The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-10-27


vices can find him always prepared to
wait ON them.
Buy Sugar and Flour at Posten's.
Go TO Hirschman's for bargains in
everything.
DR.. w. E. STEWART, dentist,
office over Rice's store.
STUDENTS forts can save money at
Postens.
For hard wear and tear, and for
standing the influences of gas heat
or extreme cold, the Krakauer will
equal any The Krakauer piano is
mechanically and scientifically cor
rect, and will prove its good quail
ties to all who will investigate it.
I. B. WILGUs, DR.. Brooke and fam
lily, H. M. Morgan and wife, r. r..
Chrisman and wife, Ed Hayes, Harry
Kunst and several others spent yes
terday at the Cheat Canyon Club
house where they were hospitality
entertained by Mrs. Myers and Mrs
Wilgus.
Hon. WILLIAM L. WILSON'S father
in-law, DR.. Adoniram j. Huntington,
has been appointed dean of Columbian
university, Washington, ID. G. DR..
Huntington has been professor of
Greek at the Furman university,
Greenville, S. c., since 1843. He Is
IS years old, but in 20 years has
never missed class.
A GENTLEMAN has complained to
this paper about the practice of
crowds blockading the principal
street corners of the town. So great
is the block on many of them at times
that passers by have to get out in the
street. The practice is one that
should be stopped. 1t is more often
caused by thoughtlessness than by
any desire to be obnoxious on the part
OF the offenders.
FOREST fires are raging In the vi
cinity of the Wood and Wetzel county
oil fields. The estimated loss at
present from the fires now prevalent,
is way up in the thousands of dollars
and the wells in both fields are in
imminent danger. A large number
OF men In the vicinity of Sistersville
have been drafted and at a moments
notice will go out to fight the flames.
THE MUNICIPAL election in New
York city will be held on Tuesday,
November 2, and it is exciting al
most as much interest throughout
the country as presidential contest.
The four leading candidates and
their relative strength are Van Wyck,
Tammany democrat; Henry George,
independent democrat; Seth Low,
independent republican and Gen. B.
+. Tracy, regular republican. Three
are some who do not agree with this
placing of the candidates, some claim
ing that Tracy will run way ahead of
Low and George, but all concede
that so far as appearances 20 Van
Wyck is in the lead.
THE University of Michigan has
adopted rule debarring it's team
from future contests with the Ohio
Wesleyan University, alleging that
the Delaware boys worked in a paid
player, Coach Yost, in their recent
90 game. 1t is alleged that Yost
played in the line under false name,
while another man was passed off as
Yost This is very likely another case
OF extreme soreness.
AxToN Il Son, of Brownsville, Pa,
will soon have their lower boat yard
in shape to build the new packet.
A large force of men are now at
work. Each of the firms old en-
ployes has agreed to give one week S
work. The new packet will be a
model for strength and beauty and
the largest and finest that ever piled
the waters of the Monongahela.
THERE are in the Deaf, Dumb and
Blind school at Romney, fifty Eight
deaf and dumb girls, sixty-eight deaf
and dumb boys, and twenty-one blind
boys, in all one hundred and seventy
three. At present there are nine
hundred and ffty-five patients at the
Weston asylum for the insane. OF
these four hundred and ninety-twC
are females, and four hundred and
sixty-four are males. The fact oil
women being in the majority is re-
garded as an unuusal occurrence.
CLARKsBURa NEWS. The jury in
the Goodman note case failed to find
the note genuine or the signature
valid and we are informed that the
case will not be appealed to higher
court. The verdict of the jury does
not question the integrity of e. A.
Goodman, as administrator, he could
not do otherwise under the law A
careless and loose manner of attend.
ing to important business matters
often leads to complicated litigation,
However trifling, it will pay ever,
man to do business in business likt
way and thus avoid future difiicul
ties.
Ed PRICE, of Newburg, was ar
rested at Tunnelton, w. Va, by thu
Government authorities upon 1
charge of embezzling funds from ,
Newburg Postofiice. Price was thu
Assistant Postmaster under William
M. Dent and had charge of the Mon
ey Order Department. His stealingl
are said to amount to $500. Las
winter Price was taken to Chilli
cothe, o., and tried for attempted
murder. He abandoned his sister,
illcgitimate child in the streets o
Chillicothe. He did not deny aban
doning the child, but denied at
tempting to destroy it and was &C
quilted.
A CALCULATING oil man was in
laxative mood Saturday Afternoon
while the foot ball team was in prog
ress. aFiyc hundred boys are yell
ing" he said, land each one will vel
probably 200 times during the game
making total Of 100, 900 yelIs y Tn
amount OF lung power required t
yell once would raise five poun,
weight one inch, and 100000 yell
would raise IL 100000 inches O
8,333A feet or nearly ] 3.5 miles
This would be equivalent to raisin
one pound 100000 inches or liftin
ton $50 inches or approximately 2
feet. The new addition bridge ID 8
feet high and the lnng power waste
you'd raise nearly Ave tons of Coz
rom the ground up. ~" Index