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pump which win thought tlmt the SfjiInimi aro slight -id without dook-o of llio nccidout charge of Ciiptniii breaking tho ico loot of sluomboats bout who ordered by tho iiiBUrunoovornl yours eineo umwhii, tho best ’ittsburg and Ciii-8o orowdod with now is.colored boy, who i head with an iron diool about n year moor, also colored, near dying at tho ly soi/.ed with ii'B boy was uucon-duys after ho round it was then ry to his brain was :iiB illness now is jutablo to thatdcrwnro reduced, tho next 10 days, J. Wi l.I.IAMSON.rslons via Ohio Con* Lilies..Iiiuiinry tilth, Fob-tli. Mureli Dili mid unit I?tli. to points itliwost. West unit ■ ill partIcnlnrs call (llilo I 'em rat Lines, Moores, 1*. A., Cnrgo, I’ass. Agent, I’eters, Pass. Agent, lt;i. Patterson, Pass. y., Uliarleston, WestNG.ny Hiirroiiuiiing iiiiih, u iooks very much like tho parent, Pittsburg, so to spank, or as it onoo looked—-before so many people settled there and built so many furnaces and Juised so much smoko.Klmwood is the name of tho poelollioe Sam King “licks the stumps and runs n big gonorul store. Tho peoplo all say ho does a big business, and wo think ho does. Among other busni’ ” of llio pluco is a groat smithing shop and grist mill, oto. Here is tho only brick school house in tho district. They have a good school.Ska i’I’bh. fTo tie continued.1Nicely lCntoi'taincd.Last night Miss Helen Halo nicely ontortainod a number of her lady anil gontlemou frionds in honor of her guest, Miss Morris, of Codnr Grovo, at her mother’s homo on Viand street. Tho ovoning was very pleasantly spent in playing diHeront kind of games and on-lightening conversations. The guests woro treated to a most do-lioious spread of refreshments which were greatly enjoyed Those present woro: Misses CharlotteMoOullooh, Mary AloOullooh, Lew MoOullooh, Annie Middieooff, Fannie Ray, Blanche Shaw,'. Allie Shaw, Miss Morris, Mrs. Clinton Halo, Prof. Peter Sloonborgon, Dr. J. M. Mooro, Messrs. RusboII MoCtillpeh, Low Campbell, Clinton Halo, Wesley Kooster, John Me-Cullooli.Bnokhnunon, always heretofore reliably Republican, went Democratic at tho municipal olootion last Thursday by a majori y of 57.a fow days ago.—Huntington Advertiser.Appointed.Mr. S. P. Knapp of this place, was yostorday appointed Superin-tondontof tho Poor Farm, by tho County Court, in the room and stead of Mr. Chas. Meek, resigned. Mr. Knapp will take charge tho first of March, 15)00. He will make a good man for tho place, and we congratulate him t.ponjhis appointment.Tho county court has purchased of Lon T. Pilchard two of Bridgman’s maps of West Wirginia. It iB tho boat mop of West Virginia over gotten out and ought to be in ovory homo and oflice in tho State.Three childron of Mrs. .Joe Riflle, near Beech Hill, is quite sick with typhoid fover. Tho father died about a month ago with tho same disease.Copt. P. F. Spencer, who has boon tho faithful employee and who had ohnrgo of tho Marmot Coal Co’s Coal Landing at Cincinnati, for a number of years past has resigned his position, and returned to his homo at Henderson Saturday. Mr. “Buok Holdreu has taken Mr. Sponoer’s place.The FI. K. Spilmau, while trying to break the ioo nt Middleport Sunday, got oaught between the shore ico and a largo cake which crushed her sides in nud sinking her. There is about two feet of water on her deok. The Spilman is owned by the New Haven Tow-boat Company, and is prnotioally a brand new boat.Rough, Red SkinsA tho roanlt nf naincr eommnri anonpromptly mid soon had tho Iiobo at* tuohed to the plugs. Hod there boon water nt the first with proper pressure, tho boys believe they could have saved the building. Tho look of water in the roeorvoir, soems to have boon an oversight on tho part of tho Council, but of courso suoh a fire was not anticipated. But tho Council should see that sufficient water lor fire use, should bo in the roeorvoir horoaftor, oven if they linvo to pay the Water Company oxtra to put it there.None of tho adjoining property was damaged.The Poind ox tors said this morning, Hint