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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-01-26
WORK OF THE WIND.
A Hurricane for Twenty-Foar
Hours.

Damage about town--the Falling Run
Bridge Badly twisted--6eo. C.
Hayes store suffers thunder heard
Saturday night-Fencing Destroyed
over the County. Barns, Oil Rigs and
Haystacks blown down. telephone
and telegraph wires badly damaged.
One of the hardest wind storms
ever experienced in this section Wis
| tied us on Saturday and Sunday.
The wind blew hurricane for TWEEN
| ty-four hours and the wonder is that
it did not do more damage than it
did. Reports from other points tell
of houses being blown down and
the damage was enormous. The
storm was general over the state
In town it blew the gable end out
of the brick store room occupied by
George g. Hayes & Co. This hap
pened in the morning There is a
family in the second story. When
the crash came they were badly
scared as it sounded like the house
was collapsing but there is strong
roof between them and the other one
and the bricks were kept from fall
ling through. Formerly the house
had a fat roof which was covered
with slate and this held up under
the strain. Mr.. Hayes has not yet
made an estimate Of the damage but
it will be considerable.
Saturday night one of the guy
wires which held the wooden bridge
over Falling Run was parted by the
strain and the bridge was nearly
wrecked. 1t is twisted out of shape
and some Of the supporting timbers
are broken off. The structure may
have to be replaced with a new one.
In the meantime many of the people
living on Snnnyside are going down
in the hollow and not using the
bridge while others are still crossing
on it although this is full of danger
to these e.s. are venturesome enough
to do it.
In town the telephone wires we're
badly twisted and tangled and tele-
phoning was full of uncertainties all
day Sunday. For awhile the coun-
try was entirely cut off from us on
both exchanges. The telegraph
wires were also useless and Morgan
town was completely isolated.
Reports from number of places
in the country have been received
They all tell of fences, trees and hay
stacks being blown down. Two
barns near Mooresville were blown
down. They belonged to John Ed
dy and Samuel Moore. Oil rigs in
the Statler's run field were upset.
They belonged TO Sanford Barrack-
man and Noah Wright. Unconfirm-
ed reports from the Jake's run field
are that thirty-five rigs are down
over there. Thunder Is reported from
New Brownsville and the damage
incident to the storm elsewhere. The
wires are badly broken about Blacks
vile and it was impossible to get
much from that section but the
storm was very severe up there.
Dellslow reports the destruction OF
the stone bridge up Decker's creek
by James Johnson's the creek having
been high for day or so being high
er than it has been before for long
time. The whole loss from the storm
is of course hard to estimate but is
| considerable That IL is no worse is
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-01-26
Second Year Preparatory Students Re
ceiyed.

Saturday night DIR. and Mrs. Je-
rome H. Raymond received the sec
ond year preparatory students and
the affair was delightful one as
these receptions have all proven.
The young ladies of the senior class
assisted in receiving the guests.
During the evening Dir. Raymond
exhibited number of views which
he had secured during his visit tc
India and gave very interesting
talk about his experiences there
Next Saturday the third year pre-
paratory will be received and there
will be a musicale and some read
ings given for the occasion This
will make the thirteenth reception
which has been given to stu
dent groups this year by the presi
dent and his wife and nothing has
done more to draw the students and
the head of the institution closer tt
gether than these Saturday night
receptions. The innovation is very
commendable one and has been full
of profit to all concerned.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-01-26


An lccoabt OF the mail banded by
the pos toaice here was kept for a day
recent, aud the result will be aston
ishing 10 one who has not thought
much about the labor required TO run
such an establishment. In one day
there was received 1860 pieces of first
class matter for the town and over
two Thousand pieces were sent out.
At the same time there was $500
pieces CT second class matter received
and nearly as much dispatched.
Twenty money orders were made out,
a numb.r Of registered letters were
received. the special delivery letters
were given to the proper owners, the
local mail handled and the star
route mails received and dispatched.
The latter of itself would be no small
item, but it is only one of the many
things TO be attended to. Besides all
this work the books must be kept and
all the work incident to the running
of such large and complicated BUSH
ness as the Office is, must be kept just
exactly right. The employees are on
the hustle all the time and the fact
that they make such small number
of mistakes is a credit to them.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-01-26
The woman's League Contest.

