The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-11-03


all the time. Any one needing his ser
vices can find him always prepared to
wait ON them.
Buy Sugar and Flour at Posten's S.
Go TO Hirschmdn's for bargains in
everything.
DIR. w. e. STEWART, dentist,
office over Rice's store.
a PORCH and small addition have
been built to the Kiger residence on
Main street.
Mr.. MARCELLUs DAVIS has built a
small addition to his house on Spruce
street.
A NEW postoffice has been estab-
lished at Osgood, this county, with
Dora Arnett as postmaster
Mr.. S. MCGARA has put $4, 900 in
an oil we'll. On Monday the well was
drilled in and proved to be dry hole.
The loss is very heavy one on Mr.
McGara.
RUFUS RAYMOND, one of the most
prominent and respected citizens of
Harrison county, having become in
sane, was taken to the asylum at
Weston Tuesday morning.
MARRIAGE licenses have been issued
to jeremiah Stewart, 33, of Fayette
county, Pa, and Annie Belle Blosser,
81; and to Jesse Frankenberry, &c,
and Florence Robinson, 32.
THE river has become so dry that
it no longer affords water supply to
Clarksburg, and superintendent CAL
Afghan has commenced the erection of
dam so that the town will not be
without water.
ONE of the greatest mysteries of
nature is the hole in the heel of a
stocking. How it gets there no
one knows; the need of it, no one
sees; the philosophy of it, no one
can tell; the logic is, 'sDarn It'll"
SOMETIMES we wish that white
wings would occasionly grow weary,
that our gal wasn't high born lady,
that all coons didn't look alike to
us, and that Mr.. : lnson would
turn that fellow loose and tell him
to 90 to the devil.
ALICE HITEsHEw the four year
old daughter of Thomas Hiteshew,
fell eff the front steps one day
last week and dislocated her left
shoulder. Dr. Charles McLane was
called and reset the injured member.
The child is now doing nicely.
A PARAGRAPH in the annual re-
port Of the first assistant postmaster
general, just received, touching free
delivery in rural dirtricts, speaks with
the greatest favor of the three dis
tricts branching out from Charles
Town, established in this state in
October, 1896, as an experiment
WHEELING, not to be behind the
times, presents something new in the
way of jail delivery. Two noted
crooks unlocked the door of the county
Jail there, Friday morning, with a
wooden key which they had made,
walked out to the criminal court
room, through the court room and on
to Ohio.
The new b. q O. schedule goes
into effect on November l4th. The
only important change that is ex-
pected on this branch is the extern
sion of the run of the Pittsburg ac-
commodation on through Uniontown
to this place. If it is done the train
WIZ aiii'e neio apou' oiooM "'
night.
LETTERS from Frostburg, Md,
state that Col. r. E. Fast is some
what improved. He is very much re-
duced in flesh, only weighing 105
pounds, but is feeling better than he
did. No operation will be performed
as the Colonel could not stand it.
The trouble is spasmodic in its natare
and it is believed the worst of the at
tack is over. We are certainly glad
10 near THIS.
A FEW Gays ago party OF Pennsyl-
vania hunters passed through mere
Win deer wnich they had killed
near mere, IN tne mountains. a lew
people knew what they had but the
wise ones ala not know tnat nali the
nne went 10 tne in1ormer. When one
OF them did hnd 1t out, he made dash
to head the hunters Off, but they had
gotten out OF the state with theil
game. The fine is twenty dollars FOL
kRing>a deer in this state.
A NARROW and peculiar escape
from death was that of Robert Clut-
ter of Central City, on Tuesday. lie
was standing on the top OF car OF
saw logs when the logs began to roll.
He jumped to the ground in an eff.
fort tc save himself, but fell fiat as
he did so. Fortunately one end Of
the logs rolled off first, thus holding
each up until it entirely passed ovel
his body before falling to the ground
Two logs passed over him thus
Those present expected to see hin
killed instantly, yet stood by unable
to do anything to save HIM.
THESE items are taken from tn,
News-S Standard
All the bridges on the B. & O
railroad between here and Fairmoni
and between Connellsville and Cum
berland are being guarded by specia
Waterman to guard against the for
est fires that are raging all over tn,
mountains.
yonn .. motifs OF Morgantown i
SNYDER of South Union and atha