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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-03-13
BIG LAND DEAL.
Gen. J. A. HoIley Buys Big Tract 0i
Land Sold For Taxes In Lincoln County,

y. Hamlin, w. Va, February 27.-The
largest sale of land for taxes ever
known in southern Wese Virginia has
just been made here. The tract OF
land embraced 80, 500 acres, all of
which is in this Oincoln) county
The land was owned by eastern syndi-
Gates and was on the land books in
the name of the Trans Mountain Land
company. No taxes has been paid on
this tract since 1879, which had caused
an accumulation of taxes TO the
amount of sixty-four thousand dollars
against this property. This amount
of revenue not having been paid, had
caused quite deficit in the county
treasury. The suit to subject the land
for sale has been holly contested one
having been in the courts for about
ten years. The case went to the sup
RENE court Of the state, and many in
teresting and important questions
were decided, among which was the
constitutionality Of the law giving the
state the right to inforce a suit for
taxes in chancery. The land was bid
in at the sale by Adjutant General j.
A. Holley, for $50, 900. While it is
true that not more than half of the
taxes will be paid, still it is universally
believed that the sale will be confirm
ed, as those acquainted with the land
express themselves that the land is
not now worth more than this amount.
II the sale is confirmed the people are
to be congratulated that this suit has
been determined and the county will
be out of debt, have neat sum in the
treasury, and the big survey will no
longer be bone of contention and
nonrevenue paying property In the
county.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-03-13
A Rural Comedy

Miss Marie Baxter, who lives with
her father ON a farm about five
miles from a little town in Web ser
county adopted heroic measures t.
rid herself Of too-persistent sutton
one night last week.
Two years ago Miss Baxter met Geo.
Ralston, young farmer, at picnic.
He was smitten, and has ever since
been an ardent sutton for the hand OF
his inamorita.
Miss Marie liked George, but could
not think Of marrying him, and she
hardly knew what TODD to rid himself
of his wooing. She took the colored
servant girl into her confidence and
the two heads soon had plan OWNED
to accomplish the desired end.
Ralston called at the farm one night
and met with acordial reception.
Miss Baxter fairly bcamed on him and
he was in the height of blissful hopes.
He had just begun to press his suit
with renewed ardor when the colored
girl opened the parlor door and asked
for the use Of the lamp for few mo-
ments.
AS the lamp disappeared with the
girl Miss Baxter also retired, leaving
the signing swain all alone in the
dark with his thought.
Presently the door opened and only
person returned.
She stepped to Georges side, threw
her arms around his neck whispered
foundry.
'Do you truly love me?"
George was almost overcome. He
grasped the lovely figure in his strong,
manly arms, asked the maid to be his
wife, and was then and there accepted
He planted resounding smacks on the
willing lips and was in the seventh
heaven Of bliss when the door sudden
ly opened, the lamp flashed its bright
rays over the room, and Miss Marie in
mock horror, screamed at the sight of
the color9d servant in the arms Of her
adorable George. In just a minute
and quater George was skedaddling
down the road with his hat jammed
down to his ears and his hands thrust
into his overcoat pockets.
So far he has not returned, and the
object of his unlucky attentions is con-
graduating herself upon the success
of her scheme. Il Parkersburg Journal.
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On A Baltinere s Ohio Train--A Nan
Who Knew His Business.

Washington Star: 1.-THE quickest
marriage tie-up never heard off, re-
marked the charming and accomplish
ed New York drummer To- crowd OF
ordinary drummers, .stook place on a
Baltimore & Ohio train in the state OF
West Virginia about three years ago,
and l was witness to it. l was
coming through from the west, and
somewhere in the neighborhood of
Deer Park very comedy and whole
looking mountain woman got a.
board. She was should judge, about
forty years old, and had every appear
ance of thrift and widowhood in long
established condition. She had with
her a boy of about fourteen, who
was her son. She was garrulous and
friendly, as some women sometimes
are, and it wasn't long until she was
asking me all manner of questions.
She was talking along at forty miles
an hour, and at one of tho stations
about twenty miles west of Cumber-
land, a man who would have been con-
sidered an excellent match for the
woman, came in and sat down across
the aisle from the lady and myself. /
thought at first he was going to min
gle in the conversation, but he did
not, though he listened to the woman
as il she were an angel speaking out of
the clouds.
Naturally the woman dosen't live
who could stand that sort of silent
alteration business, and it wasn't long
until she was really talking across the
aisle to the new conner, though she was
apparently still talking to me Just
as the whistle sounded for Cumber-
land the man arose and came over to
us, stopping with his hands resting on
the back of the seat the woman occu-
pied and on the back of mine.
"Excuse me, ma'am, he said, loudly
enough to be heard above the noise OF
the train, SO there might be no mis-
take, but what might your name be?'
'"Well, she responded pertly and
with a blush of some inner conscious
ness of what was in the mind of the
man, 1T might be the same as your'n
/ reckon, but / s'pose it amt
"Why amt it?' he inquired nervous
ly,
sit was the oldest performance had
ever witnessed, and the dead earnest
ness Of the voices and manner Of both
the strangers impressed me so that /
turned full around to hear what the
woman would reply to this apparently
Irrelevant, not to say silly question,
'Indeed, Tam sure / don't know, .
she said, looking him square in the
eyes, but / reckon IL amt, cause you
never asked me to-.
'Thereupon he asked her to, plump,
and without any circumlocution, and
she accepted him, even before she knew
what her name was to be and before
he knew what name she was giving up
for his. Before the preliminaries were
concluded the train had stopped at the
station, and with a short good bye
to me they hurried away up in town
to find preacher TO tie the knot thus
strangely and quickly tangled on the
train.n
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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-03-13
ALARGE LAND DEAL.
Capitalists Buy those Coal Lands in
West Virginia.

