The Journal-Republican from Wilmington, Ohio • 1

i 'Cd 'J 'v 1 fC 7 rJI 'J' f'VT 75 7 4ij iK 5 7 ''z 1 1 i (The Itilminiitiiii 3hnttiii! WILMINGTON OHIO WEDNESDAY EBRUARY 8 1905 NUMBER Vi AMERICAN PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY Corner Main and Mulberry Streets Loan and Savings Association! In advance 50 At the end of the rear S3 Condition at the Close of Business December 31 1904 Open an Account and Save Money With Us This Year Send for Booklet of Information Offices 21 to 26 Davies Building Dayton COMPTON Secretary and Attorney COKTIXUKD OS EIGHTH PAfiB turning to work Monday morning Oiner has been with this company al most a year and is well pleased with his work Mias Adine Cornell of Milford ar rived in Sabina last week and will re main with her mother at Dr Lightner's while Mrs Lightneris mak ing a visit with her daughter Mrs Shoemaker at Lincoln Neb She leaves this Thursday Will Gallimore and a Mr Banly of Cincinnati have rented the Upp build ing now occupied as a pool room and on March 1 will open up a bakery Elias Adams the aged father of Mrs Craig died at the home of the latter in Sabina Sunday morning af ter a short illness uneral services were held Tuesday and interment at Highland The deceased was a fre quent visitor to Sabina The frame house on the John Curtis farm south of town was burned to the ground Wednesday morning David Drake the occupant was engaged in rendering lard and it is thought the house took fire from a defective flue There was no insurance on either the house or the household goods and the loss to Mr Drake comes as a hard blow as he lost almost Jesse Henkle and Blanche DeGrot of Springfield were the guests of friends and relatives here the latter part of last week Thorp left the middle of last week to visit the bedside of his uncle George Culberson in Porterville Cal A subscription amounting to $100 in money and considerable goods was raised' in a short time last week for David Drake who lost almost bis en tire outfit of household goods in the burning of his house on the John Cur tis farm Dr Thorp of Marysville a former Sabina boy has enjoyed a tbritty practice in that city A few days since he purchased a business block there containing three business rooms and btingiugan annual rental of Record CUBA Dr George Orebaugh is in Cincin nati for a tew weeks James Berlin and family Belle and Jane Mitchell were the guests of Mr and Mrs Willard Bates Sunday Ireland of Cincinnati is at home for a few visit Uible intends moving to Vi enna the first of ebruary to engage io the poultry business Cuba will be sorry to Ipse Mr and Mrs Uible but wish him much success in his future business The many friends of Miss Lena Cast are glad to learn that her health has improved so that she is able to be out Mrs Moon spent a few days in Blanchester last week Mias Cynthia Jones of Blanchester was the guest of Audria Barret the latter part of last week VOL XXXVII NORTH AIBVIEW A few of our people have got the grip or rather the grip has got them Ollie Early come home from Colum bus sick last Monday Rev II Sanderson of Dayton and A Brown of Reesville were the guests of John Atley and family Wed nesday Clate Hartman and wife have moved from farm to John farm near New Antioch A little daughter of Mr and Mrs David Morton has been very low with lung fever for the past several days but is now convalescing Cliff Peudry met with a terrible ac cident last week While out sawing wood with a crosscut saw in some man ner the teeth of the saw were forced into his leg just below the knee Mr Pendry will be disabled for some time Last Tuesday evening Asa Starbuck and family entertained in aroyal man ner at their beautiful home Mr and Mrs Clate Hartman with an elegant oyster supper The remainder of the evening was spent in playing progres sive enchre A prize was offered for the best player Clate Hartman win ning a beautiful Chinese lamp THE JOURNAL Entered at th Poet offloe tn Wllwtngton Ohio a MoeaA elaaa matter MARTINSVILLE John Rannells lost a good milk cow recently Moving has already commenced Six wagon loads in a string passed a few days ago Some of our sick folks are improving while some are not George Moon who has been so seriously ill with heart trouble for tbe last week died riday morning at 2 urther notice will be given next week