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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
NEWS FROM THE OIL FIELDS.
Sand Fork Territory in Lewis County
not Showing up so Well.

The John Copley No. l, located ] ,4O'
feet north of the big g,isher on tht
Copley heirs farm In Lewis county
was as much surprise as the Copley
gusher. 1t is only forty-barrel well
in the Gordon. What made it so sur
prising was that it filed up nearly u
the top OF the hole from astray sand,
just above the Gordon. Then II
promised to be well full as large as
the Copley. The Gillooly No. 1, an.
other important test in this held, is q
well in to the fifth sand, and is good
for fifty barrels or more. The Copley
and Turner gushers have declined 20
s. and IS barrels an hour respectively.
at the head of Cherry Camp Run,
Bailey No. l is u l5-barrel producer.
Raymond No. is doing ~ barrels a
day, and Raymond No. Q and Tough
No. In the same developments have
been drilled In and are l6-barrel
bumpers.
At Wolf summit the South Penn
shot well on J. w. Dennison few
days ago and increased Its flow TO $50
barrels day,
The Southern has made location
on Gle Swiger's farm on Sycamore two
miles east of the Jarvisville line.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
CIARKsBURG. w. va. NOVEMBER 30. 1900
sHo1 Al TAE cAAMgER-MAID
a Hotel Guest Accused OF Being Dis
orderly.

Upon complainant Of w. F. Rau
proprietor Of the Glen Elk hotel
Squire NJ. S. Riley issued warrant
Wednesday morning charging Charles
C. Hurst with disorderly conduct IN
the Glen Elk hotel aud unlawfully
shooting at Miss Halle Trusler. q
chamber-maid. He was arraigned
Wednesday afternoon, but waived ex'
animation, giving bond Of $500 70
await an Indictment by the grand Jury
upon a misdemeanor. 1t is alleged
that registered Mt the Glen ELK,
Tuesday evening about 1880 o'clock
and went toa room assigned him up
stairs. Shortly afterward Miss Trus-
Ter passed along the hallway and, as
she was opening the bath room door
opposite Mr.. Hurst's room, he fired at
her with n revolver, the Diminishing her
only about six inches, Then he came
down staiu waivinR the gun and
threatened to shoot ]. G. Horner, be-
cause he did not make change for him
as rapidly as Mr.. Hurst thought he
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
wHOLE NO. 2Oo9.
SMALLPOX SITUATION GOOD.


The smallpox conditions here are
much better than any one expected.
The scare has almost subsidized and
people are resuming the even tenor OF
their ways to a large extent
y Attention and care are being given
the patients at the city pest house On
the Con farm mile ont from the city,
and all patients elsewhere in the
county are being looked after b.
County Health Otficer DR.. Fleming
Howell, DIR. Norman, B. B. Stout ana
the health beard. All infected PLACES
are rigidly quarantined.
The patients ut the best house,
thirteen in number, are getting along
nicely, except Buck Deion,s who's
condition Is not good.
DR.. W. C. Billings, OF the UniteG
States Marine Hospital at Baltimore,
an expert, has been here working II
conjunction with the county and city
authorities, He pronounces 1t gems
Inc smallpox.
The people generally feel that the
disease will soon be wiped out.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
Broaddus Notes.

Ever since the reopening Of the
school in 1898 there has been q con-
stant growth. The term closing last
Wednesday has been no exception to
the rule, for the enrolment was the
largest of any term in the schools his
tory. notwithstanding the smallpox
scare the attendance has kept up much
better than could have been expected.
The campus is so isolated from the
lest of the town that IL affords nat
ural protection for all living In the
dOrmitorieS. 1t is expected that the
winter term which commences Mon
day, December 3rd, will not be Affect
ed by the scare.
Miss Ethel Reynolds, Instructor in
Mathematics, has resigned on account
OF III health. She has won a large
number of friends and her resignation
is source OF real regret. She will be
succeeded by Miss Luella Dye, of
Raven Rock, who resigns her school
at Eewport,O Miss Dye is graduate
Of Shepardsnn College and made
mathematics speciality in Denison
University.
The Seniors entertained the Juniors
In Broaddus parlors Saturday night.
All reporta very enjoyable time.
Messrs. Washburn, Elliott and Riley
and Misses Stark and Currey are
teaching. They will be in school in
the spring.
Work has been commenced on the
Payne Memorial Hall again. 1t is q
source OF regret that the impssibili-
ty of obtaining material has delayed
II so long. Mr.. Connel, the contractor.
says he will push ii with all possible
speed.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
craignoor cuIls.

