The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-04-17

BLAcKsvILLE, April 10.--Wm.. John
son, ex-commissionor Of Greene county
and justice Of the peace for = number Of
years is very sick, but we hope he will
recover.
Peter Tenant is indisposed, but i'm
proving slowly. s. @. Brock h ailing At
present.
Owen Moore is among relatives at
Rogersville, Pa.
David Wilson, Of Ponetown, made q
business trip here and G. 8. Tcnnant
was here settling the tax books recently.
In regard to . summer school that was
spoken OF recently which was thought to
be almostimpossible to be obtained from
the disadvantage of US having no bridge
across the creek we will say it has been
gotten up by Phineas Headlee of Greene
county and will open April 10Th.
Miss Louie White, of Rogersville, Is
teaching instrumental music here.
DR.. i. K. Hall bas built consultation
room over his drug store.
]. L. Chaplain is doing some carpen-
ter work on Jake's Run.
Roberts sisters, dressmakers and mil
liners are building an addition to their
dwelling.
Our M. E. Sunday school reorganized
at the M. E. Church, April It'll, the board
consisted of the officials given by the M.
E. Discipline, and the officers elected
are sc. Brock, Supt.; w. G. Wells.
Asst. Supt. G.. t. Emery, Sec'y; NJ. l..
Strosnider. Treas. u. r. Scott, Librarian
and Mics Estella Scott, Organist.
David Clark. d. d. S. will soon be
ready for dental work in our town.
One evening not long ago some Of the
towns cows did not come to the mich
yards, and Mr.. Hoskinson went on the
hunt Of them. To his surprise one Of
his cows was standing off from the rest
with her hind leg broken above the
knee. She was brought home and the
next morning her leg was bound with
sole leather and thin pine strips tied on
with the leather on the two sides and
| front of the limb. The COW lays down
and gets up at will, and is seemingly do
ling well.
Isaac Blue got the mail route from
Brave to Waynesburg.
| Henry Headlee of Brock, Pa, reports
that he has the route from here to Bur-
ton and will move here. Oliver Husk,
Of Brock, Pa, has the route from Brock
to Blacksmith, and we understand II
John Spitsnagle has the route from here
to jimtown. The mails are all dailies
giving US "a week.
| We are making an effort TO incorpor-
ate our town, and as nearly every one il
in favor Of it, we think it ought to be a
| go.
In regard to what that wise gentleman
on Days run said about Blacksville mis-
leading statements in the Morgantowr.
Post, the paper that is read moreby some,
judging by the language they use than
the Bible, we will say that We have new.
er made any misleading or false state.
ments, but we have made statements
that we're too brief to give much expla-
nation on the subject The reason was.
we do not use such Vulgar and profane
language as our friends across the way :
another is. such language written Is not
allowed to &c through the mails, and an.
other is we deem IL wrong 70 expose
such illiterate persons as they are. We
| in all our writing for the Post have tiled
| to give the truth in our news items, and
the sentiments OF our people and ia ~
gard to other people we have onlk
spoken from what We hare seon and
heard Of them. And We do not know
that there ss license To falsffy and mia-
represent thin3s. II thcre q liconse
Tor SUCH We pre0unne they have been
granted 20 The proper povqons and "
have heard onou8h n fho okoto posson
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