The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-02-14

Mrs. Prof Latham and son Grey
returned yesterday from their South
elm trip
= Mrs. Maggie Gibson nee Snider
has lately been visiting her mother
in this place.
Senator McGrew came home from
Wheeling on Saturday and remained
until yesterday.
His Honor Judge Fleming arrived
in town yesterday morning by the
horse back line.
John C. Anderson intends to start
in short time 10 California where he
will hereafter reside.
Major Jim Bell will be Geo. NJ.
Johns assistant in the store during
Will Moorhead's absence.
Mrs. Fenton Rice has been suffer
ing from a severe attack of rheuma-
tism for several days past.
1t is reported that w. L. Boughner,
ESQ.,, of Fairmont, has resigned his
position in the railway mail elviee.
We were pleased to meet Mr.. w.
j. Lemasters, one of our good friends
from Battellc, in our sanctum yestcr-
day. .
The New DOMINION acknowledges
a pleasant call yesterday from that
clever gentleman, Mr.. Henry p. VII
son, of McCurdysvillc
John d. Lewellen, OF Granville,
who has been in partnership with
Jas. w. Dawson here for some time,
will move to town in the spring.
We regret 70 learn, as we do from
the Inder, that DR.. Joe Merrill, of
Rivesville, is very low, and hi. de-
mise may be expected at any time.
We inadvertently omitted to men,
ton the departure Of Mr.. G. Ed.
Wagner and little son George last
week after a visit Of several weeks
here.
Mr.. Clark G. Wade, of Mt. Morris,
was in town last week and dropped
in to chat over old times. Clark is
pap of sweet little girl about ten
days old.
Among the numerous attendants
at Court yesterday we noticed w. F.
Staggers, w. E. Richardson, o. j,
Sutton and other prominent citizens
of Battelle.
We are sorry to learn that our
friend, DR.. VIM. M. Dent, of New
burg, has been unable for a week or
two to attend to his urgent profess
ional duties.-Argus.
Our good friends William and
Jesse Barb made us pleasant calls
last week. We regret to hear that
the latter gentleman intends tore
move to Barbour county in the
spring.
Major and George Keener, sons of
j. P. Keener, of this place, are off to
to Pittsburgh to attend Duff's col
lege. The boys both have pretty lib
eral business educations of practi-
cal sort, and will be right well equip
ped after term at business college,
State Superintendent Morgan will
go to Wheeling in few days and
will remain in the State Superintend-
ent's office until the 4th prox. when
he will assume the duties and res
possibilities of the office to which he
was elected by such handsome ma
jority After our railroad is com
pleted we will expect him to make
frequent trips home.
The New DOMINION received a very
pleasant call on Saturday from Mr.
Harvey Cobun, of Uniontown. He
has been up to see his aged brother,
Mr. Jonathan Cobun, of near Easton,
and to shake hands with his many
old acquaintance. Mr.. C. is the
youngest and his brother Jonathan
the oldest of a family of nine, but
four of whom are now living.
Messrs. VIM. T. Beeson, one Of
the owners of the skating rink, and
G. L. Kramer, of Uniontown, came
up the first of the week, and will re-
main until after the opening. Mr..
Tito, the floor manager, is expected
to-day. The gentlemen promise lots
of amusement for the young folks.
They have issued two hundred invi-
tations for the opening tomorrow
night.
Business calls are acknowledged
this week from John Wolf, Jno. D.
Sweeney, T. M. Wilson, Major Mar
tin, B. B. Weaver, Hon. Jas. Hare,
I. N. Weaver, c. N. Reay, E. A.
Hayes, Prof. Lyon, W. E. Richard
son, A. j. Corrothers, Messrs. Brown
and linn, Prof Wilson, Walter R.
Rice, Jno. j. Brown, F. A. Hennen,
F. J. Kern, George Wolf, Joseph
Moreland.
DR.. and Mrs. Geo. B. Morris, Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Moorehead and little
daughter Jesse, and Mrs. John start
ed OH Thursday last on their South
ern trip. They intended to stop in
Baltimore and Washington, going
from the Capital to Florida, stop
ping at several places en- route, and
reaching New Orleans early in March.
Of course their many friends here
wish them pleasant trip.
AN AGED LADY.-Mrs. Racial
Lewellen, whose maiden name was
Rose, now living with her son-in, law,
Frank Ashby, near Evansville, Pres
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