CharlesL. Lynch who came home
from the Buckhannon Seminary with
typhoid fever Is recovering slowly.
Chas. Holden and q. @ Blair re-
turned home Saturday from Gilmer
county witha drove Of cattle to winter.
Humphrey Lanham, Of RomineH
Min. is very low with consumption.
His death is expected any time.
Protracted meeting has been In pro-
gress at Pleasant Hill.
The stock law WAS defeated by big
majority.
Uncle Menzie Eib tried to look JollyI
after the election, but IL was hard
work.
Waitman Propst had his thumb
nearly mashed OF while working st .
saw mill.
Mrs. Albert Parks is the guest Of
Mr.. George Peck and family, OF yOnr
city.
Mrs. Elliott is no better at this writ
ing.
Miss Noble Lynch whohad an attack
OF typhoid was able to ride over for her
mali.
Nessrs. Lesley Mason and Herbert
Lake were pleasant c,llleBat the homo
Of w. C. Bumgardner Sunday.
Mrs. Martha Holden has been quite
sick with heart trouble.
CoxEY AMY, MT.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
cas- coMpANrs eooD WORK
And the Benefits il Brings and viii
Bring to our City.

The liberal patronage given by our
citizens generally to the West Fork Oil
and Natural Gas Company is fitting
testimonial of the faith the people
have in this home company and evil
dence complete Of strong future sup
port. Our people appreciate thegood
things this company comprised wholly
of home people is doing for our thrtv-
ing city. Among them may be
enumerated it's donation of a fine q, 900
property for the establishment of a
large glass mandatory In our midst,
and the inducements It offers to other
manufactures and enterprises in the
way Of cheap fuel, the ultimate result
of which will be the location Of con-
Germs here with big pay rolls, which
innure to the benefit of all our people.
This company started out to do an
honest, legitimate business and to pro-
vide its patrons with gas at fair prices.
Ithas shown no disposition to be ex-
tortionate and every assurance Is given
that exorbitant prices will never be
charged. The company has large
field near the city, prospectively rich
in gas, with possibilities Of never be-
coming exhausted, and there need be
no fear along that line. In view Of all
the company has done and the good
results therefrom, the people should
continue their loyal support and give
the company all possible encourage
ment financially and morally.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
TRAMP SHOEMAKER GETS BAD.
Refused Money he Breaks windsw
Glass In Shoemaker Shop.

John Dunn, u tramp shoemaker, en-
tered Capt. James p. Smiths shoe.
maker shop at the East End, Tuesday
noon, and demanded some money
Capt. Smith refused to give him any.
thing and told him he wasa bum. Az
ter Mr.. Smith started home 10 dinner.
Dunn deliberately broke the glass out
of the shop windows. Mr.. Smith was
notified and marched Dunn over -
the mayors Office and had him locked
up. A warrant was issued for defacing
property and he win be tried Thurs
day evening by Squire Riley.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
Bird Hall.

Mr.. LYDIA Bird, of Romines Mills,
son OF Mr.. aud Mrs. Hamilton Bird,
and Miss Marie Hall, of Warrington,
we're married Wednesday night at 8
o'clock in the parlors OF T. +. Watson
hotel at Fairmont by Rev. John Hess.
Miss Hall is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Theodore Hall, of this county,
and charming young lady. Mr.. Bird
Is one OF the county's most enterpris-
ing young farmers and a splendid gen.
tleman.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
SENSIBLE ADVICE ON SMALLPOX.


