The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-08-17
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THE old Presbyterian church
building has been RACED to the
ground and work on the new edifice
will be commenced at once.
A HORSE that was hitched on Wal
nut street Monday evening broke
loose and becoming entangled in the
bride fell several times badly injur
ing leg.
Ty ENTY-FoUR Pittsburgers regis
tered at the Peabody Sunday. The
Wallace and Peabody have been en-.
tertaining from 25 to 80 Pittsburg-
ers daily for week past.
THERE were 80 through passen-
gers from Pittsburg to Morgantown
on the Adam Jacobs Saturday.
Twenty-Five young gentlemen went
out on Cheat to camp and about 40
of the other passengers registered at
Morgantown hotels
SATURDAY the thermometer regis
tered SO in the shade in Morgan
town and Friday the weather was
red hot also. Sunday afternoon
light rain cooled the atmosphere
somewhat and sweltering humanity
called the weather man blessed.
A PARTY composed of James
Moreland, Paul and Harry Hunter,
Henry and James Lazier went out
on Cheat Monday to camp for a
couple of weeks They pitched their
tent near Ices Ferry and will doubt
less get all the fun out of camp life
there is in it.
LAST evening just before dark some
person or persons took possession of
Thornt Wells kitchen during the
absence Of the family from home and
prepared and ate a square meal from
the provisions in the larder On
leaving the house the rascal or ras
Gals stole 10 small chickens.
In giving the list of the people
wounded by the boiler explosion
last week we omitted the name of
LeeRoy Wade who had his leg bro
ken by flying piece of iron. At last
accounts the wounded people were
all doing well with the exception of
Spitsnaggle whose recovery has been
considered doubtful.
IT IS reported that a certain In
stitute Instructor in West Virginia
asked how many teachers present
were subscribers of their county pa |
per and not many hands went up.
His lecture to those teachers who
were proposing to be aspirants for
public service and yet did not sup
port their county paper, is said to
have been literal roasting.
BELLE MURRAY and Minnie Wea-
yer two half witted girls who are in
mates Of the County Home ran off
from the Home last week and were
located Monday at Perry Watton's
above town. Sheriff Hare arrested
them and they were detained in Jail
until the warden of the Home came
after them. The girls are both I'M
able to take care of themselves.
Imported Wine Vinegar for
table use, the finest in town at
A. L. NYEs.
Sardines at NYE's
Canned beef at NYE's |
Water Lily soap, 6 cakes
for 25c at NYE's
ONE of the young men camping
below town had narrow escape
from drowning Saturday. Several |
of the campers were diving off boat
in midstream when one of the party |
rowed off with the boat and one
young man gave out before reaching
shore. He was rescued with great
difficulty. Another young man in
the camp had his hand badly mash
ed while holding stake that was
being driven preparatory to putting
up tent.
a PARTY of Pittsburg young ladies
called at the court house Monday
and while looking over the old rec
ords, in the vault of the Circuit
Clerk office one of them remarked
"these are very old records and quite
interesting, but we have records in
Pittsburg that are over 400 years
old. The young lady's word was
not questioned by the clerk but he
could not help wondering why his
tory failed to record the fact that
Chris. rushed off to Pittsburg as
soon as he discovered us.
A LADY visitor who was taking a
walk around Morgantown last even
ing said: you have beautiful
homes, natural gas and electric
lights, why is it that your homes are
almost in total darkness. In one re-
spect you live like city people in an
other like country villagers" She
was enlightened by the answer that
half of the residents of Morgantown
are at the mountain resorts or on the
sea coast and the other half are CON
tenting their souls in peace at home
during the dullest month of the wear.
THE Uniontown Standard SAYS
w. X. Maple, Charles A. Conn, T. j.
keiser and c. X. Sadler of Point
Marion have been in conference
here with local capitalists and also
with Theo. j. Allen, Henry Sheets
and NJ. G. Collins, of Charleroi re-
garding the location of big glass
plant at Point Marion. They were
met also by Geo. A Marsh, who is
the patentee of an important discov-
cry or invention relative to the man
ufacture Of certain kind of glass
now in great demand. Owing to a
hitch on some of the negotiations,
the arrangements were not conclud-
ed and another meeting will be held
soon.
A YOUNG man was rowing a boat
down the river few days ago and a
young woman was seated in the
stern of the boat. About 25 ladies
and gentlemen were standing on the
depot platform watching them when
all of a sudden the young man ceased
to row, reached back in the boat
picked up an article of wearing APP
parel and began to put it on. The
young lady in the boat dropped her
parasol over her face and from speak
ing of the beauties of the placid Mo
nongahela and the pleasure of row
ing the ladies and gentlemen on the
depot platform began to discuss