The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-01-07
THREE cheers for the Falling Run

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ALL pull together for the best
town in the state. 1t wont take
more than a year of united effort to
make this a reality.
MARTIN BRoKsKI OF Fairmont
jumped into the river the other night
and drowned. He was a Slav who
had become dissatisfied with life.
THE marriage OF C. NJ. Davis and
Miss Drue Hamilton OF Fairmont
which took place at Oakland on Octo-
Der 5th has just leaked out. They
are well known 10 Fairmont.
ALL the arrangements have been
made for hauling that Falling Run
bridge iron to its place. Now the
railroad company should do its du
ty.
THOSE who have been walking in
dark ness over town are to have street
| lights. All they hope for now is
that they will get lights which will
give light.
Now the clerks of the town are
about to organize and form union.
Fourteen of them have signed the
application for charter. 1t takes
fifteen to make go OF 1T.
AL RIDER has the highest score
made on the new bowling alleys He
has 239 out of possible 300. There
are seven or eight who have gone over
100 but few of them are over 200.
IT costs ten cents less to ride from
Connellsville to Fairmont than it
used to cost. A new rate sheet has
gone into effect and the fare is made
that much less.
Two masked men entered the tele-
graph Office at Brains curve and rob
bed the operator. They took his
watch and cash. One covered him
with a revolver and the other took his
cash.
ANOTHER barber shop is to be
opened in Morgantown. 1t will be in
the new Hotel MADEIRA addition. The
men who will have charge of it are
from Connellsville. They will open
on Monday.
The rain Friday and Satu rday
has made every thing as muddy as
it can he but it has taken tn e ice
away and people can get around
without danger of breaking tn ell
ne cks.
90 TO Hutchinson & Jacobs, Little
Falls, w. Va, for your water sets,
lamps, vases, pictures, frames and
mirrors, books, toys, aud numerous
other articles to tedious to mention.
The state lawyers did not honor
the law as they should when they
ate cartridges out OF season. They
are sworn to uphold the laws but
they every one violated this statute
IT wouldn't hurt the streets to be
washed little more often. The
m I'D piled up when left alone in a
manner that causes people to forget
their good resolutions about swear
ing.
AN election for second Lieutenant in
Company "E" Second Regime Mt, W.
V. N. G. resulted in the First SIR
geant of the c3mpany being selected
for the place. He is Charles W. Gun
bingham. Bugler Fred Ruttencutter
was his opponent.
ONE OF the faces carved on the
front of the new Library building is
said to be fine likeness of one of
the young ladies of Morgantown.
Some of the others don't look like
any thing in earth, Heaven or else
where.
OVER five hundred students ma
circulated the first day of the winter
quarter. This is a. much larger
number than usually get in on that
day. The authorities are very much
pleased with the way that the stu
dents have come back.
MosT of the students are back but
there are many of them who hav e
yet to reach Morgantown All of
them had fun at home and most of
them enjoyed the trip back especial
ly when the trains stopped so that
they might change cars.
MoRGANTowN complains of a
scarcity of railroad cars and conges-
tion of freight traffic. The com
plant has been chronic in and about
Connellsville for the past two years
Morgantown has no monopoly in
this sorrow.-Connellsville Courier
If you get your mail delivered put
your street and number on all letters
you send out and ask your correspond
ents to address you at your street
number. If you get your mail in a
box ask them to send all mail to the
box number. In that way you will
help the post-office people and will
get your mail quicker.
FARMERS nepr Rivesvile who have
been approached by the B & o for
rights of way through their farms are
refusing to make deeds which do not
contain as a part of the condition
that a railroad is to be bnilt on the
ground purchased. They do not pro-
pose to be left in the cold. If the
road wants their land they want a
road.
BEFORE long there is to be new
brick school house in the Fourth
ward Four rooms will be built but
only three OF them used at present.
However this will provide ample ac-
com modations for the smaller chill
dren who do not want to come up
town to attend school. tits ex pect-
ed that the contract will be let soon
for the building and that it will be
ready for use next fall
ALTHOUGH the bridge company has
started that the iron for the Falling
Run bridge is on the way the County
Court ought to give it roasting
anyway Another thing that the
couit ought TO do Is this. 1t should
make up it's mind that the company
which had this contract should new.
er get another one in this county.
There will be row if they do get
any more.
The report that the big mound at
Moundsville is to be destroyed, has
set somebody to thinking, and now
comes report of bill which will be
introduced in the legislature, to pro-
vide for the purchase of the mound
by the state and It's being converted
into public park. The owner has
made several previous attempts to
dispose of it TO the state.
HOUSES are needed in Morgantown.