The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-08-16

strikes. They are mighty good fel
/. lows and deserve all they got.
THE Calhoun Chronicle says it see
no reason why bank would not pa
in Grantsville and that If time is any
thing it would. If time is everything
we suppose 1T would.
REV. i. A. BARNES regales tn
readers of the New DOMINION will
another Of his letters from anon.
the mountains. Always glad t
hear from Mr.. Barnes.
A PARTY of three young men lief
| Allegheny on Monday morning in ;
wagon to drive to the everglades o
Florida. They expect to return il
March next. All three are YALE
graduates.
CAMPING parties are beginning u
hit Cheat river pretty hard and there
are a number Of them scattered along
that stream. They have not come In
the numbers that they usually dc
however and may make this up later
THE new switch board at the PEG
ple's telephone Office is very great
improvement over the old one and
the operators can do much better
work than they could formerly with
the disadvantages that they had to
contend with.
THERE are young women who
think they make themselves particu-
larly agreeable to their male acquaint-
ances by making themselves as much
like them as possible in manner and
conversation. This is the way these
young women make one Of the biggest
mistakes Of their lives.
THE paving of the piece of road
between Front street and the bridge
will be done in such a way that nc
one will be very seriously incon
Yenienced by it. The traffic over the
bridge will not he hindered any more
than it is absolutely necessary.
THE roads were never better for
wheel riding than they are now.
There is no dust and the roads are
hard as they can be and as smooth
us they ever get in this country.
Those who own wheels and have not
| yet tried a spin into the country ought
| to get out of town and try it.
The late lamented Prof. Purinton
taught the largest Bible class in
Nashville, or the entire South for
that matter. 1t had three hundred
members. Prof. Purinton was an
earnest christian and had been a
member of the Baptist church from
boy.
Our of 55 applicants for teachers
certificates in Richie county, last
week, twenty four failed to pass the
examination, and of the number who
did pass fourteen landed in the No.
class. There must have been
rather hard lot of questions or a
lard lot Of applicants.
MORE of the new street lamps are
being put in over town. One has
been placed on the corner of Main and
Peasants street and the people Of this
part. of town who have had no light
for several months will now get one.
The lamps are very handsome and re-
Quire great deal of work in putting
them in position.
"GEE WHIz," exclaimed little fell
low as the street parade of the show
passed, 'Posten has bought an ele-
plant" The above was brought out
by Posten's advertisement printed on
muslin and thrown across the elephant.
Poster does almost everything but we
hardly think he has come to dealing
in elephants.
THE railroads have system of
keeping tally on the results of adj
vertising. Careful investigation
shows that advertising in the news
papers has brought the greatest re-
suits and many of them will limit
their advertising to the papers.
Hereafter they will refuse handbills,
posters, placards, programs etc.
WITH a few exceptions the houses
Of this place present the most attrac-
tive appearance possible. The owners
take pride in keeping their property
in the very best of condition and more
paint is. used here than in any other
town of its size in the country. Nor
gantown is proud Of many things but
ia none of them more proud than of
her personal appearance.
THE county institute will be very
interesting this year and will be
very well attended if present indica-
tions have anything to do with the
case. 1t will be the first to make
Use OF the new public school building
and no better way can be found to
dedicate it than by assembling the
teachers of the county under its
roof.
THE largest fish story of the season
comes from Anderson the southern end
of the state where Editor G. W. Tip
petit, of the Point Pleasant Register is
| fishing. He caught two bass at one
cast of the fly. One of these weighed
pounds and ounces and the other
three pounds four and one half ounces.
This story was doubtless attribu-
ted to Tippett by the Charleston Ca
zette.
| The attention of the officers is
Especially directed to the great mum
Der of boys who make it a practice
to gather at the depot in the evening
and jump on the train. They hang
on while the train is taking the sid
ing, and when it starts for any 9th
orlpurpose. If the practice is moi
stopped some of them will be killed
or at least crippled. 1t is in direct
violation of law.
J BANJO JIM struck Connellsvillt
last week and the News says he was
greeted by quite number of colored
people when he alighted from the
train and escorted up street. He
RECALLED them with stories of his life
in the Shenandoah Valley, his ser
vice in the army during the civil
war and number of other things
that never happened. Jim is getting
uncomfortably close and may be ex-
pected to turn up here at any time
The death of Thorn Dorsey will
be learned with regret by everyon'
in town. He was well known IL
Morgantown and was a popular
young fellow. He left here will
his parents a few years ago for thu
city where he had been employed il
several places. He had been slcl
for several weeks and suffered two
relapses from fever The physicians