The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-10-28


Brown, George Brown and two girls
are down with the disease.
The mercury was at 80 at seven
O'clock this morning. Some ice
formed on little ponds and rain bar
rels, although not enough OF it came
to put the ice man out of business.
A BIG row has broken out in the
oil fields of this and Marion counties.
A report CT the trouble may be
found in another column of this
paper.
PLANS for Halloween parties are
on foot. There will be a number of
informal affairs on that night which
has been dedicated to its peculiar
observances for so long time.
SUTTON has recognized its foot
ball team and is talking of game
with the Varsity Reserves. Charles
J. Hyer is captain of the team and
Lee Hyer manager.
PIEDMONT papers are advertising
for real old fashioned building and
/ loan society to enable the poorer
people of that place to own their
homes.
STORE breaking is getting entirely
too frequent around here. At sever
al places quiet watch is being kept
and mess OF slugs and old horse
shoe nails is apt to settle in the
midst of thief some of these
nights.
FAIRMoNT and Grafton are both
overrun with Wabash workmen
who are engaged at various points
along the line. The men seem to be
appreciated more for their coin than
anything else but this is very de-
sirable article.
A WHEELING man who was to
hass 0een married to very pretty
yo lady did not show up until
The wedding guests had gone home,
con 'adiug he wasn't coming. He
expsf. led that he had mistaken the
hot I the ceremony.
"LeFTY" CORE will not be in the
gam at Columbus on Saturday as
BE- ID suffering from very bad arm.
He has boil which for size and
feroe ~ has never been equaled in
these parts.
Pi~rsburg will get taste of root
ers from West Virginia when the
State game Is played but for real
simon pure noise they must wait
until Vie crowd gets back from
Washington.
GENEVA defeated Allegheny by a
score of 80 to 0 when they met the
other day. Those Beaver Falls boys
will be hard nut for the Varsity to
crack when they get together.
ACCORDING to the KinRwood Argus
the buckwheat crop in Preston county
is only about half what it should have
been. This will be bad news to many
people who have been accustomed to
entertaining themselves with the sue
culent buckwheat cake.
| A BIG kick is ueIng maze over sign
| ing the new contracts for the Union
Utility company but the company says
If people don't want to sign them they
needn't use any of the products OF the
company.
IT is now stated that the lock gates
at lock Is are all right and will not
have to be taken out. 1t was feared
for time that they would not do and
would have to be replaced by oJher
gates. The lower gates will be put in
within few days.
MANY hunters have been out after
rabbits but on account of the thick
underbrush they have been able to
bag but few. The leaves hang on
this year to break the record and
the weeds and grass do not die as
they should to make hunting good.
VALLEY FALLS people have petit
toned Fish Commissioner Bowers
for some fish to be placed in the
river at that point. Quite large
number of fish has been put into the
river between this place and Fair
mont.
LAST night the cars waited on
High street % minutes for the show
to let out. Those who got in the
cars when they stopped at FIRST, were
quite heated when the power was
thrown ON them. Those for whom
the cars waited did not feel half as
mad about it as the other fellows
did.
THE Bell Telephone company has
lowered it's rates in Uniontown and
has many new subscribers. The
rate has been reduced from $2l for
residence phones to $12 year. The
switch board has been changed, and
it took eight minutes to change 622
phones. A reduction of rates has
also been made at Connellsville.
A PITTsBURG correspondent wants
to know all about the excursion to
W. & j., the time of leaving here, of
it's arrival in Pittsburg and num-
Der OF other things. AS the excur-
sion is not yet arranged for, these
details cannon be given him. The
game takes place on the 21st of
November
AN educational exhibit for ST. Louis
is being prepared. Pictures of the
schools, teachers, buildings and
equipments together with short
history of education Tor each town
will be sent there. Superintendent
Miller has sent out letter urging
every one to take part in the ex-
hibit.
IT is announced from the Con-
nellsville region that ten thousand
coke ovens will soon be idle. Seven
thousand are already out and three
thousand more will be closed. 1t is
not very probable that they will be
put into commission again before
next spring, and very probably not
then.
NOTHING too good need be antici-
pated In the appearance tonight Of
1.-THE Little Christian" for neither
time, money nor energy have been
spared by Mr.. Charles H. Clark in
making this play q success In every
way. The cast is exceptionally strong
and includes such we'll known players
as Ida Werner, Maude Sinclair, Mary
Halves, Henry Muller, Harry G. Bar
ton, Edwin Beldin and many others.
Got Drunk In FairmOnt.