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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-10

At the present time all eyes are
turned towards Middlebourne the
seat of the new oil discovery In
this county. The excitement Is due
to the big we'll which was drilled
In within the past week on the Ma
10y land only about Eve hundred
feet from the court house. The oil
Is found In the Maxon sand. For
awhile 1t was thought to be a 6f.
teen or twenty barrel we'll and was
reported Monday by the Standard
Oh Company's guage to be making
IS barrels day which is very
6ne we'll with oil worth 81 IS a
barrel. The we'll has been drilled
deeper since that time and this
mornings report of the Standard,
which Is an actual and bona fde
gusge, places the production at 81
barrels day. This Is one of the
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-10

The cold weather was the one
and only reason for the food not
reaching dangerous stage. The
Monongahela and Allegheny rivers
are still running full of Ice, but
have about exhausted their force
for any higher water. Six pools OF
Ice In the Monongahela did not 60
out on the last rampage, and are
not likely to until warm weather.
The two rivers came to a stand
still at one o'clock Yesterday morn
Ing at Pittsburg, and after several
hours began receding slowly. A
stage of 2I feet 8 inches was reach
ed by the Monongahela and I9 feet
8 inches by the Allegheny. The
predictions as made by Forecaster
R!dgeway would have been fully
carried out had not the cold wealth
er set In. and there would have
possibly been rs feet at Pittsourg
and IS feet here. Fortunately for
the people of the Ohio valley the
rivers were checked just in time,
which reliev,s the anxiety for the
time being.
Yesterday morning there was a
great quantity of Ice passing here,
and jud ging from the amount that
went down the river, filled the
main stream full.
Navigation viii Open.
The Virginia, which has been lY.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-10
STREET CAR
LINE SOUTH

company building the road from
this city down the river.
Another consideration for start,
lug the road south from this city Is
the fact that there Is so much trav.
ell between this city and Friendly,
Matsmoras, Grandview, Centre
view and Davenport. There Is no
doubt but what a road to Friendly
will pay handsomely and when 1t Is
built and running to Bens Run,
Raven Rock and St. Marys 1t will
be one of the best paying trolley
roads In the country.
We will know more definitely
within the next month what the
company will do and from what we
know about the men engaged In
building this road we have no doubt
whatever about Its being built the
coming spring and summer.
Our city council has granted the
company a liberal franchise, 1t will
expire by January next 50 the com
pany will have to get work before
many weeks. The officials assure
as the road will be built and before
many days now we will have the
Dagoes here with picks and shovels
grading for Our second electric
street car line. We will not at
tempt to tell what this meaus for
Sstersville bat one thing Is certain,
this new road makes Sistersville a
solid, permanent ard growing city
and nothing can stop her progress
We have had prosperous times
here for many years but our future
Is brighter than 1t has ever been
before In the history Of our city.
We are going to boom In the
spring, gentle Annie.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-10

We are frequently asked these
days what Is being done towards
the building of the proposed street
car line from this city down the
river. We are assured by the pro-
jectors that everything Is moving
along at a very satisfactory rate. A
corps of civil engineers are work
Ing daily on the route and are get
ting the line located. the grades
established and all the details that
are necessary and essential to have
before the contract for the grazing
can be let. The right Of way IS
substantially all secured, at least
enough Of 1t to start work.
The company intend to start the
road from this C ty south. AT pres
ent negotiations are actually pend
Ing between the Wetzel. TYLER Rail-
road Company and the Parkers
burg and Ohio Valley Railroad
company, by which the present
road we have and the proposed
road rnuning south, can be con
solidated. Failing In this, the last
named company expect to make a
contract to have our present rail-
road company to furnish power to
operate the road as far south rs
Friendly at least. Falling In this
the company going south will get
It's power from our home electric
light plant. This will enable the
company to get cars running very
quickly down the river and on &C
count of being able to get power
here Is the principle motive for the
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-10

ed for a ball and barquet to be
given by the members Of the Vir.
ginia club, one of the popular so.
clety organizations Of our city.
The ball will be given on Thursday
evening In the City Hall. The
Auditorium full orchestra will far.
nish the music and special caterer
will furnish the luncheon, which
will De served In the council cham
Der on the first floor of the building.
A number of out of town guests
will be In attendance.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-10

