Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-16
MARIETTA DAILY LEADER
THURSDAY. APRlL rs. lsee
PERSONAL AND LOCAL.

Mrs. George Ferguson, of Newport,
is in the city, the guest of her cousin,
Joseph O'Neal.
Mrs. Louisa A. Ferguson, of New
port, is visiting the family of her
brother, Capt j. b. Haight.
Mrs. Stone, who has been the
guest of Prof and Mrs. Biscoe, left
Wednesday for Toledo. "a
"A large number of Marietta busi-
ness men have received subpoenas to
appear before the Senate Investigating
Committee to give testimony in the in
vestigation of prosecutions under the
pure food law now going on. They
will leave Friday, and some interesting
developments are predicted. sS fc
--Parkersburg wheelmen have or
ganized bicycle club differed as fol-
lows: Edward Nelly, President; f. P.
Meats, Vice President and Secretary,
and Sidney Thanhauser, Treasurer.
Miss Ann Hobby. on aged maiden
lady, who made her home with R. Gar
rettson, suffered stroke of paralysis
about week ago which resulted in
her death yesterday evening about 5
o'clock. The remains will be taken to
Marietta Thursday on the noon train,
for interment, and the burial will be at
Lynch church, about three miles from
the city on Duck creek, at 2 p. m. She
was II years of age, and daughter OF
Squire Hobby one of the pioneers OF
Ohio -Parkersbu Sentinel.
E. w. Page, of the G. & M, was in
the city on business yesterday.
Arthur Wagner graduated from the
Cincinnati College of Pharmacy Wed.
nesday evening. His mother, Mrs. O.
c. Wagner, was in Cincinnati to wit
ness the graduating exercises.
DIR. and Mrs Jacob Bohl left
Wednesday evening for New York
City, where the Doctor will take a fou,
weeks post graduate course in medi
cine.
-Messrs. R. w. Vaughn and Co. ant
Chas. Blume,put up nice new awning
day or two ago, which adds greatly
to the looks of Putnam street.
Otto Weis came back Wednesday
from GAINESVILLE, after visit of so day
to one of the busiest portions of tina
thriving city.
-Chas. H. Nixon has purchased
through J. A. Plumer & Son hous'
and lot on Fourth street, above Wash
ington. belonging to the Martha Col
Vile estate. Consideration $4,000.
! New telephones were put in Wed
nesday in Schramm's Bakery ant
Peter Mack's fruit store, Nos. $50 AM
1s1 respectively.
An alarm from box Al called tn
fire department to the residence O
Theobald Brown on upper Secon
street Wednesday about ~ o'clock. !
flying spark from pile of burning
rubbish set fire to the roof. Th
blaze was easily eStinguished, tn
damage being slight.
Mrs. B. E. Guyton returned Wed
nesday evening from McConnelsville
= Mhere she had been since Monday Wis
ing relatives.
ID. X. Miller, the glass blowe
taken off the Liberty Saturday night
since which time he has been take
care of by the city, left for his home a
Muncie, Ind, Wednesday in charge c
Mr.. Sullivan, of that city.
In Squire Guyton's court Wednei
day Willis Miller, who lives nea
March Run Hill, was arraigned on con
plant made by Viola Miller, chargin
! him with firing gun within gunshc
l of an occupied dwelling. Miller pleat
I ed guilty and was fined s5 and cost
+. whereupon he Immediately made con
plant against Viola for attempting
d provoke breach of the peace by cal
n ing him vile names The lady entere
a plea of guilty also, was fined
and costs, and everybody was happy.
Tom Norton, of Sistersville,
, former resident of Marietta, is in I'll
city visiting old friends.
Martin Wendelken arrived Wedne
day night from Colorado Springs.
j. w. Dysle & Co., 1913 Front stree
are advertising for $4,000 people to tt
their II ice, cold soda water from tt
latest improved fountain.
Capt. George Lauer, of Low
\ Salem, the newly elected member fro
j Washington county to the Congress
ional Committee, was in the city We
nesday.
AT times yesterday the dust {
the paved streets in the business pc
q ton of the city was almost suffocatin
Complaints from business men al
pedestrians were long and loud.
2 Geo. b. Sunderland sold the judi
Leeper property on Charles street