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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12
esrn uyssse.

The Granville Free School gave
an exhibition on Saturday night May
9th, according to previous announce
ment, in your valuable paper, and it
was a success both ON the part of the
performers and financially AS usu-
al on such occasions lot Of drunken
rowdies were on hand, to the annoy
ance of the sober portian of the au-
dienee and the performers. Justice
}. f. Dent put a quietas on the gen
tlemen by informing them that he
would furnish them with quarters
until Monday morning at Hotel de
Grow, which had a good effect as they
well knew that the Justice meant
just what he said. Great praise is
due Prof. ID. Weidman for the inter
est he took i'll getting up the Exhibi-
ton and the success attending his
labors as teacher of the school,
The school also passed creditable
examination on Saturday in the
presence of the patrons Of the school
and the county Superintendent, who
delivered an address to the scholars,
which was full of good sepse and in
struction. The money taken in Mt
the exhibition is for the purpose Of
purchasing standard Dictionary for
the Granville Free School.
Yours,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

SOME sport of our town gets off the
following parody on
Two souls with but single thought;
Two hearts that beat us one:''
Two frogs with but single leap;
Two cats that NEW as one.n
He is sick of something, sure.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

The Wheeling Suudoy Leoder has
just entered the third year Of it's ex-
istence. The Leader is one Of the
best exchanges that we receive. 1t
always contains the latest news and
is full Of spicy reading matter. The
Leader is the only. Sunday paper pub
lished in West Virginia. Its price
is 50 per annum. Address SUNDAY
LEADER, Wheeling, w. Va.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

Mr., W. s. Downer a brotheri-in-
law of d. II. Chadwick and former
resident of Morgantown, died sud
denly at his residence in Huntington
Wednesday morning May 9th.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12
personal MENTION.

Marcus Laveen has his single out
in Pennsboro.
Rev. W. c. Macbeth is visiting
friends in town.
Capt. VIM. Stoey was in town Il
few days last week.
Matt and Ben. Dorsey, Jr., started
for Kansas, last Monday morning.
John Lazier of Baltimore is in
town stopping at his fathers Mr.
+. c. Lazier.
Our esteemed fellow citizen j. NJ.
keck, Of Reedsville Preston co., was
in to see us last Saturday.
Mr.. Ed. Wagner has, we learn gone
into the livery business in Wheeling.
Success to Ed.
Our esteemed friend Jno. f. Price
of Clay District was in to gee us this
week.
Rev. {. Warman, a former Monon-
galian, but recently Of Tucker Coun-
ty is visiting friends here.
Florence X. Wagner has returned
home after stay of several months
in Washington City.
DR.. G. Mc'Lane, the venerable pa
triareh Of Morgantown, is enjoying
better iisalth than usual.
Mr.. VIM. Basnett has been afllict-
ed with rheumatism, for several
weeks, but has still managed to at
tend to his business.
VIII Dent, ESQ, son of NJ. NJ.
Dent, went to Grafton last Monday
to engage in the practice of law with
his brother.
Mrs. Bell Welton is paying a visit
to her friends and parents. Mrs Wei
ton is a daughter of Mr.. JAS. Shay
and formally Il popular and success
full teacher here.
Mrs. Lizzie Zoller. we are reliably
informed, is somewhat improving in
health. Mrs. Il. accompanied by her
brother, DR.. w. l.. McLane, went to
her home in Baltimore several days
since.
President Thompson, arrived at
home on Monday last, after an alb
sencc Of three weeks travelling in the
interest Of the University lie visit
ed most of the important towns on the
line Of the b. d o. r. II. and in the
eastern part Of the state. He express
es himself as very much gratified mt
the reception he met with, at the va
rious points visited. He reports an
increased and growing interest in the
University, wherever he has been.
The people in many sections are just
beginning to find out the character
and scope of their State institution,
located at this point. He feels great
~ encouraged in his efforts to restore
and even surpass the former attend
anec at the University aud cntertains
no doubt Of it's future success. We
are more than ever convinced that
President Thompson is the right
man in the right place. He leaves on
Saturday morning again, for Hunting
ton, Charleston and Lewisb:rg. We
bespeak for him at these points an
attentive hearing.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

MIR. A. w. BRowN, of the west side
of the river, who was severely gored
by bull some time since, is now
about his business again.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

THESE are the days when the house,
wife plans glad surprises, such as hay
ing the carpet up and all he dishes out
of the pantry as the husband comes
home with friend to dinner.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

