The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-07-13

tIo pupIJilGSs
Two doors above Post ONCE.
DIR. Morris, Dentist, has made his ar
rangements TO remain permanently al
home hereafter and keep his Office open
all the time. Any one needing his ser
vices can find him always prepared tn
wait on them.
USE Clark's Leader Flour
DIR. VIM. E. STEWART, Dentist, of
fees over Rice's store.
TABLE and tea spoons in sterling
silver at H. S. HAYES,
PAPER Hanging
See A. w. Jones.
Glass Fruit Jars at A. l..
NYE's.
PosTEN sells for Cash only and
you need not try to buy any other
way.
EVERYBODY smokes "Nun Nicer"
cigars. The best for Bets. jos. r.
MILLER, Sole Agent. IT,
For sALE-Two valuable corner
lots on easy payments. Address J.
w. Wiles, Lock Box p. Sistersville,
w. Va.
The Hilarity club will take its
annual outing this summer, they will
probably go into camp in about ten
days.
FINE showers continue and the
growing crops are doing wonders. In
this locality we have promise yet of
an abundance
Are you ali tired out, do you have
that tired feeling or sick headache?
You can be relieved of all these by
taking Hoods Sarsaparilla.
THE wheat crop of this section
was all harvested before the first of
July. The crop was not abundant
and much of it ripened somewhat
prematurely.
d. c. HOFFMAN will no doubt con
tinue to act as cashier of the Second
National Bank. The new Merchant s
and Farmers Bank had him slated
for its cashier.
The brick work of the new Frank
lin House is up to the second story.
1t is very handsome and when com
pleted the building will be among
our best ones.
A BUSINESS Education pays the
best. Send to A. G. Sine, Box $50
Parkersburg, w Va, and get a
beautiful Sc page catalogue of the
Mountain State Business College.
In addition to the numerous alter
ations and Improvements heretofore
noted at the Wallace House, the
work still continues. The interior
is being painted and decorated gen
orally.
THE catalogue Of the state fair to
be held at Wheeling Sept. 2nd to 9th
inclusive is out 1t shows many i'm
provements and greatly increased
accommodations for visitors and eX-
hibitors. The fair will be greater
than ever this year.
REPORT of conditions from nearly
all the counties in this state shows
the crops to be only middling. In
only about half dozen counties are
crops full or extra. In many of the
counties the crops are backward and
the wheat crop was ligh t every where,
Fruits have been seriously affected
Business is onl y moderate except in
the oil fields.
POSTMASTER General Wilson has
purchased house for himself in
Washington in the northwest sec
ton on @ street, not far from Du-
pont circle. 1t is small, but
well built comfortable house. The
price paid for it was about 1000.
There Mr.. Wilson and his family
will live next winter, entertaining
in modest way.
A MoRGANTowN correspondent in
writing to the Wheeling Register in
reference to the trial of unfortunate
David Musgrave says "Prosecut-
ing Attorney George c. Baker made
the best speech of his life this morn
ing and the verdict of guilty is due
to his tirelessness and energy in
hunting up the evidence and his
supurb effort in the closing speech. :"
THERE were seven bids for the
construction of the new Presbyter-
ian church edifice, ranging from $40
900, to $4,000, July 9th, but the
contract will not be awarded until
tonight when there will be a meet
ing of the congregation to decide up
on the matter Of letting the contract
The church committee did not have
the necessary authority for letting
the contract; vote of the congrega
tion is necessary.
WHAT might have proved very
serious accident occurred when the
ponderous safe of the Standard Oil
Company was being removed from
the Brock, Reed d Wade building
An immense cable was pla ced
around the safe that no one doubted
was strong enough to hold it and
the tackle started to work just as
the safe was tipped over on the
tramway built up the stairs on
which it was to be slowly lowered
the cable parted and the safe came
laundering to the pavement with q
tremendous roar. The stairway was
only slightly damaged owing to the
protection afforded by the track
built over it, but the doors and cas-
ing at the bottom were smashed and
the two massive stone steps near the
pavement crushed like egg shells
The safe had foot broken off and
except that and few bruises ano
the loss of paint seemed all right. 1t
was what might be called for.
tunate accident as no one was
hurt. But a short time before q
number of people had passed the
door and had one or more beer
caught their fate would have beer
terrible,