some authorities in West Virginia
sts making mistake in dealing with
Ssses Of smallpox that have broken
81. while some sections are taking
! vigorous hold OF the disease In Its
arst stages, in the central counties
there IS q disposition to confound 1t
With something else Now, 1t is far
safer in making a mistake in diagnosis
tocall something smallpox that is not
smallpox than to call smallpox some
< thing that it is not, and proceed on
the theory thatit is a harmless cpl
demic. Had more rigid enforcement
a quarantine been required earlier in
the season smallpox might have been
Kept out OF the populous places. Clarks-
burg appears to be taking proper steps
to get rid of what smallpox Is there,
and It is more than probable that the
spread of the disease can be limited to
few cases. But while the doctors
disagree, as they are doing in the coun-
ties farther south, every section of the
State is in danger. Inc hoheeSerGe
News" says there are over 100 cases
In Pocahontas county, several In Green
brier county and 500 along the line of
the chesapeake and Ohio railroad In
pocahontas the doctors disagree In the
diagnosis, and astate otficer has been
called to decide what the malady Is.
west Virginia can get rid of smallpox
by taking decisive measures, but Ger.
tain Requirement is that the disease
must be recognized for what 1t is and
treated accordingly. Calling 1t some
thing else that it may not frighten
people from the neighborhood is prac-
tical suicide. The type OF smallpox
that has prevailed is not severe one,
and is amenable 70 treatment. but
nobody knows what 1t may lead to II
stage fright is allowed to supervene.
West Virginia cannot afford to risk
her prospects when little courageous
facing of disagreeable truth will
meet the trouble and eradicate it,
Plttsburg Times.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
An Ugly Cancer Removed.

Mrs. Susan Cost, of the East End,
aged SO years, has been a sufferer for
some time from large and ugly hard
cancer in her right breast. Tuesday
of this week DR.. ]. w. Johnston, as
sisted by Drs. Haynes, Morrison and
Bowcock, performed a difficult opera
tion upon her, removing the cancer in
its entirety. The operation is believ-
ed to have been highly successful and
the patient will recover and be COM
pletely healed. The specimen was
about 4 inches in diameter and weighs
six ounces.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
No EIks' Services in Opera House.

By request Of the city health otticer.
the memorial services te be held by the
loca, Elks lodge will not take place in
the opera house, as previously an
nonnced. The Telegram is officially
Informed that the services will be held
in the lodge rom Sunday afternoon,
December .. tits to be regretted that
this change became necessary. rs 4
very brilliant programme and costly
decoration had been arranged.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
EssEzzLED AN ORDER
And is under Bond to Answer an In.
dictment for Felony.

A hearing was given william R.
Bolinger, Tuesday afternoon, in JUS
tice M. S. Riley's court upon the
charge Of teloniously embezzling and
fraudulently converting TO his own
use certain order, check or state.
ment amounting to s41.N and drawn
by the Mountain State Construction
Company In favor Of Matthew Murray
for services during the month Of Octo.
Der. He got possession Of the order at
the Short Line camp In the Clauson
neighborhood and, 1t is said, procured
money on 1t from speak-easy man In
that section. Squire Riley held him
in $500 bond for the grand jury.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
Short Lines Ftrs. Schedule.

A New Martinsville dispatch Mon
day to the Wheeling Intelligencer
reads "The new schedule on the
West Virginia Short Line made its
appearance yesterday, and the hrst
train was started to Pineerove last
evening at $50. 1t did not get through
owing to a landslide about three miles
east of the town. The name of the
stations are Five Mile, Minnie Porter.
falls, Readerand PIney. John Bridge
man, of this city, had the honor oil
buying the iirst ticket sold on the new
road"
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30

Reports to the effect that the Cam
den-Goti wedding here December 9th
has been postponed are unfonnded.
The wedding win take place a. an
nounced.
Mrs. Margaret Hall, widow Of the
former editor OF the Shinnston News
Henry 7. Hall. has received a check
for q, 900 from the order of knights
and Ladies of Honor, Of which order
Mr.. Hall was q member.
The disinfectine soap manufactures
by the DIslnfectine Company, OF Can
ton, Ohio, is highly recommended g
a preventative against contagion.
Physicians surgeons and dentists alf
use 1t, regarding It one Of the best
medIcated toilet soaps made.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
informal Opening q Club Rooms.

The Pinnickinnick club rooms In the
L. S. Horror residence will be inform.
ally opened Thanksgiving night. They
have been nicely and elegantly furn.
ished and modernly equipped. present.
ing very attractive and inviting ap.
pearance. Quite number OF invita-.
tions have been issued to prominent
people, who are net members OF the
club, 70 be present at the opening
Refreshments will be served.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
Rooms Open Now.

The RlEs' club nom over W. P.
Holdens store are ready for use, the
furnishings, fixtures and equipments
having been put in. The ROOMS will
be opened this Friday night, but 1t il
not expected that they will be put in
general until December II, at which
time n large class will be initiated
into the lodge. The lodge proper will
maintain its lodge rooms In the K. of
p. hall
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
win Occupy Old Freight Depot.

