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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20
MOrgant0W booming and
Evervthimg Lovely ON
the MOnongnheIa.

Pittsburg Penny Press.
For two years past the prospects
have not been as encouraging along
the Monongahela river as at the
present time. All the mines between
Brownsville and this city are in full
operation, giving steady employment
to about 5000 men. The majority
of the miners have recovered from
the effects of the long strike, and can
apply their earnings to the demands
of their families. The cokers have
all they can do, and there is plenty
of work for other outdoor laborers.
Merchants are making large pur-
chases of goods from the wholesale
men in the city, and the ''river trade"
as it is called by the commercial
travellers, is coming up to its old
time standard.
At California, Bellevernon, Browns
vile and several other places, extern
siye improvements, varying in char
acter, are projected, and will be UNI
der way shortly. At Greensboro
and points further up the river, lum-
bermen are on the alert. The de-
mand for lumber, has increased fifty
per cent. during the past six months,
and portable saw mills are being
located to get the lumber ready for
the market. At Morgantown every
thing is said to be booming. The
people of that section have at last
secured railroad facilities, and are
taking advantage of it.
The oil excitement near Green's
boro is still undated. 1t is thought
that several of the wells will prove
good producers when the third sand
is reached. If so, the oil will be
piped to the river and shipped in
boats.
1--WE are waiting patiently" said
a merchant from Greensboro this
morning, "for the further develop
ment of the oil field, and if it turns
out as anticipated by several of the
operators, who have already invested
from $4,000 to $4,000 in sinking
wells, Greensboro will be one of the
liveliest towns on the Monongahela
during the coming summer"
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The Case of Josiah Carlow.

Special Correspondence Of the New Dominion.
MAIDsvILLE, March 16.-In your
last issue l noticed an article con-
corning Cyrus Carlow, or ST Carlow.
Perhaps you meant Josiah Carlow.
The unfortunate man is insane, it is
true, but he never had in his posses
sion the late B. R. Garlow's revolver,
as reported, nor has he ever scared
any one with his shot-gan. His
friends allowed him to go to church
on Friday night, the 9Th inst.
About time to close the meeting Mr..
Carlow created some little disturb
ance, but did not break up the meet
ing, and his friends didn't allow him
to go to meeting any more. He was
sent to Dixmont Hospital for treat
ment, accompanied by j. Marion
Carlow, Thos. Wilkcrson, the former
a cousin, the later brother-in-la law,
on Tuesday, the 9th inst.
The above is a true account of the
sad affair, which you will please
publish this week 1t is not known
whether the untimely death of his
cousin or disease dethroned his
reason: perhaps both.
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BRirroN-JoNEs- Blacksmith,
March 7th, Miss Malinda Jones to
Mr.. Francis NJ. Britton. by Rev. J.
+. Myers.
Observation-Disclosures End, by
Rev. J. T. Myers, Miss Laura d.
Wilson to Mr.. James Warner, both
Of Blacksville, this county.
HEss-HAwKINs-March 10th at
Granville. Miss Laura May Haw-
kins to Mr. Adam B. Hess. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. T.
H. Trainer.
CLAYToN--CAGE-March Bird, at
the home of the brides parents, by
Rev. W. M. Ryan Mr.. Hugh NJ. Clay
ton and Miss Tillie Cage, both OF
Greene county, Pa.
SMITH -Low.--On Tuesday even
ing, March 10Th, 10y the Rev. Mr..
Rymer, at the residence of William
Low, in Grant district, Mr.. Mitchell
+. Smith and Miss Ellen Low, both
of Preston county.
kEENER-LAUGHLIN-Feb 2lst, at
the residence Of Robt. Laughlin, in
Wayne township, Greene county, Pa,
by Enoch Maple. Esq. Mr.. David 4.
Keencr and Sadie J. Laughlin, both
Of Greene county, Pa.
SoUTH-LYNcn-Fcb. 9th, by
Rev. Lcwellyn, at his home, in White
ley township Greene county, Pa,
Mr.. Stephen y. South. of Willow
Tree, and Miss Belle Lynch. OF Da-
yistown. Greene county. Pa.
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Literary Convention.

