Dull horse market and local notices dominate town talk
Glove stock at Mellyar’s and dress goods bargains headline a string of town items. Prohibition votes, baptist and U P church events, sickness, sales, and a late-1880s mix of weather, accidents, and local commerce fill a long column of brief notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mellyar’s
J.O. Mellyar
Sand Hill Church
Cumberland
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Mellyar
T. M. Marsh
Shaffner
J. M. Seright
U P
North Salem
Cadiz
Post Boy
Woodsfield
J. P. Price
Birmingham
Murray
Iowa
Mary Conner
Illinois
Bellaire
Ren Valley
Cambridge
C. W. Dunifer
J. W. Young
Columbus
Marsh’s
Albert Morris
Love City
Barnesville
Monroe County
Zanesville
Bridgeport
W.M Farrar
Ohio
Kate Herbertz
Court Docket Roundup of Local Cases and Judgments
A series of civil actions and criminal arraignments are listed with verdicts, fines, and recognizances. Notable items include multiple plaintiff verdicts totaling $477.75 and $402.68, default judgments of $304.65, and workhouse detention for John Clary. Several Ohio cases proceed with pleas of not guilty or guilty and next-term recognitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Deihl
David Frame
Sarah B Williams
Samuel C White
James Gibson
Geof Gibson Et al
Susan M Turnbaugh
James Corley
Margaret Willis
David Shannon
John W Pinkerton & Co
Stewart & Son
Ohio
Maria McClelland
Wm Rimer
Louis Rabe
John Clary
Zanesville
Harry Smith
Carmine Morrison
Wm Harris
JT Waller
Jos Stoner
Joseph Morton
Edward Coil
Ada Barr
Amanda Ferguson
Lost fifty dollar reward after cash vanished
Mr. C. W. Dunifer of the Peoples Press reports a loss of 585 dollars in U S currency from his watch pocket on Tuesday morning. The money included one five hundred dollar bill three twenty dollar bills two ten dollar bills and one five dollar bill. A fifty dollar reward is offered for the return of the money and the paper hopes it is recovered by an honest person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Burns
Byenville
Burns
Nicholson’s
Herano
Liberty Township
Anna
Ella
William
C. W. Dunifer
The
Peoples Press
U. S
Josephus Marlatt
John Stewart
J K Hall
Knox Township
Charles Jones
Cambridge
Mantua
Indian Camp
Flat Ridge
John Leeper
Court of Common Pleas
Guernsey County
Ohio
Otho BK. Clark
Alfred Skinner
Court House
Beymer
Washington
Inlet
Hugh F. McDonald
Mathews & Heade
Atty's
Council Hears Swearing In Ward B Member and Permit Granted
Dr J T McPherson was sworn in from Ward B and Henry Krachenbaum received a permit to erect a frame building on Lot 84 Turner's addition. Fifty ballots were cast for street commissioner with no choice. A WGC T U committee presented a petition to banish saloons and ask the question be submitted to voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.T. McPherson
Ward B
Henry Krachenbaum
Turner
L Campbell
J. M. Amos
Wilson Scott
L. G. Haines
T. C. Clark
The Social Gass at Fairview May 13 by Same Company
The temperance drama The Social Gass or The Victims of the Bottle returns by the same company after a successful run in Antrim in March. It will be staged at Fairview on Friday evening May 13 with the Antrim cornet band providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Willie
Hammond’s Opera House
Arkansas
Little Rock
Antrim
Fairview
Antrim Cornet
Common Pleas Court
Guernsey County
Ohio
Guernsey
Zanesville
William Neel
Said
John Neel
Archibald Neel
Mathews & Heade
Washington Market Report and Local Notices
Market notes report good fish supplies while prices list 15 cents for butter and eggs at no official figure. Several local events include Forepaugh show attendance, a Presbyterians fundraiser, school term end remarks, and a planned public hall addition. The piece notes a fatality Stewart Henry father of Dr RH Henry, aged 83 or 84, and a legal matter about a lengthy criminal suit with warrants issued but no arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart & Erskins
McCurdy
James McCreary
Board of Fair Directors
James McDowell
Presbyterian Church
Stewart Henry
RH Henry
Thomas
Middletown
Cincinnati
Wm Lawrence
Quaker City Moves Toward Prohibition and Town Changes
Quaker City votes to ban saloons with a final ordinance and a muzzled dog tax. The town aims to enforce prohibition as the council acts after months of inaction.
