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Evening journal., 1898-01-22
NEW CASTLE REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE.-No. q South Fifth street,
New Castle; brick house; slate roof;
Heyen rooms and bath; range; hot and
eold water; gas; plastered Summer
Pity; newly papered; perfect condition;
Immediate possession; easy terms. Apply
II. w. Edwards, Evening Journal office,
Evening journal., 1898-01-22

- EAlaIs-i1l I'M lAA VI a
writ of Levari lsacias to me directed.
will be exposed to public sale, at the
Court House, on Market street between
Tenth and Eleventh streets, In the city
of Wilmington, county OF New Castle
and State of Delaware,
ON MONDAY,
THE 7th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1898,
At o'clock, q. m,
the following described real estate, viz.
All that certain lot OF land, with the
three-story brick store and dwelling
house thereon erected, situate In the city
OF WILMINGTON, New Castle county and
State of Delaware, bounded and de-
scribed as follows, TO wit:
Beginning az a point on the sOutherly
side o. Second street at the distance Of -
side of Shpley street and at the centre OF
the party division wall between the house
on this lot and the house on the east;
thence southerly parallel with Shipley
street and passing through the centre Of
the said party division wall 30 feet So
inches to a corner; thence westerly paral-
lei with Second street IA feet 23s inches to
a stake; thence northerly parallel with
shipley street and passing through tho
centre Of the party division wall between
this and the house on the west 30 feet
Sh inches to the southerly side OF Second
street, and thence thereby easterly IA feet
"a inches to the place OF beginning, be
the contents thereof what they may.
Seized and taken in execution as the
property of BENJAMIN T.. Kent ana Mar
garet ii. Kent, his wife, and William ii.
Weeks, mortgagors, and tits, and TO be
WILLIAM r. FLINrJ, Sheriff.
Sherin's Ofice, Wilmington, Delaware,
January 6, 1895.
lsHERIFFs sALE.-BY VIRTUE OF A
writ of Levari Facias, TO me directed,
will be exposed to public sale, at the
Court House, on Market street between
Tenth and Eleventh streets, In the city
1 of Wilmington, New Castle county,
and State of Delaware,
ON MONDAY,
THE 7th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1898
At o'clock a. M,
the following described real estate, viz,
All that certain lot of land, with the
three-story mansard roof dwelling-house
thereon erected, situate IN the city OF
Wilmington. New Castle county and state
Of Delaware, bounded and described as
Beginning at a point on the westerly
| side of Jackson street. at the distance Of
/ i6 feet inches nOrtherly from the north
erly side OF Lancaster avenuei thence
Il westerly parallel with Lancaster avenue
1 and passing through the centre OF IN,
party division wall between the house OF
this lot and the house adjoining on the
I south SO feet 6 inches TO the easterly sid'
Of q 2-feet 6-inch wide alley; theme,
northerly along said alley parallel witt
Jackson street 10 feet TO a corner; theme,
4 easterly parallel with Lancaster avenue
4 and passing through the centre OF tn,
] party division wall between the hous,
| on this lot and the house adjoining on
l the north SO feet 6 inches 10 the said side
! Of Jackson street, and thence thereby
I southerly IS feet to the place OF begin
ming, be the contents thereof what they
1 may.
Seized and taken I'm execution as tho
nrOperty of Benjamin Lundy Kent anC
Y Margaret ii. Kent, his Wife, mOrtgagors
and tits, and to be sold by
WILLIAM r. FLlNN, Sheriff.
L Sherins Office, Wilmington, Delaware
JEnrEry :. 18SS.
Evening journal., 1898-01-22
''REAL WIDOW BROWN" TONIGHT

