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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1884
Page
3
Cambridge and Belmont County items report dull trade and busy civic matters. News covers politics, postmaster appointment, new oil and gas company, coal veins near Macksburg and Lore City, church revivals, sleigh rides, marriages, baptisms, and railroad developments with B and O engine renumbering and Ohio Valley road plans.
A surprise banquet celebrated T. C. Clark, train dispatcher for the C. & M. railroad, with a $125 gold watch presented by fellow workers. The event included a feast at Red's restaurant and speeches by committee members and station staff, followed by socializing and celebration into the night.
Property for sale in Fairview Ohio partially taken in part pay. For details contact Mrs Sarah Rosemond at 202 Main Street Fairview Ohio.
T B Scott died after a long illness at age 29 born March 28 1854 in Center township son of Mr and Mrs George Scott. He lived most of life in the township with a spell in local livery business. The funeral at his parents home near Scotts mines drew a large crowd with Rev W V Milligan officiating and Cambridge Lodge Odd Fellows taking charge. Pallbearers included Louis Miller James S Nichols Ross W Lindsey J B Prouse D T Jeffries Frank Pringle Frank Raymond and T W Ogier. Interment followed at Cambridge cemetery. Requiescat in pace.
Monday drawn jurors for the Pedrosary term include Grand Jury members James Baird Spencer White William Athey TH Stewart Charles Baker Madison J TD Saltagaver Oxford James Hutchison James Johnson Knox Sam Boyd John G Donahoo Andy Dilley Richland Book Nelson Listen Burris Campbell Cambridge M M Or Alexander Adams Nicholson M Cain Andy McNary J A Jones Cambridge Adm Pul ley T B Hibbs Londonderry Shecai Montgomery Liberty Thos Moore Valley Clark Rose Millwood John Young Knox Win Longsworth Kk E McGrew Washington Jacob Schughart Wheeling Oliver Barnett Andrew Marshall Westland W B Addle Oxford.
B F Fleming filed affidavit with Justice Center charging M F Seiber with obtaining money under false pretense for selling rights to a patent gate in Guernsey Monroe and Noble counties. Fleming paid 675 dollars, including 200 in notes held by Seiber against local parties. Investigators traced Seiber to Cleveland where officers arrested him. Preliminary examination before Justice Carpenter resulted in recognition to Common Pleas Court in 300 dollars. defendant to jail if he failed to post bond.
Widespread discontent with gas rates prompts a Thursday 8pm meeting at the mayoral office to seek price relief. If prices stay at seven dollars per thousand, many residents may switch back to coal oil and lamps.
Numerous briefs show residents visiting, traveling, or relocating. Mrs Hibbard Thompson visits New Concord, Miss Ida Raymond greets Barnesville friends, J C Steele returns from Abilene, KS, and various others head to Columbus, Meadville, St Louis, or Tennessee. Local moves include Himmel family leaving Caldwell for Quaker City and Henry Greenwold and wife settling at Park Hotel. multiple social calls, job changes, and travel notes noted.
J D McMillen presents a fine Pen and Ink Chart hanging in the Postoffice. The work lists card names including J P Brown photographer Raymond Co dry goods Mahaffey Ogier Herano D Taylor Zimes Hill Hill Independent L Hirschberg clothier B S Hering Eagle Hotel H C Hornbrook Boots and Shoes Peter Schafer merchant tailor Guernsey National Bank J R Troette furniture Cosgrave Moore Wholesale Grocers Mrs L M Hering milliner D D Stout restaurant J W Lippencott Beecher House Quaker City and more.
The passage explains making a mustard plaster by mixing corn meal and mustard in a 1 to 2 ratio, moistening, spreading on muslin, and warming before use. It claims neuralgic pain relief, along with toothache rheumatism and chest or side pain.
Market gardeners are advised to write to Joseph Harris at Moreton Farm Rochester New York for the 1884 seed catalogue with cultivation directions. Harris is a large seed grower offering seeds at wholesale rates and will mail the catalogue free on request via a postal card.
The advertisement asserts that Ayer's Sarsaparilla is highly concentrated so a smaller dose delivers greater effectiveness than any other blood medicine. It emphasizes quality over quantity in choosing a remedy.
