The Newark journal., 1902-02-07
IN THE LOCAL FIELD.

when y0n need fTeSn staple or 1ancy groceries call at John M. Martins
 Our thanks are due N NJ. Wilson for load of wood on subscription.
 Squire Jones, Of Magness, WAS in town Saturday and made us pleasant call.
 Squire John T. Tharp orders his name enrolled on our subscription book.
 Feedl Feed! A car load of No. l. timothy hay for sale at Murphy & Moore's.
 Miss Lena Davenport, of near New port, visiting relatives In the city Sunday.
 If you can't dodge the candidate any other way, you can became candi- date yourself.
 When in need of anything in the Drug line call at the New Drug Store J. J. Caldwell.
 You will find the most complete line of men and boy's hats in town at John NJ. Martins. If some men could lead in prayer as 1 fuently as they can ''cuss" they would be decided successes. J. s. Sims, of Moorefeld, candidate for sheriff, was h town Monday and made us pleasant call.
 James Cargill, Clark Hall and George Witt came down from Cord Tuesday on their sleigh. All kinds of produce, hides and furs bought at Murphy & Moore's. Give them call when in town. The devil of this office places the name of his brother-in-law, F. M. Barnes, of Oil Trough, on our list
 Everything nice and clean at J. H. Holderby's City Butcher Shop. Your patronage solicited. Come and see me.
 I. +. Ray, of Elgin, was in town Tuesday and made this office q pleas ant call. He will hererfter read The Journal.
 c. w. Witt one of Cords prominent young men, and good friend of The Journal, was in town Monday and made us pleasant call.
 Misses Nora Walker, Bettie and Nellie Coe, were out sleigh riding Sunday morning, and went out walk ing on the ice Sunday evening.
 The Journal has turned out job work this week for $. c. Beane, c. M. Edwards, T. H. Dearlng. Tom. w. Waldrip and the town of Newark.
 Charley Magness, James Edwards, Whf Mims and Ben Adams Jr', re- turned from St. Louis Saturday where they went with cattle for ". T. Mag ness.
 Sleighs of all shapes, sizes and makes were running Sunday and If yon couldn't find the kind you liked it was not because Of any scarcity ill variety.
 The bill before congress providing for the cleo tion of United States sem ators by direct vote of the people is of more importance than the ship subsidy bill.
 A Buffalo policeman arrested two young ladies on q rainy day recently because they lifted their skirts too high. And now the Rainy Day Skirt League is after the police of that city.
 Hereafter corpse cannot travel as dead-heads, nor as freight, nor on half- fare, but will be required to pay full first-class passenger fair. An order to this effect has been issued by the 1 Central Passenger Association.
 ". A. Edwards informs us that his uncle, J. ". Edwards, of Farmer Tex., writes to him that Jan. 27 and 2S were the coldest days of the season in Tex as. MT. Edwards reads The Journal through the courtesy of Wise and says he appreciates it very much.
 A Black Rock lady, whose husband is both ph ysioian and preacher, wanted bicycle. The husband ob- jected to any such an unladyiike vehicle about the premises and he went so far as to say if she got one he would smash it up for kindling. The good wife remarked when he had gone from the house that she knew how to manage it. When she got the wheel she would place it, for safekeeping on the wood pile, knowing that the aver. sion her husband had for that kind of work would place that wheel beyond the pale of annihilatiun at his hands. Black Rock Blade.