The Southern Pine Grove Lumber
Company. OF which J. \. o'Eeill, !. n.
O'Neill, w. "A. Patton and S. A. Mar
shill. all of Georgia, and Walter Perk-
ins, Of Bluetield, ". Va. are the in
corporators, will occupy the old b q
o. freight depot building At the East
End. The company will deal In all
kinds of finishing material. A. II.
Cnndall is to be the manager.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
Mrs Ira Ward Married Again.

Mrs Columbia A. Ward. widow OF
Ira Ward, deceased, of Peel Tree, and
William Brown, contractor on the
railroad now building between Gen.
tury and Buckhannon junction, were
married at Phillppi last Friday. Mr..
Brown has Travelled over different parts
OF the world; assisted in the work on
the Panama canal: was engaged in
railroad building In South America
and other countries. but never met
his bride until he reached Barbour
county.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
Got Too Much Booze.

A man stretched at full length on
the pavement near Laws saloon Satur-
day afternoon in a comatose condition
attracted crowd. The man proved
10 he James O'Neil, a Short Line rail-
road employe. He had been drinking
heavily and, after being elected from
Laws saloon, fell hard upon the pave
ment AT tirst 1t was thought he was
dying, but he soon recovered himself.
He was not injured much by the fall.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
Tossed Between Trains.

Lloyd Baxter OF Adamston, WAS
tossed around between two trains near
the depot here Saturday Afternoon
and az result has a badly dislocated
shoulder. He saw a Monon train up
preaching and stepped of that track
toward the b. & o. track. AS he did
sol b. & o. train approached and
Knocked him over against the Monon
train, and that in turn knocked him
out between the tracks.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
Special Judge Lawson

Hon. Lewis C. Lawson sat as special
Judge in the Doddridge county court
this weckat West Onion. The dignity,
fairness and ability Judge Lawson
takes with him ON the bench is a mat.
ter OF favorable comment by Older
members Of the bar, who have acted in
that capacity themselves. He heard
cases in which the judge Of that court,
Hon. NJ. II. Willis. was Interested
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
f!oor Gave way.

Tuesday portion Of the floor
in the new Wholesale house OF Ruhl,
Roblegard & Co. gave way under the
heavy weight CT about four car loads
of goods and sank about three feet. In
half an hour the floor had been repair.
ed and business continued as usual.
No damage was done.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
A clarksburqer in Il.

The Midland Mining Company,
which is opening mine At Midland,
W. va has been porsted by J
A. Clark, nj Fairmont. W. Va; Uriah
Jones, Clarksburg, Wa: William a.
Scmerville, Frostburg: Clinton Brote.
markle. Lonaconing; J. Askey, Pekin.
Mr.. Clark is a weH-known operator
in this section and Mt. Jones Is super
intendent OF the Columbia Coal and
Coke Conpany's plant near Bridge.
port.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
oetogenarian Vote.

At the recent presidential election
six octogenArians voted at the Patton
store precinct here. They were Dan'l
Boughner, John U. Thorn. Samuel
Brown, John Reynolds. Henry Wal
deck aud Gen. r. S. Northcott. Five
OF these voted for Mckinley, and one,
John y. Thorn. voted the prohibition
ticket. None voted for Bryan. age
0iyeth wisdom"
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
$4,000 Subscribed for Hospital.

At present little is being done To-
ward the erection of the new hospital
building by the Harrison County Hos
.pital Society At the Society,s last
meeting. however. y few evenings ana,
It was announced that 5000 had been
subscribed among the stockholders fosi
the institution.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
Arch Kester Dies in Kansas.

A telegram was received here Friday
announcing the death Of Arch Kester
in Arkadelphia, Kansas, Thursday,
November %. He was son of Jere-
miah Kester, of this city, and went to
Kansas about "a year ago. The deceas-
ed was about - yeac Of age and a
cigar maker by trade. lnterment tvok
place in Kansas. Mr.. Eester died Of
congestion of the brain.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
Charley sninn Hurt.

