The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-04-25
Tts Ntu dominion.
. Saturday, April 25, 1885.
MORGANTOWN, w. VA

SAY, Fairmont! How soon will
you have the w. Va. IL Pa. r. r.
open to the State line?
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church gave an ice cream festival at
the church on Tuesday evening.
The white wash artist has begun
his work and will improve the ap-
pearance of the fences and old cell
ings.
RI. Rev. GEO. w. PETERKIN will
preach at the Academy on Sunday,
April 26th, at 104 o'clock A. NJ. and
3P.M NJ.
The closing exercises of the Nor
gantown public school will take
place on the evening of Tuesday,
May 18th.
GENTLEMAN of the gas company (!
When will you begin to lay gas
mains? An anxious public await
your reply.
OUR enterprising young friends
Hutchinson n Jacobs, of Little Falls,
make some announcements this week.
Read them.
WITH the opening of the railroad,
the completion OF gas and water
works we will begin to assume met
ropolitan airs.
CIRcUsEs are getting ripe early.
No less than three are advertised to
exhibit at various places in this
State next week.
EVERYTHING about town is most
almighty quiet about this time.
Even dog fight would serve to re-
lieve the monotony.
A GOOSE out in Jefferson county
died few days ago at the age of 10
years. The owner Of this bird says
she has raised 100 geese.
QUARTERLY meeting at the Long
Alley A. M. E. Church on Sunday
next. Presiding Elder Rev. R. 2.
Lawson will conduct the service.
WE are adding lot of new mater
ial to our already large Job Depart
ment and are better prepared than
ever to serve our patrons in that
line.
The fine weather of the early part
of this week frightened up every
thing. The. grass is beginning to
grow and the trees to bud. 1t looks
like real spring.
AN exchange recommends sea
trip as the best remedy for spring
fever. Very likely it is, but how are
we land lubbers to get to the sea, or
even to Fairmont.
QUITE number of raftsmen from
Marion, Taylor and Harrison coun-
ties were in town last week. A large
amount of timber has been taken
down within few days.
CHE streets look worse than l
ever saw them before" said promi-
nent citizen yesterday. 1--WE ought
to 90 to work at once and put every
thing ORDER" And he is pretty much
correct.
WE give space to-day to CORES
pondence that revives an old contro-
versy between our Halleck Cores
pendent and Lamona. We hope
both gentlemen will now consider
the matter settled and drop it.
OUR favorite contemporary the
Huntington Advertiser hopes Nor
gantown will improve her opportu-
nifty to get water works. 1t says
such stream of water as we have is
worth more to us than a gold mine.
FOURTEEN car loads of cattle re-
Gently arrived at Fairmont in one
day, most of them for farmers in this
county, and another lot was expected
yesterday brought by A. ]. Jones,
Love Frum, t. H. Devault and 9TH
erS.
THREE more lots were sold in the
Hirschman & Houston addition to
Morgantown last week; one to Louisa
Henderson and two to Jas. G. Wal
lace. This promises to be one of the
most desirable sections of the place
for residences.
Mrs. McVIcKER has been in the
east for some days past selecting hel
spring goods. She will remain fol
about two weeks yet, visiting the
fashionable millinery establishments
and will give her patrons here the ben
eft of what she learns.
ssADAM the goodliest man of mer
since born" still could not be called
exactly enviable, for when he titled
the ground in the dewy twilight and
caught sharp touch of rheumatism
he had no Salvation Oil for his cure
and no twenty-five cents to try it.
Those clever young men Hutchin
son 4 Jacobs, at the Falls, are ener
getic and popular. They have
splendid assortment of new goods
and offer them at low prices. AL
they ask is an inspection of thei
stock. You are sure to be pleased
AN unoccupied room in town, OF
Main street, has sign hanging il
front of it bearing this inscription
"W. Va. and Pa. R. R." We woult
be glad if some one would tell u
what this means.-Fairmon Yves
Tsrginian.-It means that you ough
to fire lot of slang at Morgantowl
for not stalking her hope of getting
railroad upon the building of the W
Va. & Pa. r.. r.
WORK at the mines here is boom
ing at present CASTOR is shippinI
about four hundred tons daily