The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-08-30

| THERE is not man here who is
idle aniess from choice.
COMPLAINTS are sometimes made Of
fast driving OF the streets.
CIRCUIT court always conyenes on
the second Tuesdays OF February, June
and October.
CATTLE are high and going up but
butchers here have not advanced the
price of meats.
L. PICKENPAUGH will rebuild and
enlarge his store room on Walnut
street. 1t is already very large.
WORK goes on every day and Sun
day too on lock No. 10. The present
favorable conditions are being improv-
| ed.
| Al a teachers examination held in
Wood county last week 1872 teachers
attended and 81 Of them received No.
certificates.
THE same people who are opposed
TO every Improvement are opposed to
a city charter for Morgantown but it
will have to come.
A THIEF recently entered w. II.
Fredlock's residence in Piedmont and
the report says that among other
things she took bath"
THERE will be no electric light to-
night, Tuesday or Wednesday
nights. Extensive repairs are be
ing made to the plant
PEOPLE are being vaccinated and
it would be well should the move be-
come general. The proximity of
small pox makes it necessary.
Mr.. A. II. TAFT has moved from
Randall to his property on Front
street. The house has been remodel
ed and will make nice home.
OUR summer tourists have nearly
all returned home. On the last sea
shore excursion but seven tickets were
sold three Of them to non-residents
S. A. PosTEN has received very
handsome soda fountain and will use
it in his grocery. He will move as
soon as the finishing touches are put
on.
THE oil and gas fever has gotten
lhbO SIihbOh dioullSI. MCoofos FV-dh-
son and McRa are securing a great
many options on land for oil and gas
purposes.
If the coal field on the west side is
sold it means that a railroad will be
built soon. There is enough coal in
Grant and Cass to supply the whole
country for years.
AN Attorney is authority for the
statement that unless something
turns up there will be no trial of es-
pecial interest heard at the October
term Of the circuit court.
THE Uniontown fair will be held
next week from Tuesday to Friday in
elusive. 1t is conceded that greater
preparations than ever have been
made for the exhibition.
PROFESSORS in the University and
all other workers who take no vaca-
tion and have no relaxation will soon
wear out. Seasons of rest are gener-
ally regarded as necessary as seasons
of work
5. A. PosTEN has bought the meat
market paraphernalia of Dill d Nc
Feely 1.-THE outfit hoodood by J. L.
Keener) and will use such of it as
he can in his new grocery in the
postollice building.
THERE has not been enough rain
yet to have any effect upon the river
and it continues to get lower. Navi.
cation will not likely be stopped but
it may be troublesome for river men
! &c handle their business.
Nh w. A.. PARK sent to this office
a few days ago box of a very rare
variety of apples. They were of
very pleasing rich flavor and grew on
a tree seventy-tive years old. Mr..
Parks kindness was appreciated for
the excellent fruit as it is very rare.
PROBABLY there is not town in
the Republic of double, let alone the
same size of Morgantown, unless it be
q summer resort town only. that en-
tertains annually as many visitors as
does this one. They are here in large
numbers every month of every year.
PUBLIC school will begin Monday,
September A. Both teachers and
scholars rejoice that they are to
leave their cramped and otherwise
unpleasant rooms to enter the most
commodious and elegant free school
building in the state
IT was the fashion until a year or
two ago to cut do yn all trees on
streets, particularly business ones.
The reverse is the rule at present. 1t
was business then, it is business,
wealth and beauty now. How much
prettier this city would be il everyone
should plant trees in front of his lot.
AS to whether the red or the white
brick is the better for street paying.
much mooted question, time only
can tell. The average citizen is so
pleased with the variegated colors
that he hopes that the brick will be
discovered to be equally durable.
THERE are few fish in the river in
this section, at least fishermen have
been having their proverbial luck.
They seldom catch any. The fish
have nearly all been destroyed by the
manufacturing plants that dispose of
their refuse by dumping it in the
river.
IT is said that some people went to
Pittsburg on Sunday who have been
in such hard luck that they have not
been able to pay their shoemakers
bill for year. And there is no doubt
that there were number of others
who have not paid their grocer's bill
in full in the same time.
NINETY tickets were sold for the
Pittsburg excursion Sunday morning.
A goodly number took advantage of
the cheap rate this being the last ex-
cursion of the summer at that price.
A number of the excursionists remain
ed over to attend the celebration of
the return of the tenth Pennsylvania
regiment to-day from the Philippines.
INSTEAD of there being four munic-
fpal corporations here there should be
one. So long as they remain separate
each will be country town in many
respects. When they are consolidate
ed, when they expand into Greater
Morgantown they will soon be meta
morphosed into city. No place can
hope to be city without city laws,
city conveniences and city luxuries.
EIGHT boat loads Of Allegheny river
gravel have just been received here by
@. l. Mcdonald & Co., for use in con-
struction of the dam. The low water
is very favorable for.the work and it
will be pushed while conditions re-
main as thew ara last summer fraeh-