The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-03-03
ABOUT OUR FRIENDS.
Personal Mention of Prominent People
Where they Are and How
They Are

idtlNec IN hltSulc county. which was
also her former home.
Forrest Selby has resigned his
position in the postoffice to accept a
clerkship in Baker d Bailey's hard
ware store.
Judge Harrison was at his Clarks-
burg home over Sunday.
Judge Okey johnson has returned
to Charleston, after weeks attend
ance at court, having been interest.
ed as counsel in several cases. When
Judge johnson left the State Su-
preme Bench his first business visit
here was in connection with the HUI
kill oil cases and then and since
that he has taken other cases and
still continues to take them when he
comes, that he rarely misses SEES
sion of Monongalia's circuit court.
Mrs. J. NJ. Bell left Thursday to
visit her sister, Mrs j. T. Harris,
at Parkersburg.
1t is the intention of Will j. White
to study law in an office in Morgan
town. He and Mrs. White will re-
move here and occupy their South
Morgantown property in few days.
Mrs. Sanford C. Morris, who has
been here visiting her mother, Mrs.
Sarah Cooper, for two weeks, return
ed to her home at Fairmont Satur-
day.
Jesse Turner has returned from a
prospecting tour out the B. & o.
DIR. Dan Rogers and little daugh-
tiers arrived here from their home in
Nebraska Wednesday. DIR. Rogers
is in attendance at the bedside of
his father, the venerable Thomas
Rogers, in whose impaired condition
of health there has been no improve
ment.
Hon. Fontaine Smith, of Fairmont,
has been here several times during
the present session of court. 1t is
pleasure to be able to truthfuily state
that his recovery from his recent Sc
we're illness has been com plete, and
there is no dimunition of his former
vigor and activity.
Brosy Hogue has been rendered
position in the Office of the coal and
coke company which operates at
Opeskiska. He has not yet decided
whether he will accept it,
Miss Mary Semans has gone to
PIT @ hnrrr n Welt
will go from there to Uniontown.
Omer Koontz has fully recovered
from his recent attack of typhoid
fever and has gone to Pittsburg to
remain for an indefinite time.
Carroll c. Coffman, of Clarksburg,
who has been employed as engineer
with Pittsburg concern since his
graduation at the University, and
Frank Maxwell, a representative
young business man of Buck hannon,
went round the society circle here
last week. They left Monday, Mr..
Coffman going to visit at his Harri-
son county home.
Mr.. ii, G. Bowles, Superintendent
of the Monongahela River Railroad,
is one of the youngest superintend-
ents in this country. He is, however,
thoroughly efficient, being familiar
with every detail pertaining to his
responsible position. Mr. Bowles is
skillful civil engineer, and, that is
of great help in managing railroad.
This genial young gentleman can
feel proud of his record as a railroad
manager.-Smith'S Iadea
James E. Bowen, of Greene county,
Wisconsin, is visiting Hon John j.
Brown who is his cousin. Mr.. Bowen
was born on farm between Stew
artstown and Point Marion in 1926
and in 1888 his father moved to the
territory of Wisconsin and bought a
large tract Of government land which
this gentleman now owns. Mr.. Bow
en- has not been in this vicinity since
he left 56 years ago. He is a very
intelligent gentleman and strong
Democrat.
The Fairmont West Virginian
says; "Dr. A. B. Mason, of West
Warren, Monongalia county, has
been here on a visit to his brother,
the Hon. John w. Mason, since Mon
day. He called to see us on We'd
nesaav The doctor was reported
seriously indisposed recently, hav-
ing been stricken with paralysis, but
we are glad to state that it was only
a slight attack and that he has al
most wholly recovered. He says the
trouble robbed him of nearly so
bounds of his avoirdupois. The loss
of flesh is not discernible. His
weight is now 237 pounds. The
doctor is still young man-under
fifty"
Thaddeus Arnett, of Monongalia
county, was in town Tuesday even
ing on his way to Lewis county to
visit his daughter, Mrs. John Veach,
who is dangerously ill.-Fatrmont
Free Press.
Bud Davis went to Cameron Sun
day to accompany Mrs Davis and
Miss Edna home, who have been Wis
iting over there for several weeks
Fdirmont Free Press.
Misses Bessie Wallace and Nyna
Reynolds and Harry Google returned
Friday from a weeks visit at Pitts
| burg.
Mrs. Agnes Bowman, with her
daughter, Mrs. Google, will this
spring remove to Keyser to reside
for a year, having made arrange
ments to lease their pleasant Main
street home for that period.
Watson Achley has returned from
Yer's Cave, Virginia, having com
pleted the bridge there, the work of
which he was perintendent. He
and Mrs. Achley will go to his home
at Hoytville, O., this week.
Dr. Coombs is able TO be at his
desk at the Monongahela Valley
Bank, after an illness of some days.
Dr. McLane was called to Lima,
Tyler county, on Tuesday on ac-
count of the serious illness of Mrs.
Osborn Allen. Her two sons, S. B.
and r. E. l.. Allen who were attend
ing school in Baltimore and Nor
gantown respectively were called
home and passed through here on
Monday.-West Union Record
Frederick Hartshorn, of Pontiac,
Illinois, is visiting his sister, Mrs. z.
F. Yost. Mr.. Hartshorn has just
| oradnated from the school of rhar.