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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-06-08
An Attempt to Burn Down the Marion
County Court House,

Last Fridays Fairmont Inder
says, A most villainous attempt
was made some time during Wednes-
day night to burn down the Court
house in this place. When Sheriff
Linn entered the building yester-
day morning he discovered that the
left hand door to the stairway lead
ing to the court room, as well as the
floor and woodwork surrounding it,
had been saturated with coal oil,
and closer inspection revealed two
half burned matches lying on the
floor in the midst of the spot cover
ed with the oil. BY mere chance,
evidently, the lighted matches fail
ed to ignite the oil, and the coward
ly scoundrel got scared and ran
away after the second match failed
to do the work intended. If the viii
liam had succeeded in his purpose it
is almost certain that the entire inter-
ior of the building would have been
in flames before the fire would have
been discovered from the outside,
and nothing could have saved the
structure, if indeed, with the high
winds prevailing, that entire section
of the town could have been saved
from destruction. 1t is impossible
to imagine any motive for this des-
perate act, and it will be difficult if
not impossible to discover the per-
petrator Of the deed, but it is earnest
ly to be hoped that some clue may
be developed that will lead to his
detection and punishment. .
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-06-08

Last Saturday evening gas was
struck in the well being drilled on
the farm Of John /. Morley, near
BlaeksvilIe, at depth Of / $50 feet.
1t proved to be a great one, fully
equal to the one which supplies Nor
gantown. Mr. Morley is greatly
disappointed, as the indications had
all along been for good oil grsher.
He will sink another well right
away near where this one is and can
at least hope for better results. 1t is
intended, however to make all the
profit out of the gas well that can be
made, as a movement is on foot to
pipe the gas to Waynesburg, dis
lance of 81 miles, for the use Of the
people there. Probably the Union I'm
provement Co. of this place will take
hold of the matter and take the gas
to Waynesburg. We'd like to see
our neighbor in little Greene blessed
with the comforts of natural gas
and must say that their chances for
it are A 1? While that is true,
though, we wished better luck for
Mr. Morley. That gentleman bases
an opinion on the words of scientists
that oil is on his place, and he will
put down several test wells to find it
if two don't do it. We hope he'll
strike it rich.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-06-08
The John Robinson 10 Big Shows Are
Coming and VIII Exhibit Here
Wednesday June 10.

Don't fail to ask to be shown the
Giant Horse, 81 Hands High, the
Tallest Man, the Smallest 81 People,
the Skeleton, the Female Tatooed
Congress, the Strange People, from
all Chimes, the Zuloos Driving the
Cape Buffaloes, the Camel Horses,
Part Horses and Part Camel, the
wonderful performing Shetland Pc
mics, the Educated Elephants, Cam
els and Zebras. Don't fail to see the
Drove of Giraffes, the Flock of Os
triches, Drove of Kangaroos, the
Hippopotamus, the Horned Rhinoe
erous, the Pair of Black Tigers,
and the 300 other Rare and Costly
Animals, ana when you arrive in the
Circus get good seat and Watch
the A Circus Companies Side by
Side in the Rings in Friendly Rev
elery given by the ITO Male and Fe-
male Artists in $50 New Acts and
then Watch the Childrens' Hippo
drome given a Real Race Track in
the 4 Pony Chariot Races, Jockey
and Hurdle Race, the Ponderous
Elephant and Buffalo Races and the
Funny Sack, Wheelharrow, Mule,
Clown, Pig, Dog and Monkey Races.
Come into town Early. Bring yonr
family. Tell your neighbors. Let
everybody come. Bring the children
as this is Everybody's show. We
have something to please all of you.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-06-08
Heed the PIaintiye Cry.

1t has been suggested that Mayor
Fast call meeting of the citizens
for tomorrow evening for the pur-
pose of raising subscriptions to send
to the relief of the YOUNGSTOWN suffer-
ers. 1t is an object most worthy
and one which will bring responses
of liberality from all true hearted
residents. The good that can be
done by this movement is inestima-
Bile. To-day there are countless
hundreds of poor victims of that ter
rible calamity who stand in need of
aid and who will heap numberless
blessings on the heads-of those no.
Bile hearted fellow creatures who will
respond to their plaintive cries of ur-
gent need.
The good and charitably disposed
people of Morgantown will not stand
idly by while this great and noble
work of succor and help is being en-
ergetically carried on. in other towns.
They will open their hearts and
purses for the relief of the unfortun-
ate ones. The subscription list will
foot up handsome showing from
here. By all means let the meeting
be had and then let all be present or
send their money. There never was
better cause for munificent chart
ty, and the people, both poor and
rich, of our town will take pleasure
in helping the distressed and power
ty stricken.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-06-08
The New Court House.

