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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1883
Page
3
The advertisement touts Brown's Iron Bitters as the best iron preparation, made on scientific principles. It claims rapid assimilation into the blood, reaching every part of the system and restoring health for lasting benefit.
The Cambridge Herald lists fresh butter and eggs at J. F. Hanes, probate of Clara Carson will, local sermons, market notes, and various town items. Mentions William Law’s death, carp supply, salt well yield, rain totals, church activities, and upcoming community events.
The column lists local residents in new roles and movements. H Clifford McGill becomes Deputy Sheriff. William Smith leaves for Loudonville Ohio. Jane Evans visits Marietta. Rev C C Irwin resigns Salem Baptist pastorate. W D Craig of Washington calls. H E Bullock plans a Denver trip. W V Garvin in Cincinnati and Hamilton on business. Hattie A Johnson visits Winchester. W G Scott enjoyed Cumberland friends. Mrs C Garlington and Mrs John Casey visit Cumberland. Carrie B Siegfried returns from Richmond Indiana. S A Crawford renews ties in Chicago Division. J D Boughman and Dennis McKinley plan to Cedarville Kansas. Mrs FE Hutchison ill in Olathe Kansas. L O Vance and George McCullough head west via Iowa to Wyoming. L J Cutter visits, daughter Bertha sick. R M Greenway resigns C M railroad job and moves to Dayton. note on poultry economics as cheap meat choice.
William Graham a brakeman from Salesville who was injured in a tunnel collision near Bellaire last week died Friday afternoon at Bellaire from shock after his crushed leg was amputated near the groin mortification had set in and the bone was splintered to the hip. In Grove City Pa the Presbyterian church under Rev W J McConkey reports a great revival with sixty eight new members and more expected. At Cross Roads Jefferson township the winter term closed with an examination and picnic featuring Annie Allen and M Allen with W R McCracken providing music.
O H anlon and Meyer have refitted their merchant tailoring establishment in Eastern Ohio. They promise a finest looking room in their business once the spring stock arrives, signaling a strong, customer pleasing presentation.
A dispute between two middle aged men occurred at a post office on Monday. The Herald notes honor was to be upheld near Cambridge and a friend shadowed the parties but had not yet stated if the duel took place.
Robert Hammond and W S Daughtery prospecting for coal beyond Carson's addition report an underground passage about fifty feet long with a two foot vein and indications of a richer seam ahead.
The Misses Stranathans of Cumberland entertained friends at their home last Friday evening. Guests were highly pleased with the entertainment and will remember the sociable event as a very happy occasion.
The Bellaire Democrat notes E. W. Mathews attended last week on business linked to a proposed river railroad from Bellaire through Marietta to Cincinnati. The report flags the Hat Hop prefix attached to Mathews in local discourse.
Due to the State officials delay in settlements with counties, township treasurers in this county must wait at least a week longer before the Auditor and Treasurer can finalize their settlements.
Misses Florence Gillespie Emma Gillespie Mary Adams Della McKahan Lula Speers Cora Weaver and W H Gibson have not missed a day in a six months term of school at District No 2 Jefferson township.
The Golden Star Club held a well attended ball last Thursday night with good dancing. The affair ranked as one of the most enjoyable events in the area in a long time.
Jed Williams on Public Square offers inexpensive monuments with no agents and a large customer commission allowance. The note ends incomplete.
Brown Bros of Washington Court House reports patrons praise the curative qualities and tonic properties of Brown's Iron Bitters, among other health benefits claimed by the firm.
Civil actions include Johnson v McCleary and Collins with judgment for 461.89. Gardner v Gardner divorce and $200 alimony. Stewart v Coen et al sale and distribution, Melvin Ferguson hold. Townsend jru verdict for 90.62. Cain v Cain divorce and custody. Speer et al sale. Clark v Rea verdict 103.25. Masters v Arnold sale. Temple v Temple partition and sale. Leeper v Leeper verdict 1983.48. other Ohio county cases: assault rape case Fuller. larceny Robinson guilty. Linton liquor cases multiple fines. Mottie nol pros. Wallace Gillette fines. Calihan fines. Hawn perjury with indictments motion denied.
