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Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-12-08
A LARGE FAMILY.
Twenty.one Children, and ALI Alive
But Two.

Riley Harper Sheriff of Tucker
county, who has charge of Col. Rob-
ert Eastman, now being tried at Par
sons, charged with killing Frank
Thompson, wealthy lumber mer-
chant of Philadelphia, in duel on
West Virginia passenger train last
March, belongs to the largest fam
lilies in the country.
The Sheriff has nine brothers and
nine sisters living, and one sister and
one brother have died. His father
and mother are both living. The
mother of this remarkably large fam
lily is only fifty three years old, hav-
ing been married when she was six
teen years of age. The boys are all
Democrats and very popular-so
much SO that Riley was elected sher-
if by large majority in strong
Republican county.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-12-08
THE DIFFERENCE.
Between the City Newspaper and
Your Home Journal.

1t is your local paper that records
your births, publishes your marriages
and chronicles your deaths. To the
forty page compendium of the hap
penings of the world you are not even
mere cipher. To get the least no.
tice from them you must steal $l0,-
900, commit an atrocious crime, or
have half dozen living wives. But
your local paper watches over you
with solicltude at all times. If you
are sick, it is sorry and hopes you
will soon get we'll, it tells when you
come and go, when your house burns
down and when you build a new one:
when Johnny has the humps and
Mary has the measles, and how much
Pete weighed when he arrived. Take
the city paper If you are interested in
Africa, but if you want local news
take the local paper.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-12-08

WE would advise our readers to
wait and see the beautiful line of
Xmas goods to be opened at Jones
Monday the 18th.
YESTERDAY Major d. B. Stewart
entertained few Of his friends at
dinner in honor of his niece Miss
Clara Z. Stewart, of ST. Louis, Mo.
The occasion was most enjoyable
one. Several who were invited found
it impossible to be present. Among
them were DIR. Buchanan, Dr.. Brock
and j. E. Fleming. Those present
were Mrs. Lynch, Mrs. Clark Stew
art, Mrs. A. M. Buchanan, Miss
A. j. Evans, and Mrs. Vandervort.
FINE Stationary for Xmas at Jones'.
A FULL line of Marvin's cakes and
crackers, at A. L. Nye's.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-12-08
she New Game Law.

The impression entertained by
some of our people that the new w.
Va, game law forbidding the killing
of cartridges, wild turkeys, ruffied
grouse and pheasdnts does not take
effect uutil Jan. LIST, 1898, is entirely
erroneous The act was passed Feb.
%. 1897, and took effect ninety days
after its passage. 1t provides that
none of the birds mentioned shall be
hunted, killed or held in possession by
any one for two years from that date,
upon pain of being fined not less than
IS nor more than $25, one-half the
fine to go to the informer. The Of
fender may also be imprisoned in the
county Jail for not more than 80
DAYS. Another section of the same
act forbids the use of ferrets for the
purpose of catching rabbits or driy-
ing them into their burrows under
penalty of fine of not less than S.
nor more than $40.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-12-08
The Academy Of Science Holds an In
teresting Session Last Night.

The West Virginia Academy of
Science held its regular monthly
meeting last night at the Expert
ment Station The meeting was at
tended by good crowd and proved
to be one of the most interesting
yet held
Prof Aldrich read the principal
paper of the evening. 1t dealt with
the value of the geological survey
which has recently been Inaugural
ted. The paper bristled with the
good points of such a survey and
was a very interesting one indeed.
Profs Hodges and Morris spoke
on the magnetic survey and the val
ne Of the true meridians which are
to be established.
Prof Brown referred to tho effect
various ores have on the magnetic
needle
DR.. A. d. Hopkins gave synop-
sis of a paper which he is at present
preparing for the Canadian Ento-
mologist.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-12-08
The Blast Went,Of.

