The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-07-27
HrRscHMAE's big sale of $500 and
81 90 shnea at 50 90

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heated season.
The word comes from Chicago
that a son was born unto Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard n. Ogden, of that city
last Friday.
A REPRESENTATIVE of Barnum &
Bailey's show was here a few days
ago but made no arrangements foi
the show to exhibit here.
ELMER JACOBS is the architect Of
the handsome double residence to be
erected by l. G. White on the Bow
man lot, North High street.
THE Mont Chateau Hotel on
Cheat is crowded with visitors and
cots had to be taken out from town
to supply sleeping accommodations
for the guests.
BURGLARS entered the residence OF
Morgan Billingsley at Fairmont
Monday night and made off with Mr..
BIS breeches and $40 that was in
one of the pockets.
Mrs. s. Kitchens, who moved to
Moundsyille some months ago, is in
town representing the Moundsville
Marble and Granite Works of that
city. The firm manufactures almost
everything that can be made of the
above or Of tile.
A FESTIVAL will be given by the
ladies of Granville Saturday night,
the proceeds to 60 towards defray-
ing the expenses of building a board
walk from the "forks of the road" to
that town. The Mingo Band will
be present and an enjoyable time is
anticipated by all.
EVERY now and then we read an
account of some fool who always
claims he is not able to take paper,
raking up ten, twenty, fifty dollars
or more, and letting some "green
goods" swindler cheat him out of it.
AS long as professional swindlers
sling out bats for suckers" some
one will bite.-Caghoun Chronicle.
WILL the Kingwood Argus please
to say that the Morgantown base
ball club desires to play the Mason
town club for anything from $50 to
$500 side. Game to be played
either at Morgantown or Mason
town. Understand that the players
are to be bonafide residents of Mo.
nongalia and Preston. Please to put
up or shut up.
WHEN you read Of building asso-
citation failures and defalcations re-
member that in all their history not
one in Morgantown ever even lost
enough to make it visible in the
profits 1t is proverbial that we have
the best managed associations in the
country. A number of towns have
sent representatives. here to learn OF
our methods that they might profit
by the information.
HOWARD STURGIs, who is farming
the old Bryson farm in North Union
township, brought five bushels of
fine green beans into market yester-
day, and has brought the price of
them down also. He reports a large
crop of beans, but says they are
later than usual. He also brought
some very fine cabbage, some of the
heads weighing as much as nine
pounds Unjonto1eN Standard.
CHAUNoEY and Guy Wiley, Rus
sell Hayes, James Kunkle, John Har-
vey and Dwight Miller, of Fairmont,
went out on Cheat River yesterday
for a two weeks outing. The boys
selected a beautiful site for their
camp near Ices Ferry Friends are
invited to come out and dine on
bear meat and venison. Earl Cam
eron is also with the boys who have
named their camp "Just For Fun. -
GEO. G. YEAGER has been awarded
$2,550.O0 by a jury in a trial for
damages against the town of Fair
mont. The suit was for damages to
property caused by grading down
the streets adjoining the property.
There was much interest in the case
and many people thought the
amount would be much larger.
George is a native of this county
and has many friends here still.
CIRCUIT Clerk W. E. Glasseock is
making out the record in the David
Musgrave murder case. 1t will be
the largest record ever made in this
county and will cover 1900 pages of
legal cap paper, type written, aver
aging more than 300 words to the
page 1t will be presented to one of
the judges of the Supreme Court of
Appeals in about three weeks, and
if an appeal is granted the record
will be printed in pamphlet form.
The cost of making the record, if it
is printed will be about 5000.
AN excursion party of about 300
people from Point Marion came up
Saturday night on the Steamer Ven
US and spent an hour in town. The
Point Marion brass band played sew
eral selections in front of the Wal
lace and Peabody hotels and was
heartily applauded by the crowd of
200 or 300 citizens that collected.
The Venus had a covered barge in
tow upon which festival was held.
The affair was given by the Point
Marion band for the benefit of the
band and netted quite a handsome
sum. The Point people are always
welcome visitors TO Morgantown and
cant come too often.
IT is said that under the decision
recently rendered by Judge Golf on
the cigarette law that cigarettes can
not be sold by the box, of ten, unless
the one box only was shipped. That
is if several boxes each containing
10 cigarettes are shipped to a dealer
in one package they can not be sep.
arated and sold by the single box
We understand that the American
Tobacco Company will make another
test of this feature of the law. Deal
ers in Morgantown are not selling
them but are waiting to see what is
done in the matter; meanwhile the
coffin nails are being bought away
from home by victims who use them
The oldest woman in Marion
county, and probably the oldest in
this State, is Mrs. Rachel Cunning
ham, who resides in Thoburn Mrs
Cunningham says she is 101 years
of age. She receives a pension from
the government, her husband having
served in the war of 1912. She
claims. to know her age to certain
ty, and no one who knows her ques-
lions it. She enjoys good health
and is remarkably active. Only 9