The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-10-07


Wednesday, October z, 1903.
TIE lot sale at Warrington which
took place the other day resulted ia
$4,000 worth OF lots being sold.
Wanted--Auth0r's Manuscripts,
suitable for early publication. Com
musicale with The Bradford Press
IS Broadway, New York.
If serious break comes In the
strike situation down the Avenue 1T
is hard to see how the strike can last.
The union men say that they will
stand firm and that they expect To
win in the struggle.
REPORTS from the third teachers
examination show a greater percent
age OF certificates issued and smaller
numher Of failures recorded than 10
the former examinations.
INVITATIONS have been issued for
the marriage Of Miss Clara Koblegard
of Clarksburg to Mr.. r. II. Wilson OF
Pittsburg. The affair is to take place
at Clarksburg, on October IA.
The enrolment at the University
has not yet reached $50 for this term
but it will go to 700 by Christmas.
it is thought. This is larger than
1t was last year.
MONEY is said to he seasier than it
has beer for some time In town. The
purchase OF big tract OF coal on the
west side has brought a large amount
OF money to town which has gotten
into circulation.
ANOTHER summer has come and
gone without big circus visiting
Morgantown. When one Of the big
shows does come it will get a wagon
load of money to take out OF the
community.
THE fall millinery openings are TAX
ing place and the stores ia which crea-
tions of fashions devotees are display
ed are crowded from morning to night
by those VINO are making their selec-
tions of fall millinery.
THERE is said to be considerable
soreness in Wheeling over the action
of higher officers in calling off the
proposed meeting of uniform rank
X. of p. officers which had been
called FOR that place.
THE murderers of Contractor Fer
guson of W ashington have not yet
been run down, There arc lot of
detectives Oh the track enticed into
the pursuit by the big rewards offer
al f..x 41a 10
TIE name OF Mapel avenue, First
Wald, has been formally changed to
Dorsey Avenue. Council gave the
matter long and deliberate consldera-
tion, and decided on the re-christen-
only after much weighty discussion.
II is claimed that before car can
be obtained to carry away glass from
the Marilla that it must be taken to
the Jones and receive lot of glass
from there. 1t will then be thrown
into the Marilla for load.
BY the time that the Fourth Ward
school building is done there will be
plenty of children to occupy it if the
number keeps on increasing at the
gait which it has started and main
tanned since the schools OF town
opened.
A NEW Waterman has been secur-
ed at the University to take the
place OF Hoffman. The latter is the
man who saw things last summer in
the library and kicked up so much
excitement in the newspapers and in
the minds of timid people.
SOME OF the citizens of Bridgeport
Pa, want to change the name of the
town so that it will be the same at
that borne by the posteffice which is
named Cadwallader. Others oppose
the name. A better idea would be
to get the three towns at Browns
vile into one city under one name.
THOSE interested in the Martha fac
tory say that it can run in opposition
to the factories with machines and
can do so at profit They can get
cheap gas and cheap sand and their
employees being for the most part
stockholders they can fall back on
their earnings to recoup them for
losses in labor
WHENEVER train comes here there
are lot of people to get on and off.
The crowds of rubber necks who get In
the way is made up of the same crowd
who have attended the arrival and
departures of trains for many years
without hope of reward or fear of Gus
sings bestowed on them by travellers
whom they discommode.
FIVE young men tailed at the re-
cent bar examinations held here.
There we're II applicants for admis-
sion to the bar The day has passed
when to be admitted it is only nee
essary to Il don't know" when asked
questions by tender hearted judges
who used to let in a lot young men
who didn't know enough to do any
damage at the practice of law.
PAUL WEBSTER has been at Fair
mont where he went to get drunk.
He said after he was arrested that
he could get nothing to drink in
Morgantown and consequently he
went up there to tank up. Many
other things were said by him when
the court stopped his liquid elo
quence by imposing fine of two
and costs. He paid and said he
had enough left to get drunk again.
MoRGANTowN will be glad to wei
come another factory and the move
to start one on the Avenue is very
agreeable. There can be too many
factories here to suit us. The town
needs all sorts of manufacturing
plants and one in which the work
man have an interest bids fair to he
a permanent one and one that will
be free from many cases of friction
noted in other factories.
The other day young girl passed
the New DOMINION office. She at
tracted much attention by reason of
the rainbowed hues which followed
in her wake. These came from four
flaming petticoats which radiated
colors of as many different shades.
She had gracefully elevated her
drapery so that the four riotous ar
ticles of apparel might be thorough
ly inspected. The rubber trust
would have dropped dead at the
sight of the raw material which was
called into being by the novel sight.
MANY towns have learned this
summer that there is nothing in the
street carnivals which have disgrace
ed them and have led many of their
young people into devious paths. So
far Morgantown has not entertained
any OF these affairs and it is to be
hoped that no organization will ever