The county commissioners spent
two days last week in inspecting the
Harrison county court house. They
succeeded in drafting a plan for the
new court house here from that one,
the difference in the two buildings
to be in the length and in the dis
posing Of the basement story. The
court house here is to be 81 feet long
and two stories high and to be erect
ed at cost of 100000. The entire
plan of the building had been pub
lished in this paper heretofore, and
there will not be any change from
the plan then stated. The building
will not be erected until next year,
before which there will be a small
assessment levied. The building OF
it a. shat time is dead certainty.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-06-08
It's all Settled,

Tuesday afternoon at precisely
1921 the president of the county court
announced to the audience assembled
in the court room that license had
been granted to James G. Wallace
to offer for sale spirituous, vinous
and malt liquors for one year from
date
When court convened on the af-
ternoon mentioned the application
of Mr.. Wallace was presented and
then Prosecutor Cox for the county,
and Attorney Keck for Mr.. Wallace,
quoted law ad libitum and argued
pro and con on the proposition.
These gentlemen waxed very warm
in their arguments, and one was as
strongly forninst as the other was
for granting. Probably these argu-
ments were not necessary and prob
ably they were, but true it is that
in Just six minutes after the close OF
the debates the announcement was
made granting the license to Mr.
Wallace. So Morgantown is now a
license town and the ardent is dis.
pensed within the pale of the law.
When any of our Republican friends
want to take drink now they can
walk in the front door and call 'em
uD,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-06-08
Dug Hill Dashes.

DUG HILL, June g.-Mr. P. f. Harner
has been suffering with a severe attack
of quinsy for the last week.
Mr.. Frank Dawson, of Laurel Iron
Works, is visiting friends and relatives
in this vicinity.
We are sorry to say Miss Mollie Hall
who has been sick for several weeks is
no lNter.
MI. Bert Harner and sister, Miss Sal
lie, have been suffering with liberated
sore throat. Hope they may soon re-
cover.
Born, May 2sth, unto S. H. Protzman
and wife, 10 pound daughter.
Miss Emma Watts, Of Greenmont,
has been spending the past two weeks
with H. J. Harner's family.
Mrs. J r. Fleming has been on the
sick list for several days past.
Mr.. p f. Harner made flying trip
to Preston county not long since.
Miss Emma Sidwell is stopping with
John Henry's family.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-06-08
CHANCE FOR PRACTICAL CHARITY
To the Editor of the New DOMINION.

4 CHANCE FOR PRACTICAL CHARITY
To the Editor of the New DOMINION.
Those who are disposed TO ale
viate suffering have an opportunity
now. The cries for aid from the
disaster stricken Johnstown region
has extended the country DER and
liberal hav, been the offerings sent,
which consists Of food, clothing and
money. | think that we here in
Morgantown should do our part
toward contributing TO the relief fund
and make the suggestion that we
get up benefit concert and minstrel
show and send the proceeds to the
relief committee at Johnstown. This
could be done with two weeks prep.
aration, and money will be needed
for months 70 come. so that the argu
ment of being too late cannot he
brought up. We have plenty Of tai
ent amongst the Young people of
town and | hope some one will take
the matter in hand Probably 800
or 5000 could thus be raised aud it
would surely make some poor souls
happy in receiving it. Look at the
young men of Morgantown who could
do the most elegant work as min
strels and consider. the Colossal ar
ray of musical talent possessed by
our girls and no one can say the
scheme can fail ado unto others,
&C" We some d. might need help
so let us do this for SWEET charity's
sake. JOEL.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-06-08
A Morgantown Lady's Good Fortune.

Last Friday Mrs Leoline r.
Google received official notice that
she was to receive from the govern
ment $4,000 back pay and pension
of SIS every month on account of her
late husband, killed during the war
of the rebellion. Her son, Harry,
also received $500 back pay on same
account.
The amount the lady receives is a
very snug one and we congratulate
her on her good fortune.
VIM. Barthlow, one of our deserv-
ing old soldiers, has secured a pen
sion of $l2 monthly and considerable
back pay. We don'tknow Of anyone
we'd rather see get a good, big fat
pension than Billie
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-06-08
A citizen Of Waynesburg Suicides.

