The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-09-09
SOMETIMES a man who is not IN

SOMETIMES a man who is not In
would be in II he-were not all In,
On with the railroads and talk Of
hear the talk and it will do us lots Of
good to get the railroads.
Oyster specials are now running on
the h. & o. They haul nothing but
oysters from the east to the consum-
ers here and farther westward.
MoRGANTowS's big musical event
for next spring is already attracting
lot of attention over the state. 1t
should draw. visitors from every sec
tion of the state
A LOT Of steel rails have been haul
ed from town To Greenmont to be
placed for the accommodation OF the
cars from the new bridge to the car
barns which are TO be located near
the power house in that part Of town.
RIcE's LANDING is to have a
national bank which has been au-
thoaized by the comptroller of the
currency. 1t is now being organized
and will be known as the Rice's
Landing National Bank.
THE many Morgantown friends of
Miss Frances Miller are glad to well
come her back again, and to a place
on the teaching force Of the public
school. Miss Miller arrived Thurs
day evening and has taken the exami-
nation.
MoRGANrowN has one member OF
the new board of examiners. A.
glance at the personel Of the board
as published in another column will
show that it is good one and prob
ably the best one which might have
been selected.
THE death of Harry Overiield is
one Of the saddest affairs of this kind
ever to happen here. The lad was
unusually bright and was highly
esteemed by all who knew him The
tragedy coming as it did on an
excursn threw a gloom over the
entire party and there was little of
the exuberance manifested when
excursions reach town after trip
abroad
WORD has reached here Of the
death at Windsor, Nova Scotia, last
week, of the Rev. Jacob Raymond, |
father OF Mrs Hake. wife Of Judge
Hoke, the United Safes Consul |
Mr. Raymond was born in Taylor
county, near Grafton, and will be
remembered by many Of the older
residents.
IT is announced that all the locks
and dams will be completed by No
yember Ist. The gap in No. 10 will |
be closed soon and the finishing
touches are being put on all the
others. There is every probability |
that the Nonongahela will be navi |
gable to Fairmont before winter.
THE eighth annual reunion OF the
Brown family will be held at the
Tunnelton camp grounds on Satnr
day, September 18th. A very suita
BILE and interesting program has
been prepared and the occasion will
be one to remember by the numer-
GUS members of that widely known
family
A telegram has been received from
Col. James G. Frazer stating that he
and Mrs. Frazer have been delayed
in making start for home from
Nova Scotia, where they have been
spending the summer They had |
expected to be at home by this time,
but will not come in for some days
yet.
A swarm of bees took possession of |
the Phi Kappa Psi house on Spruce
street yesterday while the occupants |
were away. Two windows, had been |
left open and the swarm in seeking a |
place to alight, found the windows
open, and entered. A large num-
Der of the bees had killed them
selves trying to get out of the closed |
windows, but there were still enough
live ones to retain undisputed posses
sion so long as they wanted to stay.
THURSDAY seems to have been a
day of accidents. The drowning of
Harry Overfield from the excursion
boat, was the saddest occurrence.
Last evening train No. struck
man near McKeesport who was re-
ported dead soon after, and near
Randall the same train run down |
two horses, grinding them him to
pieces. Pieces of the animals were
in the trucks when the train reached |
this place.
DR.. A. D. Hopkins, of Washington
d. c., was here yesterday and this
morning greeting some of his Nor
gantown friends. He has been spend
ing the summer on his farm on the
Little Kanawha, few miles from
Parkersburg The family is still |
there except Ed and Roy, who are
working on the U. S. Geological sur
vey in New York. Miss Beulah
Hubbard is visiting them. Dir. Hop
kins was ON his way back to Wash
ington. He says they expect to spend |
three months of the summer on the
farm every year.
A NEW York merchant advertised |
extensively and regularly in the |
newspapers during the first year of
his business career, and winning |
good trade, adopted plan of ad
vertising only occasionally. Bust
ness did not continue to satisfy the
merchant and after eighteen months
he found it was necessary to do all |
of his first work over again. at
costs more ito re-establish myself" |
he said to an advertising agent,
"than it would if had continued to |
take reasonable amount OF space
every day the year round, but the
lesson has been worth its cost-Ob-
server.
Don't be Jealous.