Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-08-25
MARIETTA DAILY LEADER
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PERSONAL sSb LOCAL.

erson will arrive home today from At
lantic City, after an outing of pretty
nearly two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. james Bird will leave
today for Waterford, where they will
be the guests of Mr.. and Mrs s. r.
VanMetre and Miss VanMetre for sew
eral days.
Miss Agnes Cadwallader will leave
on Thursday of this week for Chicago,
where she will visit friends for several
weeks.
THE Cecilia Club will meet on
Thursday evening of this week with
Miss Elizabeth Putnam, Fifth street
Mrs. Carrie Greenway left vester-
day for Cleveland, to be gone day or
two.
Mrs. Phebe Sibley, mother of Judge
Sibley, who suffered a relapse several
weeks ago, and who with an exhibi-
tion of vitality that was remarkable
almost recovered from the relapse,
grew worse again Sunday, and it is
thought that she cannot recover. Mrs.
Sibley is 81 years of age, and she has
been bed-ridden for the past two years,
the result of paralytic stroke.
On Monday of next week. Mr.. B. f.
Breckenridge will open in the Odd Eel
lows Building, West Side, sewing
room, and will make a specially of
dressmaking and family sewing. Pat
ronage solicited, and satisfaction
guaranteed.
An ice cream social will be given
this Tuesday evening, August 25th, at
the Harmar Congregational church.
All are cordially invited to attend.
The Universalist social of Fairfield
will meet with Mrs. George Hilderband
Sept. 9Th, afternoon and evening, Ice
cream in the evening.
Master George Mason, of Stafford,
is the guest of his uncle, City Engineer
w. p Mason.
The management of the Marietta
team were informed by Manager Mar
Gus, of Parkersburg, Monday evening
that unless he could arrange series
of games with the Mariettas next week
he would disband his team, as their
business has fallen off since the al
legged championship" games until it is
no longer profitable. The manage.
ment of the Mariettas were unable to
give them the dates, as they are al
ready taken, and it would not be good
business to cancel them.
The steamer Kanawha, Captain
Bays new boot, took her initial trip
last evening, going up to Devol's Dam
and back. The boats electric lights
made her almost dazzle as she steamed
up the river. With the exception ot
her tiller rope she is ready to enter hei
trade
The Cambridge base ball team will
open three days series with Marietta
at the ball park this afternoon.
"A colored man named Fred White
field died Sunday at his home near
Barlow.
Born, Saturday, August 22d to Mr.
and Mrs Dudley Ferguson, son.
Mrs George Wheatley left Monday
for Cleveland, where she will visit
friends for two weeks
Prof. M. R. Andrews will lecture
before the students of the Normal In
stitute at the High School building
this evening. He will give an interest
ing account of his recent visit in Ten
nessee.
| Both union and non-union men are
invited to the Court House at 1880 thil
evening to hear the address of Secons
Vice Grandmaster Dodge, of th'
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.
w. l. Bower was at Belpre Monda,
on business.
Miss Bernice Stevenson. of Bever
ly, is visiting friends in the ciey.
From the Kansas City Times of re
cent date we take the following con
cerning former Washington count,
boy: The appointment of First Lieu
tenant Carroll A. Devol, Twenty fiftl
infantry, to be assistant quartermaste
with the rank of captain, will NEE
with general approval throughout tn
service. He is regarded as a very et
ficient officer, and will bring to the de
partment that thorough training so es
sential to the performance of duties il
quartermaster's department Captain
Devol is the son of General Devol, o
Kansas City, who was internal revenu
collector of the Kansas City distric
under President Harrison, and is also
prominent member of the militar,
order of the Loyal Legion OF tn
United States. Captain Devol was ar
pointed to the army in 1879, and ad
yanced to the grade of first lieutenan
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