The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-05-15
WE learn that another train will

NJ. Nj. Dent has purchased
Chickering piano for his daughters
Misses Carrie and Jessie.
THERE is gentleman in Greens
boro who looks exactly like our dis
tinguished and intimate friend
Brother Jonathan.
II you want to see a neat littl,
town, clever men and handsom,
women go down to Greensboro som,
time when the walking is good.
ANY book, paper or any other kind
of periodical that is in print (eithel
English or American can be had by
leaving your order at the News Store
ONE of our livery men is response
BILE for the statement that the livery
business has fallen off fully two
thirds since the opening of the rail
road.
IF the New Addition had been
given representative on the Town
Council the members would have
been more evenly distributed ovel
town.
WE are under obligations to Prof
g. A. Sipe for an invitation to at
tend the commencement exercises of
the Fairmont Normal School on
June 3rd
ONE of the neatest and handsom-
est places in town is Debolt's ice
cream saloon. Everything is arrang-
ed with excellent taste and will
please the visitor.
A TEN-YEAR-oLD son of Samuel
Webster, of Uniontown, died the
other day from the effects of brutal
kicking which colored man had
inflicted. The negro was arrested.
THE marriage of Guy r. G. Allen
and Miss Anna Glass, an accom-
plished young lady Of Wheeling is
announced to take place in Wheel
ing to-day. A number of Morgan
town people have gone to attend the
joyous occasion.
WE learn that a murder occurred
at Brandonville, Preston county on
Saturday last. 1t is reported that
two men engaged in a stabbing af-
fray and that one of them was in
stantly killed. The murderer was
at once arrested.
The Observation-Disclosures wedding
invitations were printed at this of
flee and are the incest ever turn
cd out in Morgantown Leave your
orders for any kind of job work at
the New DOMINION job room, if you
want the cheapest and best.
Our people are already looking
forward with pleasant anticipations
to the Commencement season.
Thursday June 10th is Commenc-
ment day. We, ON behalf of the peo-
pie of Morgantown, invite our neigh
bors from everywhere to attend.
STORE Monday night
about one o'clock the store room and
its contents belonging to John Cole,
of Laurel Iron Works, were destroy
ed by fire He was insured in the
New York Home for $500. How the
fire originated we have not heard.
THE closing exercises of the Nor
gantown public schools will be held
next Tuesday night, May 18th, in
Academy Hall. The usual admit
lance fee of ten cents will be charged
These exercises are always interes-
ting and everybody will want to 60
The Ravenswood News notes the
arrival in that town of a young lady,
25 years old from Roane county who
was on her way to visit friends in
Ohio, that had never seen a steam
boat or colorcd person until she
reached Ravenswood. She wore
bangs, however.
INVITATIONS are out for the mar
riage of our famous fellow towns
man, Mr.. w. A. Mestrezat and Miss
Eva nj. Hennen, handsome and
accomplished young lady of Pala-
tine. The New DOMINION has al
ways heartily endorsed Walters
course in the past and joyously ex-
tends congratulations in advance of
this happy event. The young couple
will reside here.
The Columbian literary society
contest for the Henshaw gold medal
for oratory will take place in Chapel
Hall next Friday night. There will
be three contestants: N. M. Waters,
Ed. S. Elliott and r. S. Blair, jr.
The judges will be Judge Morrow
and Rev. Howard MacQueary, of
Fairmont, and Hon. j. M. Hagans,
of this place. Good music will be
furnished, and the contest promises
to be very interesting.
ROBERT J. BURDETrE lectured at
Greensboro last Saturday night on
"'rhe Rise and Fall of the Nous
tache' to a good sized and peculiarly
appreciative audience. Mr.. Bur-
dette was born in that town AZ years
ago, and his welcome home was
hearty enough to please anybody.
Twenty-Five horsemen and the brass
band were sent to Taylortown to
meet and escort him home. His
lecture was tender, clean, full of
large sympathy for the human race,
and as funny as he dared make it
and not be indicted for manslaugh-
ter.
MEssRs. POWELL AND SHINN, of the
Fairmont Vest Vsrginiaa, have been
sued by Dabney X. Ford, of Man
nington, for libel. Mr.. Ford very
modestlv estimates his damages at
$4,000. The article of which he
complains was communication
from Warrington written by Jno. NJ.
MILAN. The Vest Virginian
doesn't seem very badly broken up
over the matter, and no doubt will
continue to be published at the old
stand. Judge Morrow is Mr. Ford's
leading attorney, and they may pos
sibly have something interesting at
Fairmont yet.
AN exchange says that if readers
want to have complete record of
local events and one of the most in
teresting books that can be had any
where, let them take blank book
and each week clip from their local
paper all the items of interest and
paste them under the date of the pa