Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-09

THURSDAY. APRIL o, 1890
PERSONAL AND LOCAL.

There will be no rehearsal of the
Choral Society tonight, because of
Boone concert
In regard to the figures of the mu-
nicipal election of two years ago it.
should be stated that the vote of 13
cast for Squire Guyton for Mayor was
in no sense representative of that gen
tleman's strength, as he had with
drawn publicly from the contest sew
eral days before the election.
John Russell, of the National Sup
ply, Company's. store at Corning, was a.
business visitor in the city. Thursday.
The suite the c.. & M. Ry. Co. VS..
I lucy a. Davis, to quiet title men
Itioned elsewhere, results from the dis
puted ownership of a piece of land
near Sixth street. To hold possession
the defendant some time since built
small house on the tract, but on
Wednesday force of railroad hands
removed the building and the suit was
Immediately filed.
Sheldon Dye, West Side young
man, was to have been tried before
Mayor Palmer Wednesday for fighting,
but he was not for the sufficient rea-
son that he could not be found. When
arraigned several days ago young Dye
demanded jury trial. His case upon
request was set for hearing April Sth
and the young man released without
bond upon his promise to appear at the
appointed time. He failed to show up,
as stated, and the jury was dismissed.
Daniel Schlicher, brother of Peter,
Fred, Jacob and David Schlicher, all of
this city, died at St Marys, Ohio, of
paralysis, Wednesday morning the Sth
instant. Mr.. Schlicher had not been
in Marietta for over eight years. He
had been in the oil business, long ago
at Cow Run, later at Lima and st.
Marys. He was in the civil war oyer
four years and acquitted himself
nobly. He was member of Company
L, 1st Ohio.
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leaves tonight for Bellaire, where he is
associated with Judge j. B. Smith as
counsel for plaintiff in the case of
Dana's Sons Company VS.. the Perfect
Preserving Company, suit being
: brought to recover money due for two
car loads of cans sold to the defendants
by plaintiffs.
Mead & Speer, a big lumber COM
pany of Pittsburg, are storing cypress
lumber in this city with view of sell
ing the same for tank building. The
} stuff is from New Orleans.
1 Mr.. Frank Racer, of Lower New
port, died at his home Tuesday night,
at the age of SO years. He was a man
of considerable means and spent his
entire life on his home farm.
"A. b. Smith, editor of the Herald,
Martinsburg. w. Va, was in the city
Wednesday, the guest of his brother,
L. e. Smith, of the Bellevue hotel
George Eells, the Front street news
dealer, has leased the stand in the
Union Depot and will reopen it i'm
mediately as a branch of the Front
street esta ablishment, with Fred Eells
! in charge.
Mrs. William Mendenhall, lady
we'll advanced in years and wife of one
of the most prominent farmers in Law
renee township, died at her home or
Wednesday, April Sth.
, Fred Perkins has purchased {
e Washington street lot from William
| Plumer for 5000 and will erect upon i
1 new residence at once.
t John Gorby, of Belle Valley, wa
:. in the city Wednesday on business.
The election in Parkersburg Tues
day resulted in the choice of mixet
> ticket. Three Republicans and tive
Democrats were elected to Council
The park purchase question carried b,
a majority of54.
In Mayors Court Wednesday morn
|. ing John Highland was fined five dol
lars and costs for drunkenness and dis
orderly conduct.
MIR. l. R. Waters arrived from Col
umbus last evening.
Go to hear ths Musical Prodig!