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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-11-14
Deaths.

WELLs-At his home in Morgan
district ON October goth, F. A. Wells,
aged about so years. He leaves a
vile and eight children to mourn
his death.
SEAMoN-At one o'clock Tuesday
morning, Mrs. Matte Seamon, wife
of Prof w. H. Seamon, of the Miller
School, Va, and daughter Of Mr..
john Protzman, of this town. The
funeral will take place tomorrow
Thursday, afternoon at two o'clock,
from her fathers residence on Main
street.
KEENER.-David Keener aged II
yeas, died at his residence, near
Taylortown, of heart disease, We'd
nesday evening, Oct. 2Gth 1855. He
leaves a wife, several children and
many friends to mourn his death.
He was kind father, a good citizen
and great friend of the little folks.
Graphic.
YoUNG-Recently at his home in
Waynesburg, Pa, Rev. Samuel
Young, of the M. P. church. He
was born in Pocahontas county, this
State, and until recently was citi-
zen of West Virginia. He was a
colonel in the Union army; after the
close of the war became prominent
as a preacher and politician. He
was once a member of the Board OF
Regents of the West Virginia Uni
versity and served several terms in
the Legislature of the State.
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A Coop CAreH.-Capt. E. L. Par
ker one night last week caught four
coons from one tree, the aggregate
weight of the four being As lbs.
They were poor and believed by the
Captain to be Democratic coons mi
grating from Hamilton county, Ohio,
to old Virginia to stuff the Bourbon
ballot boxes.-Fdirmont Vest Vir-
gilman.
Too thin, brother; too thin! The
coon is Republican bird. Its an
tecedents are undemocratic. A Dem
ocratic coon never was heard Of.
Coons are all Republican and they
are all poor this year 1t now ia .es
about four coons to weigh As lbs. !;
next year it will probably take 4S
coons to weigh 4 lbs. Our rooster
used to be satisfied with one. coon
for a meal, now he eats six or half
dozen at one time and crows for
more. However the coons are much
smaller than they used to be and
our rooster is much larger.
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RATLRoAp NEws AND NorEs.

RAILROAD News AND NoTEs.--
Railroad news this week is very
cheering. The locomotive is on this
side of Whiteday, and we learn is
coming at the rate of half-mile per
day. At this rate the promise made
us that the locomotive should be
here about the middle of December
will be made good. 3.
1t is reliably reported that the
force of track layers has been con-
siderably increased, and the work
will be pushed with greater vigor
than ever.
The walls of the elegant new depot
are approaching completion and with
good weather will be finished before
this time next week.
The merchants and other shippers
tell us that the road is now carrying
freight from Fairmont to Louisville
and intermediate points at cents
per 100 pounds.
Vice President McGrew, we learn,
will have supervision of the ticket,
express and freight offices here.
BY the LIST of December we hope
to be able to fix the day we can eel
citrate the opening of the road to
this place. That day will mark an
epoch in our history and will be one
of the most important-not except
ing the centennial.
We learn from prominent official
of the road that there is enough iron
now ready to complete the entire
line to this place.
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Laurel Point Locals.

LAUREL POINT, Nov, 9.-Every-
thing is quiet in our village.
Our school has opened with Jerry
Snider as teacher; the attendance is
good.
Dave Thorn's foot is almost well.
E. M. Potter and wife were among
friends on the Flats last Sunday.
Hon. E. G.. Brooke was here last
week calling on some of his old
friends. He found but few Of them
many having died and others having
moved away. He said nothing look
ed familiar.
George Snider's horse has been
sick for some time and will not re-
cover
George Neeson Riggs and wife, of
Clarksburg, were down TO attend the
Centennial.
Mollie Helphenstine, of Waynes-
burg, who has been visiting here for
some, time went:home last week.
We can hear the locomotive now
on the railroad-and every day a
little palmer.
Jarret Linch is having fine gran
cry and wagon shed built on his
Fetty farm. Sam Cannon is doing
the work.
Walter Rice has his house raised.
Joe. and Henry Mercer are doing the
carpenter work.
Rev. VIM. Mccoy preached a
good sermon to large congration
here on Sunday.
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Sprays From Cheat.

