The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-01-16
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Of Prospect street, last week daugh.
tefi r.
| The make up Of the city fathers
will be somewhat more Spruce than
ordinary.
Work has been begun on a dwell
ling house for Charles MADEIRA on
sunhyside.
ALEX, Lawson is having ii resi-
dehee. built On his lot IN Wiles' ad-
dition to Sunnyside.
5. d. HIRscHMAN and company
have sold their large clothing house
at Charles Town to another firm.
GEORGE KIGER, JR., will shortly
build nice dwelling house on the
corner of Long Alley and Bumbo
Lane.
HIGGINBoTHAM failed to bunco the
hayseeds around here but worked
his scheme ON the shfewdest people
in Pittsburg. Quite showing for
tho .rcuben6.
THE little town of Harrisville In
Ritehie county, cleared over two
Thousand dollars last year by own
ing the gas monopoly and supplying
the town with fuel.
john Hunt has recently built a
large ice house on Decker's creek
above the mill dam and expects to
store large quantities of ice if the
weather be favorable.
A. d. WORK, the first soldier
wounded after the firing ON Fort
Sumter died in Wheeling last week.
He was shot in the battle of Philip,
pi in the spring Of '6l.
The Chicago city council has re-
Gently passed an ordinance making
it a Unable offence to wear hat or
any kind of head gear in theatre
during the performance
Mr.. CHAs. KIMMEL has sold his
property at Mt Lake Park, consist
ing of house and two lots to the
Park Improvement Co. He will
make Sunnyside his future home.
The farmers report that there are
more robins around now than ever
known at this season of the year be-
fore and predict from this fact a
mild winter We shall see what we
shall see.
TIE parties who intend taking ice
from Decker's creek this winter have
posted notices for all parties to keep
off the ice. This is rousing the
deepest ire of the young idea but the
mandate has to go nevertheless.
In the Jake's Run field of this
county, Lowrie, McDermott and |
Courtney have drilled in test well
on the II. Wells farm that is pro-
.ducing at the rate of $50 barrels
day from the Big Injun sand.
GRAFTON is agitating the project
of owning the electric light plant and
the arguments being used are very
forcible. 1t is alleged that three
times as much light can be had
as at present and at less cost. The
project will likely be successful.
HERE is plan ON foot to remove
the United Brethren College, at
present located at Buckhannon to
Mason City and parties interested are
working toward that end. 1t is I'M
derstood that the location of the
Methodist School at Buckhannon
has led to this step.
WEST FAlRMoNT decided to come
in out of the wet last week by the
decisive vote of liz to IL and a
Greater Fairnont is now an assured |
fact. We congratulate our neigh
boz on its enterprise and push and
hope % see the day come soon when
we car join the procession.
The b. Il o. has issued an order
doing away with the rule which al
lowed only the. person whose name
was on re 1000 mile tickets to ride
ON them Any who has a ticket can
now present it and no questions are
asked. This is the right view
of the case and will remove a great |
cause for dissatisfaction.
The family of Frank Morris, who
was hanged at Uniontown few
months ago seem to be singularly |
unfortunate, Edward Morris, his
brother was killed in a mine at La
trobe last week. At the same time
a lamp exploded in the home of his
sister, Mrs. William Dennison, in
West Latrobe, and the house and
contents were burned.
TUESDAY afternoon P. j. Wright,
of Morgantown, who had been here
a day or two, boarded the Pittsburg
train with the intention of going to
his home A short. time after the
train had started P. j. in some man
ner fell off and landing on his head
was seriously cut. He was taken
to the office of Or. Roger and his
head dressed. Several stitches were
required to draw his scalp together
and he was sent homo to recover. 1t |
is thought that he will soon be able
to visit us again.-Fairmont Repub-
iican.
OLD Mrs. Everts, who was the
wife of George Everts, and mother of |
Adam Everts, died very suddenly
last Sunday morning while sitting
in big arm chair out at the resi-
dence of her son, Adam Everts, about
four miles from Kingwood. Her
husband has been dead several years
and she lived with her son Adam.
She is said to be SO years old and
had been in her usual good health
up to her death. She had made no
complaint, but would eat no break
fast that morning and shortly after
wards the summons came. The flu
neral took place yesterdayat theBeth
lehem Church and the burial in the
cemetery there. Very few people
live to attain this great age Could
the venerable lady have lived four
years longer she would have seen!
three centuries, something that
about one person In million gets to
see. Kin0scood Aygus.
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