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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1880
Page
3
John Lehman and Son announce readiness to furnish pine cisterns of any size at very low prices. No one need be without a cistern. Call for prices. Located north of Maumee River, Defiance.
A bustling Defiance issue reports a rough collage of happenings and notes from the week. Taxes attract crowds at the Treasurer’s office while merchants report strong winter trade. A string of local events includes church services, a fair at the Opera House, and an upcoming lecture.
Bechel’s Drag Store displays a very large holiday stock in Detlanes with a wide range of albums from 50 cents to 15 dollars and elegant black ebony items. The store offers rare Kolo Meda goods, dressing cases, and numerous fancy toilet goods with strong bargains. customers urged to inspect before completing purchases.
A Defiance business man bought two Poland China pigs as a Christmas gift. The clerk forgot to inform the owner, leaving the pigs unfed for a week. Upon discovery the two animals were found dead in the barn, victims of neglect. The brief note mirrors a local curiosity column and real estate transfers follow in the same clipping.
A reporter questioned Marshall about a possible Defiance distillery after the council feared a boom. Marshall denied plans to start a distillery, saying he bought engines and worms for a still but had no intention to operate. The council spent $10 to $20 publishing an ordinance based on a scare.
The next term of Common Pleas Court for this county convenes Tuesday January 4. Sheriff drawn grand and petit jurors include John Carpenter Adams Ruben Powers Noble Isaac Corwin Defiance William Sproull Defiance Phillip McCauley Tiffin John MacCollister Defiance Phillip Young Richland W Thompson Hicksville David Hunter Defiance Phillip Strawser Washington Thomas Boyd Highland J P Wolfrum Defiance Samuel Rohn Richland John Spangler Jr Richland Ss Warren Vulia Pervit jurors George W Good Hicksville George W Benner Washington William Gleason Defiance Frederick Mehring Defiance George Warner Hicksville Joseph Lavergen Delaware J A Hootman Milford Miller Arrowsmith Farmer George Richardson Farmer George Hobbs Mark W H Mansfield Highland Wm E Partee Tiffia
Various churches plan Christmas events including musical entertainment and meals for schoolchildren at the M E church, a gift tree at the Presbyterian church accepting items for the needy, a fair closing at St John’s Catholic church, Christmas trees at German M E and St Paul Lutheran churches, and masses and services at St Mary’s, Grace Episcopal. A Bryan robbery report details O T Letcher’s loss of 3500 dollars after a home invasion en route from Chicago.
From Our Own Correspondent reports living residents and neighbors with brief items. Sis of the Democrat is mentioned while Mrs Ury teaches West Ridge, James Colwell teaches Knapp district, and two Clear children are sick. Turkey hunters Metz and Newell are named as well as a neck tie party and festival meetings at Rosedale church. A Twin birth to Walter’s family, app leton school readers added to district No 5, and a portable saw mill planned on the Conkle farm. Lutheran church plans brick erection.
Ed Povenmire visits Findlay and Lima while Rev Bogers holds meetings. A big Ridge wedding occurs, Henry Schatz and Rosada Stemnmaier host music and refreshments. George Woods plans a sawmill move, William Edwards suffers a severe facial gash, Mrs Edwards tends to him, and a church interior remodel adds a raised choir floor and new organ with singers.
Old winter persists as schools plan next week's vacation while church meetings continue. Ice from St Joe river feeds local packing and brick shipments arrive daily. Masons work, hog pens shrink, camelback engine incident at St Joe injures four. Logs head to Defiance and lumber to Chicago. Krotz adds plate glass and pushes completion. Holiday goods vanish as Christmas nears. A brakeman’s minor injuries receive care in town. Ray Maxwell rumors spark a playful mob but end with Squire offering apples and cider.
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