The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-09-06

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THE Italian who has the contract
for cutting the curbing for the street.
thinks that it will require three weeks
yet to finish the job.
MANAGER Grassland Of the football
team will leave for New York the first
Of the week to submit to an operation
for the removal OF tumor.
THE county court has had consider
able lumber put on the west end OF
the SUSPENSION bridge and work on
needed repairs will be begun sooD.
w. +. STANsBERRY, special night
policeman, has rented the second story
of S. " Thompson's house on Front
and Walnut, and will move in at once.
| This is the quiet season here yet
every one is busy and there is no ex.
cuse for any one being idle. The de-
mand for workers is beyond the sup
ply.
THE coal and oil sales and develop
ment has made many west side far
mers rich. Agriculturists nowhere
are in better financial circumstances
than they.
| VACATIONS are ending and many Of
those who have been out on pleasure
bent have returned home to rest up
| from the good time that they have
been having.
The deal by which Milton Hirsch-
man was toget the old st. Clair house
at Front and Walnu: streets was not
consummated and the property still
belongs to Mr.. Bannister.
| PEOPLE have drunk DR.. Halls well
dry. 1t is the only water near the
courthouse that is fit to drink. 1t
saved many farmer and stranger
from suffering the pangs of thirst.
THE North East corner and the
South East corner of Walnut and
Front streets are the only vacant cor
ner lots in town. 1t looks as though
it would pay to erect buildings there.
THE early closing agreement among
the merchants will be in force until
October 1st instead OF September lst
as some people think. 1t is not prob
able that it will be renewed for the
winter.
| IN the northeast extension OF the
Campbells Run development, in Mon
ongala county, w Va, the South
Penn Oil company's No. s on the Eli
hu Eddy farm is holding up at better
than 600 barrels day.
THE W. V. U. and Academy lawns
are very pretty, but could be made
much more attractive 1t. would not
be very expensive to adorn them prop
erly. Nature unadorned is not adorn-
ed the most as regards those plazas.
THE three teachers taking the ex-
aminers on Wednesday and Thursday
made number ones. They were Misses
Hackney, Wood and Kunkle. The
test is said by the members Of the
board to have been the hardest put up
this year.
THE addition Of band to the
many things that we have here to
make life pleasant will be hailed with
delight by the small boy ana the rest
OF US who like to hear the efforts at
melody that are incident to the start
Ing or a new band.
THE competition here in all kinds
of business is as keen as anywhere.
All lines are full to overlooking.
There are twice as many groceries and
stores as are needed or as can be made
profitable. We suppose it is ques-
tion of the survival of the flttest.
LUMBER has been hauled near Hal
leck in Clinton district for the pur-
pose of building derrick. Surface,
geological indications point to there
being oil there, but scientists say that
the drill only can tell for sure whether
there is oil in any particular locality,
FAIRMoNT is greatly pleased over
the prospect for fine new depot to
be built by the B. & O. An agree
ment was reached between the city
authorities and the railroad some
weeks ago by which work was to be-
gin within ninety days from that
time.
WATCH the factories all over the
country pile up double stock prepar-
atory to shut down next campaign,
they being already preparing to then
solemnly state that they are COM
PEELED to do so because Bryan will
ruin them if he be elected. They are
stocking up for that purpose.
SHOULD President Mckinley be able
to arrange his trip West so that he
can visit Morgantown it will be what
is known as the "biggest day" in
our history. Friends OF the Presi-
dent think it very probable that he
will be here. A number of those
who have asked him to come are his
personal friends and advisers.
IT is claimed that the Wormelsdorff
letters to the Randolph Enterprise,
have been the means of selling thous-
ands of acres of timber and coal land
on the waters of Roaring creek, in
Randolph and Upshur counties. Few
people realize the good to commun-
Iity newspaper-even an obscure
one-can do.
SOME of the papers over the state
about the University who have been
responsible for certain moves that
have recently been made. The criti-
cisms have in few instances been
Il life off but it is remarkable to OBJ
serve how closely the editors have fall
len onto the exact status Of things.
THE new residences of r. e. L. AL
len and VIM. l. Protzman on the East
side of town are already up and under
roof. They stand alone as the pion-
GERS in that locality, and look now,
like they were in the middle of big
meadow, but it may be that the mea-
viii take on the appearance of town
at some future day.
II makes all the difference in the
world, says an exchange what kind of
a burden man carries as to how he
complains of the load. Twenty
pounds of baby makes some men tired
to death in less than an hour, whereas
$50 pounds or more of sweetheart
used to sit on their lap half the night
without murmur from the owner of
the lap.
VERY radical changes are being
made in the roadway in front of the
University. The road will be cut
down to level with the pavement on
the west side. The earth will be carried
over on to the campus to improve the
grade, and there will be a terrace on
| the East side which will set Com
| mencemenf Hall on more elevated