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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-18
BIG OIL SUIT.
South Penn Oil Co. VS.. Courtney,
Lowry and McDermott.
Submitted to the Supreme Court-30,-
900 Barrels Of Oil and 5 Wells In
yolyed-To be Decided in November
History OF the Case.


History Of the Case.
Hon. Frank Cox while at Charles
Town represented Courtney, Lowrie &
McDermott in big oil case which
was submitted to the Supreme Court.
The South Penn Oil Company are the
plaintiffs. The amount involved is
80, 600 barrels of oil and territory
having on it five producing oil wells.
The case is before the supreme court
for the second time. The first time
an injunction had been granted the
South Penn preventing the local gen.
tlemen from drilling on the lease. The
court promptly dissolved the injunc.
tion. This suit is sor possession Of
the oil. The land is situated in Tyler
county and the case has been carried
up from there. Courtney, Lowrie &
McDermott have been successful al
evey step in the trial so far and will
more than likely win this suit. II
will be decided in November.
The South Penn claims the oil I'M
der lease given by committee fol
the owner. The owner was an
insane woman. This lease was no
authorized by the court of equity
The defendants claim it on deet
which has been granted TO them b,
the court. Much attention in oil cir
Giles has been attracted by this cas-
for the amount involved and the point
to be decided. The local men hav
had the best of the suit up TO tn
present and expect TO continne to d.
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KEcK AND COUNTY COURT
viii Provide for treatment for the Lit.
tie johnson Girl--Shc Has Prolapsus
of the Eye--wilI be treated at Cost--
County pays $25 and Mr.. l.. V. Keck
provides the Balance.

OF the Eye--Wili be treated at COst--
County pays $25 and Mr. l.. V. Keck
provides the Balance.
The county court this morning
took action on peculiarly distress
ing case. The case is the one Of
the little daughter of Allen john
son, up Deckers Creek.
She is between six and seven years
old and is very interesting child.
She is suffering from prolapus of the
eye lid The muscle in the eye lid
is unequal to the task of holding
the lid up and hangs down three
quarters of an inch below its nor
NAL position making her completely
blind in the eye The sight of the
eye is all right and il the lid were
raised it would restore her full pow
Ell of vision.
This morning the county court
through representations made by
Mr.. l.. V. Keck agreed TO give $25
towards paying the expenses of
treatment.
Mr.. Keck is to raise the remain
der of the sum. DIR. C. p. Seip,
of Pittsburg, has agreed to treat the
child at cost and she will be sent to
the Homeopathic Hospital in that
city as soon as she can be gotten
ready.
The course of treatment is a very
tedious one. Several successive graft
ings will have to be made. Each time
an incision is made in the lid and a
portion of the superfluous flesh is
removed. This must be allowed to
heal before another operation can
be performed, Consequently the pro-
cess is very costly one. Last year
in asking the court to pay for it.,
DR.. Hartigan stated that $3.50 would
be required 1t may not take this
much through the kindness of DR..
Seip.
The injury is thought to grow out
of the child's eye being struck
against the side of the cradle when
she was being rocked while still an
infant We hope that the treatment
may prove efiicacious. At the same
time Mr.. Keck should not be allow.
ed TO pay the balance out of his own
pocket and the charitably disposed
people of the town owe it to him to
provide large part of the money.
1t is case in every way deserving
and should receive generous treat
ment at the hands of the public.
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Resolutions of Respect.

To the officers and members OF Morgan
town Tent, No. 8, X. 0. T. NJ.
SIRs AND BROTHERS.
We, your committee, appointed to
draft resolutions of coincidence and re-
spect to the memory OF our deceased
brother, Jas. W. Teter, respectfully re-
port the following preamble and resolu-
tons:
WHEREAS, Our deceased brother was
worthy, noble, upright and conscien-
tious member, just in his dealings with
all men, earnest and true, and exerted
much influence by his conduct. exalting
it in the estimation of all who knew him
in life. Therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That in the death of Broth
er James w. Teter, this lodge has lost a
faithful member, his wife and children
have lost a good, faithful, Christian
husband and father
RESOLVED, That we bow in humble
submission to the will of an all-wise
God in the removal of Brother Teter
from among us.
Resolved, That the sympathy of this
lodge be and is hereby extended to his
sorrowing wife and fatherless children,
all OF which is fraternally submitted by
your committee.
n n. k M; Ds,''' Committee.
NJ. A. MILLER,
Morgantown, Sept. z, '97.
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THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Finish their Work and Adjourn
Saturday.


