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

Pere Cagey of Pt. Marion was here
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Caples have
returned from an outing of a week.
James W. Bowie of Gallup New
Mexico is registered at the Wallace
house.
Anna Nichols and Margaret Ma
10y of Monongahela Pa, were regis
tered at the Peabody Friday.
Walter Kunkle, Of South Eoff
Street, has returned from three
weeks stay at Morgantown. Wheel
ing News.
DR.. H N. Berkeley of New York
arrived here at noon Friday for a visit
TO his parents Prof. and Mrs. Il. G.
Berkeley.
Miss Lille Hagans went to Mt.
Lake Park today accompanied by her
nephew Marshall Hartigan to remain
till the first of the week
James Moreland and his sister Miss
Nellie have gone to Oakland and Ut.
Lake Park for visit. They were &C
companied by their aunt Mrs. Totten
of Oakland, who has been visiting the
family of Jos. Moreland.
Mr.. and Mrs. W, A. Jones returned
Friday from an extended trip to
New York, Philadelphia, Atlantic
City and otherErstern cities. They
have enjoyed the vacation very much.
non,,+,, lor;R NJ Doh;n.c,, ard
wife of Battelle district, arrived here
last night for short visit They
have been spending short time with
friends in Fairmont
WHEN one takes look at the
great corn fields Of Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois and Iowa he is not alarmed at
the immediate prospects Of famine
in this country.
EVERY one is pleased to see the
paving on Beechurst going along. 1t
is greatly hoped the good work will
not stop until it reaches a Junction
with Front street.
Prof. G. H. Ebers, of Benwood, who
was a student at the summer school
here, was reelected principal of the
Ravenswood schools recently.
A. f. Lazier returned today from
Mt Lake driving through and max
ing excellent time with his PAIR of
blacks. Mrs. Lazier will return by
rail.
The opening Of the school year at
the University will mark the begin
ming of year of vigorous work. IL
will also see a very large attendance Of
students and they won't need tC be
counted two or three times TO make
large showing,
HENRY LANCASTER, the negro
wanted in connection with the mur-
der of Chief of Police f. II. Wiimoth
at Womelsdorf, w. Va, made
farmer named Thornhill exchange
clothes with him, and then escaped
to aIswamp He has since been taken.
THE Fourth district Prohintionists
at Pennsboro, w. Va, nominated
for Congressman. ProhibitleiiS' : al
so nominated Ishmael Hall, OF Pull
man, and j. P. Sharp of Parker urg,
for State Senators.
Miss Lynne Waddell, f mer
teacher in the public schools hare
read a paper on state flower rs an
emblem at the recent session OF he
West Virginia Educational Associa-
| ton at Mountain Lake Park. The
paper is published in the West Vir-
ginia School Journal. Miss WaddelPs
| home is at Brandonville,
THE property in Uniontown occu-
pied by the Genius Of Liberty for so
many years has been sold by Hugh
Rankin its owner. This property was
bought 10 1867 by I'll. l.. Rankin and
| Thomas II. Lewis from Redding Bunt-
ing for $500. That part Of it occupied
| by the Genius was then a stable one
and a half stories high. Mr.. Rankin
bought later the interest Of Mr.. Lewis
made the stable two-story building
and rented it to the Genius. This
was in 1871. The Genius has occupied
10 ever since, The rent has averaged
over $500 a year. The Genius has
therefore paid Mr.. Rankin in 81 years
more than S12. 900 In rent. Now he
has sold it for $14, 900. This is a
pretty good return for an investment
OF $500.