The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-05-29

be disposed Of as rapidly as posi-
BILE.
DUR Cemetery Grounds.
We presume that there are one
hundred lot-holders in our cemetery.
IF tax of $3 per lot were paid an
nually by the owners it would make
a sum Of 5000, to which if the fees
for digging graves and other special
work were added, it would constitute
a sulary of at least $500 per annum,
for which q trusty curator of the
cemetery grounds could be employed.
The tax thus assessed on the lot
holders would be less than it costs
them, respectively,to keep their lots in
order. The keeper Of the cemetery
would not only keep them in order but
he would be security against the dep
relations constantly being committed
and Of which such general complaint
is made. He ought to be employed
to take care of and keep the grounds
in order 1t should be his sole bust
ness. He should be always there,
and be held responsible for proper SUI
pervision and the condition of the
grounds. A salary of $500 would
secure the services of good man,
rs the actual labor would be light.
After the grounds were once put in
good condition they could be kept
so with very little work.
We submit that this is step
which the lot owners and everybody
cl. G, who feels pride in our ceme-
terry, should be willing to take at
once.
Mrs. Alice Pendleton, wife of
George H. Pendleton, of Cincinnati,
our U. s. Minister to Germany, was
thrown from her carriage in New
York the other evening and instant
~ killed. She was daughter of
Francis Key, author of "The Star
Spangled Banner"
Text of she Nlonongaheln Bill.
There seems to be some misappre-
hension as to the exact terms Of
those paragraphs in the river and
hafbor bill which relate to the i'm
provement of the Monongahela river
and the provision relating to the
sale of the works of the Mononga-
llela Navigation Company. The bill,
as it was passed by the House, reads
as follows: Improving Mononga-
hela river, Pennsylvania and West
Virginia; continuing improvement,
1921, 200; but no charges Or tolls
shall be collected on any other part
OF the river on any commerce on said
river which originates above the
works herein appropriated for"
The paragraph relating to the
purchase of the works of the naviga-
ton company reads as follows: "The
Secretary Of War is hereby author
lied and directed to negotiate for the
purchase of the works of the Green
and Barren River Navigation Com
pany, situated on the Green and
Barren rivers, in the State of Ken
lucky, and the works of the Monon-
gahela Navigation Company, situa-
ted on the Monongahela river, in the
State of Pennsylvania; and in order
to ascertain the value of said works
the Secretary of War shall appoint
commission of three competent en-
gineers from the engineer corps of
the United States Army, who in each
case shall value and appraise the
same, and report to the Secretary of
War, who shall report to Congress
at its next succeeding session; and
the sum of $40, 0GO, or so much there
Of as may be necessary. is hereby
appropriated for the purposes of this
provision: Provided, that nothing
herein shall be construed as COM
hitting Congress to the purchase of
said works
The President will review the
Grand Army of the Republic parade
in Brooklyn, in the forenoon If Dec
Grafton Day, and will attend the cx-
crcises at the Academy of music in
New York in the evening, where
Postmaster General Villas will deliv-
or the Grafton.