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Connecticut western news., 1879-11-26
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-Ths Supreme Court of the United States has confirmed a.decision of the Supreme Court of this State that money loaned and secured by mortgage on real. estate in another State is taxable in this State. It also decided that an Actof Congress, passed not long ago, to regulate and protect trademarks is unconstl- tutional on the ground that such power IS not the United States; but is among the reserved rights of the States:' This Court is evidently getting behind lineage. How. can nation be nation if it can't regulate trademarks?
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The announcement of, the death of Hon John Cotton Smith of Sharon was receiv- ed with deep regret, as he was well known to many of the citizens of our village. He has held many public offices, among which might be enumerated representative, sen ator, and minister to one of the South Ameri- can republics, having received the appoint ment rom President Buchanan. His easy flow of language and suavity of manners, and fine personal appearance, made him the cen- tral figure of attraction at any public gather ing when he was present. He was strong democrat, and in his loss his party lose in him one of it's able defenders.
 The funeral of Georgie Peetz was held at the Methodist church Wednesday afternoon, Rev. MT. Moore preaching the funeral ser mon.
 While out hunting in Canaan swamp one day not long since, MT. D. Colepaugh and a MT. Merriman shot four coons fox and @ skunk How is that for luck?
 The new round house which is in the pro- cess of construction at Bridgeport, will be it is expected, about the 18th of December. It is about the size of the one here at the Co.'S. works, and will contain l2 pits.
 Mrs. Henry Belden is sick with the typhoid malarial fever She is attended by one of the best physicians, but her recovery seems doubtful. lDLEWILD.
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COl1inSViSIe.

COlu1nSV1sles
 Winter has come upon us with wells and springs dry.
 In putting new timbers in the covered bridge Nov. 10, J. E. Wheelock had his right leg badly broken.
 Nov. 8, Etta Champlin, an eght-year-old daughter of Frederick Champlin, fell from 8 barn scaffold ten feet, striking on her head. She is now nearly well. ;.
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The Hon. John Cotton Smith died ofheart
 disease at hls home in Sharon on Friday morn 1: ing. He was born at Tivol, N. Y in 1911,
 and was in the sixty ninth year of his age
 He took his name from his grandfather, John
 Cotton Smith, who was for four terms a mem- Der of congress, governor of the state from 1912 to l8l7 and member of the supreme bench. He has been more or less prominent
 in Connecticut politics for forty years, and has
 acted with the democratic party. He was a
 member of the legislature in 1853, l842, 1853, 1854, (when he received the vote of his party
 for speaker) l870 and 1876. He was the democratic candidate for congress in his dis
 trict in 1889, and l845, and both times de-
 feated. He was delegate to the national
 democratic convention in 1885 and again in 1843. In 1856 he was nominated as candi- date for lieutenant governor, and in that year
 was appointed by President Buchanan min
 ister to Bolivia, where he remained until 1861,
 when he was succeeded by Judge Carter of Ohio. MT. Smith was man of commanding presence and of exceedingly affable manners.
 Barring accidents the second trial of William Bucholz for the murder of John H. Schulte, will begin at Bridgeport on the sec ond Tuesday of December. State Attorney Olmsted has been leaving no stone unturned to gather all possible evidence against the &C., cused. Since the new trial was granted, he has enlisted the services of one or more per sons and has carefully gone over the ground which the defense claimed Bucholz covered on the night of the murder, following closely the details which his counsel claim he observ- ed. Starting from the beer saloon in South Norwalk, the party went through their un-
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Humphrey, N c. Ward 50 cts. remaining last year. The total amount expended for chaAts, maps, apparatus, books, etc. during the past three years is $6O. The winter term will be- gin December 8.
 We take from the Globe Democrat the following account of the funeral of Mrs. Sen ator Davis of Illinois, who died recently at stockbridge. Mrs. Davis was neice of MT. Wm. Adam of this place, her mother, the wife of Judge Walker of Lenox being the sister of MT. Adam. ..- t
 BLooMINGToN, H., Nov. 15-The funeral of the late Mrs. Sarah Davis, wife of Senator David Davis, occurred today from the family residence in the eastern part of the city. It was, perhaps, more largely attended than any that ever occurred in Bloomington, the number present being estimated at 2,OOO people.
 The ceremonies were conducted by the Rev. W. G. Pierce of Champaign, cousin of Mrs. Davis, assisted by the Rev. John Me Lean, Washington, D. C., formerly pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, this city. The floral offerings were chaste and beautiful, the gifts of sympathizing friends who reverenced and loved the Christian character of the dead lady. The following gentlemen of1ciated as pallbearers: The Hon. Henry w. Bishop, Master Ill Chancery United States Court, Chi cago; the Hon. Lawrence Weldon, Bloom ington the Hon. A. E. Stevenson, Mo, Bloomington; the Hon. Frank D. Orme Washington, D, G.; Gen. A. Gridly, Bloom ington; the Hon. John A. Jones, Clerk of the United States Court, Springfield; the Hon. D. M. Funk, Bloomington. The cortege was Of a mile in length and was the most imposing ever witnessed in the clty
 Senator Davis is bowed down with the deep- est sorrow over the death of his wife, whose charac is known throughout this commun- ty for it's Christian benevolence and charity. l
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-03
(LAI'ER.)
(LATER.)
Nancy Ogden Makes a ConfeSSion.
The Murderer Arrested.

