Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-08-14

brother who is sick at Amesyille. The
DR.. started at once by buggy
Miss, Carrie Sheldon is visiting friends
at GAINESVILLE this week.
Quite mum Der of our rural teachers
are attending the Normal Institute at
Marietta. Prof Joseph of that In
stitution came up Saturday, returning
Monday morning.
The Harvest Home Picnic at Water
town was not as we'll attended this
year, the officers failing to advertise or
make an effort to secure a crowd as
heretofore.
j. o. Cullen is erecting pair of new
scales near the 2. & o. R. Station.
Brooks 'Wolcott of Watertown came
down on his wheel and visited T.. Rey-
nolds Saturday evening.
Will Hoge is at home for a few days
gins.
| Mrs. Mary Townsend, of New York,
is visiting her father, Oliver Tucker, at
present.
The third Harvest Home Picnic will
| be held at Crooked Tree Saturday.
, c. Stewart & Co ran whipstock
through their thresher Tuesday and
are now laid up for repairs.
The Steamer Lorena took on quite
large amount of freight at Waterford
Tuesday night for Pittsburg.
Last year at this time chickens could
not be sold in this market, but now
buyers are anxious enough to send out
wagons to bring them in.
Nice peaches are 30 cents, potatoes
20 cents, eggs cents and butter 10 cents
per pound at Beverly this week.
The money question is being con-
stantly argued on our streets by the
voters. Free Coinage of SILVER, a mere
political bubble. which will be exploded
November next, forms the basis of
argument We are inclined to believe
that the Free Coinage sentiment at
present is on the decline.
Thirty houses for rent in Beverly at
this time and no renters. No Manu-
factures is the cause.
There was some talk of building a
grist mill at Waterford this fall but it
seems that it has fallen through, as
we have not heard it discussed lately.
C. E. Vaughn & Co. are putting the
finishing touches on their new ware
house this week.
A. Beckett is repairing his engine,
which rolled down Stony Run Hill and
was wrecked few days ago.
A. W. Humphrey is setting poles for
the street lighting plant. The Dyna-
mo is in position.
H. A. Staley, Alex Jackson and Alex
Clark, three of oldest citizens, are very
sick. the first named confined to his
bed.
Several of the pipeline hands came
to town last night and filled up on bad
whiskey and made things lively on
Canal street for a while. One lost his
false teeth in the "Jamboree"
The melon crop here is we'll nigh a
failure this year The few on the mar.
ket are tasteless and of an inferior size
Fl. Drake, of Flint Run, is having a
siege of fiux in his family of small chill
dren. None have died, but two or
three are yet very sick.
Arthur Gray has purchased the Dick
erson farm on Haywards Run and will
take possession this fall.
Lizzie Dipple returned Saturday from
months visit among relatives at Lower
Salem.
The new oil wells at Pattins Mills
have stirred up quite an excitement in
that neighborhood. The Shinn we'll is
good for ten barrels and the Zumb bro
shows up for twenty barrels
]. B. Day, of Watertown, is quite i'll
of typhoid fever.
Campmeeting is in progress at the
Fair Grounds, but is not very well
attended. The people have been hum
bugged by the colored people so much
that they cannot be induced to attend
meeting Of the camp" variety.