The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-09-05
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ance OF the month, and from the goth
till the last OF every month thereafter
as usual.
No WORK has as yet been done on
dams Nos. and o. as the water has
been too high.
A TEN pound daughter arrived at
the residence of Prof III. N. Ogden
on the 9th ult.
j. 7. KEENER and sons shipped
several cars of cattle east Monday
from this point and Opekiska
The children will return to school
now in few days with renewed en-
ergy-for annoying the teacher.
Doc days are now over and the
housewives are happy, as butter,
milk etc. do not sour on their hands.
ARLIE LEwELLEN and Chas. Allie
baugh are painting the outside
woodwork and ROOF of the two old
University buildings.
JUNIUs RoMINE, prominent citi-
zen of Harrison County, was thrown
from his horse while racing and re-
ceived probably fatal wounds.
The Clarksburg fair opened yes
terday Tuesday and will close to-
morrow. We learn that some of our
people will attend it to morrow.
WE would call the attention of
teachers and all others interested to
the notice Of examinations in another
column by Superintendent Brown.
The Baltimore & Ohio handled
10000 passengers on its divisions
east of the Ohio river last week. Its
passenger traffic is bee oming enor-
nous.
In addition to the.large warehouse
being put up to the Hennen furni-
turs establishment the front of the
present building will be torn out
and replaced by handsome glass
front.
The r. E. Pattison Gun Club, of
Pittsburg, came up on the Germania
Sunday night and left Monday for
Little Falls where they. will camp
out There are several ladies in the
party.
A GREAT many of our young peo-
pie will attend the festival at Gran
ville,'on Saturday evening, Septem-
Der 9Th. Great preparations have
been made by the ladies who have
the affair in charge.
HANwAY d BoYERs will hold a
little horse fair in Morgantown on
the first day of October court 1t
will be for the exhibition of colts
sired by Dunkirk There will
be some very fine ones in the lot
IT was reported last week that two
West Morgantown young ladies had
been married during the week, but
both reports were mistakes though
the girls say they will be, but then
we can't give the dates just yet.
The steamer BERTHE is again in the
upper Monongahela trade and is run
by the McClain brothers who
promptly met all the requirements
of the Government when the boat
was tied up on account of not being
inspected.
UNDER the new law governing the
sale of fertilizers every sack of the
article must have on it a printed tag
showing complete analysis of the
contents, and also its commercial
value as ascertained by Dr. Jno. A.
Myers, Director of the Agricultural
Experiment Station.
A SUNDAY School picnic will be
held in Henderson's Grove, near Nc
Clure's, by the M. p. Sunday school
on Saturday, Sept. 9th. Joseph More
land, Judge Hagans and G. B. Ollie
have been invited to deliver address
es. Members of all denominations
are invited to participate.
The work of dumping dirt into
the road bed of the defunct Black
Bottle r. r. at the foot of Front
street is going on rapidly and will
make a serviceable and attractive
improvement. But should the Black
Bottle be again tapped someone will
probably be right in it for damages.
PENNSYLVANIA has just completed
a geological survey commenced in
1874, and taking seventeen years
hard work by fifty biologists Every
square mile of the State has been
explored and invaluable data of the
mineral resources obtained. No
wonder Pennsylvania is so thorough
ly developed and so highly pros
porous.
JACOB STEELE, who no doubt was /
the oldest citizen of Fayettte county
died August oath at the age almost
10S years. Mr. Steele was born in
Springhill township, October 10Th,
1888, and lived there nearly all his
life. He was always democrat
and cast his first vote for Thomas
Jefferson and his last for Governor
Pattison.
L. r. EVANS entered two of his
horses at the Uniontown fair His
bay took third money in the run
ming race and in the $3.50 trotting
race. Sweetness took third
money and possibly second as there
is an effort being made to rule out
the horse which received second
money. There we're fourteen or fif-
teen horses in the latter race.
The new uniforms of the r. & R.
ball club have arrived and are the
finest ever worn by club here, be
ing the same as worn by the profes-
sional clubs. The suits are padded
in a manner to cause college widow
to turn green with envy. And to
say that the boys are the admiration
of the ladies and the ball cranks is
putting it mildly. Several business
men and lawyers contributed in
sums of So and $40 towards purchas-
ing the uniforms.
Mr.. d. X. REED is the energetic
excursion agent of the Monongahela
River Railroad and has provided
several nice trips for patrons of that
road. Some years ago Mr.. Reed was
a student here and he is pleasantly
remembered by many of our people.
Later he was the B. d o. express
agent at Clarkshurg. His previous
experience has fitted him well for
his present position. We hope he
will continue in the service and make
it profitable for both the company