The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-08-05
JUSTIN N. KUNKLE. Local Editor


WoRKMEN are laying brick on th
Cox and Baker building on Chanceri
Row. The structure will be complet
ed at the earliest possible date.
THE new Italian church at Nc
nongah has been dedicated. !
large number of visiting clergy tool
part in the ceremonies.
GUARDS have been established il
Martinsburg in hopes of catching
the firebugs who have been burning
stables in that town recently. A
dozen fires have been started by un
known incendiaries. Stables seen
to be the favored structures TO re
ceive attention.
This is practically the last day O
the Summer School though Saturday,
August is the date set down Ia thu
bulletin for the close. Many of the
students left today for their homes.
Some OF them have been in school con
stantly since the latter part Of last
September and will begin again 10
ABOUT SIX week..
THE tearing down of the. old ROOT
over the street in front Of the Laziel
building is good example for Other
property owners who have similar
structures to follow The appear
ance of several buildings in the city
and the usefulness OF several streets
would be greatly improved thereby.
IT is now in order for some more
distractions which are on the side.
walks to be removed. T. w. An
derson has set good example
Every one is glad TO see that old
shed gone which he has removed.
They want to see some oilers fade
away also.
The new store rooms and flats
being built by Mrs l.. NJ Dering
neal the corner OF Spruce and Will
ley streets are nearly finished and
will be ready for occupancy about
August tenth. They are being adj
vertised for rent in another column
of this paper
Miss Chips, girl OF | 4 or Is years,
who lives in the country AMI walked
several miles to attend the shows
created a little stir on the street
near the post-oflice by fainting as the
dog and pony parade passed this morn
ing. She was carried into pbysi-
clans office, and revived at once. She
was tired and excited, and the
sight OF wound on the face Of per-
son In the crowd caused her to faint.
THE limbs OF the law in the neigh
borhood OF Little Falls seem to be
about as slow in taking steps to bring
the worst sort of criminals to justice as
those around Opekiska. The news Of
the horrible crime committed by
Claude Tichneli was not brought to
the Sheriff's Office until Saturday
morning. The crime was committed
on Thursday afternoon.
THE bread and water diet is the
most convincing argument that Mayor
McGrew has hit upon to impress per-
sistent evil-doers Of the error of their
ways. For the benefit Of those who
doubt its efficacy and are inclined to
petty law breaking, it might be re-
marked that the Mayors diet regula-
tions are carried out to the letter by
,Jailer-Gore.
Charlie Weaver got mixed UP with
a dago on the corner of High and
Walnut streets yesterday afternoon,
and came out of the rumpus much the
worse for wear. The Italian landed
on him before be was ready for the
bout, and Charlie picked himself out
of the lumber and trestles in the Herd
corner building His nose was minus
its usually symetrical proportions, and
he had several other marks to show
that he was in fight. He went to
barber shop and got patched up. The
Dago escaped.
George Selby, wholesale mer
chant of Hannibal, Missouri, is in
Morgantown visiting Hu Maxwell.
He and Mr.. Maxwell spent two years
together in travel, during which
time they explored many of the
little known mountain ranges be-
tween Alaska and Mexico, and Wis
tied number of the islands OF the
Pacific ocean. 1t was during one of
these expeditions that they perform
ed the feat of descending into the
crater of an extinct volcano six hun
dred feet when their further progress
was stopped by ice. Mr.. Selby was