The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-04-03
Notes About Town.

Are you going to Grafton on
Decoration Day?
Charley Shank will be retained
as clerk, one month by Postmaster
Nye.
Tomorrow is the day than many
people make their annual change of
homes.
There are now enrolled at the
University 135 students-2S more
than last year.
Col. Evens has had row of
young naples planted in front of his
new residence.
Some of the students are arrang-
ing for a swell ball at the University
on Commencement night.
The old postoffice boxes will be
used in the new building for few
weeks until new ones can be secured
The cadaver of H. II. Hayes
famous pointer, "Rocks," has been
found. He was shot several weeks
ago.
Henry Baker is cleaning up and
greatly improving the old Hayes
stand. He will move into it in few
days.
What has become of the brass
band? If it will come forward room
will be made for it on the ros-
trum.
Prof. Whites and Lieut.. Will
sons new houses on the creek are
approaching completion, and will be
ready for occupancy soon.
The Marstellar property neal
the University was resold Monday
1t was purchased by Prof. White,
for $1,540, Cox d Hough, commits
sioners.
The old frame part of Mrs. Ha-
gans' residence has been moved
some distance from the main build
ing and made into seperate dwell
ing house.
Prof. Reynolds lecture before
the Y. M. c. A. on the evening O.
April Sth promises to be treat. II
will be free, and the best music OBJ
tainable will be rendered.
Hayes, Baker q Co. have beer
boring well for Prof Wiley on thu
lot recently purchased by him from
j. P. Donley, Esq This new method
ofsinking wells is becoming very pop
ular.
-Kinsey Fife is erecting dwell
ing house near his own residence
1t will be occupied by Joseph Van
Glider. Mr.. Fife also talks of put
, ting up another house during tn
l summer.
Prof. White will have from
addition of at least four rooms bull
e to his residence this spring. Tn
l family will occupy rooms at tn
Seminary while the addition is be
: ing built.
+: We learn that Mr.. Lonny V
0 Keck is at home and will in a fey
r days enter upon the practice of law
taking office room with his father
/. Lonny has abundant ability an
) with proper application will max
4 his mark in the legal profession.
;. An effort has been made to Undue
a Mr. Nye to change his intention
and have the post-office somewher
d in the neighborhood of where it
v now, but the effort has proved to b
Q futile. The new building was erec
/. ted for post office and will be use
d for that purpose.
A temperance mass meeting wi
If be held next Friday evening at 7:3
% o'clock in the NJ. f. church job
J. L. Thomas, State lecturer of the Ii
% dependent Order Of Good Templar
It will deliver an address on "Forcefl
.r Organization and How to Secure 1t.
There will be no collections. Every
:. body invited.
- One of the first men to congra
~ ulate Mr.. Nye on his appointmel
:. was Mr.. Dering, the present pos
- master Mr.. Dering has been pos
- master for nearly a quarter of
century and has made very alb
and efficient officer, and all of b
it actions concerning the new appoin
at ment have been those of the perfe
K. gentleman.
'e The steamer kendall" land,
~ at our wharf Sunday afternoon ca
10 rying ten members of the 'sPera
o. Johnston Novelty Company" fro
x Greensboro, where the company b;
Mt ''busted." The lady members of Il
to troupe had taken another directio
st The men started to Fairmont
IN foot after eating dinner Their ba
Ia, gage was attached by the sheriff
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