CHEAT NECK, Nov. 9-John Adams
while at a husking at his grand som 8
was leading his horse from the STA
BILE, when he received a very severe
kick from a horse belonging to Miss
Anna Sheets.
Mrs. B. M. Hill has returned to
her home in Scottdale.
Mrs. Anna Hickinbotham. of Pal
atine, was visiting at her Uncle VIM.
Donaldson's last week; also Miss
Belle Fleming and two brothers, An
derson and Bert, spent Monday and
Tuesday with relatives in the Neck.
Rev. Conway did not meet his ap-
pointment at Calvary last Sunday
on account of high wafer.
Mort. Warman is home from the
West looking better than he has for
years.
Born, to VIM. Kussart and wife, on
the 2Sth ult., fine, large boy. Bill
says its name shall be Oscar Wilde.
Mr.. Kussart was appointed post
master at this place last week. We
don't know why they didn't leave
our little office alone, as we were not
bothering them. Allow us to speak
one word for our former postmaster,
DR.. N. H. Triplette, who has so wor-
thily filed the office for the past
twenty years. Mr.. Kussart has APP
pointed one Of our most staunch Re-
publicans for assistant. Wake up,
we Democrats! Why let the Repub-
licans have charge of the Office after
fighting so hard for it?
Mana Donaldson has been visit
ing friends and relatives at Morris
X Roads. Think she must have
some attraction down there that she
stays so long.
Would like to be hearing from
your Palatine correspondent more
frequently.
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Thanks
the Editor of the New DOMINION:

To the Editor of the NEW DOMINION:
Honor to whom honor is DUE"
has always been my motto, and /
want to compliment the New DoMIN-
ION upon the complete and elegant
manner in which it reported the Cen
tennial proceedings. 1t showed great
enterprise not only in this but in
the great improvements and enlarge
ments it is constantly making 1
say this the more freely because we
stand on opposite sides of the fence
in politics. ] am much pleased with
the interest it takes in every i'm
provement and enterprise connected
with the town and county.
Yours, truly,
AN OLD CITIZEN.
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Mr.. I. DAWSON was in town last
Saturday attending to the shipment
of two hundred A l fat cattle. They
go to New York and thence to Liver
pool, England. A finer lot of cattle
is seldom, if ever, put on the market,
the average weight being about fif-
teen hundred hundred pounds.
Three hundred thousand pounds OF
Taylor county beef will make many
a square meal for some of our En-
glish cousins.-Grgtton Eagle.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
10 the Creditors Of WTl;am L. 0oa,eay,


