The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-01


SEND a Photograph of your house
to your city friends.
CALL at Protzman's Art Emporium
and see the views recently made OF
Cheat river.
HUTCHINSON d. JACOBS are offering
some rare bargains in Mems Brogans
from 81 to $l.65.
A GOOD healthy egg is the mobiles,
work of hen.--Hunttngton Com
mercial. Eggs-actly.
THIS is the best time of the yeal
to have your residence photographed
Protzman can do it to perfection.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. George c.
Steele, a boy. Will some kind friend
look after George for few days un
til he gets rational?
A GENTLEMAN died in Guyandotte
last Friday who measured seven feet
and one inch in his stocking feet
Huntington Commercial.
GAINESVILLE, O., boasts of 27
year-old cat, who has been the mother
Of lib kittens, so far as the record
runs.-Brorton Central.
A RE UNION Of soldiers will be held
at the camp ground in Preston
county, Sept. 3, 4 and 9th, when a
glorious good time is expected.
LAST week Mrs. Mary A. Runner
and husband sold to w. w. and j
G. Pixler a one-third interest in John
Pixler's land receiving $500.
A MAN named Alexander, of bod
bridge county, killed ninety snakes
in one day last week.-Brarton Cen.
tral. Sire and Snort" Leve Dor.
ton kills twice that many every day
JEHU CARPENTER one day last weel,
killed crane measuring six feet
from tip to tip, brought It to town
and sold 1t to Mr. Dan O'Brien, whe
mounted it and will send it to Prof
l. G. White Of the State University
-Brd1t0n Central.
Too Much LIVE STooK.--"Why
Jones, what hot )rse you have in
your throatr' "Yes, l raised it from
a coll IT in my head. I've too much
live stock" swell, like cures like
Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup will cure
you. The Bull will quickly scare
the ho(a )rse away
Mr.. JOHN NORRIS, who lives in
the Dorsey neighborhood, about two
miles from town, and is a brother Of
DR.. G. b. Morris, lost a valuable
horse on last Friday night. 1t is
quite probable that it was stolen. Il
such is the case it is hoped that the
thief will speedily be arrested, and
the horse returned.
The Centennial Committee met
last night and determined to hold
the Centennial Celebration on We'd
nesday and Thursday, the 2Sth and
goth of October. They also directed
their Chairman to correspond with
Mr.. King with reference to the open
ing of the railroad at that time
The ball has started to roll.-keep il
going.
THERE are about twenty eight per
sons from this vicinity at Cheat
We understand they are having
quite a pleasant time. Their mum.
Der is almost invariable augmented
by friends from town on Sunday
The visitors come back and say they
were received cordially by theil
sporting friends. This has a tendency
to make some more of us wish that
we could go.
The old Morgantown Rough and
Ready" base ball club has been dis
banded. This was one of the crack
clubs of West Virginia.-West Vir.
ginian. Evidently the Vest Vir
ginian is not posted on base bal
matters. The facts are as follows
The "old Rough and Ready" base
ball club is still in practice and al
ways ready to play any club thai
has the "spunk" to send them 6
challenge.
A DETACHMENT of the United
States typographical survey arrived
in this section last week, and put uE
tent just outside of town, near Mr.
Prices, on the hill. They will re
main encamped in that place some
days yet, working to the Pennsyl
vania line, and distance equally al
great round. After completing thu
work in this section they will NOV,
the camp to Grafton. The object il
to construct a map that will aid th,
future geologist The party consists
Of eight men, who do most of thei
work on horseback.
THERE is q certain biped in thi
town that is enormously called
gentleman on certain occasions whel
it would be discourteous to thos,
present to call him anything else
that has fashion of coming arount
and taking sneaking squint at cop.
just before press day. If he don
look out he will leave the office SOM
of these days with haggard lool
and experiencing some other 'loca
Heterogeneous. Any man that il
so inconceivably mean as to do such
thing would degrade a thief by as
sociating with him.
A CARPENTER is now at work trying
to repair the damages that the Uni
versity sustained last spring at til,
hands Of some little soulded mis-
creant who thought it would b,
smart to do trick which if found
out on him would have placed hin
where the wolves would never hav
howled at him. The State SHOULD
always make an effort to secure tn
person who purposely destroys he
property. An action of this kind OF
the part of the State would have
tendency to stimulate the conscienc
of some men more than anything
else.
The University is getting thor
ough dressing up. All the WOO
work that is exposed to the weathe
is being treated to a new coat q
paint Many of the rooms have bee
greatly improved so the build
ings will make a fine appearance
whom tho otudontc rofurp uovt fol