Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-10-29
MARIETTA DAILY LEADER
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PERSONAL AND LOCAL.

delayed in arriving here three hours
Wednesday evening on account of sew
eral cars on the local freight being de-
rallied near Stockport. The accident
was not serious. 1t was necessary to
transfer passengers and express matter
between the north bound and south
bound trains.
-Messrs. Roeser Bros & Downing
have sold the McCreary lease and wells
in the Sand Hill field to I. w. Harvey,
Jr. The price paid was 5000.
Mr.. Lou Gaitree received word
Wednesday that he had successfully
passed the examination of the State
Board of Pharmacy, held at Cleveland
few weeks ago, and he is now a full
fledged pharmacist.
Choral Society rehearsal at And
rews Hall at seven o'clock this evening.
An amusing Popocratic rally" was
held at Belpre last night Free silver
champions DIR. F. P. Ames and w. G.
Welles had sort of JOINT debate on
free silver. One said free silver would
send prices up and the other said prices
would remain stationary; one said the
price of silver would go up and the
other said the price would go down.
We understand their audience was SO
badly perplexed at the directly opposite
statements of the two free silver ora
tors that it has decided to vote for Nc
Kinley and sound money.-Parkers-
burg Journal.
The Bryan Democratic Club will
receive election returnes at their hall
on Greene street Tuesday evening.
&C. E. verges, of Lowell, T. s. Bib
bee, Of Elba, and P. Sclicher, Jr., of
this city, are attending the shooting
tournament at Huntington.
The ballots for Tuesdays election
will be delivered to the Board of Dep
uty Supervisors Friday morning for
distribution to the Judges. In many
of the larger precincts the package of
election supplies will approximate fifty
pounds in weight.
Miss Margaret Baker, of Pittsburg,
is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Alex
ander, Seventh street.
Republican Flag Day, Saturday.
October 31st.
"A Cairo special of the 2sth inst.
says Yesterday afternoon the body
of VIM. Neeley who was drowned in the
Hughes river at this place last Satur-
day, was found about mile below the
town, lodged in drift pile. The un-
fortunate man was about 25 years of
age and his home is in Butler, Pa. He
had been engaged in the Cairo oil fields
for some time as teamster and met his
death while watering his horses in the
river.
The funeral of Mr.. Henry Hopp,
mention of whose death we made We'd
nesday morning, will occur Friday
morning, at 10 o'clock. He will be
buried by the Red Men.
Rev. Guy Crooks, of Parkersburg,
was in the city Wednesday.
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marriage license was issued to John
w. Sharp and Hattie B. Enochs, both
of Waterford.
Mr.. j. NJ. Cover, agent of the
United States Express Company al
Parkersburg, was in the city on bust
ness Wednesday evening.
Grand millinery opening Thursday
Friday and Saturday and Bee Hive.
Hon. Charles U. Shryock, of Zanes
vile, was in the city Wednesday.
Judge L. W. Chamberlain and wife
returned Wednesday evening from the
, West, where they have been visiting
friends for several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. E. Crippen left
Wednesday to visit friends at Fros
and Stewart.
Mr.. Sam Gibson began work Wed
nesday in his new position as brakes
man on the B. & o. S. w.
Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Costello, O.
a Belpre. were called to Mariettt
Wednesday evening by the illness O.
Mrs. W. E. Mason.
The fishing at the dam at presen
2 is said to be excellent and many fin,
specimens of salmon are being caught
-Supt j. c. Taylor and j. ]. Kidd
: of Cambridge, were in the cit.
Wednesday making arrangements fol-
moving switches and paving between
the tracks of the c. & M. railway.
AT l. late hour Wednesday nigh
the condition of Mrs. w. e. Mason
who has been i'll of typhoid fever, wa
very alarming. Her mother, Mrs
James Gallagher, is also confined Il
her bed with the same disease.
Terrence Sweeney, who was arrest
ed Tuesday night for stealing coal, re
fused to plead guilty and will be tried
on the charge of petit larceny.