10 the Creditors Of WTl;am L. Coa,cay,
deceased.
In pursuance of a decree Of the Circuit
CouIs Of The county Of Monongaiia, made
in the csase of John Sanders administrator
OF William l. Conway, deceased. against
Mary Conway aud others, therein pending,
TO subject the real estate of the said Con-
way to the payment of his debts, YOU are
required to present your claims against his
estate for adjudication 20 MarshallM. Dent,
commissioner, at his office in the said
county, on or before the 10th Of December.
1855.
Witness, Richard E. Fast cle-k of said
court. this 10th day of Nov. 1885.
r. E. FAST,
Jos. MoRELASp, Clerk.
Attorney,
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AS OTHERS SEE Us.-A correspond
ent of the Uniontown Republican
Standard concludes his report of
our Centennial as follows Morgan
town is quaint old town with the
grass growing in the streets, beauti-
fully situated on the hillside sloping
towards the river and the land of
the setting sun. The people are of
that hospitable, aristocratic kind
met only south of Mason q Dixon's
line. They take stranger into their
homes and treat him like prince,
they make his stay while among
them so pleasant and send him away
so pleased with himself and with
the people he is-leaving that he VOWS
his next visit shall be soon. The
people are cut off as it were from the
outside world and are thrown on
their own resources for amusement
and entertainment, and it is in this
kind of towns that the people have
the most innocent and real enjoy
ment. 1 have heard songs here that
! never heard in any other place; l
have listened to some of the sweetest
music, composed here, of which peo-
pie in larger places would not dream.
/ have heard as witty sayings here
as those made by men who had jost-
led with the world. 1 have seen
men leave their stores to join in that
exhilarating sport, coasting. Yet
the town does not improve any.
Why? Because they have no way of
getting to the larger towns or of peo-
pie getting to them. Their nearest
cities are Pittsburgh and Wheeling.
To go to Pittsburgh they must go
down the Monongahela river or via
Uniontown; to Wheeling they must
drive to Fairmont thence via the B.
& O. railroad. The young men see
this, and filled with youthful enter
prise leave the pokey town to the
pokey people and start for livelier
places. Not until they get a rail
road, either the B. q o. from Fair
mont or the Pennsylvania or the B.
& o. from Uniontown, or lock No. s
is built on the river, will they be
awakened from their legarthy, and if
not awakened, they will sleep anoth-
er hundred years and the next Cen
tennial will find them without enter
prise, unknown and-"population
about 1000"
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DEATH OF Mrs. PRoF. SEAMoS.-
The death of Mrs. Seamon, though
not unexpected, was bitter blow to
a large circle of friends. She had
just reached the full maturity OF
womanhood, being about thirty
years of age. During her girlhood
days she was a favorite in Morgan
towns social circles. About two
years ago she was married to w. III.
Seamon, Professor of Chemistry in
the Miller Manual Labor School,
Crozet, Va, scholar of more than
ordinary ability in his line and
leaves a child four months old. Dur
lug the entire summer she had been
slowly and steadily wasting away
with that most dreadful of all dis
eases-consumption; and when the
birds Of passage flew away she, also,
went from us. The devoted young
husband, fond parents and admiring
friends have the best we can offer
our earnest sympathy.
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MARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING.
DR.. G. III. McLane, of Steubenville,
Ohio, and Mr.. Philip S. Basnett, of
this county, narrowly escaped drown
ing in Pawpaw creek last Friday eve
ming. They had attended the Cen
tennial celebration at Morgantown,
and were ON their way to Fairview,
where the latter resides and where
the former desired to visit his broth
er, Dr. w. L. McLane. In crossing
the creek at the ford near Uncle John
Neptune's, they drove too far down
the stream, and striking a large
stone their vehicle was capsized. The
creek was high and the current
strong. DR.. McLane was thrown into
the midst of the rushing waters, and
although an expert swimmer, he was
carried down the stream a consider
able distance before he could reach
the shore Mr.. Basnett, on the 9TH
er hand, was unable to swim, but
was fortunate enough to catch hold
of the buggy as he fell out into the
water, and managed by earnest pray
er and the application of much mus
cular strength to sustain himself un-
til the Doctor came to his rescue.
With considerable difficulty they
then succeeded in righting their We
hiele and FASTENED to Mr.. Neptune's
house, where they were well and
properly cared for. 1t was a narrow
escape. Both were badly chilled by
the involuntary bath and exposure
to the cold evening air, but soon re-
covered under the action of dry and
liquid celebrities so literally admin
istered by Uncle John Neptune. DR..
McLane's shiny beaver hat was lost
in the stream, greatly to his regret,
