The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-12-01


THERE is considerable typhoid fe-
yer in the country around here. In
town the cases have been very few
this season.
c. n. REAY announces the sale of
some valuable stock in another col
umn. The sale will take place in
South Morgantown, December 9th.
SEVERAL people of Morgantown
will 90 to Uniontown this evening
to attend the grand concert to be
given under the auspices Of Rutter's
band
J. L. KEENER, the Main Street
butcher, will pay cash for beef hides
and sheep pelts. He also wants to
buy veal calves. Highest prices paid
for all these.
GEO. C. HAYES d Co. come to the
front with an attractive announce
ment on this page, This firm will
have a nicer stock of Christmas
goods now than ever before.
NEARLY a thousand turkeys were
driven through the streets here a
short time ago to be CARED for mar
ket. They were the property of Will
son Jamison and John Hare.
THE foundation for the new Brock,
Wade and Reed building is almost
completed Should the weather be
favorable the brick work will be
commenced in few days.
GEORGE DEBoLT is doing a good
business at the Hoffman mill in
Clinton district. Mr. Hoffman has
purchased the necessary machinery
and will make roller mill of it soon
PEOPLE stop every day to admire
the carvings in the stone front of
the new Second National bank build
ing. The structure is now past the
second story stage Of its construc-
ton.
CAPT. COCHRAN, whose family now
reside in the B. d l. block on Pleas
ants street, has purchased the lot on
Sunnyside which Marcellus Davis
recently bought of Prof. Reynolds.
He states it is his intention to build
on the lot at once.
A HANDSOME photograph of our
elegant friend, MrH 2 Snyder editor
ofthe Connellsville Courier and Pres
ident of the Pennsylvania Press As
socatton adorns our mantel. Now
if we had one of Mrs. Snyder and
Jean we would be perfectly happy.
The courts in Washington county
recently spent three days in trying
men for shooting dogs. While they
were thus engaged little daughter
of f. c. MeDermott, well known
citizen, lay dying from the effects of
the bite OF one of these valuable
animals.
THE new issue postage stamps are
very nice size and color but have
not sufficient mucilage on them to
make them stick. Post office clerks
have quite a time re- sticking stamps
which come off in the letter box.
Parties mailing letters should use
care in attaching stamps.
WHAT is considered an epidemic
of a strange sort of sore throat is
now going around, falling alike upon
the just and the njust-both WON
en- and men having it. 1t is pecu
liar sort of an affection, not at all
the fashion in the large cities, al
though, it is said, that now marks
its first appearance here.
THERE is no use walking the floor
with felon Wrap a cloth loosely
around the felon, leaving the end
open. Pour gun powder in the end
and shake it down until it is cover
ed, then keep it wet with camphor.
In two hours the pain will he re-
lieved and a perfect cure will follow
quickly says an exchange.
Council recently ordered that a
board walk be built on Long alley
from Walnut street to Bnmbo lane
The same evening it was ordered
that brick pavement be laid on
DulHbO ldhC llOAu nlalA W EIOub
street, that portion of the thorough
fare which recently has been widen
ed to the dimensions of a street.
THE next regular tttraction to be
given by the Y. NJ. c. A. lecture
course will be the lecture by Col.
Edward P Elliott, entitled Hazel
Kirke, December Is. 1t is intended
to have several extras to the regular
course and tbs possible that there
may be one of them between now
and the date of Col Elliott lecture
THE hallway at the north end of
the Mrs, Richards house on Main
street has been RACED to the ground,
and the site will be portion Of the
one which will have the new
building of the Union Improvement
company built upou it. Huston &
Domain have the contract for this
building and will keep working at
it all the time wnen weather permits.
IT would be an "unheard of
procedure to have a police officer
stationed in Commencement Hall on
nights when public performances are
given, but that should certainly be
done to avoid a repetition of the un-
tanned actions so disgracefully in
evidence last Friday night, all of
which had a backwoods flavor. That
hall was never before the scene of
such rowdyism as preceded the per-
formances.
The petition of the Prohibitionists
in this county, though not filed in
time to have ticket on the general
election had the names of Al people
signed to it. In the election the
Prohibition candidate for Congress
received 46 votes in the district-34
in Marion and II in Monongalia. 1t
would be interesting to know what
became Of the remainder of the Al
Monangalia petitioners after II of
their number voted?
THE final location for Lock No. 10
on the Monongahela has not yet been
made, but it is absolutely idiotic to
fear that it will be below town. In
the nature of things it will be at the
nearest point where the slackwater
termination now is that a solid
bottom can be found. Accounts of
tests of the bottom are already with
the department, and the location
will be decided from the tests. There
is still the amount of $4,000 to be-