Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-14

TUESDAY. April IA. 1926
PERSONAL AND LOCAL.

Will S. Beckwith. freight brake
man on the Ohio River railroad. met
with bad accident Sunday night
while coupling cars at Millwood. His
right arm was caught between the
dead heads, frightfully MASKING it and
tearing the flesh from 1t as we'll as
fracturing one of the smaller bones.
Beckwith will have an enforced vaca-
ton of several weeks as result of his
injuries.
The infant child of Charles Row
land Front street, died Monday.
Walter Scott, of the G. & NJ. Ry., is
visiting friends at Corning.
There will be whole train load
land the train will be longer than
usual go up to Marietta from this city
tomorrow evening. The occasion of
this excursion is that stirring Irish
melodrama, Shamrock and Rose, which
will be presented at the Marietta audi
torium by the Hibernian Dramatic
Club. Between 400 and 500 tickets
have been sold in this city and several
hundred more in Marietta. .-Parkers-
burg Journal.
| Mrs. Rufus Geyer, who has been
seriously i'll for several weeks. is i'm
proving slowly, much to the gratifica-
tion of her many friends.
Died, Sunday night, April, 18th, at
his home near Dye postoffice. Freder.
ick Bloomingdale, aged 70 years. He
was victim of dropsy of the heart.
Attorney W. G. Way left Monday
on business trip to Logan.
IS. NJ. McMillin left over the c. &
M. Monday for his home at Springfield.
Miss Mary Oldham, of Marietta,
stopped short time in this city today
on her way home from Washington
Parkersburg Sentinel.
Charles r. Babcock, of st. Louis
has been in the city several days.
The College bgse ball team will be-
gin steady practice this week.
Walter Geren, of Columbus, son o1
Irenus Geren, is in the city. Mr.
Geren has of late been doing news
paper work in Columbus.
DIR. j. P, Wiley, of this city, or
Saturday last removed tumor from {
horse belonging to Charles Lewis. O.
Yankeeburg. The tumor was of {
fbrous nature, and weighed nearly p.
| hn olv
successful.
Judge Sibley is holding court u
Woodsfield, Monroe county, this week
Hon. and Mrs. A. w. Glazier, o
Belpre, were in the city Monday.
&C. c. Martin, W. w. VanWinkl
and w. N. Chancellor, leading busines
men of Parkersburg, were in the cit.
Monday.
According to a special dispatch il
the Enquirer 80 Marietta people hav
been subpenaed to appear before tn
pure food investigating committee
Born, to Mr., and Mrs. Louis Zol
lar, Montgomery street, April 18th,
daughter.
Mrs. George Rice, Third street, i
improving nicely.
Mr.. James M. Hughes Superin
tendent of the new Boiler Works, ar
rived from Butler, Pa, Monday. Sine
Mr.. Hughes last visit here the materia
to be used in the construction of tn
plant has been changed from wood tt
iron and the buildings will therefore
be even more costly than at first con
: templated. The structural iron worl
will be made by the Penn Bridge Com
1 pany, the Boiler Works Company erect
i ing the foundation themselves. WorI
t on the plant will begin in a few days
/. 1t is stated that the contract for tn
wooden main building was repudiate
4 by the Butler man to whom it wa
n awarded on account of the figures be
ing too low. When this occurred tn
company decided to use iron for tn
buildings.
Mr.. James Creelman left New Yor
city Monday for Hayana in the capat
!. ity of special war correspondent fo
the New York World. Mrs. Creelma
: will return home from New York thi
week and may join her husband i
Cuba.
Earnest Bros, of this city are NAL
ing arrangements to open up in Wi
, Jamestown a plant for the manufae
ture of all kinds of wood work used i
the oil business
The transfer of the site for tn
proposed new dry dock up the Muskin
gum was effected Monday, the dee
being made to Captain Heatheringtor
of Bellaire.
Mr.. A. w. Crawford. OF Coal Rul
a whose illness of gangrene which a
tackled his great toe has been frequen
ly mentioned in the Leader, died Sur
day night. He was about so years {
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