The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-07-04
die Ne'p dominion.
Saturday, July 4, 1896.

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 ia
wait on them.
Buy your flour at Posten's and
save money.
DIR. VIM. E. STEWART, DENTIST, of
fees over Rice's store.
THE frame of Fred Hough's new
house on Sunnyside is up.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs Thornt
Wells, June 81, 1896, son.
LEE Roy Crow has re-roofed and
otherwise repaired his residence.
The Republican State Convention
will meet in Parkersburg July %.
Do NOT pay cts. for sugar when
you can buy it at Posten's for 81
cents.
PAPER hanging done promptly and
at reasonable prices by A. w.
Jones.
THERE will be an enormous crop
of blackberries this year in this vi.
cinity.
A NEW brick pavement is being
laid along the walnut street side of
the Franklin hotel.
COUNTY Superintendent d. b.
Waters will erect fine residence On
Sunnyside this summer.
LONG ALLEY has been repaired
along court square and an extra
stone added to the entrance to the
court house yard.
The West Virginia Undertakers
Association met in Wheeling last
week. No change was made in the
prices for planting"
The store room in the Main street
side of the l. o. o. f. building is be.
ing shelved &C., and w. H. Bailav
will move his hardware store into II
LETTERS received by frienS.s from
Fred Davis and Carl Roger. who are
playing in the orchestra an French's
show boat state that 'shey are hav.
ing good time and. will not return
home before Sept, /.
The force c 81 the New DOMINION
office Will Gain their usual Fourth
OF July holiday so no paper will be
Issue Il next week. The Office will be
y ssen for business all the time and
our Job room will run as usual.
AN immense crowd attended the
Festival held at Hare's grove Friday
night for the benefit of brass band
that was recently organized by the
young men living in that vicinity.
About 25 people drove out from town
and report most ENJOYABLE time.
MARRIAGE licenses were issued by
the clerk of the county court to the
following parties: June %, Mich
olas K. Phillips, of Greene CO., Pa,
and Miss Ella E. Cross, of Monon-
gala county. June 81 Bruce V.
Davis and Miss Ida, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan Rice.
STRANGERS who come to Morgan.
town express surprise at the number
of fine rigs and horses owned by the
citizens here. A gentleman said
yesterday that there was not a city
in West Virginia that had finer turn
outs and very few that had as fine
A NUMBER of Morgantown young
ladies will go to Uniontown Thurs
day or Friday on their bicycles and
take part in the parade on Centen-
NAL Day. Uniontown people who
don't know these young ladies will
just pick out 7 or 8 of the prettiest
girls in the parade, and they are,
"our girls
SOME miscreant broke to pieces
the large thermometer that J. r. Mil
Ter has been keeping hanging in
front of his store for the benefit of
the public. These drunken or idiot
ic loafers who go around destroying
the property of others out of spirit
of pure wantonness should be
brought to justice.
A GREAT many of our people will
attend the centennial celebration at
Uniontown on Friday and Saturday
the 3rd and 4th. A special train
will leave here on the morning of
the 4th at $40. An elaborate pro-
gramme has been announced and in
addition to the historical features
that will be exhibited, amusements
of all kinds are provided to entertain
visitors. Returning the train leaves
Uniontown at 1890 p. NJ.
ABOUT Z out of 10 couples who get
marriage licenses at the county
Clerks office request the Clerk eth
er not to publish the fact that they
have taken out the license or not to
give their age The request is sim
ply waste of breath as the newspa-
per reporters take the notices off the
records, SO if you contemplate get
ting license to wed tell the report
er not to publish the fact, and he
will let your friends know in the
next issue that you don't want it
known. Nine out of ten of those
who make this request are married
before the paper goes to press.
WHEN most Charming young
lady visitor went to the depot to de-
part for her home she was accom-
panied by George M. j., who when
the train approached, Oh, yes, he
did, right there before all the people,
actually kissed her good bye. Bud
Davis engine was pulling the train
and Bud keeps lovely boquet in
the headlight, and when the engine
saw George it gave fearful scream
and the COW catcher few up, snatch
ed the boquet and threw it at
Georges feet, the engine with a
groan and culver, stopped stock
STILL" while Bud with blanched face
could only say, 81 never ran into
anything before that gave me such
shock"