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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-16
MiddIebOurne Personal
Items of Interest

| man of Lima, accompanied by his
wife and Miss Kathryn Barnes,
took 6 o'clock dinner with Mrs.
ID. H. Morey last evening. They
returned to Lima last night.
Mrs. c.. D. Eastman and Miss
Maude Marshall drove out to Sis
tersville yesterday to do some
Xmas shopping.
The South Penn water station
near town was compelled to close
down a few hours today on &C.
count of the scarcity OF gas.
Lon Wilson, the popular con-
tractor, is staying a few days in
town transacting business and
looking after his oil interests.
Homer Reed is suffering from a
very sore foot caused by the rub
bing of his shoe. 1t is feared
blood poison may be the result.
Mrs. G. w. Gregg and Miss
Sadie Berkeley Of the jug, were in
town a short while this evening.
They were on their return from
a visit to Sistersville friends.
J. c.. Mayfield, the popular
representative for the New Mar
tinsville Grocery company, is at
home for a few days with his fam
lily.
L. L. Smith and daughter,
Miss Daisy, and John Smith were
among the many visitors at Sis
tersville yesterday from our
town.
Mrs. Alkaline Seckman of Ak
ron, is a visitor at the home of
Deputy Clerk John Meredith. She
is on her return from a lengthy
visit to relatives at Wheeling and
Bellaire.
Prosecuting Attorney Under
wood, Deputy Sheriff Adams and
Justice II. B.Warner are at 1uka
where the coroner's inquest is be-
ing held over the body of the late
VIM. Mccormick.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-16

Middlebourne, Dec. 16.-Com
plants are being made aboutoul
gas service. Today many OF ou1
citizens were compelled to gathe1
| in wood and coal to make fires
to keep sufficiently warm. I'M:
is the first time we have ever hao
any cause to complain since the
Oxford people have been supply
ing our town with gas.
I. D. Smith of Wick, was tran
sacting business in town today.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. W. Chrlsley
were shopping in Sistersville yes
terday.
Mrs. Dora Furbee of Akron, is
a guest at the home of F. F. Fur
bee this week.
George Meredith of Pursley,
was transacting business at the
Court House today,
S. R. Bartlett and M. j. Bart,
lett are registered guests at the
Hotel Central tonight.
Frank McCann, the portly look,
ING oil man of Marietta, is a guest
at the Tyler House tonight.
j. H. Bridgemen of New Mar
tinsville, is transacting business
in town and is at the Central.
Clark Lazear of Kidwell, and
o. D. Ash of Sancho, were
among the business visitors here
today.
Frank Weber of Weston, is
among the witnesses that are Civ
ing evidence in the suit of Con,
away ct al.
c. F. Stealey returned yester,
day from a combined business and
pleasure trip to Wheeling and
Parkersburg.
G.. E. Pyle was business visi'
tor in Sistersville today. He was
accompanied by his sister, Miss
Arvilla Pyle.
Frank Wilson, a popular oil
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-16

:, The annual banquet of the Sis
tersville Volunteer Fire depart
ment was held last night in the
Citizens Hose house. Prelimi-
nary to the adjournment to the
banquet hall the assembled guests,
amused themselves playing cards,
smoking, ETC., in the reading
rooms. At II o'clock the doors
to the banquet hall were thrown
open, and the firemen with few
invited friends sat down to a
feast that would warm the
cookies of any mans heart.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-16
Firemen'S Banquet a
-. -. :: Pronounced Success

Plates were laid for 108 and none
went begging. Mayor Kirkland
acted in the capacity as toastmas-
ter and as such made Chauncey
Depew look like piker. He in
troduced various members and
ex-members of the Fire depart
ment who made short but inter
esting speeches, and all were
appreciated and applauded IN
a manner which made the orators
swe!- with pride. 1t was a night
exemplifed' in glaring letters,
"Eat, drink and be merry, for to-
morrow you may be dead"
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-16

Our Stafford correspondent
furnishes us the following ac-
count of a fatal accident near that
place:
One of the most horrifying ac-
cidents that has ever occurred IN
or near the community, happen
ed Sunday evening, southwest Of
here, near Road Fork church, at
the home of John B. Spence, who
while putting a gun away in a
clothes-press near the fire, receiv-
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-16
Fatal Accident Near Stafford, O.