but he says man could afford to
lose half his possessions to hear the
intensely fervent and peculiar sup
plieations of Bro. Basnett in the mo-
ment of his great peril.-Fairmonf
Under
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MoNoNGAHELA NAvIGATIoN-LocK
No. S.-"Great interest is being
manifested at the headwaters of the
Monongahela in the matter of secur-
ing sufficient appropriation from
Congress at the coming session to
complete Lock No s." said one of
the old river men this morning.
1.-THE residents of Morgantown, in
fact of the whole valley between
Greensboro and that place, are es-
pecially enthusiastic. They have
demanded of their congressman in
that State that they urge the ap-
preparation. Petitions will be forth
coming, and from present indications
their lobby at Washington to urge
this matter will not be an insignifi-
cant one by any means. The State
of West Virginia has it's dam com
pleted but it is of no use until the
Government dam below is finished,
enabling boats to reach it. When
it is finished regular line of boats
will ply between Pittsburgh and
Morgantown and intermediate points,
and much larger trade than is now
enjoyed by Pittsburgh from that
section will be secured. The rail
road companies, understand, are
making preparations to fight the
matter and stay the appropriation as
long as possible" The coal opera
tors are not so much concerned about
the government finishing lock No. 8
as they are desirious of having the
government purchase outright the
Monongahela Slackwater Company
and make free river of the Monon-
gahela from it's source to it's mouth.
Captain Bunton, of Joseph Walton
q Co., says the coal men have a
special committee looking after the
question, and that it will be pushed
vigorously in Congress. This he
claims will be one of the greatest
benefits to the people of the Monon-
gahela Valley that could possible be
granted them from the Government,
and he thinks that the people and
manufacturers of the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi valley will be more or less
benefited. Coal can be furnished at
lower figures, while the threatening
cloud of competition which over
hangs the Monongahela coalmen will
be removed, and they will be placed
on the same footing with their com
petitors of the Kanawha.--Browns-
vile Clipper.
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PROFESSORS WHITE AND SEAMoN ON
THE WEST VIRGINIA "TIN MINES. y
Maj. Hotchkiss, in his journal, The
Vfrgtnios, says;
Last April The Virgintas quoted
from Ohio papers statements con-
corning the so-called "Glenwood Tin
Mine" to which it had called the at
tention of Prof /. c. White, the dis
tinguished professor of geology and
mineralogy in the West Virginia
University and assistant geologist
in the U. S. Geological Survey. In
his reply to our request for reliable
information concerning the alleged
discovery of tin, he said: II regard
this tin excitement in some of our
counties as gotten up by ring for
mercenary motives. think it pos
sible that confidence game is be-
ing played upon some of our farmers
by rascal who is in collision with
some pretended chemist in some of
the cities. / am instigating inquir
les to find out this chemists address
who has discovered so much tin in
our state, and when | run him down
shall write you an article for pub
LEGATION ON these bogus analyses and
ore discoveries. We published this
note of warning that people might
be put on their guard against this
transparent though plausible swindle
but noticed that the papers that had
published the story of the +" find" paid
no attention to the warning"
Specimens of the alleged ''tin ore
of Mason county were sent to Prof.
w. H. Seamon, of the Miller School,
Va, who replied as follows to Prof.
White: "The metal sent me is
mainly pure tin and contains in adj
dition thereto zinc and lead. AS /
made no quantitive analysis, | can
only state that my belief is that the
greater portion of the metal is tin.
The sample of ore was carefully as
saved and no metal was obtained. |
am inclined to believe that there is
some trickery about that whole af-
fair; the reputed ore is limestone and
quartz pebbles cemented most likely
by lime. Mr.. B-gave me at NJ
last summer a sample of the reputed
silver ore from some point near Ma
son county this contained no silver)
That ore was exactly like the sam
pie of tin ore you sent me, so far as
can recall and from my notes taken
at that time.
Did you see the smelling works?
/ can't see how men could be duped
to that extent or that they would 60
that far in their endeavors to dupe
others. l made two essays and did
not get a trace of metal. Another
thing, their ore is too rich (accord-
ing to their statements. The Corn
wall ores contain only from to 2 lbs.
of tin per 100 lbs. of ore.
l feel so much interested in the
subject that l would gladly make an
examination of another and larger
sample of the ore if you will have it
sent to me.
After while / will make wet an
alysis of the ore and give the result
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ADJOURNED COMMISSIONERS
SALE.

