Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-07


its form from an eight 20 a twelve
page paper.
WATER proof shoes keep your feet
warm and dry. 1T Waters d Whit
tirgton.
THE rains have broken up the ice
gorge and the river is again nearly
free from the obstruction to naviga-
tion.
THE Bank of Marlinton will open
for business in the spring. This
bank was chartered in 1891 and
building was erected.
THIS is the time when pneumonia
is easily caught. Prevent it by
keeping your feet warm and dry
with guaranteed water proof shoes.
At Waters & Wilmington.
OUR Geographic news is complete
and reliable. 1t is the latest to be
published in the city. So besides
giving you all the local news we
give You all the news of the world
boiled down for quick reading.
THE West Virginia Central Agri-
cultural and Mechanical Society was
organized in Clarksburg, Jan. l.
They will have in charge arrange
ments for and direct special energies
toward the success of the Clarksburg
fair Of September '98.
In the Graves divorce case in
Huntington, Judge DoOlittle refused
Mr. Graves petition for divorce, and
continued the plea of Mrs. Graves I'M
til the next term of court, when the
question of alimony will also be de-
termined upon.
WEST Virginia's well known news
paper editor, Hon. A. w. Campbell,
returned to his home in Wheeling
this week, after an absence of nearly
a year, during which he has Travelled
over a considerable portion of the
west.
THE Monroe Waterman has grown
desperate and is advertising its de-
linQuent subscriptions for sale to
the highest bidder. The list gives
the name and address and amount
due Of every party in its indebted
ness.
A CONSERVATIVE estimated made
from reports filed at the office of the
state superintendent, shows an in
crease in school attendance over last
year Of from fifteen to twenty per
cent. Thus the compulsory school
law shows evidence of excellent fruit.
THE delivery system for the DAILY
New DOMINION is being perfected
and we will soon have it going like
clock work. In the meantime if any
subscriber fails to receive his paper
promptly notice sent to the office
will receive attention at once.
WHILE shoveling dirt for the plac-
ing of telephone poles, at Wheeling,
last Friday, workman threw up a
coin, which, being frightened, reveal
ed the date 1897. The finder has a
superstitious idea regarding the date
of the coin and will preserve it as
having special value.
AT Bowling Green, Ohio, when a
tramp calls at house and asks Tor
food he is given ticket good at any
restaurant in any part of the city
when signed by the police. He then
gets it signed by breaking stone u
short time. Tramps are now very
scarce in that place. They dread
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THE Uniontown News Standard
has two items which are very closely
connected. In one place the state
ment is made that the police have
the balls and chains in readiness for
any tramps which may come around
and IN another place it is said that
the petty thieves were never so
scarce as they are in that town now.
DEPUTY U. S. Marshal G. e. Stall
maker has run down Bill Ayers. a
Greenbrier counterfeiter. The scene
of Ayers, operations was Webster
county. He was taken from Camden
on Gauley to Sutton, and given a
hearing before U. S. Commissioner w.
f. Hines, and committed to Parkers-
burg jail to await the action Of the
.. S. grand jury.
Milton j. WELLMAN, the alleged
forger, recently arrested at Mounds
vile, and brought back to Hunting
ton, escaped from Officer Hill there
the other night, while enroute to a
magistrates Office. At a favorable
moment Wellman jerked loose from
the officer and dashed down the ave
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