The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-06-08

the university Is well u1QeT way anu
it viii be carried on as fast as eircum.
stances will admit.
THE military band for the first
West Virginia regiment will be or
ganized in few days. There will be
thirty pieces and Walter A. Mestrezat
of this place is to be director.
| CHARLES j. GoFF, of Clarksburg,
brother Of Judge Nathan Goff, is said
to be slated for appointment by the
President as assistant quartermaster
in the army, with the rank OF cap
| tain.
THE Italian grey hound which was
the property of Mrs. J. r. Miller has
been killed with chloroform, as he was
sick and could not possibly recover.
The animal was valuable one and
the owner regretted the necessity
with demanded its death.
GEORGE c. STURGIss, district at
torney under Harrison, has made for
NAL announcement of his candidacy
for congress in the second district.
He would make respectable candi-
date, but that kind evidently is not
wanted. Dayton will be renominated.
Charleston Gazette.
DENNIS CLARK has been given
twenty days on bread and water by
the mayor and he regards the term
of imprisonmet not as the huge joke
it has formerly been to him. With
few lessons of this kind he will be
ready to forego the pleasure usually
associated with a stay in jail
Col. GILMORE has begun the grad
ing for the new four story building on
Peasants street, across from this Of
fee. The building will not be COM
menced for some time but it was
thought best to get ready so that
when it was decided to begin there
should be no reason for delay on ac-
count of preliminaries.
The Admiral Dewey" which is a
new boat which will belong to the
Mason line of steamers was launched
at Brownsville to day. She will
when finished make two trips daily
between Brownsville and Charleroi.
She was built by the Axtons who
are doing lots OF boat building this
| season.
LINDSAY & GRANT are engaged
this week in putting down stone side
walks in front of the property of f.
d. Basnett, II. r. and f. E. Furbee,
First National Bank and Hotel Bart
lett. The stone used is what is known
as the Cleveland stone and appears to
be first class in every respect. The
side walks will present a very hand
some appearance when completed.
Warrington Advocate.
A TELEPHONE message from Fair
mont is to the effect that the effort to
raise company to go into the new
regiment from this state is not meet
ing with much success up there. The
people are sore because the local COM
pany which was already there was ig-
nored in the call and man was di-
rected to raise new company. Con-
sequently they have for the most part
refused to join.
| hEN. HOMAo w VI
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, will sue
coed Rev. James Sheerin as warden of
the Episcopal Hail. Mr. Winecofl
will arrive here about July 1st. He
has done similar work in North Car
DINA with great success. Mr.. Sheerin
will leave here about June Is and will
probably spend the summer at some
of the Atlantic costs resorts. He
leaves here with the respect and good
wishes of nearly all our people.
M. S. CoRNwELL, at one time edl-
tor of the Elkins Inter Mountain, is
dead. He had been sick for long
time and had gone west for the ben
eft of his health and came home a
few months ago to die at home, it be-
ing seen clearly that his Illness woul
terminate in death. He was a poet
of considerable ability. He was well
known to the press of the state, all Of
whom share the sorrow of the be-
reaved in his death. May he rest in
peace.
A TEACHER was instructing class
of infants in the Sunday school, and
was letting the children finish her
sentences to make sure they under
stood. 'sThe idol had eyes," she said,
but couldn't See" cried the
children. "It had ears but couldn't
"Hear," said the class. ut had lips
but couldn't Speak" said the
chilren. at had nose but il
couldn't" ''wipe it!n shouted the
little ones, and the teacher had tc
pause in her lesson for some moments
in order to recover her composure.
THE dredge boat which has been
working on the other side of the river
on the site of the new lock has crossed
the river and has been dredging grave
from the mouth of Deckers creek fol
use in the Golfer dam around the lock,
The working of the dredge, which
seems almost human in intelligence,
attracts the attention of all who are
in the vicinity when il is in opera
tion. The work on the locks anc
dams is being pushed as rapidly a.
circumstances will admit and they
will be finished in good time.
| The programme for the silmmel
quarter Of University offers one o
the most comprehensive courses o
any summer school in the country
While much of the instruction of
fered is beyond the common schoo
teacher, still the public lectures o.
general nature and the intellectual
inspiration that may be received
from a few weeks in Morgantowl
will amply repay every common
school teacher that goes For the
high school and Normal teacher i
will certainly be feast of goot