The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-12-08

digestion is bound to follow.
Work on the "Short Line" rail
road continues at Clarksburg, three
sets Of men being employed.
I The Robinson boys of Beverly,
killed three bears last week in the
mountains Of Randolph county.
The Chenille normal school is
making a special effort to increase
its collection of geological specimens
this year.
AETNA-STANDARD iron and steel
works, Of Wheeling, have closed
deal for the Jefferson iron works OF
Steubenyllle, Ohio.
The revival services being held by
Rev. JONES ON the Flats is proving
very successful The interest and
congregations steadily grow
THE keel Of the new Pittsburg,
Brownsville and Geneva packet has
been laid at Axton & Sons boat yard
at Brownsville. The new steamer
will be ready for the spring trade.
HAVEN'T you ever noticed how good
this paper is? II would be credit
to much larger place than Morgan
town and deserves the patronage Of
all. 1t is clean, pure and wholesome.
Miss SARAH GIBSON, aged 60, was
thrown from her buggy in Boone
county, by frightened horse and
sustained internal injuries which
will prove fatal.
The city council of Parkersburg
has passed an ordinance making II
unlawful for any one besides the pro-
prietors or employees TO be seen going
in or coming out Of saloon on Sun
day.
JANUARY ], the date when presi-
dent Jackson says regular trains will
be put on the Little Kanawha Valley
Railroad will be made gala day at
Parkersburg, and Elizabeth, the ter
mini Of the road.
THE enrolment for this year has
at the end of the first term reached
the same number matriculated dur
ing the entire year last session. The
high water mark is to get another
extensive boost
The number of revival services
being held in the county steadily in
creases and now there are but few
important places in this vicinity at
which they are not being held The
good which is being done is meal
culable.
A EARN on Thomas Hardness
farm, near Parkersburg, was burned,
and it was discovered that MUIR
der had been committed, and the
body of the murdered man had been
thrown into the barn and burned
with the building.
THE little town of Inwood, Berke-
ley county, has an important indus
try in its barrel factory. Twenty
hands are employed turning ont
from 70 to so barrels day. 81
the close Of this season 10000 bar
rels will have been made.
A LETTER has been received from
L. 2. Lemley, Of Cassville, who is at
present attending school at st, Louis.
He is getting along very nicely in
deed and has promised to write us a |
letter which we will take pleasure
in publishing about his experiences
while in college.
REV Mr. BRooMFIELD who is as
sisting pastor Barnes in revival |
meetings is native of Egemouth,
Scotland. He spent six years on the
ocean as sailor, before he came to
America to live. Mr.. Broomfield is
an earnest, practical preacher, and |
knows how to interest his hearers
AT Pennsboro, two constables and |
the prosecuting attorney went out
some distance from the town to raid |
Collins speakeasy. Collins ran and |
one of the constables shot at him. |
Thereupon Mrs. Collins opened fire on |
the constable and compelled him to |
hold up his hands while her husband
escaped
FRIDAY was the last of the three
so-called "Ember Days" An old |
superstition is that these three DAYS
rule the three winter months. If it |
be tue we shall certainly have two
pleasant months. No finer DAYS |
could be imagined than Wednesday |
and Thursday insiring good wealth
er in December and January. Feb |
ruary's DAY on the contrary was a
bad one and the weather accordingly |
on the bum.
The morning packet for Morgan
town and way points up to-day was
the Florence Belle, leaving the Hud-
son wharf at 8 o'clock. While the
Nellie Hudson is undergoing repairs
the Florence Belle will leave here
on Mondays, Wednesday and Fri
days at the usual time. 1t is |
thought the Hudson will be able to
return to the Pittsburg and Nor
gantown trade within the next ten
day s.-Press.
'THE Man of Last Resort" M. d. |
Posts new book has arrived and is
on sale at the Acme book store. The
nioo pooN PupiioHcu ny MI. OSt, |
"The Strange Schemes of Randolph |
Mason attracted much attention
and this one is even more interest
ing than his first attempt. No grad
uate of the University is meeting
with more marked success than Post
and the fact that he was once a
well known student here adds a
great deal to the local interest in his
book. 1t will repay you to get it
and read it.