Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-06-06
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MIR. Charles Grass and his driver,
w. E. Champ, we're coming down Har-
mar Hill with the delivery wagon
Monday afternoon, when by some mis-
chance the wagon was upset, throwing
them both out. The driver alighted
on his head, receiving several severe
cuts in the scalp, but no serious lnjur-
les. Mr.. Grass was considerably
bruised up also, but no serious dam
age was done. Some furniture that
they had in the wagon was badly brok-
en-.
DIR. and Mrs. B. F. Hart returned
from ten days visit in Pittsburg on
the Queen City Sunday night.
II Kent Loomis, of Parkersburg
was in the city Monday.
MIR. and Mrs. p. B. Crosby arrived
home Sunday night from Akron.
Mr.. George Gambrill, of Parkers-
burg, spent Sunday in Marietta
There win be an ice cream social
at Mrs. John Bells, of Layman, Satur-
day evening, June II, for the benefit of
the M. e. church All are cordially in
vited to attend.
The Veto Presbyterian social will
meet with Mr. and Mrs. John DARN
Friday afternoon and evening, June
16. ice cream and cake served in the
evening Everybody invited.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs George e.
Conner, in the Mile Run neighborhood,
Sunday evening, girl.
-hon. w. b. McGill is in the city to
meet with the Washington County Mu-
tual Insurance Co. this morning.
Miss Kate Parker is in the city, at
Mercer's, Fifth street
Barlow Lodge, No. 423, X. of p,
will hold memorial services in the G.
A. r. hall Sunday, June IL, at 80 p.
m. Rev. Mr.. Francis, of Beverly, will
deliver the address. A cordial invita-
tion extended to all.
We understand that the blackber-
ry crop this year will be big one, and
raspberries viii do fairly well.
Miss Rowena Buell. goes to Zanes-
vile Thursday to read an original ar
ticle before the Daughters of the Rev
olution.
The four days old infant of Mr.
and Mrs. John Casey, I'll Ninth street
died Monday afternoon, and will he
buried in Oak Grove cemetery this af-
ternOon at o'clock
Born, Sunday, to Mr.. and Mrs
Louis Diehl, son.
Mr.. w. r. Wickens, of Elba, was
in town Monday and showed us a tor
toise of the land variety which he
found on his farm Sunday The crus.
tacean has carved on its lower shell
the letters r. II. M, also the letters
b. F. W., 1872 Mr. Wickens says he
don't know for whom the r. II. NJ
stands, but he is sure the b. f. w.
1872, is for B. F. Wilson. whe used tt
own andr un a saw million the JAIME.
Hall farm, near Mr.. Wickens' place in
1872, and the turtle has evidently beer
lettering around the neighborhood fol
the past 81 years.
The rig is being erected on the
Charles Clause farm on Halfway run
for a well to be drilled by B. C. Slaug.
enhaupt and others of this city.
On account of next Sunday beinl
the day for the Baccalaureate sermon
of the College, the First Congregation
al church held its Children's Day exer
eises last Sunday evening
One day last week on the farm o.
w. r. Wickens, near Macksburg, a Mr.
Miracle and his son, together with 6
neighbor, were repairing a line fence
when they found a snakes head stick
ing from log. They split the log op
en- and found not only one snake, bu
five. Two of them were black snakes
each over five feet in length, and tht
other tAree were copperheads, and large
ones for that variety. The peculiar
thing is the fact that the black snake.
and copperheads would occupy thu
same log. The entire lot was killed.
Mr. C. C. Middleswart was at Cut.
Ter Monday on business.
Mr.. Frank Bailey, who has beer
principal of the Newport schools up tc
the close of the last school year, was
in the city Monday and left for Pough,
keepsie, N. Y, where he will take an
extended course in busines college.
Mr. Frank G. Bestis suffering from
a severe attack of typhoid fever and ii
in the hospital at Wheeling, W. Va.
Mr., q. A. Kuehn and family, o.