The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-08-16

Lazier building, er Rlce's store.
SMOKE the choice cent Chico Ciga
the besI smoke In the market, to be hat
J. NJ. Reeds.
THE reception to the 10th Pcnnsyl
vania Regiment will be given on ths
18th. The Pittsburg committee ha.
more money than was asked for arc
it is still coming in.
A LETTER just received from At
lantic City says that every place there
is crowded and visitors who have not
engaged quarters in advance are for
tundte to secure places to sleep at any
price.
THE meeting of the board of re.
gents at Parkersburg this week is
expected to be a very interesting
one and many things will be done
there that will be watched with
great interest here.
r. B. WILGUs is among the liberal
men Of this place. He sent a contri-
button to the fund for the reception of
the tenth Pennsylvania on account of
his friendship for Col. Hawkins as
well as some of the soldier boys.
The general health Of this com
mnnity is good. There have been
fewer cases of fever than usual and
less of the troubles incident to the
season. The sanitary condition of
the town is therefore good.
A NUMBER of Morgantown people
will attend the double wedding at
Fairmont on next Wednesday evening
at which time our friends Knutti and
Jolliffe will be married. The affair
will be one OF the social events Of the
summer in Fairmont.
PEOPLE who have not fixed their
side walks to conform with the paving
in front of their property should do it
at once. There will never be better
time and the town should be fixed up
all over at the same time so that it
won't look so ragged.
THE extention of the Z. V. & c.,
from Brownsville will not be much
longer in coming and the manager
states that it will be started during
the coming week Should his words
prove true there is not single one
here who will raise any objec ions.
MoRGANTowN is receiving more
favorable mentions in the press Of
nearby towns than any other town in
the state and this condition of affairs
is deserved one. The town has been
advancing wonderfully and people
have been finding out what we have
been doing
JUST above Outcrop on the +. M.
& p there is a new lot of coke ovens
being built and the trend of things in
that line is constantly this way. 1t
is only matter of time until this
whole country is coke country SINH
lar to the one short distance to the
north which has been celebrated so
long on account of its coking indus
try.
MIR. CHARLES MORRIS, of Amos,
w. Va, was here Wednesday. He
secured the Hamrick mummies and
has engaged party at Fairmont to
exhibit them in the larger towns and
cities. He will take them to Fair
mont the first place. They are Gu
riosity to anyone, who has never seen
anything of the kind. -Philippi Plain
dealer.
THE annual vacation of the law
yers of this bar ended on the tenth
and they are now hard at work again
after their rest of month. This
custom which is followed here is an
unique one and has called out many
expressions Of commentator by the
bar of other places where they think
that they cannot follow such plan
themselves but can see the good there
is in it.
THIS is the time to plant the seed
for fall trade, the Parkersburg Senti-
mel pertinently says. The live and
persistent advertiser always reaps a
rich return from his investment.
Don't depend upon your next door
neighbor. On account of his adver
Using some may stumble into your
place of business, but the majority
will make no mistake in getting to
the point they started for.
MAIN street has had the rub bish
and dirt cleaned off of it under the
direction of the street commissioner
and it is looking much better where
this has been done than it has been
for sometime. The streets could not
be kept clean very well while there
was so much paving being done but
after little more is done it will be
an easy matter to keep them looking
as bright as new pin.
AN exchange describes evolution
as follows: A girl, named plain
'Mary' at her birth, dropped the
''r'' when she grew up and became
Miss May. AS she began to shine
in social way, she changed the ''y'
to '.e" and signed her letters Mae.
About year ago she was married
and now she has dropped the Sc"
and It's just plain MA" That's ev.
olution.
GOVERNOR ATKINSON has issued
his proclamation for labor day and
recommends that on Monday, Sep
TENDER 4th, 1899, all places where
labor is employed within the State
Of West Virginia, shall be closed,
and that every available opportuni-
ty may be given to those who earn
their living by the sweat of their
brows, to celebrate and honor the
dav which our law makers saw fit to
dedicate TO them.
If you are not familiar with the
workings of building Associations
it is your own fault as they are Of
ten explained in the local papers
and the officers of any of them will
cheerfully furnish you any intorma-
tion you may desire. The associa-
tions of Morgantown are very i'm
portant factor in it's business life
and it is to every ones interest to
understand them and also to own a
little stock.
Mr.. S. G. CHADWICK, the Auditor
of the University, is one of the most
capable, accurate and painstakinp
workers in town. and he works as
many hours as any man in the place
His position is responsible one and
demands the most careful work
throughout. A slight mistake on his
part would make great deal of troub
lie hence the absolute necessity fol
accuracy And besides this there
isn't nicer man in seventeen states
than Mr.. Chadwick.
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