Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-05-11
Note and Comment from West Virginia.


Grafton is one of the large towns in
the state bowling for free postal de-
livery.
In the fourth United States Regi-
ment of Volunteer Infantry, common
" known as the Fourth 1mmunes and
considered as good as any regiment in
the regular service, are two companies
from this state. They are Company
E. Of Parkersburg, and Company G,
of Wheeling, being recruited at these
cities. These enjoy the distinction Of
being the only West Virginia com
panies that ever saw foreign service,
They are now stationed at Manzanillo
Cuba, and expect TO be treading their
native heath by June |. 1t Is under
stood that the regiment will shortly
sail for the United States, and after
being quarantined for about five days
in New York harb0r the lmmunes
will be taken to Camp Meade, Gettys-
burg, Pa. to be mustered out. Inn
munes are supposed to be men who
have been through a siege OF yellow
fever, or are immune to attack of dis
eases characteristic of tropical eli
mates: but the idea could not be
strictly carried out, yet theregiment's
physical test was Of the strictest pos
sible character and it was composed
of fine body of men. With its dis
bandment, West Virginia's active
tive participation IN the late war viii
have ceased.
Something new in the line Of trusts
is offered in Grafton. Through a
complicated state of affairs, the Taylor
county court is hors du combat, hence
on May / the saloon keepers could not
get their licenses renewed officially for
the year. At present the sale Of liquor
in the town is therefore illegal. The
town license is $500, and the saloon
keepers would like to have it reduced
TO $500, although they would rather
have the license than the reduction.
But here's where the trust idea comes
in: A corporation, or monopoly, has
submitted a proposition to the town
council agreeing TO pay into the towns
treasury a sum of money annually
that will equal the revenue derived
from the licenses, provided it is given
the exclusive right to dispense moist
10Y to the inhabitants of Grafton.
The proposition has not been consider
ed yet, and it will take week or two
TO weave order out Of the chaos into
which the lack of a court has thrown
the town.
Oil prospectors threaten to grievous-
~ disturb the serenity of the elite
jewellers OF Leatherwood, an aristro-
cratic suburb of Wheeling, about
three miles east of the city. These
natives are shocked in mind and spirit
at the entrance of the festive derrick
men and oil driller. Ground ada
cent TO their handsome homes has
been leased in all directions and one
well is under way. There are eyiden-
ces of oil, but few experts look much
for the greasy fluid.
The first inmates for the Girls In
dustrial School, at Salem, were con-
signed to the institution this week by
a Wheeling justice, who committed
four girls under seventeen years of
age Incorrigibility was the charge
placed against them. The school is
similar to the state reform school for
boys, at Pruntytown, but the name
Industrial home was chosen because
it casts less reflection on the girls after
they left it; for reform school, in uame
savors OF prison. The school is III
its infancy and the first four inmates
may expect to have company before
their release.