Delegates from the following liter
airy societies in Grant district met at
Laurel Point Saturday, March 18th,
viz: Sanford Fisher, representing
No. II; Major Tucker, Coal Spring
1. Ralphsnyder, Union and Arnetts-
Vile; Ross Hall, Laurel point and A.
S. Barker. Granville, and decided to
proceed with the Literary Conven-
tions, to meet at Laurel Point Satur-
day evening April 14th, promptly at
6 o'clock. 1t was decided that each
prepare program of its own, not
to exceed one performer in each class,
said program to be handed to the
Sec'y not later than one week prior
to time of meeting.
Question for debate:
Resolred, That the Rudiments of
individual Character are Discerniblc
in Childhood.
To Affirm. S. Tough, Coal
Spring, w. +. Glasscock, Arnetts-
vile, and, L. w. Conway, Union.
To Deny-I. Nc Gallagher, Gran
vile, S. Fisher No. IL and Ross Hall
Laurel Point.
Committee on music, s. r. Fisher,
Committee on arrangements, procur-
ing honse, etc, Ross Hall.
A. $. BARKER,
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Marcellus II. Carraco)
Frank A. 81 shsan {. al In c'''ssFy'
. and
Henry +. Rice

'u
Henry =. kice
Fr,nl Sbeane,,,
The parties. complanauts and defendants in The
abov. named causes and all others Interested a..
hereby notified that have fixed unop
oAu~y' 'ne lynn u~y VI APi", iooo
next, at my office in Morgantown, w. Va. to ascer-
tain and report upon the following points
of reference in said causes, under the decree OF the
Circuit Court of Monongalia county, rendered
therein on Monday February 10Th, 1886
LIST. will audit and settle the administration ac-
counts of Ira Bailey, Administrator of Robert
End. will audit and settle the accounts of Frank
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Notes About Town.

The court house has been re-
paired.
County court adjourned last
Friday.
Judge Ollie lost valuable horse
last Saturday.
The Building Association is in
a fourishing condition.
Street cleaning has been com
menced in some parts of the town.
Rudolph Bond and family will
move to Point Marion in few days.
The Y. NJ. c. A. held its regular
bi-weekly meeting Sunday afternoon
in Waverly Hall.
j. r. Miller has rented. the DIR.
Morris store-room now occupied by
ii. c. Baker, and will move in April
LIST.
Charley Pride and wife have
moved from Point Marion to Nor
gantown. They occupy a part of
VIM. H. Watts house.
Pedestrians to and from the
railroad station find the new cross
ing at Front and Pleasant streets to
be a great convenience.
Prof p. B. Reynolds will lecture
before the Y. NJ. c. A. in the NJ. Z.
church, Thursday evening, April LIST.
The lecture will be free.
= Henry S. Hayes will remove to
the Wallace store-room April lst,
and Henry c. Baker will take the
stand vacated by Mr.. Hayes.
MIR. James A. Davis has been
putting neat fence around the resi-
dences of Hon. Geo. c. Sturgiss and
David Chadwick, Front street.
We now have regular railway
mail service. The new order of
things began last Monday morning.
The west side of the river will CON
tinuc to have daily mail.
Born, Sunday the 18th inst, to
President and Mrs. f. NJ. Turner,
two sons and daughter. Mrs.
Turner and the children are doing
nicely, but the President has not
yet recovered. Where now is the
man who will say that a railroad is
not a great benefit to town?
The University faculty contains
two able members who were formerly
newspaper men: A. X. Whitehill.
Professor of Chemistry, who was for
several years connected with the
San Francisco Chronicle and later
was editor of a daily in Nevada, and
w. p. Wiley, Professor of Law, who
was for five years on the editorial
staff of the Wheeling Reqister.
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The Death Roll.

