Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-03-06
MARIETTA DAILY LeADER
FRIDAY. MARoH 9. sse
Personal Asn LOCAL.

giueer and Mr.. walter Layman, the
engineer of No. has been appointed
to act in that capacity.
Travelling Passenger Agent Frank
Wilson, of the B & o., was in the city
on business Thursday.
Agent d. w. Pickering, of the G.
&c NJ. was in Parkersburg Thursday on
business trip.
The friends of Sam Lark, who was
a plasterer by trade and mysteriously
disappeared from Marietta over two
years ago, will be pleased to learn that
he turned up February goth at the
home of his brother in Jasper, Mo.
Where he has been in the interim is un-
known, though his relatives searched
for him continuously after he disap-
peared. He has sister in this city.
B. Everleigh is confined to the
house by illness.
Persons expecting to be candidates
at the coming spring election should
remember that their nomination papers
must be on file at the office of the
Clerk of the Board of Deputy Super
yisors of elections on or before March
gath, to assure their names being print
ed on the ballots.
City Editor Goddard, of the Ports
mouth Times, was in the city Thurs
day, having been subpoenaed as a wit
ness in the Milligan grand larceny
case. He left this morning for Sisters
vile.
The Woman's Home Missionary
Society will hold their regular month
ly meeting at the M. E. Church, Fri
day at p. m. Easter programme.
Complaints have been filed against
j. G. Brenan and Earl Dayis for riding
their bicycles after dark without lam
terms. Both gentlemen are public
servants and everybody enjoys the
joke, except possibly, the parties prin-
cipally concerned.
Mr.. Tim Evans, of Beverly, was in
the city Thursday on business.
A. L. Gracey returned Thursday
from Cairo, W. Va.
The regular meeting of Marietta
Commandery No. so, X. r., will occur
tonight.
The concert given at the Congre'
gational church last evening by the
DeMoss Family Quartette, known as
the Lyric Bards of America, was well
attended The musical numbers were
rendered in an artistic manner and
were received with great elcat by an
appreciative audience. Among the
special features were the playing OF
two cornets by Mr.. Geo. DeMoss, the
playing of two tunes on the organ while
singing a third by Henry DeMoss, and
the mandolins in the hands of Misses
Minnie and Lizzie DeMoss, who in
terpreted Schubert's famous serenade
most beautifully. Space will not per
init us mentioning each special feature,
but altogether this was one of the best
entertainments we have had for some
time.
The earnings of the Ohio River r
r. as shown by the New York Finan'
cial Chronicle for the second week in
February, 1896, We're $1,000 greater
than for the same week of 1895. For
the month of February, 1896, they
were SIS, 900 greater than for February
1895 For January and February, 1896
they were s3S, 600 greater than for the
same two months of 1895. For the yeal
1895 the earnings were S175, 500 greater
than for the year 1894. This proper
ton of increased earnings has beer
kept up since last April, and is still
! maintained. The business outlook fo,
the spring trade promises even greater
results.
The trial of Ella Milligan, indicted
for grand larceny alleged to have con
sisted Of taking 5000 from her husband
q. John Milligan, was abruptly termi
mated in Common Pleas Court Thursda.
morning. Before any witnesses wer'
called it developed that wife coul'
not steal from her husband, as she ha
an interest," III all uo PoSSSSSOSi "i'
Judge Sibley charged the jury to im
mediately bring in a verdict of no
guilty, which was done The case
against John Hickey and Minnie Bake
for completely in the same supposed
offense WILL of course, be dropped,
Kyle Gooden, of Beverly, is tn
guest of friends in the city.
-Harmar Lodge No. 49, L. o. o. f.
conferred the first degree last evening
Monday, about midnight, the hous
at Stewards Station, owned and occu
pied by Edward Prince, caught fire an
was partly burned with it's contents
l The origin of the fire is not known
But it is supposed to have caught fror
a defective flue.
Henry Smith, charged with tress
pass by Mary Groves, was dismissed b
Squire Guyton Thursday on account c
insufficient evidence.