Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-12-24
THE DAILY NEW DOMINION
MoRGANTowN. DECEMBER "a. 1887
OFFICE hours 3 " to1av.1t

1foWn and bridge work a speciality.
DR.. w. E. STEWART, Dentist. First
class, latest dentistry in all its branches
BEST sugar cured hams In town at
nine cents per pound at J. Leonard
Smiths, Main St.
The Acme people sold over thirty
pounds of fine box candy yesterday.
THE shoppers are on the last lap.
SOME ice is being cut by the
weather
THE mud on the crossings has tenn
porarily subsidized.
If there isn't any Santa Claus
what is the use of raising all this
fuss?
THE weather man. has certainly
done his part toward making this
successful Christmas.
THE new gas light in front of the
Union improvement company's Office
is about the warmest thing that ever
came down the pike.
A NEW gas light has been put in
near Marshall McCoy's on the west
side. 1T is a great convenience to the
people of that vicinity.
CIDER MEEKs had the first sleigh OF
the season out last night with lot
of young people in it. They were
having an immense time.
Is THERE anything about any part
of the towns government which you
think should be bettered? If so. tell
the committee
HE thermometer stood at eight
degrees above zero this morning.
This is the lowest point which has
been reached this winter
HUNDREDS of holiday books have
been sold at theAcmebut the depleted
stock has been replenished with 9th
er hundreds equally as good or bet
ter.
AS THIS is the time of year that
railroad passes are renewed it is
quite likely that Hon. c. P. Dorr
will ask for one which cannot be
used by friend.
WHAT to give is an important
question just now. Why not solve
it by deciding to send this paper to
some one for a year No better or
more appropriate gift can be found.
ALL bills with the DAILY New
DOMINION are always due and are
payable weekly. Subscriptions are
in advance An order either for
subscription or advertising is paya-
BILE on sight
If the balance of the jails in this
state were as attractive as the one
we have in this city there would be
no long accounts of jail breaking to
chronicle. We cant chase the pris-
oners out of the local jail.
THERE is to be- game of foot ball
in Wheeling tomorrow between the
remnants of the W. & j. team and
the Wheeling athletic team. Sever
al of the W. V. U. boys will appear
in the line up of the latter team.
Among them Krebs and Yost. The
result of the game will be watched
with interest by the local cranks.
THERE has been twice the amount
of fine candy sold here this year for
Christmas that there ever was before
in the memory of the oldest merchant
A great amount of the sales were Of
the very finest, costing nearly dollar
a pound. One firm alone, of single
kind, sold one hundred and fifty
pounds. Several merchants have
said that they do not think it would
be far wrong to say that thousand.
dollars was spent for sweets in Nor
gantown this week
HE young idea has begun very
bad practice again. They ale max
ing the streets dangerous to walk
upon by running their sleds upon
them. 1t is contrary to the town
ordinances to ride bicycles on the
pavements and the ordinance is a
good one. Bicycles do not make
the walks so slippery that one can
scarcely stand upon them as sleds
do. The sleds are an unmitigated
nuisance and the police should see
that they are kept off the side walks.
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