Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-07
ABOUT OUR FRIENDS.
Personal Mention OF Promine Mt Peopl
Where they are and How they are.

has the building of the locks and
dams is in the city to look after his
interests in that direction.
James Whaley, of Uniontown, has
entered the University.
DR.. E. NJ. Turner is a candidate
for the place made vacant by the
death of o. S. Long as clerk of the
supreme court.
Ed Mayors, of Fairmont is in the
city on business.
Mrs. Nelly, of Smithton, the moth
er of student Nicely, is here to care
for her son who was taken sick just
after his return from the holidays
with strong symptoms of fever.
Mrs. Jenkins, of Fairchauce, has
returned home after spending some
time here visiting g. f. G Hartman.
She was also visiting in Fairmont.
Mrs. Pierce and daughter, Miss
Olive, have returned from Evanston,
H., where they had been visiting
since before Christmas.
C. L. Osborn, the Oldest citizen in
Mason county, died Sunday morning.
He was 81 years of age, and helped to
cut down the first trees that stood
where Mason is now located.
II. T. BEHRINs, of Wheeling, mem
Der of the last house of delegates,
sails Tuesday for France, where he
will spend the winter Hon. G. w.
Archbold, another prominent West
Virginian, leaves his home in Parkers-
burg next month for trip through
the Holy Land.
Wayne Hatfield, of Logan county,
who was formerly a student here
has re-entered the University.
MEMS Rabbers as low as twenty
cents at Waters & Whittington's.
If you need anything in rubbers
see Waters & Wilmington.
WANTED-A good girl for general
housework Mrs. j. L. KEENER,
Wiley street.
PREPARATIONS are being made for
the erection of large hotel near the
new B. & o. depot at Clarksburg.
GREAT excitement was created in
the community by the appearance of
three deer on the head waters of Mad
ison creek, near the Lincoln county
line last week
THE oldest Baptist minister in the
State is dead at his home near Buff
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twenty-five years as pastor of a Buff
falo Baptist church.
NATURAL gas was turned on at
the Spencer asylum Wednesday night.
Although piped a distance of ten
miles, it will save the State money
used as fuel for that building
ANOTHER West Virginia youth,
overly fond of explosions, pounded u
quantity of powder into big oak log
and touched fuse to same. out on
Merritt's creek, in Cabell county,
this week. The boy, Robert, son
of Thomas Childers, failed to get out
Of the way quick enough to avoid the
explosion, and as result now looks
like he had been run through a
threshing machine.
THE Morgantown savings and loan
society has just issued a statement
for the nine months ending Dec. 81.
The society in that time has loaned
to its members $10,920 and it's earn
+ ings are on the right side of the
leIgcf to very handsome figure.
Morgantown's building and loan as
sociations and her banks are famous
They never Cypress any one, meet
with practically no losses, yet are
prosperous and earn handsome divi-
dends.
/ CONGRESSMAN DAYTON has intro
duced a bill to advance Lieutenant
| Commander r. NJ. G.. Brown now on
the retired list and living here to the
rank of Commander on the retired
/ list. Whether or not the bill will
pass will be seen as the session
grows older but we would like very
much to see it carried. The services
of Lieutenant Commander Brown
were very meritorious and he de-
serves the promotion in every re-
spect possible.
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