The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-12-26
Notes About Town.

Notes About Town.
The Franklin House is being
treated to a new roof.
"A choice morsel for the greedy
gossips is developing.
The boardwalk leading to the
University has been repaired.
-Chancery Hill is, perhaps, the
most beautiful of all our suburbs.
The L. M. M. Society met Mon
day evening at Miss Emma Bough-
ner's
There will be masquerade car
nival at the rink on Christmas
night.
Our job department has been
running at full power for several
weeks.
Born, Sunday, Dec. goth, a
daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. f. C. AL
lender.
Miss Ole Lawhead will give
party this evening for her school
children.
j. Riley Dean is making an ex-
cellent new street crossing on Front
and Pleasant
Davis d Huston have Just put a
new tin roof on Mr.. Frank Domains
! house, in Durbannah.
Samuel Hackney has made an
addition to his dwelling house and
otherwise improved it.
-Messrs. Bennett d Talbot have
completed their contract of macada
MIXING Garrett avenue.
The Morgantown public schools
close to-day, and will not open again
until the 4th of January.
The Presbyterian Sunday school
will give its little folks an entertain
ment on New Years night
If there is a divinity shaping
the ends of some peoples tongues
we are very much mistaken.
That wedding and two others
are to occur between the first of
January and the first of May.
-Durbannah is likely to spread
itself all the way up the river under
the impetus of thenew railroad.
The question of a new court
house is again being agitated in
some quarters. 1t will take several
quarters to get it.
christmas exercises will be held
in the M. Z. church tomorrow
Thursday evening. The exercises
will be very interesting.
The F., M. & P. is only five
miles away--and coming. The most
sensitive ears can now hear the
shrek of the locomotive.
Sanford Pickenpaugh is giving
his tailoring shop complete dress
ing up. The building has been used
for that purpose for fully fifty years.
Rev. Mr.. Crawford will begin
series of meetings about the middle
of January. He will be assisted by
Miss Jennie Smith, the railroad
evangelist.
"A new and substantial street
crossing has been laid at the junction
of North street and Long Alley. Also
one at the crossing Of Front and
Pleasant streets.
Beautiful town lots are now for
sale in the new addition. Come in
and cast your lot among us, send
your children to school and ride
over our new road.
There was no preaching in the
Presbyterian church Sunday and
Sunday evening. Prof. REYNOLDS
will hereafter fill the pulpit until
pastor can be secured.
Christmas is anxiously looked
forward to by some of our fair dam
sells as the happy time when they
are to be blessed, not by presents
only, but by the presence of some
dear friends.
There are about forty unpro
gressive property owners in town
who will neither dress up their prop
erty nor sell to men who would.
The question is, what are we going
to do about it?
Arrangements are being made
for an interesting dramatic perform
ance by "local talent" to be given
on the night of the 22nd of Februa-
ry. 1t will be under the auspices of
the Presbyterian church.
The NJ. E. Mite Society at Mr..
J. P. Donley's last Saturday evening
was well attended and greatly enjoy
cd by all present. Query-Why do
some boys insist on being on the
same side in charade that their
girls are?
The report was circulated last
week that Fairchild, Lawhead u Co.'S
carriage shops had suspended work
for the winter. It was mistake.
The company has never been more
active than it is now, and has never
had more work to do.
Work on the new streets about
the depot seems to hang fire. Moore
street has been macadamized. but a
good deal Of work is yet needed to
finish it. Mr.. Sturgiss, with COM
mendable enterprise, has been pre-
pairing to erect large and elegant
building Mt the corner Of Moore
street and Garrett avenue, but be il
waiting to see Whist will be done
vita the streets. Nothing should
% thrown II The way q Any Mort