The prize which has been offered
by the Wonan's League to the best
declaimer among it's members has
stimulated the members to won
derful degree. The preliminary con
test will be held next month and
there are already twenty contestants
announced for the affair. The final
round will come in June and that
will be open to the public. The pre-
liminary will be given in the pres
ence of the members only. The
prize to be awarded is one of hun
dred dollars and is offered to stimu-
late the interest of the young ladies
in this direction.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-01-26
MIGHT HAVE BEEN SERIOUS.
A Lamp Exploded in Harry Garrison's
Room and but for its Discovery by
Fuller Glassc0ck the Consequence
Would Have Been Disastrous.

Sunday night Harry Garrison went
out of his room and left lighted
lamp sitting on the table. During
his absence the lamp exploded and
the accident was not discovered for
some time afterward. Fuller Glass
cock, going in about nine o'clock,
found the fire and succeeded in put
ting it out. A lot of books on the
table were burned and the table cover
was destroyed. The fire had burned
along the floor and had started up the
wall In few minutes more it would
have been a bad blaze. The damage
done was slight but luck alone is re-
sponsible for the fact that it was not
worse.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-01-26
"SoMing The Mindo.

This city is to be favored with an
opportunity to witness fine produce
tion of Sydney Grundy's great play
Sowing the Wind" which created
such a tremendous sensation in the
larger cities in this country last
year,
The piece will be produced at the
Opera House Tuesday February 1st
by an excellent company, on gener-
Gus scale. The play is one of the
most intensely thrilling dramatic
compositions that has been put forth
during the present generation.
It's theme ''Sex against Sex" indi-
Gates conflict of interest and anita.
gonism of purposes between a beauti-
full and spirited girl born under The
cruelest fate, and the man who was
responsible for her being.
Through the chances of fate, this
man is the adopted father of the
girls lover and seeking to defeat the
suit because she. is unable to &C
count for her parentage. The fina
verbal duel between those two is {
magnificent battle and always car
ries the house by storm.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-01-26
Big Bear Foot.

Wayne Hatfield who is student
at the University has received a
bear paw from his father who was q
member Of hunting party recently
in Logan county during which there
were three bears killed. The paw
is an enormous one and is an object
of great curiosity. 1t is said that
the animal from which it was taken
weighed fully three hundred and
fifty pounds. In some sections of
the state the bears are unusually
numerous and bold and numbers Of
them are being killed.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-01-26

A telephone inquiry of the people
at Mooresville this morning gave the
information that the young manWorth
Tenant, who was hit in the head
with a stone by his uncle Simon Ten
nant, Jr., had regained conscious
ness and was better this morning and
that the chances are very much bet
ter for his recovery than was at first
thought. 1t is now thought that his
skull was not fractured, but the
wound Is dangerous one.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-01-26
Clay District, Monongaiia County,
West Virginia, of which Abraham
w. Tenant Died Seized.