The Wavnesburo TpdeDendent of
last week o;vas tho followino account
oftbe suicide of a citizen oftbat olace.
Saturday about noon the people Of
this place were astounded by the dis ::
tressinp intelligence that Alonzo B.
Crumrine had met death at his own
hands. A few months ago Mr. Crum-
rine came to this place from East
Bethlehem township. Washington
county. and took up his residence on
east Elm street. with a view OF Civ
ing his children the advantages of
school. The family consisted of ia
Their. mother, and two sons. The fa-
ther. mother and older son deposited
their church certificates in the ME-.
Church. and entered into the work of
the church. They soon impressed our
people with their social and intellec-
tuai attachments and true worth of
moral character. They seemed hap
DIV in each others love and there was
no reason why they should not be
content. so far as worldly possessions
we've concerned. as they we're in easy
circumstances, Mr.. Crumrinc had
accepted the position as book keeper
in the Roller Process Mill. having en-
tered on his duties the morning pre-
vious to his sad end. He impressed
all about the mill with his cautious
manner and industrious disposition.
Before he left the mill Saturday for
his dinner he talked as TO the plans
REGULATING certain lines of business
connected with the mill to he inaup-
urated the incoming week. His
plans met the approval of those be-
fore whom he laid them. When he
reached home he went up stairs. took
off his coat. placed the money belong
inc to the mill on stand. wrote
note to his wife and children. Then
laid down on the lounge. and placing
the muzzle of a pistol to his head a
little back of the right ear fired the
fatal shot The bali crashed through
the brain ON it's deadly mission. stop
nino under the'skin on the other side
natL 100 ;a+a,t,noo,. Nc
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-06-08
County Court Proceedings.

This court met for the regular
June session ON June 3. There were
present President Brown and Com
missioners Brand and Courtney
The clerk attended to the following
fiduciary matters and made the fol-
lowing appointments while court
was in vacation:
b. M. Jones, admir- of the estate of
VIM. Low.
B. NJ. Jones, admir- of Maria st.
Clair.
Elihu II. Ridgway, guardian of
Laverna n, James W., Sarah E.,
Benjamin B. and Maggie Lewellen,
minor children Of VIM. G. Lewellen,
deceased.
ELAN L. Tenant, admir- of VIM.
H. Collins, deceased.
The will of Alpheus Myers was
admitted to probate April 8. Solo
mon Myers qualified as executor
The will of Catharine Brock adj
mitted to probate April s.
DR.. E. II. Coombs, committee of
Daniel linn, vice Jonathan Taylor,
removed.
Emrod Tenant, guardian Of John
L., Sarah, James and Samuel Stiles,
minor children of Levi G. Stiles, vice
VIM. +. Staggers, removed.
Edmund W. S. Dering, guardian
of Frederick and Mary Dering, minor
children of Cornelia Dering, de-
ceased.
The will of Maria Catharine Sni-
der, deceased, admitted April 10.
The will of James Hamilton ad
mitted to probate May 2, Josiah b.
Hamilton and Andrew M. Hamilton,
executors.
James Hare, admir- of the estate
of Samuel Robinson.
The will of VIM. B. Weaver adj
mitted to probate May 20; VIM. |.
Vandervort, executor.
Geo. w. Medley, guardian of Ed
gar H., Ida NJ, Lee O., Frederick c..
and Geo. r. Morris.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-06-08

