Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-06-08
MARIETTA DAILY LEADER
MONDAY, JUNE 8. 1899
PERSONAL AND LOCAL.

city, got small well on the Carroll
farm at Cairo.
George w. Henry, president oi :he
Henry Oil Co., has been in the city for
several days pending the drilling in of
their wildcat we'll in Cottageville,
Jackson county. 1t is rumored also
that Mr.. Henry is concerned in the
negotiations of number of big oil
deals.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Dawes, of chic
ago, and Mrs. Beach, of Columbus, are
in the city to attend the Beach Da ives
wedding.
R. w. Richardson, of the Times
spent Sunnay with relatives at Wade.
Mrs. Henry Booth of Toledo, is in
the city, the guest of relatives.
AT the BRIDES home on Fourth
street, at one o'clock this afternoon,
will occur the wedding OF Arthur G.
Beach and Miss Mary Frances Dawes.
The ceremony will be performed by
Rev. w. e. Roe, of the Pres sbyterian
church, in the presence of the contract
ing parties only. The young couple
will leave Immediately for New York.
where they will take passage for
Germany, Mr.. Beach having elected to
pursue his studies in that country for
the next year. The bride is the talent
ed and accomplished daughter of cen.
eral R. R. Dawes and the groom son
of Prof. D. E. Beach. They are ex-
ceedingly popular among their az
quaintances and will carry with them
the hearty congratulations and best
wishes of all.
Major Hawkins is drilling in % well
on the Margregor farm al Cairo that
looks well for producer Half way
into the sand it made fine showing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Drum are Wis.
iting friends in Pittsburg.
Mrs. w. H. Cole was called 20
Huntington Saturday by the danger
GUS illness of her son Charles.
Seats for the High School COM
mencement will be on sale at the Mari.
eta Book Store today at the uniform
price of Is cents.
Iva Smith was brought down from
Columbus Saturday and placed in the
county Jail here to serve out sentence
OF 30 days Imprisonment for sending
obscene matter through abe mails.
Mrs. b. E. Guyton spent Saturday
in Parkersburg visiting friends
-Thos. Sugden and daughter cora
left Saturday for Pittsburg.
The zanesville-P Pittsburg packet
Lorena is over day behind her
schedule, having left Rochester at ) p.
m. Sunday evening. She will arrive
here some time this afternoon.
Tom Fletcher was one of setec,
party of two that spent Sunday at Cut
Ter visiting friends.
Mr.. Charles w. Backes died of con-
sumption Saturday evening at his home
on Sixth street. The deceased was ,,
years of age and the son of Peter
Backes. He was unmarried and leaves
a large number of friends to mourn his
untimely death. Funeral Tuesday at
$50 p. M, standard time from the resi-
dence.
-Zeke Bahlman, of the Oil Well
Supply Co., has resumed his work after
being laid up several days by injuries
received from an accidental fall.
-Lockkeeper Henry Savage will be-
gin today the work of cleaning up the
ice harbor lot, which will be put in
presentable shape by the L. = Engi.
neer Department.
Adam Kepler, of Vincent, was run
in for drunkenness Saturday and will
answer before the Mayor this morning.
Mrs. o. ]. Fuller, Mrs. Lizzie A. (
Sayre and Mrs. William Keuch are in
McConnelsville visiting relatives.
Captain James Mehen, city detec.
tive of Parkersburg, was in the city
Sunday on business.
Marietta Commandery No 80, X. |
T., will meet tonight to confer the !
Temple degrees upon two candidates. /
On Thursday evening the Red Cross de-
gree will be conferred upon six candi-
iates.
Arthur Smith, recently returned /
from surveying trip in West Virginia,
was in the city for few hours Sunday. |
Miss Townsend, Of GAINESVILLE, will
arrive in the city today, and will be
the guest of Miss Minnie Leeper over
The new school house at ST. Marys,
W. Va. is progressing finely under the
of j. w. Barkwell ana A.
?. Riggs, building committee. The
structure will be fine one, and is to |.
cost about $4,000
"A West Virginia young man whose
name we have not learned ,vas arrast !