they intended to rebuild and go into tho milling business nt once, in this place.Arrested.Marshal Ed. Kuhn,of Gallipolis, and officer Wm. Foglesong, arrested Wilber Bwishor, Saturday, at his brother-in-law’s, (Burt Cion-denin,) on tlio Bright farm, near Hickory Chapel, upon a warrant charging him with having struck a man over tho head with a olub, Thursday night, nt Addison, Ohio, and who has been unconscious since, and is in n vory dangerous oondition. Tho prisoner went book with, officer Kuhn without objecting.Musical lSntertaluniont.The most unique and artistic Musical Eiitortainmont ever presented to the public will bo given by tho World Famous Rook Band, from London, Eugland, at Hootf’s Opera House, January 24th, 1SKX), under the auspices of Christ Church.Prof. A. S. Zerbe, Heidelberg College, O --I have hoard the Rock Band at Crystul Palace, London, England, where thousands of people were in attendance. Their performance on tho mtiBioal rooksgar is a quick relief for earache.In conversation with Undo Eli Coleman, the sexton of Lone Oak Cemetery, near this city, he informed us that if had been thirteen years since thut city of the dead had been opened to the public, and during that tiino ho had prepared on an average thirty.throe graves a your, a total of four hundred and twenty-nine. How time rolls on, and how many have boon taken from our midst! Wo can scarcely believe so many of our relatives, frionds nnd neighbors have boon laid to rest in so short a period of time. Tho number that is now buried in Lone Oak will ekooed fivo hundred, as tho sexton soyB a groat many have boon buried by others, nnd some taken from the old graveyard, whioh nro not included in his estimate.Bargains in corsets, o.Mrs. L. J. Williamson.A total eolipso of tho sun is scheduled to tuko place this year. This is something that hasn’t hoen soon for n number of years and it will arouse groat interest. Formerly suohanevont soared the natives into fits but this time it will not frighten any one to any extent. Total eolip8es do not come very frequently nnd tho ocourronoo will bo one of unusual moment.Pnrkorsburg has a* new directory, nnd it makes an astonishing exhibit of tho inoreaso of population. Tho ilireotory issued in 1897 gave an estimated population of 16,506. By the now dirootory tho population is, approximately, 28,956, showing an increase in two years of 7,452.All Winter Goods, suoh as Drees Goods, Cloaks, {Skirts Tailor-madetors conducting their mootings by attending services nnd getting others to attend.G. W. M. Hood guarantees every bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy nnd will refund tho money to nuyono who is not satisfied uftor using two-thirds of tho contents.— This is tho best remedy in tho world for la grippo, coughs, colds, oroup and whooping-cough and is ploasunt and safe to take. It prevents any tondonoy of a oolil to ro-sult in pneumonia. For sale by G. W. M. Hood, Druggist.Buyers know a good thing wlton they seo it, and this is tho reason J. Friedman Co. nro kept busy.We have just received from tho author, Facts in Civil Government For thoTonoher, the Student nnd tho Citizen,” by T. L. Davies, A. B. It is elegantly finished in dot li nnd is sent froo by mail for 60 cents, It is a book that should bo in tho hands of everyone, and especially the teacher.Tho holidays have loft in tho hands of too many careless boys tho dangerous target guns. Run them oil the streets, Messrs. Policeman.Andrew Cnrnegio says ho will not contribute to tho Republican party. Well, tho Republican party is not n library, and that’s a foot.A newspaper headline announces that Gataoro has oheokod tho Boors. It will bo remembered that Bullcr cheeked hie baggage for Pretoria, but it hasn’t got there yet.J. Friedman Co. woro competed to employ two lady clerks and can use two more. Their regular corps of clerks are unable to attend to the taking of an invoioe, as they
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Point Pleasant, West Virginia, US
Wed, Jan 10, 1900
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