The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-07-25
The poles for the telephone line
are scattered along Main street.

are scattered along Main street.
CHEAT river from Point Marion Il
Glenmoor is lined with campingpar
ties.
N. r. SHAFFER has had hand
some awning placed in front of his
grocery.
The NJ. 3. & /. Company are push
ing the building of the apartment
houses on Peasants street.
BEEcHURsT Avenue is the name
Of the proposed street through the
Kiger lot.
A NEW floor and other needed i'm
provements we're made recently in
Bower's shaving parlors.
The new church on the Evansville
pike near Browns school house will
be dedicated August 9th.
The Morgantown colored Stars
will cross bats with the Grafton
team at the latter's grounds on Mon
day, July 9th.
The steamer Adam Jacobs had
part of her machinery broken on
the 18th inst, and was laid up last
week for repairs.
The young Rough q Ready base
ball team is trying to get up game
with the Pt. Marion and Taylortown
mines.
GooDwIN's d Sons foundry is run
ming to its full capacity and the firm
will in the near future enlarge their
plant.
BASE BALL and fast horse cranks
are more numerous now than ever in
the history of Morgantown and there
is fun ahead.
SQUIRE ALEXANDER has completed
the assessment of the real estate in
Morgantown. He will at once begin
his work-in the country.
A CAMPING club from Pittsburg
pitched their tent Saturday in the
old McLane orchard on O. III. Dille's
farm.
A LARGE party of young people
from town attended the festival Sat
urday night at Avery and report a
very pleasant time.
SEVERAL OF our young men from
sixteen to nineteen years of age are
organizing social club and will fit
up room in handsome style.
MARSHALL MAEDRA, son of John
w. MADEIRA, and family, will move to
Morgantown this week from Penns-
boro and occupy Mrs. Annie MADEIRA, 8
house on Front Street.
As THE Jacobs was leaving the
wharf, Monday, Pittsburg lady in
attempting to jump to the wharf,
tripped and fell onto the cobble
stones, receiving several bruises.
SNAKE stories from mountain par.
ties are now in order. Gentlemen,
please strike the public gently, start
ing with from one to five copper
heads. work up gradually to whole
dens of rattlers.
The chief reason why so many
people have not "excurted" to Nor
gantown this season from points
down the Monongahela is that the
general and protracted strike at
Pittsburg has made it a financial
impossibility for thousands of last
seasons excursionists to leave home.
Our four liverymen did land Of
flee business Sunday, every rig and
horse being hired out. To supply
the demand as many more would
have been required. The principal
point of attraction was Camp Eden
and Glenmoor on Cheat.
THE Morgantown Gun Club had
an interesting shoot Thursday even
ing. Capt. J. r. Miller made the
best score winging IL out of Is un.
known birds. Quite a crowd of spec
tators were present and enjoyed the
sport which is becoming very popu.
lar.
The Morgantown Gun Clubs
second shooting match Thursday
evening drew large crowd to their
grounds near Mackey's mill. Each
member shot at 25 birds. Nate
Kiger and John Hickman tied ano
in the second shoot between these
two Kiger made the best score. Al
the first shoot Capt. j. R. Miller
took the first honors. The members
of the Club have become enthusiastic
and Clay pigeons are being shattered
with ruthless hand. One member
has so far made clean score-nevel
hit bird
FRENCH's New Sensation show boa
was at the wharf Wednesday ant
Thursday evenings and gave two ex
hibitions to crowded houses. Th,
boat is the finest that has ever visi
ted Morgantown and has a seating
capacity of 700. Singing, dancing
and juggling we're the principal fea
, lures of the performances and wer
highly appreciated, being first clas
in every particular.
SHERIFF LINN, of Marion county
and Lawrence S. Fleming, chief o
police of Fairmont, brought Alex Ro
der and - Dillon, the two men un
der indictment in Marion county 70
beating and shooting one Thompso
brother-in- of Roder, to Morgan
town and placed them in Jail for SAT
keeping The Marion county bricl
pile being deemed insufficient to hol,
any other than paralytic. The mel
were arrested, after committing tn
crime, in a coal shaft by Policeman
Fleming, who is one of the best off
GERS in the State.
The race Saturday afternoon, 25tf
- ON Evans race track between job
Brown. horse belonging to tn
Reay, Hayes & Evans stables an
S. A. Posten's horse for 800 will b
the most exciting contest of spec
ever given on this course. The be
was made by DIR. Courtney and
A. Posten; besides this bet severs
other wagers are up on the race
There will be two or three other in
teresting races and large crowd {
ladies and gentlemen will be preser
besides the usual sporting fraternit,
A HAPPIER party Of young ladie
and gentlemen never passed the da
at the old cave near the Kingwoo
pike than that which left Morgan
town early Friday morning in Pride
four horao sthucs - The party wc