The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-05-05

vices can nnd MIN Always prepared 10
wait on them.
BEEcHURsT Avenue is being level
ed and prepared for the Macadam
that is soon to he put on it.
WALTER L. MAINS show will ex-
hibit at Clarksburg May 8. 1t seems
the shows are going to pass us by,
The Panorama and Jubilee con
cert at the A. M. Z. church Friday
night was well attended and sue
cess.
TIE Photographic entertainment
at the M. p. church was a financial
success and the audience was highly
pleased and entertained.
A COMMISSION has been issued to
Edwin 0. Weidman, as postmaster
at Cassville. Eds Morgantown
friends will be glad to hear of his
appointment.
ONE hit is good, but steady hit
ting in advertising is what wins.
The merchant who fights all along
the line, day in and day out always
achieves success.
The Fairmont and Grafton Gas
Company will soon begin to con
struct the gas line to the latter place.
Some Morgantown capital is invest
ed in the enterprise.
VAST quantities of coal have pass :
ed through here within few days
into the Pittsburg region. The sit
uation presents the anomaly of a
market at Newcastle.
I'm the sweat of thy brow shalt
thou eat bread" is entirely forgotten
by many. They toll not, neither do
they spin, but they are supported by
the labor of some one else.
THE following is from the proceed
ings of the U. S. Court at Clarksburg.
"The United States against M.
Moore, Monongalia county, retail
ing without license; not guilty"
A GREAT many men who, on &C
count of the hard times cant pay
anything they owe, always have
money to attend every show that
comes along and for all kindred uses.
THE Farrow gun works are getting
in order to turn out completed work
in splendid manner Some devices
invented by Capt. Farrow have sim
plitied the manufacture of guns, add
ed to their excellence and cheapened
the cost of the manufacture.
The fruit has been greatly damag
ed by the hard weather of the early
part of the month. 1t is a mistake
to think that because the blossoms
appear vigorous the fruit is all right
The bloom may be abundant and
yet the fruit be mostly killed.
A DRUMMER who has been coming
to Morgantown for the past sever
years said "a few of us used to have
soft snap, but since the opening Of
the new railroad the trade is cut al
to pieces as drummers are coming in
by iocks. Ofcourse the competition
is a good thing for your merchants
THERE is a saloon in Fairmont
with butcher shop on one side, an
undertaking establishment on the
other and printing office adjoining
The saloon will furnish the'pisen, the
undertaken the box and the printer
will plant the ''boozer" with two
dollar obituary, while the butcher
acts as chief mourner
FAIRMoNT already has five and is
soon to have eight saloons, while
Morgantown hasn't got anything
but "speak easies. p Vest Vargin
ian. Fairmont has DRINKS and dis
orderlies in her police court anC
Morgantown has not; Fairmont hal
whooping and yelling and maudlir
drunken talk and Morgantownerl
"speak easy" Take your choice.
A SERIOUS accident occurred t.
Lock No. 5, on the Monongahels
river Thursday. About noon it wal
discovered that there was big leak
in the lock wall, and the lock will b,
closed for several days until repairs
are made The closing of the loci
will not interfere with the Morgan
town packet line, as freight and pas
sengers will be transferred at tina
point
IRIS an i'll wind that blows nobob,
good. The far reaching strike o
the coal miners in halfdozen state
that involves over 10000 men, ha
driven a great deal Of trade to Yves
Virginia that she otherwise woult
not have received. Scores Of train
loaded with the black diamonds from
the fields South of US have beer
passing through here for the market
Immediately north and west of us
Some of our operators have mad
contracts for several months ahead.
THE Herald, one of the wealthies
and most popular of the Chicag'
daiies, discontinued its weekly edi
tion because, with a circulation o
10000, it failed to pay expenses a
81 year. 1t was made up of mat
ter from the dailies, costing nothing
for type setting. Yet there are plen
W of people who think that the couu
try paper with only small circula
ton compared with the weekly Her
aid, can afford to furnish paper 70
81 year. A country paper at ST.. 5
or 50 per annum is cheaper that
wheat at so cents bushel-King
wood Journal.
w. G.. ROGERS, treasurer of tn
Excelsior Building and Loan Assc
citation of Washington, Pa, is a de
faulter to the amount Of severa
thousand dollars. He disappeare
about four weeks ago leaving n
clue to his whereabouts. He receive
money and cancelled mortgages du
the association, pocketed part @
the money paid in as dues and ru
things pretty much to suit himsel
They should do as Morgantown does
First have officers who are incorrup
ible and even then keep such clos
track of them as to make crooked
ness almost impossible.
AN item has been going the round
of the press that may lead people
believe that judged j. NJ. Hagans {
the Circuit Court contemplates r,
signing his seat on account of i
health. His Honor was asked abol
the matter and said that he does M
contemplate resigning, and in fa'
never has thought Of such thin
The Judge il rapidly regainlng h
usual good health which was grea
" impaired BY severe attack of
:..c lnet xr;n4ar and will oras