The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-04-26

MANY a carpet is getting thump-
ing that is as severe as deserved
! CALL and get Rambler catalogue
and find out all about the best
wheel built.
| The trees are all leaving but there
are certain people who are not fol-
lowing this laudable example
| NEARLY all the gardens have been
plowed and the troubles OF those who
have to wrestle with old mother earth
are now under full head way.
! THE barbados are still being
built on Peasants street and we will
soon have things looking like a war
map of the Philippines on this street.
i PEOPLE will now miss from many
local papers the stereotyped paragraph:
"The pay car was here yesterday and
made glad the hearts Of the employees.
| An awning is being put up for
Mike Rich on Main street. The
supports are of iron and the awning
will be a substantial one when com
| pleted.
| The rivei is clear for the first time
since last fall. 1t has been muddy
almost constantly since the first bad
weather set in but now it is almost as
clear as it ever gets.
If you can't afford TO take this
paper you ought TO have independence
enough to let it alone and not read
the one belonging to some. one else
when he wants 1t himself.
THE changes in the base ball rules
| this year do not prevent the crowd
from INDUCING in the same old brand
of cuss words when the umpire roasts
the team in the good old way.
SENATOR ELkNs has just sent 20
Mr.. +. M. Grant $50 packages of
garden seeds of various kinds that
1 will be given to any one who will
use them properly. Those calling
first will receive them.
EVERY one is compelled by law to
carry bell when riding a wheel and
the police should see to IL that the
law is carried out. Some one is going
E W Ett Ddily iiui HUH II tiiC ldN5 ~
not more strictly enforced.
THE garbage question at Union
town as well as here has been raising
trouble We will watch and discover
the solution the down river town has
for the problem and perhaps we can
do something of the same kind here.
A SIDEWALK is being laid around
the new Posten building This walk
is higher than the old one and it
makes the rest of the street look
very strange All the adjacent walks
will have to eventually be raised
! The Experiment Station staff has
challenged the Faculty to play a
game Of bali next Thursday and we
learn the challenge has been accept
ed The game will no doubt be a
great one and will attract large
number of spectators.
| A MISTAKE was made day or SC
since when it was announced that
Miss Florence Protzman had Fever.
1t should have been stated that Miss
Blanche Protzman was sick. She is
getting along as we'll as could be ex-
pected and the attack is not expected
to result very seriously.
The enrolment of students at the
University was reported to be IT'S ten
days ago by the Morgantown papers
! and new students still coming in, SC
{ that the total will be over 800 for the
lyear. Besides these about 200 stu
dents are taking work by correspon
| tdence. -Kingwood Argus.
i fr is said that. Valley district il
Fl Preston county kwill vote ten to. one
! for the railroad bonds. They are yer,
! much in earnest oyer the prospect o
! having the road built and are yer.
much disguised over the failure OF GU
county to get it before the peopl
properly.
!. The racing program for tn
Waynesburg fair has already heel
made up. We notice that Mr.. j. c
Wallace of this place has entered
horses in both the pacing ami trot
, ting classes the time being 2:40 AM
2:45 and the premium in each elias
being $500 We expect Mr.. Wal
: lace to bring both purses home wit
!. him.
Charles Turner is the latest pun
, chaser of Rambler. There is
/ great and growing demand for thi
! popular wheel which is known to b
. the best made at any price 1t sell
this year for forty dollars and no On
can afford to buy any other whee
There will be twice as many Ram
a blers sold in Morgantown this sun
r mer as those of any other make.
r WHEN Uniontown celebra ties i
e honor of the return of the Tenth reg
9 iment there will be many of Nor
| gantown's citizens in the crowd t
witness the event The town dow
the way expects to have one of tn
warmest things that ever happene,
, when the boys come marching home
: They will be home about midsum
= mer if the present plans are carrie'
out.
D SOME animated discussions of tn
s fish law have taken place on the street
and the law as passed has been yer
e thoroughly ventilated Some CLAIM
e that no fish can he caught lawful
/ now and others assert that there ar
r certain fish that can be taken with
e out SCATTERING single law. The ad
2 herents of the different sides of tn
/. case are very positive in their opinion
e and in the row raised we are at los
/ to tell what is correct. Who ca
point out the proper solution?
/ A MAN near Stewartstown, w. Va
S made peculiar discovery while blast
t ing stone in a quarry last week. ii
g blew open solid rock about as larg
It as barrel and found therein thre
J. apparently dead frogs but t. his SUI
S prise they showed signs of life whe
y laid out in the sun, and in a fe
$ moments they were hopping arount
o The finder put them back in the loos
n stone in the quarry, which is covere
with 10 feet of dirt. Some Peep
claim the animals must have bee
N contiDed in their rock prison II
q thousands of years.-News-S STANDARD
he Col. RICHARD e. FAST, the ell
n quent Senator from Monongali
l. would not be averse to becoming Go
lie ernor of West Virginia. 81 cannt
IT say yet," said the Senator at the Rui
1T ner the other day, whether | will
lie candidate or not. 1t all depends {
N circumstances. You can never pr
Or dict in politics what are going to