The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-01-30
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the NEW DOMINION will be regular
feature.
The young men of the town and of
the University ought to unite to
make the Y. NJ. G. A. success.
WE welcome to our columns this
week an interesting letter from indie
pendence, Preston county. Read it..
ED. WIEDMAN will move to Dur
hannah next Monday, and will oc-
cupy part of Dr. Kramer's house.
CIRCUIT Court will convene on
Tuesday, February 9th, and not on
the 9Th, as the types made us say
last week.
FAIRMONT is to have a test gas
well. Now the question wells up,
What does Fairmont want with any
more gasY
A TEAM belonging to Taylor Hess
became frightened Monday above
town and ran away, injuring Hess
somewhat seriously.
WALTER HAYES, of Fairmont and
Thos. +. Hodges will occupy Miss
Arab J. Evans property on Wiley
street in the spring.
The January number of the West
Virginia School journal will be out
in few days. The teacher will find
it full of good things.
The McBee school, in Clinton dis
trict, has been closed because of
little difficulty, which, it is to be
hoped may soon blow over.
The track layers on the F., NJ. a.
z. can now be seen from the suspen-
sion bridge across the Monongahela
at this place. Take to the woods
Hon. W. L. WILSON writes that he
has no doubt of being able to secure
fair appropriation for the Monon-
gahela at the next term of Congress.
THERE have been two newspaper
offices destroyed by fire in Kingwood:
the Office of the Journal in 1869, and
that of the Argus last year. Neither
loss was covered by insurance.
ALFREY CARRAco has collected
nearly enough money from Rev.
Mr.. Crawford's friends to purchase
that gentleman fine suit of clothes
as token of esteem and good will.
Ar this hour, Wednesday noon,
Mrs. Fleming is very low Her ply
stefan says that her demise may be
expected at any hour 1t is only
matter of little waiting and watch
ing.
NORRIS KNOWS Coop THING
WHEN HE SEES IT.-The New DoMIN-
ION is now such a sparkling sheet,
that it fairly dazzles us. The State
has no brighter paper Richie
Gazette.
NoTIoE the advertisement of the
Mankedick farm near Cassville, adj
vertised in another column by John
X. Barrackman, Esq. This is an ex-
cellent farm and will be sold on ia
vorable terms.
THE Rev. Mr.. HUMPHREYS, of the
Nj. Z. Circuit, has just closed very
successful series of meetings at Grant
Schoolhouse, on the Ices Ferry pike.
There were thirty conversions. He
is now conducting a meeting at Mt.
Pleasant
THERE are doubtless many persons
about town who will be willing to
contribute papers and magazines to
the proposed reading room. The
New DOMINION will lend hand in
that direction, by donating daily
papers, etc.
LAST Friday night party of
church goers was thrown from
hand car near Opekiska by a mis-
placed switch and some of them in
jured considerably. Miss West and a
son of Jehu johnson received the Sc
verest injuries.
Our sister towns are subscribing
literally to the aid of Newburg's
stricken families, why cannot Nor
gantown do something? Any dona-
tions left at this office will be for
warded to the sufferers at once. Let
us lend helping hand.
The meeting Tuesday night in the
NJ. 4. Church was the most success
full yet held during the series. The
affairs were crowded with penitents,
and the meeting lasted until nearly
eleven O'CLOCK. The whole number
of converts up to this wednesday,
morning is 81.
For RENT.-The store room on the
corner of Main and Walnut streets,
now occupied by H. C. Baker, will
be for rent April LIST; price $3.50.
Also two upstairs rooms on Walnut
street, suitable for small family,
price $50. Inquire of Geo. c. Baker
or John H. Hoffman.
BETTER stop your cough while you
can. Bye and bye nothing will do
it. 1t is worth needing, that Par
kers Tonic is the best thing known
for coughs, colds. torpid liver, kid
ney troubles and weak lungs. You
risk your life in waiting. Take it
while there is yet time
Hon. w. L. WILSON is trying to.
secure damages from the Government
for Mr.. Charley Morgan, to cover
the injury that will result to his mill
from the completion of the slack
water improvement. Mr. Wilson says
He ought to be paid, and paid
promptly, but it is very difficult to
get such bill through Congress.
JOSEPH NJ. FLEMING, of Marion
county, went to California about 25
years ago and located a mining
claim. After short time he re-
turned home, and heard nothing
more of his claim until few weeks
ago, when he received letter from
his old partner saying that their
claim had become quite valuable.
Mr.. Fleming will go back to Cali
fornia in the spring.
COMPLAINT is being made that the
doors of the NJ. Z. Church are to be
kept closed until 10 minutes till 7.
1t seems to us that this is mistake.
Many friends come in from the coun
try who will not desire to stand
around in the cold until o'clock.
And then if the doors are thus kept
closed great rush will be the re-
suit when they are opened. Let the