ed the contents in his head, max
ing a terrible wound, which must
have been instantly fatal, he fall
ing with his hand and arm in the
fire. The flesh was horribly burn
ed. Mr.. Spence was one Of our
best citizens, being very success
full farmer and stock buyer. He
leaves a wife and three children,
with many relatives and a host OF
friends to mourn his sad depart
ure.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-09-02
EARLY Settlement OF SOUTHERN DROWN
Interesting "reminiscences 81 Pioneer Days onl
the Jim Graphically Told
Wien Red Men Yielded Their Last Claim to Hunting
Grounds on the River

Humphrey of Rondel at the meeting Of the
Old Tacoma Park, July p 1904
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-09-02

personally Of some Of the most thor
sougll and competent teachers ir, is,,,r
" 8state e who have held positions Of |city
4 ~ pc slilsendenl, WHO, nnt quite thor
t'ttgtlly approving uf. some st the
methods used In olir Institutes have
and ire now buried out OF the li
position of Instructors simply because
the I the could see the working Of a tine
'sl Italian h,nda which means, if not
checked, a sure, complete and quick
sdes cruction OF our once grand and
glorious common school system.
And now before leaving this pa it 81
1 i our subject we want to say just i
word about these Institutes presided
over by these grafters I will simi5s,ss
quote the words OF i lady instructor
ayear ago. When asked by t,ne OF on
teachers what she thought of our
institutes, she replied with 4 twinkle
IN her eye, : We |, they are very nice
and beneficial faf us instructors, Z
Now It is q very dull mind Indeed,
that cannot draw from this q definite
and complete answer to the question,
What do you think of these
institutes? G. II. CREED. ii
Continued next week.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-09-02

wanted to know If they could get
some supper, as they had had nothing
to eat since morning, the Indians
dog having taken their dinner. After
wards Mr.. Foster told me the Indians
got the dinner. The next day we
moved north about Is miles, and Mr..
Slack made up his mind to locate at
a spot which proved afterwards to be
on section l3-i21-63, Brown county
We found that tile land was not
surveyed on the west side Of the river.
SO we staked out what we wanted and
made improvements thereon
In about two weeks the Indians
came up and told us they could not
have us there, that they owned the.
land aud that we must gd. Mr.. Slack
tried to buy the land and tile chief
wanted SIC, 900 for the land and $4O,-
600 Tor what timber we had cut. So
we we were all bankrupt at once.
Robert Love who was with us told
Mr.. Slack that they could all go to
the trading post and stay there until
the trouble was over. On the morn-5
ing Of the 7th Of June, 1873, we left
for Waubay. We had quite a time
|,recrossing on the log raft that we had
crossed with about two weeks before.
We had to pass near tile Iudianlodges
to cross Mud creek. The Indians
covered the prairie for more than a
mile. They came with ropes to get a
COW, but Mr.. Slack said they cold
not have one, as they would not sell
the land when he wanted to buy it
At Mud creek Mr.. hove talked with
the Indians about selling one Of the
girls. He asked them how many
ponies they would give. They said
| ten. Mr.. Love told them that be
WANTED forty ponies. The Indians
said they did not have SO many ponies
to spare, but the girls were worth it.
that the while girls we're pIeJLy nice.
After reaching Waubay we entered
compliant against the Indians to the
commanding officer at Ft. Sisseton
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-09-02
GAME LAW S

Now that the open season is here
there are some provisions OF the gam
law which the hunter should be full
ct'gnizant q, and they are;
The one making it unlawful
I; t,klll more than fifteen birds,
4 under penalty .of rot less than
i've or more than thirty days Inns
prIsosisnent, :,r not less than ten
dollars line for each bird SO IL
legally killed.
2, 10 knowingly hunt upon
the enclosed, occupied or cul-
tiyated lands OF another without
consent Of owner or tenant, under
penalty Of not less than ten Oh
more than twenty five dollars,
.. 10 ship out of the state
any game birds other than l5s
which the owner must accompany.
4. For the nonresident to hunt
withouta license which lis $40.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-09-02

