The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-07-01

DIR. GEORGE JOSEPH, has purchas-
ed splendid pneumatic tired biey-
Gle and is coming to the front as an
expert 'cyclist
A NEW company of the State Mil
tia is being organized at Charles
ton. Maj. Thos. F. Snyder, former
| ly Commandant of the University
Cadets, has been requested to accept
the Captaincy of the company.
ELIZA JoLLrFF will open bakery
and confectionery, in the room adj
joining Miss Laura Dawson, mil
linery store, about July |. Mr.. Jol-
lift has put up large oven On his
lot and will run first class estab-
| lishment
THE Waynesburg Republican says:
eve understand the chief engineer
of the p V. d G. r. R'has engaged
boarding for himself and number
of hands at Millsbero for the sum
mer. Work on the extension will be
pushed forward at once"
To OUR VISITORS: Our visitors for
to-day and tomorrow are hereby in
vited to hang up their hats and
make themselves at home. The
freedom Of the city is theirs and we
ask them to make use of it. Any
thing we have is at their service.
DR. JAS p. FITeH will in a short
time remove his residence, on
Spruce street, back from the street
and put up an imposing front The
Doctor has one of the prettiest lots
in the town and his residence when
completed will add to the attractive
ness of that vicinity.
THE Waynesburg Independent
says "a base ball team has been Or
gained here, and the boys propose
to make it lively for the neighbor-
ing clubs Our boys have waited
10! these many years, for Waynes-
burg to organize club, and are
anxious to see the club. Send them
over.
THE Supreme Court has affirmed
the decision Of the lower court in the
case of r. z. Harr, convicted, at
Fairmont of shooting the mayor of
Monongah. Harr will go to the pen
itentiary for two years, but will
lose nothing by his appeal, as his
time commenced from the day of
his sentence.
THE reason that Morgantown has
not had more factories is because of
lack of railroad facilities. But with
the B. d o. r. r. about completed
the Penna., surveying from Browns
vile up, and with slackwater, the
town with the enterprise now being
shown by her progressive people,
must make giant strides.
If you want to buy a bust
ness property, residence,
building lot, a farm, coal, or
timber land, see T.W. Ander-
son the real estate and in
surance Agent. Office, Main
Street, near Walnut.
WHILE gas is abundant we are not
dependent on it alone. We are in
the heart of the great Pittsburg
thick vein coal. Coal at 40 cts. ton
delivered at your factory doors.
Billions of feet of timber, glass sand,
and fire clay in unlimited quantities
backed by the cheapest fuel in the
world, must create future for the
town and state.
MoRGANTowN will have gas when
it is mere memory in most places.
Twenty miles of gas territory
known and fully defined lays contig-
uous to the town. The "Big In
gum sand shows 500 ID rock pres
sure while the Gordan sand shows
a rock pressure of 1900 lib. There
are no large manufacturing centres
near to draw from this immenee field
A GENTLEMAN who is connected
with the work on the F., Nj d P. ex-
tension, and knows whereof he
speaks said to a New DOMINION
reporter; II can give you this
much information, which l know to
be fact, trains will be running be-
tween Morgantown and Uniontown
by the first of September. The Com
pany intends to push the work on
the road and it will not take over
six weeks to lay the track
HARRY r. LANE, the Washington
county Pa, huxter who is believed
to have been murdered on the 10th,
is still missing. Searching parties
composed of men and boys, have
searched in every nook and corner
almost, without success. Last Fri
day trail, believed to be blood
stains, was followed for some dis
lance, and lost where stream was
crossed. 1t is generally believed
now that Lane has been murdered
and his body successfully concealed
by his murderers. The great strain
on Lanes wife has resulted in the
dethronement of her reason.
THE Pt. Marion correspondent of
the Uniontown Standard says:
Drake Stratton Co. have the contract
to put on the ballast and lay the
ties and rails on all of the B. q O.
from Smithfield to Morgantown, al
so to put up all the bridges. They
will push the work from both ends
of the line, north from Morgantown
and south from Smithfeld. The
grading will be fully completed from
here to Morgantown by July l. All
the masonry has been completed for
some time. Drake Stratton Co. will
use three steam shovels to load bal
last, and also to remove any land
slides which may occur. They will
use the immense pile of Stag and Gin
der at Fairchance for ballast and the
work will move forward at rapid
rate, We are assured by those who
know that the abutment at the north
end of Cheat bridge is perfectly safe
and that it will not be torn down at
all.
THE crowd that paid toll at the
Suspension Bridge on Show day, was
nearly three times as great as on
Commencement day, and yet many
failed to come to town, waiting
for the great Barnum show.
There will be but one lot sale, viz:
on the 28th and 30 insts., and if you
acaa for any other date you will
get left. The only auction sales will
be on the dates named, and the crowd
will be many times greater than on
show day. Free excursions will
come by boat from Pittsburg and all