Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-12
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2 Personal and Local. :


fast driving. He pleaded guilty before
Mayor Richardson Thursday morning
and was fined $5 and costs
MIR. Doc o'Blenness, of Belpre, who
recently resigned his position on the
Parkersburg State Journal. was in the
city Thursday calling on friends
Frank Kerns, of the city police
force, has surrendered his badge to
Mayor Richardson and rendered his
resignation in view of the fact that he
was charged with conduct unbecoming
an officer, "'
The third quarterly meeting on
Barlow circuit M. g. church will be
held at Barlow May 1S and IA. Ser
vices as follows: Quarterly conference
Saturday at p. m, preaching by pre-
siding elder, Rev. r. f. Bishop, at 1880
p. m. Sunday mornlng-Love feast at
$3.50, sermon 1O:SO, followed by the adj
ministration of the Lords supper A
cordial Invitation is extended to all.
of Mr.hand Mrs. Charles Cochran, of
Dunham, Saturday evening, May 20.
Proceeds for the benefit of Pleasant
View U. b. church. Everybody invlt-
ed. ~
The Ladies' Aid of the First NJ. e.
church willmeet this Friday afternoon
at 2oclock, when a review of the work
of the past six months will be made.
All members are urged to attend.
-Edward Wendelken, the stone-
cutter asks the Leader to say that it
was not he who got into trouble a few
nights since, but another young man
of the same name.
Owing to a slight misunderstand-
ing by telephone we announced the
meeting of the West Side library read
ing rooms for Thursday evening. The
meeting will be held this, Friday, eve
ming.
The train due to arrive here in the
morning from Parkersburg was delay
ed by a side rod breaking on engine 90
just before the train reached Briggs
station. The engine was taken back to
Belpre and another engine brought the
train through. Engine 92 is now run
ming on the branch while the crippled
engine is at the shops being repaired.
The Mallory brothers, of St. Marys
w. Va, who are successful oil opera
tors, are Also quite successful shots,
as is evidenced by their scores shown
in the report of the shoot which they
attended here yesterday.
Miss Flora Richardson, of Mata-
moras. called on Friends in the city
Thursday.
The first shipment of homegrown
strawberries was made from this point
by William Kester 6 Co. Thursday
morning.
Harley Davis, who has been at
tending the CGmrsereal College, com
pldted his work and left Wednesday
evening for his home at Caldwell.
Mr.. Charles H. Newton has return
ed from trip to Cincinnati and Toledo
He was attending a nesting of the
Loyal Legion at Cincinnati and after
ward visited his son, DR.. William New
ton, in Toledo.
Mrs. Ella Reynolds, widow of DR.,
N. NJ Reynolds, of Bartlett, was in the
city Thursday on business incident to
settling her late husbands estate.
The steamer Duffey will this af-
ternoon take the High School Cadets
to Eureka Buckeye Park, where they
and their friends will enjoy picnic
and general good time. The boat will
bring them home in the evening.
The Royal Glass Plant will give
their employees a picnic at Eureka
Buckeye Park ON Decoration Day. The
steamer Duffey will have charge of the
transportation and it is thought that
there will be very large crowd attend
this, their first annual gathering since
the establishment of the plant here
The knights of the Maccabee are
making arrangements to hold picnic
at South Olive ON May SOth, Decoration
Day
Mrs. John Stevenson, an aged lady
living east of town, had the very bad
misfortune to fall Wednesday and sus-
tanned a disloeated 'hipg' The injury
will no doubt be a serious one with her
on account of her age u.aua
--Attorney C. c. Caldwell, of Park
ersburg, was in the city,lThursday at
tending to the affairs of his clients in
the case of the Mountain State Manu-
featuring Co receiver which was be-
ing tried Thursday afternoon at Will
Jamestown.
Mr.. T. ]. Taylor. of Sts'Marys, w.
Va, was in the city Thursday calling
on friends.