Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-12-08
THE DAILY NEW DOMINION
MoRGANTowN. DECEMBER $. 1887

sell so many shoes? Because they
are cheap, good and can suit any
one.
THE fire company held it's regular
monthly meeting last night at the
fire shed but no business of import
ance was transacted only routine
matters being considered.
WHAT to give is an important
question just now. Why not solve
it by deciding to send this paper to
some one for year. No better or
more appropriate gift can be found.
THOMAS B. ALLEN, of Pennington,
W. Va, is 106 years old. He was
born in England and fought under
Napoleon, having been in three wars
altogether. He is very interesting
old man.
SIGHTING Tom Cooper has been
indicted four times, twice for felony
for his Baldwin township escapades
but that does not stop the Consta-
bles from jawing over which of them
was the drawer when they arrested
him.
HELLO, HELLO,
Bell Phone No. 70
Will Gallup
G. L. st. Glars.
New bakery where
You can get the
Best Bread in
Town.
THE Grafton Town Council re-
Gently passed an order that all of the
city policemen should carry maces,
sign of their authority and great
improvement to their appearance.
But trouble followed this order for
four policeman are on duty during
the day and they only had three
maces. At the last meeting of the
council the order was rescinded.
A VERY proper school board at
Orange, n. j., in it's endeavor to
check practice that it deemed I'M
desirable published a rule that the
female teachers must remove their
short bicycle skirts while teaching
classes" 1t is now earnestly rec
commended to the board that it cor
rect the language if not the intent
of the rule. No wonder the teachers
are in revolt.
The tremendous gas well in Wet
eel county, just south of the Penn
sylvania line, is said to be, at the
present knowledge of it, the record
breaker But whether or not it holds
up to expectation as the best well of
its kind, it is of sufficient capacity
to show that there is still gas
enough left in the ground, if men
hunt and find it. The danger that
is threatening the Wetzel county
well is one that comes to all the wells
that are drilled in an oil field The
oil men will proceed, as they did in
the case of the famous "Big Moses"
well, to drill around it in the hope
of finding petroleum, until the null
tiplicity of holes opens so many ave-
nues for the gas to escape that it
may be wasted before it can be uti-
Lied.
The county court late yesterday
afternoon were taken to view the
site of the Decker's creek bridge by
the town council and the whole
matter laid before them. They de-
cided to change the abutments to
make them conform to the proposed
bridge. The present bridge is not
straight with the road in South Nor
gantown and the abutments will be
so changed that the new bridge will
be straight. While no formal &C
ton has been taken or will be taken
it was agreed by the court to make
the necessary change and to bear the
expense the incident to making it.
They will not make any definite ar.
rangements until it can be seen
what the town is going to do in the
matter. The new piers will be built
but little higher if any than those
in use at present. The bridge will
be supported above the stone work
by iron supports