Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-05-25
Interesting News
From Middlebourne


South Penn Company in this dis
trict went to Sistersville yester-
dav to meet r. A. Neill, General
Division Superintendent for the
South Penn Oil Company.
Rev. L. d. Ashby and family re-
turned last evening from a week S
visit with friends at iarrlsvllle
and Parkersburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Curry, OF
BIG Moses. were III town short
while Yesterday on their way to
and from Sistersville on bust
ness trip.
Miss Sina Twyman has been
ouite sick for few days and not
able to leave her room. She IS
suffering from throat troubie
which has been very annoying tor
some time.
Attorney NJ. D. IIanes, OF Sis
tersville, was in town YESTERDAY
on business at the clerk S Office.
He was on his way home from
business mission ofpaying rentals
and slrrendering leases through
the country.
Okev Fox. farmer who lives
near Centrcville, was instantly
killed yesterday while telling tim
Der on his farm. He was found
bv some one passing by. lie
leaves a wife and one child. sew
eral brothers and sisters.
James Newell. a resident OF
Ccntreville. but who Is engaged III
BUSINESS at Shirley, was among the
business visitors at the Court
house yesterday. He renamed III
town over night to attend the reg
Mar meeting Of Alhambra En-
campment.
S. b. Rush. an employee Of the
South Penn Oil Company, met
with a very painful accident while
engaged in pulling casing at the
o. p. w. StcaIcy well. yesterday,
tanning him in the knee, which Will
probably disable him from work
for some days.
r. !. Sellers. Jr., who has been
in charge Of an undertaking eS-
Establishment at Fairmont for year
or more, has resigned his position
and returned to our town where
he will take charge Of the furnl-
ture and hardware store recently
purchased by the Sellers Bros.
Mrs. Martha J. Spencer was ia
ken suddenly i'll about o clock
D. m. yesterday with hemorrhage
of the lungs. No doctor in town
the case looked rather serious for
a time but through the prompt
and efficient administrations OF
our druggist she was soon resting
quite comfortably, and IS now
feeling much better.
The different fraternat orders
in the town arc making prepare
tions to assist the old soldiers to
decorate and also to decorate the
graves of their departed brothers
and sisters. The Odd Fellows,
Rebekahs. knights of PytmaS.
Modern Maccabees and Ladies OF
the Macabces will participate, and
MANY Of the neighbor lodges have
been invited to attend and assist
i'm the exercises.
Will Keller, the popular South
Penn clerk. has been out In the
Elk Fork district for day or two
looking after the interests OF his
Company. Three wells on the ).
P. Morgan farm are being aban-
doned. and three mile Of three
inch line pipe is being removed
from this district to the Garner
district near Proctor. The John
Thomas well near town has been
abandoned and preparations are
being made to remove the material
therefrom.
Considerable excitement pre-
vailed yesterday among the ladies
near the home of Mrs. j. Nj. Swan
One of the ladies noticed the large
dog belonging to Mr.. Swan, ano
known as Fred, standing up Oh
the rain barrel near the corner
of the house. and thinking 1t very