The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Cox, of Richie
county, are visiting II. R. Kiger, Of
Market street, for a few days.
Mrs. Bert Jolliffe, of Warrington,
stopped off in the city yesterday, en-
route to White Day, on a visit among
relatives there.
w. E. jenkins made a flying trip to
Rosemont on Sunday to visit his IA
Their and friends, and returned to find
his four-year-old son sick with symp-
toms of typhoid fever. He was also
accompanied home by N. B. White
hair, who will remain for a few days
visiting friends in the city. :
Misses Flossie and edna Mason, of
Valley Falls, came down on Saturday
to spend a short time with Henry
Ruble and family, of Merchant street.
Miss Margaret Saunders, superin-
tendent of nurses in the City Hospital,
who spent Sunday at her home in
Baltimore, returned for duty yester-
day.
John Wiggleton and family expect to
move from the city to Evansville, O.,
some time this week. The wife, we
are sorry to learn, is threatened with
tuberculosis, and we join with her
friends in the earnest wish that the
prospective change may prove benef-
cial to her.
F Bruce Bartholow has the contract
for ~plastering Mrs. Della Barnes new
brick house being erected on East
Park avenue, and began work on it
yesterday morning. The foundation
is just completed for another larger
and better house nearby, and indicates
that this avenue will soon be built up.
Stephen Van Glider came home form
K~nottsville, Taylor county, Saturday
evening, where he is building an eight
room house for Camden Swisher, and
now has it ready for the plasterers.
He next enters upon a contract to
build another cottage for o. P. Nor
gan, h grocer, on Market street. Per
ry is making a reputation for himself
in the building up of the First ward.
The wife of Allen D. Reed, of Union
district, is seriously i'll of Bright'S dis
ease, accompanied with dropsy. She
is under the care Of DR.. A. Sterling,
who is treating her with a newly dis
covered remedy for the above disease,
and the trial thus far has given en-
couraging hope Of success.
Miss Ella Sidwen has just returned
from a vacation and resumed her posi-
ton as nurse in the City Hospital.
Ira Skidmore, of East Ferry street,
has zone toi Hundred, where he is en-
gagged to superintend the construction
of several new houses in course Of
erection there.
Mrs. Joseph Mine swore out a war
ant against her husband before Squire
Swindler Saturday evening for non
support. He was arrested, and upon
his appearance pleaded not ready for
trial, w~hereupon the case was set for
Sept. s, and he was held in 500 for
his appearance. Later, however, it is
reported hat the husband and wife got
together, confessed their faults one to
the other, metaphorically hung upon
each others necks, and wept, kissed
and made up, resolving to try it again.
And so by mutual consent the case
was dropped for the present.
George Henderson, OF East Ferry
street, is sick of typhoid fever, and
has a child also sick with symptoms
Of the same disease. Both are under
the care of DR.. c. F. Boyers, Jr.
Alpheus Morris, the man who was
injured by being thrown u OF a waS-
on some days ago and taken to the
City Hospital, as formerly reported, We
are glad to learn has recovered from
his injuries and returned to his home
again.
j.. w. Vanata, of Diamond street, has
secured the contract of painting the
new brick residence of Oliver Fleming,
on the corner of Jackson and Quincy
streets. This is n of the handsomest
residence properties in the city, and
when Mr.. Vanata completes putting on
his artistic touches will add still more
to its attractiveness.
Andy West, of Barnes street, is