Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-03-23
MARIETTA DAILY LEADER
MONDAY, MARCH as, 1896
PERSONAL AND LOCAL.

Louis PealSer was aroused from his
slumbers last night and locked up on
warrant charging him with keeping
his saloon open on Sunday. The May
or will talk the matter over with him
this morning.
Saturday evening Mr.. II. L. Weis,
who for the past nine years has been
the manager of w. II. Styer's Putnam
Street Pharmacy, rendered his resigna-
ton, which is to take effect immediate
ly. Mr.. Weis has purchased half in
terest in the drugstore of his father at
Dayton, o., and will remove with his
family to that city. During the years
he has been associated with MARIETTA
in business way Mr.. Weis has made
many friends who will regret to learn
of his departure.
The Junior Club will be enter
tanned this evening by DIR. G. 7.
Waters.
&C. w. Stanley and Edward Hardy,
of Lower Salem, were in the city on
business Saturday.
| w. b. Gaitree. Vice President Of
the Ohio Republican League, was in
the city Sunday, the guest of his father
Capt. j.. f. Gaitree, and incidentally
looking after matters political.
Mr. Lou Deal left Saturday night
for Carey, o., having received intelli-
gence of the death Of his mother which
occurred Saturday. He will return
home this week.
-Coof's Big Stock Co. Auditorium to-
4 night in "The Arabian Nights"
About nine o'clock Saturday eve
ming Mrs. j. A. Donaldson, during a
temporary alteration of mind, at
tempted to drown herself by jumping
off the wharfboat into the Ohio river.
Luckily she struck the water feet fore
most and the air under her clothing
buoyed her up and prevented her
sinking She foated quite a distance
down the river, almost to the ferry
float, where she was rescued by Harry
Fuller. Mrs. Donaldson, is the wife
of j. A. Donaldson, the well known oil
man, with whom she has been living at
the National House. She has been
seriously ill for some time and it is
thought that on account of this fact
and medicine she has been taking her
mind became temporarily deranged.
She was resting easy at last report and
will probably suffer no serious conse-
quences as result of her cold bath.
George Rice is in the city.
Col w. b. Gaitree and wife arrived
in the city yesterday.
Grafton & Noll received telegram
from their driller Saturday night re.
garding their Archers Forks we'll, and
it was most gratifying in it's nature.
The message said that the we'll was
most promising; that the drill was only
through the cap, and that oil was flow.
ing through the casing. The well is in
the big Injun" sand, and the prob
ability is that our friends haye struck
it rich. Later news is to the effec,
that the drill was put screw and q
half in the sand and the hole filled
with oil to the depth of 700 feet The
work will now wait on tankage.
Mrs. Charles c. Bennett died al
Adrian, Pa, on the 18th 1instant, ageG
30 years, and was buried at her ole
home in Martinsburg, w. Va, on the
> 18th. The deceased was daughter-in
law of w. p. Bennett, of this city.
George b. Sunderland sold lot il
, the East End Saturday to C. Baltz, thi
city.
i George Kerps, of the West Side
4 was arrested Saturday night for as
t saulting an itinerant saw fileT, an ole
j. man who was plying his vocation
about the city. Helps demanded tina
d the old man treat him, and when th'
n latter refused, Helps assaulted him ant
bit his ear. The hearing will be at II
o'clock this morning.
Deputy Sheriff McCallister went t.
J Athens Saturday afternoon, having il
custody Thomas Mcfarland, of Belpr
|. township, who was placed in the Stat
tOSpltal 1Of treatment 1Or insanity
Mr.. Mcfarland is upwards of so year
of age and has family.
Deputy o. M. Steen returned iron
Columbus Saturday night, having il
custody H. G. Davis, alias Frank Glocck
ner, who is serving time in the Peni
tentiary, having been sent up fror
Meigs county on the charge of robbery
Gloeckner was a partner of Harr.
\ Thompson, who will be tried today o.
n an indictment for pocket picking, an
is wanted as witness. Mrs. Gloukne
and Mrs. Thompson, wives of the me-
mentioned, the latter being bride G
but few days when Thompson wa
arrested, are here to attend the triaI
e Guard Grimes, of the Penitentiary,
also here to look after Gloeckner.
: H. e. Smiley, of Beverly, has az
y cepted position as manager of It.