I viii offer for sale at the front door Of
the Court House on Monday the
It'll DAY OF DECEMBER 1885.
The lot on which are two frame dwelling
houses, situate on the corner of Front and
Walnut streets in Morgantown, w. Va
TEsMs OF SALE. One fifth cash and the
balance in Two equal annual pay ments.
GEO. W. LAISBLEY.
Special Commissioner.
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Notes About Town.

II. NJ. Gregg is having his resi-
dence repaired to some extent.
The centennial decorations have
been coming down by piece-meal.
Geo c. Sturgiss is having two
wells sunk on his property near the
railroad depot.
The house on Mrs. Anderson
place, now being repaired and re-
nodded, will be occupied by Mrs
Pierce.
DIR. Allen and Prof. Brooke, of
the University, have rented the Stur-
giss property, formerly occupied by
Jas. N. Davis, and will move into it
soon.
There has never before been
such demand for dwelling houses
in Morgantown as at present. There
is hardly vacant room in town and
many more people would come here
if they could find suitable houses to
rent. Here is a pointer for some OF
our capitalists.
William Martin, who was some
what seriously injured some time
since by driving over pile of rub
bish on High street, brought suit
against the town for damages. A
hearing was had Friday and resulted
in verdict for the defendant. The
case will be carried up to the court.
The young ladies of the ''New
Mission Society,"" will give an enter
tainment at the Academy Hall,
Thanksgiving evening, for the ben
eft of the M. E. Sunday School. 1t
will consist of Mrs. Jarley's Wax
Works, Tableaux and music. Re
freshments will be served afterwards.
All are invited. and good time is
promised. Admission Is cents.
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Views and Interviews.
A GENERAL MELANGE.

Mr.. 5. W. Poe, of Taylor county,
United States Gauger for this dis
trict, was in town last Friday and
Saturday. His work is to look after
the Government interest in the
brandy distilleries of this district.
His parish includes the counties
of Monongalia, Marion, Wetzel, Pres
ton and a part of Taylor. We found
him very pleasant and full of infor-
nation. He said:
There are twenty-five brandy dis
tilleries in this district, eleven of
them being in Monongalia county"
Where are these eleven located
Mr.. Poe?'
Here's the list: Warner & Ten
nant, Statler's Run; Isaac Strosnider,
Wise; Joseph Shriver, Jake's Run I;
Samuel Phillips, Louisville; Jacob
Lemly, Jake's Run; Asa Lemly,
Jake's Run; B. BOLTON, near Nor
gantown; Jno. Dietrich, Stewards
town; Jos. E. Deyine, Miracle Run
A. Shahan, Halleck and J. f. Har-
ris, near Morgantown.n
Are they all in full blastg'
"All but the last named"
How often do you have to visit
them?"
''Once a month"
What becomes of all the brandy?"
Read the answer in the stars,
We mortals know it not"
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THERE is contemplate little sheet
called the Three States, published at
Cumberland, Nd. Its sole object is
to make few dirty dimes by drag
ging about the names of respectable
ladies and gentlemen-ladies partic-
ularly. Some cowardly and unprin-
cipled youngster has been sending it
items from Morgantown and freely
using the names of some of our most
highly respected young people. We
are informed that he has failed to
cover his tracks entirely and that he
is likely soon to be cornered; if he
is, and he tOiH be, he may be thankful
if he is not blown into more pieces
than He'll Gate, New York, was re-
Gently. The Three States has no
mission, whatever, in the world.
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Morgantown is somewhat noted for
several things-schools, handsome
women, hospitality and whole list
of ct ceteras. Ladies never like to
be spoken well of, but we have been
impressed recently with the neat and
tasty styles of dress worn by the
madames and mademoiselles of the
Athens on the streets, at church and
in public generally. No town of
equal size in the whole country can
make better showing in this par
ticular, and the ladies of many a
larger place could find here food for
reflection and suggestions for their
dressmakers.