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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-04-10

The first annual report of the ma
tional labor bureau, just issued, fur
nishes some interesting information
on subject now pressing itself upon
public attention. The report esti-
mates the number of persons in the
United States out of employment at
this time at 99S,S39. If these mil
lion persons were at work they would
be consuming each one dollars
worth day of dry goods, groceries
and other necessities of life-an ag-
gregate consumption of over $780,
OO0,000 a year. But they have not
the means to he consumers; they
earn no wages; they are living on a
bare pittance; they have, in fact,
ceased to be substantial consumers.
and in this fact is found an explana-
ton of the prolonged depression of
si"'S, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES vi uHSaidDlc
stocks, and low prices so loudly com
planned of. If these million idle la
borers were put at work tomorrow
earning wages they would create
new demand for million dollars
worth of goods a day, and that de
mand would break the deadlock in
trade, dissipate the depression and
brighten up the whole business of
the country. 1t is impossible for
the interests of the country to be in
a prosperous condition when so large
a body of its producing citizens,
chiefly skilled laborers, have ceased
both to produce and consume.
The report intimates that the i'm
migration business has been over
done, and that, with so large mass
of idle laborers already in the coun-
try, 1T is time we were ceasing to en-
courage the influx of more laborers
from abroad. The great body of i'm
migrants go into mining manufac-
turing and mechanical work, and
thus aggravate the glut in these de-
partments. Capitalist employers
have foolishly accelerated the mis-
tendency of the times by
special and artificial impor-
tations of cheap labor-Hungarians,
Italians and French Canadians-to
break down the rate of wages and |
create superabundance of labor
scheme which, says the report, has
proved a miserable failure for all
parties concerned" 1t did cheaper
labor, but, at the same time. it
;heapened products also. In break
ng down wages it not only broke
Town prices also, but it deprived the
of a million custom
Letter.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-04-10
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Col. Bavne's Plan for the Gov.
eminent TO Buv Them
Endorsed.

Col. Bayne has at last secured tn,
adoption of his proposition for til,
acquisition of the works of the Mon
ongahela Navigation Company. The
proposition is as follows. That the
Secretary of War be and he is here
by authorized and directed to nego-
tiate for the purchase of the works
of the Monongahela Navigation
Company, situate in the Mononga-
hela river, in the States of Pennsyl-
yania and West Virginia, and in
order to ascertain the value of said
works, the Secretary of War shall
appoint commission of three com
petent engineers from the Engineer
Corps of the United States Army,
who shall value and appraise the
same, and report to the Secretary of
War. And if the said Monongahela
Navigation Company shall offer and
bind itself to take for said works a
price deemed by the Secretary of
War to be satisfactory and not ex-
cessive, he shall so report to Con-
gress at its next succeeding session.
But if the said Monongahela Navi-
CATION Company refuses to sell it's
works, or demands price therefor
deemed to be excessive, then the Sec
rotary of War shall be and he is
hereby authorized and directed to
acquire the works of the said Navi-
CATION Company by condemnation
for the United States; or, in the ex-
ercise of his discretion, the Secreta-
ny of War may and he is hereby au-
thorized to take possession of the
works of the said Monongahela
Navigation Company in the name of
the United States, to the end that
the navigation of the said Mononga-
hela river may become free, and said
works be brought within the provis-
ions of section four of an act emit
tied an "Act making appropriations
for the construction, repair and pres
ervation of certain public works on
rivers, and harbors and for other
purposes approved July 5, 1884,
and for the purpose of carrying into
effect these provisions, the sum of
twenty thousand dollars, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, be and
the same is hereby appropriated out
of the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated to be paid on the warrant of
the Secretary Of War.
Col. Bayne also secured the inser-
ton of a provision in the bill max |
ing continuing appropriation for
operating and keeping in repair of
the Davis Island dam; and he will
ask the committee at its next session
to incorporate in its report the
bill he introduced for the protection
Of the Manageable waters of the Unit
ed States from deposits, dumping,
&c.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-04-10
Louisville.

