Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-20
MARIETTA DAILY LEADER
THURSDAY. FEB. 20. 1906
PERSONAL AND LOCAL.

Mrs. W. G. Barthalow will remove |
next week to Columbus, in which city |
Mr.. Barthalow has purchased "a resi-
dence at a cost of $4,000.
-Theo Fl. Morrison is located at
Wichita, Kas. He is engaged by a
large law-publishing farm in its in
vestigating department.-Olio.
The Relic Room will be open to
visitors on Saturday afternoon, Feb.
22d, from until o'clock.
The Marietta Fruit Package and
Box Company has taken in a new men,
Der in the person of Mr.. Marquis,
formerly merchant at Lathrope.
The Diamond Pants factory was
compelled to shut dowd Wednesday on
account of stoppage in the water
pipes that flooded the engines and
other parts of the building. The diff
Guilty was removed and work was re-
sumed in the afternoon.
Mayor Palmer started his nomina-
ton petition Wednesday and will be
candidate for reelection to the office
which he now holds. Fifty names are
required on a petition to nominate a
person for any city Office. Aspirants
are coming out slowly, but there is
plenty of time left.
After an illness Of many weeks of
dropsical affections, Mr.. Jacob Wom-
,,,a, I;oJ Wednesday, ypornipo at bic
home on upper Second street. He was
a native of Germany, having been born
in 1888, and had been Il resident of this
city for so years He leaves a wife and
four children, the children being Mrs.
George Putnam, Mrs. Edward Nielsen
helder, Eliza beth Wommer and Fred
Wommer. Mr.. Wommer had long been
one of the best known and most highly
respected citizens of the city and his
death will be mourned throughout a
wide circle of friends. Funeral from
the residence Friday afternoon at 2
o'clock sun time.
Application for authority to sell at
private sale the property of the Mariet-
ia Planning Mill Co, assigned, was grant
ed in Probate Court Wednesday. The
amount of the appraisement is $4,000
in round figures. The liabilities of the
firm aggregate about S12,00
Mr. d. B. Torpy has returned from
a business trip to Charleston, w. Va.
The steamer Lorena arrived down
from GAINESVILLE Wednesday morning
and left for Pittsburg with good trip.
When the new draw span is swung up
on it's pivot it will mark an era of re-
vival in the Zanesville-Pittsburg trade
that years ago was one of the most
profitable known to river men.
The two-ffths interest of T. w.
Moore and d. b. Torpy in the National
Hotel property was sold yesterday to
n. Moore, John Kaiser and A. l..
Gracey. who have had an option on il
for some time.
Deputy Z. S. Marshal Mason ar
rived in the city Wednesday.
George Wieser was in Parkersburg
Wednesday attending the funeral OF
John Frame. who was formerly in Mr..
Wieser's employ.
Mrs. Cynthia Spaulding, of the
West Side, notice of whose death APP
peared in Wednesdays Leader, was a
woman widely known and greatly be
loved by all who enjoyed her acauaint
arce. She was "a years of age and hac
lived in Harlnar since 1S40. The foui
children left are Mrs j. T. Duff, Mrs
c. w. Jenvey, Mrs. L. B. Fuller and l
w. Spaulding. Funeral Thursday al
p. IN. from residence on Knox street
Next Saturday being Washington
birthday the banks and postotiice will
observe it as legal holiday and con
, sequently will be closed.
The Blennerhassett Hotel, at Park
ersburg, has changed ownership
The Choral Society at Parkersbure
, has disbanded. The reason given il
! that there is no hall in our sister city
of sufficient size to justify cancert.
j. j. Graham, who was arrested a
Waverly on Monday by Constable Fo:
, for fighting, was tried yesterday be
fore Justice Jones. He was fined S
and costs, $40 in all, and in default o
payment was sent to jail. Kilgore
who was arrested at the same time wa
released, the charge being dismissed a
it was shown that Graham precipitatet
the fight, having threatened to Gu
Kilgore, who protected himself b
knocking down his assailant. Sent
mel
The discharge of a conductor, tw
brakemeu and the suspension of a fire
man and engineer created somethin
of sensation in Y. & O. r. circle
Wednesday. 1t is reported that a bal
rel of beer in u car marked empty
the cause of the removals and susper
sions. The employees concerned wsr
mem bers of the local freight crew.