The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-08-08
Short State Stories.
A Few Minutes Glance all over
the State.

AbtS
Henry Bennett, prominent politi-
clan of Lewis county, and Mrs. Cecelie
Bush, of Weston, we're married there
last week.
The West Virginia and Eastern
Telephone company at Belington is
opening It's exchange Office and sup
plying the subscribers with boxes.
The management Of the glass works
nj Morgantown has agreed to grant
their employees the advance Of ten per
cent. which was demanded at the last
convention.
The plasters OF Morgantown have
Joined the local union at Fairmont,
and as all Of them now are union men,
the prices will naturally advance.
Morgantown has the automobile few
er on, and the agents there ara reap
ing harvest, and an automobile fac
tory is talked Of.
1t is rumored that WIN Adams,
manager Of the Huntington water
company, will enter the race for the
republican nomination for county
clerk Of CabeH county.
The Cover Run Lumber company,
who have cut out at German, are NOV
ing theirmllls to a point near Parsons,
where the will build several miles Of
tro,,,rc.d into a tract thew recently
purchas
The south Penn Oil Company has
very suddenly and mysteriously stop
ed all operations in the North Fork
EWetzel county. The official
\pany give no reason for the
ken.
~ .M&ater works at Cameron
viii soon be in working order. The
work Of putting down the mains Will
be completed next week and the res
eryoIr is all ready to connect with.
The West Virginia and Western
Telephone company is this week open
ing their central office at St. Mary's
and placing the phones with the sub
scribers. This is the new lndepend-
ent line between that point and Park
ersburg.
The Rome county republican will
nominate their county ticket at a
county convention to be held at Spea-
Ger on the 9Th inst The democratic
county primary will be held on the
10th. Asst is a close county a hot
fight is expected'at the election.
A great many camping parties are
located along the Monongahela and
Cheat rivers. They are scattered along
the Monongahela and Cheat rivers.
They are scattered along at intervals
for many miles, and the campers are
enjoying their outing.
Several men from this state are en-
route to India, where they will work
for the Standard Oil company, which
is to begin development in that part
of the globe. They will be absent for
two years and get sl20a month, and
in addition have their expenses paid.
The Morgantown glass factory start
ed a night shift Of workers Monday
night and expect to continue it, in
creasing the output Of their factory
one.third this year over the product
last year. Working the night Shift
will give employment to 100 additional
men.
A railroad excitement exists at Buck
harmon. The Burnsville & Eastern
railroad has filed its profile and maps
Of the road, and says thatthe new line
is to be constructed at once. 1t runs
from the Kanawha river near the Up
shur county line, to Buckhannon.
W. c. Russell, manager of the w. G.
Russell Lumber company, returned
Monday from Pocahontas county,
where his company haslarge lumber
operations. While there Mr.. Russell
closed deal for tract Of timber con-
tanning half million feet of oak and
ash. upon which a mill will be located
at once. Mr.. Russell was accompanied
by John W. Dullis, secretary of the
company.
Edward Cooper, 4 prominent coal
operator Of the Flat Top field, and
who is alsoa member of the republic
can congressional committee in the
Fifth district has been in Hunting
ton for several days on business politi-
cal and otherwise. Mr.. Cooper says
that the strike in the Norfolk and
Westernhcld amounts 10 practically
nothing, not per cent d the miners
being out