The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-08-23
DIR. w. Z. SrEwAnr. Dentist, Office

Lazler building, over Rice's store.
SMOKE the choice cent Chico Cigar
the best smoke in the market, to be had
J. M. Reeds.
THINGS along Chancery Row have
assumed their old time activity. The
lawyers are at it again.
THE side walk on the Peasants
street side Of the +. & NJ. bank curb
ing has been filed up and brick laid
over it.
IT is matter OF almost daily &C.
currencc to see new capital seeking in
yestment In West Virginia and a
great deal of it is in this vicinity.
Few bicycle accidents have been re-
ported this summer although many
more wheels are used than ever be-
fore. A few riders have received some
bruises but none Of them were serious
ly hurt.
FARMERS are done harvesting and
have commenced fall blowing in some
sections. The crops as rule have
been abundant and every body ought
to be happy.
A GREAT exhibition will be the
state fair at Wheeling Sept. 4th to
Sth inclusive. Wheeling people never
made as extensive preparations before
as they have this time.
MAJOR w. G. McGREw is having a
new veranda placed around his house
on Main street. The old porch was
too small to suit him and he is hay-
ing one built that will discount any
thing OF the kind in town.
In the old Jake's Run district the
South Penn Oil Company has drilled
its No. s ON the Asa Tenant farm
through the Biz Injun and found
that formation barren. 1t will be
drilled down and the Gordon tested.
The side of the Miller block next
to St. Clair's restaurant has been
scraped and painted. The vines that
were clambering over IL have been
torn down and in some cases they
were taken up by those who wanted
them and transplanted.
The streets in the vicinity OF the
University are torn In all kinds of
ways. The paving that is to go
down up there requires many chang.
es to be made in the level of the
street and in the pipes for water and
gas that run under it.
WHEN you have an item you would
like to see in the New DOMINION
drop in and tell us or write it down
and mail it. Don't be as mum as a
clam and then complain to us that
such and such mention was not in
the paper. If it wasn't, the whole
thing was your fault.
ANOTHER big coal deal has taken
place in Fayette county, Pa. Half a
million dollars changed hands on ac-
count of this deal and the farmers of
that county are just that much better
off than they were before it was con
summated. Buying coal in Greene
county is also becoming active.
THE strips between the sidewalks
and pavements over town should be
fixed. 1t helps the looks of the
streets very much to have this put in
grass. Mr.. M. Hennen of Front
street has fixed up the part in front of
his property and others might do the
same thing with great propriety.
A NEW business block to occupy
the vacant lot above the store room
occupied by Johns store on Peasants
street will shortly be erected. The
plans have been prepared by Archi-
tect Elmer f. Jacobs. The block will
be very handsome one and will add
much to the appearance of our little
city.
IT'S just as easy TO fix up the side
walks while the pavements are being
laid as it is to wait awhile and then
tear everything to pieces. Attend to
them now and lets get the town into
the best condition possible so that
the impression that we make on WISH
tors may not be married for lack of a
little foresight.
THE Athletic Field at the Univer-
sity has been fixed up recently. The
place has been scraped and the holes
filled up so that it is now in excellent
shape for ball playing. The visitors
who play here will have no cause for
complaint on the score of the condi-
tion of the grounds.
EVERY day some visitor to Morgan
town tells us that we have the pref
test town in the country and one of
which we should be very proud. The
prosperous looks of every thing about
the place also calls out many express
sions of commentator and generally
to see us is but to love us.
A NUMBER of coal sales have re-
Gently taken place in Marion and
Harrison counties this state. A num-
Der are pending in this county and
before very long all of the mineral
in this section will be under the
control of people who will have to
develop them in order to get their
money out of the investments.
THE regents are being commended
all over the state for having abolished
the comforting of honorary degrees.
The University has nothing to gain
by giving honorary degrees to people
who would otherwise have never been
able TO write several letters after their
names. The practice is becoming
more and more to be left off by the
self res pecting institutions.
MAYNE DAWSON has piece of
tramp's handiwork in his window
that is remarkable. A number of
Knights of Pythias emblems have
been placed in a small bottle. The
parts of the emblem have been whit
tied out Of wood and the whole thing
put together inside of bottle How
the fellow got them into such small
compass and did the work so neatly
is mystery hard to solve.
THE sale of the coal on the West
side of the river will insure the build
ing of railroad to that field. Moth
ing is more certain than the fact that
the men who are putting thousands
of dollars there intend to have it back
with interest and have reasonable as
surance Of getting it. Should there
be no financial disturbance within the
next year or two there will be road
to Morgantown on that side of the
river.
THE statement was recently made
in this paper in an interview that
Prof. Scott of the chair of Old English
in Smiths University was opposed to
the higher education of women. Prof.
Scott wishes us to correct this and
state that on the contrary she is most
heartily in favor of it. She herself