The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-11-02
THERE are several cases Of dlphthe

a NATIONAL bank will be establish
ed at Sistersyille in the near futur,
THE laying Of the corner stone {
the soldiers monument at Kingwoo
has been postponed until Nov. Z.
PRoF. A. R. WHITEHILL's residenc
has been reprinted and is one of th
most attractive houses in town.
You can buy 5 lbs ginge
snaps for IS cents at A. L
Nye's.
WATER is SC scarce in Presto
county that only one train day
being run between Kingwood an
Tunnelton.
IT is rumored that a company vii
drill for oil near Opekiska, thi
county, and that the oil exci6emen
is running high in that vicinity.
JOHN BoLINGER who was confinec
in the Kingwood Jail for violating
the revenue laws escape Friday, b.
prying off the bars on window.
CHARLIE TURNER had the end o
the first finger of his left hand badl,
mashed while helping to remov,
furniture from the burning parson
age Friday.
REV. A. CAMERON and family hav'
moved into the late John H. Hoff
man residence where they will reside
until the new parsonage is ready TO
occupancy.
OUR country correspondents would
confer favor by writing up all thu
news in their section this week anC
sending it in so as to reach this of
fee not later than Tuesday evening
THE Kingwood Argus says tina
there are not enough chestnuts il
Preston county to winter squirrel
The buckwheat, hog and hominy
crop though is bountiful therefore
Slidell is happy.
A FOUR cared shell boat about Al
feet in length was received by The
University boat club Friday. There
are two or three crews in training
now and some fine races can be
looked for in the spring.
THE Acme Coal and Coke Compa.
ny's plant on the F., NJ. q p. r. R
owned by Messrs. M. L. and Clyd,
Hutchinson has been sold to Con
nellsville, Pa, capitalists. The mair
office will be in Fairmont.
julius SHIPEY, a young Union
town, Pa, tough, while drunk Satur
day shot twice at policeman DicL
Moore of that place One ball wen
through the pohceman's arm and thu
other through his coat near the
heart
WHAT is conceded to be the best
wooden bridge in the county is the
one just completed by contractor J
j. Wharton on Scott's Run neal
Usage. 1t is splendidly designed
and solidly built in the best manner
also has a tin roof. Mr.. Wharton il
one of the most extensive builders
in the county.
The engagement is announced o.
Miss Amelia Hieskell Sheyock
daughter of Gen. Thos. j. Sheyock
of Baltimore, Maryland, to Mr. Cyrus
Earl Vance, of Clarksburg, West
Virginia. Mr.. Vance was a few
years ago popular student at tn,
w. Va, University and is now 8
prominent business man of Clarks
burg.
JESSIE Fox, of Monongalia county
son of Andrew Fox, at one time a
merchant in this place, who has been
teaming in the Dolls run oil field
converted his property into money
took unto himself a young wife and
left for the wild and woody west one
day last week. One or two business
men in this place would like to see
him.-Fairmont Inder.
THERE is a class of people that
seem to think all the tattle of the
town should be printed, no matter
how false it may be, or how it may
smirch the characters of innocent
people. And yet, there is no class
of people that would be more ready
to squeal like a sty full of stuck pigs
than would those same persons if
any of their own peccadillos should
chance to be unmasked.
THE Vanderbilt road has broken
the record in fast train running
The distance from Chicago to Buffa
10, $40 miles, was covered by a Lake
Shore train in 4S1 minutes, an aver
age speed of 63.3l miles an hour
This will seem like ordinary speed
in 20 years from now, when with
electricity as the motive power one
can eat breakfast in New York and
supper in Chicago.
IT IS reported that Marcus Mari
eta, John A. Cutler and one or two
gentlemen from Connellsville were
here yesterday for the purpose of
buying the coal and coke works of
the Hutchinson Brothers at Opekis
ka. We have also heard that the
deal was made and that the new
owners will take charge of the works
to-day, but up to the time we go to
press we can get no definite informa
tion.-Inde1.
A NEW dynamo has been pur.
chased by the Electric Light Com.
pIny aud is expected every day
The capacity of the dynamo is S25
lights and with the two now in
use will furnish all the power neces-
sary. The erection of so many bust
ness houses and the introduction of
so many more lights in private
houses made it necessary to increase
the power as the dynamos in use
were not strong enough and for some
time the lights have been very weak
THE Kingwood Argus says: A
]. Kincaid, the apple man from Hal
leck, Monongalia county was in
Kingwood again yesterday with
another wagon load of apples. He
has brought dozen loads or more
here this summer and fall and finds
a ready sale for them. He has beer
selling at forty cents per bushel but
now gets fifty cents per bushel OIL
81 25 per barrel for his winter apples
Mr.. Kincaid told us yesterday that
he had about 5000 bushels alto
gether. His crop will be worth al