/ made a start on the oath OF April,
1878, from Plainsvie@, Mimi, inscom-
panyE with two others, for Dakota,
after having received some informal
tion from an old neighbor by the
name Of William Sullivan, who drove
team for the government from Ft.
WadWofth to TT. Pierre in the year
1855. He told me about the beauti-
full prairies and that where they
crossed tile j i'm river there was quite
a body of timber: SO I had taken a
map and located the place as being
about where is now Brown and Sphinx
county line. as near as could
Judge. / reached the James rive. the
fifth of May, 1878, about five o'clock
p. M, with my partner and y party OF
three others from Marshall, Mimi. at
point about east of Mellette, on the
place taken afterwards by Thomas
Farmer. Y
The next day we went north to
Chedi lake. On our way up we saw,
just above the mouth Of Mud creek,
about sixty lodges Of the Drifting
Goose band OF Indians. They came
out to see where we were going, but
did not molest us. We camped the
sixth at Chedi lake and the next day
our party started back for Marshall,
Minnesota. When / arrived there I
met, Henry Ell. Slack and family and
induced them to return with us to
the Jim river, telling them what a
fine country it looked to be. So after
anumber of days we were ali landed
at the old camping ground on the
river east of Meilette, about the 24th
Of May, 1878. gsss ss
While we we're eating supper we
saw in the distance down the river
four lorsemen. They had seen our
camp ana came in, two white men
and two Indians. The whites were
1 Chas. B. Foster and Rob Il Love, who
4 owned a store at Waubay and were
trading with the Indians. They
: said they We're very hungry and
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-09-02
O|l:|E||N D |l|h ITEMS
IWenty y-ole Years ago this Week
in Aberdeen and Brown
County.
From the Files Of Lhe Republican.

Twenty one years ago Brown County
had a base ball team that went, ont
and .nt played the territory from Grand
Forks and to Huron and f1rth,r
20 south winning every game they play-
ed. Esd. AZ a tournament at Huron s, tlev
Won 1865 IN prizes. a
a notice was running Of d special
sselss5lon to be held on Sept tember 2att,
70 vote on 4 proposition to bond the
city for s2obO0. or this snm $4,000 was was
for water Iorks; So, 800 to fund float-
lng lndebts sdness Of the city; $500 to
oal y council room and engiue house:
$1,000 for fire apparatus; $4,000 for "a
ternal tmpfoyments. The bonds or.
rled by vote OF 24O to 28. tits stated
tnat the opposition was led by s. II
Jumper ana Judge Drake.
Inc aloufing mill ofsthe Aberdeen
Milling Company was about complet-
ed g The eempany then consisted 81
=. 8. Pratt Iof Aberdeen and Or. dit-
#cneii .e,. and9N + Heath Of minneapolis.
fhe city school house, the one
g Torn down last year has just been op-
ened, but the number OF pupils IA
actendance was not given, but public
money was allotted to Aberdeen for
|2so children OF school age
=
Jewett Bros, then running the
shed Front grocery were beginning
70 TOD 40 81 q little wiolesaling having lust
supplied the whole stock for a new
flrm opening up at Leola.
Work onlthe Milwaukee extension
west q the city had just begun.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-09-02
Sick Headache.

For several years my wife was
troubled with what physicians called
sick headache OF q very severe char.
acter. she doctored with several
ielminent phys Jars and at a great
expense. Only to grow worse until SHE
Was unable to do any kind Of work.
About e year ago She began taking
Chant berlafn's Stomach and Liyel
Tabletssand today weighs more than
she ever did before and is real wall.,
says Mr. George E. Wright, OF New
London, New York. For sale Nv q
druggists gF757#
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-09-02
THIRD pfIRn1


The Northern an ormaiS iS md
duslrial School will begin its llirftls
year next fuesday, Septembe and
everything ind d ss Jl,;lt 1.-THE attend
ance will be mlcI, larg sti,an eitller
| or the past years, While mos tSofs 81
students come from the tl1erlppar6
Of the state. students and teachers
from Minnesota, North Dakota and
the sOus i,erI portion Of tliis state have
taken rooms il the 4 soriniLory 81 have
;lrfiti,geu for enrolment mex week ssI
mum Der OF changes ard 81 i'm proves
lnenfs have been ma de during the
summer and the buildings have been
cleaned, the iarge room on, .sl,e first
floor divided by ion ana folsling
doors tM1. 4 ssas.ss.. rooms; seYeral
rooms lave been ellhrgtd BY the s;.e-g
nloNal OF partitions, and tie black
boards throughout have been slated
The front porch OF the dormitory has
been re-cemented and number III I.
min convenie iences added.
The text books will net be rented
from the schsol hereafter but each
Student will purchase what he needs
at Salisbury Brothers book store. "a, q
the text books formerly used have been
taken down 70 their store where they
may be bought az greatly reduced
prices
E Next Monday viii be given over to-
enrol ollment and registration, tile ass
|signment of lessons and the getting
OF books and upplies. Regular reefs
tations and work Will begin on Tuesday.
Owing TO the ;tl,olisiInieut il OF free
text books ana supplies Iii the Model
lselloolsno itioli will be charged iii
that department. this year. The!
ltui:ion and incidental fees III, no
Normal department renlaiilsthe same,
ISsix dollars Tor q semester Of nineteen
weeks.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-09-02

