The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-05-20

got wet and how he got his trousers
on wrong side before.
GROVE CRY has gone to Buckhan-
non where they will play the Seminary
boys. They have already beaten the
Upshur county lads 16 to O.
quartermaste Sergeant and two
priyates will be detailed TO assist the
Inspector when he gets here on next
Friday to inspect the property Of Com
pany l..
ALTHOUGH the schedule changed
yesterday there was very little differ
ence in the way that trains are run
ming. They are just as much behind
the schedule as ever.
In is reported here that Clarks-
burg minister has been fred for using
Peruna. As much good liquor as
is in ClafksbuTg there ought not to be
a6y need for his taking Peruna.
i C. /. KICK and II. L. Smith are
grading several streets for linn and
Ridgeway in their addition to Nor
| gantown. They have several teams
at work in this section of town.
THE first OF June is nearly here and
the predictions for busy summer for
Morgantown are nearer being carried
out every day. The summer will wit
ness the greatest strides it has exper-
fenced for years.
Now that the Wabash has
started to get property In Fairmont
on the east side OF the river there
seems to be no doubt thatit will build
up that way and let the bridge at Uz.
town be removed.
DEsMoINEs UTT and Lawrence Cox
brought in big rattle snake from
the mountains yesterday. The
fellow looked vicious but he was
good snake when he reached town.
The Parkersburg News of Sunday
contains great deal about Morgantown
its men and affairs. The town is az
tention all over the state and country
and there is no reason why 1t should
not do so.
The meadows are drying rapidly
and unless rain comes soon they
will be complete failure. The
glass generally is said to be worse
than it was on the first of April last
year.
SOME pc ,ple take exceptions to
the statement that the apple crop is
going to be of some account this
year. They say that the frLit is
already dropping badly and that it
will not be any good.
EVERY farmer In the county who is
interested should be here on next Sat
urday to attend the good roads meet
ing. Every one who lives 10 the
county is deeply interested Ia the pro-
posed improvements and 1t will stand
them Ia good stead to be here.
KATIE DuMIRE aud Georgia Brand
two well known women of the town
at Fairmont were injured in runa
way at baseball game up there.
They were thrown out of their buggy
while driving around and making
themselves conspi cuous.
PLENTY of tags are here for those
who have not paid their dog taxes and
the slaughter will begin Immediately.
Those who have paid their tax have a
right to insist that this be done as
they ought not be held up while 9TH
ers are exempt. And they will not be
subjected to such thing.
Two Italians who were on their
way to Fredericktowp, Pa, were
brought here ON Sunday from Pitts
burg and put off the train. The Of
| ficials would have done better to have
sent them up the river from Pittsburg-
by boat instead of bringing them here
to take the boat.
SOME w. d J. players got gay at
Oxford, Ohio. They had mashes on
some of the girls at Oxford College
and went there to see them. 1t was
not receiving night and they did
not get in. The boys tried to run
the gauntlet and strapped with the
night Waterman They got away
before the police got them.
MEETINGS are being held over the
state under direction Of the Expert
ment Station at which the fruit grow
ers are taught the best measures for
fighting. the San Jose scale, These
meetings are very important and il the
Information which is so freely offered
is not improved there will be a lot of
fruit trees go the way of all the earth
before very long.
UNDER the new assessment the
coal companies which have bought
large fields in the county will pay
about half of the taxes raised in the
sections where they have made their
purchases. This is right. In addi-
ltion to this the assessors should see
to it that there is some addition made
| to the amount of taxable property
which results from the influx of the
coin which is secured for the coal
THROUGH the courtesy of Mr. Geo.
Q. Stursiss, the members of the coun-'
ty court, Messrs. Harner, JennewIne
and Core, County Clerk John NJ
Gregg, ]. G. Price, Mr.. Harrison, gov
ernment supervisor of road building,
and few others went up the M. & X.
railroad to Masontown Saturday after
noon. The industries along the route
were quite a revelation to some MEM
bers of the party.
i IT is expected that the Commence
ment exercises Of the public schools
on Thursday night at the University
will be very interesting. The program
will be rendered by the children them
selves. This is an innovation as here
tofore for some years there have been
musical numbers by artists and an adj
dress by some prominent educator,
This will be cut out this year.
THE attention Of the sporting writ
er of the Pittsburg Disp atch is called
to the fact that Manhattan has licked
16 colleges and universities besides w.
V. q. 1t is also called to his atten-
tion that it licked Brown by score
of II to l.. Brown has defeated Yale
two of these games Yale beat w. v.
U. 6 to i. This will show that w. V.
U. need not feel badly because it got
guarantee for playing the New York
Irish professionals.
4 THERE is no more delay to be toll
Grated in the dog law tax. The tags
have been received here to supply
every one who may want them and
there will be some fire works begin
ming with today. Some people have
been hiding their pets. This will
subject them to fines of one dollar
and costs for every day they do this.
A number of names OF people who
are doing this were handed to the
mayor this morning.