The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-01-25

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A GREAT many people have be
come tarred of the Falling Run
bridge already.
"TArNT no use," Uncle Joe has moi
forgotten how to build bridges while
he had hold of the postofiice helm.
CREExMoNT citizens may get theil
incorporation but they should moi
reach for it under the idea that il
will reduce their taxes.
THE House bill relating to the
Virginia debt and declaring that this
state would pay none of 1t has passed
the Senate by an unanimous vote.
The second recount in Taylor
county has given Dent 81 majority
gain of three. If he has few
more recounts he will have ire
mendous lead over the other fellow
The Royal Tribe Of Joseph will
hold it's regular meeting in the Poster
Hall on Tuesday evening Jan. oath.
All members are requested to be pres
ent and get their friends to become
members. This is becoming quite q
strong order here.
THE announcement of the death Of
Mrs. III. l.. Scrafford which occurred liz
Pittsburg on Saturday will be learned
with regret by her friends here. Mr..
and Mrs. Scrafford resided here for O
number OF years and were widely
known and highly esteemed.
DEATH has claimed many promin-
ent people in Morgantown and neal
by towns this winter. Indeed the
average number OF deaths seems to be
higher than known for many years.
The grip has laid many of these low
and it has not ceased it's ravages yet.
THE ground hog will be here in a
short time but he can do no better
than to have the brand of weather
that we have been having continued
indefinitely. We don't want any more
rain than we can help and the pleas
ant sunshiney days are all right.
AN OHIO newspaper has taken a
vote to decide who is the greatest liv-
ing American. Out of 10000 votes
Dewey leads, Bryan comes second, and
Mckinley third, Mark Hanna received
less than 500, and Grover Cleveland
didn't receive vote.
THE hotels still have fine run
of trade. The people in charge Of
them are kept busy from morning
to night waiting on the people who
are stopping with them. Morgan
town hotels are hard to beat and the
travelling public appreciates that
fact.
The postoffice has not moved yet
and of course it will remain until next
Saturday at the earliest. Doc. Hall
says that he is tired answering the
question, "When are you going to
move?" He don't know and no one
one else knows but there'll come a
time some day if you will only have
patience.
NOTWITHSTANDING the fact that we
have had some very bad weather it is
truly said that we have had one Of the
most agreeable winters that we have
experienced for long time. The
Oldest inhabitants are taking dreadful
risks however on times they have seen
when the thermometer took greater
jumps.
MANY people over the state will
move to Morgantown the coming
summer. The influx of out siders
into the town to take advantage OF
our excellent schools will receive a
wonderful impetus by the building OF
the new school building. 1t is an ed
iflce of which any city in the state
would be justly proud.
REV. MIR. ScoFIELD an evangelist
from the South will reach Morgan.
town on February 9th and will hold
a series of meetings in commencement
hall in which all the churches will
join. Mr.. Scofield is very highly
spoken of and the pastors of the place
will make an effort to have large con.
gregations and help him to make in.
teresting meetings.
The House resolution to provide
a committee to visit and inspect the
University has been adopted by the
Senate and the committee will be ap.
pointed in very short time and
come up here to look around. They
will find things in very excellent
shape and they will do us lots OF
good on their return to Charleston
A NUMBER of people gathered
around the doors of the new post Of
flee on Sunday afternoon. They OF
course were disappointed at not re.
ceiving any mail. Had they read
this paper they would have known
that the doors of the new office on
Sunday will be open from noon until
six O'Clock and that the wickets will
be up between four and five as under
the present arrangement.
THE prize masquerade ball to be
given at the Turn Verein on February
18th will be great affair. Three
hundred people are expected to attend
among them quite a number from
other places. The young gentlemen
who have the matter in charge have
their plans about perfected. Many
suits have already been ordered anG
some of the young ladies here are
making their own after very quaint
designs.
SPEAKING of queer names, the Dan.
vile, KY, Advocate recalls that 9
Madison county school has been taught
in succession by Sparrow, Duck,
and Grow. The Cynthiana Demo
crat says that at Washington and
Lee University the close of a session
found but two graduates who received
the A. r. degree. One was Bug and
the other Bair. The Richmond Reg
lister says that in that citya-Hogl
and Pigg were taught by Cobb.
IT is estimated that there are 1919,
900, 900 old style copper pennies some
where. Nobody knows what has be
comes of them, except once in while
single specimen turns up in change
A few years ago 4,500, 900 bronze two
cent pieces were set afloat. Three
million of them are still outstanding
but are never seen. A million O,
three-cent silver pieces are scattered
over the United States, but it is yer,
seldom that one comes across any O
them. OF the 800, 900 one-half cen
pieces not one has been returned tt
the government for coinage or is hell
by the treasury.
CAPTAIN w. P. Speakman lock
master at dam No. reports big 10
crease in Monongahela traffic sine,