Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-02-10
MORGANTOWN MATTERS.
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0RGANrOwN, w. Va, February g.
E ., Srankenberry, Of Point Marion,
r6prssenting Dewing 81 Sons, who lost
over $50, 600 worth Of logs 10 the recent
ice move. was here Yesterday getting
signers TO a petition TO have the Legis-
lature pass a bill TO allow the cOnstruc-
tiOn OF timber bOOms In Cheat river, 10
this county The law, as 10 now stands,
has some peculiar features. At the
time the II. $. engineer made his report
recommending the construction OF Lock
No. o, on the M0uongahsla, a proviso
n the recommendation was that no
timber bO0mS be allowed % be con-
gtructed iu that stream. The
Legislature "saw" the report and erals
ed" TO- fixing the act So that no oooms
be allowed iu M0aOuga.i1 county. From
that remote time there has been ro
boom on any stream iu the confines
mentioned The timDeriutgyas,S would
be best protected by b0ous iD Cheat Pap
from the 4uOuth iu this county, as pee
cent losses demonstrated, Es, B.. t-H
lower b0oms are carried away, tIc ,u.-
Der stock in the upper ones may c.
fore the statesmen at Charleston was
readily seen and the petition received
signatures sufficient 20 make &, very
lengthy document
The agricultural experiment station
has made patent an interesting Alrl-
cultural matter. which is that winter
vegetable garden situated near center
Of population will pay the one engag-
ing In the enterprise. Some time since
the station, under the direction Of DR..
Raue, started q garden, and now the
substantial evidence OF the practiCa
bility Of the experiment is realized in
bOuntiful harvest of an the ordinary
products Of the average garden, the
vegetables having all their respective
qualities of size, flavor, etc. The garden
is in a brick structure, dug into the
ground about two feet, with
walls four feet above ground, with
supersides of glass and the roof also of
that material This is heated, and the
beds laid out and fertilized in the ordi-
nary manner, and then seeded. The
matter engaging the most attention Is
TO maintain 40 AN times the proper tenn
perature degree. The vegetables bring
high prices az this season, and the en-
tire experiment is 20 show the profit of
winter gardening, which is rs reaSODa-
ole as the winter culture OF flowers, and
the better-ha.i of almost every house
hold gives a certain amount of attention
20 that. Then why not the men engage
in winter gardening?
The Harr0WS Arms Company, Of
Tennessee, manufacturers of variety
of guns, will locate their plant here,
which viii bring fifty skilled lahorerS,
The engagement of Prof. Il. l.. En-
airy, OF Indianapolis, and Miss Mary
Ollie Of NorgautCwu, is announced, the
ceremony 90 take place 40 the home OF
the bride-elect, March %. Mr.. Emary,
until December 1, was the instructor iu
the Mechanic Arts Department OF the
University, and now holds similar pO-
sitiOn in the Indianapolis city schools.
Miss Ollie is the daughter Of Judge
John A. Ollie, and has been a society
leader, q young lady OF culture and at
tractiveueSS
The Legislative proposition to have
o committee investigate the condition
aud MANAGEMENT OF the university has
met with diversified comment and gem
eral discussion here. The proposition
20 reduce the number of Regents from
Is 20 2 has also been the theme of many
9 heated discussion. AS 90 the n-st
proposition 10 would certainly be en-
crOaching upOn Che legitimate functions
OF the Board. aud as Co the latter 10 cer-
taiuly would seem the greater the uum-
Der OF interested prominent men con-
nected in regency capacity the more
widespread would their influence be exc
tended for the good OF the Institution.
The medical students are daily look
ing for an ins,almeut of the raw mate
rial of their morbid ambition 20 carve.
The new diSseCtiug hall has been COM
pleted aud is iu readiness 10 receive the
first StifTs of 1898 Several subjects
will be used this spring for the further
ing Of the youthful ESculapiuS' knOwl-
edge Of anatomy.
The plum most precious 20 MOnOugS-
q from the federal patronage point Of
w is the MOrgantOwn pOStoffice
Ong the aSpirantS. Among these are
J. Wharton, j. Z. Fleming, editor OF
NaD Dominion: JustuS South,
Morris, c. w. Finnell, John
ander aud A. L. Nye, who
the Office under the
US Cleveland administration.
p Importance is lockkeeper at No.
Is pays $50 a month, and Benz.
is the incumbent, and has been
be Office was created. SpARking