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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1883
Page
3
The Cambridge Herald notes sales at Thalheimer's with bargains on summer goods and hats while also advertising groceries at D. M. Jenkins and other local updates. The item mentions a temperance picnic August 20 near Claysville and a freight train derailment near Barnesville.
Ossie Hoge is at Cadiz. Miss Kate Seoch visits Wheel ing. J. A. McEwen of Columbus was here Sunday. Park Meredith is home from Big Rapids Michigan. Many others, including Rev Mahaffey ill, Rev Fisher visiting Caldwell, and local moves in education and residences. Community updates with numerous named individuals and towns.
A Friday game saw Cambridge versus Mt Ephraim with Mt Ephraim winning 19 to 10. Umpire John Spaid of Hartford drew censure for biased calls while a Herald reporter stood nearby. The match ended without conflict, praising both clubs, while other notes report on weeds killed by lime and sulphur solution and county livestock counts from 1882 to 1883. The Court House frescoes are underway and Thalheimer's sells woolens for five dollars.
Court adjourned session transacted civil actions with multiple judgments, sales confirmed, partitions ordered, divorces granted, alimony set, and dismissals. Names include Stolzenbach Laughead Robey Wells Cornelius Kennedy Peoples Stevens Johnson Peskett Seward Todd Gillette McCleary Forsythe Henderson Russel and others in Cambridge and nearby areas. State case noted burglary and larceny set for next term.
Town Council authorized cemetery trustees to lay off more burial plots and appointed C J Jackson as Deputy Marshal replacing resigned M M McCloy. Resolutions approved contracts for two city maps with James Coseraye, road right of way payments to W E L Black and through Henry Jackson and J P Brown, and Gomber Avenue extension. Building permits to R W Anderson and C F Craig. Citizens urged road changes to Carson's addition from Mill Street. Cambridge beat Marietta 26 to 21 in baseball. umpire Dr C L Wall praised, visitors praised for conduct, home club urged to reduce wild throws.
Jack Berry climbed a Clark's grove tree to unfasten a swing used by picnickers when he became dizzy and fell about thirty feet. He sustained three broken ribs and severe bruising but survived after examination by Drs Walland Warne. This marks another fall for him after a previous tree incident a year ago that briefly laid him up.
A public ball will be held at Pericle sian Hall a week from this Thursday evening under the management of Cee Jones and Charles Ley. The organizers are experienced and promise a well conducted event and enjoyable pleasure.
About 6 000 people attended the event last Wednesday as the first regular train ran over the B Z C railroad in Summerfield. Speeches were delivered by Hon J D Taylor Hon J Dan ford and others. A colored camp meeting near Hartford drew about 2 000 whites and few colored attendees with a preacher likening the gathering to three flies in a bowl of milk. Marble and Granite Monuments suppliers offer the largest stock in Eastern Ohio with no agents' commissions at Jed Williams works on the Public Square.
Muskingum College in New Concord Ohio reports growth and momentum as the endowment rises with a $12000 gift last June. The Classical and Scientific programs have expanded, the catalog lists 215 courses, and the next term opens September 4 inviting prospective students to request a catalogue from President Spencer.
The executive committee of the Sabbath School Union to meet August 13 in Washington Ohio to arrange next year’s convention program in Cambridge. Members named include W K Gooders W T Tannehill Mrs E A Taylor Mrs I A Maines W C Dugan Miss Minnie Lawrence and S M Hill. Also notes on hat band customs and local notices. Miss Jennie White head chosen as teacher linking to school staffing. Mahala Suitt dies of consumption.
A War Claim Attorneys agent of Milo B Stevens & Co will visit the County Clerk's office in Cambridge on Tuesday August 21. Persons interested in pension or other claims are invited to call.
Threshing machines tour the area while Misses Roots visit Thos Heiner's. Green apples sell for 60 cents per bushel. Oats in stock with strong yield forecast. A daughter of Noel Early dies and is buried in Catholic cemetery. Bees swarm near Center township and a snake bite remedy is shared.
Harvest is over with reports of distemper affecting horses locally. Lon Emler and family visited his father in Norwich while farmers begin plowing for wheat. Rey. Moses Oldham and wife from New Orleans visited here. Honey bees promise an extra good year with plentiful, cheap honey. Charley Lukins returned from Monroe county. Hopewell band plans a picnic in Oldham's grove on Saturday August 11 with good music. Barr school closed last Tuesday and students held an entertaining program evening. A local citizen endorsements Hall's Catarrh Cure at 75 cents per bottle, sold by John Downar.
