Local Defiance Items Highlight Sessions and Festivities
The Defiance columns note ongoing Commissioners sessions with varying workloads, bustling commerce on last Saturday, and preparations for events including a Put-in-Bay excursion by the Red Ribbon Club on July 3. Campaign chatter, circus promotions, wagon work by Peter Dickman, and Edison Phonograph displays are mentioned along with local transportation and agricultural remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Ribbon Club
Defiance
Put-in-Bay
Peter Dickman
George W. Squire
Edison Phonograph
Ohio
The
Express
W. C. Burk
B. & O. Railroad
Burglary at Perry Street Home Ends With Arrest
A man named David Charon broke into John Reuter’s Perry street residence last Monday night and stole a watch, chain, money, a revolver, and jewelry. Mrs Reuter alerted her husband. Charon escaped but was arrested Tuesday after Reuter wired a description and missing watch details. Charon, once employed by Reuter, entered via a first floor window and rifled the lower rooms before taking a watch and a revolver from the sleeping area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Reuter
Perry Street
David Charon
Maumee
Charon
Reuter
Mr. Reuter
Defiance County Board Auction Ditch Sections and Bond Election
Commissioners met June 3 1878 at the Auditor's office and ordered sale of unfinished ditches Nos 18 and 14 with contract to finish by September 1 1878. The board accepted bondsmen for Treasurer elect Adam Minsel including Harmening Wiebach Bauer Preisendorfer and others. A drunken row near town ended with John King badly beaten and hospitalized. three men arrested on assault and battery with intent to kill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Keller
August Haase
Adam Minsel
Defiance County
Frederick Harmening
Martin Wiebach
Joseph Bauer
J. M. Preisendorfer
A. Weidenhamer
William Davis
Peter Westrick
J. F. Wolfrum
J. W. Slough
Wm. A. Khenast
Peter Schlosser
L. Blanchard
J. Karst
M. Schultz
John M. Hengstler
Elmer White
W. G. Blymyer
Board of Commissioners
Skivers
George Sanford
Ashton
King
Sanford
County road levy urged for uniform good roads
The Board of Commissioners will consider a general road levy after county leaders urged that funds be raised and spent to build good roads county wide. The plan calls for one road at a time, controlled by the Commission, with funds allocated to Hicksville and other areas proportionally. The public seeks fair, statewide improvements without favoring any single locality.
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Board of Commissioners
Hicksville
Kingdom Come
Dr. King
J. P. Buffington & Co
Tax levy adopted and city accounts approved in Defiance
After minutes were read the levy ordinance for 1878 taxes was adopted by full vote. Accounts allowed include Diebold for sewers, Tuttle for bridge work, Gravendyke & Semple fire line, and others. Resolutions funded police uniforms and wall reconstruction for George Schmidt on Center street. Sidewalk rebuilds mandated on Clinton street extension.
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Jos. Diebold
Tuttle
Gravendyke & Semple ‘Fire Fu Iine Defiance Machine Works
Hoffman & Geiger Furniture
NIE Sa Maccang Steed Te Theovares
Daniel's
Tre
Peter Sonnets Police
Cee Eens
James Tolan
Macademizing Tanda
D. Ww. Macagell
Hancock
Perry Street
German Methodist
Marshal Hepler
Policeman Sennett
Geo. Schmidt
Council
Incorporate Village of
Defiance
Center Street
George ScuMior
George Schmidt
Clinton Street
Fifth Street
Williams Street
Et &c
Deatrick
Magnificent Sells Bros Exhibition Wows Cleveland Leader Readers
The Cleveland Daily Leader lauds the Sells Brothers circus in vivid detail praising seven elephants and a grand parade through Superior streets. It highlights Miss Viola Rivers, Charles Ewers, Willie Sells, the Jasper trio, and Willis Cobb as standout performers. The report lauds the overall decorum and variety, calling Cleveland proud of its planners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sells Bros
Cleveland Daily Leader
Superior
Boswell
Daniel
Tropics
Pittsburg
Ethiopia
Willis Cobb
Viola Rivers
Charles Ewers
Little Willie Sells
Milton Jaspers
Sam Rinehardt
Thomas
Clinton Jasper
Cleveland
Real Estate Transfers for Week Ending May 30 1878
Recorder's books list transfers across Defiance Noble and Adams townships. Notable entries include Joseph Bunnell to David Weller 200 dollars par cel in Woods ad Hicksville, and A.P. Edgerton to T.W. Kerr parcels in Edgerton's addition to Hicksville. Numerous 40 acre and 80 acre deeds priced from 25 to 7,125 dollars, with transfers involving Crops, townships, and parcels in Adams, Milford, Noble, Tiffin, Washington, and Defiance.
