The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-18

placed in his store ON Main street
They make quite attractive add
tions to the establishment.
r. E. L. ALIENS lot is being gra
ded and put into shape. The hous'
has just been completed and he ha.
moved into 1t. The building is on
Wiley street between Main ant
Spruce.
CAPTAIN GARRISON, of Pedlari
Run, is very much improved IL
health and is able to sit up. Hi,
illness has been severe one and hi,
large circle Of friends are glad to heal
of his recovery.
L. J. ADAMsoN, the Photographic
has moved from Front street to
his new house recently completed or
Wiles addition to Sunnyside. He ha.
been living in the house owned by
Hon. Geo. G. Sturgiss.
Work was begun Friday on Benson
Waters house on Sunnyside. 1t will
require from four to six weeks t.
finish the house ready for occupancy
No work had been done on the house
for the past two months.
The forts have all opened, or will
soon. The rush at some of them
has been very great, and all will
likely be full before long. This
method of boarding is deservedly
popular with the boys.
A WARREN, Pa, woman fell from
her wheel the other day and bit of
an inch of her tongue. The locai
papers report that the accident
caused some of the meanest men in
that town to buy wheels for theii
wives.
ATTORNEY WILLIAM III. MARTIN re
ceiyed telegram Monday evening
announcing the death of his sister
Mrs. Ella Reed, who was visiting
relatives at Jake's Run. Her re
mains were brought here to-day and
taken to Parker, Pa, for interment
-Inde1.
FULLER GLAssoooK has quail
fled as administrator of the estate
of the late Charlotte Sears. He gave
bond for $1,000. This is not in
tended to cover the value of the en-
tire estate. He will proceed at once
to settle up the estate, which is 9
valuable one.
ALT X. Smith is having dool
placed IN the passage way between his
building and the Dering building on
Walnut street. The door is to be sew.
en- feet high and is to keep people
from using the passage way who have
no business doing SO. VIM. Eckard is
doing the work.
REvs. S. 4. JONES and John Bed
dow went to Cassville Fiday night to
address a meeting of the Epworth
League of that place. Rev. Jones
delivered an address on the subject
"Look Up, Lift up. which is the
motto of the society. About one
hundred and fifty persons attended
the meeting.
THE trustees of the Methodist
church are having the approach to
the church fixed up. The wall
around it is being torn down, and il
will be Strengthened and fixed up
generally. The tagging will be re-
laid as far as possible and brick
used after the flags are exhausted
Sennett, Spurgeon Il Prather are
doing the job.
The new packet line recently took
out what was probably the largest
live stock shipment ever sent out
from Morgantown. 1t was shipped
by Major J. L. Keener and consisted
of POT head of sheep and nearly thir-
ty cattle. The freight traffic on both
lines is very heavy and shows no
signs of a decrease. The freeing Of
the river has been of inestimable
benefit to river men.
FRANK CHAFFEE was arrested re-
Gently on capias by Harry Pride. Ht
had been in Ohio for some time but
had been back to town for several
days. Two indictments for Illicit re.
failing had been found against him
at the last term of court and he had
evaded the officers until now. A short
time after his arrest his brother W.
Jhaffee paid the fines and costs
amounting to $S7 and Frank was re-
leased.
The grand jury has returned true
bill for aggravated assault and bat
terry against Henry Douglas, the I'm
iontown policeman, who attempted
to arrest Councilman William G. Nc.
Cormick on the street, almost precip-
itating riot by the latter's resistance
A true bill was also found against
Mccormick for obstructing an officer
and bill for assault and battery, pre-.
ferred by the policeman, ignored. The
cases will be tried some time this
week.
PROF. L. G. WooLERY has rented
the Otis Waters house on Sunny
Side and will move into it as soon
as it is completed. The house will
be finished about the first of Octo-
ber Prof. Woolery had a lively
time to locate house as there were
but very few available. There il
hardly vacant house in town and
these few will soon be occupied
Morgantown is still on a boom and
it shows no signs of abating.
CAPT. GILMORE has a force of men
grading Prospect from Price stree,
to the Easton road. The dirt is be
ing placed in Spruce from Prof.
Harvey's up to Prospect leyeling uT
that street. Several men are also
engaged in preparing for laying {
sidewalk along the northern side Of
Prospect from North Main street
running its entire length. This il
TO be laid at once. The part already
there has been torn up and raised
about eighteen inches. II is nov
about where the citizens of that sec
ton Of town wanted it in the frs
place
THE local postofllcc officials hav'
commenced new experiment
They will not close the Window
during the distribution of mail ant
will give out mail at any time i
may be called fer. The reason TO
the change is that heretofore ther'
has been great annoyance caused h
the clerks and the public by the con