The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-04-13

4 A PENSION of twelve dollars 9
month has been granted TO Philip
NJ. Robinson, of Louisville.
REV. S. Eli Jones began series Of
revival meetings at Woodland or
Monday night and will continue then
indefinitely.
You can generally judge girls
stockings by the number Of holes in
the fingers Of her gloves.
DR.. ALLEN, the Dentist publiohed
his card in another column. His
Office is in the room recently vacated
by DR.. Cox.
The evidence in the case proves
Hoods Sarsaparilla cures scrofula,
salt rheum, boils, humors and all
eruptions.
| IT won't do to talk about the Dur
hannah bridge any more. There isn't
any now, but it will not be long until
we have good one.
ONE thousand new members have
been added to the church lists Of the
| NJ. E. church of the Huntington
district, since October 18th last.
THE Mormon missionaries in Wayne
county captured Albert Spurlock and
| family, who leave in few days for
Utah, full fedged Mormons, where
they will make their home.
AT the recent meeting of the State
Board Of Pharmacy at Huntington,
Fl. N. White, of Bluefield was elected
president, and II. f. Post, of Ripley,
secretary and treasurer.
/. N. WEAVER is pushing the work
on the foundation for the new Uni
versity building. The opening of
spring will no doubt permit the
work to go on with little Interrupt
ton
MEssRs. Lorentz and Shisler, the
members Of council appointed to sell
the city bonds are negotiating with a
number Of parties and it seems will
have little trouble in getting the cash
for them.
PLEAsANTs street besides being
the chief thoroughfare to the depot
is becoming a very important bust
ness street The addition of Major
Keener's meat market and G. w.
Johns store are noticeable.
THE Band of Mercy at Fairmont
prosecuted r. B. Clayton for cruelty
to animals. He appeared to answer,
but when he found his accusers were
bevy of demure misses of the First
Families he pleaded guilty and paid
his fine without protest.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Barbour
Democrat booms Stuart III. Bowman
for the house Of delegates. Mr.. Bow
man is a student here and very ex-
cellent young man. The people of
Barbour could do themselves great
credit by sending him to the legisla-
ture.
THE work of tearing down the old
Clark building will soon be completed.
With its destruction an old land
mark disappears. But we will be
abundly compensated for this by the
handsome new structure that Col.
Poster will build.
M. H. We'll & Co. are moving out
of the room occupied by them in the
Miller block and are going into the
room under Rogers gallery on Pleas
ants street. They are afraid of rain
as there is no roof over the building
in which the stock is at present.
They don't know when they will be
ready for business again.
OWING to the large increase in
the business of Waters & Whiting
ton, the shoe people they have been
compelled to hire an extra clerk and
have secured the services of Vinton
Waters who will be with them all
summer Their success is very graf
flying to their many friends in the
county.
THE final steps in the contract of
the new public SHOOT building will
likely be made to morrow Mr.. Lag
zelle will then he back and the deal
will be closed up. The contractor
will get to work at once and it will
not be long until there is a great
deal of brick laying going on on the
new building.
Mr.. G. d. Common. who has been
publishing the Uniontown Tribune
for the past six months, has severed
his connection with that paper and
will take charge of the Jeffersonian
Democrat Mr.. Conner was the founder
of the Democrat and will no doubt
instill new life into it and make it the
dover it once was.
Col. GILMORE has again com
menced the work of excavating for
the new Postoflice building Should
the weather permit he will hurry it
to completion. There are about one
thousand yards of earth to be carted
away. The basement of the building
will be 30x100 feet
IN giving an account of the death
of Christopher Core we failed to state
that he was member Of the church.
We were wrongly informed about this
at the time. We are glad to say that
he was member of the Custom Run
M. p. church, and that he was con-
sistant Christian. He had been a
church member for several years.
WHY are the weather flags not dis
played? They have been here for a
long time and they ought to be float
ing from the fire shed every day in
stead of lying in Miller's shop. Capt.
Miller went to a good deal of trouble
to get them and he has notified the
sergeant that they are here. We are
anxious to see what the weather in
dications are and would like to have
them put to the proper use since
they have been secured.
IT may be relief to some of our
friends assisting their wives to take
up carpets and other matters per-
tanning to spring house cleaning
and moving time, to know that the
supreme court has decided that plain
damn is not swearing. The SUI
preme court admits that it is not
elegant, and might properly be
omitted from ordinary conversation,
BUTT does not come under the mean
ing of the statute against profane
swearing.
A PART of the wall of the Miller
building on the upper side has been
torn down. A large crowd of sight
seers gathered to watch the first
steps in tearing it down and were
excited over the prospects of seeing
large part of the wall pushed