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

| The poor man lends bis surplus
coin to the bank and the bank
loans it to some rich man.
Mr. J c. Bland. of SistersviIle.
vas a business visitor In the city,
today Marietta Register.
w. B. Showalter, the far famed
be OF and shoe travelling salesman
of Wheeling, Is In the city.
NJ. C. Geider, of Pittsburg. ar
rived In the city this morning and
lis quartered at the Hotel Wells.
! When 1t comes to the day of
reckoning the lawyer gets nine
points and the poor client gets one.
| ]. F. Eckbert, general superiu-
dent of the Carter Oil company,
went to Jacksonburg this morning.
E. w. Lohr Is on a business
and pleasure trip to his old home
on Trail Run, Ohio. Moundsville
Echo.
w. G. Hays, manager of the
West Virginia Tool company, was
a New Martinsville business caller
today.
/ w. F. Kaiser, who has charge of
branch store of the Oil Well
Supply company, was In the city
today.
Contractor c. M. Sanderson
went to Ben's Run this morning to
look after his interests In that
vicinity.
B. D. Northrop, well known
machinist OF Washington, Pa, is In
the city looking alter his busines IS
Interests.
| James Hubbard, the we'll known
oil operator, returned to the city
this afternoon from business trip
Ito points south.
| Stewart Stone, of Chicora. Pa,
who has been visiting his sister,
Mrs, Geo. STRANGE, left for his
home last night.
when you have LEISURE" said a
caller to the city editor, Il would
like to speak to you" "All right;
come after I'm dead"
| A. Wandell, we'll known oil
Operator of Titusville, Pa, was in
the city today looking after his In
Iterests In this vicinity.
i George Sine, ex-Sheriff of Tyler
county, now deputy United States
Marshal, was In the city on business
Iyesterday.-Wheeling Register.
l Many people are doing house
Icleaning stunts and a man who Is
wanting to get job can turn many
an honest penny In work of this
kind.
H. ]. Harris returned to the city
this morning on the 1903 train
from an extended visit with rela-
Itives and friends at Pittsburg and
Bradford, Pa.
i The trosts of Friday and Satur-
day nights seem to have done but
little damage hereabout according
to the statements of fruit growers
and gardeners.
If our good lady friends can
!, solve the question OF domestic help
they will do a great thing for other
communities. It Is to be hoped
they will succeed.
Many excursions to the fields
and woods are being made these
days by parties interested In botany
The flowers and foliage are coming
out In great shape.
G. B. Stathers and SON Robert, o.
Tyler City, this county, went tc
Wheeling this morning to attend
the annual session OF the Conclave
I now convened there.
E. E. Barber, a we'll known tool
dresser of this city, returned las
, evening from the Beaumont oil
field In Texas, where he has beer
for the past few months.
, New people In town never e
Ito a store they never heard of
They must have a key to the situa
ton. An advertisement In the bes
: local paper always Is that key.
i For a present to the sweet CIR
graduate nothing is more appro
pirate than nice book such as 20,
can get at McCoy's Book Store.
ID st
A nice book or handsome pictur,
or poster makes a nice, bat mex