Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-08-14

FRIDAY, AUGUST "a. 1896
PERSONAL AND LOCAL.

for drunkenness wednesday nlgnt anu
fined 81 and costs by Mayor Nielsen
helder.
Some question has arisen as to the
tIuthfulness of the rumor that the
Barker boys are in Arkansas. The re-
port came by way of Parkersburg and
for that reason the police are inclined
to doubt it.
John Roach was fined SO and costs
Thursday for drunkenness and disor-
derby conduct. n{ e.r qp
Miss, Helen D. Shepard, of Ironton,
is visiting her cousins, the Misses Kid
we'll, Fourth street. *tS il
John II. Snodgrass, of this county,
has accepted position in the Republi-
can Executive Committee rooms at CO.
lumbus.
The will of ]. H. Stewart, late of
Independence township. deceased. was
probated before Judge Rood Thursday.
Mr.. Written Stewart, of st. Marys, w.
Va, was appointed executor.
County Auditor Patterson is now
ready to pay out the Township. Cor
poration and School funds due on the
Treasurer's August settlement.
"A report was received from the
Athens State Hospital by Judge Rood
Thursday, stating that Elma Corless
had been discharged as cured from that
institution. She was sent from Wesley
township last October.
Lou Pitts who stole number of
shoes from Grimes store Wednesday
evening, was fined IS and costs by
Mayor Meisenhelder Thursday. His
wife, who was arrested with him, was
not prosecuted. as it was plain that she
did not participate in the theft.
Miss Lizzie Anderson is home from
Chicago, where she has been attending
the University.
Mrs. M. d. Follett left Thursday
over the B. e. o. S. w. for Lowell
Mass.
| The base ball park was again flood.
ed by the heavy rains Thursday after
noon and about the time the Marietta.
Portsmouth game should have been
called dozen small boys were swim
ming in front of the grand stand.
The Portsmouth team returned home.
w. S. Taylor, night engineer on the
B. & o. g. W., will leave Saturday to
spend a short vacation in the country.
"A valuable horse belonging to
henry Gerke died at Campbell's livery
stable Wednesday night
The Aurelius township road case o.
jackson VS.. Wooster, taken to Probate
Court on appeal from the decision O.
the Township Trustees, has been de
cided by Judge Rood. The action O.
the trustees in locating and establish
ing the road in question was sustained
The C. & NJ. pay car came in Thurs
day.
Miss Myrtle Morris, of Moscow
Mills. Morgan comfy, is the guest o
her uncle, Willis Morris.
, At 1880 o'clock this evening, at th'
sacred meeting to be held at the Fai
Grounds, a concert will be given by
the mandolin and guitar club unde
the direction of John Singer.
"A certain lady living up town sen
to the grocery Wednesday for suppl.
of lime to disinfect basement celia
!, which had been flooded After spend
ing the forenoon laboriously distrit
uting the white powder she received
she was somewhat chagrined when he
husband came home at noon and in
= formed her that the groceryman ha
, sent buckwheat flour by mistake.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Hayes lef
Thursday for Atlantic City.
Mrs S. s. Knowles is visiting a
4 the Dana Farm, Beverly
The Virginia passed up Thursda
with large excursion party OF youn
people from Cincinnati.
j. Belford and A. B. Hubert ar
home from Hughes river, where the
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! Miss Nellie Cooper is spending he
i, vacation at her home in Caldwell.
Q Mrs. August Weber and Mrs. Adar
o Weber left Thursday on visit t
e friends at Dexter City.
3 During the severe storms Wedne.
day the barns of Ben Blake at Whippl
and and ]. A. Weible at Layman wer
struck by lightning and entirely cor
% sumed with all their contents. Th
y loss in each instance is quite heavy.
d "A horse belonging to Thomas Gil
+. ler was killed Wednesday hight by fal
u ing over the bank at the upper end {
Putnam street.
g The Masonic lodges of this cit
d have engaged the steamer Sonoma
e take them to the Masonic picnic &
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