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

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Of erecting an electric light plant.
James Supler opened mp his
new hotel at the depot the first of
the week.
It is q wise child who can an.
swer the question Give the
boundaries Of the United States
for the year 1899.
There will be preaching both
morning and evening next Sun.
day at the First Presbyterian
church by Rev. n. r. Rundoll.
Harrison county teachers in.
stitute will be held in this city
August s-12. Quite an interest
ing program has been arranged
and q large attendance is looked
for.
DR.. Geo. NJ. Holt, the dentist,
will be in his Clarksburg Office
on the 18th day Of August and
remain until the 18th day of
September. Soft.
When in need of staple dry
goods, notions, shoes, choice
family groceries. etc., cali on
JOHN T. GRIFFIN. west end. He
keeps the best goods at the low.
est prices. 3s.tf.
In the game Of diplomatic bill
iards at Washington Ambassador
Cambon gave fine exhibition Of
French caroms, but President
Mckinley surprised the foreign
er by his precision in applying
the proper amount Of English to
the cue ball.
Mrs. Elizabeth Talkington
died at the home of her son in
Marion county one day last week
and was buried near Wallace.
this county. She was seventy
five years old and leaves a large
family of children,
Hon. L. A. Bennett, of Hunt
layton, West Virginia, has been
granted a patent on a power ro-
tary pillow that promises to rev.
olutionize the methods Of agri-
culture. It's propelled and op.
Grated by a kerosene engine and
puts the ground in through filth
ready for planting at one opera.
ton, thus dispensing with har-
rowing. 1t breaks a furrow two
to six feet wide. at the rate OF
ten to forty acres per day, at the
cost of twenty-five to fifty cents
per acre.
The Yankee nation has an ir-
resistiole craving for the new
the latest thing that is out. Ever
abreast with the times and with
the determination to be the
originator and promoter of all
magnetic novelties. that ever
wide.awake amusement puveyor,
John w, Vogel, has allied his
Afro. American Mastodon Minis.
trels with Frank Dumont's new
version of the spectacular. his.
torical extravaganza. Darkest
America. The combined forces
of this popular manager form a
strong combination. and his
original idea of producing Drama,
Min;strelsy. Farce Comedy and
Comic Opera at one and the same
time has found for him the com
bination to the paying public's
purse. This stupendous organi-
cation requires an entire train of
cars for its transportation, and
will be seen here at the Grand at
an early date.
Unless there is some way to
get around the new revenue laws.
the theatrical season in Clarks-
burg this year promises to be q
dull one. In towns of over 25.,
900 inhabitants managers of
opera houses must pay a SPECIAL
tax of 81, 600, but in towns of less
than this the companies must pay
an equal amount in every state
in which they play. The amount
is lessoned on one condition and
that is when they enter the state
| after the month of August when
they will pay proportionate
amount to the part of the year
passed, i. e., if they enter in Dc
tober they owe 9-12 of 800 as
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