The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-12-17

Saturday, December IL, 1892.
DIR. J. z. HAWTHORNE will be at
home during December. Now is the
time to have your teeth filled or the
aching ones extracted without pain by
the use Of Od6ntnnder.
DENTAL NOTICE. will be In my
Oflce for business every day--fr0m now
tai April LIST, 1898. Any one wanting
diflcult operations performed or teeth
treated will take advantage Of this.
GEO. b. MORRIS. DID. s.
A BARGAIN in clothing at the Far
ners' Store.
UNIoNrowN's new court house is
about completed.
AID. Bowers has fine Irish setter,
which he bought Of Ike Hickman.
The finest line of silk handkerchiefs
and linen towels in town at the Far
mers' Store.
Our old friend Hicks tells what
kind of weather we will have during
this month on FIRST page
Ii it is the intention to scrape the
mud off the streets they will be
scraping till the robbins nest again.
APPLES at a dollar bushel makes
them rich and rare enough to make
suitable Christmas gifts-one in a
box.
GEORGE JOHN is great rabbit
hunter. and the man is an arrant
coward who is afraid to stand up
boldly and say So
TEE Board of Regents is not gruff
gloomy society hating body. 1t gave
unanimous consent to use the new
commencement hall for the grand
military ball to be given in January.
FARMERS report that hogs are
scarce this year. And that is very
true, but what splendid opening
for joke there is in the statement.
The button is pressed; now do the
rest.
THEY are still pegging away ON the
railroad extension. There are no
new developments in the work, other
than that each day seems to count
for more work done than at any pre-
vious time.
Who will be Mayer is question
this paper would be glad to answer,
but in consideration of absolute in
ability to do so we can answer the
question by asking another: Who
wants to be Mayor?
Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Coombs have
been visiting friends and relatives
at Parkersburg and Wheeling for the
past week. The Doctors health has
not been coed for some time, and he
is taking this vacation jaunt in the
hope of recuperation.
The Knights of Pythias lodge of
this place has rented one of the halls
on the third floor of the new Brock,
Reed 4 Wade block for their perma-
nent castle hall They will com
mence the work of fitting their new
home as soon as the building is com
pleted.
The latest and prettiest song
now being sung on the stage, is en-
titled The Indian Summer Time.
1t is by the popular author, Will L.
Thompson, of East Liverpool, Ohio.
The price is 40 cents. Send the
author half price, and you will re.
ceive copy.
The new pictures Of Morgantown.
copies of which may be obtained of
COL Fast, are being taken by great
many people. 1t shows the town of
well, but by no means to too great an
advantage, 1t is good picture of
Morgantown. No terms of praise
could be higher
The sale of the personal property
of Henry Dorsey took place last Sat
urday. There was an unusually
large crowd of active bidders and fair
prices were realized on all articles.
Entertainment for the people was
found in the never ceasing flow of
wit of the auctioneer, "the only"
Sol Frum.
A NUMBER of young people gave
what they termed "an old fashioned
dance at the town building on
Thursday evening, which was highly
enjoyed by all who attended. Wheth-
er or not the object of extracting
enjoyment by ancient methods alone
was attained deponent saith not. but
that there was fun galore is not
gainsaid.
The electric light which was at
two places an Main street were only
an experiment, as the light is not
turned on from them any longer
The experiment showed their super
iority over gas as on illuminant
1t would be fine thing to have
electric light all over town. Gas is
all right for fuel It's poor shucks
to make things light.
The stores are filled with the
beautiful things which attract
Christmas buyers. The one time in
the year when everybody feels like
buying for others, when the pretty
theory of it being mere joy in giving
than in receiving, is the days proceed
ing Christmas. A fine assortment
for selection is being opened. 1t
will be no trouble to spend your
money at home.
HIS friends in Morgantown will bt
panied to know of the great loss by
fire that befel Joseph Allender last
week at Keyser. His fine double
residence and all it contained were
consumed by the flames, which
caused the biggest fire ever known
in that town, having burned a great
deal of other fine property an &C
count of which will be found on the
first page of this issue.
The company which owns Oak
Grove Cemetery certainly is moi
bankrupt, but the stile entrance to
the otherwise beautiful city of the
dead is in a badly demolished state
1t is unsafe to cross it. Those who
do not enter by the stile, especially
ladies, are fearful while doing so lest
it fall. The stile should be repaired
Its condition is not in keeping with
the surroundings and people expect
safe entrance
ONLY one week from next Sunday
to Christmas And then but one
more week of 1892 The year has
seemed short to some and long tt
Others just as there has been JOY
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