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Recorder’s Office
Joseph Bunnell
David Weller
Woods
Hicksville
J.S. Bunnell
Eliza Cook
Adam Bufka
Michael Bishop
Adamis Township
Jacob Scheiber
M. Cramer
Milford Township
Priscilla Colpetter
Jonathan " Welch
Smith Hoadly
Aaron Marckel
Adams Township
F. H. Cassill
Ruth Ann Cassill
Noble Township
J. F. Junkins
T. J. Bernes
Mirk Township
Boon
T. J. Barnes
Andrew Potter
Mark Township
Hiram Byers
Miller ‘Arrowsmith
Farmer Township
F. H. Crassill
Brice Hilton
J.B. Frost
Hoffman & Geiger
East Defiance
Geo. W. Carpenter
Mary E. Moore
Richland Township
Elias Miller
Jennie M. Nicewener
Sherwee
Peter Mineke
Fred van Weiding
Frank Garber
John H. Kiser
Corwin
Defiance
A. P. Edgerton
T.W. Kerr
Edgerton
A.C. Cameron
Winfield S. Cameron
Tiffin Township
John Spangler
Martin J. Hellman
C.M. Strohsaker
Washington Township
Catharine Stear
John Burk
Maggie and
Tilla Warren
E. Phelps
Peter Weese
Landyland
L.A. Carpenter
Lucetta Harrington
Defiance Township
Hugh Donely
Jacob Fralick
Aaron Blair
M.D. Mogg
August Haas
Simon Figley
James Figley
George H. Kellamier
Board of Education
E. Hemmingway
Francis M. Hemmingway
F. M. Hemmingway
W.P. Tomlinson
W.P. Case
Charles Case
S.S. F. Jennings
Ellen Riley
Daniel Frible
From Our Own Correspondent Local Letter
The writer notes late rains make the countryside look cheerful and cites sweet potato cabbage and chicken cholera spreading in the area with many dying overnight. They fear the disease may reach people and mention relief that the fish law has no frog catching clause. A trip to Napoleon is described and Defiance County roads are criticized compared to Napoleon.
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Napoleon
Defiance County
Farming notes mix corn progress and local events
Farmers report corn planting nearing finish while potatoes and oats look good and wheat promises a large crop. Miss Rath improves and plans to resume teaching as Mr Billman opens a local grocery. A breach of promise suit seeks two thousand dollars for a hurt heart. Revival at West Ridge unites converts with the U B Church. Car making by Deihl Shaffer & Co. at Lumber Mills employs twenty. Sabbath School thrives under Superintendent Jefferson Tittle and staff.
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Miss Rath
Fortin
Billman
Tussing
West Ridge
U. B. Church
Messrs
Deihl, Shaffer
Corn planting continues as late rains revive crops
Our correspondent notes corn planting ongoing and late rains aiding growth. Evansport residents praise the Brunersburg Cornet Band after Decoration Day serenade. Local schooling updates include Emma G Kibble teaching at Mark Center for six months and Flora Reid teaching Langdon District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Dowe
Evansport
H. Chilcote Esq
Pisgah
Freddie
America
Germany
Justice Coy marriage at Stryker parsonage
On June 2 1878 at the M E parsonage in Stryker Rev H A Brown united B Welieron Justice of Evansport Defiance Ohio to Ellen Coy of near the same place Williams Co Ohio. Three-fingered O Connor former Ohio Legislator lectures June 4 at Robinsons Opera House Cincinnati on From the Penitentiary to the Legislature.
