The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-10-07
HOW IT Is DONE.
Summary of News Cleaned on
Trip by Reporter.
What Was Heard Along Chancery Row.
Minor Dean Gets Salty Dose Grand
Jury Members Suppressed-Ed Blair
in Trouble-Other Minor Matters.

Some people have a curiosity to
learn how news is gathered for the
papers by those who have to hustle
to gather material to entertain and
instruct the readers of this paper
A recital of a stroll along Chancery
Row and the items cleaned in few
minutes by our reporter may be in
teresting
A knot of lawyers was found and
asked what was doing One of them
said that Mrs. Elkins, Miss Kathe-
rine Eikins and Miss Wood had lett
in the E'kins private car after IA
short visit here.
Mrs. John w. Mason is visiting
relatives here" was ventured by ad-
other one. "Milton Hirschman leaves
this afternoon for New York" said
another.
Just now coming up Peasants
street / saw a flock of quail which
had gotten into town and did not
know how to get out" said fourth
1.-TWO of the birds were in a big
tree in front of Simeon Garrison's
and they were scared. They were
whistling to beat the band and were
sitting close together. Others we're
down on Front street and all were
whistling away as hard as they
could"
tits bad sign for quail to enter
a house. 1t means DEATH" said a
superstitious member of the bar.
ooh, say. You remember Minor
Dean, the bad man from Bitter
Creek, written up some time ago in
the New DoMINIoNy spoke up an
other. "Well he went before Judge
Crawford at Waynesburg the other
day and was given two years in the
pen. He bad been up before the
court twice before and sentence was
suspended. He was up once for hit
ting a man in the head with an ak
and once for selling liquor. This
time he was arrested on complaint
of Mayor Higgins Tor hitting Mrs.
Higgins at a pirnic at Mt Morris.
Higgins swore he had ON knucks,
and the court gave him two years."
II understand that Ed Blair is in
the workhouse soT ewhere In Penn
sylvania for stealing some money on
a B. d 0. train from passenger,
said another. ed was riding with
"A man who was drunk and touched
him. A detective was near by and
run him in. He his nearly COM
pIeted his sentence"
"a big crowd of Morgantown boys
went to Mt Morris last night to see
Uncle Toms Cabin, that new show
which recently took the road. Guy
Brightman and George Davidson
were in the crowd. They say that
the show was all right
"What's new in hereY queried the
scribe going into another office.
"a meeting of the Oak Grove
Cemetery Association will he held in
Municipal hall on October 9Th, at
seven. thirty. THIS is the annual
meeting aud all stockholders arc cx-
pected TO he present"
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and asked about the coming term oil
court He said that summons were
being sent out, but that the number
is small for this term. There ia
very little doing over the county.
The names of the members Of the
Grand Jury have not been announc-
ed and they will not be given out.
This is to prevent anyone from max
ing personal appeals 10 the mem
bers to escape the consequence OF
any lawbreaking Of which they may
be guilty
A quick trip back to the Office
and the information thus secured
was made ready 10 be given to the
readers Of the pare Then Out
again for some more news.
Whist Party.
Miss Flora Hayes entcrtained about
80 young ladis at her home on High
street Tuesday evening, in honor OF
her guest, Mrs. Harry Wilson, OF
Parkersburg. Whist was the amuse
ment OF the evening. Mrs Il. l.
Morris won the head prize and
the consolation Prize went to Mrs
John l.. JphDstop. rhe refreshments
served AZ the close OF the evening
were unusually elegant and elaborate
The affair was thoroughly enjoyed b,
all present..
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