The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1904-02-03


SEVERAL parties Of Fairmont peo
PIE are preparing TO attend the mill
tary balloon the 18th. The flown al
ways sends a goodlY delegation to Nor
gantswa on such occasions.
The fluctuations 10 the wheat
market with constant tendency to
still higher prices has kept the wheat
spectators on the qui vie for the
past two weeks.
THE Moundsville Herald continues
to tell about lew rates to Morgan
town on account OF the farmers meet
fngs which closed couple Of weeks
ago.
BELINaToN and Aston, two Bar.
bour county towns on opposite sides
OF the Tygarts Valley river, have
made arrangements to consolidate
and form Greater Belington.
THERE is much scarlet fever in
town and the parents of children who
have been exposed TO contagion are
much worried over 1t. Those who
have the malady In their families are
too busy fighting it to worry much.
AFTER several unsuccessful at
tempts, Mrs. Kate 5offel has succeed
ed in appearing before q theatrical
audience. 1t is probable that the
show wont last long as people will.
soon get their ill OF the curiosity
which leads them to want to see her.
IT is a dull day In Mt Morris when
the Dfflo 10 har 1nt l.. ~
some exciting incident to talk about.
1t may be sensational elopemeut or
just an ordinary Mt. Morris fight, but
1T always has peculiar flavor entirely
its own.
The roads through the country will
now get bad and will remain that way
until late In the spring. They have
been unusually good during the WIN
ter up to this time but this has been
due to unusual conditions which
have prevailed.
UDGE Holt, who presides over
the neighboring judicial circuit, does
not have plain sailing for reelection.
Neil Fortney, of Kingwood, is a can
didate for the Republican nomination
against him and public sentiment is
much divided. The newspapers are
having lively war ever II.
FIRST warders feel safer from fire
where they have the hose to fight it
with on their own side of the creek.
Nearly all OF the property owners ON
hat side have signed the protest
tgsinst the councils proposition to
remove it to the central station.
ALREADY costumes are being plan
ed for the annual masquerade ball at
the Turn Verein on the evening of
February 10. Several have placed
orders with Pittsburg costumers,
and many Enthusiastically attired
dancers will participate in the even
ing gayeties.
MoReANTowN's street cars aIe get
ting very noisy. The wheels grind
the rails in manner not altogether
soothing to- the nerves, and the cars
respond to the vibrations thus pro-
duced. This, perhaps, is unavoida.
BILE under the conditions, but it is
none the less unpleasant.
AT Uniontown an affidavit of de-
Tense has been filed in the case of
the Baltimore d Ohio Railroad Com
pany against the Fayette Lumber
Company, Limited, of Connellsville.
The amount involved is $65. Plain
tiff claims that the lumber company
took part of car of brick en- route
from Morgantewn after it had been
run in on their siding. The lumber
company denies the charge in toto.
SOME interesting stories with refer
enca to the steel mill are being quiet
ly circulated but there is nothing at
present which will bear publication.
The date of the Turn Verein ball
has been "fnally" selected fourth
time. If Feb. y does not fall out of
the calendar it will be held then.
THERE has been more snow this
winter than is usually seen but those
who like sleighing have not objected
to the abundance of the snow.
THE Buckhannon Glass plant has
gone into the hands of a receiver and
now its brick plant has burned to the
ground.
WARRINGTON Is getting ready to
furnish material for story lurid
enough to make play as bad "a Des-
perate Chance"
IT is stated that A. Wilkinson
will be a candidate for mayor Of Graf
ton at the coming municipal election.
He is at present one of the council
men 10 that city.
CIRCUIT CLERK John Shriver has
been suffering from an attack of the
grip tor a few days, and has been
unable to be at his Office in the court
house.
REPORTS from Weston are to the
effect that Robert Stanton, who is
taking treatment there, does not i'm
prove as his friends would like to see
him improve.
THE Montgomery News is mean
enough to say anent the candidacy Of
Frank Cox for Supreme Court Judge
that Monongalia county man will
take anything that is not nailed
down.
CHURCH people who take an active
part in the work are very busily en-
gagged just now. The three evangells-
tic meetings in progress attract about
all the people who take any sort OF in
terest in religious work
THE Parkersburg News publishes
a long article from Washington about
Thomas w. Cridler OF Morgantown.
Mr.. Cridler is not from Morgan
town. He formerly lived at Martins
burg.
SOME of DR.. G. d. Towards reye-
lations in regard to the adu lterated
foods, sold, no doubt, unknowingly,
by Morgantown grocers, are not par
ticularly encouraging to students,
who are fed largely on bought foods
The Peoples Tribune of Uniontown
is to publish series Of articles about
the saloons Of Fayette county and the
paper promises that the articleswill b.
worth reading. The law 10 said to
be broken in forty different ways ev-
cry day by all of the saloons in
the county.
Who says this country Is not a con-
sistent place to live In? Over in Penn
sylvaHia there is factory which turns
out idols for the Chinese to worship,
while in the same state there Is located
an institution that turns out mission
aries to convert the Chinese to Chris
auity.
TIE Fairmont Free Press intimates
that II the Times and the West Viz
ginian keep on quarrelinR they will
give away the secrets of mrch official