The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-01-04
DIR. w. E. STEWART, Dentist, Office
Lazier building, over Rice's store.

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Lazier building, over Rice's store.
SMOKE the choice cent Chico Cigar
the best smoke In the market, to be had
a J., M. Reeds.
JUST the weather for Overcoats and
just the Overcoats for the weather al
Hirschman's.
THE figure nine will have to be
writer in all dates as long as any
one now living has occasion to use
dates.
LIZ persons writing for a newspaper
only knew how hard 1t was for the
campositors to read many manuscripts
they would certainly use more care.
PoINT PLEASANT has suffered from
a very expensive fire on account of rot
having water works. Morgantown
can feel secure in the protection she
has from her splendid system.
Bur once in the history OF Nor.
gantown has there been politics in
jected into the town election and
the people were very tired of it he
fore it was over.
A RECENT perceptible boom has
struck West Virginia coal lands, said
to be due to a shortly expected strike
OF miners in the Pittsburg district,
this States greatest competitor for
the lake trade in coal
THE play going public of Morgan
town will be glad to learn that Wal
ker Whiteside will be here on January
18th. The house will be crowded
when he comes for everyone rcmem-
bers the excellent impression that he
made on his former visits here.
TIE government that we have
had with non parti an councils has
been better than. that we had under
ahe one trial of the plan of having
only one party In charge Of affairs
here
A RESTORATION and increase has
been granted to Edward Hart, of
Morgantown who gets twelve dollars
a month now An increase has been
made to Slas W. Fleming, of Laurel
Point, from eight to seventeen doll
lars a month.
THE calendars have been scarcer
this year than any year for some
aimc. Few people have cut them
out and they are in consequence in
great demand Some very fine ones
have reached this office but we could
dispose OF more of them.
MoRGANTowN has right to be
proud OF the fact beyond question
that she has the best small daily in
the state and she should determine to
support IL better. She can do SO with
out feeling it and we could accept the
situation without hurting ourselves
particle.
The Pittshurg Dispatch with
characteristic enterprise had full
account of the eclipse of the moon
the morning of the day ON which it
took place. But the eclipse did not
come off until teat night when the
paper which told about how it hap
pened was printed IN the morning.
WEST of Stringtown, Tyler county,
No. A w. j. Wharton has been COM
pleted and shot, and made but Is bar
will be a very light producer South
west Of Stringtown, No. | Isaac Glow
er has been drilled into the top of the
sand and has show of oil and gas.
NEAR Cross Roads, Monongalia
county, w. Va, the Battelle Oil COM
pany has drilled test well on the
Sarah e. Eddy farm into the Camp
bells Run sand and has developed a
strong gas pressure. Deeper drilling
may find pay streak. The CHARTERS
Oil company is due id the sand at
Nos. 2 and 3 on the Ewing heirs farm.
THE trains can be heard in the
mornings so far up the road that
after the excited passenger has rushed
down the hill to the depot in hopes
of catching it that he can have about
half an hour to cool off in. This
morning it was plainly heard at fifteen
minutes before eight when it was but
few miles from Fairmont
ANOTHER Monongahela Valley boy
comes to the front. Al G. Fields the
celebrated minstrel manager, who first
saw the light at Fayette City, is likely
to be nominated as the Republican
Candidate for Mayor Of Columbus,
Ohio. The Dispatch says. AL Fields
can give the glad hand with more cor
diality and to more people than any
other man in Columbus.
The surprising statement is made
that 81 per cent of the cases sent up
to the Supreme Court of West Vir-
ginia are reversed by that tribunal,
and an investigation shows that in
the Virginia Court of Appeals nine
out of sixteen cases were reversed,
and in North Carolina twelve out of
twenty.
The new line has given up the
fight for share of the river trade
and has retired from the business.
The Hudsons will likely re-enter it
next Spring when the trade will be
larger and will justify two lines of
boats in running At present there
is hardl enough to keep one OF
them in the business and when there
are two after it the competition
causes both to lose money hand over
fist.
ONE of the most popular conductors
on the f. M. s. P. Railroad is Capt.
p. w. Burke. He is always gentle
manly and ohliging but withal very
careful man In his business, attentive
to his duties as we'll as to the safety and