On Wednesday morning Nancy
Ogden, the woman arrested as the
supposed mother of the child, confess
ed the whole affair, duplicating Mat
thew Harris prominent barber OF
this place, as the father and murderer
of her child. She stated that on last
Saturday she gave birth to the child
with no one but Harris attending her.
After the child was born she saw it
and heard it crying. The child had
been put in wooden bucket, and
Harris took the bucket containing
the child and ran from the room; the
child crying as he went. This was
the last she saw or heard of it till
Monday evening, when it was found
in the river.
A warrant was issued for the ar
rest of Harris, which was put in the
hands of Officers Odbert and Chal-
FAINT, who went to Harris house and
inquired for him. His wife informed
them that he had gone up the hill to-
ward the University. The officers
started in that direction, but present
ly caught sight of him going down
the river at a rapid rate. They i'm
mediately gave chase, and after a
long race they overhauled their man
near d. Fordyce's and brought him
back to town and lodged him in Jail
where he will await the action of the
next Grand Jury.
The affair looks rather dark for
Harris, although the evidence may
fail to corroborate the woman's con
fession. We will doubtless get at
the bottom of the matter when it
comes to trial, till which time we
withhold comment.
1t may be added that this woman
Ogden made the acquaintance OF
Matt. Harris at Grafton and at his
instance came to Morgantown over
three years ago and has been making
her home at his house ever since. We
have understood that she is from
Ohio and has no relations in this SOC
ton. 1t is also reported now that
Matt has another wife at Oakland,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-03

same species. Of to-day, shows
no essential difference between the
two. Certainly if Darwinism be-
true, some such difference would
have been shown. Why do we
not see monkeys now shedding
their hair, dropping their tails, and
changing their native chattering for
intelligent speechf
cannot, at this stage of
scientific thought and research,
adopt Darwinism. Hybrid, Geolo-
gy, the lapse of time and history
all conspire against it. 1t may be.
and is doubtless advantageous as a
means Of promoting scientific in
vestigation, but as. yet it is not
proved. 1t cannot be put down
by ridicule or dogmatism, but is
worthy Of the most profound, ac-
curate and untiring investigation.
G.. d. p.
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IMPORTATION WANTED.
MoRGANTowN, w. Va.,l
April % 1S79(

Editor Ne,c Dominion:-You will
confer a great favor if you will an
swer the following questions;
BY what authority was the election
of last Thursday held?
Why were the Judges all license
men, and why were they not all
sworn?
Why were minors (who favored Ii
cense) allowed to vote?
Why were non-residents of the bor-
ough (who favored license) allowed to
vote?
Why were persons who have not
resided in the borough one year who
were known to favor license) allowed
to vote?
If some of our citizens who are
such vehement advocates of the whis-
key traffic will explain these matters
satisfactorily, we may be able to see
the legality of this election, other
wise we must consider it gross i'm
position. ANTI LICENSE.
Our correspondent, we think, mis-
apprehends the case to a great degree
AS we understand it, the election was
requested by the council to ascertain
the sentiment of the borough on the Ii
cense question.
AS the election was not required
by our statute laws we do not see
the necessity of putting its conduc-
tors under oath. They are all men
of honor anyway, and would discharge
their duties as conscientiously as if
they were under oath.
We have no doubt they were salts
fed of the legality of every vote cast.
If any of our citizens desire to dis
cuss the election or the license question
further our columns are at their SER
vice.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-03

