Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-08-09
Locals and Personals.

wood stopped at the Peabody to-
day.
Miss Bessie Fleming is spending
a few days with relatives at George
town.
DIR. BUCHANAN will preach to the
soldier boys tomorrow at Stephenson
grove, Parkersburg.
Mrs. S. S. Wade has gone to
Clarksburg TO remain short time
with friends.
G. w. Huston went to Manning
ton to day to look after some BUSH
ness matters
Joe Piekens Of Uniontown was
registered at the Wallace house Sat
urday.
Robert Shear and wife of Mt. Nor
ris, Pa, were registered at the Wal
lace House yesterday.
MAJOR THOMAS e. HODGES writes
that the weather has been delightful
at Camp White-if anything little
too dry.
Mrs. W. II. Bailey and Mrs G. e.
Jolliffe have gone to Mt Lake Park
fol- few days. Ruth Bailey is visit
ing friends in Warrington.
Miss Grace Dering went up over
the NJ. d X. r. r. Saturday morn
ing to be guest at the Fairfax home,
near Reedsville, for a week or two
THE enormous consumption of coal
and iron everywhere is constantly in
ereasing the value of all coal and ore
properties wherever situated whether
developed or undeyeloped
THIRTY plumbers at Clarksburg
went on strike Yesterday morning.
They want an increase in wages of
fifty cents a day and an hour less
work off each week
Miss Evans of Huntington who
has been visiting at the Fairfax
home in Preston county, has come
to Morgantown and is the guest of
Miss Ida Dent, on Bumbo Lane.
Photographer u. q. Hawkins is
now engaged getting some special
views of Morgantown for the illus
trated edition that will appear
shortly
THE resignation of Major Joseph
as surgeon of the National Guard
has been accepted Major Joseph
served in the guard for almost ten
years and made many friends who
regret to hear of his resignation.
]. W. WILEs has placed ave very hand
some cut stone steps at his Office door.
They are intended for ornament aud
the use of people who have business
in the office and not for the swarm of
loafers who frequently covered the old
ones.
ACCORDING. to the present plans
the preliminary season at the opera
house will open August 22nd. The
prospects are bright for very sue
eesstul season as an extraordinary
strong list of attractions has been
secured.
B. l.. Keenan, and family are at
his old home in Cass district for a
visit. Mr. keenan, resides in Wich.
tia, Kansas, but has been in the Gen.
sus bureau at Washington for the
past two years His friends are try
ing TO induce him to return to this
state and make it his future home.
IN the shooting affair at Bluefield,
w. Va, Wednesday night, Thomas
Menefee, adjective with the Bald
win detective agency, was shot in the
hip, but was not fatally injured.
About 20 shots were fred, Menefee,
w G. Baldwin, A. H. Baldwin and
Thomas L. Feitz taking part in the
firing.
HENRY LANCASTER, the negro who
was implicated in the killing Of Chief
OF Police Wilmoth, OF Womelsdorf,
was captured Thursday by posse
near Montrose, w. Va. He was TAX
en- to the Tucker County jail, at Par
sons. Two negroes were lynched in
connection with the same murder.
AT Parkersburg, w. Va. a thous-
and persons witnessed the brigade re-
view last evening at Camp White, of
The West Virginia National Guard.
The resignation OF Major George M.
Joseph as chief surgeon of the First
regiment was accepted and Lieuten-
ant Nesbitt, of Wheeling, appoint ed
in his place.
AT Parkersburg yesterday the Citi-
Zens Guaranty and Trust Company as
receivers for the East Liverpool, Ohio,
Bridge Company, filed suit in the
United States court for $500
against the East Liverpool and Rock
Springs Street Railway Company,
charging that company with running
cars across iGs bridge since last Octo-
bcr without paying tolls.
IT seems probable that all the
bridges over the rivers at Pittsburg
Will have to be raised. The U. S. en-
gineer board will meet in that city
next week to consider the matter.
The Post says: That the investiga-
ton will be most thorough and of the
greatest benefit to the city of Pitts
burg there is 20 doubt. The harbor
as outlined by the act of Congress, ex-
tends from Davis Island dam up the
Ohio to its two branches: up the Mo-
nongahela to lock No. and up the
Allegheny.river it runs to Hers Is
land thus including the water crossed