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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1885
Page
4
Fragmentary rail timetable notes show trains labeled Chicago Express and Fast Line with times 9:36 PM and 59 AM in connection to SSA ME Chicago Maines. The readable data hints at a city or station sequence and local departure times.
Various short notices report on local commerce and daily life. Advertisements urge apprenticeship in printing, banter about weather and crops, theater plans, and upcoming fairs with names like J. I. Hoeffel and Baltimore Bakery appearing amid a flood of small notices and community notes.
A new cemetery plot named Grand Army lot will hold about 150 burials and be set aside for indigent soldiers of the city. Residents will beautify the area and Bishop Post may erect a monument there in the near future.
The Tri-State Fair at Toledo runs September 7 to 12 with excess fare for rail travelers. Premiums and purses totaling 20000 dollars promise the largest exhibit yet with daily special features. Five thousand dollars in race purses set high stakes for attendees.
Edwin Morris offers for sale at public auction on Wednesday September 2 1885 at 1 pm one general purpose horse one bay mare one Turnbull farm wagon one spring wagon one buggy one set work harness one set buggy harness kit carpenters tools plows and a lot of household furniture.
At a semi monthly meeting the council awarded the Harrison street sewer contract to J. R. Bowles and completed the contract. United States Fire Clay Co. received the sewer pipe contract and signed. An ordinance created the city civil engineer office and T. S. Wight was named for one year at four dollars per day. A resolution requires the fire engineer to display weather signal flags on the city ball flag staff.
The Republicans of the first ward meet at K V Haymerker law office Eureka block Friday Aug 28 at 730 pm to select delegates to county and representative conventions. Sixth ward caucus at R A Houghton office near Wabash depot Friday Aug 28 at 730 pm for delegates. Fifth ward meeting at Mr Bowes office Saturday next at 730 pm for delegates to Republican conventions at Defiance Sept 2 1885. Jxo P Cameron Chairman.
Howell's annual Niagara Falls and Lake Chautauqua excursion departs Defiance on Tuesday Sept 8 at 3 05 p m returning Sept 10 7 30 a m Falls time. Fare is 5 50 with train connections via Nickel Plate and B&O to Buffalo Cleveland and beyond. Excursionists visit parks hotels and Garfield's grave with guided service by W P Howell.
The 16th regiment O. N. G. band stopped at the Express office on their way home to Fostoria from the Nappoleon encampment. They played music and received much praise for their performance.
Peter Wachter held a sale last Friday with strong turnout. Notes mention pensions for William Lewis and Mrs. Sarah J. Stecker, visits by Elvira Woods and Florence Knight, and a Barn contract for Robt Frederick. Two granddaughters of John Boogs were injured when horses bolted after leaving Wachter’s sale. A local teacher's critic is teased, urging him to mind his own business.
From Our Own Correspondent Delaware Township reports farmers ready to sow wheat and prepare for a fall fair. Selvest er Gregg recovers slowly. Joe Davis buys another horse for 75 dollars. Mrs Augusta Smith is very poorly. Joe Watty of East Delaware plans to go West this fall. Mrs J Hill of Whites Mills on sick list.
Local committee reports strong progress on a White Bronze Monument to honor county soldiers. The 30 foot structure will bear names of all county enlistees who died, cast in raised letters across a durable face, with unveiling set for next Fourth of July in the Northwest. The effort seeks broader county-wide donations and lists R. P. Miller of Defiance as treasurer.
Died Sunday August 16 1885 Ph iam Longsmith wife of L Lonesmith of consumption aged 26 years 4 months 14 days She leaves a husband and two children to mourn their loss Also advertisement for a new 4 percent farmer's scale for sale cheap by A Witneitu & Son
The Republicans of Farmer Township will meet in caucus Saturday afternoon August 28 at 2 o'clock to appoint delegates to attend the representative conventions. R. E. Foot. Com.
Relief Corps to present two night performance of Among the Breakers a comedy drama praised as unmatched by local actors Miss Dollie Gibson as Mother Carey fortune teller and W H Platter as David Murray lighthouse keeper lead the cast with four strong supporting roles promising lively entertainment and further notices to follow.
Local notes report births and visits including a daughter born to Mrs. E. E. Martin. Hogs shipped by Foot and Norway on August 20. Dr. H. Z. Noble of Sherwood visited town last week. C. R. Ramsey of Bryan and J. H. Randall's partial recovery noted. Chas Shephard of Hoktsville visited town. Apha Stone returns from Michigan improved. John Hilton greeted R. Knight in town. Knight improves farm with new iron fence. Wesley Sanford visiting regarding Bohemian oats. Hoseck and Miller add a mitre to mill enhancing No. 1 flooring. Jennie Foot and Flora and Laura Norway visited Defiance. J. Blakslee of Hicksville sold memoirs of U. S. Grant. G. D. Ensign has second roof coat from Defiance. Frank L. Stone and Rossella Chapman marry in Milford township on August 20th 1885.
Hicksville items cover society happenings, repairs, and upcoming events. Topics include the Pleasant Ridge school property, a September fair, a Sunday school convention, and plans to honor old settlers on September 3. Local personalities, church services, and business updates mix with brief notes on health, politics, and advertisements.
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