The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-08

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Miss Sallie Swindler, of Palatine,
returned home last Friday after
spending few weeks visiting friends
in this section.
Miss Maria Jenkins has been
quite i'll for some time, but is now
improving under skillful treatment
of DR.. Longanecker.
Mrs. Sallie Cupp, of Coal Centre.
Washington county, Penna., is visit
ing her father, Mr.. John Kramer, of
this place.
FoR your fresh Messina Lemons
call at the News store on Walnut
street.
ALL kinds of patterns from the
Delineator furnished at the News
Store, at publishers rates.
ASK to see those bargains in Per-
Gale Shirts, Mole skin pants, over
alls and heavy work shirts at Hutch.
inson d Jacobs.
SPECIAL Commissioner l.. S. Hough
sold the Pleasy Barmore land in Cass
district to Thomas M. Stoker, for
81 1856, on Tuesday, the 4th inst.
0ET READY FOR THEW ARMWEATHER.
Go to ID. Chadwick Il CO. g for your
White Goods, Prints, Ginghams and
Muslins for they have the finest as
sortment in town.
PREPARATIONS for the centennial
celebration are being made slowly,
bnt they are being made. A little
more energy on the part OF our com
mittee would be good thing.
MoNoNGALIA county ought not to
send twenty-five or thirty-five thous-
and dollars west next spring to buy
-four and feed. Our farmers ought
to get the money themselves and
keep it at home.
The Goshen Baptist Sunday school
convention will convene at the Forks
of Cheat Baptist Church on Tuesday
the 11th inst. The Goshen Baptist
Assertion will meet at the same
place on the 18th.
We learn that the railroad COM
pany has rented one of the wooden
buildings in Durbannah, now used
by Fairchild, Lawhead 4 Co.,
and will use it for a station house
until they can build one.
THERE is considerable talk about
a change being made in the post Of
flee at this place. For the informa-
ton of all we will say that at this
time no steps have been taken in that
direction at Washington.
The teachers institute for this
county will convene in Morgantown
on Monday, August oath, with Prof.
Thos. f. Hodges as instructor. Su-
perintcndent. Vandervort gives Of
fetal notice in another column.
The Secretary of State has issued
certificates of incorporation to the
Clarksburg Telephone Company,
corporation formed for the purpose
of maintaining and operating tel
ephone line at that place. with a
capital stock of $3.50, with priv
lege of increasing it.
WE learn that preparations are
being made by a number of our
farmers to SOW large acreage in
wheat this fall This is commend
able move. The failure in that i'm
portant crop this year would indi
cate yield above the average at the
next harvest. Let the large acreage
be sown.
The late Carmichaels tragedy is
remembered by all our readers. We
are reliably informed that Sam'l
Halfway who was thought TO be ia
tally injured is recovering slowly.
He is now able to walk about and
his physicians pronounce him out Of
danger. Mr.. James Jolliffe who shot
Halfway was bailed in the sum Of
$4,000. He has since left the country
and has not been heard Of. 1t is re-
ported that he intends to prolong his
absence indefinitely.
JUsr what is likely to be done at
present with the water works we are
unable even to guess. The boring is
completed-at least the we'll Is deep
er than the contract required it to
be, but the water does not flow. The
only thing now that remains to be
done is either to pamp from the new
well or fill reservoir from the well
on the creek. We must do some
thing.
S. d. HIRscHMAN is now in the
East, and will remain two or three
weeks buying fall goods. Acard re-
ceived from him yesterday says that
be is buying extensively, and has
already secured some Of the best bar
gains he ever made. He also init
mates that he will buy several thous-
and dollars worth more goods than
usual. We expect to hear further
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