Tlle Alberde cen % emocrat and the
Dakota Farmer, both one year, for5sl.i
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-09-02
Half Rate to State Fair At
Yankton. S. Oak

IA the Nortil- Western Zine. Ex-
cursion tickets will be sold at one
fare for the round trip Sept. 10 to l6,.
inclusive, limited to return until
Sept, IL inclusive. Apply to agents
Chicago g North Western Rsy. 1,
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-09-02

lind nothing better for iyer de
rengemcnt and constipation than
Ghambe s tsn acli and Live
Tablets And dreWs,s Des Moirles,
Iowa For sale BY all druggists.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18
INFLUENCE or THE MIND.
Prominent Psychologist Says Mental
Sentiment Frequently Produces
Marked Physical Effects.

Prof Elmer Gates. q psychologist -
wide repute claims 10 have recent;
made the discovery that unpleasant
emotions create harmful chemica,
products In the body which are physic'
ally injurious. Good, benevolent
cheerful feelings are said to create
beneficial chemical products which arc
physically htalthul These products,
1t is declared, may be detected by
chemical analysis in the perspiratiou
OF the individual Prof Gates says
he found more than 40 Of the bad
products ard as many of the good
Everyone knows that grief will poison
a mothers milk; in fact, it generates
an injurious quality so intense in
character as 10 sicEen an infant
OF all the chemical products of emo
ton that of guilt is said to be the
worst. II a small quantity Of .he per
spiration of a person suffering from
an emotion of this Kind he placed in
a glass tube and exposed to contact
with scientific acid it viii turn pink.
None of the other poisons similarly
generated exhibit the same phenom
enon.
Pink would appear to he the pc
culiar color of wrorgdoing. II Is
found that for each bad emotion thcr3
is a corresponding chemical change in
the tissue Of the body which Is life
pressing, eAhausting and poisonous.
On the other hand. every good mo
ton makes a l~ife-promptiug change.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18
UNCLE SAM GROWING FAST.
Population of the United States Now
Thought TO Be in Excess Of
Eighty Millions,

II is the belief of expert statisticians
Eat the estimate of the census bureau
Of 70, 500, 2S2 for the population of the
United States On June !, 1903, seems
conservative and is probably al least
l,000, 600 short Of the actual number,
The increase during the three years
by this estimate is 1905, Sl4 lnasmuch
as during the three years the rush OF
immigrants was enormous, reaching
over 1000. 000, this estimate implies
that our natural increase by births
over deaths has been only 1000, 900
This amounts to about .Q09 per cent
natural increase per year, Our natur-
al rate Of increase for the decade
lS90-1900 averaged nearly twice as
mueh-.0157, If our natural increase
has continued at this same rate-and
there is little reason To believe 1t has
appreciably diminished during the
three years-we have had an excess of
births over deaths of 3,5I2 O00, which
would make our total population on
June l, 1903, 81, 472, 900.
The census bureau will hereafter
make annual estimates of our populG-
ton based upon what Is known as the
arithmetical method.
This rests upon the assumption thar
the annual increase for each year since
the last census will be one-tenth Of
the deCennial increase between the
last two ensuses The country as Il
whole and most of the states aud
cities are growing with a steadily de
creasing percentage of increase, AS
this condition has obtained in the
United States for the last 20 years, It
is likely to hold good in the immediate
future. Under such conditions the
Grithmetical method has been proved
more accurate than any alternative
method.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18
LABRADOR A VAST SOLITUDE
According to All Accounts 1t Is the
Most Lonesome Region on
the Entire Globe.