The steel plant at Paden City
will pay ali, of Its outstanding bills
tomorrow. Work will then begin
and the plant pushed to completion
at once. The Paden Land Co. will
also begin to pay its small out
standing bills. The railroad COM
pany for the present Is In the hands
of the Pittsburg Trust Co. and E.
L. Robinson who will complete the
road at once and act as temporary
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-10
PADEN CITY BOOM

receivers for q short time until the
company can get Its own financial
arrangements completed. The re-
ceivership will only be temporary.
We can all rejoice here that the
Steel plant will pay Its bills and
the plant completed, which means
so much for our city. In a short
time all the matters will be arrang-
ed, all bills Of all kinds paid In full
and Paden City will be the busiest
little city In the Ohio Valley before
early spring.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-10
SOCIETY

For various reasons, society
events nave been limited to few
informal teas and card parties for
the past two weeks. After the OBJ
servance of the week of prayer 10
the different churches, which al
ways causes a lull In society events.
aud the food coming on so soon,
together with sickness In many Of
the homes In the city, 1t was almost
impossible to give any very large
entertainments. The Married La
dies Card Club discontinued their
seml-weekly meetings on account
of the very serious illness OF Mrs.
c. c. Mccormick, one of the most
popular members of that organiza
tion, and we are glad to note that
estimable lady Is convaleScent at
her home on Brown Betty street.
~
A number of entertainments are
being arranged for this week, and
there promises to be social whirl
of very delightful gathering before
the Lenten season begins.
TX
The Womsn's Literary Club held
Its first regular meeting on Tues
day Feb. 9 It's members who
number twenty were nearly all
present. The history of America
from the year 1000 up to the pres
ent time considering Its great men
and women, Its literature and art,
Is the study taken up for the pres
ent year ending the last Tuesday In
May. The first meeting was a
pleasant one, Miss Sallie Mccoy
read paper giving the first epoch
of history from the year 100 to
1 500 In a very interesting way. The
pen OF Miss Helen Pomeroy pro
duced an excellent biography and
character study of William Culleus
Bryant. Mrs. Blackmarr's paper
Literature and Art, was
In It's self worthy of a place In lit.
erature. The club motto What
will be done, and must be done,
will be done WE'LL" was verified at
Its first meeting.
***
This afternoon Mrs. T. Lough.
ney will be hostess to the members
Of the Married Ladies Card club, at
her handsome home on Water
street. Mrs. Loughney will be as
sisted In entertaining her guests by
her mother Mrs. Joseph Preston,
and will have as her guest of honor
her aunt, Mrs. Lewis Alder OF on
City, Pa. Pedro will be the game |
Indulged In and small tables will be
arranged In the parlors for the &C
commodation Of her guests.
~
Arrangement are being complet-
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-10

Some eight or ten oil field work.
ers will leave the city tomorrow for
Plru, Kan. Among the number
will be Charles Robinson, John
Hubbard, Frank Russell and Frank
Kellogg. The two former are rig
builders and have accepted posi-.
tion with Contractor Nesleroads.
The two latter will take charge of
leases for Guffy & Galley.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-10
Hot Supper.

The Daughters of Rebecca will
serve hot supper Thursday eve
ming, the nth In the Citizens Hose
House. The public Is most cor
daily invited.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-10

One thing Is certain. the Ice crop
has not been damaged By the wealth.
er.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-09-10
Kick On {. 6 D. Canal Tolls.

The Vessel Owners and Captains As
sociation, of Philadelphia, ia organizing
a hig kick against the Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal management whose
atrS on lumber and coal are becoming
prphibtive, it is claimed. The Philadel-
phia Record says it is charged that re-
lateS are given to certain shippers, that
the Use of the canal or Sundays il linn
tied to certain vessels, that Il monopoly
j. given to the Back Creek Towing Com
pany and that the management inter
fercS with contracts made by barge cap
tains with tug owners for tOwage through
the waterway. \ test suit based ON these
alleged Determinations brought by Chas.
Gring. is to be tried in the L. $. Circuit
Court at Wilmington.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-09-10
THE CIRCUS
is COMING
A Day Of UnaIIoyed Pleasure In
Store For Old And Young Alike.

