The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-01-26


as postmaster at Grafton has been
confirmed by the Senate.
THE first valentines have made
their appearance, They are of the 50
called comic variety, and are up to
the usual standard of such things.
CONSULT w. A. Denny, the Optican,
about your eyes, at the franklin House,
MorgantowD, Tuesday and Wednesday,
February Ist and I'd. Eyes examined
free. 40-2t
MILT PEYToS, Parkersburg bar
her, stepped into hole in the side
walk, lost his balance and was thrown
violently down. He has instituted a
suit for $40, 600 damage in the circuit
court.
PATENTS have been granted TO
Harry T. Winters, Wheeling, on a
device for polishing curved surfaces;
and to William b Floyd, School
House, on an apple parer, corer and
diyider.
THE citizens of Marshall county,
are agitating the question of ordering
a special election on the proposition
to issue 100000 in bonds, to be
donated to the proposed railroad from
Connellsyille to the Ohio river.
HIRscHMAN' before Stock Taking
Sale means a big saving of money to
all buyers. Satisfy yourself and see
the genuine bargains they are offer
ing throughout their entire stock.
1t costs nothing to look
THERE are now $1,000 cubic feet
Of timber, consisting of oak. poplar,
and walnut, in Mud river. The
timber belongs to Thacker and Baker.
Three hundred logs were drifted out
recently to their boom at the mouth
Of Guyan.
CITIZENS on Walnut street are
loud in their condemnation of the
condition of that street. The mud
is Of unknown depth and it is get
ting worse every day. Paving is
the only recourse.
A RECENT issue of the Weston
Democrat, contained an exquisite
Christmas poem from the pen Of
Mrs. Robert F. Bland, of that city,
formerly Miss Moore, of Mason
county.
w. II. WOLFE, Jr., of Parkersburg,
won second honors in the preliminary
oratorical contest of Marietta college,
which took place last week, to select
representative to take part in the
State oratorical contest at Athens,
next month.
EASTERN ship builders are coming
to West Virginia for their heavy
timber. A Little Kanawha man has
contracted for fifty RATS, to be saved
up into ship timber, and delivered
for shipment in the next two months
to New Jersey.
THE Bank of Princeton was vic
timized out of 81 ,005, by slick crook,
one day last week. The check bore
the forged signature of Baldwin Bal
lard, Of Union. The swindler gave
his name as G. p. Lilly, but has not
been located up to date.
THE engineering students at the
University have been directed to make
Typographical survey of the Univer-
sity grou ads. This survey is badly
needed and will be very valuable.
There is nothing Of the kind in exis-
tence and the bother and trouble in
cident to this condition has proven
very expensive at times.
Hon. GEO. KENDALL,o st. Mary's,
has curiosity in an old letter writ
ten by his father to relative in
Manchester, England. 1t was writ
TENN Wheeling, Va, and bears the
postmark April 81, 1871, and is post
marked at New York, April %. 1t
arrived at its destination May II.
A NEBRASKA editor is authority
for the statement that women's ears
are never frostbitten, and he explains
the alleged fact by saying that the
blood flowing from the heart of a
woman is warmer than that of men.
The editor is very young man and
Nebraska ladies think he is real
nice -Nfarhsburg Telegram.
WORK has been resumed on the
Charleston, Clendennin and Sutton
railroad and it will be completed in
few months. When completed it
will give a direct connection with
Charleston from this point going via
Clarksburg and it will be great
convenience to all persons having
occasion to 90 to the State capital.
The entertainment given by Hen
dershot on Saturday night for the
benefit of the football team was a
good one as far as the performance
goes He did every thing that he
had advertised to do. The tests
were quite successful and Veon was
awakened on the stage after sleeping
in Geo. G. Steele's. window for several
hours.
WE are informed that the case Of
the State VS. Mrs. George W. Atkin
son, which was tried in the Circuit
Court here at the October term and
resulted in hung jury, has been
by agreement of counsel, continued
until spring. 1t is stated that 6
special term of court will be calico
for the latter part of May for the
express purpose of trying this i'm
portant Glenoilie Pathfinder
A CERTAIN young lady school teach
er bad mortal fear of all contagiou!
diseases and was in constant dread O
catching something from the scholars
One day the report came to the schoo
house that the mother of one of tn
pupils was quite i'll and some one wal
wanted to go for the doctor. Th'
schoolmarm was scared at once ant
sent home little girl of the woman
She returned after bit and reported II
the teacher as follows: MANN.
says she's got baby but it ain
catchin', if you are careful"
| Four young ladies were baptized
at the Baptist church Sunday b,
Rev. McCutcheon. Six had professet
conversion as result of the reviva
services which have been in progress
there for some time but the other
| found it inconvenient to attend tn
meeting last night. Those who wer
baptized are Misses Anna Robe
May Stewart, May Dusenberry AM
Blanche Protzman. The reviva
meeting will be kept up until Wed
nesday night. On Thursday nigh
Rev. L. +. Peters will begin a Sur
day School institute.
/, THESE items are from the Fairmon