Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-05
Locals and Personals.

X. w. Dawson, or Uni0nt0wn, wa:
here on business today.
J., W Hartigan was registered a
the Grand Central in Wheeling yes
terday.
Frank Cox has gone to Charleston
TO help 10 the fight against Augusta
county.
Copies of the Industrial Edition OF
this paper may be had at this Office and
at the news stands at % cents each.
They are now ON sale.
Prof. t. Z. Johnson, who is taking
Especial course at Cornell this winter
is now home for weeks visit between
terms.
| AUGUSTA county will be up to date
If it ever gets started. 1t will have a
county seat war on with Smithfleld
and Warrington in the race.
ONE hundred new engines have
been ordered by the B & o. They
will be used in this section and it is
to be hoped that they will relieve the
present intolerable conditions,
Mrs. John Steel, who has been a
guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Isaac Hite, returned to Clarksburg to-
day. Her son from Cincinnati, who
was here also, left for home today.
A GOOD sized and apprecatiye audi
ence greeted the pastor of the Presby-
terrain church, DIR. Buchanan last
night, and heard him preach a very
good sermon. He will preach again
tonight
A TROLLEY line from Warrington
on Smithfeld will probably be built
soon. A charter for this has been Sc
cured and there is said to be a great
demand for the road. This end OF
the state is to be grdironed by such
roads before very many years.
S. f. Glasscock started to Blacksvile
yesterday to take some dispositions in
a case out there, but was compelled te
return on account of the condition OF
the roads. The mud had begun tC
get stiff and was almost impossible.
| WALKING was quite difficult in
some parts of town this morning on
account of the ice which had formed
wherever there bad been flowing
water. The rains of recent days had
left plenty of this to freeze.
THERE was plenty OF wind or
Wednesday night Not great
deal of damage ia reported but the
vino did its part to produce this
It looked several times as If it meant
to blow down some houses before
becoming quiet
SATURDAY week will be Valentine
day and many of the stores are already
showing their stock of the missives
which are sent on the day. They
range ia price from one cent to sever
al dollars. Few of US like to get the
cheaper ones and fewer If us are like
ly to get any other kind.
Prof James M Johnson, who has
been here on a visit to his mother and
sister, Miss Laura Johnson, for a
week past, started for Georgia today.
He is professor Of Agriculture In the
University of Georgia. There are
only two school terms ia that school.
and the vacation between them occurs
the last of January.
The wind tossed electric light
wires together and in MANY places
over town short cireuited them
There was plenty of flashing when
this was going on and some times
the flashes looked almost like light
mag, Every where electric lights
were used the lights were very ir-
regular last night.
SOMETHING got wrong with the
whistle at the brick yard in Seneca
last night and it scared people into
fits by blowing in a distressing way
for nearly half an hour. Most every
one thought that it was fire alarm
A fire would have made it very in.
teresting last night the way that
the wind was blowing.
F. H. YosT states in letter
which was received this morning
that he will ne here shortly for a
visit. He says that be did not feel
very much like going back to Mich
igan but consented after long
/ conference with the authorities. He
hal several hattering offers from
other schools but was under contract
to coach Michigan if he coached any
one
All speculation as to the coming OF
the Wabash to Morgantown is set al
rest by the definite announcement
from Mr. George Gould that the road
is being built by syndicate of friends
Of the Wabash and that it will surely
come. The interview in which be
tells of this may be foand in another
column of this paper. 1t is mighty
good news and mighty interesting
reading. Then goodbye to many OF
the letters which have bound us.
| Lewis A. Yeager has returned from
Clarksburg where he has been for sew
eral days, He says that the Harri-
son county people ale afraid that the
Augusta county bill will pass. They
also state that plans are on foot to
take about forty miles belonging tC
Harrison county in the new county
This amendment will be tackled on tC
the bill in the next few days il it i:
not killed before that time. Clarks.
burg people are getting ready to de
scend on Charleston to fight the
scheme.
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