras Mail.
Miss Blanche Hayes, of Sisters
vile, spent Tuesday night In Mari
eta, the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Worrall. She left this
morning over the c. & M. tor Fort
Wayne, Ind, to visit her sister,
Mrs. Campbell.-Marietta Register.
Fruit growers complain that the
wet weather is causing the plums,
peaches and grapes to rot badly.