The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-08-05

0euatOElAl Sonveutlod az west
Union Saturday, 9Th.
Uncle Sam might cut the Phil.
ippines up into small lots and
advertise q souvenir sale.
Government officials are here
today looking after the interest
of our free delivery system.
Cakes. the leading photograph.
er, makes the finest and best
photographs in the city. 3s.2t.
The Morgantown Post will be
continued by the sons of the late
Mr.. Morgan. the firm name re-.
naming unchanged.
]. w. Vandervort. of Parkers-
burg, was here Friday for a few
hours. He was en- route to Web
ster county where he goes on
legal business.
The B. s. o. will run an ex.
cursion to Mt. Lake Park next
Monday, charging Sl.55 for the
round trip from this city. A
special train will leave here at z
q. m. and on the return trip will
leave Mt. Lake Park at $3.50 p m.
Mr.. @. L. Hall, of Alliance,
was a business visitor to the city
Monday, and did not forget to
call and pay his respects to the
TELEGRAM. Mr.. Hall has been q
subscriber to this paper for over
twenty years.
Harrison Moore, who attempt
ed to poison the family of Judge
jackson. an account of which ap-
peared in the TELEGRAM q few
weeks ago. was sentenced for life
in the penitentiary of this State
by Judge Tavenner at Parkers.
burg Monday,
Senator Elkins has received
from the war department the
positive assurance that the First
West Virginia regiment of volun-
teers will be sent to the front at
once, aud a telegram to that ef-
feet was sent to Colonel Spillman
at Chickamauga Park. The regi-
ment may go with the next ex-
petition to Porto Rico.
Asbury P. Hickman, for many
years a resident Of this coun.
ty, but who for the past ten years
has made his home in California,
returned to this place last week.
Mr.. Hickman left California last
September for this State, walk.
ing the entire distance, it being
over {, 800 miles. He is about s.
years Of age and made this re-
markable journey in q little over
ten months.
The busy man thinks the loaf
er has a constant picnic, with
nothing whatever to worry his
mind. In this the average loafer
is misjudged. He has his task
to perform and is kept busy these
times. There is the war strategy
board to look after and criticise,
in addition to this regular duties
of cussing the town council, set
Ting political and financial ques-
tlons, and when not otherwise
engaged he runs down the local
paper.
On account of the houses not
/ being numbered on the first day
of August it was not possible for
the Clarksburg postmaster to in
augurate the free delivery sys-
tenn promptly on time. The De-
partment at Washington posi-
lively requires that the houses be
numbered and as soon as they
are notified that this work is done
an inspector will be sent here to
report on the conditions and lay
out the carriers routes and dis
tricts and locate the iron mail
boxes. The fixtures for the car
rier department ofthe Post Office
are being furnished by the Sextro
Furniture Co, of Cincinnati, and
will be placed in position in a
few days. The carriers are IN
der Civil Service classification
and an examination was held at
the Post Office on July 9th in
order to create an eligible list.
The examination was well adver-
tised and thirteen applicants APP