TERRA ALTA, w. VA, Dec. T.
Late last evening when Ezra Tretheny
and A. G. Roby were engaged in blast
ing in a stone quarry at White Oak
Springs, six miles North of here, a
charge failed to explode, and when
they attempted to draw it the blast
went off. Tretheny, who was holding
the drill, had his left hand badly torn
by the explosion. The thumb was
torn of and the four fingers badly
mangled. Both men were severely
burner about the eyes.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-12-08
The Charity Entertainment.

Tomorrow night the ladies who
have the proposed charity entertain
ment in charge will have a meeting
in the Peabody parlors at o'clock.
This is the first meeting to be held.
1t will be decided there just what
form the entertainment will take and
as near as possible the date. Need
less to say that the rumor that it was
to occur on Dec. is utterly without
foundation. A moments considera-
tion would have shown any one that
fact. The affair has not been talked
of but a short time and the plans are
as yet wholly uniformed.
The proposed entertainment is to
be one of the most notable ever held
in the town. The musical talent of
the town will lend itself to make of
the benefit the success which it de-
serves to be and the cause for which
it will be given will help it along
wonderfully. The intention is to
hold it at as early date as possible
in January.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-12-08
How Wanamaker Adyertises.

81 never in my life used such a
thing as poster or a dodger or hand
bill" said John Wanamaker. "My
plan for 20 years has been to buy so
much space in a newspaper and I'LL
it up as | wanted. | would not give
an advertisement in a newspaper of
500 circulation for 5000 dodgers or
posters. II | wanted to sell cheap jew
elry or run gambling scheme /
might use posters; but would not
insult a decent reading public with
handbills. The class of people who
read them are too poor to look to
support in mercantile affairs. / deal
directly with the publisher. / say
to him.
q How long will you let me run a
column OF matter through your paper
for 800 or SCOOP as the case may be.
let him dothe figuring, and if / think
he is not trying to take more than
his share / give him the copy. | lay
aside the profits on particular line
of goods for advertising purposes.
cat first laid aside $4,000. Last
year l laid aside $4,000 / have
done better this year, and shall in
crease the sum as the profits warrant
it. l owe my success to newspapers,
and to them l freely give certain
profit of my yearly business. Wool
Reporter.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-12-08
A PARDON FOR REED.
He was Led into the Green Goods
scheme, but Repented and Turned
States Evidence.

CHARLESTON, w. VA, Dec. r.
Governor Atkinson has issued a par
don for Richard f. Reed, convicted
in the circuit court of Upshur county,
in October. 1896, and sentenced to
two years in the penitentiary. The
petition for the pardon of Reed is
signed by the Judge, prosecuting at
torney clerks of the circuit and coun-
ty courts, sheriff and ex-sheriff, and a
number of lawyers and clergymen.
1t is represented that Reed was led
into a green goods scheme and COM
mitted the offense through the infu-
ence of another against whom he
turned States evidence, securing his
conviction.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-12-08
POSTS NEW BOOK.
The Man of Last Resort Fascinating
One.

The second book from the pen of
M. d. Post, '92, has just been issued.
1t follows closely the lines laid down
in the first one THE strange schemes
of Randolph Mason and has the
same crafty lawyer for its master
spirit. The plan of the book is pc
culiar. 1t shows how loopholes may
be found in the law and
how criminals may escape the con
sequences of their misdeeds no mat
ter how clearly the case may be
proven on them Randolph Mason,
The Man of last Resort finds a way
to extricate them The weak places
in the law are pointed out and it is
shown how it may be eyaded. How
ever much we may doubt the wisdom
of this plan we shall find the book
intensely interesting and thrilling
Post is at his best in it and that is
saying much. He is remembered as
one of the most brilliant young men
who ever attended school here and
much local interest attaches itself
to his book on that account. He
was formerly a resident of Harrison
county but is located in Wheeling
now
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-12-08
CotilIion Club Officers.

AT meeting Of the West Virginia
University Cotillion club this after
noon the following officers were elected
for the winter: George L. Anderson,
president; w. G. Kilmer, vice presi-
dent and treasurer; A. N. Thompson,
secretary; Harry Eaton, manager.
Several were elected to membership.
The total membership is now forty
one.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-12-08
Great Event In Colored Society.

