The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-13

ant and entertaining manner.
The family OF Mr.. and Mrs. De
Witt Roach, wen known people re-
siding at windeIl. Taylor county
have been suffering for a few days
past with ptomaine poisoning. re-
sulting from partalSing Of some kind
Of canned goods, and the life of one
of the children has paid the forfeit.
John n. Lowe, OF Jacksonville, has
brought action of trespass on the case
against the Philadelphia Company of
West Virginia. j. W. Dufy, presl-
dent. and w. B. Carson, secretary,
for $780, 900 damages. Lowe owns a
farm OF 1876 acres near Jacksonhurg
upon which is located producing
gas well drilled by the Philadelphia
Company.
The office and drug store of DR.. W.
s. Michael was destroyed by fire.
Many surrounding dwellings were in
great danger Of being destroyed but
for the sudden change OF the wind,
half the town Hendicks would have
been destroyed. DR.. Michael has
moved ito Fellowship where he viii
locate.
Hon. Joseph H. McDermott, OF
Morgantown president of the state
senate, gave It as his opinion that the
extra session of the legislature will
be an interesting one and that a vast
amount Of good for the state at large
will result from the session.
The board of directors Of the Graf
ton board of trade elected the follow
ing officers: President w. C. Byers;
secretary, r. NJ. Parish, treasurer, c.
A. Cole; first vice-presldent, H. c.
Compton; second vice president, c.
r. Durbin; third vice president, w.
r. Morgan, fourth vice president, II.
W. chattuck, fifth vice president, w
W. Tapp.
The jury in the case of DR.. w. L.
Stump, well known physician of
Barbour county. charged with dellv-
ering prescription to one James
Collins. with which he could Illegally
purchase intoxicants. brought in a
verdict of not guilty.
Jake Hill, the bad man from Be
lington. who has been in jail at Phil
ippi, charged with the murder Of
James Lebo. the Cherokee Indian,
has, pleaded not guilty. His trial
began Monday. There are forty Wit
nesses in the case.
The Monongalia members of the
legislature may be counted on to line
up solidly in favor of bill putting
officers on salaries and turning all
fees into the public treasury.
While playing shiny on Deckers
Creek Friday afternoon Attorney
James Gronninger was accidentally
struck in the face with Shiny
stick. He is able to be out but his
face is badly swollen.
The skeleton of a human form. |
half of 1t protruding from a rough
pine box and embedded in the ice
and snow on the bank of the Monon-
gahela at opekiska, was the surpris-
Ing discovery made by Constable |
John Lantz.
Henry schmulbach, of Wheeling, |
has sent check for 500 to the Mo- |
nongah mine sufferers.
A stranger who is tramping from
Columbus, Ohio. to his home in n
little Pennsylvania town, was attack
ed by an unknown ruffian in the B.
& Q. tunnel east of Wheeling.
Since the assistance Of the volun-
teers of America has been enlisted.
the combined efforts Of Mayor
Schmidt. Chief of Police clemans,
and Superintendent Halter, to make
the wheeling work house a real
place of reformation, are at last being
realized.
Little Reva Anderson. the two year
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. FLOYD
Anderson, of MartInsburg, was pain
fully burned by falling against red
hot stove.
Chairman John A. Book has again
advertised for bids for the construct
ion Of the Odd Fellows home at FL
kins, the bids to be opened at Par
kersburg at 1880 o'clock p. m, Feb
ruary s, 1908.
Parkersburg reports herself pros
porous and improving. and in ex-
ceIlent shape for rapid growth in the
near future.