The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-05-26
Sbaffer's Grocery
248 Front Street.

wait on them.
IT is said that there will be cir
Gus here June 6.
FRANK LAzIER had his wrist adj
ly sprained several days ago.
DIR. WIN. E. STEWART, Dentist, Of
fees over Rice's store, Main street.
A WEDDING on Front street is
booked by Mrs. Grundy for the near
future.
COMMENCEMENT at the University,
three weeks from today, Wednes-
day, June 10.
The frame of Col. r. f. Fasts
handsome residence on Bumbo Lane
has been raised.
THERE were four circuses exhibit
ing in West Virginia last week and
not one of them struck Morgan
town. Let us give thanks
IT IS reported that prominent
young business man, of Morgantown,
and a popular young lady, who lives
in town not a 900 miles east on
the B. d o., will soon join fortunes.
POINT MARION Is a young borough
but her citizens have seen the neces-
sity of good sidewalks. The coun-
Gil has ordered board walks to be
put down on the principal streets.
THE remains of the late Charles
Hagan, of Fairmont, who was an en-
ploye in the Senate post office and
died at Washington some time ago,
were taken to Cleveland, Ohio, last
week for interment.
IT is reported that large white
bear was seen to cross the road just
east of town, on the Morgantown pike,
one day last week.-Palatine Corr
Free Press. Its simply awful how
some of the people up that way
"booze"
SUPERINTENDENT II. G. Bowles of
the M. r. railroad has arranged for
an excursion from Clarksburg to
Pittsburg Sunday, June 18th. The
fare will be only $1.50. No stops
will be made between Morgantown
and Pittsburg.
Two lovers landed in McKeesport
with only 60 cents in their pockets,
but dead loads" of love in two
hearts that beat as one" They slept
Saturday and Sunday nights in a
stable and Monday night paid so
cents for license, were married and
took crosstie ticket for Dawson.
THE Criminal court grand jury at
Parkersburg has returned an indict-
ment against DR.. F. c. Dennison for
the murder of Sallie Amiss, who died
about three weeks ago, under sus-
picious circumstances. The trial of
the case is set for next Thursday,
and the doctor was held in $4,000
bonds.
Work has been commenced on the
Bnmbo Lane sewer. The gang of
workmen under street commissioner
Hite started in at the west end and
the work will be pushed as rapidly
as possible The sewer on High
street was completed week ago,
from the Hotel Peabody to Walnut
street.
RECENTLY three gentlemen invest
ed $4,000 in wild land in Boone
county, buying 1900 acres. They
have sold the poplar timber for $5,
900 and the oak trees for SO apiece,
and still own the land, which con-
tains a vein of coal said to be nine
teen feet thick. 1t pays to put your
money in West Virginia land.
BUSINESS men in a majority of our
neighboring towns are already max
ing preparations for having big
time in their towns on the Glorious
Fourth. Do our business men in
tend to let our people go elsewhere
to spend the day and their money, or
do they propose to make an effort to
attract people from other places to
Morgantown, keep our own people
at home and get the lose change of
the vis tors?
The man that took his pail and
went out into the middle of a field
and sat down to wait till COW would
back up to be MIXED, got left The
other fellow who went out after the
cow got the milk. It's just the same
with the man in business who sits
down in the middle of stock of
goods to wait for the customer to
come around and buy. He gets
scooped by the other fellow who
goes out after customers with a
catchy advertisement.
The New Geneva Correspondent
of the Courier says: James M. Pro
vance and = Easter, who had the
contract for the stone work on Fred
Deans new summer hotel at Uneva,
on Cheat river, completed their con
tract few days ago and started to
make the return trip home by water
They loaded their camp outfit on a
boat and started down Cheat river,
but before they had proceeded many
miles their boat capsized and they
lost nearly all their goods. Easter
lost all his clothes and narrowly es-
capped drowning.
SOME party or parties gained an
entrance to j. L. Keener's meat mar
ket Sunday night and rifed the
money drawer, but got only about
one dollar in change for their trouble
The money drawer was found on tor
~ nd
nothing else was disturbed. En-
trance was gained by either thu
front or back cellar door and the
thief is no doubt the gent who car
ries keys that will unlock the doors
of several places Of business in town
1t is only a question of time unit
this sneak thief will be doing tim,
in the pen.
IT is said that certain young
lady in recent examination at
school in West Virginia, gave thu
following answer in reply to tn
question, Describe your ideal teach
err" HE must be not less than iiv
feet ten, must have black hair whicl
curls lightly, heavy black mus
tache, brown eyes, kind disposition
willing to give up the pleasures q
the club and remain at home even
lngs neat in his dress and not wort
less than ten thousand dollars an
a lover 0 Children" Evidently sh
was thin king Of the ideal husband
--Er. And now it is said that til
Frcshm an who dared to intimai