The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-01-05

new well on Alum Fork. Lewis
county.
| A NEW uniform company of the
Knights Of Pythias has been organ
lied at Ken0va.
CoNEELLsvILLE has free delivery
a thing that Morgantown will have
before many years have elapsed.
FARMERS Institutes will be held
all over the State during the winter
under the auspecIes Of the board of
agriculture.
Gro. W. Cox, a prominent dry
goods and carpet dealer of Hunting
ton, assigned recently for the benefit
OF his creditors. Assets, $1,000; liza
bilities, unknown.
JOSEPH NICHOLAS, a young farmer
living near Wheeling, died suddenly,
after having shown strong symptoms
Of hydrophobia. He was bitten by a
dog last November.
| DINeER BROTHERS, hat dealers In
Wheeling, assigned several days ago.
Poor collections and financial embar-
easements from outside the business
proper are given as the causes.
THE conviction is growing in jack
son county that Ben Anderson, whom
Morgan implicated in his confession,
was party to the triple murderer's
crime.
FAIRMoNT Elks will produce
"Uncle Toms Cabin, Up-to- Date,
the dramatis personae, including lit
tie Eva, to be made mp Of members of
the Fairmont lodge.
APLAIN drunk was run in Friday
night. With the exception of this
the New Year came without any
special notice from the class who
run afoul of the law.
LADIES, have you thought what
Hirschman's half-price sale OF wraps
means? That you can buy wrap
now for just half what you could three
weeks ago. In justice to yourself |
call and see their stock.
The cold snap has made some |
very good skating and that part Of |
the population which enjoys the |
sport is out in full force improving /
the opportunity presented.
A NUMBER Of people about town
are hunting with ferrets. A party |
was out yesterday and caught quite a |
number of rabbits. Their names are
known and the grand jury will likely
look after them.
ELI PERKINS, the famous humorist,
xut 1anfr, in nrxvo s.tf
day, January Goth. His wit and hu-
NOR are famous the world over and no
doubt many of our people will be
glad of the opportunity to hear him.
THE election will be held on
Thursday Of this week. After all
the talk and as many times as it has
been mentioned there are yet yeople
who do not know when the election
comes off.
COLD seems to be epidemic in town.
1t and In some cases the attack is
very severe. The extreme changes
In the weather are responsible for
the outbreak.
SEVERAL of the students have
come back from their Christmas va
cation but the grand rush will occur
tomorrow. School will begin on
Wednesday and a fair increase in
the attendance is expected.
DIR. WALTER HoUaH and his bon
ny bride have the congratulations of
his many Morgantown friends and
also the very best wishes of all. The
announcement of his marriage APP !
pears in another column.
IT begins to look as though the
New DoMrNIos's long effort to have
the work Of street paving begin
would soon bear fruit. There has
never before been so much attention
given that subject as now.
The indications are that there
will be the same scramble for houses
in the spring as heretofore. There
will however be less Inconvenience
experienced as a great many people
built residences within the past year.
Fred Green who was relieved from
duty at the pump station sometime
ago has been reinsts' ed. Mr.. Green
has host of friends here who con-
graduate him on his COED fortune as
he is a quiet and industrius gentle
man.
WE call especial attention to the
platform to which the nominees of
the citizens meeting stand commit
ted. The platform is the sentiment
of the greater part of the voting pop
ulation and the next administration
will endeavor to carry it out.
AN old sign is that when the snow
clings to the trees that fine fruit
year is assured. If there is any
thing in it the next year should be
a dandy as the snow never stuck so
persistently as it did in the recent
storm.
A MARRIAGE license has been is
sued to Harry D. Brock and Lucy
B. Rich both of this county. This
was the last license to be issued dur
ing the year '97 and brings the total
for the year up to 149 and for the
month up to %.
TRS Baptist Church of West Vir-
ginia lost one Of its noblest workers,
in the death of Rev. A. G. Loving, of
Hinton. The deceased was formerly
pastor Of the Twentieth Street Bap-
fist church. at Huntington, and edi-
tor Of the Baptist Banner, the official
church organ Of the State.
A recent decision Of the Secretary
of the Interior is that no soldier is
entitled to pension ON account OF
wounds due to his own carelessness.
The test case was that Of a soldier on
a fiat car cleaning his gun with the
muzzle resting on his foot, pulled the
trigger to see If the gun was loaded,
sending the bullet through his foot.
THE town is over run with tramps |
and the same story comes from all
the towns north of us. The MAORI
ty of the invading hosts look like
they should be engaged at some
thing else instead of beating the |
public out of living. The police
should be extra vigilant during this
visitation.
The postoffice hours on Sunday |
are from 4:45 to p. M, a great |
many people have not yet learned
this ard crowd collects every Sun
day IN front of the Office where they
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