Fred W. Sanders, Pm. D., Of Chicago.
Elected to Fill the Vacancy Left BY
Outright. w. White, ABB, Of Wis
consin, Elected Professor Of EIocu-
ton Mrs. Eva Hubbard, OF Wheel
ing, Instructor Of Drawing and Paint
ing - Prof. Hodges Duties Defined
Large Amount Of Business Trans
acted.
The Executive Committee finished
its work Saturday and adjourned.
Some very important elections were
made. A lot of routine business
was disposed of.
They appropriated $175 to buy a
piano and to pay for music for the
gymnasium for one year. DIR. Har-
tigan is to arrange for this.
The plans for heating the new
wing were changed. A boiler had
been contemplated having forty
horsepower capacity. The engine
is to be 10 horse power capacity and
it is to heat the new wing and half
the old building. When the second
wing is built another similar engine
will be put in. McGinnis, Smith d
Co., of Pittsburg, are to furnish
them.
| The director of the station was
given permission to fill the place
left vacant by the resignation of
James w. johnson. The salary is
to be $780,
Mrs. Eva Hubbard was appointed
instructor in Drawing and Painting.
Such fees as the President may APP
prove are to be collected from stud
ents from this Department.
Frederick w. Sanders, Phi. D.,
was elected to fill the position left
vacant by Prof. w. B. Outright
resignation. His title is Assistant
Professor in Pedagogy and instruct
or in preparatory department." sal
airy, $500.
The powers of Prof. Thos. +
Hodges were defined He is direct
or Of field athletics and his acts are
subject to approval of the President
J. W.White, of White Lake, Wis.
was elected instructor in rhetoric
and professor of elecution. Salary
| $3.50 and such fees as the Presiden
may approve. Prof. White is an A
b. from Chicago. He studied elocu
ton under DR.. Clark, of Chicago
of the most noted elocutionists il
the country and is highly recon
mended by him.
| Ordered that no professional tex
books be issued to cadets. Thi
comprises law books. System o
correspondence recommended by tn,
faculty approved. This is sort o
University extension.
The chair Of History had $500 givei
it to purchase maps and other neces
rary material. This is Prof. Fast
chair.
Mr.. G. II. II. Kunst's appointment
as clerk of the Experiment station wa
confirmed.
Miss Whitescarver had been chosel
as assistant to Prof. Willis by
committee consisting Of Rev. Ray
mond, Hon. George G. and Prof. vii
lis, confirmed, $500 salary.
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The McRee Reunion.

RIDGEDALE, Sep. l4.-According to
previous arrangement the connections
Of the famous McBee family met in re-
union ON Saturday to renew their friend
ships and to clasp hands once more.
The McBee family is one OF the Oldest
in Clinton district, having come from
Maryland in 1875. Then it only consist
ed OF a half dozen members, now there
is host OF connections although the
older generation have gone to their re-
ward.
There was gathered large crowd of
the family to pay their respects to the
race. There were no addresses, on ac-
count of the failure OF the speakers to
reach there. Prof. p. G. McBee and
Mr.. Charles Goodwin were invited but
failed to attend.
Those present filled up the time look
ing over the graves OF loved ones who
had preceded them to their long homes
but few years, as there were present
those who have lived out their three
score and ten years and are waiting for
the time when as sheafof golden grain
they shall be gathered home.
At nom there was spread dinner
that will long be remembered. At $3.50
they were all called together and when
seated Mrs. Ed. Brown and daughter
sang two lovely songs. Then T. II. Nc
Bee read the 25th Psalm and led in
prayer. AS usual Hall was filled with
that inspiring spirit which enabled him
to speak without fear and his prayer
was full OF comfort. After this the
crowd sang "God be with you till we
meet again. and adjourned to meet
next year when we trust all the connec-
tions all over the State will be present
to help enjoy day that will never be
forgotten by any that may be present
and that it will be day that we may
all see recorded in heaven. Below are
the names of the company present:
Florence DeMoss, Bertha DeMess,
Bette Price, Fannie Price, Addie Dix.
on, Annie Keck, Dora linn, Sarah f..
Brown, Sarah Brown, Mary b. Brown,
Lille Ross, Martha Ross, Mary Prick
ct, Gemima Martin, Permelia MeBee,
Mary +. McBee, Mollie Price, Alice Nc
Bee, Mary Jacobs, Mary Steele, Jennie
McBee, Erma McBee, Erma Jolliffe,
Jane Jolliffe, Nancy Crago, Goldie Nc
Bee, MIS-. ]. s. Watson, Mrs. o. p. Jol-
life, Thomas Steele, Jacob Jacobs,
Hall McBee, Samuel Frederick, Chas.
McBee, Samuel McBee, Thomas McBee,
H. McBee, Allen Price, Alva McBee,
Fleming Price, Chas. linn, Willie Price,
Grant Steele. Marshal Price, Lloyd Nc
Bee, Walter Price, Sanford McBee,
Lewis Clark, John l.. Brown, r.. w.
Prickett, Edison Brown, Cornelius Mar
tin, Lesse Brown, Lawrence Brown,
Clyde Brown, Nell Jolliffe, John Crago,
Clearance Jolliffe, Russell Jolliffe, Keck
Tarleton, Fleming Brown, U. s. Brown,
Chas. s. Price, Daniel Jackson, Zadoc
McBee, Walter Il. Crago, Frank Ian
ham, Bruce Ross, o. P. Jolliffe, Jerome
Holland, Charley Holt.
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Government by Injunction.
West Virginia Bar