Trying to do business without adj.
verifying is like winking at pretty girl
through pair of green goggles. You
may know what you are doing but no
body else does
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

Morgantown is enlivened by the
noise of another steam whistle. c.
Phipps, has his steam saw mill in
operation in the rear of Hennen,s
LOT. Mr. p. makes a specially of
hickory humber, large amount of
which he ships to Massachusetts.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

QUARTERLY meeting will be held at
the African NJ. f. Church, ON Long
alley, Sunday, May 18th. Rev. J. w.
Dansbury, of Parkersburg, will Off
ciate
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

WITHIN three months 1873 men have
been arrested for robbing or tamper-
ing with the mail. We are acquaint-
ed with gentleman, not thousand
miles from here, who may make the
l34th one of these days.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

A Morgantown father asked his
young hopeful how the hole came in
knee of his pants. The boy said he
did not know without it was hole
some other boy had lost.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

WALNUT STREET SHAVING SALOON
You will always find Matt or Cell
ready to serve you with a shave, hair
cut or anything you may desire in
their line. Give them call.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

AccIDEnT.-Mr. James Wright, we
are sorry to learn, sustained severe
injury recently while attempting to
lift piece of timber Drs. McLane
and Brock are attending him.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

Will our subscribers and others send
us more news items from their respect
i've neighborhoods, and also put them
up briefly and to the point? We will be
thankful for all such, but must ask that
they do not unnecessarily multiply
words.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

The Changers have their store in OPP
Grafton at Flickersville. All persons
wishing goods at Changers prices
should give them q call. for they sell
cheap.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

MANY of our farmers have planted
their corn, and from what we can
learn, there will be larger acreage
of corn planted in Monongalia than
ever before.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

The rite of baptism, by immersion,
was administered to five persons, on
last Sabbath morning, by Rev. j. G.
Jordan, pastor Of the Morgantown
Baptist church. The ceremony was
performed in the river and was wit
messed by a large conoourse of peo-
Mo
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

Mr.. J. NJ. KERN has opened his
ice-cream saloon for the season. If
you don't keep COOL during the
heated term it will not be his fault.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

Several communications crowded
out this week. Others received too
late.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

Mr.. JAS. Troy, who was so badly
used up by Jno. Weekley a few weeks
ago, OH Dunkard, has recovered from
his bruises and is going about.
Weekley has been released from
Waynesburg Jail, on ha6eus corpus,
waiting trial.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

THE New DOMINION will answer
questions on legitimate subjects, as
far as it is able.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

ADVERTISING is to business what
steam is to machinery-the grand
propelling power.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12
ANNOUNCER ENT

WE are authorized to announce
CHARLES M. CHALFANT as an An
ti>license Candidate for the office of
Town Sergeant.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

TnE editor Of the Richie Gazette,
who cannot read or write English, &C
cuses us of abusing him in the Choc-
taw tongue. What we said about
his stupid effort at wit was in plain
English, and if he would only soher
up little he would comprehend the
situation. He raves about acquaint-
anee with the legends of the "Emer-
aid Isle and the determination of
snakes in Ireland, and accuses us of
resenting in this connection what we
did not understand. We didn't re-
sent anything, we simply suggested
the facts that too much snake medi-
cine had pervaded the brain Of the
Gazette man and given him visions
of reptiles, and he got mad and nc
cused us of abusing him. Pull down
your vest neighbor. wipe off your
chin" If this won't do, try blue
glass"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

sHAFER's new quarters, in Nc
Crews Building, is an Improvement
on the Walnut street Gallery. His
reception and operating rooms are on
the first floor, width avoids the ne
eessity Of climbing a long flight OF
stairs. His stock OF Frames, Tassels,
Cords, Albums, dc, is full and com
plete, and prices exceedingly low
Call and look at styles andpriees and
leave your order for | dozen photos.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

The ladies of the NJ. f. Church
have given orders for handsome set
Of pulpit furniture. They have also
made arrangements to have the wall
in the rear ofthe platform re frescocd.
The new furniture and fresh paint
will add much to this already com
Portable and attractive audience room.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

CAN'T each one of our friends get
us a new subscriber !?
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12
LOCAL NEWS.
The days. and taxes and Nelse Hoff,
mans nose are growing longer.

