Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-01-18
MARIETTA DAILY LEADER
SATURDAY, JAN. is. 1896
PERSONAL AND LOCAL.

Mr.. Everett Hubert who has been
in the city for the past ten days, re-
turned to his home in Pittsburg this
morning. Mr.. Hubert is a prominent
civil engineer in the Smoky City,"
DIR. Jos. Reese, of Chicago. arrived
in the city yesterday afternoon.
met with an accident at Trestle No. z
Friday morning. Four cars were de-
rallied and went through the trestle,
which is short one No ones was : IN
jured and the wreckage was cleared
away in q few hours.
Prof. H. Stahl, of Parkersburr, is
in the city, with view to lecturing
before the schools on the subject "The
Origin of our Surroundings" Prof.
Stahl is a man of eminent reputation
in archaeological research, having
made the subject life study.
Capt. i'm Mehen, of Parkersburg,
is hot on the trail of a mulatto toward
whom suspicion points strongly as the
perpetrator of the foul assault upon
the little Wetherell child. There is
evidently something crooked about the
fellow suspected, as it has so far baf-
fled the skill of the authorities to get
their hands on him.
Manager Dennlston of the Nation
al Supply Company's store at Parkers-
burg, was in the city Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. w. c. Grafton went
out to Vincent on a brief visit Thurs
day night and were entertained by an
enthusiastic charivari party.
Mrs. c. p. Tinkum, Putnam street,
is seriously ill.
Proper steps will be taken this
morning to stop foot travel on the i
tS o. S. w. Ry. bridge during the work
of erecting the new drawspan. People
passing beneath the work are in great
danger of being struck by falling
weights and interfere considerably
with the workmen. The Inconvenience
of crossing the upper bridge will not
last long.
I Richard Deem, James Deem,
Thomas Deem and Bert Pounds are in
Jail at Harrisyille for robbing the store
of ID. G.. Marshall, of Oxbow, Richie
county. They admit their guilt, but
seem to have no idea of the enormity
of the offense they have committed nor
the severity of the penalty that is sure
to be theirs. Sentinel.
George Bules, who is engaged in
the saloon business on Putnam street,
was fined S25 and costs Friday for vio-
lation of the pure liquor laws.
The topic for special services at
the NJ. E. church Sunday evening will
be "Obedient and Powerful"
Mrs. Hckok, who has been i'll for
several days, is improving.
We notice by Lincoln paper that
the wife of Frank II. Waters, formerly
of this city, is very i'll with typhoid
fever.
The plat is now open at the Mari
seats should secure them at once, as
there will be agreat demand for them
The Choral Society has secured the as
sisIance of the Marietta orchestra and
Master Francis McMillen, the wonder,
full boy violinist who has created such
furore in Chicago during the past
year and who is native of Marietta,
will, it is hoped, sound his violin to q
crowded house.
Some wag or addle-pate started
the report Friday morning that 200
barrel gusher had been struck at the
Comfy Iufirmary. 1t was immediate
ly branded as fake, of course, and Sc
about noon the story was changed tc
the striking of an equally big we'll nea,
the Children's Home. A good many
people got fooled and the livery sta BILE.
pro6ted proportionately.
Miss Sabra Scott returned FRIDAY
from the Athens State Hospital, where
she has been for few months receiv
ing treatment. Her friends are over
joyed at her recovery, which has beer
more rapid even than hoped for.
Joseph Cooke, recently of Chilli
} cothe, expects to reside in this city il
future.
Miss Hubbell left the "Cedars,
her Ohio home, this week, for her east
ern home at Boston, stopping to vsi
relatives in Washington, D. c. and New
York. beverly Dispatch. I./
Joseph Cummings, an aged carpen
ter, employed in the construction o
the new Columbia theatre at Sisters
vile, fell from a scaffold Thursda,
evening about o'clock and receive,
injuries that may cause his death II
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