The Journal-Republican from Wilmington, Ohio • 1

WILMINGTON OHIO WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5 1904 NUMBER 29 'O PUBLISHED ETXRY TUESDAY Corier sf Kain anl Mulberry Streets cojrnxueD ox bioktbjpaou THE JOURNAL Sntersd sttks Poit offleolB WllningtsA OM at Moond elM manat is Gospel New harness adonis the team of bays and the entire outfit is both unique and at tractive new acquisition is the result of the untiring efforts of Rev Hall assisted by contributions of gen erous friends to bis cause Quite a number from Blanchester and vicinity were called to Wilming ton last Tuesday as witnesses in the divorce and alimony case of Mary Marshall against Marshall The case has attracted much attention in the community on account of the fam ily and some attending features The plaintiff was before marriage Miss Mary Quinby daughter of an old family of Clermont County and a sis ter to Miss Anna Quinby who has attained some local notoriety as a tem perance worker and active member of the The defendant Thomas Marshall is known as a most sober industrious and honorable citi zen of West ood ville The domestic trouble between these parties has ex isted some time resulting in Court ac tion and public notoriety The hus band went so far at one time as to have an inquest of lunacy held on the wifq in Probate Court at Wilmington she being for a time held in the county jail and later discharged She tljen succeeded in obtaining a temporary de cree of alimony against the husband who has been required to pay same for some months past Monday the trou ble was given a genuine airing in the Court at Wilmington before Judge Clark of Lebanon who has not as yet rendered a decision It was indeed an affecting scene to see and hear the six children in Court as witnesses rang ing in ages from nine to twenty one years of age all seemingly arrayed against the mother The history of a once happy home now wrecked from domestic strifes and struggles was given to a crowd of eager listeners Nothing equal has been heard in the Court room for yean It was quite evident that the Judge was seriously moved and took the case under ad Republican here Monday evening from San Anto nio Texas with the body of their lit tle daughter who died there suddenly Mrs Charles Allen fell with a step ladder at the home of her mother last Wednesday and was seriously injured The body of Martin Harris a bache lor brother of Harris arrived Wednesday from Montana The fune ral was held Thursday and burial in Sabina cemetery The fact that the corn is blown down so badly this season makes it very dif ficult to harvest it with machinery but at the same time it is difficult to cut it by hand so the machine is not entirely cut out Corn is down the worst ever but may be the price will stay up Wednesday afternoon at the home of the bride Thomas Groves County Surveyor of ayette County was join ed in marriage with Miss Adna daugh ter of Caleb erguson residing north of Record WESTBORO Jesse Garner and wife visited in the city a fewdays last week Miss Lulu McKibben of Wilming ton spent Sunday with Miss Moon John Henry of Indiana is visiting friends and relatives here Summerfield Thornhill of College Hill visited his mother riday Mrs Ernest Bright has returned from a visit to her parents at Denver Mrs Weyler and son spent a few days last week with her mother at Goshen Mrs Deck Mrs Johnston and Mrs Wood of this place Mrs Leeka there will be no difficulty in securing the strip of land required As soon as the nght of way is cleared up in the territory now being visited a Wil mington committee in connection with Mr ay will begin work at that end It is hoped that no undue delay will be experienced as the building of the road is said to depend absolutely upon the securing of the right of way promptly and without unreasonable restriction Parents whose children attend the Snow Hill school are a great deal ag itated on account of an epidemic of throat trouble accompanied by serious complications that appear to be due to the drinking water from the well ad jacent to the school building It ap pears that this is a drive well and that there is some sort of a white substance in the water which Boats npon the sur face It is thought that this foreign ingredient is responsible for the sick ness as only those who have been drinking the water are affected The sore throat which appears to be the most serious symptom is attended by a breaking out of the lips and in some instances followed by severe headache and high fever A number of children are out of school at the present time on this BEECH GROVE Charley Ames is seriously sick with typhoid fever George Crouse and family of near Wilmington spent Sunday with