The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-15

BUCJ(HANNON, Dec. 15-TEe de-
linquent lands for 1911 taxes were
sold at public auction at the front
dor OF the court house Monday morn
ing, and with the exception of one
for coal company. and one property
owned by infant heirs, the sale to in
divIduals amounted to but $10.30.
Mutcs Married.
An interesting wedding was quiet
" solemnized by the Rev. Curtis Rob
tnson of the United Brethren church.
city Monday evening, December IL,
In which Hanson Hamilton. son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hamilton. OF
Adrian. and Miss Daisy Osborne.
daughter OF Mr.. 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 is
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, C. N. Pew; re-
.coFder. S. G. Weaver; councilmen.
#. NJ. Farnsworth, n. A. Bailey. J. NJ.
Shoemaker, f. j. Hoover and r. P.
Crowley.
postOficc and Store Robbed.
Burglars entered the general store
and postofRce of T. G. Fitzwater at
Holly grove near here between the
hours Of S and 6 in the ecening, and
relieving the cash drawer of 500,
which $50 belonged to the postof11ce
register. A careful examination and
search for the guilty party or parties
was made Immediately after the dis
covery of the theft. but no clues have
been obtained UP to this time.
DR.. T. H. Forman went to Terra
Alta on professional business the first
of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. @. Grif1th returned
TO their home at C1arksburg Tuesday.
after spending q few days here with
the Iatter's sister, Mrs. Purdy Hyre.I
Miss Bertha Bishop is spending al
few days with Grafton friends
Prof. s.. j. Mac3Faters of the Amer
ican University of Washington. D. c.,
was here the first Of the week al
guest of DR.. and Mrs. Wallace b.
Fleming.
y. B. Chidester. who recently un-
derwent a surgical operation at thel
City hospital, is doing nicely.
Lorentz r. Hodges, who had been
Brick Company at Clarks-
burg. has resigned and has accepted
a like position with a chemical com
pany at st. Adams. He spent a few
days here the first of the week with
his parents while enroute to st. Al-i
bans.
DR.. S. X. Arbuthont has purchased
and moved his family into the Rev.
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 crutches.
She is a patient at the City hospital
in this city.
DR.. Frank B. Trotter. of the state
University was a visitor over night
on Wednesday.
d Henry Men. the Oldest citizen
of the town, met with a slight acct
dent a few days ago. when he stubbed
his toe and fell to the street. striking
his face and cutting his nose very
badly. .
Mrs. Lucy Lawson, Of Weston. is
spending a few days here with herE
niece. Mrs. Lucy Miles.
R. Z. Bland. of Weston, was a visitor
in the city Wednesday.
Mrs. Rose Coursey, Of Williamsville, !
Va, is in town visiting her parents, |
Mr.. and Mrs. It. G.. Farnsworth, and
her daughter, Mrs Hud Crissman.
Miss EVeln1as Wilson. ore of the effic-I
entyoung nurses Of the City hospital,
is spending a few weeks at her home y