The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-15
DIR. w. f. STEWART, Dentist, Office

Dh. w r.. STEWART, DentlSt, OEDce
Lazier building, over Rice's store.
It's very poor town that can't have
an ice plant these days.
SMOKE the choice cent Chico Cigar
\ the best smoke in the market, to be had
J. M. Reeds.
A NEW postoffice has been estab-
lished at Orr, Preston county, with
Joseph Dillow as postmaster.
The girl who leaves the point OF a
pin sticking out of her belt behind
doesn't deserved to be Rugged.
Ir is generally safe to say that the
man who hears the clock strike at 3
O'Clock every night isn't successful
In business
A G. and O. train broke In two the
other morning between the engine and
tender, on New river, and Fireman
Worley fell to the ground. The ten
der and six cars passed over him. and
he miraculously escaped injury.
On the west side of the Campbell's
run deep sand development in Mon
ongalia county the South Penn com
pany has drilled its No. | Nicholas
Ball to the top of the sand and is
fishing for string Of tools.
AN exchange has this personal
item: Those who know old Mr.,
Whites Of this place personally will
regret to hear that he was assaulted
in brutal manner last week, but
was not killed
Tar Martinsburg Worsted and
Cassimere company is about to build
plant at Martihsourg, and will he
companion piece to the Crawford
Wooden company. already located
there.
the well at The Raymond residence
Walnut street Friday night The
water Is seven feet from the curb
and ttlis is the first time if was ever
Frozen since the well was dug over
sixty years ago.
A PENsloNER Of Birmingham, n.
r., who was drawing $40 month
for liver trouble, has lost his pension
through allowing popular liver pill
firm to advertise that they had cured
him. AT last accounts the fool
killer was hard after the hero.
SEVERAL towns near here are anx-
sous TO get Evangelist Schoolfield who
is TO come here ON next Sunday and
begin series of Union services. He
will find it impossible to satisfy any
OF them as his time is taken up for
months ahead. The indications are
that the services here will prove very
successful.
SEvENri-fouR copper head snakes
were killed the other day under stone
pile in Logan county. They had
probably adopted the place in which
they were found as their winter quar-
tiers, or it may not be too much to say
that they cultivate venomous snakes
over in Logan as an excuse for other
things.
THE bill to prohibit prize fights
was defeated in the senate by Il vote
ofseventeen to three The bill was too
stringent and the opponents had an
easy time knocking it out. At one
time an amendment was proposed
lacking foot bah on as one OF the
prohibited things but it was OBJ
jected to so strongly that it was
withdrawn
The pension bureau has granted a
pension of $l2 month to the widow
of Chief Yeoman George ii. Ellis, the
only man in our navy killed at Santi-
ago in the humiliation Of Cervera's
fleet. Ellis was on the Brooklyn, and
was exposed on the open deck ascer-
tanning the range of the enemy with
stadimeter when his head was blown
off with "A huge shell. He was from
Peoria, Ill.
THERE is class of men infesting
the street corners and some places of
business who are continually CRITICS.
ing the government, the newspapers,
the borough officials and everything
in general. Nothing suits them.
They have no regard for other peoples
opinions and if you cross them they
get angry. They have high regard
for self Importance and vain tenden-
cy to be heard This kind of people
are the ''gall worms" of society,"
News Standard.
A FEW days ago the Rev. Sam
Small, this celebrated evangelist, and
the co worker of Sam Jones, filed a
petition of voluntary bankruptcy in
the supreme court OF the District
oi Columbia. He places his liabili-
ties at $S,432.75, and his assets at
1920. The greater part of his debt
is owed to Oklahoma persons, as he
attempted to run paper in Okla
homa city, which was a financial
failure
The effort to abolish the prepare
tory department OF the State Univer-
sity being made in the legislature is
being vigorously opposed by those who
know the real value of that institu-
ton. Without that department the
work oil the university would be ut
terly handicapped. Senator Fast and
Others who are fighting the bill will
probably be successful for their argu-
ments appeal to the good sense and
the practical minds of the members
who understand the purpose of a pre-
paratory department. -.Intelligencer
THE Philippine Islands extend
through ixteen parallels of latitude,
or as far as from Chicago to the south
ernmost point of Florida, and through
nine degrees of longitude. The islands
are peopled by many different races,
who speak thirty different languages.
The second largest island, Mindanao,
which is but little smaller than the
island of Luzon, is inhabited by Mo-
hammedans, who are divided govern
mentally into independent sultanates.
There are pagans and pirates in great
numbers on Others Of the islands.
THERE were three strong points in
Mr.. Cutright's speech in the House
of Delegates yesterday, viz: He was
at the West Virginia University
was president of the Republican
league and slept in night shirt
that he was willing to donate to
VIM. L. Wilson This was consider
ed by him knock down argument
to prove that W. R. d Dent was
elected by fraudulent votes in Taylor
county Mr.. Cutright's services in
the discussion yesterday were in
valnable.--Charleston Gazette.
ANOTHER railroad charter for Mari
on was issued last week, this time
from Riyesyille up the raging Papaw
to Fairyiew, one of the best oil towns
in the State. If the W. Va. & Pa.
comes up from Brownsville on the