Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-06-09
MARIETTA DAILY LEADER
TUESDAY. JUNE o, 1905
Personal AND LOCAL.


Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Mills left Mon
day for Bluff Island, Mass, where Mrs
Mills will spend the summer.
Deputy United States Marshal w.
Z. Mason, who was called here to testi-
fly in the Harry Thompson highway
robbery case, returned to Cincinnati
last night.
John w. Oyerturf, of Portsmouth,
is in the city on business.
William Weaver who was killed
on the c. & M. few months ago, was
a member of the Marietta Lodge, B. Of
r. r., and was insured for $1,000. The
money was received Monday and will
be paid to his widow today. nT ~
No further efforts will be made to
raise the sunken steamerfC G. @. Martin,
but the work of building new boat
to take her place will be begun at once.
The new. boat will be 1O5 feet long, 20
feet wide and one foot deeper hull than
the Martin. She will be neat and
handsome and will outshine any boat
| that ever ran on the Little Kanawha.
Capt Summers is now receiving bids
for the new boat and it is thought that
they will have her ready to enter the
trade before fall journal.
C E. Jennings, for many years edi-
tor and proprietor of the Athens Mess
enger, the leading Republican paper of
the county, died very suddenly of APP
poplexy at his home in that place at 6
O'Clock Monday morning. The funeral
Will take place at o'clock Wednesday
afternoon. The deceased was 62 years
of age.
-Belpre was visited by bold burg
lar on Saturday night who succeeded
in entering five different houses, but
fortunately he was alarmed and made
his escape at each place without secur-
ing any booty Among the houses en-
tered was Mrs. Shall's, Mr.. Parsons,
G. W. Hawks and two others He was
probably green hand at the business,
as he made enough noise in each of the
places he visited to awaken the in
mates.-Sentinel.
An alarm from box 13 Monday eye.
ming called the fire department to the
residence of Friend FL. Harding, on
Charles street, which had caught fire
from an overturned lamp. The depart
ment arrived promptly and subdued
the blaze with the chemical exiting
uishers and small hose, but not before
considerable damage to building ano
contents had resulted. The inside O.
the house was practically burned ou'
and the household goods were some
what damaged by water.
"A Parkersburg special of Sunday
says: In leaving the Keystone
State last night, at the wharf here, ;
lady passenger whose name is un
known, was insulted by one of thu
negro rousters. Thomas Merriam, ;
colored local heavy weight pugilist o
this city, who happened to notice th'
occurrence, went to the assistance o
the lady and knocked the negro WIN
insulted her down. This enraged th
rest of the crew, who came to the as
sistance of the rousta bout. Merriam
\ drew his coat and drove the who'll
crew back into the boat. The occur
renee created quite an excitement a
the wharf and for time it looked yer.
dangerous for the boats crew, as
NUN ber of citizens We're getting read
, to take hand. The officers of tn
boat are investigating the matter an
n are trying to ascertain who the ma
x was who insulted the lady, who hui
riedly made her escape when free
u from the negro.
k Rev. DAVID Jones, of Wellston, O.
is in the city visiting friends and rels
tives.
In Probate Court Monday mai
riage license was issued to Sylvester
Chapman and Allie c. Springer, bot
7 of Stanleyville.
There will be social at the res
: dence of Mr.. aud Mrs. w. Shaw
Veto, o., Saturday afternoon and ev'
ming, June goth, for the benefit of Vet
Sabbath School. Lap supper in th
afternoon and ice cream and cake
the evening. All are invited,
There will be. an Epworth Leagu
social at the residence of Milton Eli
Bartlett, Saturday evening, June 1Stl
Ice cream and cake will be servet
Everybody invited.
The Senior class of the High Scho
will give a reception at the Hig
School rooms this evening.
The rains of Monday afternoc
and evening interfered somewhat vii
the attendance at the Christian E
deavor lawn fete given at the home
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A.. Wood, Rainbo,