WANTED.-Beef Cattle, by Robert
Meathrell, Morgantown.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

SHOW this paper to your friends
and ask them to subscribe.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12
Morgantown Directory.
BOROUGH OFFICERS.
CHURCHES.

Baptist Church. Rev. J. C.Jordan; ser,
vices every Sabbath at 105 o'clock A. NJ.
and p. NJ; Sabbath School every sun
day at o'clock, ]. p. Shafer, superin
tendent; prayer meeting every Wedne.-
day evening; church meeting every
month, on Saturday before 2nd Sabbath
at 80 p NJ.
Methodist Episcopal Cburch-Rev. W.
II. White; servicesevery sabbath at 10l
O'Clock AN. and Z p. NJ; Sabbath School
every Sunday at 8 A. NJ; prayer meet
ing every "Wednesday evening.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12
The Town Sergeant.

When you go to the polls on next
Monday vote for the reelection of
Charles NJ. Chalfant for Town Ser
geant. He has undoubtedly been an
able and efficient officer He is young
and active and does his duty with
out fear, favor or affection. He is es-
teemed by all good citizens and is 4
terror to evil 'doers Show your APP
probation of his worth by rejecting
him and at the same time you will
benefit yourself and the community
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

ADVERTISE in the NEW DOMINION
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

MORE Enthusiastically night
some thief, Or thieves, invaded DIR.
Boughner's hen-roost and succeeded in
taking the Doctors flock. The party
evidently lad an eye to business, as he
took about three bags of corr One
night last week Miss Sallie Dorsey's
chickens were all stolen and about the
same time Mrs. Bowman's cellar and
Rev. Lowther's kitchen were robbed.
The annoyance caused 10 cur citizens
by the system Of petty thieving that
has been carried en- this spring IS almost
unbearable and steps should be tak1
to stop it. A vigilance committee well
managed might have salutary effect.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

He was regular 'buckwheat,' y
had been in town several times dur
ing mail hours, saw the people com
ing from Che postoflice carrying mail
and reading letters. He was observ-
ed the other day, when a lottery let
ter was cast aside; his eye caught it
at a glance; an idea struck him and
he FASTENED to the spot, picked up
the paper, arranged it in the envelope
went down to the postofiice and stood
around awhile. All at once he came
out the door, tore the end off the en-
velope and threw down the fragment.
Down the street he came reading and
looking ascant to see if any one was
him. They were; he felt
good. He had made believe he was
the recipient of letter.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

The University of Virginia is the
only institution IN this country which
has never adopted in any way the
class system. In the catalogue the
students are enrolled alphabetically,
and the figures |, 2, 3, 4 placed be-
fore each name show how many years
the student has been in the institu-
ton. -Four years study gives man
the degree Of bachelor of science, Of
art, or of letters, only two per cent,
of the students have graduated and
taken one of these degrees, while in
other colleges Of about equal stand
ing. the graduates are fifty per cent.
of tho matrieulants.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-05-12

Sl.5o per year invariably in advance;
IS cents for six months.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-01-30
Republican Senatorial Caucus.

Washington, Jan. 29.-The Republic
can Senators were in caucus to-day,
md without coming to any conclusion,
adjourned till 8 o'clock. The whole
time was consum d in general discus
sion, first, whether the passage of
the electoral bill was a Republican sur
render, and second, whether the Re-
publican, members of the commission
should consist of advocates of the So
called surrender, or of opponents of the
bill.
At the adjourned meeting of the Sem
ate Republican caucus, this afternoon,
Edmunds, Morton and Frelinghuysen
were unanimously chosen to be mem
bers of the Senate branch Of the tri-
partite electoral commission, and they
will be formally elected by the Senate
tomorrow.
Together with Thurman and Bayard,
all FIVE, it will be noticed, were men,
bers of the joint committee, which
framed and reported the compromise
electoral bill. The proceedings of the
caucus this afternoon were entirely
larmOniOus
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-01-30
WASHINGTON.
Patrick's Peccadiloes,

Washington, Jan. pa letter has
been received here from a trustworthy
gentleman at San Francisco, who is
cognizant of the fact, stating that when
J. n Patrick, one of Tilden's western
agents, arrived at San Francisco, he
did not register his name at any hotel,
desiring to keep his presence in San
Francisco unknown. The following
morning he called at the banking house
of Wells, Fargo & Co., of New York,
and presented undoupted credentials
authorizing him to draw $4,000 at sight.
The money was paid him in coin and
coin notes by Wells, Fargo & Co.'S
treasurer, who, of course, was fur
nished with satisfactory evidence that
the bank was secure in paying out 30
large a sum in this unusual manner.
Patrick was not seen in San Francisco
after drawing the money, and it is
reasonably certain that he Immediately
proceeded to Oregon to carry out the
programme adopted in New York for
stealing one electoral vote from Hayes
in that State.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-01-30
Tn. Election Investigations.

