The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-06-12

PROSPERITY may be expected tc
strike Preston county in great shape
before very long. Reports state that
the huckleberry crop will be the
largest known for years.
The Supreme court is in session
at Wheeling. The number of cases
to be disposed of at this sitting is
not large and consequently the SEES
sion will be short one.
The Board are intent in season
and out of season in looking aftei
the work of the University. 1t has
been long time since we had d
Board so full of work and 50 capa-
bic.
THE lawnmowers have been max
ing constant music about the Uni
versity campus for the past week..
Uncle Billy Semans, Familiarity call
ed ''Brunie' was fixing things up in
shape for the Board OF Regents.
THE Kingwood papers are going
into eestacy over the arrival of Duke
Dent over there and seems certain
that their ball team with Duke in
box will swipc every similar aggre-
cation encountered. They regard
time as an embryo Rusie.
THE members of the law class
held meeting Thursday and drew
up resolutions asking the board Of
regents to retain the present faculty.
This is a splendid tribute to the es
teen in which these instructors are
held by the students under them.
J. X. DuRR, of Pittsburg, has pur-
chased half interest in the Blen-
nerhassett Hotel, at Parkersburg, of
Dotson Brothers, paving $4,000. 1t
is said by the Parkersburg papers
that Durr is thinking of locating in
that town but any one who knows
him will find that statement very
hard to believe.
TIE elections in Virginia last week
were for local officers and upon the
question of calling Constitutional
Convention. The vote was over.
whelmingly against the call of a
convention. In most localities the
vote was light. For local officers in
the cities and towns the Democrats
were generally successful
MoRGANrowN has right to feel
pride in her honored son, Hon. r. +.
Fast In the last session of the leg
ielatuie no member of the w. Va.
senate was listened to with deeper
respect and veneration than Mr.. Fast.
He is one of the ablest members and
chairman Of the Constitutional Com
mission to mature a new constitu-
ton for w. Va.
THE colored team concluded that
they would not go to Fairmont Sat
urday but would remain at home to
see the fun. They will 90 up to-day
and "chaw up" the Fairmont aggre-
cation according to Hoyle. seven
emory wheels have already been
worn out getting the razzers in
shape and if the Fairmont coons
don't act very circumspectly mincc-
meat will be at discount up there.
ABOUT year ago Mrs. Samuel
Welty, near Leitersburg, Md, had
both hands blown off with dynamite
which was put on a stove to thaw
out. At the time she had a thimble
on her finger. Recently the doctor
made an incision of what was sup
posed to be an abcess ou her breast
and took therefrom the thimble,
which had become deeply imbedded
in the flesh, blown there by the dy-
Mantle fifteen months before.
PRoF. CoRBETr announces that
within twenty miles Of Morgantown
the range of flora is as great as that
between here and the Canadian line
Prof Brown is authority for the
statement that within ten miles Of
this place almost every known geo
logical formation exists. These two
advantages are m ore than any other
University in the country possesses.
1t is becoming more and more to be
accepted that in many respects our
University is better than any other.
The regents meet tomorrow for
what is likely to prove the most inn
portant session in the history Of the
University. That they will act with
conservatism and caution goes with
out saying but that they will use the
knife where it is needed is equallycer-
tain. They will have no difficulty in
getting all the information on any
subject on which they may desire en-
lightment. The outcome of their
deliberations will be awaited with
much more than ordinary interest.
In a recent lecture Judge Daniel
Bedinger Lucas, of West Virginia,
suggested that monument be erect
ed on the Potomac, at shepherds
town, by the Virginias and Mary
land, to the memory of James Rum
sey, of Maryland, who, it is said,
had launched at that point the first
beat propelled by steam. In the
early days of the State of Maryland,
after the Revolutionary War, Rum
sey and Fitch were applicants for
aid in developing their invention
and their petitions were deferred
from session to session.
From orders received from head
quarters of the National Guard by
Col. Smith it is believed that the
company recently formed here will
be mustered in At present there are