The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-05
Saturday, January ., 1889.
DIR, GEO. b. MORRIS will always be
sSHa1 In his Office In M0rgantown from
N Goth TO the last Of every Month.

TIE University opens tomorrow
land the graded schools of the town
ion Monday next.
"a Rev. NAcr NJ. WATERS preached
eyx an eloquent sermon in the NJ h..
Church Sunday evening.
PERSONS who handle lumber will
10 well to notice Frank r. Sapp's
ttard in another column.
WI IT is reported that Joe. B. Fisher
81 cai talks of renting the Commercial and
lSp. opening frst-class hotel.
MAD Hess and Lee Cooper have
bought Frank Shean's meat shop
land will continue the business
rs j. J. WHARTON reports that he
q III has almost completed the new bridge
II. ne is building at Dr. Browns mill.
10, MoRGANTowN ought to be on the
-, eve of boom inasmuch as we will
- have natural gas within afew weeks.
COUNTY COURT will convene in regu
W liar session at the court house in this
TO cplace on next Monday, the 7th inst.
II ''green Christmas makes a fat
~, grave yard" the doctors and under
-" akers hcreabouts will reap harry
sNepsst.
OF A DIFFICULTY occurred at the Cit
kal tie Favorite' few evening ago, in
TIL which the manager used his fists
al vigorously.
IT is not too late yet to make
-. your absent friend present of the
us New DOMINION for the present year.
81 Only $1.50.
%ofI DORSEY ST. CLAIR is connected
with the New DOMINION office now,
and he is not playing the devil eth
w er. He works.
GO The Victor Mills are now well
tn stocked with grain of all kinds, chop,
has meal, bran, middlings and hour,
3g2 all cheap for cash,
u THERE was shooting match at
~, John Wells out the Kingwood road
II Saturday. There were dozens of tur-
keys and oceans of fun
So New YEARS eve was happy night
an in Morgantown. Almost every young
ga person attended some one OF the doz-
en- or more parties that were given.
Ir is currently reported that a
T. prominent lawyer of this place and
nlita handsome young lady, of this coun-
~ ty, are soon to be united in marriage.
til, ONE ofthe best slippers for the New
E Year is to slip a dollar and fifty
III cents into an envelope and send to
us for the New DOMINION one year.
THERE was no foundation for the
}h' rumor circulated here on Sunday |
y that the gas pipes at Mt Morris had
d.s exploded and played havoc general
no ly.
10. Mrs. JAS. WRIGHT, of South Nor
f, pantown, received recently the resi-
~ due of legacy left her by Pitts
burg relative who died some years
acarslgc,
of, THE grand swear-of took place
yesterday No more whisky, tobac-
20, cigars or bad company. Stick
to this and you will come out all
right
Il How would it do for some one to
ID induce Judge Hagans to grant an
injunction restraining Morgantown
!, hereafter from being an old fogy
town?
' A NEW building and .oan associa-
g tion is being organized in this place.
VI A number of the members of the old
one have subscribed for stock in the
new one.
Mr.. l.. V. KICK has rented the
pretty little house on Spruce street.
kldieining Mrs. Anderson S, and NOV
- ed into it yesterday. We are glad
to have him in town.
A CHINAMAN from Parkersburg
was here last week to learn the
chances a laundry would have in
this place John would locate here
fnstanter if we had wlater works
THERE was watch meeting at
the colored church on Long Alley |
New years eve. If any one knows
how to ring out the old and ring in
the New Year, it is the colored peo-
Pile.
NOTICE the new law card Of Cox &
Baker These young gentlemen have
formed partnership for the prac-
4 tice of law and we predict will soon
3, compose one of the leading firms in
this place.
"A ONE day last week two of the
III Misses Hood, of Opekiska, had a
8 very narrow escape from drowning,
and no doubt would have been lost
- but for the heroism of Claiborn Cor
rothers The accident occurred at
IL the Opekiska ferry.
~ A CORRESPONDENT asks our opinion
III of the man who is too stingy to sub
N scribe for the New DOMINION, but
n borrows his copy every week. If it
wasn't for breaking our New Years
resolution we would give our friend
the Opinion requested.
THE Little Favorite" announces
y that it's restaurant will be opened
Zee tomorrow All the persons who
no have so long regretted that we had
no restaurant IN Morgantown will
IL, be given an opportunity now to show
how well they will9patronize it.
WE learn that the great suit in
volving the Baker estate, of which
there was so much talk some years
ago. and to which Mrs. Leroy Crow,
of this place, is one Of the heirs, will
\ be re-opened in the courts in Phila
delphia, some time within the pres
W. ent month.
~, NYE KIGER, of Monongahela City,
Pa, son of Jacob Kiger, of Clinton
district, received a few weeks ago
the first letter that President elect
Harrison wrote since his election, to
!, a parent who had named a child for
! 80 him. Nye has the Generals letter
= in handsome frame, and would not
( part with it for love or money.
Il - not
!. year has just gone, it is not remark
able that there was not a marriage
in Morgantown during the holidays.
II What was the matter with our san
r gels on earth?" 1t surely was not
the fault of the boys. Weknow lots
of them who would have been more