The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-05-27
There will be an excursion. as
usual. to Grafton May 80.

WV moIe OF street paving.
Mr.. Amos Hawker, of Wyatt
was a visitor in the city Tuesday,
For neatness and cleanliness
Brooks cash store on Main street
excels them all. COLT.
Mr.. Luther Pigott, of Peoria,
was the guest Of his sister, Mrs.
A. o. Flowers, Friday.
Mr.. NJ. Dolan and family spent
Tuesday in the city. the guest Of
his mother, Mrs. Dolan on Pike
street.
Now IS house cleaning time and
perhaps you need some new lace
curtains. Call and examine R
T. Lowndes' new stock. 29.1t.
Prof. Will E. Morris, of Sardis
was in the city Saturday. Prof.
Morris is having one of the larg
est AMI best select schools ever
! taught at Sardis.
DIR. and Mrs. r. A. Haynes
have moved from the Mrs. At
kinson property to their new
home on the corner of Main and
Oak streets.
The First District Congress
ional Committee will meet ir
Wheeling June 9TH, to determine
the time and place and issue the
call for the next Republican Con
gressional Convention.
The Commencement exercises
of the West Virginia Conference
Seminary will be held June 16.
Any one desiring to attend the
exercises can secure orders for
reduced rates on railroads by
writing to acting president Frank
B. Trotter, Buckhannon, w. Va.
One of the most important
steps in the educational history
of the Stateis the continued. or
rather the newly instituted sum
mer secession of the State Uni
versity. A large and efficient
corps of instructors has been Sc.
cured, and the lecture course will
be a treat.
Robert H. Ramsay, NJ. G,
Sperry and John Clifford are
trying to raise a company of vol.
unteers, for the second call which
is expected to come soon. A
large number have already vol.
unteered and they will have lit
tie trouble getting the company
to it's full quota.
Seven Democratic candidates
are announced for nomination
for Congress in the Wheeling
district. They are ex.Congress.
man John o. Pendleton, Colonel
w. w. Arnett, Wheeling; Lewis
Bennett, W. w. Brannon, Yves
ton; Scott Withers. Glenville; j.
B. Fowler, DR.. W. P. Newton.
The following officers were
elected for the West Virginia
Editorial Association at the an
nual meeting at Morgantown last
week. President, Slidell Brown,
of Kingwood; Secretary, A. S.
Polling, of Philippi; Treasurer,
W. a. Morgan. Elkins was Sc.
lected for the next years meet
ing.
Allison Bartlett and Jack Ay..
ers are raising a company OF
rough riders, who will offer their
services to the government. We
understand that a large number
of names have already been Sc
cured, and that some of the most
prominent farmers in the county
have volunteered, agreeing &c
furnish their own horses and to
be ready to go at a moments
notice.
Attorney George M. Ralph.
SNYDER has returned from Sar
Francisco and was there when
the battleship, Oregon, passed
out of the Golden Gate" While
he was there 600 mines we're LAID
in the San Francisco harbor. His
brother, Isaac Ralphsnyder, is
on his way to the Klondike AND
at last reports had passed the
Chilkoot pass. He is at the heac
of a company that was organized
| in Parkersburg.
The great search-light at Mt
Lowe. Cal, will in a few days Dc
used by the Federal government
as an aid in protecting the har,
Dor. This light was made for
and used at the Worlds Fair in
Chicago, and was at that time
the most powerful in the world.
The government borrows it fol
| use until the close of hostllitles.
A large sized audience was
present at the opera house Tues
day night to witness the Ma
tional Flower" an operetta in
three acts, given by the children
,1: eoboo1- The on.