The pending strike among the
coal miners has renewed the cutlery,
so yociferously made in the last cam
paign, against what is called govern
ment by Injunction. The term is
quite inaccurate, and is the off
spring begotten by slovenly mode
of thought out of dam Of vicious
enmity to law and order. The phrase,
however is catchy one, and is Of
ten used by those who really do not
know what it means, and who, so
far as they are themselves concerned
mean in general that they are not
entirely satisfied with the way things
are going.
In the instances which are com
planned of, the Injunctions were
merely prohibitory and in restraint
of threatening action. There was
taken by the courts or imposed upon
the parties no positive or affirmative
action, such as is implied by the
phrase itself and by the manner Of
its use.
The truth is, the dilema has been
presented, and we must take one
horn or the other OF it. We must
either have government by Injunc-
ton or government by mobs. What
the courts have prevented by their
Iniunctions have been acts upon the
part of organized and combined
bodies Of men which had for their
avowed object an interference with
the manifest rights of other men to
labor in peace and without molesta-
ton. The effort TO clothe intimida-
tion in the garb of lawfulness is an
idle one. The constitutional right
to assemble together and, in the ex-
ercise of free speech, to discuss and
protest against grievances, are rights
which are dear to every patriotic
heart. But what earicatures are
presented to us by those who de-
nounce government by Injunction.
We cannot recognize the exercise of
any such rights when we see, march
ing back and forth along public
road in front of an entrance to a
mine, crowd of men whose only
reason for being there is that they
may make it obnoxious for the men
who wish to go to work to enter the
mine. They do not content them
selves with inviting these miners t.
come to a public meeting and listen
to their arguments, but they thrust
themselves upon unwilling listeners
force argument down reluctant
threats, and compel those who arc
unconvinced to seem to be convinced
or to run the gauntlet of contumely
jeers and opprobrium.
There is much in the position oil
the present strikers viii b commendS
it to the sympathies of the people
A great part of the movements Of
the strike have been carried on will
due regard to law and order These
movements have been unmolested by
the courts, and have been watched
by right thinking people with inter
est and approval. But when Tho
strikers step beyond the law they
leave the sympathies of the com
munity behind them. The question
changes. 1t ceases to be question
whether the men are oppressed by
their employers, or are paid INSULT
cient wages, and becomes a ques
ton of immediate interest to every
citizen, whether the law is to be en-
forced and preserved, or is to b,
trampled on and destroyed
AS between government by Injunc
ton and government by mob, let III
have government by Injunction.
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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

Notice Is hereby given that the under
signed, either in person or by deputy,
will be at the following named places
on the following dates respectively for
the purpose of receiving taxes due from
the people residing or paying taxes in
Monongalia county, for the year 1897,
as follows, to-wit:
MORGAN DISTRICT.
At Court House, Oct. 20.
At South MorgaDtown, Oct. 90
AT Dellslow, Oct. %.
CLINTON DISTRICT
At Hallecd, Oct, z.
AT Shutdown, Oct. 81.
AT Bixler's, Oct. s.
UNION DISTRICT.
At Laurel Iron Works, Oct, Ia.
AT Stewartstown, Oct. q.
AT Easton, Oct. 10.
cAss DISTRICT.
AT Dunkaid Ridge, Oct. z.
All Cassville, Oct. 8.
At Vaudeville, Oct. 6.
GRANT DISTRICT.
At Arnettsville, Oct. z.
AT Laurel Point, Oct. 8.
At Morgantown, Oct. %.
CLAY DISTRICT.
At hometown, Oct. z.
AT McCurdysville, Oct. 8.
At Mooresville, Oct. ~.
BATTELLE DISTRICT.
At Wadestown, Oct. 20.
At Cross Roads, Oct rs.
AT Wise, Oct. "a.
A discount of TWO and 0NE-HALF
PER CENT. will be allowed to all sucl
persons as shall pay all their taxes ON o.
before the last day Of October of sale
year, and not otherwise.
NJ. S. GARRISON, s. M. G.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-18
B. & o. win Check BicyIes.

