Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-13

MONDAY. APRIL Is, .aee
PERSONAL AND LOCAL.


William Black, claiming his home
to be at Bridgeport was arrested Sat
urday by Officer Posey upon complaint
of young man who said Black threat
ened to shoot him. Black was very
drunk when arrested and had ticket
for passage on the Keystone State. A
six-inch dirk of ugly appearance was
taken from him and he is being held
on suspicion.
Will Cunningham, a former, Mari
eta boy, now Of Newport, KY, re-
turned home 9Sunday night after a.
weeks visit relatives here.
Miss Elizabeth Holden, who has
been i'll for several weeks, at Mrs.
Buelrs, Fifth street, is improving
nicely, and will likely be taken home
today, or very soon.
About twenty-five children en-
joyed birthday party Saturday in
honor of the birthday of Dudley
Chamberlain, Andrews Terrace.
Geo. W. Summers has been offered
and has accepted the cashiership in the
| internal revenue office under collector
E. M. Gilkeson, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Tom O.
Brady. The appointment will take
effect the first of May. This will not
be Mr.. Summers first experience in the
revenue service, he having had charge
of the income tax work until the law
was declared unconstitutional last
spring. g.-Parkersburg Sentinel.
The fire alarm boxes in the Second
Ward have been arranged as follows:
No. 81, corner Butler and Front; No.
90, Bellevue; Fo. "a, Front and Putnam;
No 25, Butler and Fourth; No. 26,
] Chair Factory.
Editor w. G. Sibley, of the CALI
polls Tribune, who was the guest Sat-
urday of his father, Judge Sibley, left
for home Sunday morning
Charles Conrath, of Cam bridge, was
the guest of relatives in the city Sun
day.
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is in the city, enroute home from Gin.
cinnati.
Miss Ellen Stone, Missionary from
Bulgaria, will give ar account of her
4 work at the Congregational Chapel
this evening at o'clock. Miss Stone
is associated with Mr.. and Mrs
Haskell, formerly of this city.
Harry, son of j. Fl. Guyton, of Nc.
Connelsville, and cousin of Squire Guy
ton, this city, died Friday night, the
10th, aged about 80 years. Mr.. ant
Mrs Guyton will attend the funeral
which occurs at McConnelsville today
Mr.. Hall Mason was up from Park
ersburg yesterday.
We are pleased to state that Mis-
Rachel Smith, Third street, who ha
been very i'll with grippe is improving
and is on the road to recovery Thi
news will be very gratifying to Mis-
Smiths many friends.
The Junior Exhibition will be hell
this evening at the Congregations
church at 7:3O. The participants from
Alpha Kappa are j. w. Crooks, G.
Workman and r. c. Coburn. From
Psigamlua w. l.. Gee, Edmund Owen
and G. c. White.
President Simpson, of the College
has been in Pittsburg since Saturday
q Next Friday night the Cecilia Clu
a will have musicale in the parlors o
4 the Marietta Club.
d A marriage license was issued Sat
t III day to Acel w. Thomas, of NEWELL
Run, and Lucinda Schuman, o
Gracey.
d The following persons have bee
n appointed from the Junior Glass a
prize essayists: c. c. White, of Stock
port; Harry Briggs, of Dexter City; r
g. Coburn, of Becketts and j. "
, Crooks, of Marietta. An essay will b
prepared on chosen subject and thos
|. ranking the highest in thought an
composition will be awarded the usua
money prizes at Commencement.
Isaac Ritchie, of Warner, Ohio
was in the city yesterday, the frs
time for thirty years, says the Parker'
burg Journal. Mr.. RitcEie was res
\ dent of this city for ten years about 3
N or 40 years ago, and says he made tn
VI first oil barrel ever manufactured i
this city and that he sold it for s11 as
sample. He afterwards carried on
cooper shop here for ten years durin
which time he made thousands of o
e barrels. Things have changed wor
derfully sinceM Mr.. Ritchie used to liv
here and he could scarcely recogni2
. the city.
Early Saturday morning fire of III
known origin consumed the residenc
of John Davis, near Macksburg. TIL
loss is estimated at $4,000, with no il