Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-10-15

THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10. 1895
PERSONAL AND LOCAL.

the River Gas Company's Office here,
has been promoted to position in the
office of the Mountain State Gas Com
pany at Parkersburg. He will leave
today to assume his new duties Mr..
]. B. Reeser, of Sistersville, has been
appointed to fill the vacancy in the
Marietta Office.
Assistant U. S. District Attorney
Bruce of Cincinnati, Civil Engineer
Edmund Moeser, of GAINESVILLE, and
u S. Commissioner B. E Gayton were
at Lowell Wednesday taking testimony
in suit in which the government is
interested.
The Marietta Orchestra, with
twelve pieces, left for Parkersburg
Wednesday evening to furnish the
music for the opening of the new Pro-
gress Hall in that city.
The work of construction on the
electric street railway is proceeding
without hitch. The track is now laid
on Second street from Putnam to the
neighborhood of Knox street. Some
difficulties are being experienced in
avoiding gas, water and sewer pipes.
-Salzman's machine and repair shop
on Ohio street is shut down on account
of the boiler blowing out A new
boiler was ordered from the Marietta
Boiler Works Wednesday and will be
put in without delay.
AT st. Mary's Catholic church We'd
nesday morning Rev. Father Woesman
united in marriage Mr.. John Kendrick,
of Churchtown, and Miss Mary Holden,
of Tunnel
Mrs. Mary Cook, OF Belrre, and
Mrs. Darius Reed, of Pomeroy. are
guests of their brother, Mr. R. L..
Curtis.
Hon. G. M. Ballard, of Indiana, a
speaker of wide reputation, will ad-
dress the Republicans at Beverly Fri
day evening, October 10th.
-Schramm Bros. began work We'd
nesday on new green house on Sec
ond street.
Mr.. William Frank leaves today on
business trip to New York.
"A daughter was born Tuesday,
October 18th, to Mr.. and Mrs. Pearl
Bra bham, West Side.
The balance of the so-called cham
pionship (?) series between Washing
ton G. H. and Cambridge will not be
played. The Cambridge team has dis
banded.
Reduced prices on sailors and walk
ing kats this week at Bee HIVE
The residence of John Becker on
Warren street has been quarantined,
his little daughter being i'll of scarlet
fever.
The number of petty disturbances
which have been occurring at night has
led the police committee of Council, in
conjunction with the Mayor, to estab-
lish regular beats for the night police
men, as follows: from the Bradford
House on Ohio street to the corner OF
Third and Ohio from the corner OF
| Front and Greene to the corner OF
Third and Greene; Front street from
Greene to the railroad crossing from
Butler street on Front to the Union
Depot by way of Putnam. The officers
will take turns at patrolling the var.
ious beats and the new arrangement
will no doubt have beneficial effect
though the night police force is still
far too few in numbers to cover the
city as it should be.
Captain Dan Lacey will succeed
Henry Best, of this city, as Chief Clerl
on the Keystone State.
Mrs. James Shay has returned from
Pittsburg, where she has been visiting
friends.
Election betting was considerably
in evidence at the Bellevue Hotel Wed
nesday. About $500 was posted, chiefly
on the result in West Virginia.
For millinery goods go to the Be-
Hive.
The game of football between Mari
eta and Wittenburg oe Saturday is tn
last game scheduled to be played her
for five weeks. Wittenberg has one O
the best teams in the State and tn
contest promises to be very fast one
The Marietta College eleven will be il
much better trim than it was in tn
game with Ohio University last week
"A horse hitched to j. S. Deyol'
dairy wagon fell into the sewer trencl
on upper Third street Wednesday. bu
was extricated without injury.
Mary Flanagan, administrator
of the estate of John Flanagan, VIII
was killed by the BN & o. S. WA
Parkersburg some stime ago, ha
brought suit against the company fo
$4,000 damages.
Mrs. Rachel Severance is visitin
her daughter, Mrs. W. N. Smoot, a