LOUISVILLE, March 29.-Thos. f
Watson is erecting new dwelling
house in Opekiska, and expects t
build three more this summer.
John Hood is erecting black
smith shop for w. Mcclure, o
Blacksmith, who will move her,
April 9Th.
John Rice and family will star
the Both inst. for their new home il
Upshur county, and VIM. Hood, Jr.
will occupy the house vacated by
Mr.. Rice.
Messrs. John s. Hood and Robert
Talbot were at Clarksburg last week
on business.
Clyde Hood was visiting James
Henry Saturday evening last.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Wells were
visiting friends near Easton last
week.
Jack Fisher will start West in a
few days.
James Wisman recently purchased
a fine horse of N. Wade for $175.
J. A. Hood will go to Wheeling
next week to lay in his spring stock
of goods. Ray Low will accompany
him.
Messrs. Lee Hoult and Richard
Arnett, of Rivesville, spent Sunday
among friends in this place.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-04-10

Was 1t ar Earthquake

Wednesdays Wheeling Register
relates the following incident:
Yesterday afternoon, shortly after
twelve O'Clock, a very peculiar
phenomenon was noticed by Mr..
Louis Heckel, the cutler, whose
place of business is located in
Beck's Block, adjoining the German
Bank. The windows in the rear
part of the building began to rattle
in decidedly noisy manner, and a
slight tremor of the building could
be felt He called to his son Louis.
who was up stairs eating dinner,
and when he came down both win
dows were making such racket
that when his father spoke to him
he could hardly understand what
was said.
He Immediately went out into the
yard when he was amazed to dis
cover that even the ground was
effected in the same manner as the
windows, while the fence was mov-
ing to and fro. He placed his hands
on the window glass, when he said
he felt distinct shock as of cleo
tricity pass up into his arm as far
as the elbow; and he also noticed
that the heavy brick wall in the
rear of the building was shaking in
an uncomfortable manner.
Louis began to think that he was
getting nervous-and indeed he was
so he went into the bank and
called out the book keeper, Mr.. He'll
and the Waterman, Mr.. thinner,
both of whom found that the singu-
lar disturbance was caused by some
other than an ordinary cause. Mr..
He'll said he had noticed the shak-
ing while working at his desk, but
took no account of it until called
out by Mr.. Heckel. They attempted
to stop the rafting of the window
by placing their hands against it
but in vain.
Suddenly one of the windows be-
came quiet but the other continued
to rattle and the shock was still
noticed in the ground. This con
tinued from twenty-five minutes
past twelve until twenty minutes
of one, when it ceased altogether.
While it was going on however, Wis
ions of natural gas, earthquakes and
other probable causes floated through
the minds of the gentlemen, and
after it was over they went out to
ascertain whether or not any one
else had felt the disturbance, but
no one in the Sneighborhood was
cognizant of anything of the
kind, so they came to the conclu-
sion that they had been treated to a
private little earthquake all by them
selves.
The incident was indeed a pecu-
liar and unexplainable one, for it
takes some power to shake the heavy
brick wall of three story building,
and the fact that no other building
in the vicinity, nor even the front
part of that one was disturbed, pre-
cludes the idea that it was caused
by movable object on the surface
of the earth. Besides this there are
other peculiar features connected
with the incident that places it in
the category of the mysterious and
incomprehensible.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-04-10
An Able Article by Prof. White.

The current number of the Petro-
leum Age contains very well writ
ten article on the matter of natural
gas deposits in Western Pennsvl-
vania, Eastern Ohio, Southern New
York and West Virginia by Prof. /.
c. White, of the University of West
Virginia. The article is accompan-
led by map showing the various an
ticlinals, supposed and verified, the
latter illustrated by the wells al
ready developed along them. Wash
ington county, whence Wheeling is
to draw its supply of natural gas, is
given thirty three wells, thirteen of
which lie in the Canonsburg district
and nineteen about Hickory, and one
at Pinhook, in the eastern part of
the county. OF the wells in the
Canonsburg district five belong to
j. NJ. Gutfey d Co, three or four
to the Manufacturers Company
and the rest are divided up among
several other companies and indi-
The Hickory wells be-
long to the CHARTERS Company,
Ford Il Nelson, C. d. Robbins &
Co. and L. j. Vandergrift.-Req-
lister.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-04-10

