The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-07-15
DIR. GEO. b. MORRIS will be at
home from the Goth to the last Of the
month until further notice.

NATURAL gas will be piped from
the Doddrige county Held to Weston
A LARGE quantity of wool was de
livered to buyers here last week and
shipped away.
THE work ofbuilding the addition
to the Protestant Episcopal church
was commenced last week.
ScYTHEs, snaths, rakes, forks and
-four, feed and salt at unusually low
prices now on sale at Hutchinson d
Jacobs.
The two brass cannon at the Uni
versity were taken to Wheeling tc
help swell the racket on the Glori-
Gus Fourth.
BIO WINE DE GARDYNE,of Pit Mar
ion, was badly burned about the face
while firing cannon at that place
ON the Fourth.
GRAssHoPPERs are invading Greene
Co., Pa, by the million and it is
thought that great damage will be
done to the crops by them.
The development of the B. & /
Addition will be followed by bridge
being built across Decker's creek
and the speedy development Of East
Morgantown.
The Morgantown base ball club
has received a challenge from the
California, Pa, team to play two
games, one here and the return game
in California.
The fellow who is "allus huntin'
work" is usually very much afraid
he will find it, as the fellow who is
"out of work" does net want any.
Neither is of any account.
For the last 20 years, with three
exceptions there has been aJune rise
in the Monongahela river. Ten mill
ion bushels Of coal are loaded on the
river awaiting the "June rise.
The excursion which left here by
boat, on the Fourth, was not very
well patronized. Several boats
brought up large parties from down
river points during the day.
The Elizabeth, Adam Jacobs,
Horace, l. M. Mason, Blanche Ed
mondson and Albatross were at the
wharf during the Lot Sale and made
things lively about the river.
A CREAMERY has been established
at Fairmont. Our neighbor is to be
congratulated for following our ex-
ample and thereby obtaining the
very best quality of "cow grease"
The machinery, engine shafting
DC, for the Farrow Arms Co., arrived
several days ago and is being put in
place. Capt. Farrow says he expects
to have the wheels turning in few
days,
COL VIM. FARRow will erect res
idence on Beechurst Avenue For
the present the Colonel and family
are occupying part of Mrs. Marg-
aret Maderaes' residence on Front
street.
JOHN CREAL the engineer on the
Horoce was found dead in bed at PIT.
Marion Sunday. He was over 70
years of age and was sick the previ-
Gus night but was not thought TO be
dangerously i'll.
SEVERAL cadets were detailed to
take charge of the cannon and fire
the Fouth Of July salute at Wheel
ing. They were under command of
Robert Ramsay and report a great
time at the State metropolis.
ARRANGEMENTS should be made for
the flooding of all sewers and drains
during warm weather, at least once
every week. Let every one see to it
that his back yard is cleaned up and
kept clean. Don't throw Stops in open
drains. Keep clean!
FARMERS are being worked on a
new scheme. A man comes along
and sells a chest of tea at reduced
rates. Three fourths of the "tea" is
saw dust. Moral; deal with your
home merchants who advertise and
read the home papers.
CHARLES HUM and Edna Collier,
prominent young people of Smith
field, recently passed through here
enroute to Cumberland Md. where
they were married. An clipping ep-
idemic in the neighboring counties
of Pa. promises to cause the name OF
'old maid" to fall into innocuous
desuetude.
The loss caused to household
furniture, store goods, and thous-
and other things, within the past
month by dust, would pay the inter
est on the cost of paved streets for a
year. No one is trying to make a
city of Morgantown, but that is nc
reason we should not begin the work
of paving the streets.
The law against keeping native
birds Gagged is being enforced in
Pittsburg. An officer notifies all
persons having red and blue birds
robins &c, in cages to liberate them
and If the order is not complied with
at once the violaters are arrested
and fined $50 and costs. We need
just sucn a law in West Virginia.
BOB JONES, Uniontown, Pa, ne
gro, poured oil over Alice Moore's
clothes and applied match. Alice
is good looking white woman, was
drunk, lived with Bob, was inside
the clothes and seriously burned
Bob seems to have thought burning
fit the case of a white woman who
would live with negro, and Bob
may have been right.
The Post and New Dominion al
Morgantown are taking rest this
week, as they always do on Fourth
of July occasions. They are sensi-
BILE, and their patriotism is com.
mendable. Other neighboring pa.
pers also suspended this week. We
hope we have their sympathy
Vest Virginian. Yes, Brother Pow
ell, you have our warmest, 92 de
grees in the shade, sympathy.
The following notice of an OLD
Mergantown boy is taken from the
Mt. Pleasant, Pa, Journal. "Tht
other day when Alb Cooper the sad
dler, couldn't get horse to pillow his
potatoes, he hitched up half dozer
boys, his own among the number
and did the work with them. Ami,
Sheboel, the pretty Bohemian do
nestle at the Presbyterian parson
ACE had oavan anaemc on toatcb;ro