The coast of Labrador is the edge OF
a vast solitude Of rocky hills, split and
blasted by the frogts and beaten by the
waves of the Atlantic for unknown ages.
A grand headland, yellow, brown and
black in its nakedness, is ever in sight,
one to the north Of you and one to the
south. Here and there upon them are
strips and patches Of pale green MOSES,
'ean grasses and dwarf shrnhbcTy.
There are no forests except In Homilton
inlet. Occasionally miles OF precipices
front tie sea in which fancy may rough
ly shape A. the structures Of human art.
More freqGent than headiands and
perpendicular sen fronts, says The Hos-
ton Transcript, are the sea slopes, often
bald ard tame, and then the perfection
Of all that Is picturesque and rough, In
the Interior the blue hills and stony
wales that wind up from among them
from the sea have a summerliko and
pleasant air. One finds himself pcOpling
these regions and dottinR their hills, val
leys and wild chores with human hahita-
tious, but a second thought, and a
m%ournful one it Is, tells that no men toll
In the fields awGy there. no women leep
the home off there, no children play by
the brooks or shout around the country
scnoOlhousc, no bees come home to the
hive, no smoke curls from the farm
house chimney, no orchard blooms, no
bleating sheep flock the mountain side
with Wilderness, and 10 heifer lows In the
twilight.
There is nobody there, there never
was but a miserable and scattered few.
and there never will be, II Is a great and
terrible wilderness, thousands Of miles
in extent and lonesome to the very wild
animals and birds. Left to the still
visitation Of the light from the sun,
moon and stars and the auroral fires, 1t
Is only 1T to look upon and then be
given over to its primeval sOlitarlness.
But for the living things Of It's waters,
the cod, salmon and seal, which bring
thousands Of fishermen to its water and
traders to its bleak shores, Labrador
would be as desOlate as Greenland The
time is now coming when with good
steamship accommodations the Invalid
and tourist from the states will befound
spending the brief but lovely summer
here, Notwithstanding its ruggedncss
and G~esolation.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18
SAFE AND CHEAP LIGHTS.
Invention Of a Device Which Abso-
lutely Prevents the Explosion
Of Ordinary lamps.

In Great Britain an invention which,
It is claimed. gives absolute safety to
oil lamps is being applied to practical
uses. The device consists Of a circular
metal box, the size vary ing according to
the candle powder required In the box
is a deposit OF salt. over which is a layer
Of cotton waste specially prepared.
Running through the gotten packing
is an asbestos wick. woven by hand, and
which is practically iuacstructihle, ard
requires only occasional attention. BY
immersing the box in petroleum or para
fin the cotton waste absorbs the re-
luistte quantity OF oil in q few minutes
through small lateral iutcrstices That
accomplished and the metal being dried
externally thcapplicatluu ofa light totbe
asbestos wick produces o bright. steady
white light, the candle power being In
proportion to the size of the box. tho
consumption of OIL being less ami. ac-
cordingiy the cost being correspondence
ly cheaper than il the Iipht were OBJ
tanned from an ordinary lamp
Moreover. It Is claimed absolute safe
ty is assured. The ashtstine lamp may
be inverted, may exhaust itself, may
be thrown down ur whjrled about. but
there is no danger. e Is Uyerred, as there
is no free oil or oil eaS that can be ig-
nitfd, and consequently there can be no
fire or explosion The patent is said to
be applicable to every spocies of lamp,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18

imum amount Of urgency which would
induce a trip of a hundred miles, but 1t
has remained for the electric road to
keep people constantly travelling short
distances impelled by motives that
would not have been sufficient to stcrt
them even five years ago. A 20 mile
journey on a steam railroad requires as
much preparation as a 200-mile journey,
but the interurban car, leisurely trayers-
ing the streets Of the town to collect Its
passengers, at frequent intervals, Is such
a convenient, lazy way Of getting around
that 1t seems not to require much in the
way Of plans or of packing. To choose
between the morning train at S:l3 and
the afternoon train at 1857 required de-
%cision, to catch the train required fore
thought; while nowadays, If at ten a. m.
it seems casually advisable to go to
Jonesport, all that is necessary is to
wait for the hourly interurban car to
pass the door.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18
PENNIES IN THE SLOT.

Man is Natures funny page.
Many a peach has the disposition OF
h lemon.
Are the Sins" Of a saint all long ser.
mons?
1t makes even a preacher feel good
10 hold a full house.
Charm is the tulle bow on the collar
of womarkind.
How many a temper instead Of be
Ing preserved has been picked!
Lord, | thank thee l am not wise;
thou knowest how | hate loneliness
Sometimes worth wins a woman; al.
ways lack of worth retains her affec
tons.
Some men regard religion az the
mothballs of the next life.
Lord, If ever | have TO eat dirt, Jet
It be gold dust.
Good Lord, didst thou create us for
thy angels testers?
And the good Lord, after he had
created man and endowed him with
love and life, saw that he was still
unhappy. Then it was he devised ind!
gsstion.
How sweet the moonlight sleeps
upon this bank" began Shakespeare
hero. Darling, have you a bank?'
gurgled the delighted Jessica, thus be
traying the fact that she was Shy
locks daughter indeed and in truth