BARNHoUsE-Friday, March 9TH,
in the s3rd year of his age, Andrew
Farmhouse, of Marion county.
HArnuRsT March 9TH, at her
home in Marion county, Mr.. Benia-
min Hayhurst in the Goth year of
her age.
BREwER-Mollie, daughter of
Robert and Augusta Brewer, of Wise,
this county, died Feb. 2Sth in the
third year of her age
HAYHURsT-March It'll, two DAYS
after the death of his wife, Benjamin
Hayhurst, of Marion county, died in
the 6Sth year of his age.
HARDINGER-On the 9th inst. at
his home near Osceola, Iowa, Conrad
Hardinger, in the 10th year of his
age. He was resident of this
county from 1860 to 1868.
STEwART-Monday the 18th inst,
at Easton, Oracle May Stewart, lit
tie daughter of the late Elliott Stew
art. She was 10 months and 15 DAYS
old, and was bright and interest
ing little child. The funeral took
place Tuesday afternoon at two
O'Clock at Mt. Union cemetery.
BRowN-Monday night, March
10th, at II O'Clock, at her home in
Kingwood, Mrs. Jessie Thomas
Brown, wife of VIM. G. Brown, ir.
She was about % years of age and
was woman noted for her beauty
and the loneliness of her character.
She leaves little daughter 6 or 7
weeks old. She was born at Tyrone.
Pa, and was married to Mr. Brown
in December, 81. The funeral takes
place to-day. The stricken friends
have the sympathy of the New Do
MINIoN in this their dark hour.
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REV. CANNON IN TROUBLE
Harrisville ReUicw says that Revs.
w. F. Cannon and +. j. Taylor, OF
the M. +. church, are into hot water.
They are accused of preaching and
teaching doctrine not endorsed by
the church, and Rev. A. Mick, pas
tor of the Harrisville circuit, has is
sued ukase closing all the churches
on that circuit against them. 1t is
expected that large number OF
the church members, who are in
sympathy with Cannon and Taylor,
will leave the church with them.
Rev. Cannon, several years ago,
preached ON the West side of the
river, in this county, and was con
sidered very peculiar and eccentric.
His weakness is "sanctitication.'
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independence.

INDEPENDENCE, w. VA, March l5.
Miss Dora Greenleaf, of Bridge
port, will teach select school at
this place this spring.
Miss Icie Waters, sister of n. NJ.
Waters, of Morgantown, has almost
entirely recovered from long and
serious illness of over year.
Flota Waters is seriously i'll at the
present writing. She is very sweet,
intelligent girl, and we hope she may
soon recover.
The protracted meeting at Irondale
Furnace closed the 10th of this
month. 1t was conducted by Rev.
Davis, of the U. B. church. There
were some thirty conversions, and
twenty seekers were still forward
when the meeting closed.
There is talk of Irondale Furnace
resuming work soon. Col. Nemeygei
is expected to bring his family next
month. They will reside at the Fur
mace this summer.
The Orrel coal shaft, at NJ wburg,
is being cleaned out and repaired
ready for work. There will also be
about sixty new coke ovens built at
Newburg this summer.
b. NJ. Squires, the County Super
intendent, was visiting the school at
Independence last Friday.
John L. Howard is visiting friends
near Tnnnelton.
Frank w. Wright was visiting
friends at Austen last Sunday week.
The NJ. +. quarterly meeting was
held at this place last Saturday and
Sunday. Presiding Elder Lakin
preached excellent sermons Saturday
night, Sunday and Sunday night.
=
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DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE REVENUE
LAVA short time ago Marion
county man who was distiller con-
cluded to dispose of his stock of
brandy and go into other business.
0. J. Sutton neighbor of the distil-
Ter who formerly lived in this county
offered to buy the brandy saying
that he could sell it at certain
point in the West at profit. So a
bargain was made and Sutton
paid 500 down to secure the bar
gain. At this point Sutton was in
formed by an officer that before he
could sell or ship the brandy he
would need to obtain liquor deal
ers' license that would cost at least
500. The men are both in rather
an awkward predicament. Sutton
can't even return it to the distiller
uncil he gets license and if he
could do that, the distiller could not
again sell it under his distillcr's IL
cense
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FAlRM0Nr.
The Mountain City, las Men and
Maidens.