There are seven cases of that fearfnl disease cancer in a radius of a few miles of this place and some of them are very low The Order of tbe Eastern Star gave a social last riday night which was highly enjoyed by all who participated in it Charlie Moon has hired the coming year with Amos Lieurance at Morris ville and has moved on his place The young folks had a skating party on Neff pond Monday night which proved to be a very pleasant oc casion Hattie Morris of Morrisville spent a few days last week with her cousin Belle Simmons The riends Quarterly meeting at Leesburg last week was well repre sented from this place Mr and Mrs Kenworthy attended the funeral of the brother last George Thompson who lived a few miles below Cnba and was buried in the old Mt Pleasant grave yard Some enterprising people aremaking an effort to start a canning factory in this place Mrs Pennington Mrs Hilde brant and Miss Sallie Garner of arm ers Station visited at A the first of this week Some changes are being made in realstate in this neighborhood of lte Charlie Howe has purchased Milton property in town Mr Rhodes has bought out Mrs Dudley and she has purchased of Everett Mc Pherson on the State road While tbe team of the Standard Oil Company was standing at the back part of store the horses became frightened at the cars and Started to run They brought up on the porch in front of the store strik ing the posts and knocking off some weather boarding and spilling about sixty gallons of oil Mr and Mrs WilL Turner saw Ben Hur in city Thursday The Society had a lecture in riends Church Monday night Mrs Gaskill is again on the sick list Mr and Mrs Ben Williamson visited his mother at Snow Hill Sunday last Mrs Amos Garner has been success ful in a figure contest given by tbe Hopkins Publishing Co New York in winning a beautiful gold watch It goes without saying that she is very proud of it WM GLOYD JOHN 3 KALL Vice SAMVEL DAVIES treasurer POWDER Absolutely Pupa HAS NO SUBSTITUTE NEW VIENNA Mr and Mrs Wilcutt of Mar ion Ind are guests of Mrs parents Mr and Mrs airfax West Mrs A Lytle a former resident of this place died last Monday at the home of her son Lytle in Bra zil Ind A Gibson preached at Beach Grove last Saturday and Saturday nightand at Clarksville Sunday morn ing Smithson is erecting a new blacksmith shop on the lot he recently purchased in the rear of the Hodson business property Agent Allison is unable to be at his place of duty on account of ill ness His place ts being filled by his brother Will Allison of Chillicothe John Austin was in Chillicothe Mon day night taking tbe examination for the position of telegraph operator He will soon be assigned a charge Mrs Wm and little son Millard left yesterday morning for Pittsburg on a two visit with relatives Miss Arabella Elizabeth Nelson died riday January 27 at the home of Jeff Clark to which placeshe bad gone after being taken ill a few weeks ago She was aged fifty five years seven months and fourteen days Health Officer Dr Matthews ordered four of the lower rooms at tbe New Vi enna school building closed for one weekon account of the scarlet fever epidemic which has prevailed here for several weeks Quite a lot of excite ment was created after the death of little Audrey Wright and it was deem SABINA Omer Dakin who is employed with the Western Union Telegraph Cvis CHESTER Mr and Mrs Morris of Memphis spent several days here last week vis iting their son in law Elbert Kirk Mr and Mrs Alvin Painter and little daughter of Spiceland Ind who have been visiting their uncle and annt Mr and Mrs Lewis have re turned home Prof Dickinson who with his fam ily are visiting with Mrs father has been quite ill this week suffering with grip Miss May Hurst of Columbus visit ed her uncle Smith and family on Thursday and riday On riday quite a disastrous fire broke out in Gurney ville frotn defect ive flues tbe school house caught fire and burned to the ground Io a very few minutes there were about sixty people at tbe scene but the building was too far gone to venture in and several hundred books were burned One of the teachers Miss Moore had about $40 woith burned Mr and Mrs Charles Skimmings visited at New Burlington on Sunday Hon Jesse Oren is in Columbus this week attending a meeting of the State Board of Chanties He was accom panied by Mrs