The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-09-05

Numerous Notes and Comments
The Carmichaels fair will be held
on the 10Th and goth of October.
A credible rumor assigns ex-Gov-
ernor John M. Palmer to the Aus
trian Mission.
Mrs. Morton, the widow of the
famous Oliver P. Morton, is visit
ing in San Francisco.
Hon. Roscoe Conkling is being
spoken Of for United States SEN
ator from New York.
Nine monuments to Grant will
be erected in this country unless
some of the present projects fail.
The Presbytery of Winchester
meets at Gerardstown, w. Va, on
Wednesday, September 10th, at
7:5o P. NJ.
The railroad and iron booms are
having it nip and tuck for first
place in the race toward the goal
of better times.
Ex-Governor Reuben +. Fen
ton, Of New York, died suddenly
at jamestown, on Tuesday, the
18TH of August.
1t is said that Carl Cook will be
assigned Captain of the Blaine
when Capt. M. A. Cox takes out
the Adam Jacobs.
Joseph Z. Bowen, the oldest
Master Mason in the United States,
died at his residence, in Philadel-
phia, Sunday, aged "a years.
Jesse r. Grant sailed for Europe
on Saturday, August 10th. He
enters the service of an American
railroad contractor in Turkey.
The contract for building the ex-
tension to the Weston Asylum was
let last week to Mr.. P. M. Hale,
of Weston at his bid Of S24,I75
New York State Prohibition Con-
vention, at Syracuse, Sept. Sth and
9th. 1t will be the largest Tenn
perance gathering ever held in the
State.
After October Ist, 1885, an ex-
ira special ten-eent stamp will Sc
cure the immediate delivery of a
letter in any city or town having
over 4, 900 inhabitants.
An exchange says that Fred
erick Bahr, West Virginia Dutch
man, who lives near Cumberland,
has almost perfected flying ma
chine in the shape Of a cigar.
The Tenth and Fifteenth Wesl
Virginia Regiments will hold a
grand reunion on the Fair Grounds
in Weston on the 18TH of Septem-
Der, 1885. One of the leading
features will be sham battle.
A COW belonging to Mr.. Noah
Miller, of Claysville, in Washing
ton county, Pa, is said to have
swallowed silver watch from
which the COW died. The watch
will be repaired.
The cities of Wheeling, Parkers-
burg, Charleston and Martinsburg
are the only places in this State
where the special mail delivery
system will be put in operation.
The system will go into effect Dc
tober I.
A New York paper announces
that General Butler is about to
come out with strong and un-
qualified endorsement Of Cleve-
lands administration. Butler
knows a good thing when he sees
it though he looks at it cross eyed.
A sensation has been caused at
Toledo by the refusal Of the Blade,
of that city, to support the Repub-
lican candidates for the Legislature
because they will not pledge them
.selves to vote for the submission of
an amendment to the Constitution
in favor of prohibition.
On last Friday, freshet in Cir
TVS run caused by cloud bursting
near Evergreen, Pa, flooded TWEEN
ty-two houses, washed away thir-
teen railroad and township bridges,
and drowned large lot of live
stock. The. damage will reach
many thousands of dollars. No
lives were lost.
Mrs. Nellie Sartoris still wears
the S., 900 diamond ring which was
one Of her wedding presents from
a friend of her fathers public life.
The day after the Generals burial
Mrs. Childs, of Philadelphia, gave
her beautiful mourning chain of
onyx and gold for the little silver
watch she carries.
The body Of George Brubaker,
ESQ.,, of Lancaster, Penna., was
burned at the crematorium in that
city recently. Deceased was a
prominent lawyer and Republican
politician. He was one of the
founders of the Cremation Society,
and it was his wish that his body
be burned.
Miss Cleveland's name is still
coupled with that of Vassar Col
lege, and there may yet be another
President" in the Cleveland fam
lily. When spoken to about the
matter the other day, Professor F.
l.. Ritter, of Vassar, said: "Miss
Cleveland may be chosen. She is
frequently mentioned for the posi-
ton. j."
The famous Ringgold Cavalry
held reunion last Friday at West
Alexander, about 5000 persons
being in attendance. The affair
was very pleasant one through
ont and was MARRIED only bv an