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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1880
Page
1
Colby and Scott advertise sharp prices on stationery as a quick, time saving option for buyers. The note suggests urgency and value, highlighting affordability for customers in a concise retail blurb.
Rain craving crowds and old regiments mark a Sept. 1 gathering in Delta and a Aug. 26 reunion in Napoleon for the 38th and 100th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Fort Wayne political speak by William Randall, new houses on Second Street, mill upgrades, and factory shifts noted. Bridge repairs, unsafe Tiffin river crossing, a Golden Rule Aid effort, and a planned Garfield Arthur Guards meeting appear along with a canal rescue near the Machine Works and other civic items from Defiance and nearby towns.
Mr and Mrs C P Harley have returned home from Saratoga. Mr F X Craft is clerking for J M Preisendoorfer. Rev W Y Thomas and wife visit Princeton Pa for two or three weeks. Mr and Mrs Quincy Fairbanks and family spent a week visiting friends at Portage Ohio. Mr Henry Houghton has gone to Fort Wayne to work in the train dispatch office. Mrs Jacob Adams and her three children and Mrs Dorsey left for Silver Lake Ind to visit friends. James Timmons editor Perrysburg Journal stopped in Defiance on his way to Chicago.
Hon James L Price of Van Wert will speak in Defiance next Tuesday evening on national party issues. A Garfield Guards parade and band precede the event. Democrats encouraged to attend. ladies specially invited for a fair, impartial discussion. Also notes Napoleon School leadership change with Prof C W Williamson set to replace Prof McCaskey. Real estate transfers listed for the week ending Aug 19 1880 in Defiance and area.
Charles Smith and William Wallace were captured the same day by section men on the Wabash after a three mile chase for breaking into Charles Garver's residence near Okolona. They pled guilty and were bound over to Common Pleas Court. About $20 in jewelry was taken from the home, with $300 remaining unfound. A separate burglary on Pat Moore's residence yielded a silver watch worth $40 to $50 and Mrs Moore's gold watch valued at $75, among other jewelry. No clue to the thief.
The Defiance town council held a special session with all members present. An ordinance bans rendering of tallow and lard within the village and another regulates digging of drains on streets. A North Defiance alley matter is referred to the Street Committee. Bids for street crossing work range from Elliott Dickman Weisenburger and Roedel. Contract award deferred. Fence on Second street to be moved back. new pavement planned. Grade for Water street sidewalk to be set. North Defiance sidewalks to be maintained. Railings at Hopkins street bridge to be repaired. Adjournment to Thursday evening.
The Hancock club plans a decorated club room using multi design themes reflecting party branches. The Defiance County Teachers Institute meets August 23 at Hicksville with leaders from Defiance and Valparaiso, offering lectures, theory, practice, music, and evening entertainments. F M Thompson chairs the executive committee.
C. E. Struble is on the sick list. 8. K. Beattie overhauls his house and B. F. Kintner plans a new residence. Four persons baptized last Sunday. George Benz reports a fountain well on his east farm. Goller schoolhouse services Sunday at 4. Peter Fowler and family moved from Canada. J. Weber and C. Goller progress at the Lick creek bridge. Pleasant Point Sunday school progressing well. B. B.
A compendium style excerpt reports dry conditions and local happenings. Mentions Frank Mason and Alya Goddard visiting York Center Indiana, H G Baker addressing township democracy, a boxing knife incident, show attendance, road work urges, a mil dam suit, Sabbath school plans, and marriages in Milford. Reports on pensions, bank protection, and county road location, plus a critical local letter about an author and a scandalous doctor.
From Our Own Correspondent reports preparations for an upcoming convention. Local moves include Cover's house nearing completion and John Miller moving to Rev Crary's farm. Teachers, schools, and church repairs are discussed alongside mule purchases by Nye and Byers.
The item notes the death of Cheeny at age seventy six with funeral at the Catholic church and mentions Abraham Shoe's infant son and a marriage between Samuel Bloom and an Indiana bride, plus a "French Joe" and Lizzie Fisher. It reports a school term ending, Mr. Doud moving to the Institute, seven buildings under construction, Miller Rock & Co. grain output around a thousand bushels daily, and that much grain from Southern Williams county is sold locally. The piece closes with a caution about town characters and a jab at a Noble township Democrat.
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