The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-05-20

Wednesday, May 20, 1903
JUSTIN M. KUNKLE, Local Editor
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SOME Of the marks on that mon
ster seen by fishermen at Fairmonl
look rather suspicious. They nigh
see such an animal without going
fishing.
The fill which is taking the plac,
of the Falling Run bridge on Beech
urst is nearly done. The grading
along the street Is being pushed
right along.
BOILERS are being installed in the
power house for the trolley company
1t won't be very long until they are
ready for the start but they won'i
be ready as soon as at first hoped
THE plans Of if. 5. Ferris of Wheel
ing have been adopted for the West
Virginia building at st Louis and
Caldwell and Drake will build it.
THERE is but one more week Of
work at the public schools. During
the rest OF the time great deal Of at
tention will be given to holding the
fina, examination.
IT is expected that all or nearly all
OF the OF the teachers In the public
school will be back for work next year.
Some Of them may conclude TO pursue
other lines of activity before school
opens In the fall.
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SEVERAL other young ladies have
received the attentions OF the fellow
with the ink thrower. A close watch
should be kept for him and when he
il found be should be thrown into the
river with large cobble stone tied &c
him.
ADVOCATES of old proverbs have
had another of their claims shatter-
ed. 1t is said that when it rains on
Easter Sunday it rains thereafter
for several successive Sundays.
This has been pi oven to be untrue
this time.
1T has been found that every carrier
on rural route has been compelled to
furnish lists OF his patrons TO the post
office people who 10 turn gave them TO
advertisers and violated the law.
There is an awful row in progress over
the investigations which are being
made.
A CERTAIN family eats one brand OF
cereal food all the time. The little
daughter in the home, who is not par
ticularly fond OF the food remarks as
she pursues the sad pleasure of eating
it that 'It's got to be eaten. The
groceryman gives mamma a rag doll
for every two packages she buys"
II has been finally decided by the
pardon board not to interfere ID the
sentence of death hanging over Will
geld Davis for cold the blooded and
inexcusable murder of the chief
of police OF Elkips who was arresting
him. The sooner Davis is hanged the
better.
FRANK BoYD of Uniontown, broth
err of Col. A. ID. Boyd, had his right
arm cut of while trying to board a
train near Connellsville. He fell
unconscious in front of a following
train but was rescued in time to
prevent his being killed. He is a
civthengineer.
PARTIES have been shooting fish
over heat, and catching fine strings
Of white suckers that way This is a
serious offence against the laws OF the
country. II the offenders are report
ed to the next grand jury, some law
breakers may get what is coming to
them. This practice has been entire
ly too common Of late.
WHEN the young pill doctors saw
that examination which was put up
for them by the board they nearly
passed away. Some of them couldn't
do any other passing The state
ment is made that fully one half of
the applicants funked out misera-
bly,. The board has determined to
raise the standard.
A REPORT comes from Marion, Ind,
that the blowing machines have been
tried in one Of the factories there and
were failure. The officers OF the
trust say that they are a success in
every way and that the machines have
come to stay. They will cut down
the number OF men who work in win
dow glass houses very materially.
ASIDE from their grievances against
the state board Of pharmacy, lot OF
the boys who went home by way of
Parkersburg have kick coming over
the hotels Of that place. They could
get no places to sleep and had to roost
in any old place they could find. Many
of them sat up all night.
NEXT Saturday will be the big day
in Masontown. There will be a lot
o. people over from town. They will
take advantage of the chance to go
out and take look al the improve
ments being made on the M. n. X.
and those likely to be made in that
direction People who haven't been
out that way for while wont recog-
nize the valley through which it
runs.
2 NINETEEN hundred and four gives
promise of being a very exc ting
year. The fair at St. Louis is to
beat the worlds record, president
is to be elected and then it is leap
year. This is the first for eight years
andwhlle the matrimonial market has
not been dull, it will doubtless ex
perience the stimulating effect o.
the new hands in the business, wfer
they go in to win.
A SCRAP started in an attorneys
Office over one lawyer so far forgetting
profession ethicsas to call another men
Der of the profession liar. During The
few fleeting moments immediately
subsequent to this period considerable
damage was done to the furniture IL
the room by the scrappers while thu
owner OF the office called for the police
He had the school of music skinned
for fair while doing this stunt. HI
was in earnest The police had gont
fishing or something and no arrest!
were made.
The other evening couple o
town boys went to Cheat. They
we're rather hilarious and wher
their team ran away they did mo-
stay with it long but tell overheard
The team plunged over bank ant
stopped. The boys pursued it ane
ran for four or FIVE miles and hac
every body in that part of the coun
try hunting the horses and rig
They were finally found but the
relies which came back didn't look
much like the outfit which had gone
out. The boys paid $25 each FOL
their experience.
THE litigation instituted in tn,