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

day evening why he dldn go TO the
play replied ''that he was afraid he
would get there soon enough"
THE funeral Of the late Mrs Scraf
ford took place this afternoon at
Allegheny. Mr. and Mrs. NJ. A.
Miller of this place attended the fu-
neral.
IT was very gracious thing in
Mr.. Somehow to donate the opera
house for the charity entertainment.
Mr.. Somehow often does good
things however.
Work has been resumed on the
house of Mrs. Sadie Houston on
Sunnyside and it will be completed
as rapidly as the weather conditions
will justify.
A NUMBER of our people will visit
Charleston this winter to look in on
the law makers. Others would go
but for the iuconvenient way of
reaching the city.
In is not much wonder that Wiles
the real estate man succeeds, for he
keeps everlastingly at it. And we
have not yet heard one of his pat;
rons complain of being unfairly
dealt with.
A FIGHT and runaway enliyened
things down at the depot yesterday
evening. Not very much damage
was done by either OF these occur
rences. The audience enjoyed them
while they lasted however.
IN the scrap over the senator the
Augu sta county matter has not been
taken up. The advocates of this
move have been also in the shuttle.
They will have to wait at any rate
until the constitution is changed SO
that the move will he legally made.
PORTER WHITES Faust as every
one knew it would, drew large
house Monday evening. People were
much pleased and it was not unus-
nal to hear it remarked that this
was the best presentation of the
great play ever given here. Every
one thanks Mr.. Somehow fori it.
Nor very much more than one
fourth of the value of the new Fal-
ling Run bridge has been paid in
yet and Mr.. Wharton has to hold
the sack until the money is raised If
it ever comes in. He stands to
make but very little on the job if all
the price promised is given him.
Mr.. OSCAR CAMPBELL was the
stenographer at the recent meeting
of the Bar Association held at
Charleston and is making up the re
port. 1t will be printed in the next
issue Of the Bar which will be out next
week The lawyers had good
meeting and added thirty-fiye new
members to the body.
THE charity entertainment will be
attractive as one win readily see
from the people who are promoting
it and who will appear in the plays
The good ladies who planned the at
fair ought to have az vote of thanks.
They have arranged to be at no ex-
pense so all the money they receive
will go into the charity fund.
The number of telephones in use
here has grown very rapidly and it
is so now that a man cannot do
business without one. Many of the
private houses have them and there
are nearly two hundred of them in
use in the town. The number is
rapidly jumping up and the two
hundred mark will soon be passed.
THERE is new song going the
rounds of the press and it iuns as
follows: 1--WE don't want to buy at
your place, we won't trade there any
more, you'll be sorry when you see US
going to some other store, you can't
sell us any stale goods, we have open
ed wide our eyes, we don't want to
trade at your store, because you do
not advertise"
THE performance of Faust at the
Opera House last night drew a very
large audience. They were well
pleased with the electrical effects and
the scenery carried. A solo by
Jesse L. Turner between the acts was
very well received and has called out
many compliments. The company
left here to-day for Waynesburg going
by the way of Pittsburg. They have
been booked forMorgantown again next
year.
VIM. WHITTINGToN will open in the
Poster Building on or about Febru-
airy 1st one of the largest and most
complete shoe and clothing stores in
the state. While making a speciality
of shoes he will also do wholesale
shoe business and in connection
with some of the largest shoe factor
les can give the people shoes cheaper
than others saving several profits by
selling direct to the trade.
ANOTHER rat hunt has started in
Fayette county. There are a large
number of young men engaged and
they will kill a great many of the
rodents. A hunt few days ago at
Masontown resulted in the slaughter
of several thousand rats and the one
now going on at Uniontown is expect
A ed to eclipse that record. A similar
hunt here might be very good thing
There are thousands of large Norway
rats in the town and it would be a
blessing if they were all killed.
The congressional committee which
has been appointed to investigate the
case of Wheeler and the two other
congressman who held commissions in
the army will not report until after
the Senatorial election has been held
in this state for fear of furnishing the
Democrats with partisan mater iall
However Speaker Reed has solved the
problem. He refuses to sign the
vouchers for the salary of the men in
question and this shows what be
thinks of their right to the place and
pay of congressman.
The sudden and apparently I'M
expected change in the weather re-
minds us that the weather man has
been very successful in his prophc-
cies recently. 1t is fact that eighty
eight per cent of the predictions
made come true. The unthinking
are prone to scoff at the service and
intimate that it is not at all reliable
but if one will govern himself by
the forecasts he will get there often
eoJhan he will get left.
THE proposed election law which is
before the legislature in the form of a
bill allows two commissioners to each
of the leading parties. In case OF