Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-01-20
MARIETTA DAILY LEADER
MONDAY. JAN. 40. ,see
PERSONAL AND LOCAL.


beautiful Irish songs Thursday night
William Pinkerton, aged about 3S
years, died at his home on the West
Side Saturday afternoon of liver and
lung troubles. He leaves a wife and
three children. The deceased was
member of Harmar Lodge, No. 115, l.
o. o. f., and will be buried Tuesday
with the honors of that order. The
remains will leave the residence at p.
IN. and interment will be made at
Bethel.
THE packet Liberty arrived down
from Wheeling Sunday.
a. '.still alarm turned. in about
nine O'clock Saturday evening called
the fire department to the Greene
street school house, where an incipient
blaze was doing its best to develop into
a first-class confagra9ion. The fire
was in the corner of one of the lower
rooms and was extinguished by the
chemical apparatus without trouble.
1t is supposed to have been case of
spontaneous combustion, caused by
lot of oily rags being thrown in a pile
with some loose boards. Tie damage
was slight.
-Cyranus Cooke, formerly of Wood
county, W. Va, but lately of California,
died in that State, Thursday the 10th.
The deceased was single man, and
son of L. n. Cooke, of St Marys, w. Va.
"A marriage license was issued in
Probate Court Saturday to Ira D.Wolff,
of Wheeling, and Sadie A. LaFaber, of
Marietta.
"A young man1named Eugene Chap
man was fined s5 and costs Saturday
for disorderly conduct. His offense
consisted of throwing lemon frem
Peter Mack's fruit stand in a spirit of
mischief.
-Messrs. w. S. Gray and Henry Nc
Neal, of Waterford, were in the city on
business Saturday
w. L. Parkinson, of Cory, Pa,
was a guest at the st. Cloud Sunday.
Mr. Parkinson enjoys the distinction of
being the first travelling man to stop at
the 81. Cloud Hotel, thirty years ago.
Mrs. FL. c. Showalter, who lectures
at the West Side M. e. church this eve
ming, arrived in the city Sunday, ac-
companied by his daughter.
Clyde Bower went to, o,Marietta yes
terday, called by the illness of his
wife who is visiting friends there
Cambridge Sun.
Mr.. William F. Hahn and Miss
Nellie L. Heinle were quietly married
Wednesday by Rev. Mr.. Wefel, of the
German Lutheran church. Their many
friends are now rendering their con-
gratulatiors Times Re-
corder. Mr.. Hahn was few years ago
employed on the Muskingum Improve
ment and is we'll known throughout
the valley.
Mr.. d. W. Pickering returned
home from Seville, Ohio, Saturday,
accompanied by his family, who have
been visiting relatives there for sever
al months.
Tho infant son of Mr.. r. D. Dayis,
of Moss Run, died Saturday morning,
the 18th instant, of a complication of
infantile troubles.
Circuit Judge Clark, who was
taken i'll of sciatica while holding
court here last week, returned home
Saturday. He was accompanied as far
as Parkersburg by DR.. f. E. McKim.
News reached this city Saturday of
the death at his home at Loveland, o.,
C. Edgerton who was injured in the b.
& o. S. W. wreck at Schooleys station.
Mr. Edgerton was the sixth victim of
that disaster. He was injured intern
ally, but up to Friday preceding his
death was believed to be in fair way
to recover. He was one of the best
clerks in the employ of the railway
mail service and the possessor of three
medals awarded by the department for
meritorious work. He was about 81
years of age and leaves wife and
three children.
The oil market took another slump
Saturday, dropping from s1.4 to 81. 49,
John A. Floyd, of Meigsville, Nor
gan county, is in the city. Mr.. Floyd
has big block of territory in his
county under lease and is looking up a
company to develop it.
After an illness of but a few days
of congestion of the lungs, Mrs. Charles
e. Beck died Saturday evening at her
home on Washington street between
Sixth and Seventh. She was about 80
years of age, the daughter of Jacob
| Weber, and leaves husband and three
small children to mourn her death.
The funeral will occur this afternoon