BY Our Special Correspondent.
FArRNoNr, March l5.--Thc COM
plimentsry concert given by Mrs.
Palmer's pupils and others, at the
rink Saturday evening, was well at
tended and highly appreciated. Mrs.
Palmer will leave tomorrow for her
home in Wheeling.
Miss Sara Sweeney, of Wheeling,
is visiting friends in town and gave
valuable assistance at the concert.
Miss Grace yeffers, of Broaddus
College. is visiting her friend, Miss
Arab Martin, at DIR. Ogden's.
Misses Ida and Della Raymond
and Miss Nellie Bassell. of Clarks-
burg, are visiting friends in town.
Messrs. J. j. Burns, of the Ave
nue., and c. f. Hutchinson, of Ca
tawba, were in Pittsburg last week
on business.
Capt. ID. NJ. Camp, of Arnettsvillc,
was in town last Monday night.
The following persons came up
from townsville, over the F., NJ. &
F., last Friday; Misses Title Lowe,
Sallie Huffman, Resale Bonnitield.
Mrs. Wells, Mrs. George Bonnifield.
and Messrs. Philip Lowe and Hugh
Hood
+. j. Brock, the popular clerk in
Swishef 4 Carpenters dry goods
store, is visiting his parents near
Lowesyille.
There was quite number of PEG
Pile in town Friday attending the
Prohibition meeting. We were
unable to attend but learn that the
question of prohibition was pretty
fairly discussed by Mcssrs. Car
skadon, Burt and others.
DIR. w. II. Hall h Co. are making
quite an improvement in their drug
store by lowering the floor to level
with the street
c. f. McCray has removed the old
building on the corner of Main and
Bridge SITS, where DIR. Ogden will,
in a few days, begin the erection ola
fine business house
Curt Fleming will begin the cree
ton of dwelling house, on Barney
street, in a few days.
A meeting of the miners and mine
laborers was held in the court house,
last Wednesday evening, to consider
the question of organization 10 secure
uniform wages throughout this sec
ton of country.
Chas. G. Yeager met with pain
full accident, on Thursday of last
week, by getting his thumb and fin
gers cut and mashed by a moulder
in the Fairmont Furniture Works.
Fears are entertained that his thumb
will have to be amputated.
On Friday evening the plastcring
over head in A. II. Jennings jewelry
store all fell off. The danger was
seen in time TO remove the show cases,
DC, so nothing was badly damaged.
Workmen are now engaged in ceiling
the room.
u. M. Ayers, the genial druggist
of Warrington, is at home.
The f., NJ. n T.. brought W. r.
Basnett's handsome figure into town
this morning He will take in Graf
ton before he returns to Morgan
town.
w. G. Wilson will start for south
west Kansas, in a few days, where
he will probably locate for the prac-
tice Of law.
The first mail over the f., Nj. d L.
today.
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The story of Jennie Nlmlt this
Life.

