The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-03-09
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work the county roads.

on his lot below tie J. A. Tltzel es
tablishment.
THE inmensits and value OF Yves
yirginia's oil interests is shown b.
J the output for 1897, which aggregated
: IS, 900. 900 barrels.
, THE New Women blacksmith
and BARRIERS in the Cosmorama Marcel
10th viii will createno end of amuse
ment.
!. HENsHAw's restaurant has beer
moved to the West Side from thu
room occupied by it on the corner o
Main and Walnut streets.
BEAUTIFUL tableaux and intri
cate drills with calcium lights give
splendor to the Cosmorama mo-
equalled by other local entertain
ments. Opera House, March 10th
THE annual council OF the Episco-
pal church for the diocese OF West
Virginia, will convene at Weston,
June l. Weston entertained the
council eleven years ago.
A MARRIAGE lice nse has been is
sned to Harry Conn 90. and Mabel
French % Both are residents OF
/ this county. This is the first one
to be issued in this month.
The date Of the Seneca election of
, town officers as given in this paper
! yesterday was an error. 1t should
have been the 10th instead OF the
21st.
The Lake Terra Alta Improvement
company will build big hotel, and
open big summer resort on the top
Of the Alleghenies in Preston county
this Summer.
4 ANOTHER industry that could be
made quite profitable here would be
the manufacture of ice. Let some
one begin to agitate the matter now
and plant an be in operation by
the time the hot season opens.
i The Sigma CHS who have rented
the house at the head of Main street
until recently occupied by Henry
Dorsey have moved in. They will
make it their permanent home, the
| iDeiNucfs living tueTe.
! c. X. HAYES sold lust week part
OF the Lawhead property in South
Morgantown to Jason Clark for 81
500. The purchase adjoins some
other property owned by Mr.. Clark
and is good purchase though the
sellers got handsome advance.
The cosmorama to be given by
the ladies Of the Baptist church in
the Opera House on next Thursday
becomes more and more success as
the days go by Every business
house in the town will be represent
ed by young woman. The affair
will draw an immense crowd and
will be great success in every wa.
REV. j. S. LIGHrBuRN, of Grafton,
ha- been called to the rectorship of
the Episcopal church at Uniontown
and has accepted the call. Rev.
Mr.. Sheerin's name was connected
with this change. 1t is not announe-
ed yet where he will go but he has
decided to leave Morgantown very
much to the regret Of every one.
PARKERsBURG has granted the
charter asked for by the home tele-
phone company in which f. II Yost
and others are interested The new
company will at once begin to put
in their phones and have number
of subscribers already There was
considerable opposition to the move
but the company by a hard figh
won.
OUR weather horoscope is looloo.
Winter, spring and summer are
tangled up together and can't get
untangled. The ground hog has dug
his way through the big Indian sand
and is striking out for the Gordon.
There will be fine skating on the
creek when the robins nest again.
Fourth of July has gone TO Christmas,
and as for Halloween, there will be
no one to holler and nothing to
boiler for.-Wetzel Democrat.
ATTORNEY GENERAL RUCKER, of
this state, has rendered an opinion
that foreign corporations doing bust
ness under domestic charters are liza
bic to indictment and forfeiture of
their charters for defrauding the state,
but does not advise such action if
the companies will pay back taxes,
as foreign corporations, which is $50
yearly. Domestic companies are
taxed $40, and for this reason many
| foreign companies have taken out
charters, with nominal principal
Office in the state.
FEW people think that February
was very cold month and you often
hear the regret expressed that we can
have no more old fashioned winters.
However the average temperature for
TIE month was actually lower than it.
| has been in the same month since the
winter of 80. This is another case of
the feelings against the mercury and
the mercury wins. The reason for
the apparent mildness of the weather
was that it did not get very cold or
very warm. The temperature varied
but little during the month.
| THE report of the business done by
the locks on the Monongahela during
the month of February has Just been
completed by Major Charles F. Powell
There were 2,893 up lockages and
3.005 down made during the month.
OF these 1856 were steam boats pass
ing and 1929 down. There were
4,7l1 coal boats, barges and flats
locked through on the up trip and
5, 1853 down. This represented 140
tons of Coke and coal passing up and
2,014, 800 tons down. There were
3, 256 passengers in steamboats, going
up and 3, 425 down.
II is quite likely that West Virgin
ia win furnish number of candi-
dates for positions in connection with
the government exhibit at the Paris ex
position of 1900. There will be COM
missioner, secretary and a host of
clerks, all of which are desirable.
Senator Elkins and the four congress-
man have application for these offices,
but there is no telling how the APP
pointments will go. While there are
number of desirable places there are
very few as compared with the de-
mands which will come and each
will want its share. 1t is suggested
that patronage be divided amcng the
various states and that the clerkships
be portioned out to the districts.
In this issue we publish a letter
from Judge Hoke, now consul at
Windsor, Nova Scotia, written to the
editor of the Parsons Advocate, in
which he urges the cultivation of
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