The announcement is made by Mr.
d. b. Martin, manager of passenger
traffic 81 the Baltimore Il Ohio Rail
road, that bicycles, tricycles, tan
dems and baby carriages will be
carried free to all stations on the
Baltimore & Ohio and to points on
a number of connecting lines. For
nearly ten years the Baltimore 4
Ohio has been carrying bicycles
free and was pioneer in this direc-
ton. Checks, however, were not
given, and it was necessary fol
owners of wheels to look after them
Now they will be cared for by the
baggage department and the owners
receive checks for them. This ar.
rangement went into elect on Sep.
TENDER LIST, and IL valuable concesI
sion to wheelmen, owing to the OK
tcnsivc territory covered by thu
Baltimore s Ohio system and itl
connections.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-18
ne Is A WEST YIRGiNIAN.
The Tall Man with the" arkest Amer
lea" is Mason County Boy.

The tall young fellow with the
Darkest America troupe attracted
much attention. He is only nineteen
years OF age and is seven feet three
and one-half inches tall. He has
grown thirteen inches during the
year.
He is a West Virginian by birth
and to Mason county belongs the
honor of having produced the tallest
man in the State His name is
Madison johnson. From this rapid
rate of growth mother nature evil
IDENTIFY don't think that she can
have " too much Johnson"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-18
weather is Awful,

The past few days have been very
hot but to-day is record breaker in
that respect. The mercury at two
o'clock stood at 90 in the shade. No
cooler weather is promised by the
weather bureau. We hope it will
soon.
The children in the Municipal Hall
have suffered greatly from the heat,
probably more than any other class
of our citizens. So far no prostra-
tions have occurred.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-18

DR.. Andrews has decided not to
withdraw his resignation from the
Presidency of Brown University. 1t
is thought he will take charge of
the Cosmopolitan University scheme
that is being inaugurated by John
Brisben Walker. The latter gentle
man was formerly resident of this
state.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-18
Hudson and Blaine Race.

Sunday afternoon the Nellie Hud-
son and James G. Blaine had race
few miles above Brownsville. The
contest which was a very exciting
one resulting in the success Of the
former boat. At the start of the
race the Blaine took the lead but
the Hudson soon got steam up and
passed to the front. The race was
kept up for some miles.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-18
MORGAN DIsTRICT.

MORGAN DISTRICT.
Oak Grove cemetery to N. II. Nc
George, north half OF lot No. 1877, $37.
Franklin Edgar Trowbridge to Jane
A. Nicholson, 16 acres and 1915 acres
Bennett and Mellon land, love and at
lection and 500.
j. w. Wiles and wife to w. +. Fred
erick, lot 5 block F in Sunnyside, 500
Joseph Allender and wife to Mary G
Freeland lot IL, Hoffman's Sec. Add.
$115.
Robert Gamble and wife to Frank
Snyder d acre, $40.
j. w. Wiles and wife to ]. j. Brand,
lot s, block G, Sunnyside, $135.
Clarissa P. Gidley and husband, lo'
35, Posten's ad. 1915.
F. A. Gidley ct al to Albert D. Smith
q acre, 5000.
GRANT DISTRICT.
George G. Sturgiss com'r to Eugenius
Snider, 1919 acres, $3239.40.
CAss DISTRICT.
John Goodrich and wife to e. w Good.
rich 80 acres and SO poles, Sl335.75.
CLAY DISTRICT.
s. III. Heedlee ct al to Sue Myers, loi
$40 in Blacksmith, 500.
BATTELLE DISTRICT.
T. G. Gallagher to VIM. G. Gallagher
40 acres, Delaney land, $500.
N. B. Evans to w. T. Barr and J. w
p. Jarvis, acres, $2l0
J. w. Jarvis to L. j. Tough, sames90
w. 7. Barr and wife to same 2-9th
acres, sos.
Charles w Edwards and wife to Alon.
20 D. Edwards, GA acres, $500.
Casandra Edwards to same, two lots
in Wadestown $3.50.
Peter Gump ct al to Henry Gump Ell
al, 201a acres, $500.
UNION DISTRICT.
Mt. Union Cemetery to Robt Hamil.
ton, south half of lot 10, $40.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-18

Probably no other single agency
has done so much to build up the
University as the press Of the state.
And this has been free will Offer
ing, all Of it gratuitously and with
little thanks. In fact the growth of
Morgantown is largely due to the
work of it's newspapers. There is
hardly limit to the good strong
and carefully edited newspapers
can do community.
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MERCHANT OF VENICE.
James Young will Appear Here Next
Friday.