John Urton and family Mrs Emma Moore is in the hospital in Columbus operated on for a tumor Sho is improving as well as could be expected George Jenks wife and daughter returned Saturday Albert Hanna and wife of Martins ville were Sunday guests of the lat parents George Iryin is helping in restaurant in Wilmington Mrs Wallace and daughter in law Edna and baby Kathleen spent Sunday with husband Everett Wallace who is attending a school in Columbus Elton Bentley and family were Sun day visitors to Mrs brother Ed Pagett near Dover Miss Lizzie Osborn is spending this week at Peter near Gurney ville John Crites and children spent Sun day in Cincinnati Mrs Lucinda Winfield and daughter May of Clarksville were guests at William last week They also visited other relatives Mrs Pete Os born and Mrs Birmingham Misses Hermie and Linnie Bentley Rowena and Mary Berlin Pearl Wild man and brother Willard ay Osborn and Harry Clark and sisters and Char ley Thatcher attended a surprise on Everett Hadley in the Springfield neighborhood riday night The reorganizing committee of the Christian Endeavor made the follow ing report: President Jesse Crites Vice President Harry Clark Secreta ry Nellie Osborn Assistant Corolla Clark Corresponding Secretary Alice Wallace Treasurer Charles Urton SABINA Chaney and family spent last week in New Vienna and while there Mr Chaney rented a farm and will re move to it at once He has been em ployed for the past several years In Sabina as a harness maker Colfax Haines sold his home place Wednesday to Levi Custis The farm consists of thirty acres and the price paid was $3500 Possession will be given in January when Mr Haines expects to leave for Oklahoma where ie will make his home Dr Lightner returned from his California trip last Thursday and re ports a most pleasant time While there he met several Clinton County people among whom were Verne Moore who has a responsible position in San rancisco also Milt Curtis and Marvin Higgins formerly Sabina people and Minnie Johns and Gene Hadley of Wilmington The doctor was in two wrecks one of which was hair raising Wayne Township has the champion stock grower of Clinton County and one of the best in Ohio we would ven ture in the person of Sampson Grove The past week he delivered to Jacob Needy of Allegheny City 425 head of hogs averaging 225 pounds at a fancy price This is the finest lot of hogs ever placed upon the Sabina market by any one Dr and Mrs Sodden arrived MIDLAND Homer Harper has gone to Chicago to attend medical college Mrs Emma Wickersham and daugh ter Lora Drake were shopping in Blan chester Wednesday Mr and Mrs Martin Kennedy are entertaining friends from Columbus for a few days Mrs Mattie Hodson and father of Westboro spent Monday with Mr and Mrs Lora Hockett A Jackson and family spent Sun day in Clarksville at their Mrs Walter Moore Walter Wickenham spent Sunday at home Harper was visited by his moth er of the past week Mr and Mrs John Drake entertained their uncle and aunt of Kansas Tues day Born to Mr and Mrs Ed ordyce Monday a son Mrs Rilla Hill is visiting her sister at Middletown for a short time Harley Strider and wife of Cincin nati are with their many friends again CENTER Mr and Mrs Miars had Harry Green and family of Martinsville and Eric Oglesbee and family for their Sunday guests Miss Iva Thompson of Wilmington visited here last week Elijah and Harry Steele of near New Antioch are guests of the ry broth ers Bessie Harvey of Kansas is here among her relatives Maurice Sabin and family spent Sunday with his parents here Walter McMillan and family spent Sunday at Chester guests of his mother 0 Lacy lost a horse last week PANSY Corn is still very green and cutting will be delayed to the middle of this month The Higgins sale was well attended and things sold very reasonably I Statler is improving his Blan chester property The acreage of wheat this year will be below the average Many of our farmers have purchased new corn harvesters All parents should see to it that all children of school age be made to at tend the school Lack of books or of clothes is no excuse for non attend ance The Board of Education will furnish the books and the Township Trustees will furnish the clothes Alfred Van Tress and family of near Kingman rank Lane and family of Wilmington and Ludwell Shank and wife of Union made us a pleasant visit this week Henry Huff and wife spent Sunday with John Murphy and family Sligo Mrs Albert Urton of Union spent a pleasant day with Mrs 8 Statler John Uible and wife of Westboro visited with Shull and family Mrs A Sewell is very poorly Those who have an eye for the beau tiful should study the starry heavens at night Haye you seen John new gos pel wagon? The