The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-11-24

house in the rear of Sheriff Hare's
residence on Price stseet.
| The second foot ball team will
play at Fairmont ON Thanksgiving
day. The only object apparent Is
to make another big fat score as
Fairmont is not in their class.
THE brick and sand which have
been piled on Walnut street from
Long alley to Front street for several
weeks, has been utilized. The pave
ment has been widened and presents a
very creditable appearance.
A STREET fight Saturday night be
tween an intoxicated individual and
a colored man resulted in the latter
knocking the l. l. down He remain.
ed unconscious from the effects OF
the blow for some time. No arrests
were made
SOME time ago quantity of water
taken from the Monongahela was
examined by expert chemists at
Yale and Harvard colleges and pro-
nouneed almost as pure and whole
some for drinking purposes as the
best spring water
The Pittsburg, Brownsville and
Geneva company will have two boats
a day leaving Pittsburg next sea
son. One will leave in the morning
and other in the evening. The morn
ing boat will carry passengers only.
AS soon as the new boat is completed
this company will have four hand
some steamers in commission.
How DEAR to our hearts is the old
yellow pumpkin, when orchards are
barren of stufling for pies, when
peaches and apples have both been
failure, and berries of no kind
have greeted the eyes. How fondly
we turn to the fruit of the cornfield
the fruit that our children are taught
to dispise-the old yellow pumpkin,
the mud covered pumpkin, the big
bellied pumpkin that makes such
good pies.
NINE out Of ten men, when meet
ing a lady, will tip their hats after
they have passed. They will also
carry an umbrella far enough in
front of them to allow the rain To
driD comfortably on their hacEs
Two or three ladies o1wavs I'll.
abreast and II uonld +ala 49,.
cyclone to make them pass in single
file. A man in passing can get out
with more overwhelmingly va 'e'
'N'N "'ioH'
MEsshs LazZelle ana Stewart are
ousy on the MusgraVe records review
ing lhem IN preparation Tor the new
Trial III Is very great task aid
most monotonous one. The records
make more IMAM Thousand pages of
closely printed matter. Many OF the
witnesses ior the state are now impos-
siole TO reach. Several OF them are
iugitlVes from Justice, and the trouble
OF getting them together again will
DC no lncohslderaole item.
The secret service bureau announces
the discovery of new counterfeit
ten dollar silver certificate and also
a counterfeit national bank note
The silve. certificate is a photograph
ic production printed on two pieces
of paper pasted together. The ma
tional bank note is on the First Ma
tional bank of Joplin, Mo-, series
1882 1t is also printed on two pieces
of paper and the silk fiber in the
genuine is initiated by pen and ink
marks.
THE country people are making a
big fuss about the roads which are in
horrible condition. Until a wiser
plan of working our thorouphfares is
adopted no better condition can nre.
vail during fall weather. Every cent
that is expended. or at least the great
er part of the expenditures nut on the
roads under our present system is lost
Modern and scientific methods mnst
be put into useY or, no permanent i'm
provement caa ever be expected in
our highways.
AN imnortant case has been deci-
ded in Chicago which oons tn tho
legality of the nraotice of cornora-
tions. particularlv railroad cornora-
tions. blacklistino their discharoed
emnloves One Ketcham in tho an.
plov of the Nortbwestern Railroad
Comnany engaged in tha Dahs strife
and attended the meetings of tho
American Railway Tnion For this
he was discharged mt on tho hlack-
list. and Thus nrevented from oetting
employment. He obtained several
positions. but was regularly dischar-
ged. and becaus, his name was on the
blacklist. He moved from Chicago
and got work at other nlaces hnt' the
blacklist followed him and he was
again discharged. The blacklist
seemed to leaves him no alternatives
Int to hoo staa1 or starve Ho tried
the nlan. however of suino the rail
road comnanv and annears to have
been yerv fortunate in sacprino tho
needed testimony. for the iurv in the
United Stafds conrt woe terdav ron
dered VERDICT In Favor 81 NJ
Ketcham for s21 see "A Tho auonnt
sued for was s25 600 Rlack1isting
It appears from this is a costly Inv
ury' and will nrobahlv dron ont ~
cornoration FAVOR
LAST Tuesday we unfinished tho ratio
of taxes levied for county nurnoses NV
the various counties of the state as
has been reported to the auditor at
Charleston. In this list Marion
county has the same rate as the conn
ties Of Berkeley Ohio, summers
Wetzel. Writ and Wood. namely.6o
cents on the 800 valuation. The