Pursuant to the provisions of de-
cree of the Circuit Court of the said
Monongalia county, entered on Decem-
Der 81, 1897, in the chancery causes
therein pending of A. w. Tenants
Administrator v. Jefferson Tenant el
al, the undersigned Special Commits
sioners, appointed for the purpose, will
on
Tuesday, the sth Day Of February,
1898, between the hours of 8 O'Clock ii.
m. and o'clock p. M, ON the public
grounds in front of the Court House d
sid Monongalia county, sell separately
&c public auction to the highest bidder,
the following real estate lying and be.
ing in Clay District, Monongalia county,
West Virginia.
First: That certain tract of land,
containing 152 acres, known as the
"Home Farm" of IA. w. Tennaut
dec'd,' twelve thirteenths of which was
owned by him at the time of his death
and one--thirteenth of which was owned
by Mary Tenant his late wife, at the
time Of her death. Said tract adjoin
lands of D. G. Core, A. W. Brow. .
heirs and others, and is a part of lhe
land of which Daniel Rich died seized
and which descended at his death ta
his heirs.
Second: That certain tract of land
owned by A. w. Tenant at the time ol
his death known as the minor farm u
containing by estimation So acres, being
part of the same tract conveyed to A.
W. Tenant by l.. s. Hough, Special
Commissioner, by deed dated March IL,
1868, of record in the Office of the Clerk
| of County Court of said county in Deed
Book No. 20. S. page POI, to which
reference is here made.
| The above lands are highly improved
and are splendid farming and grazing
lands, with good buildings, located in
or near the oil belt. and are considered
valuable for oil purposes.
TERMS OF SALE-One- third of the
purchase money cash IN hand Oh day oi
sale, ami the residue ON a credit of ON.
and two years from the date of sale
with interest from date of sale. the pur
chaser being required to execute to sail
Special Commissioners notes or -bonds
for said deferred payments with ap
proved personal security, and the lega
title will be retained as further security
| FRANK Coy,
S. f. GLAssCoCK,
| Special Commissioners.
This 9Th day OF Jan, 1898.
| i, William e. Glasscock, Clerk OF tin
Circuit Court Of Eonongalia county
West Virginia, do certify that Frank Co,
and S. f. Glasscock, the Special Com
missioners whose names are signed {,
the foregoing notice of sale have execu
ted bond in the penalty of $l5, 1000, witt
approved security, as required by Law
and the decree in the chancery caus
therein named.
Given under my hand this 9Th day o
January, 1898.
VIM. E. GLAsscoCK, Clerk.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-01-26

Simon Tenant Strikes his
Nephew with a heavy stone
in the Head.

Worth eHuanf The Injured man-iis-
pute arose OYER fence which W0rth
and another Boy were building-The
stone weighed pound and three quar-
tiers.
Friday morning there occurred a
difficulty on Jakes Run near Moores-
vile which may result in the death
Of one of the parties concerned. As
it is he now lies ia an unconscious
state and has been in that condition
since the affair occurred. Worth
Tenant is the name of the injured
man and his assailant is his uncle
Simon Tenant, Jr.
Worth and companion were en-
gagged in building fence when ST.
mon came up and made some re
marks about the way in which they
were doing their work. The criti-
cism led to taunting and angry re-
mark from Worth and quarrel be-
gan. Before it had continued long
Simon grabbed a stone and struck
the boy in the head with it over the
right ear. The store weighed
pound and three quarters and the
skull was fractured. The stricken
man dropped like he was shot and
was at once taken to the house OF
his grandfather near where he was
working.
DIR. Ira Hall was at oEce sum
moned but has not succeeded in get
ting him back to consciousness The
chances are very much against the
wounded mans recovery. No ar
rests have as yet been made and an
effort will be made to keep the mat
ter quiet. The family will not pros
ecute. The young man who com
mitted the deed is very much affect
ed by it and deeply regrets the work
of his unfortunate passion. The en-
tire affair is one to be deeply de-
plored and we hope that the effects
may not be as serious as they give
promise at present to be.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-01-26
HYPNOTISM.
The Performance Saturday Evening a
success.

success.
The Hypnotist performance given
by j. Bentley Henderson, last Sat
urday evening for the benefit of the
Athletic Fund Of the University was
very good and was highly enjoyed
by the students and citizens of this
place.
The scarcity of subjects was the
only thing that Mr.. Henderson, was
unable to overcome. He succeeded
in hypnotizing every subject that
came upon the stage and the audi
ence was in state of uproar from the
time the curtain rose until it fell Mr.
Henderson, is quite young man
but his work is to be classed among
the leaders of his profession.
The young man whom he put tt
sleep in the window of George G
Steele was awakened at the Opers
House and beyond being a little
weak was in the best Of health W.
bespcak for Mr.. Hendershot sue
cess in this line as his peformapc,
on last Saturday was all that wal
advertised.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-01-26
High School juniors.

The Junior class of the High
School had a formal meeting yester-
day. Miss Lora Cole was chosen
president and Miss Georgia Wilson,
secretary. The class numbers six
at present. Misses Lora Cole, Es-
tella Cox, Letha Morgan, Anna
Robe, Stella Williams, Georgia vii
SON They look forward to the time
Of graduation with pleasure as their
class will be the first in the history
Of the new school building.
L. NJ. JAco, Principal.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-01-26
Ihe Cow Was Drf.