''Hl1AL WIDOW BROWN" TONIGHT
One of the best of the many comedies
based on complications arising from in
cidents drawn from mistaken identity.
non appeal more fOrcibly to the risa,
bles of the average audience than the
laughable situations involved in "The
Real Widow Brown" The plot of the
play hinges on the attempt to prevent
the marriage of an old deacon with q
designing widow, by his two daughters,
assisted by their lovers. The widow is
about to take charge of the deacons s.
household, hoping to win the approval
of the daughters when the design IS
discovered by the young people who,
presuming the widow is only after the
old mans money, determined to put a
stop to it, Each pair of lovers, un-
known to the other, go about the task
in their own way and each choose the
same method One young man imper-
sonates the widow, while the other i'm
personates the deacon, and the many
complications arising during the evo-
lutiOns OF the plot create almost a
furOre of laughter. The comedy is as
bright as a paper Of new pins and just
as clean, not a vulgar or suggestive
word or action to mar an evening of
pure, wholesome fun. 1t will be here
tonight at the Opera House. The com
pany will be headed by that popular
comedian, Perkins d. Fisher, late of "a
Cold Day"
Evening journal., 1898-01-22
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family in the luxury Of a good weekly news
paper and quarterly magazine of fiction.
You can get both Of these publications with
almost library Of good novels Tor SIS per year.
Evening journal., 1898-01-22
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SALE.-BY VIRTUE OF A
writ of Levari Facias to me directed,
will be exposed to public sale, at the
Tenth and Eleventh streets. In the CITY
of Wilmington. New Castle county,
and State of DelaWare.
Evening journal., 1898-01-22

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Evening journal., 1898-01-22
sHERIFF's SALES.

sALE.-BY VIRTUE OF A
writ of Levari lfacias to me directed,
will be exposed to public sale, at tho
Court House, on Market street between
Tenth and Eleventh streets, In the city
of Wilmington, county Of New Castle
and State of Delaware,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-01-26
jan1sit
TRUSTEES SALE.

BY virtue of q deed Of trust made by
Absoum Ridgely and Elizabeth Ridgey.
his wife, to me as trustee, dated on the
25th day of August. 1897. and recorded in
of Ohio county, West Virginia, in Deed
of Trust Book 80, page 500, / will sell at
public auction. at the front door of the
Court House of said county, on
SATURDAY, JANUARY s. 1898,
commencing at 10 O'Clock a. m, the fol-
lowing property, that is TO say: All that
parcel of land situa ted on the waters of
Lite Wheeling creek, in said county.
at sugar tree IN the line Of Alexander
Stewart, thence n. 2 degrees 90 minutes
". 3-5, poles TO a stone, corner to G.
Ray and Hi:R bis iS Line n g degrees
thence \. As degrees Is minutes ". to
fallen haIaI! ash tho.o in 4 run s, " US Is
". Is Is poles to a stone in the run bank:
thence $50 degrees 10 minutes W. 30 $40
poles 10 a stone on the top Of q hill; thence
with the top Of the ridge n. "a degrees
thence N. 2 degrees % minutes W Jos $40
poles to a post. corner Thomas McConn
now J. II. McConn), ana with his line
S53 degrees As minutes w 1O4 poles TO a
stone in the run bank corner to Daniel
Giffen tnow Henry SeiberD; thence down
the run with the meanoers thereof to
post. corner to r. S. Williamson and
minutes f. 50 40 poles to a large white
oak stump in a field: thence N. II de-
grees e. 81 LILO poles to the beginning, con-
tanning 1924 acres and Is rods excepting
81 acres thereof conveyed by William Gas
ton and wife to N, NJ. Mariing, by deed
dated April Isl, 1875
TERMS OF SALE-One-third, and as
much more Of the purchase money as the
purchaser may elect to pay, in cash. and
the residue in two equal annual payments,
with interest from the day of sale, the
purchaser giving his notes, secured by
deed on the property sold for the deferred
payments. /. r. JONES
Trustee.
The above sale is adjourned until Sat
urday, February 3, 1898, at same hour and
place. /. f. JONES
ja12wed.i Trustee
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-01-26

The Smith dry hole and the, Martin
buster. Drilling was begun in Febru-
any, 1897, and although Johnson and
MS people were cognizant of the fact
nothing was heard of them until March
OF that year, some days after the well
en- the Wood farm had been drilled in
and pronounced a gusher. Then it was
that GaIney Jennings, Foster and
others, assigns of Johnson. served no
tees OF ownership and attempted to
revive the leases OF 1889, which were
taken for term Cf ten wears, and
thus take possession Of the property.
he "Hayseed" people had then
been incorporated into the Elk Fork
Gil aud Gas Company, and together
with other Independent producers, who
had in the meantime secured leases
on almost the entire field, instituted
injunction proceedings against the as
signs Of Johnson TO prevent them from
interrupting their operations. The
fight was begun in the Tyler county
court. in April, 1897, but after wards
taken to the United States Court, and
Judge jackson, sitting at Wheeling in
May placed the properties in the hands
of receivers Brockun&er and McCOsh.
The case was argued in June by ".
P. Hubbard, Of Wheeling; David Ster-
rift. Of Washington Pa; I. P. Jacobs.
Of New Martinsville and r. L. Greg
Dry, of Sistersyilie. W. Vs., for the Elk
Fork Company on the one side, and
Caldwell & Caldwell, OF Wheeling;
Wiel & Thorp, of Pittsburg; B. NJ.
Embler, of Parllersburg, and Georges
C. Sturgiss, of MoTgantown, for Guffey,
Jennings and Foster.
Since that time the public has been
anxiously awaiting a decision, but
nothing of interest could be learned
from the court The decision is one
Of the most important ever rendered
in the Oil country, and involves more
than twenty-five thousand acres of val
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-01-26
A GASFIXTURATIuN WIDOW.

