The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-05-22


engagements to remain permanently a
home hereafter and keep his Office opeI
all the time. Any one needing his ser
vices can find him always prepared t.
wait on them.
DR.. w. e. STEWART, dentist
office over Rice's store.
A PENSION as an original widow
has been granted to Mrs. Louisa NJ
Hoffman.
LAND plaster is the best TO use fol
your corn. Try it, at so cents per 100
lbs, at PosTEN's.
The list Of delinquent tax payers
in this county is said to be the largest
for many years.
THE Laughed Modisette planning
mill at Uniontown was burned last
week entailing loss of S55 600.
FAIRMoNT's faithful are furiously
figuring over the interesting problem
of the placing of the postoffice plum.
PRoF. S. b. Brown gave stereop.
tican exhibition to his classes last
night. The views and accompany
ing lectures proved very interesting
ONE day last week a car load OF
Italians went through en- route foi
Rowlesburg where they go to work
on the construction of the Cheat
River railroad.
Col. THOMAS B. SWAMI, OF
Charleston, for twenty years dean
of the Kanawha bar and very
prominent lawyer in that section of
the state died last week at the age of
u.
THE law justly provides heavy pen
alties for dynamiting fish. 1t is un-
derstood that such explosive is used
near here in this river and in Cheat.
Law-loving citizens should take Wig
orous steps to stop such dastardly
practices.
O. S. SPORTS, general foreman of
the Baltimore d Ohio shops at Graf
ton, has notified the employees in all
departments of q reduction of time
to five days of nine hours per week,
being the largest reduction for sew
eral years.
The Reno Oil company has begun
their first oil well in Preston county.
Quite a celebration was given in
honor of its starting. F. w. Min
shall, of Pittsburg, and other geolo-
gists have said that there is basin
there and the result of the drilling
will be watched with considerable
interest.
OUR town is receiving greater
amount and a more favorable kind
of advertising about our building
boom than she has for years. From
every section of the state comes con
gratulations on it. We are very
much gratified at this and promise
to continue to deserve the plaudits
being received.
HOWARD ATKINSON announces that
he will up until to May % receive pro-
posals from towns desiring the loca-
tion of the home for incurables. But
two or three towns have as yet made
OlltlS- utlt ilO ltdSOu WHY NUT
gantown should not land this prize
and she should by all means do so. 1t
only means the proper effort made
right away and the thing is as good
as done.
The good work by Hickman in
the Inter state league has caused
the National league magnates to get
after him and he may shortly be
wearing the Washington uniform.
His many friends here will be glad
to learn of his good fortune. He was
one of the most successful and popu-
lar pitchers who ever pitched for the
University.
The Experiment Station has re-
ceived information that the crop
condition is the best in years. The
wheat crop, according to the reports,
will be immense, and the corn has
already a good start. The hay and
vegetable crops will be the biggest
for many seasons. The report that
the fruit had been destroyed by the
late frosts is not verified
ED MAYERs and Harry Gallahue
have been compiling a list of the
subscribers of the Central West Vir-
ginia Telephone Association, which
work was completed Tuesday. 1t
makes handsome as well as useful
pamphlet and the result of difficult
work. The Central West Virginia
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