Oren who is visiting Leslie Oren and his teacher Miss Lyon Miss Cleo Kirk entertained friends on Monday evening Mr and Mrs Birch entertained a few youjng people to dinner on Sun day Mrs James is on I last fhfl A Inannh Kirk went to Piqua Monday I to attend the funeral of his cousin Mn Morris School will reopen in the Gurney ville District on Tuesday The pri mary pupils will occupy a room at Enoch and the advanced grade at Thomas The school house will be rebuilt in the spring Miss Alexander was entertained at Mrs Angelina on Saturday and Sunday Mr and Mrs Parker Pennington en tertained friends to supper on riday evening Mr and Mrs VV Kirk and Mar garet Johnson visited at the home of Mr and Mrs Stump on Sunday Lloyd 8 brack and Dennis Pagette of near Port William attended Chester Meeting on Sunday and visited tbe parents WESTBORO VV Hammer made a business trip to Lebanon last week Mrs Mary Jones and Mrs Albert Musser returned to their homes last Thursday Their mother Mrs Mar tha Thornhill is slightly better JS Pobst and family were called to Waynesville last week Mrs La mar the mother of Mrs Pobst died there riday The Christian Church has been fitted with gasoline lights 8 Conner has sold bis property to Mrs Crist and purchased the property of Rev Winget Some of our people witnessed "Ben at Cincinnati Moon of Blanchester was here with relatives last week Miss Ethel Conner is our new Post mistress We understand her prede cessor will take up agriculture as a life study Ice from eight 4o ten inches thick was packed this week Mrs Clem Baldwin ot Blanchester visited at Milt Tuesday Miss Maude Cocfiran of Sycamore entered school here Wednesday Mrs 0 Patton and Miss Winifred Moon attended the funeral of little rank Crane Wilmington Saturday OAKLAND Mr and Mrs Harlan were sud denly called to Piqua by the death of the brother Isaac Morris He arose from bed on riday morning and going to tbe gas grate fire in bis night robe it become ignited and burned Mr Morris so that he died that evening He had many warm friends in this community who are grieved over the fatal accident 1 The next entertainment of the Sha ron Epworth League will occuron ri day evening ebruary 10 and will be given by Prof Walter isher piano and Mrs Clayton Linton vocal so loist of Wilmington Mr and Mrs Anderson are visiting relatives near Bowersville George Bell and family have moved to the Richard Williams farm Isaac Greathouse has purchased a farm near Lebanon and will soon move to it War is indeed all that General Sher man said but it foot ball I LARKS VILLE The elght months old child of Mr and Mrs Hencie Hockett died Sunday morning after a few illness Will and Christy Madden have been 1 the guests of A Madden and fami 1 ly for a few days Mrs Baugh and Mrs lorence Mounts attended the armers Institute in Morrow last Saturday The former will be the guest of Mrs Will Dare over Sunday The Aid Society was enter tained by Mrs Marion Wilkerson last riday Roy Smith' while workings feed cut ter at the home of Robert Shea of Spring Hill was so unfortunate aa to have bis right hand caught in the rol lers Dr Ward removed the fore fin ger and with this loss it is to be hoped tbe man will soon recover Miss Nettie Compton is visiting her sister Mrs annie Kell of Piqua Mrs Eala Dixon returned from a pleasant visit to friends in Hagers town Ind last week Clayt Gray one of onr prominent young business men was united in marriage to Miss Zoe Patterson of near Morrow last Thursday night The ceremony took place at the par sonage Rev John McNary officiating The young people will be at home to their many friends at the Sylvester Gray homestead Jason Hamill and Hugh Baugh at tended Ben Hur in Cincinnati Mrs rank Ellison was the guest of Mrs Charles Haney of Wilmington last Monday Mrs Ann McKinney who has been quite a cripple for several days from an injury to the foot is recovering nicely The body of Mrs rank Smith was brought here from Cincinnati and in terred John Shelly of Dayton has pur chased the Josh Mitchell farm and re moved to the same The question of anew depotand bet ter facilities are still being agitated Walter Jones met with a painful and serious accident last Saturday Occa sion required his climbing up the in side of his corn crib and in some man ner a board pulled off and he fell back wards upon a