Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-20
Little Trixie Saturday night.

his new house on upper Third street,
near Camp Tupper
Mr.. Rath. Cuthbert, an aged resi-
dent of Fifteen, is i'll of general debil-
ity, complicated with grippe, and is in
a critical condition.
Mr.. j. w. Walters, formerly of Ma. |
rietta and now a successful business |
man at Columbus, was in the city |
Wednesday calling on old friends.
An oil we'll driler named FusiclS |
was severely burned Tuesday after.
Loon at the Pumer well on Calf
Creek. by an ignition of gas His
clothes were almost entirely burned
off of him, and but for his presence of
mind in running to the river and jump
ing in he no doubt would have been
fatally injured. His condition is not
considered critical.
Andrew Coleman, who went to Co
lumbus with his family a few days ago,
returned to Marietta last night.
Since the closing up of the Hughes
Bros. boiler works contract the Board
of Trade has been besieged with offers
from various onus-hunting concerns
desiring to come to Marietta and locate
for consideration. Most of the let
ters have not been answered, the
Board recognizing that the average
bonus-hunting concern is of very li4tle
actual benefit to u town. The Hughes
Bros. do not come in this category,
as the bonus paid them is a mere baga-
telle in comparison with the amount of
capital to be invested.
The little daughter of Mrs. Ida
Thompson died at Fifteen last week of
spinal meningitis and was buried Fri
day.
DIR. Ward, this city, attended the
Knights of Pvthias ball at New Mata-
moras Wednesday night.
The pos tmaster at Alden, up the
Muskingum, filed complaint before Z.
S. Commissioner Guyton Wednesday
charging a certain lady of that neigh
borhood with violating the postal laws
by mailing letter bearing a stamp
which had been previously cancelled.
The name is withheld until the arrest
is made by Deputy Marshal Mason,
who is now in the city.
, 1t is expected to swing the new
draw span in the b. e o. S. w. rail
+ road bridge today and the section men
have teen notified to be here for the
purpose of cutting the rails. The
work of erecting the span has been
} done quickly and apparently well
gree with the running of trains. When
it is in perfect working order one of
the greatest eyesores to Muskingum
river navigation will have been re.
! moved.
John Welch, of Briggs, who was
fined So and costs for disturbing fun.
eral, was released Wednesday, his fine
-, haying been paid by his brother.
t The infant daughter of Jacot
Spindler, who lives on Duck Creek q
few miles from the city, died Weunes
! day morning of cholera infantum.
i
, The case of Catherine Dauber
i. against Jacob Ludwig, to recover dam
+ ages for alleged slander, came to az
end in Common Pleas Court WEDNESDAY
when the Jury returned a verdict il
favor of the plaintiff for one dollar
each party to pay his own costs. Tht
= case was an interesting one and wa!
u stubbornly contested. Mr. Ludwig
: was indicted for the same offeuse sew
eral months ago, but Il demurrer to tn,
e indictment was sustained and the cast
J. ignored by subsequent grand jury.
d The ladies of the Presby yteriar
church will give State supper and sc
' cial at the church on Thursday even
u ing Most of the states and territories
l will be represented by young ladies
= Regular supper (25cts,) will be servet
= from $50 to 500 p. M, and ice cream
~ and cake Q0cts.) through the evening
During the season of bad road
> opera tions in the Waverly field hav,
Il been practically closed down, and som,
! of the turbulept spirits about there
have been putting in their time fight
< ing for amusement, there being no OF
ficers around to interfere with them.
g Yesterday Mr.. Louis Lang sold t.
IS Miss Lizzie Gedel the house in whicl
y he lived, in Glendale. The price pal,
was $3.50.
1t May Smith Robbins and cleye
TX company in Little Trixie Saturda
E. night