The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-11-04

| THERE is rule about children in
arms being taken into the Oper
House, but from noises heard in VI
rlous parts of the house the rule
evidently not being observed.
| IT having been discovered that tn
i franchise will not admit it bein
done, the price for gas lights wi
not be advanced to rs cents a mont
but will remain at Is cents.
| THE establishment for rural free de-
livery has done away with a numbe
of smaller post Offices 10 Fayette coun
ty. This Is what has caused the re
tirement OF Tom Protzman at Morri
Cross Roads.
KrSG-vooD is having a hot tim
Of it today and the old town is file,
with visitors from all over. Tb
celebration is said to be one OF tn
biggest ever known in the county.
EVERY week sees the work on tb
new M. K. church much further ad
yanced and If cold weather dom
come soon the edifice will be far Oh
the road to having its walls com
pleted.
EyErY time the weather turns
cold the plumber begins to smile IL
anticipation of the harvest which b,
will reap when the real cold weathel
comes and brings bursted pipes il
its wake.
THERE was one of the thickest
fogs OF the year to he seen this
morning. The mercury stood al
forty at seven o'clock and the all
was chill and damp. 1t is fine wealth
er to cultivate colds.
YosT struck big snag ON Saturday
and was mighty lucky to get off with
out being beaten. His team Is made
up of five old men and-ethers who are
green at the business while Minnesota
is c6tn posed OF veterans.
TIE Jones Window Glass company
will start to making glass on next
Monday with the usual force of men.
The Marilla is now running smoothly
in every department.
The heaviest fog yet seen this fall
was es,r town this morning. People
coulG at see from one side Of the street
to the other. 1t is a wonder that
some accident did not happen.
PEOPLE are making a mighty roar
over the demand that they sign con-
tract exempting the gas company
from damages which might accrue
from the use of gas. The matter may
be placed in the courts for settlement.
SUNDAY week the schedule is to
change on the B. g. 0. There are
said TO be some important changes to
be made ia this section and Morgan
will get much better service after
the changes are made.
MANY parties 10 which young ladies
will be participants are getting ready
to 20 to Washington to see the w. &
j. game. The excursion over there
last year was the incest one that ever
went out of the town and the
one this year Is expected to be
equally we'll behaved.
The bootball team may be worse
crippled in its encounter with the
rush line of the faculty than they
have been IN any game this season.
1t is to be hoped that the matter
may pe compromised and the men
in question restored to favor.
THE coming of the trolley lines
have put lots of phones in town on
the bum and when one tries to get
a message over the line he hears
about everything but the voice of
the party to whom he wants to com
municate.
W. V. q. gave Ohio State a bad
scare on Saturday afternoon and came
within an ace of winning the game al
though the score is badly against them
the way it stands. Too many good
men got knocked out and there was
nothing to it but gallep.
A NUMBER of games have been
arranged between the various forts
of town and the members of the
rival teams will do all they can
to win. There will be a warm game
Friday afternoon when the DAVIS
and Ryan 70 rts clash.
The third m onth of school began
this morning and the various de-
partments are running as smoothly
as they cen at present. The enroll
ment is constantly getting larger
and before the year is out it will
have passed 1900.
A FOOT BALL player who had bad
leg got up the other night and
himself with vaseline and
retired to an undisturbed rest. In
the morning he found that he had
been using currant jelly but the leg
was cured by that time.
"a MAN stood on trolley car. from
whence pedestrians fed. And to
support himself he held strap above
his head. Then came a curve, the
strap gave way. The man, oh where
was he? Ask Of the woman who said
''S-i-r! How dare you sit on mel"
IT seems that the impression that
state certificates will not be renewed
after the expiration of SIX years is
unfounded. The state certificates for
teachers are under the same law as
formerly. They will be renewed If
the holder has taught four out of the
six years for which period they are
issued.
IT has been the intention of the
Union Utility people to stow their
material for the winter but they
have concluded TO build half a
mile of track with it yet this fall.
They will have good grades through
Chancery Hill and the road will be
a nice one to puild.
CHESTNUT street will be paved
from one end to the other before a
great many years. This street is
used much more than many people
imagine and it is a very important
thoroughfare. Indeed it is the only
street which can be used by those
who have timid horses and are afraid
to pass the street cars.
A PARTY of almost one hundred
came from Grafton to this place on
Saturday to attend the funeral OF the
late Frank Morgan the unfortunate
young engineer who was killed near
Parkersburg last Thursday. A trib-
ute like this shows the esteem in
which the young man was held by his
associates. Deceased was son Of
Charles Morgan one of the well known
citizens of this county.
DIR. V. V. Cameron, who is visiting
here expects to locate at either this
place or Parkersburg for the practice.
Of medicine. He says he cannot stand
TIE climate Of Marion, Ind, where he