A promotional notice from Hirschberg's One Price Clothing House proclaims a superior spring stock for men boys and children and urges customers to compare prices. It touts one price for all asserts fair exchanges equal treatment and timely price reductions and invites the public to examine stock before buying at the shop near the post office.
A discussion at College His school house last Wednesday evening debated whether capital punishment should be abolished. John Barr and J Gilkison argued for abolition while J C McNutt and P Sherrard defended the state and divine laws supporting execution. The decision favored the negative.
Samuel Compton, about 54 and Irish by birth, hanged himself in the mow of Dr Stout’s stable at Middlebourne. A letter to his wife asked forgiveness and blamed fear of losing his mind. Jurors ruled death by his own hand a deliberate act. In Toledo on the next day, Oliver Garrison and others were chosen for Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Board. Garrison elected President with M D Woodford as Vice President and General Manager.
Miners near the B and O railroad east of town are notified of a wage reduction to 62 cents per hour starting March 1. A meeting is called for Wednesday evening at Periclesian Hall to decide acceptance or strike, with a State Miners Association agent present.
The communication relative to the marriage of Win Prior of Ava to Miss Lottie Hamilton of Blue Bell, which ceremony took place last Sunday, was received too late for publication in this issue.
Byesville reports sickness lists, moves, and property changes. John Green moved to Cambridge last week, Geo Conner owns all the livery stables, and the telegraph office now sits in Dave Morrow's shoe shop. A fire damaged the station house but goods were saved with community effort. The Board of Education faced subscription disputes over school-site funding as exams and a teachers’ treat closed the term.
Miss Maggie Patteron visits Denver. coal mine now thirty feet deep. Dilley family returns from Dover. Purdum plans western move. Mrs Frank Morehead ill, John Morehead takes charge of primary. Two young men plan to move to Mexico mid May. William Chandler seeks new location. chimney falls in saddler shop. Geo Williams recovers from heart trouble after prayer meeting. New hand cars hoped to ease travel after Newcomerstown trestle rebuild. Rev A B Shaw reports twenty five new members at Gore meetings. Rev Satterthwaite continues M E church talks. Presbyterian minister misses Sunday, crowd dismissed.
RS Britton to attend Medical College in Cleveland next week. Over five hundred dollars worth of furs shipped from here last week. Town traders went to Kentucky to buy stock. Wool in the area largely sold, J McClelland taking the major share. Visitors this week include W E Conner and wife, James Love and wife, and WG Scott. TT Bracken bought Dr Draper’s house and will move soon. Mathias Luce bought Bracken’s. Hardin Luse to occupy it. Odd Fellows social a grand success with music recitations and an address. Charles Cosgrave and sister provided instrumental music. Miss Bertie Stevens and Etta Strathan sang. Ida May Leeper recited pieces. Leeper praised as an artist with a bright future. Rev Seigfried’s address praised by all.
A Warwick New York woman writes Dr David Kennedy of Rondout praising his Favorite Remedy. She reports her husband’s local troubles relieved and his system toned and strengthened. She thanks him for prompt response and says they will remember him with gratitude. The letter urges others to write for their case. Favorite Remedy is sold widely.
The Caldwell Republican notes that Washington Guernsey county has many intelligent young ladies and few suitable men, suggesting a move to Colorado or Dakota. It promotes Marble and Granite monuments from Jed Williams on the Public Square, beef from J F Hanes, and reports J W Crawford, a local, died in Zanesville at age 33 last week.
