The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-04-20
JUSTIN NJ. KUNKLE, Local Editor

at J. M. Reeds;
New bicycles are coming in ever
day and it looks now like the who'll
town would be a-wheel this summer
In the play Wednesday night the
will have hell right on the stage. /
will be the hottest thing that eve
happened.
The gable end OF the store room
which is occupied by George Hayes
which was blown out by a wine
storm some weeks ago is being re
placed
The time for commencement /.
coming around and the sweet cir
and boy graduates are preparing t.
an load vast stores of wisdom on {
wondering world.
WORK has been resumed on all tb,
work over town which was stopped
on account of the recent rains and II
Will be carried Cd until further down
pours again put a stop TO it.
AN exchange says there is a vii
lage in West Virginia where The
people are so religious that they
will not make cider on Saturday ..fol
fear it will work on Sunday"
JOHN SAMsEL, who is engaged IN
surveying the streets for the proposed
street paving has made his profile of
Front and Main streets and will have
the Others done in few days. He is
making all the speed possible during
the kind of weather we have been
having recently.
In Lewis county father sued a
liquor dealer for $4,000 damages for
selling his boy liquor which finally
resulted in his becoming insane, The
Circuit Court awarded him the
amount of damage asked for, which
was last week affirmed by the Su-
preme court
The road machines have been used
on some of the roads already and
they are in very good shape for this
time of the year The people would
not do without the machines now
although there was terrible howl
all over the county when they were
bought by the county court.
Robert DINsMoRE, formerly of this
city, now of Grafton, informed a
Weston gentleman the other day
that he had just returned from Liv-
erpool where he closed deal with
the English government for Dins-
more Greenstein repeating rifle for
100000. We congratulate Bob on
his good Fortune eston World.
The water in Decker's creek has
overiiowed the Golfer dam which the
contractors are building for the
abutments and work on that has
stopped. However they are tearing
down the old abutments and the
work will not be very much hinder
ed by the suspension in that direc-
ton.
Work has begun on the cleaning
up of the lot belonging to Cox and
Baker and it will be made ready for
the builders as fast as it can be done.
The oven is being removed first This
was the second largest oven in the
state and it was totally ruined by the
fire. 1t will be rebuilt in the new
restaurant and bakery building.
DR.. KEENER, of the Weston Gas
and Fuel Company has proposed to
the council Of that town hat if the
streets are paved he will run a pipe
from the main line in the street to
the curb in front of every residence
in town. That is quite a good idea
and will save tearing up the street
every time a connection is to be
made.
HOTEL guests here are indulging
in new tomatoes, strawberries, rad
ishes, and other fresh vegetables.
The strawberries and tomatoes are
about the only things they have not
had nearly all winter. They sell in
the market at 35 cents per quart for
Strawberries and 60 cts. per dozen
for tomatoes. Our hotels are very
lavish in providing comforts and
luxuries for their guests.
THE beauty of the day on Sunday
tempted many people out for walks
and in every direction might be seen
crowds of sight-seers. They were out
looking at the improvements which
had been made during the months
which they had been cooped up in
town. The pump station as usual
drew many of these, but number
went over the hill beyond Sunnyside
to look at the Wiles addition which
has all built up last winter.
The Baptist Young Peoples So
ciety gave special program on Sun
day night in commemoration of the
seventh anniversary of the founding
of the society. A number of papers
were read and several very pleasing
musical selection were rendered.
The exercises were attended by "a
large crowd and were interesting
throughout The society is in a
flourishing condition and is doing
much good work for the church.
An interesting, but quiet wedding
took place at 1880 o'clock last Tues
day morning at Pruntytown. Att
that hour Prof j. B. Protzman, prin-
cipal OF the Pruntytown public
school, and Miss Vlrgie Good, a
teacher of the primary department
of the school, were united as man
and wife by Rev. W. r. Davis, of the
NJ. 2. church. The happy couple
left soon after for Morgantown, their
future home. The school IN which
the bride and groom were teachers
closed several days ago. The heart
Test congratulations of a host of
frinds go with them to their home
and the best wishes for their future
welfare attend them. The bride is
daughter of the late Rev. j. W. T.
Good, a local preacher of the M. p.
church. LIBERATION Leader.
On Tuesday of this week assistant
q. S. Attorney Showalter went to
Morgantown where he was met by
Major Charles f. Powell of Pittsburg,
chief of engineers in charge of the
Monongahela river Improvements,
when the title papers were turned
over to the government and drafts
drawn and delivered to the grantors
in payment for the lands that will be
used by the government in the con-
struction of locks and dams num-
bers 10, II and IL, located respectively
at or near Morgantown, Ellington and
Little Falls. There are still some
changes being made in the locations of
the upper dams, and more land is
being Durchased th.n II vac Of arof