The minstrel company which cam,
ny On the Kendall from Greens
boro to Morgantown and then walk
ed through to Fairmont, finally
reached Wheeling. Wednesday
Intelligencer says:
The minstrel company which was
organized here and took the road a
few weeks ago returned to the city
yesterday. A report was in circula-
ton that they walked from Fair
mont, but this the boys deny. They
say they came home to secure bet
ter band, and have secured the
Academy of Music to give per-
Torrance Saturday night, after
which they will take the road again.
stronger than before Tip O'Keefe,
the star of the company, who was
one of the end men of the "Chest-
nuts" was rendered an informal re-
ception in the Mcclure lobby, where
he had the hardihood to appear last
night, and everybody cracked on
him such chestnuts as, Are your
feet sore!" How many ties are
there between here and FairmontY'
where are your diamonds?'
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-04-10

A Pointer for President Turner.

Mrs. Peter Scott, of Cambridge
City, Indiana, received nice letter
from Grover Cleveland the other
day She recently became the
mother of triplets-three fine little
girls-and, feeling that, though in
very humble circumstances and not
in condition to afford such a lux
ury, she had done well, wrote to Mr..
Cleveland, telling Of her condition,
and asking him to name the girls.
The Presidents answer, enclosing
$40, was as follows:
Mrs. Minnie Scott
DEAR MApAME-Your letter, por-
traying condition which greatly
excites my sympathy, is received.
have many such, and find it ut
terly impossible to comply with the
requests for aid which they contain
in a great many cases.
/ am so well convinced of your
truthfulncs and good faith that /
am constrained to send you small
sum, which l hope will add to your
comfort and that of your young
tripletA
/ am so little accustomed to mat
tiers of that kind that | must be ask
ed to be excused from the attempt to
give names to the three little girls.
Yours truly,
GROVER CLEVELAND
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-04-10
OsagevilIe.

j. j. Wharton will finnish the
woodwork of /. N. Viewers house
on the 3Oth inst, and has a bid to
build a house for DIR. T. M. Hood, at
Cassville, besides others who have
spoken to him to build houses for
them. Joe ought to get a planning
mill. He would then be able to put
up houses in short order.
Rev. Bowers, of the Christian
church, held protracted meeting at
the Battle Ground church for over a
week. There were no conversions.
John Simpkins moved to Stump
town; James Stoneking moved to
Jimtown; +. Weaver and John Baily
have rented Dick Brands mill on
Dents run, and will both move there
this week; Samuel Berry will move
into the house vacated by Jacob
Shively; Fin" Flowers will move
into the house vacated by Stoneking;
VIM. L. Anderson will move into the
house now occupied by Jacob Lemly
and Lemly talks of building.
The dancing class at Usage ter
minated ON March 10th. The young
people ''tripped the light fantastic"
on that occasion to the enlivening
strains of the Cassvillc orchestra.
BY the way, this band talks of Civ
ing concert and ice cream supper
in the near future. If they do so
they ought to be well patronized,
and l think will be, for they have
been very kind in furnishing good
music to quite a number of enter
tainments this winter and spring,
witch which the people express them
selves as being much delighted.
Joe Dusenberry will start for the
Connellsville coal regions to-mor-
row.
Mack and d. b. Waters talk of
going out and growing up with the
west.
Your correspondent from Usage in
week before lasts issue, must be the
same man who fed the mule fire.
crackers Mt St George. Marsh Ridg-
way says he has not worked for any
Brewer. and more, has not seen @
snake Of any kind this sprinp.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-04-10

Some facts concerning Eddy's
school, which closed March 23rd:
Enrolment, %; per cent. of at
tendance, girls, "a; boys, SO; total
81. OF the enrolment % study
mental arithmetic; 10 written arith-
metic; % language lessons; 8 Har-
vey's grammar; 25 geography-17
using text books and s studying ge-
ography of county and State; %
spelling; % reading; % penmanship;
9 United States history.
Ella and Martha Eddy, pupils
seven years old, were not absent dur
ing the term, and recited three
fourths through the spelling book.
The former missed five and the lat
ter three words during the term.
VIM. c. Kent missed but one.
w. J. EDDY,
Teacher.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-04-10
Safety of Registered Mail.