Washington H S Frame at home Sunday. Wool sales strong in the neighborhood. Schools to close Friday for a week’s vacation. Several young men plan Westward in spring. Protracted ME meeting closed with local interest. Cyrus Moore family moving to Wheeling West Virginia. Miss Wallace of Cambridge visiting Mrs McElhaney. Presbyterian preaching next Sabbath by Rev Collison. Sheep losses lighter this winter. Elizabethtown literary society thriving. Farmers plowing for spring. Clover seed eight dollars per bushel, timothy three. Masons attend James Scott funeral at Middletown. Barber’s new watch noted. Forsythe buys two fine registered ones in Licking County. O B Clark of St Louis sends fresh fish to friends. Tobacco market lively from local deliveries. Hyde’s farm public auction failed to sell. Miss Aplin resigns March 1. Mrs Sultzer returns home from Newcomerstown. Z A Purdum reports bad roads in Noble and Monroe counties. Bluebirds and robins—spring felt. boys playing marbles. Cautious seed care urged as seed quality doubtful.
Fairview reports strong Sabbath school attendance and community events. Wilbur Ryan's sawmill cut 20 000 feet in five days while Ada Kennedy leaves for Pennsylvania. Protracted meetings close at the M E church and M P church quarterly conference nears. a birthday party and social events are noted.
The column lists a need for a blacksmith and shoemaker. Mrs John H Britton is in poor health. Two young men may be lost soon. Miss Dora Sarcher visits friends. An Indian doctor travels through the area. John M Barr closes a five month term of school with a debate on Friday March 2. Aged Mr David Satchet is very sick with dropsical affection. Many citizens will go to Cambridge next Monday as witnesses in the case Bence and W Thomas. A family reunion at Samuel Wortman’s residence was held last Friday with all present.
An internal remedy Hall's Catarrh Cure claims to act on the blood and mucous surfaces. Priced at 75 cents and offered for sale by John R. Downar. November 30, 3 months.
Tyner reports Robinson visiting Adams township while high waters injure wheat in lowlands. Ida Taylor and Maggie McCullough visit Rocky Fork. John McCulley sells 105 acre farm to John Clark and plans to move to Kansas. A Cambridge to Liberty traveler wanders Robinsons woods after a late Saturday night. J M Wardens oyster supper draws 85 guests and a lively dance. Catarrh remedy ad notes Hall's Catarrh curing senses, 75 cents per bottle from Downar noy.
Pleasant Valley reports Wills Creek back in its banks and Barnes' mills running after a four week pause. George Kimble builds a carpenters shop. Samuel Sherrard sold a milch cow to J. Boyd Sr. of Tyner for forty dollars. Prof Meeks of Washington teaches instrumental music to local pupils. A child of Tingle Satcher and another of James Miller are ill with pneumonia. Dr Chance of Cambridge may buy the Johnston property near Barnes' mills. Richards & Sons set up a shop for blacksmithing. Mattie Temple and Mary J Miller convalesce after typhoid fever and pneumonia. A party at James Warden’s included oysters and dancing until wee hours.
North Salem updates report John Mathews noting a daughter. The Sick-Robert Bell and John A. Larrison with Lee Wiser plus Miss Mary E. Lewis and Miss Laura E. Jones plan visits with friends at Zanesville. Mrs A J Durbin returns from New Comerstown and Mrs Jennie Devore from Quaker City. Communication with Kimbolton was cut off last week due to high waters.
Offered for any case of catarrh that can't be cured with Hall's Catarrh Cure. Taken internally. Price 75 cents. Sold by John R. Downar noy 80-3m.
A famed civil engineer ruined by ambition and dyspepsia recounts his downfall and claim that Parker's Ginger Tonic cured his dyspepsia. The ad-style piece includes testimonials from Charles H. Watts and G R Cole of Carmel New York praising the tonic for digestive ills blood purification rheumatism and general ailments.
Odell residents report Benona Evans still ill and Nannie Bell rusticating near Fairview. Social events occur at Oakley Lannings and Wm. Gunns while travelers include Homer M. Knowles in Claysville and Daniel Bishop visiting Basil relatives. William Smith heads home to Montana. Turney Kennedy returns there after visiting. Odell corn seed, Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup advertised with 23 cent price.