How TO BUILD UT Your Town.
Every time you get chance cuss
the town government.
Whenever You get in crowd abuse
the merchants and swear they arc
thriftlcss set of men with no enter
prise.
When you want a buggy or wag-
ON order it from some other place,
and break down your own mechanics.
Every chance you get make it n
point to let the people know your city
or town has the meancst set Of law
ycrs and doctors in the world.
Always make it point to abuse
your neighbors and let the people
know you have the most selfish and
meanest class of citizens of any place
on the top side of the globe.
Always borrow your county paper
and thereby cheat the publisher out
of subscription.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-03

WE are in receipt of communica-
ton from Rev. T. B. Cross, of Marion
county, late ofthis county, in refer
ence to some charges preferred against
him for illegal voting at the election
last fall. The substance of the charge
is that he voted at Wadestown and
also at Glovers Gap. We are GER
tain that the gentleman did not vote
at Wadestown as the Clerks of both
Courts certify that his name is not
upon the poll-books, and we have
substantial authority for saying that
he did not vote anywhere last fall.
Mr.. Cross is young minister of the
Baptist Church and we are informed
bears an excellent reputation. These
reports must have been circulated
maliciously, with n view of injuring
his ministerial character, but as such
things generally do, will no doubt
finally return to the parties who orig
mated them with a force that will
make itself felt.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-03

PERSONAL MESrIoN.-Tom. B.Stag-
gers has formed partnership with
Hon. j. Marshall HagaHs and has
opened law office in Fairmont where
he will reside in the future. He is a
studious young man, ready and flu
ent speaker, and we recommend him
to the people of Marion County as a
rising young lawyer. Tom. is all
right except politically, he is nigh
ty bad Republican.
George w. johnson, ESQ.,, OF Nor
gantown, was in town last week dur
ing the opening of Court, and of
course, we met him and were glad to
do so. He is the same good, jovial
fellow as of yore, and don't seem to
be growing any older, bat is getting
wiser and better looking. As an
evidence of his increasing wisdom,
he subscribed for the Vest Firgja-
ian, and we believe he will be guided
by its reasonable and wholesome
teachings. We wish Col. johnson
long life and happiness and many
pleasant visits to the Mountain City.
p. S. Remember us to the dear ones
at Unconstitutional Vest Tiryin-
ian.
Mr. Chas. w. Finnell and wife, and
Mr.. Lazear, his partner, arrived on
Saturday from Pittsburgh. They
will have their now store in full OPP
Grafton in few days.
Dir. w. l.. McLane, of McCurdys-
vile, was in town on Monday.
Leslie Coombs, of Fairmont, spent
a few days in town this week.
Mr.. Jno. S. Hood and nephew,
Glide, of Louisville favored us with a
call on Tuesday.
We regret to announce that S.
Freudcnberger, the popular clothier
is seriously indisposed.
Rev. Carter is the guest of Prof.
Purinton.
Dir. r. b. L. Trippett, of Kingwood,
was in toYn on Tuesday.
Mr.. Kayser and wife, from PIT. Mar
ion; Frank Reed, of Fairmont; Hon.
VIM. Price, of Mooresville; and Rev.
J. l.. Simpson, of Fordyce, Pa, were
at the Wallace House on Tuesday
"Shtop- -Goots und- Tam de- Mule
Kraft" of Wheeling, was in town the
first of the week, stopping at the Com
mercial.
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SLAUGHTER House BURNED.-Last
Wednesday night Fisher & Shean's
slaughter house, on the west side of
the river near Kincaid's was burned
to the ground with all its contents.
The house contained numerous tools,
ropes DC, and several barrels of tai
low which were totally destroyed.
The loss to the firm not including the
house is about, 1925. The fire was
the work of an incendiary. So far
as we are informed there is no clue
TO the perpetrators of the deed.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-03

