Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-03

The open air concert in Muskingum
Park last night called out tremend-
Gus body of people, and they
swarmed up and down the premises,
listening to the delightful strains of
Arnolds band Vehicles of every kind
lined up the street for rods in front of
the band stand.
Robert Swingle, G. e. M. brake
man, got three toes mashed, which had
to be amputated, in alighting from
b. e. o. freight train near the crossing
of the two roads at Cambridge. He
had boarded the train while going to
the c. e. M. Shops to save walking, but
in getting off, slipped and his foot
caught under the wheel with the re-
suit stated. Caldwell Press.
The case of James II. Oliver
against the Board of Education of
claimed to be due for teaching two
months school, was decided Thursday
in favor of the defendant by Judge
Sibley. The case will be carried up to
Circuit Court.
Near Lathrop the first of the week
two young men named Beecher Mat
thews and Charles Goddard engaged in
friendly scutfle for the possession of
loaded shotgun. The weapon was dis
charged and both We're seriously in
jured, the charge passing through the
calf of Matthew's leg and lodging in
Goddard's thigh.
The Big -Four Cycle Co. have open
ed up a bicycle livery and will have
new wheels to rent at 25 cents an hour.
Their tandem rents for 25 cents an
hour also. and is beaut. We call at
sample wheels as advertized in our
columns.
Thursday afternoon William Hill,
aged 16 years, while employed on the
work of tearing down the old Ward
building, was struck by piece of fall
ing timber and received severe contus
ions on the shoulder, arm. hand and
side. His escape from fatal injury was
very narrow.
Miss Frieda Mas and Miss Stella
Blum, are guests at the home of M. S.
Luchs, Third street
Work on the construction and in
stallment of the plant of the new Ma
rietta Boiler Works is progressing rap
| idly under the supervision of Mr..
Hughes. The east wall of the main
| building is completed and the west
wall is in an advanced stage. The
slate roof is nearing completion. The
engines boilers and big pumps to sup
ply the hydraulic power are already
placed and steam will be raised next
week, when the work will be hurried
to completion and the plant put in op-
GRAFTON at an early date.
-Raynald Lodge No. SO, X. of P.
will give a picnic at Blennerhasett
Island on July sth, having chartered
the steamer Barnesdall Schlichcr's S
band and orchestra will accompany the
excursionists. The steamer will leave
the wharf at the foot of Front street
at o'clock a. m.
Mrs. D. w. Pickering left Thurs
day to visit relatives at Seville, o.
Miss Lucinda Schimmel left Thurs
day morning for Mansfield on visit tt
her sister.
The freight houses of the Termina
Railway Company will be closed July
4th. A delivery of all the perishable
freight will be made early Saturday
morning.
Miss Ella Shepherd was taken tc
Athens Hospital Thursday for treat
ment at the hospital for the insane.
The poles for the new electric roat
and incandesant plant have arrived
and will be placed in position at ohce.
The Helen Bridges" failed to cas-
off early last evening because of ;
blown out gasket. The fault of no
body, of course, but disappointment
to both people and crew. She is grea
craft, for the purposes designed, ant
we hope she will return to our cit
soon.
Taylor, Locke, and Williams, of tn
Jacksonville team, have been signed b.
the Marietta management. :
"A jolly party of excursionists en-
joyed a ride up the Muskingum las
evening on the elegant steamer Hele
Bridges, returning at eleven o'clock
Miss Isabella Moss, 'of Parkersburg
is the guest of Miss Ethel Pape, Secon
street.
Miss Carrie Strecker left Thursda
afternoon for Chautauqua.
/ Miss Minute Barnes, of Evansville
is the guest of relatives in the city.