camp meeting will be held at Point
Marion, Pa, commencing June ~, and
continuing until July =, conducted by
the famous sailor evangelist, Rev. Sam
g. Bettes.
CHAs. SKINNER applied to the
council for license, but having only
two bondsmen it was refused, as the
charter requires three.
THE County Court has not got
down 70 the Jimtown road matter
yet, but when it does there will be
provisions made for its permanent
PREPARATION.
The final meeting for the year of
the Modern Athens Social Organi-
cation was held at the home Of Miss
Irene Myers on Tuesday evening of
last week. A delightful musical and
elocutionary program was rendered.
Miss Myers as hostess made every
thing pleasant, and it was an opin
ion generally expressed that her
superior in that capacity exists not.
A TEN dollar counterfeit Treasury
note of the series Of 1875, known as
the Webster head, is in circulation
in West Virginia, and no doubt some
of the notes will be in circulation in
Morgantown before long. Informa-
tion has just came to hand that a
gang of counterfeiters have been
showing this note in West Virginia
and Eastern Ohio Look out for it.
AND to continue the matter of
bringing cur friends and relations to
town we are to have grand and
monstrous circus. And it is just a
week to the day from Commence
ment. The town is sure to be full
of people and the amount of lovely
red lemonade that the folks will
drink will give strong idea of pro
hibition. We want to see q big
crowd here that day.
J WHILE the people of Monongalia
deeply and nfully sympathize
with those unfortunate localities so
disastrously devastated by the floods,
they should at the same time bless
their lucky stars that not single
fatality occurred in the county and
not an iota of damage done to prop
erty. The flood Of last year left us
not quite so fortunate, but still our
losses then were nothing to compare
to some. Truly, we live in blessed
region.
The rumor that the county court
had purchased the III. B. Lazier's
business property was circulated
very generally in the streets Tues
day, but in talk with the Commits
sioners the New DOMINION finds that
there had not been the least founda
tion for the rumor, and further that
the idea of the purchase had not
been under consideration whatever
at this term. We'd like to see the
purchase made, but the fellow who
started the report that it had been
should be bumped.
Mr.. FRED HoUGH received yester-
day from Col. DENLY, U. S. Minister
at Pekin, China, copy of the Pekin
Gazette the official organ of that
city. 1t is a very peculiar looking
specimen for newspaper. 1t con-
tains 40 small pages about 3 by 6
inches each of which contains few
Chinese characters wholly unintelli-
gible to us. A gentleman who ought
to have some knowledge of the Chi
nese language estimates that the
whole 40 pages contained less matter
than three columns of the New Do
aIINIoN. 1t is quite a curiosity
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-06-08
WORK BEGUN
On the Morgantown System Of Water
Works.

If an enterprising Morgantown
man had been at the Springs about l
miles above Hagedorn's mill on last
Wednesday he would have seen
something that would have made
him joyous of heart. He would have
been convinced that the Union I'm
provement Company is not a syndi-
cate of false promises. He would
have exulted and felt glad and sung
songs of happiness and thrown his
hat in the air and yelled three times.
The work on the water works was
begun at that time and place, and
over so men are now employed in
making a ditch three feet deep from
that place to Morgantown in which
the pipe is to be buried that will
bring the water from the springs to
the reservoir, which is to be located
on one of the hills near here. Louis
Hagedorn has the contract for the
first half mile of the ditch. George
Mayfield the second and Jacob Ken
nedy the third. Only II miles have
as yet been given in contracts, but
as the line proceeds the contracts
will be awarded. Thursday of next
week the work Of excavating for the
mains through the streets and al
leys of this town will commence, and
it is estimated that it will take four
weeks to finish the laying of the
mains and erecting the fire plugs.
The work Of laying the pipe in the
gravity line will begin this week
and will proceed at the same rate as
the ditching, and the ditching con.
tracts will be let right along from
this ON. 1t will not take a great
time to make that gravity line. In
side of the next week there will be
work enough done to surprise the
slow pokes and the opposers of this
great and glorious scheme. Seven
car loads of pipe have been received
and hauled along the line for use
when needed. The work will be
finished some time in the month of
July and then look out for the grand
est demonstration ever held in the
county. The springs that are to
supply Morgantown with water are
about s miles from town. There is
a group of about one hundred of
these springs and they produce a
perennial supply of the purest soft
water, almost entirely devoid of del
eterious ingredients. The water will
be great and priceless boon to con
sumers here, where for decades and
generations past the only water we
had to drink was from our wells,
which only afford an article as hard
as lime water can be found, and
for laundry and general household
purposes we had nothing but rain
barrels and John Edwards water
cart Therefore and for several 9th
or reasons we will hail the day when
water works are finished in Morgan
town with delight We have waited
for years for water works and at
last we are to enjoy the blessings
and comforts in the train of a first
class system.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-06-08
In Memory of Departed Loved Ones.

