The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-06-16

JDE5.
RurTER's BAND blew ia Monday
and landed right in the hearts of
our people.
A PARTY of Clarksburg society
people will be here for the COM
meneement ball.
WILL some one please to whisper
to the regents that nice fountain
would set off the campus wonderfully.
Toa PAsToRIUs will play with the
| Uniontown ball club this season.
The club has not as yet been re-or-
ganized.
BETWEEN 300 and 400 cars of coal
are being shipped north over the
Fairmont, Morgantown d Pittsburg
R.R.every day.
Our table is graced by the hand
soonest boquet of the season; the
gift of that thoughtful and generous
fellow Gene Clark.
IT is now reported on good author
ity that DR. X. NJ. Turner is not and
will not be candidate for President
of the University.
The Granville martial band la
bored in vain to pound a little en-
thusiasm into the g p at the Cass-
vile Rally Saturday.
PRoF w. P. WILEY will deliver
the address before the Literary So
cieties of the Chenille Normal Col
lege at their Commencement exer-
cises next week.
ALTHOUGH thes members of the
Board of Regents were little slow
in arriving they are nearly all here,
and there will probably be a full
Board before the close of the session.
No MATTER what kind of weather
we have before or after, we are quite
sure to have Commencement wealth
er" when the date arrives Accord
ly it has already warmed up in the
old fashion.
THREE barges of coal were loaded
at the wharf and West Morgantown
landing last week and taken to
Brownsville to be used on the Pitts
burg Brownsville and Morgantown
Packet Cos, boats.
The route for a railroad which
was surveyed from Waynesburg to
Warrington, is again being gone over
by those interested. The parties
specially concerned are Clarksburg
and Wheeling people.
JAS. j. PAuLEY, of the Waynesburg
Messenger, has been appointed Post
master for that place. Mr.. Pauley
has always been strong friend of
Congressman Sipe and the latter
gentleman seems to believe in reci-
| procity.
MoRGANTowN although not wild
was very woody Thursday. Between
1S,000and 10000 pounds of wool were
delivered here to j. Marshall Jacobs
and Job Swindler who have been
buying it up throughout the county
for three weeks past.
THE contract for the foundation of
the new Baptist church edifice has
been let to Joseph j. Wharton. 1t is
not as yet known when the contract
for superstructure will be let. Only
the outlines of the plan have been
received from the architect.
A NOTICE appeared in the last is
sue of the New DOMINION stating
that two horses belonging to A. l.
Strosnider were sold in front of the
court house at public auction. 1t
should have read, belonging to Isaac
Strosnider. The error was the mis-
take of our informant.
On Saturday the James G.. Blaine
was taken off the dock at Browns
vile, after a thorough repairing.
Some overhauling and painting has
yet to be done to her, and it is not
likely that she will be seen in service
on the packet line much before the
first of the coming month.
JOHN ErsIMINeER who is in jail at
Waynesburg under conviction for
the murder of Samuel Mccoy, was
detected in an attempt to escape
few days ago. A KEY had been slip
ped to the murderer and his pos
session of it was discovered just in
time to prevent his escape.
SEVERAL students departed for
their respective homes last week as
soon as their examinations were
over. They either have no love for
the w. V. U. or Morgantown girls,
or else have girl at home or elbow
ed in'' their last remittance and
were compelled to vamoose.
THIEVES stole about $12 worth of
goods belonging to S. V. Thompson
Friday night from Hogue's paint
shop in South Morgantown. Thomp-
son had stand on the show grounds
and the goods were placed in the
shop in the evening. Entrance was
gained by bursting open back door.
IT was suggested in recent issue
of the New DOMINION that our citi-
zens decorate their homes and places
of business on Commencement, the
gala day of the year for Morgan
town. We hope that every one will
throw their flags to the breeze and
do all they can to add TO the attract
iveness Of the town and pleasure of
our visitors.
ALL of the coal mines in the Fair
mont region are being closely guard
ed and according to the Inder,. the
man who is hunting trouble need go
no farther to find it. The Inder
says: Tee man who monkeys
around coal plant in this vicinity
is surely hunting trouble. Each
plant is carefully guarded, and the
guard is there to protect property,
and his instructions are to shoot if
any attempt is made to modest any
thing
BETWEEN hotel porters, hackmen
expressmen, baggage, trucks, and
loafers, passengers alighting from
and boarding trains have had
tough time of it fighting their way
across the depot platform. Monday
new rule went into effect and now
all hackmen, porters &C., have to
keep off the platform on the arrival
of trains, and only the mail wagon
is allowed to back up against the
platform, all others have to stand on
the side of Garrett Avenue.
THIRTEEN members of one of the
University Fraternities were before
Mayor Fast Thursday on a charge
of disturbing the peace by giving
| the Fraternity vell nm tho straat