The Washington column reports health concerns with whooping cough and scarlet fever, sleighing parties and cattle sightings, farmers planning spring work, residents moving or visiting nearby towns, a literary society gathering, and local trade in sleighs and calendars. Several deaths and illnesses are noted, with scattered remarks on weather and travel.
Monday morning temperatures hit 7 below zero at Oldham's Station while Barns Mill runs full time. Miss Black returned home to Gibsons Friday. Alf Satcher's sleigh horse injured last Saturday. Nettle rash appears in locality. Elza Turners visited Monday, Mrs Ric Ford spent part of last week with daughter Mrs John Robinson. Residents fear hay and fodder will be needed to feed stock. Boys attended a lar at James M Wardens. John H Stiles of Clio and Barnes traveled from county, Pa last week. xe party one evening last Visited Francis tron. Lebanon.
In New Concord a Junior Entertainment is announced for Thursday evening January 24 with a sleighing party at Mr Cook’s in Claysville. The annual spring exhibition is set for March 13 with listed society representatives in orations debates and musical selections. A Leap Year social features elaborate suppers and College Hall music and essays, with Mrs Gaul praised for catering. Sam is Jennie Robb.
The ad asserts Ayer's Pills cure constipation improve appetite promote digestion restore healthy action regulate every function. It describes the product as pleasant to take gentle yet thorough and powerful in subduing disease.
Spelling and social mentions fill this week’s county column. Several residents including Wr Rose of Winchester and Finley McGrew are noted visiting, with Rev Geo Boyd leading a Clearfork Baptist church gathering. Marriage of PW Cory and Miss Mary George celebrated locally as twosome share congratulations amid social visits across Fairview, Leesburg, and Grundy Center.
Ebenezer Thompson dies after a long illness on January 21 1884 at Senecaville Ebenezer was a respected local figure Jacob Yoho former Noble County resident dies at Mount Ephraim home of heart disease A party from Senecaville celebrated a turkey roast at Winfield Scotts near Cambridge and a leap year gathering occurred at Mrs Side Buchanan's house Young folks visit Vin ton County and Moorhead calls on friends as winter icicles pose danger at a nearby coal shaft
Mrs W If Hickman on sick list. AW Beach ill with doubtful recovery. Rev McBroom led four immersed on last Sabbath. John Seals and wife visited Cambridge. Pay Master of Farmer's mines injured eye. ME and MP churches unite in protracted effort with several conversions reported. Youngest child of J H died Sunday night from membranous croup. interment at Hartford Monday at 2 p.m.
Residents and visitors gather at JC Hope's and Eli Jenkins' as protracted meetings draw crowds. Mrs Duglas is seriously injured after a sled accident during a church event. A theft at Temple home and a separate raid on the ME parsonage prompt calls to return stolen money and caution.
Sick list includes Miss Louis Samilton Miss Nora Rosemond and Dr J N Grimes John Orr left for home last Saturday after visiting the village. Leap year parties planned at McMann’s and Guernsey House on the 23rd. Protracted meetings begin at ME church two weeks from last Sabbath. Coasting prohibited on village sidewalks. Several church meetings at Pleasant Hill with accessions reported. Some sleighing after a leap year party at the east end. Girls prepare GB progress at the MP appointment with several conversions.
Tyner community items list visitors and arrivals including Lowry visiting sister Mrs Deo Kimball and Miss Florence Stanley of Kimbolton. Mrs RV Acheson has had measles. D Davis visited with a relic of 1812 a sleigh. Spelling at Salt Fork last Friday night drew a small attendance. Miss Ora Clark of Kimbolton remains ill but shows improvement.
The signers, confined in Guernsey county jail, respond to Guernsey Times accusations about jail management. They defend Sheriff McGill and the jail’s health standards, blaming sewer construction flaws and asserting officials work daily to keep it clean. Names include M. F. Sterner and others, Cambridge Ohio, January 23, 1884.
Robert Hammond files for judgement on an account for services and materials totaling 57.70 with interest from January 1, 1883. An attachment order was levied on Lewis McPhersons goods and lands. answer due by March 22, 1884. Attorney J E Lawrence represents Hammond.
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