The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-12-05
Personal Paragraph.

Florence Wagner and family re-
turned Tuesday from a visit to
Wheeling.
VIM. G. Morley, Esq, of King
wood, autographed at the Wallace
House Sunday.
Mrs. Alice Whetstien (nee Wood
ruff J of Spencer, Iowa, is visiting
her many friends in town.
Mrs. Amanda Duvall returned
home Saturday from visit among
friends in Clinton district.
J. G. Fowler, clever gentleman
from Union district, paid this office
a pleasant visit on Tuesday.
Miss Eva Kiger returned home
Saturday from an extended visit
among friends and relatives in Har-
rison county.
Mrs. VIM. Wagner will leave to-
morrow Thursday morning for
Oakland to visit her daughter, Mrs.
A. G. Sturgiss
Lieut. B. c. Wilson has been suf-
fering from severe attack of rheu-
matism for some time past. We
trust he may soon recover.
Mr.. Charley Burris, of Mt. Morris,
has been appointed a Z. S. Gauger.
We tender Charley our congratula-
tons. He is clever gentleman and
Democrat.
Prof White returned Thursday
from his geological work in this
State, Ohio and Pennsylvania, and
has organized his classes for the re-
mainder of the year at the Univer-
sity.
Mrs. Geo. H. Spar. of Iowa, who
had been the guest of relatives here
for some time, started home Monday
morning. She was accompanied as
far as Oakland by Mrs. Thornton
Piekenpaugh and son Clark.
Lewis Baker, ESQ.,, of st. Paul,
Ming, spent Thanksgiving with Sen
ator Camden in Washington. Mr..
Bakers two daughters, who are at
tending school at Staunton, went up
to Washington and spent the day
with their father.
Miss Ida Henderson, of Morgan
town, is visiting Mrs. A. H. Reed in
South Grafton.-Sentinel.
Col. Joseph Snider, of Easton,
W. Va, is visiting his son E. NJ.
Snider of this place.-Point Marion
Cor. Rep. Standard.
The Newport Nescs hears that
Lieut.. r. NJ. G. Brown, U. S. Navy,
of Kingwood, w. Va, is engaged to
Miss Davis. daughter of ex-senator
Henry G. Davis.
Rev. Howard McQueary is still
quite sick, but his condition is not
regarded as serious, and we trust
soon to be able to announce his res
toration to health.-Inder.
A Richmond correspondent of the
Nicholas Chronicle says: / was de-
lighted to meet my friend Rev. o.
M. Miller, of Washington, but was
sorry to hear that he was just re-
turning from the funeral of his sis
ter Alzada, of Fayette county.
The following two personals are
from the Kingwood Journal:
Among the lawyers from abroad
attending court, we notice ex-Judge
John Brannon, of Weston, Hon.
j. M. Hagans, of Morgantown,
Philetus Lipscomb, of Philippi,
and ex-Judge John A. Ollie, of
Morgantown.
Thornton Pickenpaugh, of Nor
gantown, was here on Tuesday.
AS will be seen by reference to the
proceedings of the Circuit Court
elsewhere published, Howard N. Og-
den, Esq, was ON Wednesday APP
pointed Commissioner of that
Court, to succeed the late Lee R.
Abbott, Esq. We heartily congrat-
ulate Mr.. Ogden upon his prefer
ment. He will make a careful and
efficient officer, possessing all of the
requisite qualifications Vest Vir-
g1n1dn.
A correspondent of the Kingwood
Journal writing from Laurel Iron
Works says: John N. Dawson and
daughter have just returned from
Michigan where they had been on
visit to Henry F. Dawson, his brother,
whom he had not seen for thirty-one
years. While absent they went into
Ohio, where George " Coombs and
Henry Koontz live Harry Coombs,
the youngest son of George V.
Coombs, was sick with typhoid fever.
He is better now and able to walk
around again. The rest of them
were all well and are doing we'll.
Henry Koontz says he raised 800
bushels of wheat this year, has sold
1000 bushels. He has a fine lot of
hogs. Koontz and wife begin to
look old, but are doing a good deal
of hard work.