Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-13

Letter From
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A number of friends from this
place attended the obsequies of
Samuel McCoach today.
Ethel, the daughter of Attorney
Thomas Engle, has been quite i'll
for the last few days with tonsili-
tbs. ,
Hon. T. P. Hill and K. c. Moore
came up from Charleston and
spent Sunday with home folks, re-
turning today.
J George W. Elder of Shirley,
who is well known to many of our
citizens, is reported to be danger
ously i'll with consumption.
L. L. Smith, proprietor of the
Central Hotel, contemplates TAX
ing a Western trip in the interest
of his health in few days.
W. W. Childers disposed of his
household goods last Saturday at
public auction, and the house va
Gated will be occupied by Charley
Morris.
Mrs. Marie Courtney of Dodd
street, has been confined to her
home for the past few days with q
complication of diseases, but her
physician reports her condition at
present not serious.
The friends from a distance
that attended the funeral of Miss
Emma Amelia Burgbacher were
Glenn Watson and wife Of Friend
lily, Louis Ankrom and James An
krom of Kidwell, Mrs. o. j. Smith
of Sistersville, Miss Lucy Burg
bacher and Amelia Martin of New
Matamoras, O., and Misses Mary
and Katie Redman of Mt. Vernon,
O., and Miss Blanche Stealey Of
Marietta, o.
A law suit which promised such
interest as to attract large at
tendance was pending before JUS
tice Marshall last Saturday. The
style of the case was Victoria
Hester VS.. George Orr, who
brought suit to recover the sum
of $500 damages for the use of
a gas well. 1t appears that six
heirs are joint owners of the well,
of which the plaintiff and defen-
dant are two of said heirs, and
that the defendant converted suf-
icient gas from the well for do
nestle purposes without account
ing to the other heirs. A settle
ment of their differences was
made out of court.
1t has been reported by some
of the attaches from this county
down at Charleston that Hon. T.
P. Hill has not been in harmony
with the present administration,
or rather Dawson's tax reform,
and by reason of the Immortal
eleven" combining with the Dem
ocrats, there will be nothing &C
complished. We would ike to
know what the Dawson support
ers call tax reform, for every bill
introduced affecting general leg
islation and supported by Daw-
sons followers has been to create
new offices with large salaries at
tached to be appointed by the
Governor in order to give him
greater prestige. If that is what
they call tax reform the people of
this county will be pleased with
the position taken by our Senator
We do not pretend to forecast
the report or the committee ap-
pointed to examine the condition
of the court house as to being
safe for public use and for keep
ing public records, in writing that
Tyler county needs a new court
house. 1t is not a matter in which
politics should enter, therefore
the only question presenting itself
for consideration is the expendi-
ture of a sufficient sum of money
necessary to erect a desirable
building. If our court house is
to be repaired from year to year
at great expense to the taxpay-
ers, when it is self-evident that
within course of not many years
new court house must be built.
We are better able to build at the
nreSent while receiving taxes