The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-15

ed off this morning but there are
others that need some attention OF
this kind.
TIE Columbians will give public
performance at the Commencement
Hall on Friday night to which the
public is cordially invited.
OTHER towns are shivering over a
shortage of the gas supply but Nor
gantown is all right so far and has
query reason to believe that it will
stay so.
A NUMBER Of poles have been
placed in the upper end of town and
they will be put in for the use of
the c. D. and p, just as soon as the
weather will permit
BEFORE the adjournment of the
State grange at Charleston Prof t.
G. Atkeson Of this place was elected
state master. This is an honor
worthily bestowed.
So far as known there has been no
losses to the stockmen of the county
by their stock freezing to death. In
several of the neighboring counties
cattle have frozen to death in the
fields.
THE Ohio river is closed nearly its
whole length along this state. This
has not happened for years before and
is one Of the many signs of the great
severity of the cold snap we are havs
ing.
SENATOR ELKINs has introduced
Dayton's new bridge bill into the
Senate. 1t passed the house few
lays ago and authorizes the county
court to erect a bridge across the
v onongahela at this place.
IT is said that petitions are being
{, eeived daily by Elkins and others in
\ thoIity that the second regiment
. sent to Manila If additional
tree should be needed, it is given
oat that the regiment will be sent.
Snow has rarely fallen to the
pth to which it has reached dur
lg the blizzard which we have been
y Toying for some time. 1t looks
Ike there might be lots more of it
oefore it quits for good.
THIS is very hard weather on the
birds and the farmers should do
what they can do to protect them
and keep then from starving to
death. A little oversight will sa, e
hundreds of them that will perish
unless something is done.
SLED rides are taken by several
parties every night. A large number
Of young people get into sled with
plenty of straw and covering and then
they have time such as you read
about. Until the snow goes off this
form of amusement is bound to have
the call.
President Raymond will lecture
in Wheeling to the teachers Of that
city on next Friday night This lee
ture has been postponed for two
weeks because of his enforced alb
sence at Charleston looking after the
interests of the University.
THE watch which was offered by
the Mortimer company to the holder
of the ticket which was drawn from a
hat after the performance on Saturday
evening was won by Student Cape
hart. The number was GIGS. Three
numbers had t. be drawn before the
winning one was found in the house,
THEY are queer sorts of social af-
fairs which obtain in the county of
Boone. The Boone Bloomer in re-
cent issue says; IA dance down the
road the other night resulted In sew
eral young men getting knocked down
with rocks, as was also the lady of the
house."
REAL, genuine piety improves "a
man, makes him better, represses
any latent disposition to lie about
his neighbors; it makes him kind
instead of malevolent, charitable in
place of vindictive 1t is spurious
religion, a shameful hypocrisy, a
mock piety that makes scoffers. and
skeptics and sinners of others.
The ice on the river has seldom
been as thick as it is now. People
are crossing it at number of places
on the ice which is about six to
eight inches thick. The creek is
covered with some of the best that
has ever seen on it but most of the
ice men have already filed their
uses and no use can be made of
lie present opportunity.
A POLL of the House of Delegates
ows that that body contains A
4 wspapermen, 8 physicians, Is
farmers, s merchants, fruit grow
IS, teachers, | carpenter, miller,
I iawy ers, l superintendent of water
orks, | manufacturer, ministers,
trader, l, grazier, l railroad en-
+ oye. lumber dealer, l bricklayer,
| hotel keeper, l deputy Internal
Revenue collector and oil operator
SELDOM has a show been here and
made so many friends as the Morti
mer people have during their stay
here. They have given a first
class performance at reasonable fig
ures and the members have proven
themselves to be ladies and gentle
men in every sense of tho word Ev.
cry one is charmed with them and
they will leave Morgantown with the
best wishes of all who have come in
contact with them.
THE Charles Mortimer company
which has been here for the last week
has Cancelled its engagement for the
coming week for Fairmont on account
of the condition Of the Opera House
up there. During such weather as W.
are now having it would half kill the
entire company to go into such place
and they have shown their good sense
by staying out of it. The Fairmont
manager has very kindly allowed then
to cancel and says that he does moi
blame them in the slightest.
A NUMBER Of local sportsmsn arr
catching the cartridges which arr
suffering terribly on account of thu
cold weather and will feed them I'M
til the snow goes off when they will
be released. The birds can be caugh
in the hands as they fall in the snow
exhausted when flushed from tn,
huddles in which they are to bt
found. The birds caught have moth
ing whatever in their craws an(
would have died in a few hours i
not taken care of. The farmers cal
catch them and place them in thei
barns until the cold wave is over.
These two items are from tn
Warrington Advocate:
A well known Wadestown lawyer