The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-03-27

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stone in the past few days.
The Isaac Mason struck::a barge be
low Brownsville last week and is al
present laid up for repairs.
ACCORDING to the calendar Spring
has officially commenced and if that
don't suit you, you must indeed be
hard to please.
M. L. SIsLER will begin the cree.
ton of desirable residence ON his
lot on Spruce street adjoining /. N.
Lucas at an early day.
A HANDSOME iron balcony which
is to grace the second story of the
Dering building arrived yesterday
and will be placed in position al
once.
AFTER dispute lasting several
months over whether or not a dog
which bit young man was mad the
matter has been definitely settled in
Wheeling by the victim dying of by.
drophobia.
The big Former well it is said has
begun to fall off in it's production
but was such a producer it will
be able to decrease to vast degree
before the wolf will seriously threat
en- it's owners.
FAIRMoNT is to have daily paper
shortly if all rumors to that effect
are true. 1t will be run by Albert G.
Lepley of the Index and C. l.. Mus
grave of the Republican and will be
issued from the latter's office.
A STEAMBOAT penetrated into the
wilds of Gilmer on the recent food
and reached Glenville. The inhabi-
tants were scared into fits and many
of them took refuge in the woods for
several days. Civilization was too
much for them.
THE number of bicycles ridden in
Morgantown this summer bids fair
to be unprecedented. Already a
large number have been ordered and
many other will be in the near flu
ture. 1t looks like the whole town
would be wheel.
DIR. l. c. WHITE although he is the
largest property holder in Morgan
town is not content to rest ON his
past achievements but is going to
build several more houses. Among
these is one shortly to be built on
Beechurst near Front street.
JUDGE JOHNSON still continues his
lectures on parliamentary law and
these are attracting more interest
and becoming more interesting if
possible with every passing week.
They take place on Saturday morn
ings in Commencement Hall and all
are invited to attend.
BENSON JACOBS, of the firm of
Hutchinson & Jacobs, was in town
Saturday and left in the evening for
Philadelphia to purchase their goods.
Mr.. Jacobs says their stock will be
larger than ever this spring. Look
out for their advertisement in the
next issue of the NEW DOMINION.
EACH of the three short term re-
gents whose terms recently expired
were reappointed by Gov. MacCorkle
They will serve until May %. A
strong effort was made to have Hay
mond, of Harrison, substituted for
Reed and with one exception every
student from Harrison county Joined
in the request but their wishes were
disregarded.
THE Court of Appeals now in ses-
sion meets twice a week on Wednes-
day and Saturday and hands down
its decisions. No new cases will be
taken up this term and only
those which have already been sub
mitted will be considered. The
Musgrave case was the last one to
be submitted and the final decision
may be expected along about the
close of the session.
The rush for houses shows no
sign of slackening. The renters are
on the home stretch and but few
more days remain between now and
moving day. Rents are uniformly
higher than they were last year but
the supply of available houses is
much smaller than usual. The large
number of new houses being built
does not seem to produce any effect
but the demand steadily keeps up.
A MOVEMENT is on foot to establish
national bank at Greensboro with a
capital of $50, 900. Should the enter
prise meet with success it will draw
quite good deal of patronage from
local banks. The recent activity in
coal, oil and gas development is re-
sponsible for this movement, the
amount of money in circulation down
there has increased wonderfully and
the banks here and at Waynesburg
and Uniontown are the closest places
where it can be deposited.
AN incipient blaze called out the
fire department last Thursday but a
few buckets of water extinguished it
before the firemen got there. 1t was
in the row of stables in the rear of the
Morris block on Spruce street and
was caused by the carelessness of
smoker who threw lighted match
down in stall. The stables would
make an ideal place for destruct-
i've blaze and there is great cause
for congratulation in the fact that
such prompt and effective measures
of suppression could be taken. The
person responsible for starting the
fire should be deeply thankful that
his reprehensible carelessness led to
no worse consequence than it did.
MORE people own their homes in
Morgantown than in any other town
Of its size in the state and the pro-
portion Of residents owning homes
is larger here than in any
other town in the state. No
small share Of the credit for this
status Of affairs is to be given to the
building and loan societies. Doing
their work quietly and without I'M
due noise nevertheless they have
been tremendous power for good.
1t is only fair to say that fully half
the homes now owned sby laboring
people were gotten through these
agencies. Their work has not stopped
but ID continuing'and is thus adding
another strong impetus to the town
in it, steady march Of industrial
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