Mrs. M Knox convalescent. C L Pollock recalled a spelling error from recent evenings. A newborn daughter to Mr and Mrs Criswell. James Wilson clears land for C L Mackey. Robert Rice of New Concord sought cows locally. Friends of Mrs John Calhoun shared a dinner and day together. James Winn hired by John McCulley for next year at 175 dollars. Concord entertainment drew many youths, praised as Concord like. Rey of Concord preached at Lebanon but empty seats. Cow belonging to Alex Mehaffey found buried under a straw stack, later lifeless. John Calhoun’s straw stack toppled, hogs saved by swift action.
Miss Cosby of North Salem visits here with friends while Miss Essie Moorehead visits college. Students enjoyed a Thursday holiday and a 22d parade that pleased spectators. W R Currys father visited to see his son at the school. Sam Alexander was found guilty for disturbing a public meeting in Zanesville and fined ten dollars. E E Baric and Inez Findley plan to teach in Glendon Iowa next week. President Spencer preached at Zanesville and celebrated his birthday with a surprise party for him and Mrs. Spencer. Mrs. Rev. Martin travels to North Salem to oversee home life for her husband and their children attend college.
Frank Duncan of Licking county visited over Sabbath. Wm Thomas bought sixteen sheep for 640 dollars. Thomas Douglass and wife from Missouri are visiting J A Johnson. School closes at Slaughter Hill Friday March 2 with a night of literary entertainment. Mrs T J Calvert returns from Antrim. Women's Foreign Missionary Society meets at ME church Monday evening March 5. Cambridge and Center teacher’s association will meet March 10 at Independence schoolhouse due to bad weather. Four weeks of school at Independence remain. John Harding plans to go to college after school closes. A debate at Slaughter Hill this Wednesday on the question of a speedy overthrow of the Republic. Affirmative: John Harding and Tap. Negative: J M Barr and J J Yillis.
Winchester notes show a three week closing for the local school and announce a protracted meeting to begin here on a date soon. Columbus visitors include J F Greenland and Prof Meeks teaching music here. Miss Daisy L Barton is also noted in the vicinity. A marriage is recorded at the bride’s residence with Rev W K Yingling officiating James Garwood of Nebraska wed Callie A Bonnell of this place.
On January 17 1833 Justice Elza Turner issued an order of attachment in the cited action against Isaac McBurney in Guernsey County Ohio for 37 dollars debt and 25 dollars probable costs. J C Steele signs as clerk.
Hannah J. Arnold files in Guernsey County Court for alimony and custody alleging the willful absence and neglect of George W. Arnold since 1880. She seeks the west half of Lot 8 on Senecaville Street and custody of minor children, with hearing set after March 7, 1883.
C A Jones sues J D Jones Sarah M Wilson James Wilson and widow of Ashbey Jones in Guernsey County Ohio seeking one sixth of eighty acres and dower of Sarah Jones. Heirs must answer by March 24 1883 in the Court of Common Pleas. White Campbell attorneys.
Petitioners seek a county road location in Guernsey County Ohio to connect South street Byesville Wills Creek area from Grant and Peters lands to Wiley garden intersecting Byesville Senecaville road. Hearing set March 6 1883 before the Board of Commissioners. D S Burt James Smith petitioners.
Two farms offered for sale in Guernsey County and Knox township Ohio. The 185 acre property lies two miles north of Cassel's Station in Adams township and the 160 acre tract lies in Knox township. Both parcels are reported to be in good repair. For details inquire with Alex Mehaffey Creighton Ohio February 22 1941.
For sale several frame houses in Cambridge Ohio Ter ms include eight rooms with cellar and cistern on 9th street near the court house five room frame on Steubenville Street with well and stable and a larger two story frame house with shop near the B and O railroad depot inquire of ROBT HAMMOND Cambridge Ohio
A new cottage house well located on North Spruce Street available for sale. For particulars write A B Hering Cambridge February 1 1883.
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