Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-11-30
MARIETTA DAILY LEADER
MONDAY. NOV. 30. 1900
PERSONAL AND LOCAL.

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ley and other friends in the county.
Mr.. Bernard Congdon, of this city,
was seriously injured Friday night
near Newport while unloading oil well
casing from the steamer Barnsdall.
He fell with piece of casing and was
badly bruised about the head and neck,
being rendered unconscious. He was
brought home on the Rem Hur Satur-
day.
Mr.. Morgan Pearl and Miss Lur-
india Weyrich, u West Virginia couple
on marriage bent procured license in
this city Saturday and were united in
the holy bonds in the Office of the Pro-
bate Judge by Rev. A. d. Mccormick.
Capt. Asa Booth, now of the United
States snag boat Woodruff, came back
on his boat yesterday from New Cum
berland, where he went day or two
ago to remove sunken barge, and
will lay over here till Monday. Cap
tain Booth says he will retire from the
river, and is particularly glad to end
his long period of service on the inland
waters on such fine craft as the
Woodruff. He has never had an acci-
dent in all the thirty-seven years of
his river career. He speaks in the
highest terms of Captain Christian, of
the Woodruff. and his crew, and says
they are entirely competent for the
very responsible service exacted of
them. Everybody in Wheeling will
rejoice at Captain Booths success in
the oil business. He will pay visit to
his big we'll on Monday. Wheeling
Register.
j. w. Henderhan and Chas. Nelson
leave this week for Colorado, where
they have secured employment.
-Messrs. c. s. Dana, R. c. Dawes
and A. d. Alderman have been ap-
pointed as delegates by the Board of
Trade to attend the meeting of the
State Board of Commerce, at Columb bus,
December 9th.
The Marietta Manufacturing Com
pany has purchased fine team of
heavy draught horses from Mr.. Bay, of
Cum berland.
Mr.. Doug. Daniels died Saturday
morning at his home on Greene street,
near Fourth, after an illness of con-
siderable length, of dropsy. He was 60
years of age and leaves wife and two
children, The funeral occurred Sun
day.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Mason and
Special Deputy w. Il. Harness leave to-
day for Columbus with three prisoners
from the county Jail who will be tried
for violation of the internal revenue
laws.
The siX-months-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. George b. Sparling, of
Veto, died Sunday night of stomach
trouble. Funeral Monday afternoon.
MIR. and Mrs. A. B. White of Park
ersburg, spent Sunday in the city.
Mr.. Eph Wells, one of the solid
men of Sistersville. was in the city
Sunday.
MIR. j. H. Harper, of Reinersyille,
Morgan county, is in the city,
Capt. r. H. Lee, the we'll known
operator of the Macksburg field, is in
the city on business.
Mr.. George Lightner, former cit
izen of this city, died Sunday morning
at Willow Island, where he had been
staying with relatives His death was
due, to diseases incident to old age.
The remains will arrive on the steamer
Barnsdau today and will be inferred
in Oak Grove cemetry.
The steamer Virginia passed down
from Pittsburg Sunday with heavy
trip of freght. The Lorena also ar
rived down on good time and left for
GAINESVILLE.
Mr.. A. w. Shope, an oil producer
from the Pennsylvania field, has re-
moved with his family to this city and
will reside on Wooster street.
The Ohio is still rising despite the
cold snap and barge stage" is looked
for.
-Harmar Lodge No. 500, f. and A.
NJ, will meet Tuesday for work in the
drst and second degrees.
Mr. Lie Davis has resumed his
duties as chief clerk at the Bellevue
after a vacation of month spent in
Indiana.
-Messrs. j. P. Bradley and E. o.
Secomb, of Boston, are in the city look
ing after their interests in the Eight
Mile oil field. 1t is a fact not generally
known that Mr.. Bradley, together with
Col. Bosworth and others of this city,
was one of the pioneers in the oil de-
velopment of the New Marietta. 1t
was the opening up of the Gracey field
six or seven years ago that marked the
beginning of the new oil movement as
distinguished from the old Cow Run