If the 'Smart Aleck' who presides
over the scissors of the Randolph
Enterprise will sober up long enough
to read the West V1gtnia Journal
Of Education of March 18th, he will
discover that his meaningless thrust
at that paper was uncalled for and
unjust. Some editors never read
their exchanges, but strike right and
left at random, without any knowl-
edge of the facts.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-03

CHEAP Corning BooK.-Mr. w. III.
Bailey is canyassing town and vicini-
t. with a new copying book that is
ahead of anything in its line we have
seen. 1t copies letters or any other
writing without the use of press,
brush, moisture pad or water. To
every business man a copying book
is almost indispensable and this is
so cheap and easily used that we
advise our friends to get a copy.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-03

DRs. Brock Bros, accompanied by
a number Of young physicians, went
to Marion county on Tuesday to am
putate the leg of Willis Morgan, the
young man who had tumor taken
from that member short time ago.
After the Doctors arrived the patient
declined to have the operation per-
formed at this time. 1t is said that
the tumor will result in the death Of
Mr.. Morgan If the limb 10 not ampu-
tated soon.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-03

REV. A. L. WADE, Local Agent and
Distributor for the American Bible
Society, left on Tuesday for Marion
county, where he will spend several
days in canvassing the Whiteday
region. just before he left, Mr..
Wade requested us to send him the
New DOMINION, saying that when he
was from home and received this pa
per, he felt as though he had received
a long letter from home. This is the
sentiment of all persons who under
stand the value of a good local paper.
1t is more than a letter. A letter can
not contain the amount of news that
a good newspaper does. Then the
paper is so much cheaper than a let
ter could possibly be. For one dollar
and a half any one can get this pa
per for fifty two weeks-less than the
postage would be on that many let
tiers. Person who have friends away
from home cannot do better than to
send them a copy of the New DoMIS-
ION for one year. 1t will be more
highly appreciated than fifty letters
from home.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-03

A MAMMOTH NEwsPAPER.-The
Wheeling Sunday Leader closed its
fourth volume last Sunday in mag
nificent style. 1t was a quadruple
sheet-16 pages, and contained 112
columns; about IS columns being first
class reading matter, and the remain
der good paying advertisements. The
Leader has more life than any other
West Virginia newspaper and the
journal that aspires to supercede it
will have uphill work.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-03

A DRY CRowp.-Wcdncsday was
the last day Of license in Morgan
town, at least for q short time. Our
old soaks are now in a bad plight.
They all laid in a sufficient supply
to last several days. We may now
expect to see considerable button.hol-
ing with the middle men who are pro-
vided with passes to the 'holes-in-thc-
walls" License for the ensuing year
will no doubt be granted in few
days.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-03

Rev. w. b. Watkins, of Sewickley,
Pa, will deliver two lectures at the
University on Friday the goth inst.
One in the afternoon on the Beauties
of English Literature" and in the
evening on "Modern Words; their
Uses and Abuses" Mr.. Watkins
has made the English language
study for many years, and is thorough
ly prepared to treat these subjects
in a scholarly manner.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-03

THROWING SToNEs.-There arc some
BOYS about town who ainuse them
selves by throwing stones at people
who are passing along the streets az
ter dark. One evening last week, n
student, who was going to his room
at the University, was struck on the
back of the head with stone, thrown
by some sneaking scoundrel, who was
intent on villainy. Stop it. young
men before you get into trouble.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-03

MIR. +. PRICE and sons are making
ing some needed Improvements in
the Baptist Church. They will re-
polish the walls, erect suitable
place for the choir, add book racks
to the seats, replace the old fashion
ed pulpit with modern one and 9TH
crwise improve the building. We are
glad to see ssuch work in progress
and hope to see much more of 1t.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-03

MoRGANTowN, according to the
NEW DOMINION, must be the thieves
paradise. Ten are now in Jail at that
place, and more are looked for.-Wirt
appeal.
True, Bro. Rockhold, but all these
thieves came from that portion of
Monongalia which joins Wetzel, where
the bad order from that county is
strongly, felt.