The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-12-12

the holders OF the property, who
were considerably shaken up about
the matter. At that time nothing
was accomplished. 1t is said that
several suits will be instituted short
ly in the Fayette county courts to
recover the property or its value
Greene County Democrat.
GOSPEL OR DYNAMITE-WHICH?-
Mr.. THOMPSON LECTURE LAST NIGHT
"A FEAST oE ELoQUENCE.-We
knew that it was coming. We had
heard him "many time and oft
before and knew that eloquence and
Thompson were twin brothers. We
knew there would be a good house,
for we remembered Morgantown' S
old fondness for her beloved minister
and University President. We re
membered the beauty and the fire
and the force of his words and knew
that the Literary Societies would
congratulate themselves upon their
happy selection of lecturer. If
anybody was disappointed he has
kept his disappointment buttoned
close in his vest pocket. During the
more impressive parts of the lecture
the audience was as still as it could
have been though buried a hundred
fathoms deep.
But to explain to the outside
world what we are talking about it
may be well enough to say that the
Rev. John Riley Thompson-or DIR.
Thompson, as they call him in New
York and Brooklyn-formerly Presi-
dent of the West Virginia University,
lectured last night in the NJ. f.
Church before the Columbian and
Parthenon Literary Societies of the
University. His subject was Coos
pei or Dynamite-Which?' and it
was not hard to tell which when the
lecturer finished
The exercises would have been
held either in Chapel Hall or Com
mencement Hall but the committee,
considering the long and dark walk
between the town and the University,
wisely concluded to secure the M.
f. Church 1t was well filled with
an intelligent and appreciative audi
ence. These do not need to be told
anything about it. The universal
expression was, "He has the same
old ring" and nothing more compli-
mentary could have been said.
Those who were not there and who
have heard Mr.. Thompson at his
best when he was a citizen of Nor
gantown have some idea of what
they missed. Those who have never
heard him cannot realize how much
poorer they are than the rest of us.
And to undertake to tell them would
be like an amateur trying to copy a
Raphael.
The greeting given Mr.. Thompson
after the lecture was warm and
hearty and his handshake had in it
the genuine earnestness of the man
himself. Old students, some of
whose faces he had forgotten but
who will remember him kindly
while reason shall hold its seat
crowded around, not that they might
speak to him but with the desire
that he should speak to them as in
the old college days. For, whatever
else may be said, the boys were al
ways on Thompson's side.
He viii remain here until to-mor-
row Thursday the guest of Prof.
Lorentz, and we are happy to an
nounce that the committee has ar
ranged for another lecture by him
tonight. His subject will be can
American Pilgrim at English
Shrines," or in other words, some
observations on his journey in Eng
land. There will be full house.
Admittance % cents. The New
York Christian ADVOCATE says OF
him:
THE Rev. John Riley Thompson,
pastor of Grace Church, Brooklyn,
has two lectures-'The Gospel OF
Dynamite-Which?' and is the
World Growing Better or Worse?'
which he is delivering as his
strength and church work will allow.
DR.. Thompson, on the platform, is a
unique character, as stirring as a
sensationalist, without his arts, as
close reasoner as the logician, with
out his red tape. We are glad that
his health has so greatly improved y
NEWTON S. BARNS, Esq, sealed up
and put away in 1859 a bottle OF
blackberry wine which he then de