The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-10-05

crop that our friends have not re-
memberad US with the usual dona-
tions?
ONE Of the greatest impr oyements
which we note is the one made by
Thos. Gregg to his main street pro-
perty having by filling in with clay
covered the ravine in his lot and
made it a perfectly level place. 1t
took much work to give the result,
but it is recompense for the pains.
LAST Thursday evening the pretty
home of Rev. and Mrs A. NJ. Buckan-
non was filled with invited guests to
the number of 100, and an exceed
ing pleasant evening was spent by
all The guests we're mainly the
young people of the Presbyterian
church with few friends not identi-
fed with that denomination.
The Richie County Fair did one
good thing, at least 1t proved a
peace maker to Franklin Doak and
Hannah Ash, of Doddrige county.
They intended to get married years
ago; a genuine old-fashion lovers
quarrel separated them and they
did not see each other again until
they met at the Pennsbore Fair
They at once "made up" and were
married the next day. Mr.. Doak
will take course at Bethany Col
lege and enter the ministry.
AN eastern capitalist says: ..Those
who have not given the matter spec
ial study and personal investigation
can have none but the most intangi
BILE and erroneous ideas concerning
the great strides West Virginia has
been making in the last two or three
years, but especially within the last
twelve months, in the way of de-
veloping her resources, adding to
her railroad mileage, increasing her
population through the inducements
held out to the best class of immi-
grants, and inaugurating new manu-
featuring enterprises"
The vote on the proposition to
bond the town to an Indebtedness of
so, 900, said amount to be used for
the purpose of constructing sewer
age system in the town, was defeat
ed last Saturday, by a vote of 113
for; to 33 against. This was the
smallest vote poled on any issue in
this town for many years, good
many taking no interest one way or
the other. So we will go without a
sewerage system for long time now,
and it is no pleasure to us to be
compelled to state that such is the
case.
ALL persons using gas should take
care to have the chimneys fixed so
as to prevent fire. The nature of
gas heat is to rise quickly and the
top of the chimney will be four times
as hot as it is close to the fire if
there be too great a draft. The fue
space need not be over three 3 inches
long by one inch WIDE All stoves
should have damper in the pipe as
well as the one in the stove. This
month the Company intend to make
an inspection of all fire places and
those not properly fixed will have
the gas shut off until they areas a
safeguard against danger from fire.
OWNERS of dogs may read with
profit the following synopsis of the
law in reference to their animals
If anybody is attacked on the high
way by dog, the person has right
to kill the dog, and the owner can
be held accountable for any injury
by the animal Even on the premi-
SEES of the owner of the dog, should
a person be attacked and injured |
after endeavoring to protect him
self, the owner can'be held RESPONSE
BILE for damage inflicted, provided
that it can be shown that the person
so injured was in pursuit of bust
ness or on friendly visit. If a dog
by barking at passing horses or
occasions any damage, it's
owner is liable for the loss sustained.
LATER reports this week seem to
confirm our statement of last week
that the packets from Pittsburg will
be running regularly to this place
on and after October Is. The dam
at No. s is now going on to compile
ton at rate which warrants the
above report. The lock is practi.
cally finished. All the work on the
dam is not necessary to be done to
let boats through, in fact, it is cal
culated that the finishing work on
that structure will not be entirely |
through with before November.
But the boats will be running here
long before that time, and what we
are after is the boats, no matter if
the dam isn't finished. The boats
will arrive in Morgantown about 10
o'clock every morning, and as soon
as their cargoes are unloaded at the
wharf here will start right back for
Pittsburg, arriving there the same
night. 1t has not been stated de-
finitely what the fare will be for the
trip, but it will be at such a figure
as to secure the bulk of the passen-
ger trade. For years the people of
this place have looked hopefully to
the day when regular line of
steamers would ply the Monongahe-
la to this port, and now we are ac-
tually on the eve of realization of
those hopes. 1t is rather in the
line of being too good to believe but
its a fact just the same.
Big Corn.
Mr.. A. j. Frum left at this office
fuo Oto1lyo IF oor,, that oro tho 10,