The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-12-14
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for the Century Magazine for one year
MADEIRA Bros.
The best lecture on the American
platform will be given by Gen. Cor.
don Saturday evening Dec. ID.
T. F. PRoTZMAN and daughter
Bessie. are now in Philadelphia, buy
ing full line of Holiday goods.
OVER a hundred people at Fair.
mont have bought tickets for Gen.
Gordon's lecture and they will come
down on special train Saturday
evening Dec. Ia.
GLASSES properly fitted are easy
on the eyes and nerves. Consult w.
A. Denny, the Optician at No. 1923
Front street, Morgantown, Monday
Dec. 10Th and Dec. 23d.
CHRISTMAS is two weeks from to-
day, Wednesday. Buy your Xmas
gifts from the merchants who adver-
tse in the New DOMINION. They sell
the best and cheapest goods.
Tom PRoTzMAN's grand opening of
Holiday goods Dec. II, Is and 18th.
Five Pieces of Guenther's Orchestra
will furnish the music New show
cases, new decorations, everybody
invited.
E. B. WELLS, of West Brownsville,
Washington county, Pa, has sent by
mail to Speaker Reed a small gavel,
which he made from a piece of wood
taken from the house in which Blaine
was born.
THE wardrobe worn by Miss Van
Eta who appears at the Opera
House Dec. 18th is said to deserve
special mention, and in measure
accounts for the popularity of this
young star with her own sex.
PRICE street which runs from Will
ley street to the Price residence is
being widened. The residence of A.
A. Rogers was moved back and the
improvements on the street ad d
greatly to the value of abutting
property.
NJ. H. CARRACo has torn down the
old Office building that stood in front
of his livery stable on Chestnut street
and is now quartered in his new
building. The improvement is a
good one and adds to the appear
ance OF that vicinity.
Our free offer of one pound of fine
cream candy with every dollars worth
of holiday goods purchased at cur store
has proven a great success. We adyise
everybody to call this week and take
advantage of same and get good Sc
lection. Our stock is immense-sOme-
thing to suit everybody.
MADEIRA Bros.
"GLoRIANA" is called A Joy For
ever because it is one Of those charm
ing farce comedies with plot, every
theatre goer enjoys such plays.
Miss Ada Van Eta and her com
pany will appear at the Opera House
in "Gloriana," Wednesday evening
December 1lth.
THE Uniontown News Standard of
the 9th inst says: The first tele
phone message between Uniontown
and Morgantown, W. Va, was sent
over the line yesterday. The ground
ed line between this place and Fair
chance rendered the service rather
unsatisfactory but the message was
sent without much difficulty.
Hon. C. L. CALDWELL, of Parkers
burg, has brought suit against Hen
ry Ithrig, of Sistersville, for $4,000
damages for alleged libel and defam
alton of character The suit was
brought at Marietta, Ohio, in which
city the two gentlemen became in
volved in a quarrel during which
Ithrig used language on which the
suit IS based
The Chicago Inter Ocean is pub
fishing pictures and sketches of rep
resentatiye citizens of that city, and
among the list is Edward Startzman
Elliott, formerly of Kingwood, and
now rising Young attorney of that
place The picture is a very good one,
except that it shows his hair part
ed in the middle and would indicate
that he is as much of dude as ever
Kingaoood ArguS.
AUNT RACHAEL SMITH, well known
to almost every person in this com
munity and county, died at her home
at Uztown last Monday morning.
The condolences of her ninety two
oh
ried and passed away in the same
little room and house where she had
spent all of her life, but eight years
just after her marriage.-Fairmont
Free Press.
THURSDAY" the new Pittsburg
society paper, in it's last issue con
tains the rumor that Mrs. Mary Tenn
Pile Bayard, the well known news
paper writer whose nom de plume is
Meg" and whose former home was
in Waynesburg, is to be married
The prospective groom is Dr. Mud
Dire, of Creedmore, Canada, who is
an eminent physician. The couple
will reside at Toronto, Canada.
The Free Press says: Mr.. Clyde
Hutchinson, well known to very many
of our people as a successful coal
operator, has disposed of his proper
ty in Fairmont with the view of NOV
ing to Chicago, near which city he
has large coal mine in operation.
Mr.. j. M. Jacobs has purchased his
residence in West Fairmont, and his
interest in the Worthington Coal Co.,
will be purchased by his brother
M. L.
ONE of Morgantowns prettiest
young ladies on calling for her mail
yesterday was handed three letters
by the clerk when she exclaimed,
three letters! oh! you are just too
SWEET The clerk is still wesring a
thoughtful as well as pleased express
sion but he is not quite sure whether
the remark was addressed to him or
referred to the letters or the writer
thereof Who would not be a postal
clerk?
IT may be there are some families
in this place who, through sickness
or other misfortune, are lacking for
the comforts and necessities of life,
and the children kept from school
because of these misfortunes. These
are liable to come to any home, no
matter how well it may be provided
for to-day, for to morrow "riches may
take wings" and leave it. If there
are any such, those who can should,
out of their abundance, relieve their