There is 10 malNrr Or form of pnter-
tainmcnt that cXcitcS enthusiasm im tho
hearts and minds of children as ihr cir
Gus, and this may lie said with much
truth in regard to PrI"onS rf nnturcr
YEARS. aS well ~ thU>t who have grown
gray with the weight Of yral.s. There
il n"lhilM= that recalls with more vivid
presentation th" enthusiasm and excite
mcnt Oi youth. The Saw,l'lSt ring with
the healthy smell Of pine. fresh ami in
vi9Orating; the funny clowIrS; the trick
GUnleyS: the lcmr%ailr and peanut vcn-
GERS of early days pass in panul4lmu
before us whcr the hiElhunr,}l with tiar-
Ing pUSttrt' announce the coming of the
circus. The great tented shows stDf to-
Gay do Eot properly fill the Eill. The
present giant aggregation under acres of
canvas produce Il confusion of acts II
several rings and avs many platforms,
with II multiplicity of clowns. good bad
and indifferent scattered prHmi>cuously
around the hiprodromc hcwildcrinG tho
vision and dStmctng attention. In
trying to .~Ne all, nothing iS properly
seen The Welsh Brothers Shows re-
can yC 0ldcn times more truly than any
uf the tented shows to-day; one ring after
the fashion of early day. with the truly
funny ccwES and II lor- list of marvel
Cu> acr0hatc contprtion. aerial. trained
animals and other acts. following one
aEother in rapid succession.
The Welsh Brothers ncwtrt-great
railroad shows are this season much
brighter better and larger than ever be-
fcre. 1t has always been II strict rule Of
Welsh Brothers to advertise only what
4" presented. Another rule which iS
>tringently enforced on all employees is,
| thorough EoltrmsSs 10 all patrons under
ali circumstances. These methods have
been in vogue with these enterpri<ing
Showmen from the start and have won
| for them the goodwill and confidence Of
til" public
Two complete performances are given
daily at two and eight p. IN.
The big street parade takes place daily
At l l a. m. an all-Snrpas~img, gfittering
| Ipageantry.
The show will pitch tcntS at Elkton
one day only, Tuesday, September 13.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-09-10
Negro Thug Safely Jugged.

The murderouS assault made upon
Robert Gardner. an aged resident of the
Frcnchtown neghborhood. rear Perry
Vile, about three weeks ago. set the au-
on II keen watch for his uSsail-
ant. who wa~ run down by Constable
Frank Il. Barrett on Thursday across
the line in PENNSYLVANIA and is now
lodged in Elkton Jail. The party want
@ is Samuel Clark. II negro. who made
good his escape after knocking Mr..
Gardner down with Il coupling pin. His
purpose WIS robbery, but he was fOiled
by the timely arrival of some railroad
hands. Sarah Ann Clark. colored. now
in Jail. was II witness Of the assault.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-09-10
CAMPED AT
MANASSAS
Company E, OF EIkfon Reaches
Historic Battle Ground.

Company f. FIRST Regiment. Mary
land National Guard. under Capt. John
\. Morgan anl Lieut. William T. Con
stable. left on the 12.34 p. m. train on
Saturday for the cncampmcnt in Nir-
ginia near the scene of the historic bat
tie of Bull Run. The regiment is '~amp-
ed at Thoroughfarc Station and has Il
fine camp site. with running water sup
piled by pipes. Majors William &. Pur-
nrI. and William \. Wright Adjutant
Warren j. Hanes and Sergeant-Major
Henry \. Warburton accompanied Com
pany T..
The men arrived ut the camp about
60 p. IN. on Saturday, too late to pitch
tents and slept in their blankets on the
ground. but later got good tents with
straw ticks for beds. They had only
travel ratiors, hard tack $slltless
crackers. to stay their hunger but on
Sunday they filled up on n liberal allow
ancc Of fresh and canned beef. tomatoes,
baked beans. corn, p"tatoes, other vege-
tables. good bread and coffee. The Off
GERS are looked after by IL Baltimore
caterer and II staff of walters. \ re-
1,olt was published in n Baltimore paper
ON Monday that Sergeant Major War
burton. of Elktun. had been shot in the
foot and had hcroically acted aS his own
surgeon. The facts of the matter aS re-
lated by the adjutant are aS follows:
"That the whole thing was exngger-
ated," said he, " is proved by the fact
that only very small percentage of the
men in camp knew that the accident had
occurred Sergeant Louis Humphrey, Of
S,1 l,,, Stnl .l,,,, =
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-09-10
"HE COMETH
NOT" SHE SAID
Youthful Bride Waits For Spouse
Who Missed A Watery Wave.

