The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-01

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the fight in Pennsylvania.
THE famous Queen Quality Shoe a
Hirschmans.
QUEEN Quality is made to fit tn
foot, to give the wearer comfort ant
good service. See them at Hirsch
mans.
MANY of the largest tax payers OF
the West Side OF the river are in ia
vor Of buying the bridge and making
it free. They also say that every dal
it is delayed adds to the loss and dis
advantage of the people.
In the northeast extension of thi
Campbell's run development, in Mon
ongalia county. No. Irwin Ten
nant has been drilled into the arsi
pay and has / 800 feet of fluid in th,
hole. 1.-THE well is still drilling ant
expects second pay.
GEORGE HARMON, one of the
wealthiest men Of the state died sud
denly near Petersburg a few days
ago. MIR. Harmon was once can
didate for congress against VIM. l.
Wilson.
THERE is no probability that the
county court can build a bridge.
There is none that they can get per-
mission to build such structure as
the money they would be willing to
spend wonld build. They are reason
able men and win certainly see the
propriety of buying the present bridge
and making 1t free at once.
WE have received from President
Raymond, of the West Virginia Uni
versity copy of his report to the
Board of Regents and Of their report
to the Governor Both are among the
best OF their kind, and both indicate
a wonderful degree Of prosperity in
the University. We are very glad TO
know that this is the fact. --Keyser
Echo
THE Society of the Sons OF the Rev
olution in West Virginia, will hold its
annual meeting in Morgantown on
February p, Washington's birthday.
The annual meetings have always
been held on this date, but this is the
first outside of Wheeling, where the
society was organized in 1895. The
society has for one Of its objects the
OF things historical Ia
this State. aud last year steps were
taken to erect a tablet on the site of
old Fort Henry, in Wheeling.
MANY good items of news are lost
to newspaper every week by the
of the people. Ordinarily
a newspaper man feels deicacy in
pushing himself into the presence OF
other people to inquire about who is
and who is not going somewhere, but
he often does it. 1t has been said
that the man who will stop a news
paper man on the street and give
him a piece of news is the hest man
alive.
The farmers of the state will hold
a meeting in Charleston, February
9th, to 18th that will be the most
gathering of the kind ever
held in the State. On the 9th will
be the meeting of the State Board OF
on the 7th the State
Horticultural Society ION the Sth the
State Sheep Breeders Association
and organization of the State Farm
ers Institute Society; 9th to 18th
of the State Grange. Elk
cursion rates have been secured Oh
all railroads.
IT is not generally known that
Mrs. j. r. De La Mar, whose beauty
has. created wide attention on two
and recently drove
her husband, a western mine
owner, twenty times million
aire, to divorce her, purely through
an insane jealousy, was formerly
Miss Nellie Sands, Of Parkersburg
w. Va. When just blooming into
womanhood, Miss Sands moved with
her mother to New York, where the5
have since lived when not at New
port or abroad.
PROF. WAITMAN L. BARRIE, flelo
agent for the State University. was il
town Thursday visiting the college
and the public schools. In the even
ing he furnished an hour of most splen
did entertainment reading before thu
Philomathean Society from his works
Prof. Barbe is a literary man by ma
ture and by training and while he il
doing splendid work in behalf of the
State institution of learning it is tt
be regretted that he is not devotinl
his time to adding to the State;
productions in literature. The mar
who could write "Ashes and Incense
should have books as his monument
-Ravenswood News.
A BUSINESS man of town went int
a bank here few days ago and start
ed to leave a roll of money HI
didn't succeed but the reason was no
because he wasn't willing. II,
couldn't get it out of his pocket book
He had one of the combination book
which are common around town ant
he had forgotten how to work thu
combination. The bank peopl
couldn't solve the mystery and afte
working an hour he started hom
with the money safely in the book
On his way he met a friend and tn,
latter opened the book on the frs
trial. The business man carried tn
open book in his hand until he coul(
get the money out being afraid t.
close it for fear that he would agaiI
find himself unable to realize on tn
money he had tied up.
WOULD you buy good dollar 70
SO cents? or course you would, thel
why not take advantage of Hirsch
mans one third price on all Wraps
1t is just the same.
THE Joint convention of the Goa
operators and miners at Pittsburg hav
finally agreed upon mining rate 70
the year beginning April |, 1899
Under the new agreement the rates il
Pennsylvania will be the same as a
present. For run of mine coal tn
rate will be AZ 66-100 cents ton
inch and quarter screen coal, 66 cent
ton: drivers and outside labor will
receive the same wages as at present
and eight hours will constitute day
work. The new agreement also pre-
vides that local questions shall be dc
cided in the districts interested. Th
thick and thin vein differential an
the differentials in the various pool
of the Monongahela river are to be Sc
cured in the Pittsburg district. Th
settlement of the matter may be re
garded as disposing of the question {
strikes for year at least.
A WHEELING correspondent says