Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-08-04
Locals and Personals.

Harpers Ferry.
Allen Hawse came in from CIarks-
burg Monday morning.
THE Forepaugh- Sells Brothers Cir.
Gus is exhibiting at Wheeling today.
Harris Yost is spending part OF
his vacation at Webster Springs.
Miss Icy Hale of Wtliamstown, w.
Va, will visit relatives here this
week.
Miss Sallie Bennett has gone out in
the country to visit relatives for
awhile.
LABOR DAY, September |, will be
celebrated on large scale at Clarks
burg.
<. C. Protzman left this afternoon
for Buffalo to attend the photograph
er's convention.
A. b. Purman, the cigar manafac-
turer has returned from trip TO Nor
gantown.-W aynesburg Messenger
Billy Bowman, who is doing good
work with the Homestead team, was
in town Sunday for brief stay.
Misses Nora Leazer. Voda Maple
and Ora Hennen. of Wadestown were
in the city Friday. -Mannington Re.
cord
The reunion OF the White family
will be he held this year at the old
homestead at Maple postoffice on
August 81.
SCHOOL teachers are very scarce in
this county and it is going to be diff
cult to secure enough to I'll the places
the coming winter.
Mrs. Catherine Hall, Nellie Rid die
and Chas. Ebers, of Benwood, three
of the students Of the summer school
left for their homes Saturday.
Rev. Ira M. Wallace and wife left
this morning for Armstrong county.
Pa, whore they will spend two weeks
visiting her parents.
Mayor George G. Steele and Ma
jor W. G. McGrew were in Fairmont
Saturday looking into the cost Of
street paving in that progressive
city.
Misses Mary and Florence Lewis
and James Lewis all of Wheeling,
have returned home after spending
the past six weeks here at the sum-
mer school.
Russell Huston. Gilbert Miller and
Miss Reulah Hubbard and Cora Don
ley composed merry party who drove
to Arnettsville for supper Saturday
evening.
Scott Swisher, who has been unwell
for some time, is QUITO the Acme store
for week taking a rest. A. +. Heen-
an is now employed in the Acme as
salesman.
Rev. John l.. Roemer of Chillicothe,
Ohio, is here to spend short vacation
with his wife who has been visiting
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. t. Picken-
paugh for some time.
William II. Whitman assistant
teacher Of Physics at the University,
left on the early train Saturday morn
ing for Chicago. lie will take short
course in Physics at Chicago Univer-
sity from now until the opening Of
the fall session Of the University here.
Grant P. Hall returned Friday from
the big Republican senatorial conven-
tion at Morgantown. He says that
the Scott endorsement resolution az
the convention only received one
affirmation vote. and that was the
fellow who presented them Charles
ton Mail.
e. M. Grant leaves Wednesday for
Salt Lake City where he will represent
the Morgantown lodge at the Grand
Lodge meeting of the Elks. He will
be accompanied by Mrs. Grant and
Misses Bessie and Edith and they will
go with the Allegheny Elks and their
ladies.
JOHN GREEN Jackson county
| farmer, agreed to sell land to strang-
CT for 81, 900. The stranger put up
S25 20 bind .sthe bargain. Another
stranger offered $4,000 and Green paid
the first stranger $25 to release him
| from the bargain. The second strang-
er failed to return.
THE soldier boys in camp at Par
kersburg will have to grope in the dark
at night, as the grounds so generously
donated by the city will not be light
ed The electric light company prom
ised TO light the camp, but when
called upon to do so declared it had
no intention to putup wires and lamps
its promises extending only to fur
nishing the current.
REV. L. e. PETERS returned last
evening from Wayne county. In his
travels in that county he ran across
two young ladies whose immense
weight discounts that of Big Joe,
who was on exhibition here during
the Elks carnival. They are the
Misses Davis, of Leopold. One is &c
years old, weighs 672 pounds and has
a girth of feet. The other is IA
years Of age. She tips the scales al
642 pounds. -Clarksburg Post.
THE Wheeling News publishes a
good likeness of Mrs. Max Mathers
nee Miss Anna M. DeGant in the Sun
day issue and says of the marriage:
miss Anna M. DeGant the charming
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John L. De
CANT of South Market street was wed
ded Thursday afternoon to Mr.. Man