Pansy Philosopher says are a lot of people around here so full of natural gas that if a spark of intel ligence were to penetrate their crani ums there would be a terrible explo Roy Reeder will attend business college in Cincinnati and Otis Shank the Blanchester school CLARKSVILLE VV ill iamS trout after an illness of many months died at his home riday night The deceased was well and favorably known and was a color bearer in the Seventy ninth Ohio a fitting testimonial to his bravery and patriotism An unusually large num ber was present at the funeral oration delivered by Rev Swigert of Morrow after which a funeral cortege of great length accompanied the 'remains to Union where the interment was made Thursday afternoon Miss rances Greene returned to Philadelphia to follow her chosen pro fession of trained nurse Thursday Joseph Carson purchased the Dollie Stratton farm last week thereby gain ing a desirable acquisition to one of his farms Mrs Emma King and Miss Amy Curl are attending the air Levi and Anna Doty have returned to their home near Batavia after a visit to Nicholas Mart and wife Winfield was the guest of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Winfield last week Miss Mary Miller passed Sunday at home Quite a little party nf pleasure seek ers from here visited the Zoo last Sat urday MesdamesEmma Baugh Min nie Bradfield Nora Hamill Mamie Dare and Clarice Baugh escorted the little ones of their several families Harry Reeder will assist Dan Stout in Lebanon this week Mrs Anna Compton has returned af ter an extended visit to Mr and Mrs Walter Compton at New Haven Conn James Collins of Iowa was in our village last week after an absence of twenty five years He found many changes The Aid Socieiy will meet at the home of Mrs lorence Mounts on October 14 Please remember that thia will be entertaining day and will be in the hands af the best entertain ers Mesdames Mounts Baugh Dare and Clarice Baugh Green and family of Ralph Wis are visiting in this vicinity and will remain for some time Mrs Penquite entertained her cousin Joseph Johnson of Springfield and I Miller and wife and Mrs An na Hale of Wilmington last week Mrs Emsie Gray died at the home of her son Nathan near Waynesville Saturday after a few illness She lived here for many years and aH will recollect her as a kindly and good woman The interment took place in the Clarksville cemetery Monday The ladies of the Maccabees enter tained the 0 of Blanchester at Maccabee Hall Monday night with a three course supper Lady Ida Law rence of Cincinnati representing the Grand Lodge was present and gave a delightful and entertaining lecture Lady Sarah Hale fhrnished the music al part of the entertainment in a most efficient manner The excursion to Cincinnati Sunday drew its usual qnota from our citizens The facilities were better than on the last excursion Miss Maude Thompson will have charge of theEpworth Leaguemeeting Sunday evening October 9 Her top ic will be: "Helping One It is with a feeling of much satisfac tion that our people received the news that Miss Alice Greene won the decis ion in the diamond oratorical contest It wiUcertainly be advisable to watch her in the grand diamond contest for which she will compete Mr and Mrs Bert Jackson of Mid land were visitors at Walter Sunday John Stoneman has purchased the draying outfit of Ray Drake and will henceforth give all his time to the vil lage hauling Mrs I Lehr and little son Isaac are visiting relatives in Cynthiana Ky 0UBA The Ballou Association of Univer salists met at Cuba September 23 to 25 Quite a number of delegates from six of the churches were present The visiting clergy were Revs Ayres of Cincinnati 0 Colgrove Wood stock John and HL Thornton Blanchester and Rev MissVacy Math ew Port William Basket dinner was served to about two hundred and Miss Mathew will preach next Sunday Mrs Susan Graham and Mrs Mant Hayes and sister Mary Clevenger were guests of Mrs Moon and Mrs Jennie Uible Monday Miss Serena Uible of Westboro has been visiting her brother Will Jones jr has gone to Toronto where he is a senior in the veterinary school Mrs Emma Townsend occupied the riends pulpit Sunday Mr and Mrs Kit Carson and chil dren of Columbus are visiting friends and relatives here Mrs George oreman and son Hor ace spent part of last week in Brown County Mr and Mrs Moses Bogan and Cecil were in Cincinnati last week Lily Hughes was the guest of A riday Ireland went to Cincinnati Tuesday where he is a student at the Miami Medical College Mart Conover went to Brown Coun ty Monday where he will visit friends and relatives Miss StellaShannon Brown County spent Sunday with 8 Conover BLANCHESTER Mrs Clarissa Robb widow of Dr Andrew