Washington, JAM. 29.-The commit
tee on the powers and privileges of the
House in counting the electoral vote,
recalled Louis N. Kenner, of the Louis
lana returning board, when Lawrence
objected to his further examination on
the ground that the committee had no
right oIproduce a witness in the US
tody of the sergeant-at-arms for con-
tempt, without the consent of the
House, but the objection was overruled.
AS to the returns from Vernon parish,
witness had no doubt of the originality
of the paper presented, on which he had
written the word compiled" He had
not thought why 17S. votes had been
transferred from the Tilden to the
Hayes side; he knew Of nothing done
to those r, turns in the board. The
Louisiana committee sent for the papers
upon which Kenner's examination was
based, in order to examine the witness
who brought them from New Orleans,
and the committee adjourned for some
time.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-01-30
THE BILL.
President Grant Signs 1t.

FfcSiocut 1fant SiBnS II.
Washington, Jan. 29.--The President
signed the GO promise electoral bill at
noon to-day. In his message approving
the act providing for the count of the
electoral vote, he says he believes the
bill gives assurance that the result of
the election will be accepted without
resistance from the supporters of the
disappointed candidate, and that the
highest officer shall not hold his place
with a questioned title OF right. The
message also alludes to the imminent
peril the country has escaped through
the adoption of the act. The document
further declares that in no instance had
the President exercised the power of
deciding disputed election returns. In
such a case as this, where result is in
yolved in doubt, it is the duty of the
law-making power to provide in ad-
vance a lawful mode of settling the diff
ficulty. One of the two candidates must
be elected, and it would be a deplorable
sight to witness a controversy as to
which should receive or hold the Office.
Ne party or citizen loving their country
can sacrifice too much in preserving
their country. True liberty and pro-
gress al only exist through cheerful
obedience to constitutional law, ( The
bill is calculated to meet the present
question. The country needs and re-
quires peace and harmony between all
sections. .-aEt f.L A
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-01-30

Washington, Jan. 29.-The investi-
cation by the committee on the powers,
privileges and duties of the House in
counting the electoral vote is likely to
continue several weeks. The sergeant
alarms has sent special deputies to
Ohio and elsewhere for witnesses. -
Judge Davis is so much occupied now
and will be for the next six weeks in
preparing opinions upon cases assigned
to him by associate justices, that imme-
date resignation could not now take
place without injustice to present du-
ties, which preclude him from any
decision as to his acceptance OF. the
S~enatOrShip. ~ I'm .
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-01-30

cate. W1th the continuation Of trade
In u favor, a rapid demand for our
securitiesRt a low rate of interest, and
the productive u Of the country
In a healthful condition and prepared
to embark In new and prosperous en-
terprises, there can he no more timely
moment for the realization Of the adj
vantages attending a return to specie
payments, and the 44th Congress cannot
better close its existence than by the
enactment of such legislation as will
accomplish this result. Provision can
be made for resumption by a slight
modification of the resumption act of
1876, changing the date when United
States notes shall be redeemed in gold
from the LIST of January, 1879 to the
9Th of March, 1877. We must either
provide for keeping gold at home or it
will go abroad, and as its use is nov
limited at home, while the present state
of things continues, it naturally seeks
outlet in foreign market. The in
creasing amount IN foreign investments
in American securities is nov bringing
gold into this country, and should the
proposed plan be adopted and resump-
ton of specie payments take place at
once, gold, instead of going abroad,
except in quantity demanded to pay
balances, would find its way into banks
and be held as a reserve in which
national bank notes would be redeemed
on presentation,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-01-30
The Democratic Members.

The Democratic Senators may not
have a caucus, AS it seems unders'o God
that Thurman and Bayard will be
selected to represent them on the COM
mission.
LATER.-The Democratic Senator'S
caucus this afternoon selected Thurman
and Bayard as the two Senators from
the Democratic side of the chamber to
act rs members of the commission of
10 to be appointed tomorrow under
the electoral count bill.