The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-08-06

Peace fol- BattelIe District--subiect to the
will Of the people at the November election.
DR.. Geo. b. Morris, Dentist, will be
at his ONCE in MOrgantOwn, until
further notice, from the goth to the last
Of each month
CHAs. G. HOWELL is shipping black
berries to Pittsburg.
A SMALL crowd from here picniced
at Little Falls Wednesday.
Dick BRAND has the contract for
a drain at the lower end of Main
street.
M. w. PRoTzMAN has had his house
on Foundry street painted by Allie
baugh and Koontz.
Tin BENNETT has large quantity
of tanbark in South Morgantown
ready for shipment.
PRoF. p. B. REYNOLDS has put new
bay window in his residence and
otherwise improved it.
c. L. SKINNER has purchased lot
in Fairmont on which he proposes to
erect an opera house.
Two REWARDS are now offered for
the arrest of Frank Cooley, one of
$500 another of $3.50
THIRTY-THREE men arrived Thurs
day evening to work on the oil tanks
that are being built here.
MANY deaths and prostrations
from heat are reported from the
Atlantic coast to the Rockies.
The circus will miss its opportu-
nifty if it doesn't come pretty soon,
blackberries will be gone before long
A BRICK drain is being laid on
Front street in front of the residences
of Mrs Susan Shisler and Leroy
Grow.
Born hotels on Cheat are crowded
with guests and large number of
people are camping out along the
river
Mr.. S. W. GRAHAM treated the
New DOMINION force to watermelon
one day recently. Many thanks, call
again.
NATE SHAFFER will erect store
room at the corner of Bridge and
Front streets on the former Dering
property.
The Blaine brought up more pas
sengers Tuesday than any regular
packet had this summer previous to
that time.
A MAN purchased a postal card
from Postmaster Davis not long since
and in dead earnest asked him the
price of the same.
FROM twenty five to thirty gallons
of black berries are taken from the
McLane orchard daily and still they
are plentiful there.
DAVIS q Huston have had their
business house on Bridge street re-
painted. The new coat Of paint adds
greatly to it's appearance.
CONSIDERABLE grading has been
done on Court Alley. Walks will
soon be laid on either side of it, fill
ing a much needed want.
PRoF. WHITE has had the old Co.
bun house, near the head of Main
street, torn down and will erect a
substantial brick house in its stead.
DICK slime says he has to drag
himself up stairs this hot weather,
vel lie makes right good time when
tsy.ug to escape the effects of paren-
yal re.
THE congress now in session has
appropriated $1,0S0,700 for the i'm
provement of the rivers of this state.
The Monongahela gets $4,000 of
this money.
IT'S hard to find your friends in a
town the size of Parkersburg, es-
pecially when those same friends
don't want to be found. If you
doubt this ask the Brown Guards.
The Horace brought up on the
excursion barge Thursday after
noon large crowd of excursionists
from Rice's Landing. Like our ex-
cursion the 4th it was Sunday
School picnic.
The Baptist church and the lot on
which it stands are TO be sold at
public SALE A new house of worship
will probably be built on the lot pur-
chased for the church near the head
of Main street.
THRER will be races at the Fair
mont Fair Ground on August 25th
and 26th. Premiums aggregating
$4,000 will be paid and the finest
race horses in the state are expect
ed to be entered.
A GENTLEMAN who has been giving
exhibitions with the monograph in
neighboring towns passed through
here Tuesday. He failed to give an
exhibition here because satisfactory
arrangements could not be made.
MISSES Fannie and Mary Dering
will move to Fairmont Sept. 1st;
Charlie is already there At the
same time Nate Shafer will move
into the house to be vacated by
them and recently purchased by him.
JESSE LEwELLEN's administrator
sold 35 shares of Monongahela Bank
stock belonging to the Lewellen es-
tate Saturday afternoon. 1t sold at
figures ranging from $115 to $11S
VIM. B. Long and Jno. W. Corroth.
ers were the purchasers.
ID. w. E.. STEWART extracts teeth
without pain, and guarantees no bad
after effects. DR.. Stewards practice
here keeps him at home all the time
thus preventing him from making
engagements at other places where
he is frequently solicited to go.
G. A. KAISER has sold his interest
in the Victor Mills to Sturgiss and
Vance and gone to Chicago to &c
into business. Mr.. and Mrs. Kaiser
left for Chicago by way of Pittsburg
Saturday morning; their household
goods were shipped by rail at the
same time.
THE present would be an oppor.
tune time to begin some street paw
ing. Peasants street would also be
the best place to begin the expert
ment as it has sewers and water con
nections in every house, and is the
narrowest street thus requiri ng less
money than any other.