West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-14


Lots of men are Guilt on.the same
plan; as soon as one accomplishes
anything they want share of the
credit.
Girls! Hodson Is going to attend
the Moundsville camp meetings.
Hobson, you will recall, Is the
handsome young navel hero who
kissed himself into a whole lot of
notoriety.
A small damsel of twelve who
disliked boys wrote an essay upon
them in which she said, IF | had
nv way half the boys In the world
would be girls and the other halt
would be dolls"
c. Fl. Baker, we'll known and
popular newspaper man of Salem,
arrived Ia the city last evening
from a business trip to Pittsburg
He will leave tor his place of bust
ness this evening.
A man who has been living on
the farm almost his entire life, told
Us last week that practically all the
Nav frosts come either during the
nights from Friday to Saturday, or
Saturday to Sunday.
The many friends of Mrs. Paul
Riggs. of Chestnut Grove, will be
sorry to learn she Is seriously Ill OF
fever. and was taken on
the early train this morning to a
hospital at Wheeling.
L. G. Wilson, the we'll known oil
operator and contractor, returned
to the city today on the 1908 train
from a business and pleasure trip
combined to points In Pennsylvania
and New York State.
The ladies of the Baptist church
will give a hot supper on next
Tuesday evening, In the Bowers
building. at the corner of Wells and
Diamond streets. Everybody Is
most cordially invited.
The Misses Villers, of Pittsburg.
who have been the guests OF Mr..
ard Mrs. Robert Mccormick. left
for their home this morning They
were accompanied as far as Wheel
ing by Mrs. Mccormick.
The foundation for the new resi-
dence of Mrs. Coreen Roush on
Water street has been started.
The House will be a commodious
two story frame building when
completed and will contain many
modern conveniences.
The beef trust doesn't do any
business on trust; 1t takes the cash
and generally all that the retailer
can gather. The advance In the
price of meat within the past few
days has probably netted the trust
ten millions of dollars.
George P. McCamey, a well
known tooldresser has returned to
the Little Germany oil district.
Mr.. McCamey resides on North
Water street, and will visit his tam
lily until the first of the week, when
he will return to the above oil
field.
Remember tn re will be a hot
supper served In the Boyers build
ing, recently occupied as furni-
ture store by R c. Ankrom & Co.,
on Tuesday ev ening next by the
ladies of the Baptist church. A
most cordial invitation Is extended
TO all. ID ct.
The shad fishermen on the Della.
ware and Potomac rivers are said
to watch the fish hawks for the
one to cast their nets the first time
for the spring catch. These bird:
follow the schools of herring ur
the coast and the sLad are not fal
behind the herring.
We still have some specimens O
the idler and bum. He generally
Is In very hard luck" The worlt
has been cold and cruel fate has
been after him. He's daisy. FL,
will do a dollars worth of work t
beat you out of ten cents, but thai
Is the only way he will work.
John Stealey desires to inform
the public he has just received .
large consignment of vehicles o
the very latest styles. All thos,
who contemplate purchasing a car
rage, etc. will find 1t to their In
terest to consult Mr.. Stealey before
dealing elsewhere. IS
A curiosity In the shape Of I
miniature book has been issued By