Manager Somehow this morning
received letter from the manager of
the great tragedian, James Young,
stating that the play to be given here
next Friday night would be the "Mer-
chant of Venice" This play has not
been given in Morgantown by first
class actor and the play going public
will be delighted to hear that he will
give it on his visit here. There is nc
question about his ability and the
merits of the play itself are too well
known to need mention. The house
should be crowded to hear him.
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The KIondyke country and Colorado.

Are now the principal gold mining
fields In the world. We can give you
information about both, / but as
as the klondyke Country will be i'm.
penetrable until next summer, why
not go to Colorado this fall and look
over the golden opportunities OF that
State. 1t is cheaper and easier to &c
to Colorado, and we will venture dol.
lars to doughnuts that more net mon.
cy can de made in Colorado in twelve
months, with less capital, than in the
outskirts of the Arctic Circle during
the same period, at forty times the
expense. Ask the nearest agent
tor the price OF tickets to Denver,
Leadyille or Cripple Creek, and tell
him to send you via Chicago and
Omaha over the Chicago, Milwaukee
q st Paul R'y IN tho through sleeping
car from Chicago to Denver. For fur
Their information, address Jno r. Pott
District Passenger Agent, 400 vii.
In Street, Wllllamsport. ~. Is
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CHEAT CANON CLUB
To Open October IA Uuder the Hunters
Moon-30O Persons to be Present.
Supper to Members-Recepti0u to
Guests-Refreshmen and Dancing.

i
Supper to Members-ReceptiOu to
Observation-Disclosures and Dancing.
The committee in charge of the
opening of the Cheat Canon Club
held meeting last night in the of
fee of the Union Improvement Co
An executive committee of Mr.. f.
M. Grant, Mrs. H. L. Google and
Mrs. w. S. Aldrich were appointed
This committee have sole charge Of
the furnishing of the house through.
out, engaging of music for the open
ing night which will be on Thurs.
day, October IA. 1t was decided
that the members of the club should
furnish refreshments and the Con.
nellsville Orchestra would furnish
the music. This subcommittee
which is in session as we go to press
will report to the general committee
tomorrow night.
The general committee is com
posed of Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Aldrich,
Mrs. Steele, Mrs. Google, Mrs. Ban
mister, Misses Cora Donley and
Louise Huston.
Each member will name four
guests. These will be invited by
the club and with members of the
club and their families will make
from 300 to $50 who will be present
All liyeries Of the town have
agreed to make a round trip rate fol
this occasion for fifty cents.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-18

The papers are full of recipes for
eating watermelon, but none of them
improves On the old way of taking a
quarter of the melon and sousing
your face into it up to the hilt. 1t
is not good table manners, and it
does not look pretty, but the results
as to taste and general satisfaction
cannot be surpassed.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-18

The Buckhannon Delta came out
last Saturday with an eight column
page of commissioners sales and
similar notices. The debtor class of
upshur county must feel that pros
perity has hit them hard.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-18

1t is down in Alabama, where
razors, pistols and knives figure in
the game, that base ball is an excit-
ing sport. The score in recent
game was two killed, one fatally in
jured and two seriously hurt.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-18

A young New York woman has
sued young man for breach OF
promise. She only asks for $4,000,
but as he had already given her
$4,000 in presents, she did not
want to appear hoggish.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-18
HAVE AGREED.
The Town Councils get Together


Each will do its Share Towards Building
the urbannah Bridge. 1.-The Bridge
is a sure go. Nothing now in the
way.
The part of the contract to be per-
formed by the two towns on the new
Durbannah Bridge will be done. The
Morgantown Council has agreed to do
their share of the work as soon as 1t
may be necessary. The South Nor
gantown Council has agreed to act in
harmony with the body on this side
Of the creek. So the work will be
done.
OF course there never was any
danger but what it would Ea done but
there was this technicality to 70
through with. A private suhscrip-
tlon would have been raised in few
hours to do it II the city dads had
not seen 1T to do it, what their action
would be was known In advance.
The bridge will be b.i5t, that is the
main thing
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-18

The banks in the wheat belt of
Kansas have announced that they
will keep open until nine o'clock
evenings to receive deposits from
farmers as they sell their wheat.