The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-15
BUGiHiHANNON
HAPPENINGS
News Of Upshur Capital and Its.
Vicinity Reported by
CORRESPONDENT.

BUCKHANNON, Dec. 15The de-
linGuent lands for 1914 taxes were
sold at public auction at the front
dor OF the court house Monday morn
ing, and with the exception Of one
for a coal company, and one property
owned by Infant heirs, the sale to in-
dtvtduals amounted to but 5000.
Ni:s.,s Married.
An interesting wedding was quiet
~ solemnized by the Rev. Curtis Rob
inson OF the United Brethren church
at the county clerks Office in this
city Monday evening, December IL,
In which Hanson Hamilton, son Of
Mr. and Mrs. John Hamilton. OF
Adrian. and Miss Daisy Osborne,
daughter Of MIR. and Mrs. Edmund
Osborne. OF Queens, both parties
being mutes. This was the first mar
riage OF the kind that the Rev. Mr..
Robinson ever performed, and it ISL
hardly necessary to say that the sign
method was placed into service.
Ticket Named
The following ticket has been
named for the coming city election
in January: Mayor. g. N. Pew; re-
corder, S. G.. Weaver; counctlmen,
f. M. Farnsworth. @. IA. Bailey, J. M.
Shoemaker, e. j. Hoover and r. p.
Crowley.
Postoflce and Store Robbed.
Burglars entered the general store
and postofIice Of T. G. F'itzwater at
Holly grove near here between the
hours of and s in the ecenfng. and
relieving the cash drawer OF $780,!
which SEQ belonged to the postofice
register A careful examination and
search for the guilty party or parties
was made Immediately after the dis
rn Hs1Ff T1IJk oil,
been obtained up to this time.
Or. L. n. Forman went to Terra
Alta on professional business the first
of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. c. Griffith returned
TO their home at Clarksburg. Tuesday.
after spending a few days here with
the latter's sister, Mrs. Purdy Hyre.
Miss Bertha Bishop is spending a
few DAYS with Grafton friends.
Prof. IS. ]. Mac1Vaters of the Amer
lean University, of Washin gton;$ d. C.
was here the first Of the week a 4
guest Of DR.. and Mrs. Wallace 3.
Fleming.
y. p. Chidester, who recently IN
derwent a surgical operation at the
City hospital. is doing nicely.
Lorentz r. Hodges. who had been
stenographer and bookkeeper for the
Thornton Brick Company at Clarks- /
burg, has resigned and has accepted /
a like position with a chemical com
pany at st. Adams. He spent few!
days here the first Of the week with
his parents while enroute to st. Al
bans
DR.. IS. K. Arbuthont has purchased /
and moved his family into the Rev.
I George w. Pollock property on Cen
trail avenue.
Mrs. Sidney Raymond. who has
been suffering from paralysis since
June, is now able to be about the
house a little by the aid of clutches.
in this city.
DR.. Frank b. Trotter. Of the state;
University was. a visitor over night
Henry Neff. the Oldest citizen
of the town, met with a slight acct
dent a few d avs ago. when he stnbbed5i
his toe and fell to the street, striking
his face and cutting his nose very
badly.
Mrs. Lucy LAWSON. Of Weston, # !.
spending q few days here With heI
niece. Mrs. Lucy Niles
r. L. bland. of Weston, was a visitor.
in the city Wednesday.
Mrs. Rose Coursev. of Willtamsville.
Va, lis in town visiting her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. Ct Farnsworth, and
her daughter, Mrs. Hud Crissman.
Miss Veltna Wilson. one of the efic-E
ient.young nurses OF the City hospital,
is spending a few weeks at her homo
at Holcomb. Nicholas county recuper-
nting from asurgical operation.
A. p. Russell, who went to BaltimoreI
in October to have a tobacco cance.
removed from his lip. has returned
home, but has not fully recovered and /
will soon return to that city to have |.
further treatment.