The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-07-02
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MoRGANTowN. W. VA.

Of each month
SLICED watermelon ON ice at Ma
dera's.
BANANAS 25 per dozen at Madera's
Fruit store
GIVE the Alliance store at Little
Falls trial.
DAYLIGHT was let through the Fal
ling run tunnel last Saturday.
HAMS, dried beef and bologna
Kept always on hand at
Gallagher's meat market.
AN ARC electric light is to be put
up in a few days at each end of the
suspension bridge.
ENGINEER RAMSAY will occupy
Lieut.. Ramsey's house during the
sumner instead of DR.. De Roode's,
as had been reported.
The frame is up for j. NJ. Reed
and Clarence McVicker's house on
the lot recently purchased of Prof
White, on Wiley street.
The council has "resoluted' on
dynamite being left in cars on side
tracks inside the corporate limits
and it will not be done any more.
JNo. III. HOFFMAN has bought H.
S. Aiken's one eighth interest in the
Price oilland This property is val
liable, the production running to
about one thousand dollars per
month.
TENNIS is the craze here now among
the younger generation of bellies and
beausx. There are several clubs in
town and Sundays seem to be the
only evening excepted from engaging
in the delightful and health giving
sport.
THE estimate made by the county
court for the running expenses of
the county for the coming year is
SAL 300, the various purposes of ex-
penditure being noted in the report
of the proceedings of the court in
another column.
The big camp meeting at Noun
tain Lake Park begins July and
continues till July IL. The assem-
bly, begins early in August, when
the greatest number of people will
be on the grounds.
BACHELORS BLOCK, that is, corner
Main and Peasants, is at last to be
built. The stone workers have be-
gun to build the foundation, and the
information gathered is that the
block is to be of brick.
SEVERAL of the students have made
book agents of themselves for the
summer. To be a successful book
agent in these great rushing times re-
quires that one should be pretty
good student of several things.
The advertisement for sealed pro-
posals from contractors for the cree
tion of the scientific building of the
University appears in this issue, the
plans and specifications for the build
ing being on exhibition at the law
office of Hon. Joseph Moreland.
NEXT Monday is the Glorious
Fourth, but aside from Sunday school
picnics, in Morgantown there will be
no elaborate observance of the 116th
anniversary of American independ-
ence. 1t has been a great many years
since the day was made an auspicios
occasion here.
CANOEING promises to be favor
tie means of driving dull care away
by Morgantown young men, butthey
have to go away from home to find
the rushing streams which are so es-
sential to the sport. Slack water en-
tails degree of labor neither pleas
ant nor perilous, and pleasure and
peril must be had by man in a
canoe.
THE hot weather don'ts: DOM
hurry, don't fret. don't watch the
thermometer, don't take heating food
or drink, don't wear starched clothes,
don't be afraid of perspiring, don't
seek a crowd, don't take the sunny
side of the street, don t talk about
the weather. If you can't be comfor-
table be as little uncomfortable as
you can.
SHOWING how well the Democrats
of Morgantown were pleased with the
nominations for president and vice
president, band was secured to
play on Thursday evening and other
evidences given that our Democrats
ratified the nominations. The differ
ence between this and the dissatis-
faction of Morgantown Republicans
on hearing of Harrison's nomination
makes comparison odious indeed.
JUDGE EWING of Greene has select
ed Friday, July Sth,as the date upon
which arguments for a new trial will
be heard in the Pipes Huffman muir
der case which has been fully report
ed heretofore in the New DOMINION.
Present indications point to new
trial for Pipes. A change of venue
to Washington, Pa, will also be
asked for by reason of the prejudice
among the farmers of Greene county
against Pipes.
TIE Masontown people are talking
of demanding an investigation into
the death of Josiah Rockwell who
died there a week or so ago 1t is as
serted that Rockwell got into fight
in which he was struck on the back of
the head and that he died the next
morning presumably from the effects
of the blow. But little was said of
it at the time of his death, although
the people thought the circumstances
of his death looked rather suspicious.
AT the last meeting of the knights
of Pythias lodge of this place, the
following officers were elected: G.
F. Stephan, past chancellor; 7. w.
Chidister, chancellor commander; F.
]. Utterback, vice chancellor; J. M.
Hackney, prelate, j. NJ. Gregg, K. OF
r. & s.; F. D. Wood, M. of F.; w
H. Morgan, NJ. at A.; Geo. E. Van
glider, trustee G. r. Huston was
selected as representative to the
grand lodge with s. A. Poster alter
nate.
AT THE races at Grafton last week
the second money in the free for al
pace was won by Proclamation, own
ed by T. r. Evans; in the $3.50 trot
John Brown, owned by Reay & Hayes
took second money. There were AZ
horses entered in the races, and they
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