She Adds Some Personal History to Her
Testimony Concerning Cutting ARRAY.
New York, January 25.-She was a
witness in a Minetta Lane stabbing
case that was being tried in the Gen
eral Sessions before Recorder Golf:
And did you see what happened
that night?" asked Assistant District
Attorney Hennessy.
DO YOU mean when tn tall gen :
man cut de lady wifi his razor?'
Yes" said Mr. Hennessy. Describe
how it happened
why. he just carved her wifi one
carve" answered the big negress.
well, what led up to it? Didn't she
say something to him.
say somethin'!" exclaimed the wit
ness. Say somethinH How kin a
lady talk when her gurglin' vein is cut!
Why, you speak like you were brought
I'D in de backwoods.
Where were you brought up"
asked counsel.
In Jackson's alley answered the
witness. Il got horned, married, and
buried ma husband dere'
80 you are a widow
eyes. I'm widow. An I'm not a
snoozin' round for another man,
either. One fool were huff for me, |
tell YER =,
WAS the man you married fool Z!
asked Mr.. Hennessy.
Look a-hear, lawyer, don't you
think man what goes off an gashx-
turates hisself is a fool?'
"What did he dO?'
"Casfxturated himself"
"You mean asphyxiated himself, eA-
planned Mr. Hennessy; he turned on
tbe gas and died of asphyxiation.
"Gasixturation," corrected the VIII
ness: afterwards | made up my nina
I'd nebber marry de best man dc Lord
made No, indeed; when yer married,
nobody but yer husband will look at
yer: but if yer a single widow de men
les chase yer round. An den If yer
smack EN- in der jaw dey come back
next night wifi a present for a new IN
terduction.'
you're speaking Of the African GUS
tom" remarked the Recorder; put
they don't end quarrels SO lovingly
among the Spanish or Italians
Look a-heah, jedge," said the wit
ness. I'm no Italian. Don't take me
TO- no Spanish. I'm niger, OATS
what | am
"Yll apologize said the Recorder,
as the time for adjourning court had
arrived.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-01-26
LEGAL NOTICES.
TRUSTEES SALE.

