The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-12-14

rangements to remain permanently at
home hereafter and keep his Office open
all the time. Any one needing his ser
vices can find him always prepared to
wait on them.
USE Clark's Leader Flour.
TURKEY got it in the neck to day
The best wearing shoes are sold
by G. W. John & Co.
DR. W.. E. STEWART, Dentist, Of
fees over Rice's store.
RUTTER's Band will give a concert
to morrow, Thursday, night at Fair
mont.
THERE are 81 girls and 60 boys in
the school for the blind and mutes.
at Romney.
LADIES' capes in fur, plush, valour
and cloth, all styles, lowest prices, at
Hirschman's.
FORTUNE is again smiling upon
Mark Twain, he is to get $4,000
for ten lectures in London.
The best lecture on the American
platform will be given by Gen. Cor
don Saturday evening, Dec. 14th.
WILLIAM SIsLER, aged 25 years,
was hit by passenger train and in
stantly killed, while walking on the
track near Terra Alta.
AT a recent me, ting of council the
order granting Andrew Kiger a per-
NIT to erect stable on the Kiger
tannery lot was rescinded.
The Morgantown Brick Yards
closed down Friday on account of
the cold weather Business will be
resumed whenever the weather mod
crates.
MISS ADA VAN Eta and her en-
tire company is said to be delightful
in the comedy, "Gloriana" at the
Opera House Wednesday evening
Dec. 18th.
MADEIRA Bros. line of Christma as
candies will be immense this year.
They will have fancy line of one
pound mixtures. Also mixtures in
one, two, three and five pound fancy
boxes.
The town election will be held
Tuesday, January 7th, at which time
mayor, recorder and five council
men will be voted for AS yet no
names have been announced for the
different offices.
The town will build boardwalk
from the Decker's creek bridge to
Spruce street. The citizens of Green
mont some time ago built walk to
the bridge aud Council has justly de-
cided to meet them half way.
ONLY 100000 bushels of coal got
away from Pittsburg last week, and
of this amount 100000 bushels were
lost. There are over 100000 yet
in the harbor, but it will require
more than rise of 10 feet to let it
out.
The selections, at the opera house,
for the orchestra on Thanksgiving
evening were of fine order of music
and were rendered in smooth and
pleasing manner. The long waits
oOoWOSd viz aSUo biC Aob oO tNbloho
when enlivened by good music.
The timbers for the greater part of
the roof of the new Presbyterian
Church are in place, but consider
able brick work remains to be done
yet. The work on the new edifice is
being pushed rapidly and it will
probably be under roof within three
weeks.
Two OR three young girls are at
tracing great deal of unenviable
attention to themselves by wander
ing aimlessly about the streets after
night. Keep off the streets girls, be
fore it makes no difference so far as
your regulations are concerned
whether you are in the house or not
4 SINCE cold weather has set in it is
not amiss to caution everybody
against leaving a heavy pressure Of
gas turned on in CRATES and stoves
when leaving their rooms. Too many
fires have already been traced to this
cause and every one should either
turn the gas down or entirely out
when leaving the house.
A NEW swindling scheme has been
devised. A farmer is induced to buy
a bill of groceries by a travelling
salesman, the goods to be shipped
from some city. In payment the
man agrees to take eggs at 30 cents
per dozen. To make it all straight
and right, the farmer gives his note
for the goods, and the tIaveling man
gives his for the eggs. The goods
and salesman are never seen again,
but the farmers note turns up at a
bank.
DIR. CHAs. III. MCLANE secured
from friend in town few days ago
a relic which he highly prizes. 1t
is pair of saddle pockets that be-
loDged to his grandfather, DR.. Chas.
McLane, the patentee of McLane's
famous pills. The pockets are made
to throw over saddle, slit is made
in one side and fastened with leath-
er strap running through rings, sim
liar to mail bags now in use. The
old doctor was in addition to being
an excellent physician local preach
er and the saddle pockets were used
by him almost century ago when
riding to and from tie churches or
places of holding meetings in this
vicinity.
The Waynesburg Republican
says: A bold robbery took place in
Springhill township, this county,
last Wednesday night. About eight
or nine o'clock two men entered the
home of William Rogers, who resides
near the Smith oil well on Coon
Run" Mr.. Rogers and his wife had
retired early and when he was arous-
ed by the noise and started to get
up be was struck on the head with a
mace or club. The men then told
him they wanted his money" and
realizing the situation he reached
for his trousers and took from the
pocket 1857, all he had, and gave
it to them. The burglars inquired of
Mrs. Rogers il she had any money
and she replied that she had not.
Then they left, laughing as they
passed out