The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-02-17

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week or two.
WILL correspondents ever quit
sending letters without their names?
We can not and will not publish any
such communications.
The letter of j. S. was crowded out
on account of the superabundance of
railroad matter We would be glad
to hear from him again.
DR.. KRAMER and wife returned
from Greensboro on Sunday. The
Doctor will remain at his residence
in Durbannah until March 1st.
II you want to know how the sen
timent on the railroad question is,
read the accounts of the meetings
printed in this issue, and observe how
the vote STOOD
SOME of our citizens whose property
would be almost doubled in value by
the building of a railroad really de
clare their intention of voting against
subscription.
The prospects for the success of
the railroad subscription have bright
ened very much during the past week.
The opposition in this section has
about surrendered.
CIRCUIT Court convened in this
place on Tuesday, Judge Fleming
upon the Bench. or course we go to
press too early to give any of the
proceedings this week.
LEWIS County gave $4,000 to the
Carksburg and Weston Narrow
Gauge railroad. To -dav Lewis coun-
~ would not take the price of her
bonds and $4,000 for her little
railroad.
SQUIRE HAYES usual luck: the
Buffalo bridge is actually completed,
but another one is rendered unfit for
use by last week flood The Squire
don't believe in trusting Euch to
bridges.
READ General Temples letter in
another column, if you think there
is nothing in the Blacksvllc r. r.
enterprise The General is President
OF the Waynesburg and Washington
r. r. Co.
MARRIEp-On Thursday evening,
Feb. Sth, at the NJ. +. Parsonage, by
Rev. I. b. Hughes, Miss Anna l..
Farnsworth, of Morgantown, w. Va,
and Simeon McClain, OF Point Ma
rion, Pa.
WE enjoyed some Of the sweets Of
diving in the woods" last week We
received about the same rs no mail
matter from Saturday the 81 until
Friday the 9th. Now that is what
we call progress.
On Saturday next 60 to the polls
and cast your vote for subscription.
take your careless neighhor along
and get him to vote too. A railroad
is the only thing that will ever i'm
prove Monongalia.
Music LESSONS. Lucy Nj.
Dering will give vocal and insuu
mental music lessons to pupils, at
her residence on Boundary street, on
very reasonable terms. Call and
make arrangements at once
The firm of Fisher & Sheah, butch
ers. of this placs, has quit business
and we learn will not resume again.
Both members of the firm are very
clever men and we regret their retire
ment from the business circles of our
town.
ALTHOUGH we are inclined to con
plain of the inconvenience caused by
the late freshet, we have Jared well
3 compared with Cincinnati and other
places. An account Of the Cincin-
natl delugc will be found in another
column.
WE are glad to state that the re-
port of opposition to the railroad sub
scription by the people of Mt. Morris
is a mistake. Many of them are in
hearty accord with the movement
and will give it substantial aid on
election day.
WHY don't more of our farmers
and stock men read that excellent
paper, the National Live Stock Jour
nal' 1t gives AS pages each month
of the best matter that can be cleaned
in its particular field and is worth
the price of an ordinary steer annu-
ally. Send and try it. Price $2.15.
Stock Journal Co., Lakeside Building,
Chicago, Illinois.
OK Friday last a bill passed the
House of Delegates allowing County
Commissioners mileage in addition to
their per diem. We think it should
have been done long ago as these
gentlemen are poorly enough paid
then. The bill reads as follows:
Each Commissioner who attends the
session of the County Court shall re-
ceive for his services two dollars per
day for every day he shall so attend,
and five cents per mile for every mile
travelled in going to and returning
from said court. all Of which shall