BY virtue of a deed of trust made by
Daniel Dinger and Elizabeth s. Dinger,
his wife to the undersigned as trustee,
year 1897, and recorded in the office of
the Clerk of the County Court of Ohio
County, West Virginia, in Deed OF Trust
Book 10 A. page II WI VII s6 Snst a b pd9tc
at the north front door OF the Court
Etouse of said county, in the CITY OF
Wheeling, w. Va, on
THURSDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF FEB
RUARY 1888,
lowing described real estate. situated IN
me said City OF Wheeling. that is to say,
a certain lot OF parcel of land in said
CITY, bounded and described as follows
to-wIt The south half of lot number one
hGndred and nanety $50 in Iane's Island
addition to said City of Wheeling, front.
North Front street. and extending east
wardly at right angles with said street
an equal width Of thirty 800 feet the full
depth Of said lot: together with all the
right title and interest of the said Daniel
Dinger and Elizabeth S. Dinger his wife,
in ard to an alley sixteen (l6) feet in width
Immediately south of and adjoining said
lot number one hundred ana ninety $50.
and extending from North Front street
eastwardly the full depth of said lot; also
adj the land lying east of said lot and
alley. which is bounded on the north by
the north line of said thirty 500 foot par
Gel of lot number one hundred and ninety
tISOj, extended eaStWdrCiS through water
lot number four "a, as laid out in said
addition to the east channel of the Ohio
river: on the south by a line which is the
continuation eaStWardlY to the said chan
mel of the Ohio river Of a line drawn mid
way between the north and south lines Of
said sixteen Q6) foot alley: on the west
by the east end of said thirty 900 foot
parcel of lot number one hundred and
ninety Q90) and the north half of the east
end of said alley, and on the east by low
water mark of the east channel of the
OHIO river: comprising the south thirty
eight t39 feet of said water lot number
four "a and all other ground, if amy there
be. lying east Of said lot number one
hundred and ninety $50, and within
thirty eight $3.50 feet on the north side Of
the center line of said sixteen Q6) foot al
ley produced eastwardly to the low water
mark of the east channel of the Ohio
river. being the same property. granted
and conveyed by Fannie A. Milligan to
the said Daniel Dinger. by deed dated
June 9th 1898. and recorded in the Clerk S
office of the County Court of said Ohio
County in Deed Book No. 80, page ISL
Terms Of Sale-tOne-third and as much
more as the purchaser may elect to pay
in cash on the day of sale. the balance
OF the purchase money in two equal in
stallments. payable respectively at one
and two years from the day of sale, with
interest from that day, for each of which
money the purchaser shall give his nego-
liable promissory notes. bearing interest
from the day of sale aforesaid to be
secured by the title of the property sold
being retained until payment in full for
the same. or by deed of trust on the
and recorded at the expense of the pur-
chaser.
GEORGE B. CALDWELL,
janlsie Trustee
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-01-26
DORR IS NOT BACKW ARD.
Wants Full Share of the Government
Revenue spent in His District. and is Not
Afraid to Ask for 1t.

Wants IA Full Share of the Government
Revenue spent in His District. and is Not
Afraid to Ask for 1t.
Special to the Register.
Washington, ID. c., January 25.-
If Congressman Dorr, of the Third
West Virginia district doesn't get a
large pot OF money out of the federal
treasury for the erection of new pub
lie buildings, the survey and improve
ment of rivers and the payment of
claims is his district, it will not be
because he fails 70 introduce bills with
the above objects in view The latest
bill on this line introduced by the
member from the Third district directs
the Secretary of War to cause to be
made a survey of the Coal river, an
afiiuent Of the Great Kanawha, with a
view to building on it a series of locks
and dams to render it freely navigable
from it's mouth to Peytonia, furnish
ing an estimate of the probable cost Of
such Improvement for the guidance of
Congress.
The government undertook some i'm
proyement on Coal river before the
war and Gen Rosecrans was engaged
on the work as engineer.
Mir. Dorr has also introduced bills
to pension VIM NJ Nichols, who was
a private in Capt. Benz. Stephenson $
company Of State troops, at SIS a
month; and to pension Curtis B. Nc
Intosh, late of Moundsville, who serv-
ed in the Twenty third Ohio Infantry,
at $50 a month.
Senator Elkins has introduced in
the Senate the bill presented in the
House by Capt Dovener, to pay S16,-
991. 80 to the executor of VIM. Dillon,
of Wheeling, for services Of the steam
boat Morning Light. from the 23d of
May, 1862, to November 80, 1852; also,
a bill to pension at S12 a month Isaac
d. Caldwell.
Congressman Dorr has introduced
bill to pay w. d. Catlett, of West Vir-
ginia, s4O0 for services rendered as
messenger to the ladies' reception
room of the House Of Representatives
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-01-26
IMPORTANT OIL DECISION.
The Blk Fork Oil & Gas Co., Won the
Big Suit in the Supreme Court
Judge jackson Handed Down the
Decision in the Case al Packers
burg Yesterday Morning = Tho
Suit Was the Largest Evor
Brought in West Virginia.
Special 10 the Register.