A nostalgic health ad urges readers to use Dr Kennedy's Favorite Remedy to cleanse impurities, improve blood flow, and restore vitality for a languid, sickly feeling. It claims to revive eye brightness and gait, priced at one dollar per bottle, available at every druggist.
An 80 year old Duchess County resident with chronic bladder stone receives Kennedy's Favorite Remedy from Dr. David Kennedy after an impossible operation. The testimonial claims immediate relief, improved health, and renewed vigor, noting the remedy as a vegetable alternative for kidney and liver complaints and general debility.
Miss Della Linn and sister visit at Garrett Matthews. Miss Parker from Cambridge visits friends at McKim’s. Rev Napthale and Joseph Luccock visit their father Rev T L Luccock. Rosa Grimes back in town. Aunt Nancy Duncan returns to Londonderry. Normal progress with fifteen students and two instructors. Ephraim Sears buys 69 acres from James Bell in Port Washington. J P D Thompson of Antrim at his sick mother’s bedside. her condition is grave. Four men left the area after visiting neighbors’ smoke houses. Virlinda Spencer from Washing township noted as a progressive Guernsey County teacher in Miss Maggie Angus. District No 3 school frame up, contractor Bonnie Bumgardner, due September 1. Liberty trustees plan a pound to curb grazing by the poor. Passing events cast shadows. Ephraim Sears now rides a bogey after a trade with Judge Hosick. he and his daughter narrowly escape when a tree cracks and falls near the road on the way from Cambridge.
A missionary concert was held at the M E church Sabbath evening. Joseph Ream and wife of Akron Ohio visited at his brother J Th Resin's last week. A picnic in the grove near town on August 22 benefits the band. Miss Clara Miller of Town returned home Wednesday. Samuel Secrest and J F Woodrow on extended visit to Kansas. Secrest plans to make Kansas home.
Catarrh is the seed of consumption and a warning of its danger unless treated promptly. Claim states Ifall's Catarrh Cure never fails to cure, offered at 75 cents. Sold by John Dowtints and June Ligm.
Track laying will start in Belle Valley this week as new mill machinery arrives and is installed. Local events include the Odd Fellows visiting Wood Grove next Thursday with a social planned. A scaffold accident left Robert Glass bruised after a 15 foot fall while hauling bricks. Willie Elder, son of James Elder, suffered a stroke but is improving. The marshal reported two incarcerations, fines set at five dollars plus costs. Blackberries are plentiful and selling at six cents per gallon. Dr. Eddy, the town veterinarian, made calls and will perform operations this week.
Hopewell items cover Dr. Chapman on a trip to East Plainfield last week harvest finished with a large hay crop. John Woodburn now drives a new wagon by Cambrick firm. Miss Frances Williams of Tyner spent part of last Sabbath with Jas. Lowrey. Carother brothers recovering from unfairly dealt with show day. Band attended Pigeon Gap school closing exercises Tuesday. Mrs. John Hill fractured her wrist from a fall. Dr. Boyd of Kimbolton aided. Visitors include Robert Moffat and Miss Ella Shaw. others at Normal school in Cambridge. The writer retires as itemizer and passes reporting pencil onward.
James O Canlon before Justice of the Peace William Jones of Cambridge township Guernsey county Ohio. On June 18 1883 the court issued an order of attachment for 22 dollars and costs.
On July 17, 1883 the Probate Court of Guernsey County declared the estate of A T Herring, alleged insane, to be probably insolvent. Creditors must present their claims to the undersigned within six months from the above date or they will not be entitled to payment. Herring Guardian of A B Werrines. ango it
Dr Charles Eddy veterinary surgeon at Carne's Livery Stable Rooms at sie Totel Cambridge Ohio offers seven years of practice with Stmmerville Royal Veterinary College London and nineteen months at Toronto Canada. Treats all horse and cattle diseases with dentistry and lameness a specialty. Calls attended promptly day and night.
Court order directs public sale of the Gregg Mill Lot property in Cumberland near Cambridge Guernsey County Ohio. Appraised at 27000 with terms: one third cash one year and one third two years. mortgage security with per cent interest. Sale conducted by Sheriff J M McGinely August 1 1883.
Justice of the Peace Liza Turner in Cambridge town presided over an attachment order issued on the 25th day of July in the Orme Hardware Company action. The order demands fifteen dollars and fifty cents plus twenty dollars probable costs, referencing file No. PAig 2,1583-3w.4.
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