The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-09
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petition the county court for d foot
bridge along the side Of the county
bridge spanning the West Fork at
this place. Two or three papers are
now in circulation and the people are
unit in the belief that the county
should give us this convenience. The
bridge is unusually narrow to begin
with and the travel over it is almost
continuous, making it extremely in
convenient if not hazardous for
pedestrians.
c. A. Short has a force Of men at
work cleaning of the lots over which
the flames swept but with the excep-
ton Of temporary building or two
no building will be done on that site
this year. Mr.. Short is now build
ing fine home on the west side Of
the river which he expects to com
plete late in the summer, after which
he will begin the erection Of a bust
ness block on the corner lot where
the opera house stood and which is
one Of the best business lots in town
in point Of location. He will make
the building freproof as near as pos
sible.
At public rental on Saturday, B.
n. Harmer let the farm Of Mrs. Ell
len Shinn on Rooms run, to Leslie
Vincent for a one year term. The
farm contains sixty acres and is ex-
ccllent grazing land.
W. D. Bryan is now conducting a
first-class news stand in connection
with his drug store, which is much
appreciated by the public. Besides
having on hand all the late maya
zines and periodicals he is handling
the leading newspapers. OF the
nearby papers he delivers the Fair
mont Morning Times and The
Clarksburg Telegram, and Of the
other papers that are extensively read
here he handles the Wheeling papers,
and Pittsburg and Cincinnati pa
pers.
Mr.. Homer Martin and Miss Edna
May Snyder were married at the
parsonage here Saturday morning
BY Rev. s. L. Jones. Mr.. Martin is
a son Of J, W. Martin, Of Mudlick,
and his bride is an accomplished
young lady of Meadowbrook. The
young couple will reside at Meadow
brook, where the groom is employ
cd.
Miss Kate Thompson, daughter Of
=. W. Thompson, of Koon's run,
had the misfortune of breaking her
leg while at school one day last
week, She was pushed over an en-
bankment while at play on the school
ground. The member had to be set
three times before the operation was
successful.
Postmaster, Jas. N. Knox received
word Monday that his brother
Charles, who recently located at
Santa Monica, Cal, is dangerously
III with pneumonia. Mr.. Knox's
man! friends here are sorry to hear
OF his illness and hope he will come
around all right.
y. NJ. Sage and Steve Wilson, who
have been employed on the survey.
ing corps of the Fairmont & Clarks.
burg Traction company. and located
mere, have resigned their positions
and accepted similar ones on thu
Fa II: and Warrington line.
W. hay Long and Frank Bunet
went to Pittsburg last week and &C
companied the, Shinnston runawa,
boys back to the parental roof.
a series of meetings will be hell
IN the new Christian church, begin
nlng in a few days. The meeting
will u be in charge Of Elder Long.
The hose company is in need 0
costumes to equip them to battl
with the fire fend properly and it
up to the property holders to furnis
the u, finance necessary to buy then
There is number of people her
who have property that have neyc
takn any part financially in the i'm
proyement of the town and they ca
now partly square themselves wit
the public by subscribing to til
fund to buy uniforms for the has
company. Mr., ]. 4. Coon IS eli
culating the paper IS