Also Mentioned on This Page
William Robinson
Washington, D. C
Athlophoros Co
Wall St
New York
Devers
Star Clothing House
Davis Corner
Court Square
Star
Et. Mellyar
ST Ly
Veitch
Wheeling Avenue
Family Bibles
Ogier’s
Cambridge, Ohio
Edward Acheny
Jane Acheny
Cambridge Herald
Kimbolton
Aaron Jordan
Renrock
B. & O. Railroad
Thomas Ralph
Belle Valley
W. A. Reedle
Cumberland News
W.R. Hosick
New Concord
Senator Crites
Canal Dover
J.F. Salmon
Commissionera
Board of Equalization
J.M. Amos
Jeffersonian
Athens Asylum
Wills Creek
Marietta
Samuel C. Murphy
Hendrysburg
Belmont County
Odd Fellows Hall
Kersey’s
Mill
M. E
W. H
Hail
Japan
John Campbell
Shaffher
J. i E. McClelland
HB Zoller
J.C. Bay
J. K. Casey
F. L. Rosemond
S. W. Stinson
McPeek
West End
Frank Purcell
Herman Schultz
Flon
J. W. White
A. L. Bryen
Shaffner Block
Reller
Joseph Purkey, Esq
Frank Moore
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Amanda Hosick
Newtown
Judge Hosick
Mary Shepard
Dr. Warne
Meleek
Jennie Willis
Midway
Newcomerstown
Mary
Gratiot
Muskineun County
Jacob Galloway
Annie Armsey
L. F. Dudley
M. A. Trott
F. A H. Dyer
Mollie E. Josengrant
McPeeks
William Ferrell
Sadie Stone
J. Perry Tingle
Dickinson Dakota Press
Caywood
Jed. Williams
Berwick
JW. Hill
Quaker City Independent
Quaker City
John Keith
Licking County
F. Barnes & Sons
Oldham
P. J. Murtha
Commercial House
William Clippenger
William Norris
Center Township
That Township
John Hurrel
Adams Township
Creighton
Walter C. Taylor
Boston
Byensville Transcript
Vasco
Browne
Fairview G. A. R. Post
Fuller
Messrs
Delaware
George Gallaher
Joseph Tucker
S. B. Clemens
Wm. Barnes
Williamsburg
B. F. Conrad
Otsego
James R. Wilson
Quaker City Band
John Deets
Carson
Decker
Adamsville
John Jones
Spaid
Hartford
Cambridge Post
G.A. R
Quaker City Cornet Band
Byesville
A. J. Warner
Rls. Forbes
Forbes
R. W. McBride
Warm Spring
Oregon
U. P. General Assembly
Philadelphia
U. P. Church
J. Macdonald Oxley
Marine Pigs Partent
Ottawa
Samuel Bell
Ida M. Endley
M In
Ws. Heade
W. BH. H. Mellyar
Misa Cora K. Johnson
Winchester
Clear Fork
J. E. Smith
O. S. B. Grimsley
North Union
A. H. Neel
Fidge
Mr. McPeek
Plainfield
Eli Miller
Miller
Mr. Miller
John H. White
Westland Township
Herald
Claysville
George Beymer
Childrens’ Home
A.W
Taylor Block
Times- Recorder
Ruth Williams
Asher Williams
Kansas City
Elias H. Webster
W. H. Hartley
Noah P. Hartley
Jeptha W. Hall
George Finley
Joseph W. Hall
Thiman Moore
State and District
Court Report
John Davis
Romans
Porter
Wm Hall
Spencer
Geo Lippencott
Woodrow
Morristown
John R Hall
B.& O Railroad
Gus Smoots
Champion Machine Co
E E Heaney
B & O Express
Keenan
Green House
Keenans
Quaker City Normal School
Finley & Garber
Thalheimer Bros
Baltimore Clothing CO
COODS
D. Taylor
Col. Taylor
Women's Relief Corps
Taylor
W. H. C. Hanna
J.P. Manarrey
H. F. McDonap
B.S. Herring
L. B. Moore
W D Sult
Bippus
Ind
Abraham Hare
Bellville
Wall & Co
Sey County
A . J. KR. Barr
M. Wawthore
Guern
Benjamin A. Walker
Cora Walker
St. Mary’s
Pleasant County
West Virginia
Plaintif
J.M. Bushfield
Cleveland & Marietta
Samuel C. Barr
J. R. Barr
Navy
Sheriff’s Sale
George Riddle
Daniel Peters
Military District
Elijah Shriver
Conners
Steele & Rosemond
H. Hallett & Co
Portland
Maine
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