The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-01-13
DIR. MORRIS, DENTIST

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DIR. MORRIS, DENTIST
Has made arrangements to be In his
home Ofiice In M0rgantown, from this
time until April LIST. Any one needing
his services will please make note Of
this.
IF all reports be true winter is not
yet over.
The construction train crew is
now no longer at Morgantown. They
are stopping at Frank Dietrich's ho-
tel ct Point Marion.
DIR. WIN. NJ. DENT, who was the
Democratic nominee for the State
Senate in this district, has been APP
pointed postmaster at Newburg. DIR.
Dent is brother Of M. M. Dent, Of
this place.
We are now connected with I'm
iontown by rail. We now have d.
rect line Of railroad, without break
from here to Pittsburg. Having a
railroad and having trains run over
it are two things.
The Directors Of the Reform school
at Pruntytown are in session to make
selection of assistant superintend-
ent Of the school. The applicants
are numerous, but Monongalia failed
to put up man for the job.
THERE are several towns In this
state which have held illegal cleo
tions this year. Corporation Coun-
sci is numerous in all sections this
time who had overlooked, or forgot
ten, or never read the amendment to
Section So OF Chapter 8 Of the Code.
"THE smile Of spring warmth"
that you have read about has been
the preponderant condition of '94 SO
far. This time last year there was
sleighing snow and cold bitter winds
and the gas was off. Gas and sun
shine have been going along very
nicely together this month.
The contract for furnishing the
gas for street illumination will ex-
pirc next month. 1t will then be five
years since the people here began to
use natural gas for fuel. The Union
Improvement company contracted in
February, 1889, with the town to
furnish certain numb erof flambeaux
on the streets for five years. That
contract will expire soon.
Ar THE recent meeting of the
State Bar Association it was de-
cided to issue monthly journal to
be called the West Virginia Bar,
which is to contain the decisions of
the Supreme Court, articles by law
yers, local news of the bars and
many other matters of interest to
the legal fraternity. The first issue
is to come out in February.
The little village of McCurdys-
vile, this county, had small blaze
one day last week which might have
been much more serious; but for he
roic work of some of the people of
the place, they saved the town by
wetting quilts and wooden garments
and covering the adjoining build
ings The fire was caused by some
one setting fire to leakage in the
gas building. Another proof that
people should attend strictly to their
own business.
The license question was not an
issue at the late municipal contest.
The people settled that question in
a tone of protest so long and loud
that the experiment of trial for it
is not likely to occur for long time.
The sentiment Of a majority Of the
people is opposed to the liquor traf-
tic Any means taken to stop it en-
tireiy the people will endorse. If
the officers whose duty it is to look
after these matters wipe out the IL
licit sale of intoxicants they will be
called good officers.
THERE was no election for school
board last Thursday, bat it is usually
the case that the school election
takes place al the same time the
municipal officers are voted for.
No school election could be held be-
cause there had been no order pub
lished to the effect that such an cleo
ton was to occur. This was most
probably an oversight, but on the
day of the town election it was clear
to everybody who had not previous
ly noted that no school election was
to be held then that it must take
place at later day. 1t was some
body's duty to see that the usual
preparations for school officers be
made.
THERE is a town sergeant and
street commissioner for the mu
nicipal officers to select. They could
go farther and fare much worse than
by reappointing the gentlemen now
acceptably filling these places. Had
there been a strong fight made by
these gentlemen against the election
of the Firemen's Ticket, then it
would have been in accord with the
time honored American presidents
and usages to award the spoils to
those who worked hard on the win
ming side, but as the Office holders
themselves let the contest wag as it
would, their fitness for the places
should then be the powerful recon-
mendation that would retain them
in Office.
IT need surprise no one to hear
positively that work on dam No. 10
will begin some time this spring.
There is an estimate made for an OPP
preparation for that purpose. 1t is
not here claimed that the river will
be Stacked to Fairmont soon, but
that No. 10 is to begin is another
matter. The $4,000 that Col. Co.
lay, engineer in charge, has on hand
will be expended in buying land,
building few houses and doing
other work preparatory to making
beginning on the work. just where
the dam is to be has not been decid-
ed, but as this paper has stated be-
fore,it will be some place between the
Morgan Mill and the mouth of Co.
buns creek.
THEsE changes in the election
laws will not be the means of such
an embarrassing situation to this
town as was the case last week.
Hereafter the people will be called
upon to meet and nominate tickets
containing the names Of men who
will represent something which will
be an issue of the contest. For years
past the custom has been to spring
most any kind of haphazard ticket