Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-12-23
Locals and Personals.

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| Jno. B. Wiley returned yesterday
evening from trip to Philadelphia.
Prep Lewis is here to spend a
few days visiting.
/ THE Manningtan Advocate pub
lished very handsome Christmas
| number.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Jaco have gone to
his former home near Easton to spend
a few days visiting.
FoRTNEY's new and up to date res
taurant, corner Spruce and Walnut
streets, near Opera House. Open day
and night, meals at all hours.
If it isn't one thing that keeps the
trains behind 1T is another SO it don't
make much difference what is the
matter they are always late.
/ But one more day remains In which
to do your Christmas shopping. You
will have to hurry II you want to get
it done in time for the visit OF Santa
Claus.
MORE DRINKS have been gathered
in by the police and no foolishness is
TO be permitted by the guardians Of
the peace. C]
A STRANGE man Is frightening the
children OF Fairmont. He is clipping
their plaits. Several little girls have
lost their hair through his handiwork
recently.
THE Weston train has been very
late recently. 1t has been having
trouble with the Monongah division
which always gets out of whack when
the rains descend and the floods come.
A BLIZZARD was expected to strike
this section last night but it didn't
get here on time. 1t may arrive yet
all right and make its influence felt
on the prevailing weather conditions.
OF course no one can find any good
reason why we shouldn't have board
of trade and this may be the reason
that such thing has not yet been
created.
ROBERT I'll. KINCAID of Fairmont
is trying to organize battery which
may later be made part OF the Ma
tional Guard Many OF the old vol
uHUCt1o III Il oil tuODy nave UCOOulC
terested in the move.
ONE of the results OF the coal and
| farm sales which have been made In
| the state is an ad sent out from SUIT
| ton Of list of ten thousand farmers
in the state who have recently gotten
their money and who will be a good
Geld for the mail order man to work.
A PECULIAR fact in connection
with the contest for Mayor now on In
! Wheeling is that the fathers OF
| Sweeny and Mcclure who are candi-
dates were candidates 10 1879 for the
same office. Mcclure was defeated.
The temperance people endorsed his
candidacy.
THE suspension bridge at Fairmont
has been ordered to be raised eight
| feet. 1t is thought that new bridge
will be built. Water street In Pala-
tins is wanted by two railroads and
| the bridge shouldn't land In it even
If the government didn't want it to
be raised above above its present al
titude.
THE christian and temperance
people of Fairmont without regard
to creed are forming christian I'M
ion. Such societies exist in many cit
les and they WELD great influence.
The object is to see that the law is
enforced against local petty crime
especially of an immoral and whis-
key nature. A united move on the
part of the good citizens of any town
improves it vastly.
| SINGULARLY enough the residents
of Somerset are unalterably opposed
to the plan Of having an army post
located in that vicinity and are sign
ing petition to Congress In opposi.
tion to the bill now before that body
to establish post at Somerset. The
Somerset people are imbued with the
feeling that an army post would dis
turb the peace and quiet OF the town
and demoralize things generally. The
| Somerset folks are entitled to have
their scare, but there are other places
ready to take the responsibility from
Somerset, particularly Oakland. The
latter city will willingly step into
| the breach and save Somerset's bloom
OF innocence from being furnished.
FARMERS can not be too careful in
leasing their land. Persons who
have Investigated the matter claim
that many of the land owners of Bel
mont county, Ohio, cannot give a
clear title to their lands. When the
coal was sold the farmers signed the
deeds without close inspection and
there is one clause in them that may
cause an immense amount of trou-
BILE 1t states that the company
may take any part of the surface by
paying stipulated price per acre.
This virtually places mortgage on
every lot of surface. This will not
be cheering news to those desiring
to part with their farms.
ALL merchants want to sell their
goods. Some fail to sell them be-
cause they do not advertise them.
They may put things in advertising
space about them, but they fail to
do rea. advertising. They fail to
hold up their goods for the inspec
tion OF the public. They fail to pre-
sent it in word picture which gives
it the interest which really good
article ought to have. The whole
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