Mr.. AMI Mrs. JnO. Edward Galloway's
hon"Nmnon. following n runaway mar
l''lgc. TASTED lt~S than fCIty-cight hours
and then ended by the g'ro,,m jumping
overheard ut Light Street Wharf. Balti-
more.
Mn. Galloway said on Monday that
>'lr WIS Miss Melissa Simpson. daugh-
ter Of james Simpson. Of IIarwood. Ac-
comHc county. Va. until last Saturday.
when she WIS married to John Edward
Galloway. SHE is very young. and on
account of her youth her parents OBJ
jCctrd 10 her marriage. 50 she and Gallo
way "!rped to Elkton. where the ccrc-
mory WIS performed by Rrv. T. +.
Mnrtndale ON Saturday
Monday the couple came to Baltimore
to take the boat from Light Street
Wharf for Pocomokc City. to return
home. when suddenly Galloway dashed
| off at full speed. daHhing through n deck
| door. which he must have mistaken for
II door leading to the street. Galloway
was rescued but after reaching terra
frma he asked to be permitted to change
his clothes and disappeared IN the crowd.
Mrs. Galloway remained on the steam
rr Monday night and mt 10 o'clock Tues
taly morning wis still waiting on the
| wharf for her husbands return. Friends
| requested that she go to her Virginia
home, but SHE refused. insisting that her
| husband would return.
Il know he'll be back" she said. Il
can't imagine why he left me as he did.
| | had never fus>'cd with him ror Sroldcd
him. He'll come back to me, know he
will"
| At II O'Clock Tuesday morning she
left with a friend for East Baltimore,
where she said it was possible that Gal
loway had gone. She promised to re-
turn to the boat and report the result of
her uucSt
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-09-10
MRS. TAYLOR W. M'KENNEY.

Mis-. Clara ClavelouX McKenney, wife
of Taylor W. McKenney, of Elkton,
died at her mothers home in Philadel-
pha. on Tuesday morning Of conSump-
ton. She was :, daughter of the late
+. H. ClavclouX. of Philadelphia. Her
funeral was held yesterday afternoon
from the residence of her mother Mrs.
Clara j. Clavcloux. 312S Montgomery
avenue. Philadelphia. with interment in
Hillside Cemetery
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-09-10
REPORTED SALE
OF ROLLING MILLS
The Mccullough Iron Company's
Plant AT North East Change
Owners.

The North East Star of Saturday con-
tanned the following interesting item
There is IL well-authenticated report
on the street that the rolling mill prop
erty of the Mccullough Iron Company,
at North East, was sold on "Wednesday.
The property sold includes the hand where
the mills stand and the warehouses. The
name of the purchaser is not given. nor
is the purpose of the purchase mamed.
1t is within the range of absolute GER
tainty to say that the sale has been ef
fccted. except possibly as to the actual
transfer of the property. and il is rea-
Sonahr to conclude that the object of
the buyer is to- utilize the pror, rty for
some industrial purpose that will prove
to he Al benefit to North East"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-09-10
Got His Outfit AT Prices.

y pretty smart burglar. likely of slight
build. logged himself out in new fall raj
ment At the expense of +. +. Price some
time after midnight on Monday. The
thief lifted the grating on Bow street,
covering the coal dump, at Mr.. Prices
store, and dropping down. broke a win
dow in the cellar. He got up on the
marin floor and proceeded to secure II
pretty complete outfit. suit of clothes,
underwear. stockings. hat and three
pairs of shoes. He left an old cap, tum-
bled over more or less goods and took
his departure the way he entered.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-09-10
Passenger Was A Parsonage.

w. H. II. Hart. the colored lawyer,
who spent two days in Elkton Jail last
week. for refusing to comply with the
Jim Crow" law between Iron Hill and
Elkton. is somewhat of a philanthropiSt
who has conducted Il school for boys Il
few miles south of Washington largely
AT his own expense. He is II lecturer at
the Howard (colorcd University Law
School and is said to enjoy the esteem
of the Bar and Courts of the District,
having served as am nttachc Of the lat
ter for twenty years. He will probably
take through trains. to which the law
does not apply. hereafter, when passing
through Maryland.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-09-10
Cooch's Bridge Celebration.