Robb died at the home of her son in law Smith in Blanches ter September 24 aged eighty two years eight months and twenty four days What might have proved a serious accident happened Mrs red Lang fritz Tuesday morning While light ing a fire in the early morning hour she got hold of the gasoline can by mistake and poured some of the fluid in the stove when there followed an explosion and blew things random As it was Mrs bands were burned and her hair singed Martin Hilsheimer the old gentle man whom every one in town knew as the genial railroad crossing watchman died at the Langfritz Hotel on Satur day morning September 24 The de ceased was born at Longeheim just across from Hopenheim Germany June 7 1833 and was past seventy one years of age at the time of his death He served twelve years and eight months in the German army coming to America June 14 1864 He was for a number of years in the employ of the 8 Co at Chillicothe and Madisonville before coming to Blanchester Rev John Hall attended by a number of his congregation appeared on the street the other evening in his new gospel wagon The wagon is in deed a thing of painted in bright colors and so arranged as to comfortably seat a goodly number On either side appearsin large letters "Preach the Gospel and Heal the On the rear end in large letters NEW BURLINGTON Joseph Wakefield and wife of Wil mington spent Sunday with Edward Brown and family Chester Township Sunday school Convention announced for October 2 at Chester Meeting house has been postponed to October 9 Mr and Mrs Howard Corr returned last week from their wedding trip to the air The band serenad ed them on their return Several from here are in attendance on Indiana Yearly Meeting at Rich mond this week Mrs rahk Collett received the sad intelligence riday of the sudden death of her brother Horace erguson of Xenia but he died at London where he had gone on business Miss lora Harlan spent Saturday with relatives in Dayton Misses Jefinie and Lizzie Reeves vis ited their friend Mrs Ella Alexander in Dayton Saturday Mrs Chenoweth of Xenia visited last week with her two sons John and Wilson and families Miss Emma Mann had a sale Satur day and will make her home with her sister Mrs Albert Hackney a few miles east of here Mrs Josiah McPherson of Highland County is visiting relatives here NEW VIENNA Hugh Terrell who was so severely injured two weeks ago by a corn bind er is improving nicely Dr Trimble left for Columbus Tues day morning where he will attend the State Conference of Chantiesand Cor rections as a delegate from the Clinton County Home He will read a paper this Thursday morning on "How to Instil Principles of Self support in Dependent Arrangements have been completed for another series of ball games with the Wilmington team New Vienna went to Wilmington for the first game riday On Saturday October 8 Wil mington will come to New Vienna for a 'return game The third game will probably be played on the New An tioch grounds These will be the last games for this season The work of securing right of way for the Wilmington Hillsboro traction line has been prosecuted vigorously and with gratifying results during the past week Already a number of large land owners on the line of the Wil mington and New Vienna pike have signed' options granting the desired right of way Nearly every interested property owner north for a distance of seven miles has been seen regarding the matter With very few exceptions MARTINSVILLE Miss Axline of Cincinnati is a guest of Madison Betts and family Mrs Peelle is very sick Dr A Hammer and sister Mrs Drake of Westboro were guests at A Tuesday There are still a few cases of scarlet fever here Henry house was quarantined one day this week Two of his children are suffering with the disease Mrs Laura West spent last week in with her daughter John West is having his house re painted Ben Williamson doing it Mr and Mrs West Mr and Mrs Albert Hanna and Jennie Moon were guests of friendsin CubaSunday Miss Stella Roberts of Dayton is a guest of her cousins Misses Bertha and Sada isher James Jay made a trip to New Bur lington Monday Dr Garner made a business trip to Wilmington JVednesday Moody Miller is low with typhoid fever The clover trailers arei at work and the seed is better both in quality and quantity than was expected Mrs Henshaw of Adams County has been the guest of her sister Mrs Carrie Cleland recently The two lower rooms in school will commence next week provided there are no more new cases of scarlet fever The two higher rooms opened two weeks ago A sou of Chris Savage who has been in Indiana has returned home with a disabled limb Miss Roberts and the Misses isher spent riday near Lynchburg guests