A strange COW was put up in the
pound last night and George Vance,
who has charge Of that part of the
municipality, is very anxious that the
owner come forward and pay the fine
SO that he can get something out OF
it. Daily New Dominion.
Why not milk it?--Fairmont Index.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-01-26

THE town OF McMechen, a Wheel
ing suburb, is in a ludicrous middle.
Not one OF set of officers recently
elected is free holder, and cannot
therefore serve in the city government.
The terms OF the old officers have
expired; the mayor-elect has resigned,
and the town is at loss to deter
mine how TO govern itself until there
is another election.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-01-26

An umbrella was picked up on
the street on Saturday and turned
over to this Office. The owner can
have the same BY calling here prov
ing property and paying for this no
ffoa
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-01-26

THE Pontiac, Illinois, Observer of
January 21st, says: Monday the
well known attorneys, Mr.. r. S. Nc
Ilduff and Mr.. z. F. Yost, formed
legal partnership. Mr.. McIlduff
has been in active practice for over
twenty years and has probably as
extensive acquaintance in this coun,
ty and out of it as any man at the
bar. He has been successful as a
practitioner and finds his service in
demand by litigants to such an ex-
tent that II is impossible to transact
all the business which comes to him.
Mr. Yost,his new partner, is a young
lawyer Of brilliant attachments and
high education. He goes into the
firm, not as tyro in business and
not without most enviable reputa-
ton, having laid the foundation by
obtaining well earned law as
we'll as a university degree from the
University Of his native state, West
| Virginia. He was city attorney for
| two years and achieved success in
the managementtof the city's inter
est in several most difficult caaes,
He brings TO the new Arm capoci;
! " f0r labor and ! knowledge of lew
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-01-26

Claim was not Legally Chosen.
Charles Fl. Geiger, of Wheeling, has
been commissioned Colonel of the first
regiment, West Virginia Brigade, u.
R., X. of p, and has issued general
order No. /, dated January 18th, as
Stunning command. There was quite
a protest on the part of some of the
company officers of the regiment
against the issuing of this commits
sion, their claims being that the cleo
ton, held at Charleston last October,
was illegal. From what we are able
to learn from company officer resid-
ing in this city, we are led to believe
that great many of the company of
the first regiment will show their
sloyal and knightly obedience to their
new regimental commander" by de-
clining to stand for reelection to
their present offices at the coming
general election, which takes place
next month. - Parkersburg State
Journal.
Col. Geiger succeeded Col. Poster of
this place, who had declined to accept
re collection. The officers who par
tlcipated in the election was very
much stirred up over it and number
left the room when it was held, de-
Ginning to be present. They declare
that the new colonel was not legally
chosen and the feeling has grown so
strong that number of the subordi-
mates, as shown in the above article,
may refuse to serve under him.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-01-26
House for Rent.

room house on Main street for
rent. Possession given at once. APP
ply at this Office.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-01-26


meeting last night. Those who were
baptized are Misses Anna Robe.
May Stewart, May Dusenberry and
Blanche Protzman. The revival
meeting will be kept up until We'd
nesday night. On Thursday night
Rev. l.. f. Peters will begin a Sun
day School institute.
THESE items are from the Fairmont
West Virginian:
Attorney Charles Powell is in Mis-.
souri, on professional business, hav
ing left for that state last Saturday
evening.
Attorney E. M, Showalter went tt
Pittsburg yesterday to confer will
Major Powell, U. S. Engineer, about
our slackwater improvement.
Mr.. j. S. Watson. of Ellington
were hele the first of the week to SCI
sherman Watson, whom we have
heretofore mentioned as having thu
fever.
Captain l. +. Arnett, of Mononga
liza county, made us an agreeable
call on Monday. He was accompa
MED by our townsman and his son
in-law, Mr. d. B. Snider. Captain
Arnett is leading and Influential
Republican, but he isn't for Daytol
for reelection to Congress ''by I
large majority"
| We received call on Monda,
| from Captain Henry A. Terrell, 0
Calhoun county. He is a native o
Monongalia county and had beef
visiting friends there and in thi
county for the past month. 1t wa
| his first visit in fourteen years. H
was greatly surprised at the change
| that had taken place in that time
especially those in and around Fair
mont. The Captain went to Nor
gantown Monday afternoon and Elk
pected to Leave for bis home on Wed
nesday
4 |S5l = 49, Is.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-01-26

Anew nights ago an angry woman
found her husband in a poker game
and took HIM home by force of
arms. Those who were witnesses
of the scene were somewhat surpris-
ed to say the least
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-03-29
HAVE BOUGHT BRICK!