Shelton L. Regar, a well known
real estate dealer and promoter of
Elkins, w. Va, is a guest at the
Central hotel, having returned from
Buffalo, where he arranged the sale
of large tract of coal and lumber
lands in West Virginia to Western
New York capitalists. Mr.. Regar
has been connected in this capacity
as agent with several large sales of
West Virginia coal and timber lands,
and at present is engaged in com
plotting the sale of another large
tract to Pittsburg capitalists. The
sale arranged in Buffalo by Mr.. Re-
gar consists of tract of land cover
ing 10000 acres in Randolph county,
West Virginia, for 100000, and it
only remains for the owners of the
land, who compose syndicate To-
Gated in Washington, d. c., to agree
to the terms of payment proposed to
complete the deal. The Randolph
county coal, according to an assay,
which Mr.. Regar has made, shows a
result of rs per cent carbon and 90
per cent volatile, as against 66 per
cent carbon and 81 per cent volatile
shown by Western Pennsylvania
coal. The land is also covered with
thick growth of fine timber said to
be exceedingly valuable.
The land which Mr.. Regar is pre-
pairing to sell to syndicate in this
city consists of $4,000 acres of land
lying in Pocahontas county, West
Virginia. The land is not situated
near any railroad, but branch will
be constructed shortly after the sale
is made and the property opened up.
The tract is covered with a thick
growth of fine ash and oak timber,
which it is estimated will cut at the
rate of $40 per acre. The coal de-
posits are also exceedingly valuable,
the whole tract being traversed by
veins from to IA feet in depth. Mr..
Regar said this morning that he
hoped to complete the sale by the
latter part of next week, as all the
preliminary arrangements have been
completed.-Pittsburg Leader.
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Lands in Central Wisconsin

Are now as desirable as any in the
market. The lands particularly in
the central and northern part of Wis
consin, are being rapidly taken up by
actual settlers.
The most salable are the timber and
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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-03-13
GROWERS LAST.
He Issues Proclamation Calling the
Senate in Extraordinary Session.

Washington, February 27.-Follow
ing the custom which has prevailed
many years, President Cleveland is
sued the followining proclamation so
as TO enable the senate to continue in
session after the expiration of the
terms of thirty of its present members
atnoon on the 4th OF March next and
(after the qualification of the new and
reelected senators)to participate In the
Inauguration of the new president Of
the United States and to confirm his
cabinet:
By the President of the United States
Of America.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, Public interests require
that the senate should be convened at
IL O'Clock on the fourth day of March
next, to receive such communication
as may be made by the executive.
Now, therefore, / Grover Cleveland,
president of the United States OF
America, do hereby proclaim and de-
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requires the senate of the United
States to convene at the capitol in the
city of Washington on the fourth day
of March next at ~ O'Clock, noon, Of
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hundred and ninety-seven, and of the
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Atkinson's Appointments.

Governor Atkinson has announced
the following appointments:
Secretary of State, W. M. 0. Daw-
son, of Preston county.
State Librarian, Guy T. Scott, OF
Wheeling.
Board of Weston Insane Asylum:
Jacob S. Hyer, of Braxton; Leroy Shaw,
Of Preston; Alex. McVeigh Miller, of
Greenbrier; John b. Floyd, of Kama
wha; Joseph Keiser Of Wood, Hugh
Sterling, Of Wheeling; o. W. O.Hard-
man, of Tyler, Braxton d. Gibson, of
Jefferson. Messrs. Kellar and Gibson,
are Democrats. The other Democrat
is yet to be named.
The Penitentiary Board is composed
as follows: M. X. Wolf, of Wheeling;
John A. Boyd, Of Marshall; J. w. Gil
keson, Of Hardy; A. G. Schur, OF
Grant; L. E. Houston, of Mcdowell
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-03-13

No UP-To-DATE merchant will allow
odds to accumulate in his stock-he
cannot afford to do so; better sell
them at one-third their price. That
is what Hirschmans are doing with
all odds and ends. They must be
sold and prices have been cut so deer
that all who see them buy.
FLORIDA and California Oranges at
MADEIRA Bros.
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DR.. Sadler in Florida Until March 5th.

The doctor takes his vacation in
what he considers the worst season OF
the year, and consequently the least
Inconvenience as to his patients. He
will put in his time at Mt. Dora, Fla,
where he has some 45 acres of orange
grove, and where his family resides
most Of the year on account of the
much better health Mrs. Sadler enjoys
there. That section is the highest
in the state, very rolling, timbered
with long leaf pine, interspersed with
palmetto and deciduous trees in ra-
vines and along creeks and around
springs and lakes. Lakes with clear.
sandy bottoms and pure water, and so
thickly interspersed as to give the
name-Lake county. The doctor would
be living there now were it not 'stoo
healthy" for his business. When you
want to visit Florida don't forget
Lake county. When your eyes and
ears remind you of DR.. Sadler, remem-
Der his return, March 9Th.
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It is Thought by Many

when the Creator said to woman
ain sorrow shalt thou bring forth
Children" that curse was pro-
nounced. but the JOY felt by every
Mother when she first presses to
her heart her babe, proves the
contrary.
Danger and suffering Turk In
the pathway Of the Expectant
Mother, and should be avoided,
that she may reach the hour
when the hope of her heart Is to
be realized. in full vigor and
strength.
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Letters from Farmers

In South and North Dakota, rela-
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