The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-10-27
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WHEN it comes to buying your win
ter boots and shoes, overcoats, jeans,
muslin, cantons and fannels, you
want to see us. Prices awful low at
HUTCHINSON g. JACOBS.
The next session of the Baptist
state association will be held in Fair
mont.
NORMAN WHARToNn has another
new wagon. About two months ago
he bought one and now has found it
necessary on account of the large
business he is doing to buy another
In THE Jakes Run district, this
county, the South Penn and Ira De-
| Witt have drilled in their No. on
the Joseph Tenant Farm and the
showing is for light well.
THE prison board at Moundsville,
has received an offer from a firm In
Wisconsin, who want number of
convicts to manufacture machinery.
Bids will probably be advertised next
month, and this firm may locate in
Moundsyille.
T. PIcKENPAUaH was the first mer-
chant to put in hitching racks under
the new order of things. While it
would not be true to say that every
body is pleased, it is fact that the
farmers are.
HUNTINGTON gets the home for the
incurables, sure. A deed conveying
thirty acres Of land to the state has
been secured from the Central City
Land company. There was some dis
pute about whether or not Hunting
ton would be able to hold the hoae
but this seems to settle it.
THE building in which the postoffice
is located at Fetterman caught fire
Friday morning, doing considerable
damage to the building. The con-
tents, including the postoffice sup
plies, were all saved. The postoffice
was removed to the Col. Smith Build
ing. No insurance.
THE local lodge X. of P. is in an
excellent condition. They have been
busy taking in new members of the
best class of young men about the
town until they now number 100.
Bud Bond took the third degree at
the last meeting.
STATE Treasurer M. A. Kendall
has just been elected trustee of the
Ohio Wesleyan University at Della
ware O. This University is one of
the largest UNCONVENTIONAL colleges
in the coantry. We understand
that the honor came entirely unex-
pected to Mr.. Kendall
The weather man was fooled again
when he prophesied rain the other
day. He did the best he could and
furnished some very heavy thick
clouds but the lnuch needed rain did
not fall. The drought has nearly
broken all records and seems deter
mined to continue the even tenor of
its way until every record is smashed.
The rain which has fallen in the past
two months has been the smallest
amount for an equal length of time
which this section has had for years.
The wheat crop will be ruined if
rain does not come before cold wealth
er sets in.
The stockholders of the Peoples
Telephone company, of Grafton, met
at the law office of B. f. Bailey and
organized by electing the following
board of directors Tohn L. Ruhl,
s. H. Gramm, VIM. Morgan, B. F.
Bailey, George w. White, G. "
Cough and John Caveny. The board
elected John L. Ruhl, president; Geo.
w. White, vice president; B. F. Bal
ley, secretary, and VIM. Morgan,
treasurer. The company has COM
pleted the lines and have connection
with Clarksburg, Fairmont, Morgan
town, and all towns in Preston,
Tucker and Barbour counties; also
Piedmont and Keyser.
INTENSE excitement reigns in Hunt
ington over the recent tragedy in
which the son of a Cabell county
farmer aud the son of former Nor
gantown minister are the principal
characters. At five O'Clock in the
evening Frank Walcott shot and killed
! Will Webb, the only son of DIR. J..
Wesley Webb, for years one of the
leading ministers In the M. E. church
in this state, in restaurant on Third
avenue. Eye witnesses claim there
was no alteration between the two
when the shooting occurred. Wal
colt ran, but was arrested almost i'm
mediately. A year ago he shot with
intent to kill, Fred Miller, for which
crime he now stands indicted. Twice
since shooting Miller he has attempted
suicide by taking morphine. His at
torneys will plead insanity.
| JAMES WEAVER, of Pittsburg, who
has been rusticating in the noun
tains, brought large eagle down on
Monday, when on his wav home. II
was killed by Bruce Shaffer, boy
lS years of age, on the Moore
farm near Elliottstille, and meas
ured 6 feet 3 inches from tip to tip,
and weighed nine pounds. The large
bird was caught in the act of demol.
ishing the sixth duck belonging tc
the Skaters when Bruce shot at it
but his aim proved to be cratic, and
so he missed it. He followed it tC
the woods nearby, where he was now
! successful, and brought it down b,
the next shot. Joe Emerson, of tn,
Lafayette Hotel now has this fine
: American emblem, and will have il
mounted by taxidermist.- Union
fown Tribune.