The building committee Of the
First Baptist Church closed a deal
yesterday with A. W. Stephens for
200, 600 brick to be used in building
the basement of the First Baptist
Church of this city,
Work Is to be rushed on the new
church until it is completed.
The church when completed will
cost 100000 and will have a
seating capacity of 600.
1t will be one among the finest
Baptist churches of the state of
Texas and an ornament to our city.
Those Baptists on the building com
mittee and who were present yes
terday at the letting Of the con-
tract for the brick were, Rev. w.
A. Freeman, pastor; E. F. Friedel,
W. H. Tilson, John c, Watts, NJ. S,
Stegall, S. B. Wells, c. W. Webb,
P. Hunt, and E. W. Godbold.
We shall expect to see these gen
tlemen have a full force of masons
at work soon on this structure.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-03-29

Major S. A. McNish, editor of the
Lafayette Recorder, and a leader
in politics over in Lafayette county
called to see us Yesterday. The
Major said he had been over his
county on a bicycle, horseback and
had travelled by rail when he could
make the proper stops; that he had
written himself up in his paper and
also flooded the country with half
tone photographs of himself, and he
was over here for the purpose of
buying a phonograph, one that he
could make his little speech in, and
send il around to his neighbors to
talk for him, while he slept and
dreamed what he would do after
wiping the earth up with his politi-
cal opponent. McNish is all right,
and we hope the people will give the
Young man a clean victory in,his
race for Representative. He may
make one of our greatest statesmen
some of these days, and we vote
that Lafayette county give him a
chance.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-03-29
CLERKS UNION

The Clerks Union held a very in
teresting meeting last night, there
being more present than at any
previous meeting since organiza-
tion.
Representatives from all the
unions in the city we're present and
during the evening offered the
clerks all the moral support they
could give them in any of their un-
dertakings.
1t was the sense Of the meeting
that the merchants have an early
closing, beginning April II and con-
tinuing until October 1st.
The following gentlemen were ap-
pointed on the committee to wait
on the merchants and get their
signatures to the agreement OF
closing: E. W. Scruggs, Eph Pey.
ton, Willie Wilson, j, c. WhittOrd,
Ed Stuart and J. L. Martin.
It was the sense Of the union that
a monster opening meeting be held
on next Monday night, at which
time the general public are invited
to be present and hear the report
of the committee on early closing.
There being no further business
the union was dismissed.
We learn that the committee
will visit the merchants tomorrow
and ask them to close.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-03-29

Justice Hooks bad several gam
bling cases before him this morning.
A Jury was empanneIed 10 try tie
gamsters The gamblers admitted
to gaming but couieudei that the
game was carried on Zoo a private
room iu The back part ofthe l6 o.
! saloon. The case was argued on
100 this point but the jury found the
defendant guilty aud assessed bis
due at SO. The other cases which
are Identical. will be called later
unless those gentlemen engag, d in
the game enter a plea Of guilty.
This afternoon two deputy officers
we're being tried for unlawiuily
drawing pistols and presenting the
same at defendants head. The
court has tough cases on his docket
30 deal with.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-03-29

The building committee for the
Wilson Bend ferry bridge, Messrs.
Dave Ti!son, E. W. Frost and J. NJ.
Benefited, are now ready to receive
bids for its construction, 1t is to
be a pile bridge over 200 feet long,
and all material furnished. Con-
tractors should see them and put
ln bids for this work-and they
should remember that it is a dona-
ton bridge for the good of Texar-
kama, and be prepared to be liber-
al, by making extraordinary low
bids.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-03-29
Mules and Horses.

l have, at my stables, on Elm
Street, near the Iron Mountain
freight depot, herd of well broken
mules and horses of large and SER
viceabe kind, which will dispose
of at fair prices Come quick and
get first choice.
2t. A. S. BLYTHE.