The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-08

| THE pavement on the upper end Of
Main street has been taken up again
to allow investigation Of sewer that
has become clogged up.
A HOLE has been dug in the Wal
lace House alley to make some need
ed improvements on some of the num-
erous pipes that lie under the brick
Of that thoroughfare.
THE bridge question is one that
will not down until the bridge is made
free. Our people are very much in
earnest in this matter and they will
not be appeased until the question is
settled.
WE acknowledge receipt of valuable
documents relative to the survey of
the river from Hon. e. +. Archeson,
OF Pennsylvania. The greater part
OF the Monongahela is in Mr..
Acheson's district.
THE legislature visited the Home
for Incurable at Huntington yester-
day but unfortunately none OF them
were retained as inmates at the House
although there are a number who have
every right to admission.
THERE will be lots of moving
around among the business houses
this year on the LIST of April Many
people expect to see the greatest
number of changes that have taken
place for long time.
SOME years ago Moundsville school
children made the futile attempt Of
buying the historic mound in the CEN
tire of the town. The state histori-
cal society is urging the legislature to
buy it and thus preserve 1t from the
ruthless real estate man.
READ the Novelty Co.'S offer in
their advertisement printed on our
second page. If you need anything
in their line and they can't please
you both in quality and price it
would hardly be worth while to look
further.
PROF. SAMUEL the optician will be
In Morgantown at the Wallace House
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
this week and all who may desire his
services can be accommodated at that
time. He had intended returning
sooner but has been prevented by ill
ness.
The next holiday that we will OBJ
serve is St. Valentines Day which
comes on the fourteenth. After that
is Washington's birthday when the
Woman's League will give their
Colonial Reception and the Sons of
the Revolution will meet in annual
session here.
The post office is installed in the
new place of business. The force is
being worked to the limit In getting
acquainted with the new boxes but
the service has been better than was
expected. The sign has not been re-
moved from the old offieR and many
people are in obedience to habit going
to it for their mail.
PREPARATIONS are being made to
have the masquerade ball to be given
by the Turn Verein be one of the
finest affairs that this popular club
has ever had in charge. A great
many people are expected to attend
and the ball will be highly enjoyed
by all who are in attendance
This has been the darkest day
which has been experienced for a
long time. Lamps have had to be
kept burning much longer than or
dinarily and the rays of daylight
have had hard time of it getting
through the layers of fog and clouds
which have interrupted them.
The Legislature has gotten down
to hard work and from now until the
end of the session they may be ex-
pected to get a great deal of the
work done for which they were
elected. Had the election of sena-
tor been much delayed the actual
work of the session would have been
Insignificant.
MEMBERS of lodges are requested
to give US every item they can about
their meetings and movements. 1t
would be good idea for each lodge
to have some man or committee APP
pointed as press representative whose
duty it would be to give the paper
everything of interest in regard to
the different organizations.
THE snow falling on the ice and be-
ing so cold that neither stuck to the
other has been the cause of many a
fall. People have not been able to
discover the ice until they have STEP
ped on it and then there has not gen.
orally been time enough left to make
up their minds what to do except
they generally end the discussion by
getting up from where they have fall
len.
NEXT week will be full of excite
ment here The County Court meets
on Monday to look into the bridge
matter, the Turn Verein gives a
masquerade ball at their new club
house, circuit court meets in regular
session on Tuesday and Greenmont
votes on the proposition to incorpor-
ate on Saturday.
This is the greatest club town 1
ever saw said gentleman this
morning. There are from two to a
half dozen gatherings of that kind
every evening. 1t is impossible for
one to keep up with them. There
are the numerous literary clubs, the
women's societies of half dozen
kinds, about every secret order on
earth, to say nothing of the church
organizations Well, l give it up"
A TELEPHONE message from the
Pump Station states that on Friday
morning while Sam Brand was at
tempting to cross the river on the ice
be had narrow escape from drown
ing. When he was within ten feet of
the opposite shore the ice which was
very rotten broke beneath him and he
| fell into the water but after consider
ably difficulty succeeded in getting out
with nothing worse than drenching
as result of the experience.
GEORGE DYCHE to whom suspicion
has pointed for long time as being
responsible for many fires at Lewis
burg, and for starting the blaze that
came near burning the town down in
1897, was arrested amid much excite
ment there the other day and taken
before the mayor. The evidence at
his preliminary trial being INSULT
Gent to warrant it, he was sent on tC
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