Nearly everybody in Morgantown
has heard Miss Jennie Smith tell
the wonderful story of her life, but
many of our readers elsewhere have
not Here it is in her own words as
told in the North Avenue NJ. 4.
church, at Allegheny City recently
For twenty years l was help
less invalid, and when travelling
was carried on a lounge and if on a
railroad train / was always bag
gage car passenger. 1t was when
on the cars, or being moved from
train to train by the employees, that
! first became interested in their So
cial and religious welfare. yearned
to be strong and healthy to labor
vigorously among them That was
my great ambition. My home was
in Ohio and / consulted every physi-
elan in the State.
There seemed to be NO hope for
me. Years passed on and finally |
was taken to hospital in Philadel-
phia. The best physicians in the
country attended me, but all deelar-
ed my malsdy incurable.
MY spine was diseased; my arms
were paralyzed; / was blind, deaf
and dumb.
"A party of physicians prepared
to make final test on my case. Oh.
my heart was centered in it; my ex-
pectations were great, and hope ena-
bled me to look quite beyond my
troubles and trials. The test was
made and proved a failure. For the
first time in my life all my hope left
me. Life in all its blackness, pain
and disappointment stared at me
and wept.
my brightest hopes of being use
full were dashed to the ground.
Il could then speak, and asked
several of the gentlemen to remain
and pray with me- They all prayed,
and SO did l, earnestly. We all
lapsed into profound silence for
few minutes, when suddenly / felt
absolute faith in in the passage of
Scripture, "Stretch forth thy hand"
Il tried and succeeded. The party
was astonished, but more SO when l
arose and walked across the room
my first walk for twenty years. My
sister was present. She had never
seen me walk at all, and she scream
ed, oh. Jennie! Jennie.! l gradu-
ally became stronger until l attained
the vigorous life which / now en-
joy
The lady proceeded to tell of her
great work on the various railroads.
In calm and simple language she
told of the dangers experienced by
the sometimes rough, but always
brave hearted railroad boys
Tears now and again filed her eyes
as she told how some of them she
knew had been killed. At times
there were few dry eyes in the audi
ence as she told of sorrowful scenes.
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THE UNIVERSITY.
., otn nret.tAn REroRrrN.

~ otu uEot'LaH EEfoFTER.
The Parthenon election Of officers
for the spring term resulted as fol.
lows.
President-W. \. Berkeley.
Vice President-Leroy Swan.
Rec. Secretary-Jno. Nj. Gregg.
Cor. Secretary-T. G.. Rector.
Critic-T. NJ. Wilson.
Librarian--G b. Corpening.
The election passed off very qui-
etlt.
Monday evening the committees
from the two factions of the Colum
bians appeared before the faculty,
each to present its case Thirty
minutes were given to the prosecu.
ton and the same time to the de
Tense IT'S said not little elo-
quence was disposed of by some OF
the advocates. No doubt the facul-
ty received much valuable instruc-
ton.
The cadets were ordered out Mon
day for skirmish drill.
The drill hour has been changed
from to 4:30 p NJ
Last Saturday morning Professor
White, with his geology class, as
sisted by Messrs. Johnston and
Grafton, arranged the geological
specimens, which were received a few
days ago, in the cases prepared for
them. They are indeed a fine col
lection of specimens. There are more
than 500 of them.
President Turner was greeted
Monday morning by such rounds of
applause as the old chapel hall has
seldom known. The Wilderness of his
smile showed he took it all in good
part. Such an opportunity for ap-
plause doesn't happen more than
once in century, and it seems the
Prep. was aware Of this, for he
cheered for all he was worth and con-
tinued to cheer as long as his vocal
organs would work at all.
Mr.. Pell, of Preston county, has
returned to continue his studies at
the University.
Mr.. Hayes returned to his place in
the corps last week.
Black Wilson has not yet quite
finished his school in the country.
He will resume his studies as soon
as it closes.
Charlie Golf and George Turner
made flying trip to Grafton last
Thursday morning and returned in
the evening.
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President Z. NJ. Turner, of the
Morgantown State University, is a
credit to the State. Upon his cleo.
ton to the head of this then retro
grading institution, year ago, he
announced that he would make it
one that would compare favorably
with those of other States. He has
never swerved from his avowed pur-
pose, and to-day the University
stands as it has not for years in the
estimation of the people. The obi
Gus political warfare, which for SO
long has impeded it's progress, has
ceased. The President claims to
have one of the most intelligent set
of young men ever. convened in the
University. = Martinsbmrg States
man.
To those acquainted with Presi-
dent Turner, his manly letter will be
but a terse and vigorous statement
of fact of which they were already
cognizant. To those who are not
acquainted with him personally, it
will give fresh evidence of his emf
nent fitness for the position he occu-
pies. TO all alike it will bring re-
newed confidence that the success of
the University under his manage
ment is assured.-W. Va. School
Journal
His name having been mentioned
in connection with the Democratic
nomination for Congress in the First
District, President Turner, of the
University, publishes a letter, in
which he declares that he will not
be candidate for any political office
while he is connected with the Uni
versity, and protests against the use
of his name in that way. 1t is a
manly, sensible, and an altogether
proper letter.-King,cood Journal
President Turner is bringing the
University up to high standard, is
deyoting his entire time to its inter
ests, and is most practical and
thorough. educator.-HarrisriHe Re
viec.
Z. M. Turner, President of the
University, has come out in letter
Directing to the use of his name in
connection with political offices. He
is right.-Buckhannon Banner.
President Turner, of the West
Virginia University, in II card, de-
clares that he is not candidate for
Congress. This is considered CON
clusivc.-Brorton Central.
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Ms..se- OF MARCH Term, l..s.

