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

Col. FAST has our thanks for cop.
les Of the Senate and House journals
AGAIN the public is tumbling to the
situation when they strike slippery
place in the payements.
THE new delivery wagon which has
been purchased by Kidd the grocer for
use in his large and growing business
is about the finest thing in town OF
the kind.
The tramp nuisance is not as bad
as usual this winter but there are
still enough of the vagabonds to
keep people on the alert.
CIRCUIT court will convene on
Tuesday the 18th There. are no
cases marked for trial of any special
public interest The term is not
likely to be very long one.
A PARTY of friends here think of
going to Pittsburg for one or two
evenings during the season of grand
opera there. To. lovers of music this
will be quite treat
INSPECTOR HooTEN says the Nor
gantown postoflice is the best one in
the state not excepting those Of the
cities. 1t is far ahead of any one in
a town Of this class.
REV. Mr.. ScHooLFiELD will begin
the series of union meetings that has
been announced in the University
chapel on next Sunday. The meet
ings will be continued for some time.
Mr.. GRANT thinks there is no dan
ger of the University appropriation
failing. 1t will be however very
closely scrutinized and may be reduc-
ed somewhat from the amount asked
by the University authorities.
Rev. |. A. BARNES, President OF
the w. Va. NJ p. Conference
preached in Parsons yesterday. He
will attend the Y. M G. A. conven-
tion at Cumberland before returning
home.
I'VE come to kill printer, said the
little man. Any printer in particular?
| asked the foreman. Oh, any one'll do:
| would prefer small one, but I've
got to make some sort Of a bluff at
fight or leave home, since the paper
called my wife's pink tea a swell affair.
A GENTLEMAN who is evidently en-
| deavoring to square himself with
maiden ladies who have passed the
blushing period gives this definition
of an old maid 'sAn old maid is a
woman who has not been fool enough
to be fooled by every fool who has
been fool enough to Try to fool her. ;"
THE Wheeling lodge of Elks will
distance all of next summers State
attractions with their week OF street
fair in that city during the latter part
of June. The famous Worlds Fair,
Midway Plaisance will be revived, and
night for the thousands who will at
tend.
The electric light company have
placed large arc light at the head of
Main street in order to show the peo-
| pie Of that part of town what can be
done with arc lights in the way of
| lighting the town. The lights are
very pretty and very practicable. The
day may come when the town is light
ed with them in great measure.
THE number of grip patients does
not seem to decrease to any material
extent although the dry bracing air
should kill off the germs to some de-
gree. Away from here there are a
great many deaths due to the vista
In ffcl 1,.r inre ha act
week out of one hundred and twenty
four deaths forty three were due to
grip or to pneumonia.
A NUMBER OF improvements are be-
ing made in the new Wallace House
the idea always being to the front
of giving to guests the greatest com
fort and convenience. The fame Of
the hotel has gone all over the coun-
try and people are attracted there by
the splendid reputation which it has
honestly gained and is trying hard
to maintain.
You should remember when you
go about complaining Of your hard
lot and general bad luck that the
trouble is generally with yourself.
A man who is thrifty and energetic
is always at the front while the slow
and slothful are always out at the
elbows and are usually grumbling.
Go to work at something with a
cheerful heart and strong will and
you will get along.
A GREAT many people are anxious
to have the town use arc lights The
three that have been in use for a
short time to show-what they are
have given perfect satisfaction. They
are new models entirely different
from the unsteady, sizzling, noisy, old
ones and give steady bright light.
The electric light company is willing
to put up a few of them as an ex-
pertinent and if they do not give sat
isfaction the matter can be aban-
doned.
You often hear young men say
that there is not thing for them to
do and that the place is not worth
living in, that the town should DE
fenced in, whitewashed, paddock
put on it, and so on This class of
young men are never very anxious
to do anything. There is always
plenty to do. We may have all the
bank cashiers and railroad presidents
we need, but there is other work
they could perform.
WHILE engaged in digging at Bal
timore last week, some workmen
discovered petrified woman. All
of her body, with the exception of
her tongue, was solid mass of
stone That important organ was
still in state OF comparative soft
ness as compared with the rest of
her anatomy, indicating that it was
the last thing to knuckle under.
Possibly great truth is emphasized
by this NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. we
publish the item without comment.
MANY people in this county will
regret to learn of the death of Col.
VIM. Hood which occurred at his
home near Shinnston on Friday last.
Col. Hood was man OF affairs, a
careful business man and had
amassed a fortune. He was brought
| up in this county where he has
three brothers living all of whom
are well known citizens, viz: Jno. S.,
James and Joseph, of Louisville. For
many years Mr.. Hood had lived in
Harrison and was connected with
almost every enterprise intended to
promote the public good.