The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-01-28
WHERE could hitchiDg yard be
purchased at price that the city or
even the county could afford?

purchased at price that the city 0
even the county could afford?
WHEELING people believe th
Pennsylvania Railroad management
will soon erect a new depot there
A DEGLER, OF Cheat Bridge, w
Va, is preparing TO erect ON hi
farm, in Canaan Valley, a clubhous
and summer resort at cost OF So,
600
The real estate market has beer
more active Of late. Several sale
are about closed Tor valuable pIeoei
Of property. The figures do not in
dictate any decline in prices.
A GREAT many dispositions are beint
taken these days in preparation 70
the next term Of Circuit Court. Th,
sales Of coal lands In the codntY, ant
the options upon coal, cause an almost
endless chain Of litigation.
IT Is said that the Morgantown and
Kingwood railroad will be extended
from Mas0ntown TO near Kingwood
next summer a distance Of 10 miles
and that the employees will eat theil
Christmas dinner at KiD3wood next
Christmas
The birthdays Of two great gener.
ais have just been celebrated. Sew.
eral others occur before the end OIL
February. Wonder of the majority
of the great men Of the world were
born in January and February.
SAM NELSON who was convicted OF
stealing turkeys from a Taylor county
farmer by the circuit court at Grafton
has been granted a new trial, the
Judge setting aside the first verdict
on the ground that IL was contrary To
the law and the evidence.
HUNTERS discovered a mysterious
grave in the wilds of the sink coun-
try, in the Allegheny section OF
Pendleton county, West Virginia,
which is supposed to be that of q.
W Robertson, who has been missing
since he went TO that section hunt
ine. three years ago
REAL estate is already on the
move, and by next spring, there is
expected to be more activity here in
that commodity than in any pre-
vious year The new factories up
Deckers Greek will soon he started,
and there will then be demand for
a great many new homes here.
THIS office receives frequent re-
quests for copies of our Daily and
Weekly from distant points. The
writer's have heard much of Morgan
town and want to learn more of it.
Three requests have recently come
from three western states each one
saying that he thought Of locating
here. We have room for thousands
Of industrious thrifty people.
The people of Marion county are
industriously following up the clues
in the Floyd murder case and hope
to ferret out the guilty party. Un
less all signs fail there is an inten-
ton to keep at it until he is found.
The murder was an atrocious one
and the ends OF justice will not be
j met until some atonement is made
for it.
DR.. A. X. Kessler, proprietor of
the Kessler hospital at Clarksburg,
has arrived at London, England,
where he will spend few months
taking post graduate course in
medicine. In letter to friends at
Clarksburg he states that while on
the water he was in a fierce storm
for three days. Dr. Kessler is ac-
companied by his wife.
PERRY G. GORE, who has been for
fifteen years Sheriff of Winchester
and Frederick county. Va, died sud-
denly Monday. His brother, J. How
ard Gore, is well known scientist of
Columbian University, Washington,
D. c., and another brother, Prof.
Joshua w. Gore, has the chair of nat
ural philosophy 10 the University of
North Carolina. Several people from
Frederick county, who knew Mr., Gore,
now reside here.
PROF. A. L. WADE, of Morgantown,
entertained at dinner at the Rutiner
today, Rev. Dr. Loech, pastor of the
State Street Church, and Mrs. Leech,
and State Superintendent of Schools
Miller. There was also at their table
as guests, at the hotel, Mr.. and Mrs.
John T. Harris, and DR.. d. B. Purin-
ton, President of the University,
making pleasant little Morgantown
company. Mail
The Turn Verein is already max
ing arrangements for their annual
masked bail 1t will DE given on
the evening of February 18th. The
opera house orchestra has been
engaged for the evening. About
ten days before the date customer
will be here from Baltimore with two
hundred costumes for all who will
want them. He will be found at the
residence OF Peter Mehlinger at Nc
Lane Avenue and 9Th street.
Benny G. Dorsey and family ar
rived here yesterday from Alva,
Oklahoma, where they have been for
the past two years. Mr.. Dorsey was
pleased with the country there but
Mrs. Dorsey preferred the old home
We are pleased to note that they re
turned better off than when they
left. This is not usually the case.
We are glad to have them and hope
they will find the place as attractive
as it formerly was.
DIR. and Mrs. S.. v. Leech of
Charleston gave dinner on last
Monday. The invited guests were
Prof. A. L. Wade of Morgantown,
DR.. D. B. Purinton of Morgantown,
Director James H. Stewart of Nor
gantown, Judge H. c, McWhorter,
Ex-Governor G. W. Atkinson, Prof.
L. G. Miller, Judge J. Marcellus
McWhorter of Lewisburg and Hon.
LOUIS E, McWhorter. An enjoyable
time was had.
A CHECK for $4,000 was deposited
by the sheriff Tuesday in local
bank for payment of the state
taxes due from this county. This
amount, with the $500 due the coun-
ty from the state school fund makes
the first payment of$15,000 which is
one half the tax due the state from
this county. The other $4,000 will
he paid in two installmer is, one half
May LIST and the balance July 1st
Ten thousand dollar checks are not
issued so very often on local banks.
THE time to think most of adver-
Using is when business is not very
good. II man does what will make
business he will find that his efforts
are worth making all the time. If he