buggy wheel cutting himself severely Mrs Clarence Moore is visiting her parents near Marathon Wilf McCray was called to Lebanon on important business last Saturday The home of Marsh Homan of Nau voo was destroyed by fire last Wed nesday The 0 performed work in their Lodge room last Mon day afternoon Will Drake sonot Thomas Drake was married in Cincinnati last week to Mrs Cox of that city Morris Snook representing the can NEW BURLINGTON Miss Myrtle Winter is visiting rela tives at ranklin Miss Daisy Lemar of Jacksonville Mo is visiting relatives here fur a few weeks Mrs Hay dock received rord Saturday morning of the death of her brother Isaac Morris of Piqna He received severe bnrns riday morning which proved fatal Walton is recovering from a severe attack of grip Benjamin Hawkina has been confin ed to hia home the past week on ac count of sickness A MATTER HEALTH fOl CENTER? Mrs Harley Smith is slowly improv ing from her recent illness Quite a good many are beginningfto hunt up strings to tie their chickens preparatory to moving Miss Druzie Leonard is visiting her sister Mrs Oglesbee near Lum berton The business part of the Christian Endeavor Society has been deferred until next Sunday evening The mumps have about all disap peared except with Milt and Orange Conger who are not getting along so well Good speakers will be present at the lyeenm Thursday evening Mrs Nancy Green and daughter of Martinsville will spend thia week at her Leonard and wife ed best to keep the smaller childreti from school for at least a week In tbe meantime the school building has been thoroughly fumigated and it is thought ited over Sunday with his parents re tbere will be little danger the fu ture The home of Mr and Mrs Wright was saddened on riday of last week by the death of their two year old daughter Audrey who nuccombed to the ravages of scarlet fever Two other children were down with this dread disease at the Wright home dur ing the same time The parents had no assistance from tbe outside and the strain was so great on Mrs Wright that for several days she was threat ened with serious illness The funeral took place Saturday last and interment made in New Vibnna Cemetery Pemberton returned to Athens Monday evening after a stay PORT WILLIAM Miss Edith Emerick entertained Miss MyrtleMoore from riday till Sunday Oscar Conklin wife and daughter of Springfield are visitors at the home of Mrs Mary Conklin LeRoy Ellis was in Columbus from riday until Sunday on business The little infant son of Mr and Mrsrank Wood died last riday morning with pneumonia and was buried at Lumberton in the afternoon At this writing Mr Wood is quite sick with pneumonia Mrs Mary Turner of Wilmington is visiting her daughter Mrs rank Howell Sylvester Haworth and family of Dover moved to the William Hite farm last week Henry Stillings and wife returned to thrir home in Indiana after apleasant visit with the sister Mrs Starbuck Burrel Mason has sold his farm and tbe property occupied by Howell to CBeam Mr Howell will move to Mrs Mary house about March 1 Mrs Ella Powers was called to Day ton last week by the illness of her sis ter Mrs Lucian Powers Arthur Strickle Mrs Ella Downey and two daughters of Dayton and other relatives from Xenia wne here last Tuesday to attend the funeral of Samuel Strickle Samuel Strickle a carpenter by trade was taken suddenly ill last Sun day with paralysis of the throat and died before medical aid could reach him He was seventy two years old and leaves a wife children and grand children and friends to mourn his loss uneral services were conducted byRev Howell at the house on Tuesday afternoon and interment in Maple Grove Cemetery VanPelt and wife entertained on last riday Hinun Oglesbee and wife Lester Oglesbee and family and A VanPelt and wife of Wilmington ISi 7 jPOIJSTTS RESOURCES: LIABILITIES: zpoHsTTS mail1 ArSoSaTaSe Iny on irst Mortgage 81942921 72 Deposits Paid Up Stock 8536325 54 a gain acpSits of in one year I Cash on hand 94268 02 Deposits Kunning Stock 518578 09 S2d Uncollected Earnings 2327 18 Deposits Special 943321 94 a penny for its investors office ixtures 300 00 Undivided Profits 2327 18 Beal Estate 361 32 Surplus and Contingent und 39625 49 drawals however large on wa i V'Um i i demand Total 32040178 24 Total 82040178 24 to both de positors and borrowers Sb.