The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-08-10
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NYE's.
Ton PAsToRIus received two tele-
grams this week from the Martins
burg baseball team asking him to
play shortstop for them, but declined
the position.
SEVERAL Morgantown people ex-
pected to go to Mt. Lake Saturday
to hear Dr. Talmage but the death
of his wife Monday will prevent his
presence there.
SINCE the new woman came in the
society editor no longer speaks of
the bud of this season as being a
blushing debutante next winter, but
says she will be bloomer.
THE contractors who were putting
up the new Baptist church building
have been released from their con
tract, and the contract for finishing
tie interior of the edifice will be re-
let.
A. w. JONES had the contract for
painting and decorating the inside
of Hirschman immense store room.
1t is elegantly done. The outside
work was done by Charley Allie
baugh.
LITTLE Miss Pearl Price was pre-
sented by her father with beauti-
full snow white French poodle dog
which resembles a ball of cotton
rolling along the pavement as he
trots along.
A CAMP meeting will be held at
Alum Rocks near PIT. Marion com
mencing Aug. 10th; and closing the
18th. Excursion boats will be run
from Morgantown to the Point on
several days during the meeting.
HRscHMAN's began on Monday to
move their stock of goods from the
room they temporarily occupied in
the Odd Fellows bdildiag to their
new building. The new storeroom
is the largest in this part of the
state.
The sale of the personal property
of the late John II. Hoffman will
take place at his late residence on
Main street next Saturday, August
10th commencing at 10 o'clock. Hon.
Joseph Moreland is the administra-
tor.
The organist in Mason, Ohio,
church walked down the isle and to
the organ loft attired in red bloom
ers. Her costume was so loud that
many of the congregation did not
hear the organ-they left the church
in disgust.
A BIG excursion party came up
from Brownsville yesterday on the
Isaac M. Mason. They spent some
time in town seeing the sights and
the brass band that accompanied
the party played several selections
on the streets.
The Toby rollers and Plumbers
played a great game of ball on the
South Morgantown grounds Satur-
day. The Plumbers bats sprung q
leak and the twirler for the rollers
of breath scenters, threw the sphere
right through the leak. Score, Tobes
l6, Plumbs IL.
ROBERT HoGsETT the richest farm
er in Fayette county, Pa, died Sun
day. When boy he was bound out
to work at $3.50 a month; at the
time of his death he was 76 years of
age and worth $4,000 He owned
about 5000 acres of land much of it
underlaid with coal Several hun
dred acres of his coal land is in this
State. Mr.. Hogsett was one of the
most prominent Democrats in his
county.
Prof Geo. E. Little the eminent
Rapid Crayon Artist of Washington,
D. c., will give one of his delightful
"Chalk Talks" at Academy Hall this
evening under the auspices of the
County Institute. An admission of
ten cents will be charged to assist in
defraying the expenses. Prof. Little
comes to us highly recommended
and has a National reputation as
one of the most skillful crayon and
charcoal artists in America.
The Mont Chateau hotel on Cheat
is doing a rushing business. On Sun.
day there were ia guests registered
at this popular mountain resort
There is no doubt but that the hotel
will be enlarged before next season
as it has not anything like enough
sleeping apartments to accommodate
the trade. All of she other hotels
and boarding houses in that vicinity
are also crowded with guests, but as
in street car there is always Groom
for one more"
The Smithfield correspondent of
the Standard says: The right of
way agent of the Central District
Printing and Telephone company of
Pennsylvania is here securing rights
of way from the property owners on
Morgantown street, and paying for
them, for the privilege of erecting
telephone poles. He is working be-
tween Morgantown and Fairchance
and has secured the right of way
from property owners that he has
seen along the proposed route When
the line is erected Smithfeld is
promised station.
THERE was meeting of the stock
holders of the Webster Lumber Com
pany held at the Peabody Hotel yes
terday fol. the purpose of organizing
and electing directors of the corpor-
alton. The following gentlemen who
are well known capitalists were pres
emit: j. G. Madigan, W. Fitzpatrick,
Peter Scissor, j. r. Balsley, Lloyd
Johnston, j. A. Zimmerman, Clair
Stillwagon, A. j. Brown, X. Long,
of Connellsville, and o. c. Reed, of
Uniontown. The Company will erect
and operate saw mills ON a large
tract of land owned by them in Web
ster county this State.
The Ladies Do Well.
The open air festival held on the
old fair grounds last night by the
ladies of Greenmont, for the purpose
of raising money to build a board