Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-06-19

sprung at his young son, Harry. The
boy had a stick in his hand and the dog
caught that and bit it, He went on
and met another boy and seized him by
the arm, biting him severly. The dog
was chased into the cellar and killed.
Special sale uf millinery goods and
ladies' shirt waists at Bee Hive.
The ladies of Beech Grove Presby
terian Church, Hills, o., will have their
annual ice-cream social on the evening
of July 4th, at the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jas. Bunker.
George, the four-year-old son of
Charles Kettee, died Monday morning.
He was apparently as we'll as usual
Saturday, and was on the street pull
ing his little wagon around laughing
and enjoying himself as usual. He
was bright little fellow, and his sud-
den death is severe blow to the be-
reaved parents, who are called upon to
part with two children within few
short weeks. Edna, their 1O-year-
daughter, died May 10th of diphtheria.
The bereaved family have our sym
pathy in their trouble. -Matamoras
Mail
Big bargains in gents shirts,
socks, suspenders and underwear at
Bee Hiye.
There was a rumor afioat last
| night to the effect that DIR. John w.
| Simpson had resigned the Presidency
of Marietta College and that his resig-
nation had been accepted.
Next Tuesday about 25 fully uni
| formed members of Marietta Com
mandery, Knights of St George, will
leave for Dayton, o., to attend the
National Convention of the Roman
Catholic Union, Knights of st. George
The convention will occupy four days
and 5000 Knights are expected to be
present. Father Woesman will ac-
company the Marietta party as dele
gate from the local Commandery.
Tuesday morning Henry Sheets
was found dead in bed at the St James
hotel by Clerk Sam Gardper He was
lying on his back across the bed when
discovered and had evidently been in
the act of dressing himself when death
overlook him. The body was removed
to Fuller's undertaking esta blishment
where it was prepared for shipment to
the home of his daughter, Kate Sheets,
at Lower Newport. Mr.. Sheets was
80 years of age and his death was due
to natural causes. He had been living
at the st. James for several weeks and
was quite feeble. His son, S. Sheets
of Salama is here to look after the re
mains. The funeral will occur at Ne w.
port Sunday.
Big bargains in ladies' shirtwaists
silk. mitts and millinery goods Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday at Bee Hive
The wedding OF Mr.. George Var
Dusen and Mrs. Emma Wolfram oc
Cured Wednesday evening at the Con
gregational parsonage, Rev. C. E
Dickinson officiating. The marriage
was in the nature of surprise to the
friends of Mr. and Mrs. VanDusen, bu
all are profuse in their congratulations
The second game between the Ma
rietta and Nelsonville teams Thurs
day was an improvement over that o
Wednesday, resulting in a score of II
to in favor of Marietta. The battery
for Marietta was Gerhart and Barr
The feature of the game was tn,
heavy hitting of McCammon and Nc
Callister,
-Lum Rowland was fined SO ant
costs Thursday for drunkenness.
The stockholders of the new Mari
eta Electric Company met Thursda.
and chose the following officers: j.
Simpson, N. Moore, E. Coste, A. L
Gracey, E. w. Cline. John Kaiser,
S. II. Torner, w. H. H. Jett and d. 7
McAvoy. The officers elected were
A. L. Gracey, President; N. Moore
Vice President; H. N. Dyar, Auditor
]. S. H. Torner, Secretary, and HI. Z
Smith, Treasurer.
-Speciale sale of towels, toweling
table-cloth goods, hosiery, gloves ant
silk mitts, Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday at Bee HIVE.