Special 10 the Register.
Slslersville, w. Va, January % =
The members Of the Elk Fork Oil
and Gas Company residing in this city
received from Parkarsburg this after
neon the interesting news that the
United states Court had handed down
d decision favorable to them in the
case c. Johnson Jennings, Murphy, + os-
ter ct al, VS.. the Elk Fork Oil and
Gas Company. This has been one Of
the most celebrated cases Of the kind
ever decided from this State. Ii is
understood the plaintiffs III the suit
have given notice they will appeal it
the Supreme Court OF Appeals.
a snort history Of the case follows:
Iii 1889. William Johnson, OF Pitts
burg, came to West Virginia and made
contracts with numerous farmers Of
Tyler county for the leasing of some
thirty thousand acres OF land. The
conditions Of Johnson's leases were to
The effect that ne should hold each
farm leased for period CT ten years,
providing however, one we'll for oil
and gas purposes was drilled ana COM
pleted in either Union, Lincoln, Ellis
worth or Meade district, within twelve
months unavoidable accidents eXcep-
ted
Johnson, not having sufficient funds
at has command, organized the Owls
Head Oil Company. composed mostly
of men Of small means, and commence
ed operations on the John 3. Smith
farm in the early part CT June, 1892
but the aforesaid we'll was not com
pieted until the spring OF 1891, more
than six months after the time had
elapsed for such completion. The well
when drilled in was dry and Johnson
began to look fer another lCcation;
the site selected was on the II. A. Mar
til farm, near Kidwell, on Elk Fork
creek, four miles from the Smith well,
and when drilled in proved to be a
buster with some show Of gas.
After these unsuccessful ventures
Johnson left the Elk Fork field, pro-
nounced it no good and drilled in sew
eral dry holes west Of this city, N
Meade district After this sad exper-
fence Johnson became respondent and
pulled down the rigs, packed up the
machinery and left The farmers had
never received one dollar in rentals
and had only the satisfaction Of John
sons word that their farms were bar
rem as far as oil and gas were con-
cerned. Some years passed and moth
ing was heard Of Johnson. and the
property owners understood that as
the lessee and his assigns had not
fulfilled their contract by completing
one well in one Of the four districts
within the required time and paid no
rentals, the leases were null and void.
In December 1885 CVruS Mc('Or-
mick and L. B. Hill, Of this city, leased
up a large block of territory in the
Elk Fork field, formerly held by john
sen, and after putting the matter be-
S5re quite number of Sistersyille bus
mess men. formed a corporation
known as the 'Hayseed Oil and Gas
Company" and made a location on
he Lyman Wood farm, almost between
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-01-26

liable oil territory, and more than
thirty producing wells, with c produc-
tion Of about 600 barrels Of oil q day.
The plaintiffs claimed that as John
son and his assigns did not complete
one well in one of the four districts
above named within one year, I'M
avoidable accidents excepted, after
making contracts with the farmers
and having paid no rental and aban-
doning the property, the leases were
therefore forfeited, and by the grant
ors leasing their property in 1896 over
the Johnson leases that a legal for
fixture was thereby declared.
The defendants plea was to the
effect that Johnson and his assigns
had not drilled the well within the re-
CURED time, but had had unavoidable
accidents, therefore the leases were
binding on all parties concerned Ac-
cording to the dispositions taken. Mr..
Johnson acknowledged that in 1926 he
made an affidavit that the Smith well
was not drilled within the REQUIRED
time and his excuses for net doing SO
was TO the effect that the company he
represented had limited means, and
machinery and other equipments were
held in the b. & O. freight station for
some time because the Owls Head Oil
Company had ne money to pay freight,
and for the reason OF LONG fishing
job and the accidental death of one OF
his drillers, which delayed the opera
tors for several months.
In the suit the Elk Fork Company
claimed that the lease was forfeited
because the test well was not COM
pleted within year as provided, and
was void because the territory had
been abandoned after the test we'll was
drilled.
On these points the court held that
the claim that the test was not com
pleted within a year was not sustained
by the evidence
On the question Of abandonment, as
claimed by the Elk Fork Company, the
evidence sustained it. It would be
ineQuitable TO allow parties for a per-
led Of time extending from 1886 to
1896 to claim the benefits of the i'm
provements made by others during
that time It was not only ineauitable,
but public interest demanded that
reasonable search should be prose-
cuted for Gil within reasonable time,
and in such cases as the above, a court
of equity would be compelled TO de-
clare it an abandonment of the proper
ty; that when Johnson took the leases
in 1889 he did not intend to drill on
each one of them, but in localities, in
order to subsequently determine the
oil belt. Depending on his own iudg-
ment in the matters be left and went
in the search Of tho oil at nj hnl. r,0infc.
in effect he abandoned the Elk Fork
lease. Judgment was entered in favor
of the Elk Fork Company, and the re-
ceivers were dismissed
Judge Golf heard the case.
The property is worth over half
million dollars.