DR.. ALI Jackson will to night give
what is likely to prove the greatest
gastronomic event ever occurring in
the history of Morgantown. A big,
fat, juicy opossum which has been
hanging in Major Keener's shop
window for several days will be
served to a number of the 400.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-12-08
The NJ. p. Revival.

The revival services continue to
grow in interest at the M. p. church
There were four seekers last night and
several conversions was the result of
the meeting the night before. Meet
ings are now being held in the after
noonat three o'clock. Everyone is in
vited to attend.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-12-08
stockholders Meeting.

The stockholders of the Second Ma
tional Bank are in session for the pur-
pose of electing directors for the en-
suing year. What the result of meet
ing is had not been learned up to the
time we go to press. 1t will be given
to- morrow
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-12-08
Meeting Tonight.

4 meeting will be held in the Mac
cabee Hall tonight for the purpose Of
forming lodge of the Jr o. q. A. M.
Every one interested is requested to
be present.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-12-08

IT is said that the U. S. Leather
Go. has contracted for all the tan
bark on the half million acres of
land recently purchased by the Van
derbilt syndicate.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-12-08
Lee Cream To. Knight.

In addition to the other good
things to be served at Protzmans
oyster parlors this evening, ice cream
will be served, and it will be good, too.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-12-08

YESTERDAY this paper gave the
presidents message in full. That is
something never before attempted in
Morgantown.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-12-08

SANTA CLAUS is rapidly approach
ing the size when the President Of
the United States looks small be-
side him.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-13
CHINESE CORRUPTION.
Omcials Who Drown Thousands Of Pc

Omcials Who Drown Thousands of Peo.
plc for Personal Gains.
How much Occidental politicians
have yet to learn from the Chinese in,
the way Of official corruption is set.
forth by DR.. Sun Vat Sen in the Fort
nightly. Referring to the calamity Of
floods, he says: There is an official
known as the Hotaochun g-tu (yiceroys
OF course Of the river), with a large.
number Of subordinate officers, whose
special duty it is to preserve and keep
in order the banks of the river and
to guard against accidents, by seeeing
that the entertainments are adequate
and sound. These officials are, how
ever, practically without salary, and
nave purchased their positions at inn
mense cost. They must, therefore,
make money, and this they can do in
many many ways when an embankment
bursts and has to be reconstructed.
Thus it is their constant hope that
Hoods may come, and, far from taking
precautions to prevent these terrible
V1s1tatlons, which lay waste whole
provinces and cost thousands Of lives,
they actually take care to produce a
flood by artificial means if, for the de-
mands Of their ruthless cupidity, Ma
ture seems too dilatory in the matter.
When there is not enough rain to make
the river overflow its banks, tits quite
common for. men to be sent out to
damage the entertainments and SO
cause AN accident" This is a source
of profit in a variety of ways. First,
there is the pay received for repairing
the breach, then there is the profit OBJ
tanned by docking the wages of the
workmen employed and employing
fewer workmen than are supposed to
be paid, and yet another on the cost
Of materials, ETC.: then the lack Of food
consequent upon the destruction Of
fice-fields causes widespread distress,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-13
Postoface Nomenclature.

The postofice department has turned
West Ringe, N. H., into Westringe,
which leads a contemp to remark:
..Why not also Westnew'ton? And New
tonlowerfalls? And why not Eastcam-
bridge? And Southboston? The post
office photography is inconsistent. Else
where the desire to be consistent has
led the department into worse COM
binations than either of these. There
was a Fawcett Gap in Virginia, which
was straightway corrected at Washing
ton to Fawcettgap. Well and good !:
that looks distinguished. But it hap
pened that in North Carolina there was
a place called Roaring Gap; and Faw-
5cett Gap having become one word, the
department was at once forced to re-
christen the other place .Roaringgap,
though the change brought these two
g's into such absurd proximity 3 Ex-
change.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-13