"Some people imagine" said a
postoffice official, that if they regis
ter a letter it is the same as putting
money in bank-it's safe. Then
there are those who believe that reg
istering is no guaranty. They
quote the backwoods maxim that
the government will trace up lost
registered package and tell you
where it is lost and you can get it
yonrself-if you can That is a
mistake. The understanding now
is that the man who can be proved
to have handled the package last
before it was lost must make it good.
If he doesn't he may hand in his
resignation and let his bondsmen
get out of it the best way they can.
Only last week package was lost
here. There were but two men in
the department when it arrived and
the agent got his receipt from them.
The people who sent the package
made affidavit that it contained $500,
and the two men made it good rath-
er than lose their places and be dis
graced. | guess You'll find the reg
istered mail pretty safe. '--Er.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-04-10
Mysterious Work of . Hen,

A very peculiar egg is said to be
in the possession of Col. Jacob
Nunge, of Wheeling. This piece of
hen fruit is about an inch and three
quarters in diameter one way, and a
fraction over that the other, it being
almost perfectly round. On the outer
edge of the shell the surface is cor.
rugated all the way around, while
inside of this is another circle in
which the letters L A Nj MOI
in Roman letters are plainly visible.
AT one of the ends of the egg a fig
urc go is also to be seen. A white
Leghorn, owned by Jacob Fisher, OF
Roney's Point, gave up this mystery
on the 18th ult.. but whether the hen
was bewitched or whether, she per-
formed this little feat just to have
some fun, cannot be told. Neverthc-
less the curiosity is there and any
one can go and see it.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-04-10
ANOTHER SUICIDE
In Greene COunfy..Alfred MI.
nor Hangs Himself toa
Rafter.

Another suicide occurred last week
in Greene county. Alfred Minor, a
prominent and wealthy farmer re-
siding near Garard's Fort, hanged
himself to rafter in his stable and
strangled to death. He had been
suffering for several days with a
severe pain in his head, and it is be
lieved that the rash act was commit
ted while he was in a temporary
state of insanity. He had eaten
breakfast and started his farm hand
out to do some work, and as soon as
he had departed Minor got halter,
and, fastening it about his neck and
to a rafter in the stable, strangled
himself to death. The deceased
leaves a wife and three small chill.
dren, who are almost crazy over the
shocking affair.
The Waynesburg Republican SAYS
that no cause can be assigned for
the deed, as Mr.. Minors domestic
relations were said to be the most
happy, while of this worlds goods
he had an abundance. He was a
shrewd business man, dealt largely
in stock and was man of more than
ordinary intelligence. Deceased was
about twenty-eight years of age and
was a son of +. NJ Minor, ESQ. He
leaves wife and three bright little
children to mourn him. For several
years he had been a member of the
Baptist church at Garard's Fort,
attending to his religious duties with
great Fidelity. There can be little
doubt that Mr.. Minor was laboring
under temporary mental alteration,
caused from the severity of the pain
he had been suffering for some time
past. A Coroner's inquest was held
over the remains by p. A. Myers,
Esq, and verdict rendered in ac
cordance with the above facts. The
affair created no little excitement
in the community, and his manner of
death was quite shock to his many
friends.
The funeral took place from his
late residence on Monday.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-04-10
Jones' Ridge.

