The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-31

MRS. JANE MADEIRA is fitting up a
neat little house on her lot on Front
street, for rent,
We hear of several families who
have been unable as yet to secure
houses for the coming year.
WE have an able letter upon our
table from our correspondent Lamona
that will appear in our next.
ENOUGH clear pure soft water flows
from the gas well to supply town
Of 10000 Inhabitants with all they
could use.
The severe weather has delayed
work on the rink 1t is hoped, how
ever, that it will be completed early
in February.
The cheap 121 cent Dress Goods
at Chadwick's have never been APP.
preached in price by any other firm
in our town.
Mrs. WIN. ANDERSON has bought
the VIM. Staggers property on Spruce
street, and will built fine residence
on the front of the lot.
!. N. WEAVER, proprietor Of the
Weaver House, on the West Side,
passes all his customers free over the
bridge after the first trip.
The cold snap here has been Sc
we're, but no suffering has been re-
ported nor the destruction Of any
stock as was the case in many parts
of the west.
QUITE number of the persons in
telested in the Morris Bowlby suit
have been in town during the week
taking dispositions before Commits
sioner Brown.
MARRIAGE licenses have been issued
to the following persons since our
last report: Oliver Guthrie and Nan
cy A. Tichnor; Andrew j. Hawkins
and Miss p. E. Guthrie.
WE will send the New DOMINION
and the New York Weekly World
one year to any address for 1920.
Send in your subscriptions and get
two papers for the price Of one.
NOTICE the announcement of L. M
Gregg Il Son in another column.
The numerous friends of both gentle
men as well as the general public are
iavited to do business with them.
LEWIS BERRY, the unfortunate
young man from near Osageville,
who recently became insane, was
lodged in jail q few days ago. He is
very violent and makes much trouble.
The gas well is down nearly $50
feet. The work is retarded some
what on account of the strong flow
of water to contend against. Elk
perts are unanimous in saying that
gas will be found at this point.
The pulpit of the Morgantown
Baptist Church will be filled on next
Sunday, Feb'y 1st, by the Rev. Mr..
Curry, Of Taylor county. 1t is hoped
that the membership and friends of
the Church will be in attendance.
WORTH, of Paris, has decided in
favor of hoops, but they come in use
slowly. In this country everybody
has decided that DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup is the best remedy for coughs
and colds, and it is coming fast into
general use.
THERE is talk of some big i'm
provements in the Morgantown -four
ing mills. Mr.. Jerry Joseph informs
us that a manufacturer of rolls and
other fine milling machinery will ar
rive in few days to give an esti-
mate of the cost.
THE Connellsville Courier perpe.
trates the following on young man
of that place: He had an auburn
haired girl, and promised to take her
ont riding. She lives on Main street.
She met him at the door when he
drove up, and he exclaimed, "Hello!
Ready?" She misunderstood him,
and they don't speak now.
The Amended Code of West Vir-
einia from 1868 to 1883, inclusive
with Acts of general nature in force
Jan. l, 1884, and constitution of the
State, by j. A Warth, will be fur
nished and delivered to any person
at a reasonable price on short notice
by WALTER MADEIRA,
Bookseller and News Dealer.
The most ably edited and newsi-
est paper that comes to us from Pitts
burg is the Dispatch. There is no
hap or mishap in the country that is
not chronicled therein. and no topic
Of interest that is not sensibly com
mented upon in the editorial depart
ment of the paper. If you want the
very best Daily in Western Pennsyl-
vania subscribe for the Dispatch.
WORD was received here last week
of the death of Grove Cooper, at
Pittsburg. Mr. Cooper worked here
last year at the saddlery business,
and hailed from Morgantown.-Ra-
vensUood Ne,cs.
This will no doubt be choice bit
of news for Grove. He was alive
and kicking pretty lively this morn
ing, and SO far as we can judge isn't
likely toadie for some time yet.
WE regret to learn of the destruc-
ton Of the handsome residence of
Lewis Baker and all its contents by