Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-11-09
Aeour Our FRIENDS.
Personal Mertien Of Prominent Peopi,
Where they are and How .they are.

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/ Miss Aline Vance is now on as a
day operator at the Bell central and
will be there for several days.
Link Jones has returned to Sharon
after short visit TO his home on
Sunnyside.
Miss Nora Sharp left on Friday
morning for Pittshnrg where she will
remain until Christmas.
Rev p. C. White, of Weston, is ex.
pected to pay a short visit home this
week.
I. Ray Wiley has returned 60
Washington after spending several
days here. He came home 10 attend
the election
Fred Wood who will be remem-
bered by many Of our people was
married on Wednesday in Wheeling
He was formerly student here
Joe Krepps. of the Flats. has been
offered good position on the Mason
line of steamers and is considering
the offer He will probably accept it.
Mrs I. G.. Brady of Clarkshnrg
stopped oil here to visit Mr.. and
Mrs. f. Shisler. She was on her
way to Pittsburg where she will
spend some time visiting.
Tusca Morris lis back to re-enter the
University. He made a game fight
for the legislature In Marion county
but failed TO connect by good ma
jority.
Col. James G. Frazer and Mr..
Charles Boehler OF the Seneca Glass
Factory have gone to Pittsburg on a
BUSINESS trip. They left on Thurs
day afternoon and will be absent for a
day or SO.
Second Lieutenant w. Il. Crawford
of Company A who is known by many
Morgantown boys has resigned his
commission. He was a good officer
and will be greatly missed from the
service.
S. III. Bowman Of Barbour county
arrived on the afternoon train and
will leave again this evening, He Is
on his way to New York. Bowman
ascribes his defeat to the use of
Doodle. He ran two hundred and If.
| ty votes ahead of his ticket but enough
voters were headed off to beat him.
Prof T. c. Miller has returned
from Wheeling where he had been on
a short trip. While he knows NTH
ing of the size of his majority he Is
elected state uperintendent OF free
schools. Prof. Miller is now on vaca-
tion and will probably not return to
his duties at the University although
he would have time to get in a quar-
ter more work before be has to take
up his new duties at Charleston.
ELECTION Of officers for the ensuing
year at the meeting of the Fortnightly
tonight. This organization will meet
at the home OF Mrs. Aldrich and a
very interesting session is expected.
The gas we'll at Vanvoorhis which
is being drilled by Mr.. K. M. Grant
and others is down three hundred
feet and good indications of gas have
been found.
NONE of the whist clubs have start
ed up for the season yet but several
OF them are preparing to get under
way. Some of the most pleasant So
cial events of the winter season in
Morgantown has whist table Tor the
center Of attraction.
/ SNOW in mountain districts which
was promised on yesterday material
/ lied to some extent. We got some OF
it although we are hardly In the
mountain part of the state. 1t is
probable that heavy snow fall took
place to the east OF here in Preston
county.
THE roads are getting bad and
they will probably not be good again
this winter They will be impossible
mudholes until spring comes to the
rescue. Until we learn to build roads
right and to keep them up right there
is no use Of expecting anything but
mud holes. Some day we will proba-
bly, wake up to the fact that thou
sands OF dollars are being wasted and
no good whatever derived from the
way that our roads are built.
THE Varsity football team will
leave on Saturday morning at six
o'clock for California where they
will play the Normal team that after
noon. They expect to win this game
although the score will probably be
IA close one. The football team down
there is very strong one this year
They held w. u. p. down two touch
downs and played very tightgame
with them.
RURAL mail delivery is to be ex-
pected everywhere that it is practi-
cable by the department. and as rap
idly as possible. There are several
other routes in this county under
advisement but they will probably
not start before spring if then. The
chances are that some more may be
given us but it will be hard mat
| ter to lay them out so that they will
serve enough people to make them
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