The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-10-18

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creased to 200 within shorG time
4 The steady growth OF Morgan
town outside Of any boom efforts is
a remarkable thing and elicits fay
orable comment from every visitor
to the place.
A MISSOURI editor, In an account OF
the wedding Of popular couple in
lis town said: ssThey were married at
the home OF the brides parents where
they will remain until the groom gets
q job. !"
DIRECTOR STEWART, Of the Expert
nent Station, is attracting great
deal OF attention among scientific
Tlen for certain lines of work he has
linaugurated and is carrying on at the
Station.
THE society Of the Army of West
Virginia will hold its next annual
meeting in Fairmont in September
next. The city invited them to come
and will make preparations TO enter
tain them fittingly.
THE boats have not yet been able
10 come through the Lock and they
are starting from below it on their
trips TO Pittsburg. The work OF re-
pairing the damage at the lock has
leen slower than was expected.
LEAVES from the various trees over
town are littering up the payements
and sidewalks. The problem OF get
ting rid of them will be harder to
solve than it was before the pave
inents went down.
The Knights of Pythias can be
assured Of a hearty welcome when
they come to Morgantown. We
know how they ought TO be enter
tanned and we will entertain them
that way.
The visiting newspaper men who
were here on Tuesday speak highly Of
the occasion and the manner in which
cur people entertained them. The
pleasure was mutual and we hope to
have the pleasure of another visit
from them.
THE trick rider has started every
small boy in town on the road that
leads to broken neck. They are all
trying to solve the intricate moves
that he made and doctors and repair
men ought to reap harvest until the
wire edge wears off OF the youngsters.
THE first bicycle catalogue for next
year has reached town. Those who
want to see what the Ramblers will
be for next year can find out by call
ing at this Office. The catalogue is a
beautiful one of the wheel which is
just of age, twenty-one,
LAYTON CooMBs is pushing the
brick work on the boiler house for the
postoffice building. The boilers for
heating the whole place will be in a
building entirely separate from the
other and reduces danger from that
source to a minimum. 1t If an ex-
cellent arrangement.
A BOARD Of trade has been organiz-
ed in Martinsburg. Its object Of
course is to secure all business advan-
tages possible for the town. They
will encourage new industries, foster
the old ones and be on the alert at all
times to take action in reference to
any more that may add to the pros
perity of the town.
THAT this town is improving faster
than any town Of its size in the coun-
try Is asserted by the majority OF the
lstors to the place. No one has the
slightest criticism to make of the pro-
eress of the place and Morgantown is
rapidly adding to her standing among
the towns of its class.
THE Pittsburg papers day or two
since contained the following mar
Rage notice:
GABLER- WILLIAMS AT Chicago,
Ills, on Tuesday, October 10, 1899,
~ the Rev. L. Meyer, T. G. Gabler of
l'ittsburg, Pa, and Elizabeth Pur-
Iaan Williams of Yankton, South
Dakota.
THREE hundred posters annonnc-
Jag the game at Clarksburg between
Ohio WESLEYAN and W. V. U. have
been printed at this office. They
will be scattered all around through
Clarksburg and the people up there
told al about the game. There will
be excursions from every where to
take in the game.
THE University foot ball team has
& new captain. He was elected on
Friday afternoon at meeting of the
team. 1t is A. G. Chapman who plays
left tackle. Two ballots were taken.
Chapman played three years on Beth
any and one on w & J. before COM
| ing here. He is from Brooke county
and is in the law department. The
election was necessitated by the fact
that Lynn Osborne of Clarksburg did
not return to school this year.
THE man who sat on limb and
sawed the same off close to the tree,
and the Irishman who let go of fire
escape to spit on his hands, have both
been outdonc by the Parkersburg
woman who put her babe in bath
tub and then set the tub on the stove
to heat the water. What a congrega-
ton there will be con the other side"
when those thoughtful creatures meet
to "reminse" with the chap who blew
in the muzzle of a gun, the fellow
who lit match to find gas leak and
| the boy who touched wagon load of
! fireworks s1ust to see them ftp"
| II will be welcome news to many
people to learn that the paving is to
be pushed this fall yet as far as posi-
| BILE. An order has been passed to
pave the remainder of Peasants street
as soon as Front is finished, and then