The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-12-10

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SIXTY THREE birds was the mum
Der brought in by Henry and Ed
Hayes from hunt of two days last
week.
BIGGEST lot of Albums ever in
town, bound in either silk plush
leather, or oak at Protzman's Art
Emporium.
The conservatory at the expert
ment station is completed, and DR.
Rain has begun the arrangement OF
horticultural specimens in it.
The mines at Montana recently
loaded in railroad cars ITO tons OF
coal in one day. The highest record
for any day previous was SS2 tons.
SEVERAL of the workmen formerly
employed by Tough Bros, at Cass-
vile, have come here to work in
their new shop down on Beechurst
avenue.
LAWYER, the counterfeiter who re-
Gently escaped from the Clarksburg
Jail, has been traced to Preston
ton county. 1t is very probable
that he will be recaptured.
THE street scrapers. have been
doing some good work for few days
past. II there can be no paving the
only thing else that will do the streets
good is another thick coat of lime
stone.
FAIRMoNT's new stock of lawyers
added to the overproduction of past
seasons, gives her light galore in a
legal representative way. There are
now lawyers and lawyers at Fair
mont.
The average resident wouldn't
think it, but in another month we
will have a municipal election ON
our hands, though the extent of ex-
citement attendant upon it is likely
to be limited to the smallest posi-
BILE degree.
WHEN the railroad is completed
the last hope Of bridge across Cheat
at Ices ferry will have fed. Long
did the good people labor for this
improvement, but disappointment
and railroad came along and kill
ed the scheme.
The band boys have received some
new music which they are now
practicing, and the leader, Sergt.
Protzman, promises some melodious
surprises for the people. That idea
of music hall would be joined in
now by the band.
The Commercial Hotel will be
known as the Commercial Hotel no
longer. 1t is now the Hotel Conner,
and beautiful sign now announces
that fact. Furthermore the Hotel
Conner is growing proprlar and is
increasing in patronage.
DAVE HoGUE, who is working the
Ornamental brush during the illness
of his father, at the establishment
in South MorgantowD, has been
turning out some beautiful work of
late. His talent and his experience
combine to make him a No. pain
ter.
DIR. FITcH on Wednesday moved
his family into his handsome resi-
dence on Barney street, recently pur-
chased by him of C. B. Fleming.
Mr.. Fleming moved into the Craw-
lord block, corner of jackson and
Barney streets.-Fairmont Free
Press.
MANY farmers will slaughter their
hogs for family use this month. If
the hogs are fed within tweve hours
Of the killing the food will be wasted,
the meat will be more liable to sour,
and the distended intestines more
difficult to remove. The same in
measure applies to drink as well.
THREE gentlemen, John Kennedy
and Thornton Roydston, of Mt. Nor
ris, and gentlema, named Spring
er recently purchased 10000 acres
of timber land near the center OF
the State and near the Camden
system of railroads. They say it
contains as fine timber as ever grew.
A NUMBER of ladies of literary in
clination formed a society for the
study of American literature on last
Thursday evening. The meeting was
held at the home Of Miss Lille Ha-
gans. The society will meet on
Thursday evening Of each week, in
turn at the various homes of the
members.
THE much discussed December
meeting of the Board of Regents of
the university will convene today,
and it is expected that there will be
full meeting. The objects of the
meeting have not been made known,
but the fact of meeting of the full
board at this season, being somewhat
out of the ordinary, has carried
with it a certain degree of specula-
tion as to its result.
IT is asserted that there is more
joy IL a printing Office over one sin
ner who pays in advance and abuses
the editor on every occasion than
over the ninety and nine who Dor
row the paper and sing its praises
without contributing a cent to keep
it out of the poor house. Blessed
are the meek. for they shall inherit
the earth, and obtain the material
for fencing it on time.
WITHIN the past week some new
stock has been taken in the peoples
Building and Loan Association max
ing more than s152,000.00 of stock
now carried. The receipts last
Friday night were $3.50 Besides
this one there are two series of the
Mutual the combined stock of which
will equal the above. There is prob
ably no town of equal population
that has as large and successful as
sociations as Morgantown.
The next thing in the line of street
improvement proposed by the Beech
urst avenue projectors will be to
make two cross streets leading to it
from the Collins Ferry road. One
of these will be pretty driveway
circling with the west side of the
elevation on which Prof. Reynolds
house is situated, and the other will
be straight street some distance
North of the first. To make the grades
for these streets will be inexpensive,
but good scheme, bringing many
choice lots right on streets.
DR.. L. N. BURCHINAL, whose office
and residence are at the corner of