The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-10-21

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i GROUND is being broken for the
foundation OF six or seven houses 10
the Brown & Bannister addition at
Smithfield, Pa, known as "Greater
Smitbneld.
i THE congestion Of freight on many
railroads has entirely passed. In some
places on the B. g. o. many train
crews are only working about half
thine.
/ The citizens OF Fairchance have
their share of trouble too. They
were almost paralyzed by an "Uncle
| Toms Calm show Friday night
Uniontown Genius.
| THE National Civic Federation Con-
Igress has been discussing the "open
shop" question during a session this
week 10 Chicago. A great deal OF
warmth has been shown In this mat
ter.
MACHINES are being used to mine
coal in the new mines up Decker's
creek. The machines do the work of
several men and get the coal out in
a much better condition than is pos
sIble with hand labor.
EVERY town on the line of the b.
IL o. thinks it il the best paying
town on the system. They all seem
to forget that there is but one best
paying town and that is Morgan
town.
The Fayette county papers an
nounce that the Bell Telephone
Company is cutting rates in that
county. The new rate is $l2 for
residence and $24 for business
houses.
A RIP down the river 10 Caples
Tau CD an l barge planned by about 30
young p ople Saturday, was abandoned
| on &C ount of the rain. The outing
| is 20 Jponed until the wef theris more
| ia sora BILE.
1T l. learned from good authority
that tie fall and winter schedule on
the abroad will show few changes
One that will. be welcomed is the
placin. of parlor cars on trains Nos
and 2 leaving here at 5:55 a. m.
and returning at 6:05 p. m.
FRIDAY night might well be called
s'me ting night" in the University.
About every organization connected
with It ''met''-the Fortnightly club,
literary societies, engineering society,
Y NJ and Y. W. G. A., seven or
eight fraternitles, and other bodies
II there are any.
A CiacAGo editor has married o
Polish princess named "Katnowski"
The name is enough to take con
siderable sweet out of the honey
moon, though it sounds little
better than "Skatubitch. Waynes-
burg Messenger.
AN exchange has discovered that
The reason The Italians, Poles, Slavs,
Greeks and Hnngarians do not take
smallpox, is because they eat lots of
onions and garlic, 1t takes pretty
stout microbe to stand an onion and
garlic breath, and perhaps it is too
much for the smallpox germ.
SARAH DICKSON has brought suit
against her husband in Uniontown |
for desertion. The husband, A. F. |
Dickson is IS years old and the wife
is CO. They have been married 35
years 1t seems they have never
been able to get along smoothly.
INSTEAD of tearing away the two
middle rooms in the row OF s'skyscrap-
ersn on Peasants street, according to |
the permit granted by council, the |
owners Of the buildings have found it |
more to their liking to leave three |
rooms on one end of the row and one |
on the other. A thirty-foot space is
left between.
WORK on the Wabash in this
county is being pushed. There are
ten camps between Fairmont and |
the Greene county line. The advent
of spring will see the line alive with
men and the work OF construction
going at great rate.
THE Tri-State Teachers association
will hold its regular meeting in Char-
esten Friday and Saturday, October
23rd and oath. This association in !
cludes teachers from parts of Ohio,
Kentucky and West Virginia. There
will probably be $50 in attendance.
The street car is destined to cut an
important figure in the future
"Thuses" over Athletic victories by
the Varsity rooters. The whole roll
ling stock Of the company will be con-
6scated some night in future years
when the news comes that w. & ].
has been defeated.
THOMAS r. HoRNoR, of Weston.
who broke into print some time ago
on the subject of taxation, is getting
his share of newspaper notoriety.
His statements are being scathing
ly criticised by some papers, and
enthusiastically concurred in by
others.
g For the fifteenth consecutive time
Manner jenkins, OF Piedmont, one of |
the most popular Knights OF Pythias
In the State has been elected Grand
Keeper Of the Seals and Records. He
had no opposition for the office at the
State Lodge last week.
A GREAT many people were dissap-
pointed by the abandonment of the
football excursion to Clarksburg to-
day. Fifty or sixty had signifed
their willingness TO go, even at the
rate offered by the B. s. O. Both the
rate and number Of passengers were
too high to make the excursion practic-
able.
A MISSOURI county editor refused
to publish obituary notices of people
who, while living, failed to subscribe
to his paper, and gives this pointed
reason: "People who do not take
their home paper are dead ANYHOW.
and their mere passing away is Of
no news value.
A SOUTH Park woman has discov-
cred new use for the telephone.
Wishing to visit a nelghhor, she
pulled the baby's buggy up in front
of the telephone, opening the receiver
and told central if the baby began
to cry to call her up at the neigh
boris.
THE funeral of the late George Sn-
der, who was killed on the railroad at
Hoalt day or two ago, was held 10
Fairmont yesterday, the remains being
laid to rest in Woodlawn cemetery.
The deceased was great favarite
among his friends, and large crowd
Of sorrowing friends followed his re-
mains to the grave
STATES Attorney William B. Corn