The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-07-03

weather prevented the gathering OF a
very large crowd.
MoReASrowS is being extensively
advertised all over the state on ac-
count Of the meeting Of the West
Virginia Conference Of the M. f.
church which meets in September.
THE frames Of the houses being
built for r. e. L. Allen and J. L.
Smith on Wiley and Main streets are
up. The houses viii be very hand
some ones and will prove very great
improvements in that end Of town
PRoF. d. NJ. Willis, Z. A. Hart,
New Cumberland, and H. p. Spur
lock, Ceredo, are the members of the
summer law school Several other
students are expected this week and
the prospects are good for profitable
session.
THE report Of the state superintend-
ent OF free schools of West Virginia
shows that the children Of school age
in the state number 300, 53s. Last
year they numbered 296.5l7 The in
crease from last year in white children
was 4,4s6; colored children, 526; total,
4,012.
Some of the farmers have begun to
cut their hay. This as well as the
wheat crop is very promising. The
corn, however, is very backward and
the outlook for good yield in that
is very discouraging. 1t is doing nicely
now fbaOab fba continued cold ,yoot \,
er Of early spring retarded its growth
very seriously.
A LONDON doctor took a long ride
on bicycle and reports that this is
what happened to him: "Parethesia
in the fourth and fifth fingers, with
impaired sensibility, and paresis in
| the interrossel, lumDricals and the
adductor pollicis. Hereafter, when
any Of our local bicyclists feel badly
after ride, they will know what is
the matter with them-probably.
A COPY of the catalogue of the
Fairmont normal school has been
sent us by Prof J. Walter Barnes.
The catalogue is very handsomely
gotten up and shows that the prog
ress of the school during the past
year has been quite satisfactory to
its friends. The increase in attend
ance was handsome one and the
prospects for next year are fatter-
ing.
The first campers of the season
have broken for Cheat. Three of the
party expect to be in camp all the
time, Bert Laughed, Frank Domain
and Fred Davis. The other two For
ney Donley and Fay Hawkins will only
be there a portion of the time. The
boys are camped on this side Of the
river nearly opposite the Hilarity Club
house. Other camping parties are or
ganizing and soon the desirable places
will be pre-empted.
THE wheat crop in this county is
the finest which has been known for
years. The acreage is about the same
as usual but the yield will be much
above the average The grain has
been ripening very fast in the last few
days. In some places the harvest has
already begun and in few days more
the entire crop will have been cut.
Good prices for this staple would
put our farmers in good shape but
the ruling prices will net prove very
profitable.
News, news, newsl It's enough
to give us the blues. Nobody came
to talk of the scraps, nobody got
booty and started to scrap, no one to
run in for taking horn. Oh, for
racket, riot, fuss, some one to
come in and kick up a muss; some
one is thumped within an inch Of
his life; some one runs of with an
other mans wife; someone to come
in and pay up his dues, anything
just so its news.
JAMES WARD, an old citizen of
Roane county, returning from Char
lesion, apparently in good health,
stopped in the evening at a house 10
miles below Walton and asked to
stay all night. The people told
Ward that they were not prepared
to keep him, but he insisted on stay
ing, remarking that he was going to
die and wanted some place to leave
his remains. Ward was finally in
vited in and ten minutes later was a
dead man.
IL you want to prevent Fever
and Kidney trouble drink Gray's
Mineral Water. For sale by j.
G. McVicker, Druggist.
QUITE "a large congregation attend
ed the morning and evening services
at the Baptist church last Sunday to
hear the newly installed pastor, Rev.
w. j. Eddy. He comes to us from
Monongalia county very highly rec
commended by those who know him.
Rev. Eddy is young man who just
recently completed his collegiate course
from Boston institution. The con-
gregation is well pleased with the new
pastor, and we have heard number
of favorable comments on the sermons
both morning and evening. The West
Virginian wishes him great success in
his work among us.-Fairmont West
Virginian.
THE crop experts say that the
1897 wheat crop will sell for between
65 and rs cents a bushel. The sit
uation in brief is that the French
and English crops of wheat will
amount to comparatively little,
while Australia, India and Argen-
tine will not have wheat for export.
American wheat will come in COM
petition only with wheat from Rus
STA and the Danubian Provinces
The reserves of wheat all over the
world have been reduced to the min
mum. There is much corn and many
cattle in America, and both will be
in demand because of the unusual
demand for wheat.
LEE b. MCFARLAND, of Parkers-
burg, will be prosecuted by the gov
eminent for appropriating $40, 900 to
his own use while teller at the Second
National bank. Ever since the Uni
ted States court convened there the
matter has been under consideration
in the attorneys Office, and efforts
have been taken to bring it up at this
term of court. The special bank ex-
aminer who came from Washington
when the defalcation became known
has been summoned to appear before
the United States grand jury, to give
evidence. Should an Indictment be
found the case will be one Of the most
prominent in judicial circles in the
State.
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