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Coy
M. FE. Parsonage
Stryker
H. A. Brown
B. WeLieron
Evansport
Defiance
Ellen B. Coy
Williams Co
Ohio
O’connor
Robinson
Opera House
Cincinnati
O'Connor
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Defiance Co. Express
David Travis
Cary & Carroll's
J.J. Levy
Dartford
Wis
Chicago
Sells Brothers Circus
Heatley
Sells Brother’s Circus
Hose Boys of Defiance
Delphos
Alpress Brothers
Lindenberger Block
Court House
Orphans Home
N. Y
Heath
Wabash
Missouri
Delaware Bend
Gipsies
Fifth Street Bridge
Ohio and
W. H. Ralston
Geo. W. Killey
Maumee River
Barney Stotler
Mr. Stotler
B. & QO. Express Co
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
New York and Baltimore & Ohio Express Co
C. F. Martin
Defiance Defiance Co
Joseph Bohn
Elizabeth Neal
A. Cronkite
James K. Patters
John Deford
H. Pierce
Rosie Hahn
Terese Sheete
Charles Hall
Samuel K. Smith
John Mack
J. A. Tyler
Bros Meyer
Henry Thalman
John Zellers
Hipney
Alexander W. Boyd
Rosetta Smitt
Lafayette Rogers
Josephine Bidlack
Ernest O. Strong
Alice J. Hollinger
Joseph Moore
Mary E. McKinsey
John Boucher
Mary E. Harrington
George Ort
Catharine Hine
Eli Haver
Alice Ice
Rufus A. Sheldon
Lulu D. Crandall
David Catlett
Jane Saylor
Franklin Foot
Sarah Hasken
William Brinck
Johanna Merrimen
Lake Doster
Anna White
Frederick Schelling
Hattie M. Ewing
Young America
E. F. Aldrich
Fairy Grotto
J. B. Leslie
Leslie
John M. Culley
Jefferson, Iowa
Charles Stow
Sells Brothers Show
Me. M. Gorman
Jefferson Street
Edgerton Herald
Brooks
Linda Ford
Ashtalula, Ohio
N. L. Hills
Charles M. Thrall
John Winn
Brunersburg
Andrew Schofield
Florida
Go. Long
George Long
James Jarvis
Piqua
J. L. Scott
F.G. Turnbull
J. J. Jarvis
Thos. Carroll
Council Proceedings
Holgate
Greene
Schultz
Widmer Haller
Blanchard
Great 7 Elephant Railroad
Lewis
Wall Paper
E. N. Lewis’ Drug Store
J. J. Levy
Russell House
Defiance Business College
Defiance Savings Bank
N. L. Hitts
Adams Ridge
Loca
Nathan
Henry A. Brown
Main Street
Glee Club
George Dennis
Brunersburg Band
J. 8. Cameron
Nickolas Nickelby
Cary & Carroll’ S
Ayersville
the Express
Rome
Aversville
Sterrns
Crawford County
William
Minei
Ind
James Worley
Dillatush
Sarah A. Laven
Warren Co
Robert Snodgrass
Mesdames
Jacob Adams
Findlay
Hancock County
Hosier
Hill School
Argyle
Evansport Fair
Ella Umbenhauer
Willians
Fulton
Doster—White
W. W. Thomas
Anna Watt
E. N. Lewis
G. W. Bechel
A. W. King
Saeger’s
Clinton and
Fourth Streets
FE. N. Lewis’ Drug Store
Lie
Bechel
E. Saeger’s
Alexis
E. Saeger
C.S. Wellman
Crosby
R. McBroom
R. J.mcbroom
Cary & Carroll’s
McKelvey’s
Second Streets
Saeger
R. J. McBrooms
Harley Bro’s
Bechel’s
Boor & Renollet
E.N. Lewis’ Drug Store
Kings
Winger
J. F. Tingle & Son
A.J. Brown
Booth & McCullough
Wixcer, & Co
Boor
Renollet
Bechel’s Drug and Book Store
Pree
Max
W.¢. Holgate
Howe
Singer
Weed
Alpress Bro’s
John M. Kirchner
Peterson’s Block
M. Kittner
C. Biede
Hl. Heerdegan
C. Biede & Co
Elardwares
Yours Truly
C, Biede & CO
Strong & Greeney
Rohn & Moll
Defiance, Ohio
Lumber Yard
Planning Mills
Texas
M. Ge
Paris Green
Peracre
PosTaGz
Kearney Chemical Works
James II
Cortlandt St. New Fore
P.O. Boz
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