The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-06-26

BUY sugar, coffee and flour at Pos
TENS and save money.
THE sign just painted on the Der
ing building is a very attractive one
THE first watermelons have made
their appearance and the people are
now busy stocking up with collie ma
terial.
ONLY fifteen per cent of the coke
ovens in the Fairmont district are
busy, but this is not caused by Bry-
ans election.
The pay roll of the Washington,
Pa, glass plant which may be land
ed by local parties is $500 per week
and it is solid substantial enter
prise.
THE pink eye, at times very dan
gerous disease has made its appear
ance among the horses in this sec
ton. But few cases as yet have oc-
Cured in town.
A sTRoLLING band of six pieces
was in town last week and their mu-
sic was very much enjoyed They
went all over town and added no lit
tie to the pleasure of the small boy
any his pa as well.
Two WELL dressed young men
are swindling the people of Harrison
county by taking orders for enlarg-
ing pictures. They propose to fur
nish crayon and frrme for one dol
lar, collecting fifty cents in advance.
AT their last meeting the direct
ors of the Seneca Glass Co. appoint
ed Oscar A. Campbell as their asso-
ciate counsel. This is a very great
compliment to the ability of this
young man as there were several
other older practitioners considered
in connection with the position.
THE four barrels of brandy which
were stolen some time ago from the
Evans distillery have been returned
who returned them or where they
been is not known but it is supposed
that the thieves got scared over the
rumored activity of the revenue off
GERS who were busy trying to locate
it.
NEARLY all of our neighboring
towns are arranging for celebrations
on July Sd. Morgantown will like
ly not make any special effort to OBJ
serve the day and our people will
attend some of the outside attrac-
tions. Grafton, Fairmont and Con
nellsville are all making elaborate
preparations.
MAJ. CHARLES F. POWELL, govern
ment engineer, has completed an es-
innate as to the annual cost of main
tanning and keeping in repair the
locks and dams of the Monongahela
when the government secures con
troll. He says that not less than
$685. 900 will do it,, 1t cost the Nav
igation company SIS, 200 annually to
maintain and keep in repair each
lock of the company.
THE colored base ball team met che
Morgantown darkies on the Fair
mont grounds yesterday and showed
them how base ball was played.
Manager Norris boys are warm
material and made 81 scores while
their opponents made 7. The Fair
mont players were John Harris, Lins
Tagans, Frank jackson, Jess Jones,
Haze Petty, Charles Atkinson, Arch
Mead, Charles Clay and Watson
hotel man. The Morgantown club
consisted of Temple Moore, Charles
Stone, Boardman Harris, Adam He'd
ricks, Dennis Jenkins, Clarence
Blue, Charles Jamison, Kemp Holt
and Luther Morris.-Inder.
CONGRESSMAN Dayton has an
nounced that when the time comes
for change, he will recommend DR..
j. P, Fitch as postmaster at Nor
gantown. If he would let the public
know whom he will endorse for post
master at this place he would pre-
vent many sleepless nights.-Inder.
For the benefit of our neighbor we
will state that the next postmaster
at Fairmont is named Fleming. At
least this is the secret confided to
Mr.. Fleming by Aston G. Whether
or not the outcome of this recon-
incubation will furnish Aston with
another ground for resignation is
not known. But he has told Mr..
Fleming that he will be recommend
ed. This occurred on his last visit
to Fairmont.
IT is matter of common remark
the increased use of glasses by young
people as well as the old. Is there a
concert" between the Oculists and
the spectacle makers, or is there an
other and more logical cause? We
guess it is found in the fact that hard
study and education go with weak
eyes. Only per cent of the Indian
children have defective eyesight, and
of negro children only % per ct.
In Mexico out of 1000 children less
than 100 were found to be myopic, but
in the United States 80 per cent. of
the children have weak eyes, while in
Germany those so afflicted reach SO
per cent. The Germans beat all crea-
tion in the wearing of eye glasses, and
they are the most intensely studious
people. In the "Review of Reviews"
for June, DR.. Airport, of Minnesota,
argues forcibly from these facts that
special precaution should be taken in
schools to prevent the development Of
weak eyes. He finds that in Mime
sofa the highest percentage of defec-
tive eyes were found in school build
ings of VIGOROUSLY poor and unhygien-
lc construction. Hence it is concluded
that proportion Of weak eyes among
our people is due primarily to school
rooms in which light and shade are
not well adapted to the study Of the
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