Within the past few days three
very beautiful orders of marble work
have been filled by our popular mar
BILE men Messrs. j. E. Watts q Co.
The work was a cottage monument
in memory of Mrs. r. E. Fast; one
somewhat after the same style for
the grave of VIM. E. Richardson,
and a head stone for Mrs. E. W. S.
Dering. The lettering and the gen
eral quality of the material is very
superior 1t is in order also to state
that this work was supplied at as
low figures as any reliable firm could
or would offer. A few days ago the
agent Of the largest marble quarry
in the country was here and in con-
versation with him we learned the
prices charged by retailers in various
parts of the country. Knowing
Messrs. Watts q Co.'S prices we found
by comparison that in nearly every
instance they were from II to 20 per
cent. less than others. You will
never do better anywhere than our
home firm will do by you in their
line.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-06-08
Commencement Daily.

The Commencement Daily this
year will be the medium through
which to communicate to the alum
nj, former students and friends of
the West Virginia University unable
to be present, an account of all the
exercises and pleasures of the week,
together with many other items of
special interest to the friends of the
University. The Daily will be
promptly forwarded each day during
Commencement week to all who send
their name and address with % cts.
to CoRBLY & SWAN,
Moroantown, w. Va.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-06-08
Memorial Day at Morgant0wn.


In common with the old veterans
and people throughout the county
the G. A. R. Post, of this place held
appropriate services and performed
that beautiful custom, decorating
the graves of their dead comrades,
on the 30th ult.
The weather was not very propi-
tious, threatening and cool all day,
towards evening a heavy rain fell.
At l o'clock Hoffman Post G. A.
r. met at Odd Fellows Hall. After
making all preliminary arrange
ments for the ceremonies, the pro
cession was formed in front of the
hall in the following order: Doc
Titles Cornet Band, of Palatine;
Monongalia Lodge No. 10. Z. O. o.
F., with M. Hayes as Marshall;
Hoffman Post G. A. r. in charge of
Adjutant A. A. Rogers.
The procession moved up Main
street to Wiley, to Front, out Front
to South Morgantown, to Oak Grove
Cemetery where the regular exereis
es of the Grand Army were held.
After this Senator Wiley deliver
ed very impressive and appropriate
address.
The decoration committee having
performed the duty of decorating the
graves with flowers, the procession
reformed and led by the band march
ed back to Main street, up Main to
Walnut, to Spruce, where refresh
ments were served in Academy hall.
In the evening festival was held in
the hall but the inclemency of the
weather prevented very large at
tendance
The Post is profuse in its thanks
to the Odd Fellows for observing
the day and for their assistance in
the exercises.
Some members of the Post think
it very desirable that more of our
people stay at home and help to add
to the interest of Decoration Day
services instead of visiting other
places.
They also return thanks to that
excellent organization, Doolittle's
Cornet Band, for the splendid music
furnished during the day.
RESOLUTIONS OF THANKS.
At meeting Of Hoffman Post No.
60, G. A. r., Department of West
Virginia, held June l, 1889, it was
Resolved, That a vote of thanks
is hereby rendered to the citizens of
Morgantown for the liberal aid ex-
tended ON Decoration Day and
the contributions of flowers and
wreaths given for the decoration of
the graves of our dead comrades.
End. To the ladies for their I'M
firing efforts in getting up and con-
Quoting our festival.
3rd. To Monongalia Lodge No. 10,
/. O. o. F. for their presence with us
and the aid rendered both on the
line of march and at the hall; and
especially in helping to strew the
beautiful flowers on the graves OF
our fellow comrades.
4th. To that excellent organiza-
tion Doolittle's Cornet Band, of Pal
atine, for the splendid music fur
nished for all the exercises Of the
day.
JOSEPH SNIDER,)
A. A. RoGERs,{ Committee
| q p ,JoIIIFF\
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-06-08

We carry much the largest stock OF
mems shoes. Our styles the latest; our
price the lowest. We save you from 80
cents to 81 On every pair Of shoes. We
buy direct for our several stores; the
result SAYING to you Of not less than
30 per cent at Hirschman's.
WE are selling the leading brands
Of coffee at rs cents at the Farmers
Store.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-06-08
Big Bargains in Glass and Queens
ware.

Mr.. w. S. Hornor, the popular
Granville merchant, requests US to
say that he has just bought job
lot of queensware and glassware at
an extraordinary bargain and offers
both lots to his customers at CORE
spending figures. A large part the
glassware he offers in sets of "a
pieces for M.00 Go and look at it,;
cheapest goods you ever saw.