The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-01-18

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church will be dedicated on the 22nd
inst, Bishop Mallalieu officiating.
EVERY one who sees the new post
Office is very much pleased. Visit
ors from distance think it great
credit to the place.
THE old postoflice building will be
remodeled and arranged for Conway
d Hibbs the grocers now on More
lands corner
SOME Morgantown people are be-
ginning to arrange their affairs to en-
able them to visit the Paris exposi-
tion next year. 1t is very good idea to
begin now.
The next session of the conyoca
ton of the central diocese of the
state will be held in Morgantown in
next April The last one was held
in Clarksburg.
THERE are an abundance of gro
ceries and stores of all other kinds
here now, great many of them not
making ends meet, yet we hear of
others coming in the spring.
CONGRESSMAN Dayton's quote of
garden seeds are ready for distribu-
tion and he will send to persons who
will use them intelligently. A request
sent to him at Washington will receive
his attention.
EXPERT legal opinion has been
given at Clarksburg that the town law
prohibiting hogs from roaming the
streets is unconstitutional, null and
void, and an invasion of inalienable
private rights.
GoETHE's immortal Faust will be
presented at the Opera House in this
place next Monday evening the 23d.
Manager Somehow deserves vote OF
thanks for securing such attractions
as this.
A RURAL subscriber asks: s'Do hogs
pay?n We know that a good many
don't. They take the paper several
years and have the postmaster send it
back marked refused" Such breed
is usually two-legged and Improbable.
THE management of the Ohio River
Z. r. has adopted new rule requir-
ing ministers to pay full fare. The
Reverend Gentlemen ought to get
together and petition st. Peter to
raise the price Of admission of the
members of that soulless corporation.
SUNDAY was an ideal day for
strolling around and great many
people improved the opportunity.
The day was almoss like a spring
day and was a very different one
from the kind that we had been hay
ing.
COLDS, grip and kindred ailments
prevail to an extent that some PEG
pie would regard as alarming And the
fact is that more people than usual
are under the Doctar's care. A great
deal of this could be prevented with
proper forethought.
PATRICK LILLY who in his day was
a somewhat noted character died in
Grafton last Thursday aged nearly 50
years. He was born and brought up
n Marion county and many years ago
was resident of Morgantown. He
had been for number of years
member of the M. p. church.
THE Turn Verein Concordia will
give their first prize masquerade
ball on the evening of February 10.
About three hundred invitations
will be issued and it will be swell
affair. The young men who have it
in charge understand their business.
THE laying of stone on the new
court house at Fairmont is going on
rapidly and before long the vast edi-
fee will be completed. 1t will be an
not only to the town and
county but to the entire state. Mar
ion county people have right to be
proud of their new seat of justice.
THE average farmer needs nothing
to convince him that the road sys-
TEN which we are using is no good
besides a look at the condition in
which the roads are now. They will
never be better in winter than they
are now until they are made right
and kept up right.
ELIAS METZ, an aged and respected
citizen of near St. George, died sud-
denly at his home last Sunday week
At the time he was apparently in good
health and was standing by the fire
when he was stricken with apoplexy
and died. He came to this county
eighteen or twenty years ago from
county. Advo-
cate.
SEVERAL prominent musicians of
Fairmont are talking of organizing a
full orchestra of fourteen pieces for
that place. The Free Press of that
city thinks that with first rate or
chestra added to other pretentious or
CARNATIONS of musicians, Fairmont
will soon be putting musical the
title so much argued by Parkersburg
and Wheeling people, before her
name.
The election ON the question of
the incorporation of Greenmont will
be held on the eighteenth of next
The sentiment is all in fav-
or of the move as far as has been
heard and the plan will go through
all right The new town will event
ually become the residence portion
of the town and will make a very
suburb.
The high wind which we felt here
on Saturday afternoon was very de-
structive in many places. A great
deal of damage was done in Pitts
burg and to the towns north of here.
In the oil fields there were number
of derricks blown down and at Scio
a man was killed by falling der
rick. No damage was done near
here as far as reported.
EVERY arrangement is being made
by council to begin the street paw
ing in the spring as soon as the
weather will permit and it will be
pushed to completion as rapidly as
possible. What has already been
finished was done practically after
the close of the season last year hence
with a whole summer to go on the
whole job should be completed in
good time.
TAX Collector ]. w. Harrison OF
West Brownsville was taken to jail at
Washington, Pa, Friday on bench
warrant. Harrison is under indict-
ment for enlightenment, it being al
legged that he appropriated borough
funds to his own use, and at the
term of criminal court his