The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-03-23

postmaster at Fairmont.
The pile Of dirt in front Of D.
Chadwick on Main street has been
carted away.
THE foundation for the new build
ing to be erected by Prof Hodges on
Main street is finished. Ike Weaver
had the contract.
ST. PATRICK day was generally eel
sbrated here. Many OF the people
wore bit Of green and great many
green neckties were in sight.
HENRY GILMER, of Lewisburg, re-
ceived from the department at Wash
ington, recently, 500 California trout
which he placed in the streams about
that little mountain paradise.
HEIRS of the late Governor Samuel
Price, Of Lewisburg, are receiving
$40 day royalty on the output OF
their coal mine in Fayette county,
all of which they are applying to
further opening and improving the
property
On April 8, the districts through
which the proposed Sistersville and
Salem electric railroad will run, will
vote on the question of issuing bonds
for that purpose, and it is believed
that when the vote is counted it will
be found to be unanimous.
The street commissioner has been
notifying the different merchants to
remove the piles of boxes and barrels
in front of their places of business
and if the orders are not observed
will enforce the ordinance on the
subject.
A CIGARETTE tossed carelessly out
of the third story window Of the Der
ing building caused a hole to be
burnt through the awning and would
have made considerable of blaze
if some one had not noticed it and
thrown some water on it.
f. w. SMITH, of Indiana, Pa, has
bought the stock of the Leader Store
and will open in few days a fine
line of dry goods and notions.
Misses Clara and Gertrude Sembow-
er will remain with the new estab-
lishment for the present.
MILLARD S1sLER has bought a
Rambler and will join the great army
of wheelmen. He recognizes what a
great thing it is to take that form
Of exercise and the further fact that
the Rambler is the best wheel every
thing being considered on the mar
ket.
A MARRIAGE license has been is
sued to ODDS G. Moore 10 and Aman
da M. Park, 10, both of this county.
Mr. Moore is relative of the three
Moore's who recently obtained IL
censes to wed. If the Moore family
holds out there will be no need for
any woman to fear spinsterhood in
this county.
CARRYING out a suggestion made
by the enterprising Intelligencer, the
city Of Wheeling will organize con-
yention bureau. This bureau will be
under the responsible auspices of the
Wheeling chamber of commerce, and
will push the claims of this hospita-
bic city for state and national gather
ing 1t can be truthfully said that
nobody was ever entertained at the
nail city without desiring to repeat
the experience.
A SAD suicide was that of Michael
DAILY, son OF the mayor of Harper's
Ferry. The young man committed
the rash act while enroute from Ports
mouth to Washington, and was found
dead in his stateroom when the boat
reached the latter city. He had APP
piled at Portsmouth for enlistment in
the navy, and was rejected on account
of heart disease. Disappointment,
coupled with the information Of
heart affection, is supposed to have
rendered him respondent.
THE fence between Rice's and the
F. q NJ. Bank was torn down this
morning and it was the intention to
have begun the grading for the new
postoffice building but the ground
was too wet from the rain last night.
The work will | egin tomorrow morn
ing if there is 10 more rain tonight
and it will be rushed to completion
as fast as possible. Col. Gilmore
will do the grading and will grade
down the entire lot A large base
ment will be placed under the new
building.
The mayor and council Of Nor
gantown were visitors here on Thurs
day They have the street paving
idea strong down there and the Off
cial aldermanic &C ncern of the town
visited this place in body to make
an inspection of the paved streets
here and to imbibe ideas and sug-
gestions from the Fairmont people
on this point which shall be report
ed to the people down there with a
view to removing any slight opposi-
ton that may now exist to the prop
osition of improved streets of a last
ing kind. The council of Fairmont
showed the visitors all over the
paved district and gave them esti-
mates of the cost, -ETp0sitOy