JONES RIDGE, March 29.-Thert
was quite a discussion at the Bun.
ker Literary last Friday night; sub
ject-Resolved, "That the cause OF
temperance would.be best promoted
by the organization of a new politi
cal party" The decision stood two
to one for the affirmative.
! The president fired on the "Ga
noe" and "Wymp's Gap Guerrillas'
with a mountain howitzer.
We notice that the composition
made several mistakes in setting ur
our last letter, viz: ashland Sto-
ner" for "Ashbel Ruble;" "Rives-
vile" for "Riverside;" wiser" fol
mo wiser"
We respectfully inform the Reeds
vile correspondent that we don't
marry because we have had nc
chance to better our condition by
so doing. We are willing, but are
unable to find a willing lady who is
able to support us in a style suited
to our tastes.
Nelson Shafer is blowing for corn
on Frank Costolo's place.
Wheat looks beautiful in this sec
ton. The grass is also beginning te
grow.
There was an excellent sugar
last week--the best of the season.
The Springhill s. S, was reorUan-
ize1 ON the 2Sth. The following of.
ficers were elected: Supt., Alvin
Stentz; Assist, W. f. Holt; Sec'y
James Means; Treas, Miss Efiie
Williams; Librarian, Miss Tibbie
Green. The school will meet next
Sabbath at $50 a. NJ, when full
corps of teachers will be chosen.
Cyrus Costello, of Cheat Neck, was
visiting friends on Bunker yesterday
Thos. Holt, Of Bunker, is visiting
friends in the vicinity of Uniontown
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-04-10
Independence.

INDEPENDENCE, March 9Th,
school at this place will close il
about two weeks, much to the de
light of the small boy.
Will O. Church left here last
Wednesday for Tyrconnel, where h,
has secured employment. Will is 4
good fellow and will be greatly
missed.
Macy Nj. Waters, of Morgantown
was called home last Friday week
by the serious illness of his sister
Flota. He returned to Morgantown
last Thursday, his sister being bet
ter
Miss Mollie Rogers has returned
to her home at this place, after an
absence of five weeks.
Mr.. Dick Jenkins, of Evansville.
was the guest of Mr.. William II.
Jenkins, of this place, last Sunday.
Rev. b. b. Evans preached an ex-
cellent sermon in the Baptist church
last Sunday afternoon.
Rev. j. =. Warner occupied the
pulpit in the NJ. p. Church last Sun
day night.
Miss Flota Waters is rapidly i'm
proving under the treatment of DR..
Vankirk, of Grafton.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-04-10
A. L. Wade at Romney

Intelligencer
RoMNEY, w. VA, March 2S.-Rom
ney, like many other West Virgini;
towns, is little for it's age, but i
makes up in quality what it lacks
in numbers. Its 600 inhabitants are
much above the average in matter.
of culture.
| was here in the summer of 1884
when the new railroad was opened
| thought then that the town would
likely take new lease of life: and il
has had some growth. Several hand
some residences and two churches
beautiful in architecture, have beer
erected. The extension of the rail
road up the valley of the South
Branch to Moorefield, is, think, on
ly matter of time, though the pres
ent prospect does not appear to be
encouraging.
The people of Romney seem to
take special pride in their public
buildings. The churches, school
buildings and the county court
house are better than l have found
in most towns of like size in this
State. A substantial brick build
ing, containing a public library
and reading room is an important
element of this place, an element
which, suppose, has had much to
do in forming the character and
culture of the people. But that
which especially distinguishes Rom
ney from all othes towns of the State
is the fact that it is the seat of the
institution for deaf mutes and the
blind.
Through the courtesy Of Major j.
c. Covell, the Principal, l had the
privilege of looking into it's several
departments, and of studying it's
management. l became acquainted
with all the instructors and with
many of the students. Nearly one
hundred of the youth of the State,
who are denied the use of one or
more of the senses are in the insti-
tuition at present. These find at
once the comforts of home and the
benefits of school, where hands and
brains receive such training as will
best fit each one to be both indie
pendent and useful The girls are
taught, among other things, to cut
and make and mend their clothes.
The boys, among other things, learn
to make mattresses and brooms !;
they have tailor shop, where they
make their own clothes; shoe shop,
where they learn shoemaking; a
printing press. where they learn
printing, and where they publish a
weekly paper, The Tablet. They
study music and all the common
branches.
One feature of the instruction
which is especially worthy of men
ton is teaching the deaf-mutes to
talk. Deaf persons are mute, not
because they cannot make sounds.
but because they cannot hear their
own voices and the voices of others,
so as to learn language by imitation.
The new method teaches them to
initiate the movements nf the teach
er's lips and make sounds. 1t is q
success. Surely the Scripture is
being fulfilled, The tongnc of the
dumb shall speak"
l. IL Anr