of Mrs Owen West Mr and Mrs Blanchard of Colum bus and Miss Mary Hayes of Wash ington were guests of Wyatt Moon and wife Sunday Mrs lorence Turner is very low with cancer A specialist from Cin cinnati was called but he did not give her family much hope Her daughter Mrs Shafer of New York is with her Mrs Carrie Cleland and Miss Lizzie West went to Hillsboro last week to visit relatives A social and donation party was giv en the new Methodist minister and his family one evening last week Miss Edna Moon is the happy recipi ent of a new piano shipped from Co lumbus Thursday last On riday evening her friends came in about twenty in all who were royally enter tained with Will Hockett at the piano and George Turner of Springfield with the violin The company ex pressed themselves asbeing highly en tertained Miss Mattie Moon has gone to Co lumbus to be the guest of her cousin Mrs Hockett for the next ten days TERMS In advance 1 50 At the end of the year S3 and daughter Delilah of Blanchester and Jehu Miller of Indiana were en tertained by Mr and Mrs Uible Tues day last Several from here attended the re ci tel of Miss pupils at Blani Chester Saturday night Mrs John Simcox isveryill with small hopes of recovery Abe Groves received news Wednes day of the death of his brother in law Mr Smith of Bentley Ind Harley Johnson was much surprised Suhday by about seventy of his friends it being his thirtieth birthday OAKLAND A number from here attended the i twentieth anniversary of the marriage of Quincy and Ette Edwards Carroll at their home near Harveysburg on Tuesday Sixty five guests were pres ent and partook of a bounteona din ner The china presents were many and beautiful and all enjoyed a pleas ant day Joseph Underwood who met with such a serious accident by having a foot taken off is slowly improving Milton Hadley and wife were guestsof Parker Hadley riday last Mrs LVenard left here last Sat urday for St Louis for an indefinite time Lon Bailey of Oakland' went to Dayton last Saturday to spend a few days with his brother Bert and other relatives 'Craig of New Burlington spent Sunday with his brother Rev 8 Craig of Oakland Mr and Mrs John Hale and Mrs Maltha Ham of Wilmington spent Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Harlan Mrs A Bailey and daughter Veda are the guests of her aunt Mrs Harry McKay since Saturday BLOOMINGTON The infant child of Mr and Mrs George Briggs has been quite sick for several days Mrs John Wicalwho has been quite sick for some time with the fever is convalescing Miss Gertrude Clark of Xenia is the guest of relatives and friends here Mrs Minnie Carpenter of Ogden has been the guest of relatives here for several days Joe Kellison returned home from Muncie Ind last Tuesday after spend ing several weeks at that place Mrs Telfair entertained a La Aid Society last Thursday after noon at her beautiful country home "The Shellbark Lunch was served at 1 to about sixty guests The afternoon was enjoyed by all present John Creeden of Union City is vis iting bis son Creeden at this place A surprise was given at the home of Mr and Mrs 8 Kellison riday night in honor of their son Joe Quite a number were present and all went home pleased with the en oyment Owen Mooney lost a fine work horse by death last week caused by eating too much clover Mrs Margaret Riley of Springfield is visiting relatives and friends here NEW ANTIOCH Pond and wife celebrated their silver wedding Saturday thirty six of their relatives and friends being pres ent Several nice presents were re ceived i William Cashman and wife Thomas Bloom and wife visited with relatives at Reesville Sunday Minerva Vandervort is visiting with her children in this place lorence Hadley of Sligo is visiting with Vandervort and family Miss Julia Reenan of Cincinnati is visiting her aunt Etta isher Mrs Olive Glass and Mrs Lay mon of Dayton and Pond and wife of Jeffersonville attended the silver wedding of Ward Edward Taylor andVife of Xenia are spending a few days with relatives and friends The children of Mr and Mrs Wil liam Jones with their families spent Sunday at their home it being Mrs Jones sixty fourth birthday Mrs Kate Kelsey and daughter and Almeda Barrett of Wilmington visit ed here Mrs Alice Todhunter Ruth and Marguerite spent Saturday and Sun day in ayette County Lucy Custis and children visited her mother Mrs McKenzie Sunday Miss Edna Pond spent Sunday with the Reynold sisters Vandervort and wife have re moved to the home and Dennis Brewer to the house va cated by them Vada Pond visited with her sister Mrs Edwin Thatcher riday We are sorry to hear that Mrs Craw ford is very poorly at the home of her daughter Emma Lacy The ladies met at the home of Mrs Pierce