The Republican., 1900-12-13
NUMBER 40.


IeuluOnU independent.
VIM. Birmingham, of Barton. passed
through town on Monday. He is out
taking option on small vein coal. We
understand he has secured options on
the coal lands of Albert Michaels, Jas.
Groves and Alden Duckwolth, all res
ldents of Firm Rock neighborhood.
and is negotiating for the coal acre
age OF several more parties in District
No 4.
Freely Tibbetts, of Clarksburg, SUI
perintendent and part owner of the
West Fork Mining Co., located at Mt.
Glare, along the line of the w. Va.
u p. railroad, has been in town for
four or five days visiting relatives and
friends.
With the smallpox scare at Pied
mont, too near for comfort. and the
burglars who go burglarizing every
night, our inefficient police protec-
ton, our boys accounting, our girls
getting married, in the future, Christ
mas near and Santa Claus waiting
for our gifts, our minds are well nigh
distracted.
Mrs. Gilbert Warwick, of Savage,
visited relatives in town Monday.
A fashionable wedding in the near
future, next to the festivities of the
holidays, will be the most interesting
in our social life this month. Mr..
Bert West, of Deer Park, will wed, on
the evening of Dec. 19, at o'clock,
Miss May Wolf, of this place. Rev.
Cecil will performethe ceremony in
the NJ. E. church.
Mrs. Laura Crawford and son, of
Westernport, spent Saturday and
Sunday with relatives.
Geo. L. Michaels and Alden Duck
work, of Firm Rock, were in town
Monday.
For the benefit of those whose
throats are dry and still getting dryer
there is some consolation in the fact
that efforts are being made and mat
ters pushed to open the Collins sa-
loon on Saturday next, not later, un-
der any circumstances, than Monday.
Henry Gibson, of Mt Lake Park, is
the name of our new business man.
He is connected with the Warwick
grocery.
Mrs. Thomas Morehead was awak-
ened on Wednesday night about two
O'Clock by noise at her bedroom
window. She tried to arouse her hus-
band, who was sleeping so soundly
that this was hard to do. In the
meantime two window panes had
been broken out, the curtain raised
and in a few seconds the head and
shoulders of brutal looking negro
were thrust through the window.
Mrs. M. jumped from bed, gave one
scream, caught her two youngest
children, rushed down stairs, out the
front door to her brothers, a short
distance away. Her husband followed
in a short time with the oldest child,
and it is not known what became of
the negro.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
an last Saturday evening to cage a
man at Hampshire. Three officers
watched certain house, back and
front, durig the night and gave up
the vigil early in the morning, after
concluding to return the warrant non
est.
The snow storm, or blizzard.
throughout the glades on Wednesday
morning last was a terror. Judge
McRobie, living near Swanton, had
occasion to ride to Swanton early in
the day and he reports the storm as
one of the fie. 1est he ever faced.
One would hardly believe it, but
we have it from sworn authority that
we have from twelve to fifteen hun
dred people buried in the Blooming
ton graveyard. 1t was the common
burying ground between Piedmont
and Swanton during the construction
of the b. Il o. railroad. AS high as
five funerals have been noted in one
day. 1t is believed by some that this
approximation is too low and that
twice this number lie buried there.
and in many instances the coffins are
on top of one another.