The 121th anniversary of the unfurl-
ing Of the STARS and Stripes" in battle
was informally observed ut Co,ch'S
Bridge by Caesar Rodney Chapter. ID.
A. r.. on Saturday together with the
New Castle County School Teachers
Association. There was quite n good
attendance. lmpromptu speeches We're
made and j. wilkins Cooch gave an in
tcrcSting address on The Traditions and
History of Cooch'es Bridge" Visitors
were present from Wilmington and Sev-
eral nearby towns.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-09-10
PURNELL LEGION
VETERANS
To Hold Reunion AT Bay view Next
SATURDAY..

The reunion of Company f, Purnell
Legion, will he held in Mechanics Hall,
Bay View, on Saturday next, September
II. The meeting will last all day. The
orators of the day will be Major w. Z.
Fulton. of Oxford, and w. II. Warbur
ton. Esq. of Elkton. The Ladies' Aid
Society of Bay View Church will serve
refreshments. All Civil War veterans
and their friends are cordially invited to
attend aS il is proposed to take steps
hooking toward the raising of the money
required for the erection of IL monument
ut Elkton to the memory of tccils
| Mon veterans suggested at the reunion
of Shows Battery last fall
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-09-10
Ten Struck By Bolt.

Lightning on Saturday afternoon
struck ii building occupied by employees
of the Torsrh canning factory at Smyrna
Landing killing Mrs. Mary Mach and
rendering nine other persons unconscious.
Mrs. Malch showed 10 sign of injury,
and DIR. w. Il. Me>Sick Said her death
had probably been due to heart disease,
aggravated by the shock. Two of the
injured persons are in Il critical c0ndi-
ton. The storm did much damage in
the vicinity of Smyrna Landing.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-09-10
MONDAYS GAMES.
EII[TON-RISING Sun.

Rising Sun saw on Monday the great
est crowd perhaps ever gathered within
its limits assembled to witness the cru
cial struggle between the home and Elk
ton teams. The special train took up
wards of 300 visitors from Elkton and
other stations to the battle ground while
teams from every direction lined the
roads leading to the village. Play was
called promptly at 3.25 and the root
crs' for the rivals had adj the occupation
they wanted throughout the contest.
Both teams played the ivcst kind Of ball
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-09-10
DEATHS.
MRS. ANDREW J. KELLEY.

The funeral of Mrs. Andrew j. Kelley
WAS held on Tuesday from the residence
Of her brother. Daniel J. Muhcrin in
Wilmington, with services at st. Peters
Prot Cathcdral Mrs. Kelley died at her
home in Cherry Hill on the LIST inst. e,
after II lingering illness. Her husband
sailed on August 10 from Buenos Ayrcs,
Argentina, where he had been engaged
for more than Il year past installing
paper machinery. Mrs Kelley leaves
four children.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-09-10
To Sell States Canal Stock.

The States interest in the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal is to be sold The
Board Of Public Works has prepared an
advertisement which after securing At
torncy General Rryan'es approval will
be published The States specific inter-
est in the waterway will be duly set out
and bids will be invited for December 1
unNt
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-09-10
Thrown Under Horses Hoofs.

John McLanc, q years old. while re-
turning with his father. J. II. McLane,
tcEant on the James Hepburn farm in
Kent county. from the steamboat wharf,
was thrown under the wagon. owing to
II body bolt falling out. and crushed to
death on Tuesday. The father was oc-
cupied with the horses which ran away,
and did not know of his chld'; death
until he had checked the team.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-09-10
Will Visit EIkton Council.

State Councillor George w. Webb and
several other prominent members of the
Jr. o. L. A. NJ. will visit Elkton Coun-
ell. TUESDAY evening, September 2Oth.
Invitations have been extended by Elkton
Council to Earlrvillr tccilton. River
view, Chesapeake and ChildS Councils
to br present at the meeting.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-09-10
Circus WAGON Driver Killed.

Michael Shaughnesey. alias Harry Me
Donald, driver of Welsh Brothers three
tongued circus wagon. while lying asleep
under it at Snow Hill on Monday night
was run over by its wheels and killed
He had failed to show up and new
man took his place who drove over him.
1t was at first thought he had been mur-
dcred. He is said to have a wife and
to have hailed from Wilkesbarre. Pa.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-09-10
Barlow 6 Wilson's MinsfreIs.

Barlow Il Wilson's high class and
ever popular MINISTRIES are billed for next
Friday evening ut Elkton Opera House.
All who enjoy the attractions of this
distinctly American form of entertain
ment will, no doubt. be on hand fer the
fine bill regularly presented by this de-
servcdly famed troupe.