Stotler Thursday afternoon Leona Durham and Mollie Lieuellen spent Wednesday with Mrs arabee and daughter Mrs Lawrence Huffman and chil dren of Wilmington visited here last Tuesday Dr McKenzie and wife of Oak land visited here Thursday PORT WILLIAM Miss Mary Dakin who has been spending the summer here left for her home in Oklahoma Tuesday Mrs Anna Johnson was called to Cincinnati last week on account of the serious illness of her mother rank Curry and family of Indiana spent Saturday and Sunday at the Starbuck home George Carter and wife of Grassy Run were guests of Howell aud wife Thursday The meeting at Hunnicutt school house riday night was well attended from here Hart of Wilmington is spend ing a few days with relatives here Mr Hizey and family of London were guests of red Gordin and wife part of last week Howell left last Thursday for a stay at the 3t Louis Exposi tion and then he will goto Texas for the winter Miss Maggie Ellis returned from Lake Winona last week Miss Nellie Ireland of Xenia was a guest of Miss Osa Ellis last week Mrs Melissa Strickle Mrs Ella Hol loway and daughter Grace spent the past week visiting in Dayton Mrs Mary and Mrs Sue Conklin left Saturday for Richmond Ind to visit the son and wife Ellis is quite sick at present Wilmington ifty Years Ago rom isher paper of October 6 1854: Daily Mail AI last at we are accommodated with a daily mail by railway after having petitioned and petitioned and prayed and prayed until petition and prayers seemed to be utterly unavailing and everybody concerned was absolutely discouraged How the Post office Department so opened its heart will remain a mystery till the final day But no matter how the boon is granted and we shall not puzzle ourselves to go behind the act to ascertain the motives which prompt ed it Mr Campbell and his Depart me nt will now be as popular with the people along the line of the Railroad as they have heretofore been odious The rattling wagons and wheezing horses which have heretofore brought us our mail matter at irregu lar periods will be forgotten and we shall feel we are not al together forsak en by all the world and the rest of mankind The mortification of wait ing a half a week to get a letter start ed to Cincinnati and then waiting a whole week for a reply was enough to try the patience of a community of Jobs and we will soon begin to won der under the new arrangement how we endured it at all The mail now goes down in the morning and comes 4 up in the evening and it will be prac ticable to get replies to business com munications the same day they are sent Mr Jones of Circleville is mail agent on the cars Nkw We are glad to' learn that this valuable improvement to our town will be completed in a few weeks This mill is constructed in the best style and in its machinery and ar rangementa it will combine all the modern improvements The engine works and requisite gearing are being Buckley Miars A very pretty wedding took place at the home of Mr and Mrs Will Miars Wednesday evening September 28 The occasion was the marriage of the only daughter Bessie to Howard son of Mr and Mrs George Buckley of Kingman The decorations green and white were prettily carried out throughout the house The guests assembled in the yard of the cozy home and promptly at 5 to the strains of the wedding march played by Mrs Susie Moryand Miss Edith Sliker the young people stepped to the vine covered porch where a few impressive words by Rev Pretlow made them man and wife The pretty bride wore a dainty dress of white with roses in her dark hair Immediately after the ceremony all were invited to the dining rooms where an elegant three course supper was served after which the happy couple received the congratulations of their friends and a pleasant social evening was enjoyed by all Many beautiful and useful presents were received The young couple left the same even ing for a few visit at the air and on their return will make their home for the present with the parents LUMBERTON Calvin Linkhart is some better at this writing Mrs Minnie Near of Austin is the guest of relatives here Miss Lillian Pidgeon of Dover was the guest of Miss Mary Conklin Satur day and Sunday Miss Smith was the guest of her parents at Martinsville Saturday and Sunday Mr and Mrs 0 Hansell were the guests of Dakin and family near JKenia last week The Modern Woodmen of this place will give a sock shower Tuesday even ing in honor of Roy McKay whose marriage to Miss Dora Painter occurs Wednesday evening Miss Lucia Hunt of Columbus is auest of her grandparents Dr and Ire Smith Miss Catherine Haley of Wilming ton is the guest of relatives here ilmiiijitun 3hnitnil Sr 1 jrr Sw 1 ft A f' A 1 A 'V fZ 5 1 'ii 1 a iiii.