The Correction of the settlement
of Geo. W. McVicker, late sheriff OF
this county, for the year ending July
LIST, 1856, was examined and ordered
to be recorded.
Margaret GAYS heirs were exon
Grated from the payment of GER
tain taxes that We're enormously
assessed. The controversy was
over the IL acres of land above
Durbannah of which the F., NJ. Il z.
railroad now owns large part.
William Shafer ct al VS.. Kephart,
johnson, Sturgiss ct al new road,
Petitioners filed their petition pray
ing for a new road beginning at the
Beaver Hole, thence down the right
bank of Cheat river through the
lands of Kephart, johnson, Sturgiss,
Ley and others to intersect the Bran
donville road on said river. Jno. l..
Johnston, Brison Dunn and Thos.
ID. Field were appointed viewers and
ordered to report to court according
to law.
Joel Bowlby ct al VS.. f. J. Bowlby
ct al, new road. Road established
and amounts due the proprietors of
lands taken or damages ordered to
be paid to them.
Benjamin Ryan VS.. Thos. Neigh
bors ct al, new road. Case dismissed
and county pays the costs of pre-
vious proceedings.
VIM. III. Shriver ct al VS.. James V.
Pride ct al, alterations in road. Jas.
V. Pride agrees to accept sos as com
pensation for lands taken to make
alterations as proposed, and work
ordered to be done
U. j. Courtney ct al VS.. Lemley,
Guthrie ct al. alterations in road.
The order heretofore made, certify
ing this case to the circuit court,
was set aside, the defendants agree
ing to accept compensation offered,
and alterations ordered to be made.
X. ii. Jones ct al VS.. Josephine
Holland, alterations in road. The
viewers filed their report and a dia-
gram, and the preprietors Of lands
who would be damaged agreeing to
accept reasonable compensation
for same the alterations were order
ed to be made.
Govey Trippet VS.. JOS. G. Coombs
ct al, alterations in road. Case set
for hearing on the second day of
special session of the court that will
commence ON the 3lst day of May.
A. W. Brown was appointed com
missioner to sell and contract for the
rebuilding of a bridge across Ru-
dolph's run, and also the bridge at
A. G. Chaplin's.
Precinct No. 5, Cass district, was
enlarged to include Mark Weaver
and William Deets.
The road levy in each of the sew
eral districts of this county was fix
ed at 20 cents on the hundred dol
lars of real and personal property,
and that the number of days work
required from each one liable to
work the roads be the same as here
tofore-two days.
Road precincts Nos. |, IL and II,
in Grant district, were changed and
VIM. u. Il. Martin ct al VS.. ID. w.
Brcakiron, new road. This case was
settled by the establishment of the
proposed road.