The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-04-12
Items OF Interest.

Items OF Interest.
The West Virginia Herald Co., has
sued attorney general Rucker for fifty
cents which they claim is due on SUBJ
scription and which he refuses to pay
IT looks now as il Monongah will
get the miners, hospital. The appoint
ed board Of viewers has not made
their decision, but at present the do
nations from the above named town
are far ahead Of any contemporaries.
IT seems to be settled that no re-
union of the Army of West Virgin
ia will be held this year. The com
mittee was unable to secure a one
cent rate from the railroads and for
that reason claim the meeting will
have to be abandoned.
ARKANSAS is dealing heroically
with the cigarette question, the
house Of representatives having
passed bill prohibiting the manu-
facture, importation, sale OR giving
away of cigarettes or cigarette pa
per to any person whomsoever, adult
or minor, under penalty of not less
than $4,000.
1T turns out that the recent stories
about West Virginia beating Pittsburg
in getting big coal contracts and shut
ting Pittsburg out of the markets
were put into circulation by the coal
operators of that city who made it an
excuse for reducing the pay of their
miners. They are certainly cute, are
those Pittsburg people.
A LADY living here is responsible
for whopper told by one OF her chill
dren. A discussion of the weather
was going on among the school chill
dren when one OF them said, "My
mamma says that she has seen about
thousand Marches and this is the
worse one she ever saw The senti-
ment while not exactly true as far as
the assertion about the number is con-
cerned will be readily believed by
those to whose attention it is called.
UNDER new pension law, a wife
of soldier drawing a pension may
make application before Justice Of
the Peace or any authorized Court
and have half of said pension set
aside for herself and family. This
law is a good one and prevents old
soldiers, who are so inclined, from
sqandering all their pension money
for themselves, instead of devoting
it to the support of their families.
THE fact that there has been few
tramps or DRINKS la the Jail this
winter is a very gratifying one to
Sheriff Garrison and in fact to all
concerned. Tourists have given the
town very wide berth and we have
had to contend with but few of them.
The festive and vociferous drunk has
not been harvested in the numbers
that he was last winter and the bread
and water diet seems to have had a
good effect in this direction.
WHEN Colonel w. j. Bryan was
asked by a Cincinnati newspaper
for reply to Colonel Bob Ingersoll's
criticism that the silver advocate is
a back number and has no political
future, he rather neatly parried by
declaring that he did not regard
Colonel Ingersoll competent au-
thority to pass such criticism, be
cause the great agnostic did not be-
lieve in future.
LIGHTNING struck flowing gas
well in the Jacksonville field a few
days ago and ignited the gas. Att
Weston, eighteen miles away, says the
Independent, one may see the light on
any night and the roar from the burn
ing is plainly heard ten and twelve
miles. We are told there are pools of
oil about the well which are on fire
and it is impossible to get to the flames
to extinguish them or to stop the flow
of gas. Residents of West Milford.
four or five miles away, say that the
blaze Eliminates that little town so
that it is possible to read a paper any
where on the street.
In the memory of the oldest inhab-
liant there never was winter as Sc
we're as the one just past. Old boreas
commenced along about The middle of
last November and has been keeping
up with the procession of months
right along, covering the time of four
and half months without let up,
and still bangang on as though Jealous
of the balmy days of spring. Febru-
airy was unprecedented for GOODNESS
and March's previous record for blus-
triness has been knocked sky high.
With the approach of April patient
expected break in the
long siege but there is none yet in
sight, and predictions are that April |
will have just as stormy weather as
any month of the winter just past, |
though not so cold.
IT is disgusting to hear people speak
scornfully of girls who have to work
for a living. No sensible man is daz-
zled by the glitter Of a jeweled hand,
a gold bracelet or a watch, all of which
may, perhaps, have been bought on
time. All this has not SO much fas-
lnation as pleasant disposition, a
happy intelligent face, a well cooked
meal and clean, tidy home. A rosy
checked face in the kitchen is worth
dozen operatic singers in the parlor,
paving piano and screaming, "a
Flower From My Angel Mothers
Grave" when very likely the poor old
mother is hanging out clothes in the
back yard. 1t is all right to know
how to appear as a cultivated. refined
and entertaining lady, but to know how
TO be a good housekeeper, even ii the
work has only to be superintendent, is
Tar better than superficial airs.
Soon the people of the rural dis
tricts as we'll as of the small towns
will have the annual tramp nuisa nee
70 contend with, for 1t is announced
hat the nomads are already moving
,ut of the cities, where they have
'pent the winter, and are starting
Ipon their tour" An extra lock
IN the refrigerator, screens on the
cellar windows and a more secure
fastening to the cellar door will be
ound servioesble in circumventing
heir operations. Generally the on.
% oao9 and Inconvenience are Of
noros account than the money value
4 re articles stoIon, md houss.
4! Il & !! xtid these