smidable horns. The greater part of the
body is covered with matted brown
hair OF considerable length. In setting
out on this cold and lonely journey,
with no other companions than his
brother, his valet, and his guide, Mr..
Clifton tn roug hly realizes the dangers
and the hardships to which he, will be
subjected. He has been through both
before and they seem ITO have more
charm than terror for him. g Really,
you know f he said, laughingly, in his
sumptuous apartments, beans and ba-
con are not a half-bad diet for a healthy
Britisher, and when you're actually
hungry they're positively good On
his return to England-if he does re-
3turn-!T Abbot intends to write a book,
which will be illustrated with pictures
drawn by himself. Clifton's expert
ence in San Francisco is a thing never
to tbe forgotten either by him or by
anyone who happened to be in the city
at the time. He was conspicuous
figure there and tied fast his faith to
White Hat DAM McC arthy, the turf
man. It was an odd sight to see the
lanky Talbot and his little friend, the
top Of whose tall white beaver came
barely to the big Englishman's should
er, driving about in a blackboard wag-
on drawn by a little hunter which tried
to take every gate and fence toward
which the odd pair drove. One day
the little hunter naturally tried to take
a spiked gate while drawing. the buck
board and its ill-mated occupants. She
came down on the iron pickets and,
horribly torn, bled to death. This
stopped the Englishman from driving
hunters, before buckboards. At the
horse show Of 1895 he was as much
of interest as any one of the events on
the card, and visitors went as much
to see Lord" Talbot fall off his horse
as to see any of the other perform
ances. The big fellow thought he
could do the jumps on his horse, The
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-13
LOST CASE BUT WON HER
Carolina Lover Spells His Girps Dam.

Carolina Lover Spells His Girl's Dam.
age Suit. 81
While some of the mem ers of the
local bar were entertaining an attorney
from North Carolina he told me this
among a good many other professional
experiences, says the Detroit Free
Press. Though our mountain people
are not educated, no Yankee can beat
them in dicker or go after a dollar
with greater avidity. A rich young fell
low from our place went up among
them for a time to take on some health.
and while there paid more attention
than he really meant to one of the few
beauties that live there. She was a
creature OF magnificent proportions,
naturally brilliant, and as relentless of
purpose as any moonshiner that ever
Wentatter revenue officer. She sought
to recover $4,000 damages for breach
of promise, and had the young mans
case. On trial the girl made a star
witness. When asked her point blank
II he had ever proposed to her she re-
piled that he had not, in SO MANY
words, but his every action, look. even
his tones, was proposal She admit
ted that she had not gone into a decline
because of his Inconsistency, but graph
ically pictured months of agony, unre-
Quilted longing and wounded pride. II
looked bad for us. At this stage of the
case lank six-footer from the mount
aims came to me and whispered that he
wanted to be called as my first witness
He sternly declined to answer uues-
lions till on the stand, but reckoned
that his word was good and that he
would pull the young fellow through
All | ever asked him was his name and
you couldn't have stopped him with a
gun. He was the girls husband. He
had married her a week after the young
man left the mountains He had con-
sented to her bringing the suit in her
maiden name and saying nothing about
her being wife. But if it's So he
roared, that she's been a-mournin' an
a-pinin' an a-dyin' afteh this heah
dude critteh, I ask tn Govt fob a di-
voice. The girl rushed into his arms
She sobbed that she never loved an
other. The case was won for me but
the young man never goes to the
mountains or makes any miscellaneous
bestoWals of his affections
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-13
my head. again / saw him coming

