Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-03-28

SATURDAY, MARcA az, 1890
PERSONAL AND LOCAL.


left for Sistersyille Friday, accomp-
anied by his sister, Miss Virginia Nc
Connell, who had been visiting here.
Judge Sibley left Friday on a
trip to Columbus. f.
Mr.. Will Loffland returned to
Chicago Friday.
The Peoples Party have nominated
ticket in but one township, Water
ford, in this county.
Will Kerr, Of the College, left Fri
day for his home at Ironton.
John A. Mccormick came in from
Lima Friday on weeks visit.
j. II. Weaver, travelling salesman
for the Oil Well Supply Co., left Friday
for Pittsburg.
I'm Mayors court Friday George
Kerps was fined SO and COSTS amount
ing to $685., for drunkenness and
fighting.
Mrs Matthew Mathers, aged about
so years, died at Dell p o. Friday
morning of consumption. She leaves a
husband and three children.
Dennis Gallagher and Sheldon Dye
were arrested Friday for fighting on
the West Side. They will have hear
ing at 0 o'clock this morning.
The Commissioners of Wood county
w. Va, are out on a tour of inspection
through Ohio countiesl looking at
Court Houses. They were at London,
O., where they inspected court house
building, recently completed. They
state, in letter, that it is the most
complete in every respect that they
have seen on their travels 1t is COM
plete in all details and very handsome,
and completed at cost of $4,000.
Buffalo Bills Wild West Show is
booked for Parkersburg on Wednesday,
April goth.
| DR.. e. T. Hayward received the de-
gree of Doctor of Medicine at Bellvue
| College, this week. In examination
he was among the first in a class of 100.
| He will probably return home within
the next week. k.-Beverly Dispatch.
oil leases on this side are still be-
ing taken. Work on well must be-
gin within 90 days or all the leases are
forfeited. The cold weather has
checked the enthusiasm on Olive Green
where we'll should have been drilling
by the 18th inst. Waterford Correspon-
| dent.
The County Commissioners will
meet in this township at Cy. Hayward's
April 2sth, at o'clock a. M, to con-
tract for the grading, stoning and
graveling Of the Waterford and Swifts
road, and on the Goth, they meet at
Jacob Halls at o'clock a. m. to let q
similar contract on the Beverly and
Ludlow road. On the 3Oth of the same
month they meet at Big Run bridge at s
a. M, to contract the grading of the
Big Run and Lowell road.-Beverly
| Advance.
The action taken by the Wheeling
council in reducing wharfage charges
to about one third what they formerly
were is the subject of comment omong
local rivcrmen. The idea of free
wharves is not new one, but outside
of Wheeling none of the municipal
governments along the Ohio have made
any move in this direction. Rivermen
think that Wheeling's example may be
initiated with profit by some of the
| NJ nr1o hn
wharf tariff has been abolished, and at
| Louisville it has been cut in two. The
wharf is looked upon in the light of a
pavement built for the benefit of the
merchants more than for the steam boat
companies, and from this view of the
matter rivermen think that the wharf
pavements should kept up by funds
from the city revenues rather than in
the present manner.-Pittsburg Post.
Born, Friday, March 27th, to Mr..
and Mrs. E. j. Bickert, Third street, a
son.
About 100 people from this city
ayalled themselves of the low rate over
the T. & o. G. Elk. Friday and Joined
the excursion to Columbus. A goodly
number of them sat in high priced
seats to hear Paderewski Friday night.
Capt, Henry Shaw and DIR. c. B.
Ballard, of Belpre, were in the city
Friday.
i Mrs. E. R: Dale and Lou Harold left
for Ironton Friday to visit G. G. Clark
Capt. Jim Shay has returned home
from Mt Clemens, Michigan where he
has been receiving treatment for rheu
matism. He is much improved. Con-
ductor Mike Lavelle, of the y. & o. R..
who has been laid off by the same di
sease, is still at Mt. Clemens
"A bad accident was narrowly avert
+ ed at the Gilman street railroad cross