Charles N. shinn, Of Shinn Bros. &
Bryan, brick. layers, WAS badly shaken
up pY a fall from the school building
at Enterprise, Thursday afternoon, Of
last week. He received some internal
injuries, but had no bones broken.
His injuries are not serious, although
he was compelled to cease work
awhile.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
MARION BARTLETT KILLS HIMSELF
The Young Parkersburger had ReIa-
tives in this County.

Marion E. Bartlett, of ParkeBburg,
aged % years, committed suicided
with a pistol Monday night In sa-
loon at that place, in which he was
bar tender. No cause is assigned for
his rash act except despondency and
disappointment in business matters.
He was a brother Of H. C. Bartlett. of
that city, and had relatives in Har-
rison county.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
Adjusting Fire Loss.

A number of special state insurance
agents met here Tuesday TO adjust
the loss on the Ruhl, Koblegard & Co.
wholesale building, which recently
burned. Among them were Stephen
Rice and Alfred Paul, Of Wheeling,
and Messs. Lohrmeyer and Gooch, Of
Charleston. About fifteen insurance
companies are interested in the loss.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
Serious Short Line Slips.

The wet weather resulted Mon
day in a number of slips along the
Short Line railroad, the most serious
OF which was near the mouth OF Lam
bert's Run. This slip was $50 feet
long and the road aud road-bed sunk
about four feet.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
Swell Thanksgiving Ball.

A swell Thanksgiving ball will be
given In the Traders hotel parlors this
Thursday night. The affair is in the
hands Of Mr.. A. F., Dennison, book
keeper for the Williams s Dawson
company The opera house orchestra
will furnish the music.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
SCRATCHING THEHEws' OWN SORES
lust little 10 Show the bad Matter
under the pits.

The Clarksburg News clamored in
the following fashion, November 9 for
the lifting of the quarantine at Wal
lace, asserting that there was no small
pox there
AT someone's instigation and as we
believe TO enable the court house ring
to deprive a large number OF Demo.
Gratis Of their right to vote, a quaRn-
tine extending for distance of five
miles in circuit, around Wallace in
this county has been established.
Within this circle are nearly II not
quite all the Republican votes that
are cast at that voting precinct, who
of course can go to the polls and vote.
The Democratic vote is without the
circle and of course the guards who
have been sent out to enforce the
quarantine, will not let them pass to
vote. This Is shrewd trick, and Is
Characteristic of the ring. But it
won't work, and we advise every
Democrat in that vicinity to go to the
polls and vote, and II he is molested,
to seek his legal remedy against any
person who may disturb him. We are
informed by persons living at or near
Wallace, several Of whom were in
town Thursday and Friday. that there
is not . genuine, well defined case Of
smallpox in that neIghborhood. The
gang who are trying by every foul
means to elect Fleming and Law, are
resorting to every low and mean
method conceivable TO succeed. They
see the hand writing on the wall, and
know they are doomed. Doodle and
whiskey won't save them"
After reading carefully the howl as
given above, which appeared in the
last issue of the News before election,
read the two little editorials below,
as clipped from the News after the
election, or November 23:
ssThe criminal act of the county
officials in lifting the quarantine ut
Wallace and Brownfor political pur-
poses is now having its effect upon the
business interest Of the town and
county. Every case of smallpox in
this vicinity can be traced directly or
Indirectly to the raising of the quar-
antine at the Short Line camps 1t
need not be denied that the officials
who aided in the lifting of the q, ar
antine positively knew that they we're
exposing the people OF the county to
that treacherous disease"
I'VE stated before the election that
the court house ring would do any
thing to prevent defeat, and the
smallpox situation adds one more
crime to their already blackened polit-
ical record. The people have no bright
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
MI. lee Raising Houses.

b. W. Lee is engaged in raising the
properties Of J. T. swager and E. B.
Hursey on Pike street. Mr.. Lee has
about Completed the Swager property
and will have finished his contract
within a week. He displays mnch
skill in this work and always does q
first-class Job. He certainly has the
business down fine.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
Farm Maps Blu. Prints.

Showing complete maps Of Sand
Fork oil field. Shows producing, drill
ling AMI gas wells. Sent on receipt Of
81 10. Address. R. L. zlnn. Weston.
W. Va. At
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-30
Death OF Child at p. X.

A 2l.months old child of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. L. Hyer died "Wednesday at
Pinnickinnlck, after It's whole life
speut sick. Interment was made
Thursday forenoon in Elk View Ma
sonic cemetery.