my head again saw him coming Il
With coat on his arm.
or found it?''
Beg pardon, sir / got this from
| Mr.. Wilmot's servant; he had brought
two for his master, and he begs you c
accept this with his respectful compl-
ments'
From him, the hated rival! But was
it not better to accept this, humi]iating
| as it was. than to miss seeing Dora?
The coat was a tight fit. too, and
| would willingly have given up some
of the breadth of my shoulders to fee
more comfortable in it. After walking
around the room a couple of times te
get used to the borrowed coat 1 wen
down and saluted the hostess. The1
my eyes sought and found at the 9th.
er end of the room cloud of pink.
was making my way toward the wear.
er when slight noise arrested me-
rip-and suddenly my shoulders fell
more at ease and a GOODNESS fell or
my back. I managed to keep close tc
the wall, and succeeded after an in.
termlnable space of time and many
lodges to reach the conservatory. II
| was deserted, and sat down behind
| some palms, and felt considerably re
lieved to be alone and free to think g
way out of the difficulty. While thus
occupied thought I heard some soft
murmurs not unlike human voices, and
craning my neck I saw through the
palm leaves at a few steps from me q
cloud of pink, mans arm around it
a golden head on the mans shoulder
and heard long kiss which felt
must interrupt.
The rage of tiger seized me. Should
I spring forward and strangle him? OF
what use? She must love him, after
all. AS noiselessly as possible I beat
my retreat.
A few weeks later received a paper
addressed in the well-known handwrit-
ing Of the ex-Miss Dora. My head
swan as I opened it and saw the I'M
derlined notice: Married at St. Mar
tins church, -, George Wilmot. sec.
ond son, etc., and Lucy Thornton, OF
Christ church vicarage, Woring, Sus.
sex"
Lucy! Not Dora! In an hour was
at the Thorntons'. found Dora busy
addressing quantity of small paste
board boxes.
Dora said, entirely off my guard
"were you at the Sartoris?'
mo, was ill.," she replied.
And your sister,
"She was there. That was the night
which decided her fate" Her voice
trembled, her nervous fingers shook. as
she tried to tie the ribbons on the GOV.
er OF the box she was holding. 1t may
be that which gave me courage. Two
months later sent my esteemed broth.
er-1n-law a copy of the Times, with {
large blue line under marriage no.
tice. You may guess the names.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-13

peer Of England and hereditary earl
marshal and chief butler Of the king
dom, says the New York Journal,
Lord" Talbot, as he is called in the
four quarters of the globe, arrived here
on Monday and went:to a hotel, where
he remained until last night. Then
he left New York and proceeded on his
way to discover the north pole. With
nim were his brother Arthur and his
valet Belts. Clifton is closely con-
nected with half a dozen of the best
families of the English nobility and is
q very wealthy young man. He is
about 80 years of age, tall, slender and
ultra English in dress and manner. It
is said that at one time his income
amounted to something like million
a year, but that his debts became so
appalling that he signed over his prop
erty, or the most of it, to his creditors,
'eserving for his own use the modest
annuity Of $4,000. Talbot is, with all
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-13
THE BICYCLE GIRL OF 1897.

Lark, one Of his many purchases from
"White Hat" Dan. But almost nightly
he was flung over the head of the, balky
little mare and buried his aristocratic
nose in the tanbark. He was a mem
Der of the Burlingame country club
and established a gentlemans coach
ing line between San Francisco and
that place. Everything he did, al
though done in the most serious way,
was meant for the humorous writer's of
the San Francisco newspapers, who
treated him about as the metropolitan
press have regarded well, Oscar Wilde.
Clifton bears with him a letter of in
PRODUCTION from Lord Litchfeld, in
which that esteemed peer refers to the
cousin of the duke of Norfolk in glow
ing terms.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-13
Lord Ashburton and His Moth er.

{ John Dunning, the great lawyer,
who became the first Lord Ashburton,
began life with very little means. but
by dint Of hard work and his talents
he died worth f15O,0O0. When he grew
rich he gave a grand dinner ait his
house in North End, Fulham, in honor
of his mother. She did not, however,
like the entertainment, whose magnif-
cence seemed to her SO much wicked
waste Of money. tell you" she said,
while scolding her son, such goings-
on can come to no good, and you will
see the end of it before long. But
it won't be said that your mother en-
couraged such waste, for I mean to set
off By tomorrow mornings coach for
SDeyonshire.',' And start she did, in
spite Of all her son could say.