The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-05-02

The New DOMINION steam printing
office is the pace to get your Job
work.
FAIRcHANcE Furnace is now turn
ing out twenty to twenty five tons
of metal per day.
BISHOP PETERKIN held services n
Academy Hall on Sunday last, morn
ing and afternoon.
MANY housekeepers have much
trouble to procure butter enough to
supply their tables.
The May number of the School
Journal will be issued next week.
1t will be good one.
NOTICE the numerous legal adver-
tisements that appear in this issue
of the New DOMINION.
Our steam press is still great
curiosity. 1t brings scores of visi
tors to the office every week.
We have a long communication
from our correspondent Lamona that
we will try to publish next week.
MORE lots have been sold in the
Hirschman q Houston addition this
week. Two were bought by parties
from Chicago.
JACOB slime announces himself to-
day as II candidate for Town Ser
geant Jake no doubt would make
good officer
STRAW hats and linen busters will
not be so very popular as heretofore;
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup. however,
will be as popular as ever.
QUITE number of articles omitted
this week for want of space. Reckon
we will have to further enlarge the
New DOMINION to accommodate the
pressure.
WEAVER Il GUsEMAN have opened
their agricultural implement and
grain ware house on the suspension
bridge corner, and are already doing
considerable business.
THE closing exercises of the Nor
gantown Public School will take place
on the evening of Tuesday, May 18th.
The event is anticipated with pleas
ure by the little folks.
WORK at the gas we'll is in pro-
gress. 1t is now about 1850 feet
deep. A few days will see the Dor
ing completed, and, we hope, the
work of laying the gas mains com
menced.
NOTICE the advertisement of the
Franklin G. Steuart grazing farms
in Harrison county, advertised in
this issue of the New DOMINION.
They are among the best lands in
the State.
The visitors from here who went
to Mt. Morris on Saturday were
jolly crew. They upset, lost specta-
cles, went to sleep coming home, and
probably were guilty of other unbe-
coming capers.
COL F. w. THOMPSON, of Morgan
town, was in town day this week
looking for suitable site for steam
Touring mill. A first class mill would
be of great benefit to our town.
KingWood Journal.
Mr.. JOHN E. HAUGHT, of Battelle
district announces himself this week
as candidate for County Superin-
tendent of Schools. Mr.. Taught is
very highly spoken of by his friends
Of the upper end of the county.
HENRIETTA KINEs was so unfortu-
/. nate as to lose her purse the other
day somewhere out on the ridge. 1t
contained near six dollars in money,
tax receipt bearing her name, and
some other papers. The finder will
will do her great favor by returning
it.
BoRoUGH election, Monday, May
18th; school election, Tuesday, May
10TH Matters of much local inter
est will be decided at the borough
election. The questions of borough
extension and the $4,000 water
works subscription will be dispos-
ed of.
PROVIDERS have been raiding Mr..
T. H. b. Staggers chicken coop. He
has lost about dozen fine hens dur
ing the past ten days. The visits of
the thieves are always made at night
and Tom has no chance to throw
stones with any degree of accuracy.
Vest Tiyginian.
The Public Herald, published by
Lum Smith, FOG Chestnut street,
Philadelphia, is doing good work for
the newspapers in its exposition of
cheats and advertising frauds. Now
if some one would inaugurate
scheme for warming up dead beat
subscribers the country newspaper
would be happy.
THIEVES visited Fairmont last
week and blew open Swisher q Car
pcnter's safe, securing something
over dollar in mutilated coin and
fractional paper currency. They
were not very well posted or they
would have known there was no
money in Fairmont-it was all in
vested in the w. Va. d Pa. r. r.
A. BILL has passed the Pennsylva-
MIA Senate and no doubt will pass
the house requiring license from
Clerks of Courts in that State before
marriage ceremony can be perform
ed. 1t imposes a fine of 81, 900 upon
preachers, magistrates and witnesses
who will perform any Of their several
functions without the required GER
tificate. The passage of the law will
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