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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1878
Page
2
Defiance Ohio March 22 1878 subscription terms per year in advance six months 10 in clubs 2.60 single copies for sale all newsdealers postmasters urged to act as agents message to friends to stand true the old ship is in danger she needs brave men Ben Wave
The repeal eliminates the need to register to vote, declaring all people as citizens and extending voting eligibility accordingly. The change marks a shift in how civic participation is governed and may affect turnout and registration requirements locally.
In Defiance the reform Legislature heard a clash led by O My ers and Dodd as the faithful fear defeat and the court house unrest weakens their ranks. A bill in the Pennsylvania Legislature would make cremation a misdemeanor with a fine of at least 360 dollars.
The Republican win in New Hampshire arose from a vigorous concerted effort with candidates standing shoulder to shoulder and differences set aside. If similar unity appears in Ohio, Republicans are poised to sweep the state.
The next move in Congress is to press for about five hundred thousand dollars to the M. E. Church South for wartime occupation and damages. The author predicts the claim will fail, recalling a 1872 Winchester battle event where church members suffered shell damage.
The writer argues that the old Republican party will not die and that minor parties like Greenback and Prohibition will fade away. He notes perpetual Republican and Democratic duopoly while fringe groups drift like a fish and perish, but the major parties persist.
The author predicts a near future where the Government brands greenbacks as real dollars, equal in value to coin. Intrinsic worth is irrelevant, and a legal stamp will confirm the dollar status, aligning greenbacks with gold or silver and eventually removing redemption limits.
Washington reporter for the New York Tribune cites habitual drunkenness among Democratic House members becoming a national scandal. The Virginia Douglas incident surpasses typical misconduct, with a Virginia Representative allegedly drawing a revolver in the reporters' gallery and interrupting the floor for five minutes without rebuke, challenging 1876 reform promises.
The Louisiana Democrats warned of hardship from carpetbagger rule and hoped reform would lift prosperity. The New Orleans Times condemns reform results noting higher taxes, stagnant property values, and general decline since radicals were routed.
The towns Caiiaco St Louis New York and other large cities chatter about repealing the bell-punch. Defiance considers tapping forty five saloons for steady yearly revenue.
The Nationalists scored a solid showing in last week’s spring elections across New York cities including Utica Iwego Emira and Auburn. They won 65 of 848 Supervisors across 39 counties.
The church group donated materials and completed a barn for Rev Brown. A Friday quarrel between two youths led to one stabbing the other thrice with a pocket knife. In Dover township a circular saw broke, narrowly missing feed workers’ heads. A Swamp woods accident in Royalton, Mich killed twenty year old Guy Furgerson when a falling tree struck him.
On Tuesday five wagon loads of the Fifteenth Amendment passed through Lima en route to Kalamazoo from Mechanicsburg Cham paign county. Wm Craig of Lafayette, after drinking heavily, missed the 4 pm train and walked along the P Ft W C road. He sat on the track near town, was struck by a westbound special train in a drunken stupor, and limpently grievously injured. An inquest was held.
Timber rafts moved downriver toward Toledo on Sunday and Monday. Thomas Coxon, longtime Antwerp resident, died after a long illness and was buried. The Wabash line suffers car thefts at Woodburn with freight cars repeatedly opened and rifled. Charles Harris, one of Antwerp’s earliest businessmen, arrived in 1854 and helped start the first stave factory. Marshal detained two Frenchmen, Joseph Segren and Patrick Geigren, for drunkenness. released after posting five dollars each, they did not appear on Monday as required.
A Sunday night burglary at the Depot Restaurant netted silver change and cigars. Obituaries note John Hammon of Riley township died March 7 1878 at a ripe old age, Barney Bickhold of Union township died February 12 1878 aged 61, Eickhold immigrated from Germany in 1838, and Michael Row of Ottawa died March 7 1878 aged 83 at his residence. John Christian Reese identified as recent casualty near Belmore with residence unknown.
From Junction comes a startling report of Elizabeth Stork, a young unmarried woman living five miles east of Junction, who walked through mud after attending church and gave birth on the road. A passerby named Mr Sloppy found the baby and aided searchers who eventually reunited mother and child, both doing well.
Henry county reports the wheat crop in excellent condition with expectations of a large yield. In other brief items, F E Stout assigned to D Meekison Jr for creditors, Auditor Stout's mother died in Winstonville aged 75, Mr Smith Cowdrick injured after a fall from a tree, and a Washington township justice of the peace allegedly left the county with another man’s wife.
The County Commissioners levied one and one half mills for bridge purposes at their session last week. District Court met last week with Judge Thomas Beer and James McKenzie and James Pillars on the bench. Jacob Lehdigh on East Wilson Street found several ripe strawberries in his garden Friday. John Sockman working at the stave mill in Edgerton Saturday injured the thumb and three fingers of his right hand but likely not permanently.
Samuel Fulton tours through Kansas and Illinois on a prospecting trip. Miss Anna Murphy dies Thursday morning the 14th around 5 o'clock. Rev Tanneyhill leads a protracted meeting at the M E Church. Rev A V Gorrell to preach at Hicksville and Defiance on alternate Sundays. A new Bologna machine arrives at Filley Richard's butcher shop. Samuel Johnson from Michigan, now in Hicksville, recalls Refiance once had three houses and Hicksville did not exist. Nevis.
The artesian well at the depot has reached 218 feet with water supply not fully satisfactory. Burglars entered the McCoy and Collett grocery Saturday night and stole cigars and tobacco. Park Commissioners planted about two hundred trees along Main street. Trees cost seventeen cents each including setting. Citizens plan a notable County Fair with a public wedding premium offered by A. P. McConahay for the first couple married on fair grounds during the exhibition.
A local note recalls daily life in Adams Ridge with farm talk, births, and travel plans. It highlights road drainage as key to dry months, citing Illinois tiling experiments and urging adoption to reduce mud and improve farming conditions.
From Our Own Correspondent notes local concerns on a county election and road work. It urges voters to choose honest men for offices and highlights public money safety and tax levies as vital themes for Defiance residents.
The note book reports the Flour Mill reopening next week and the new term for local schools under Principal T H Kintigh and Assistant Clara Yeager. Mrs Anna Papes visits, a fox chase entertains locals, mail carrier delays draw complaint, and Rev Henry A Brown leads midweek services with a Bible reading on Man's great privilege. Nickolas Nickelby referenced.
Mr Geo Coy back from the East after study of Jay. Whistling girls and the croaking frog lead local musical entertainments. The river rose eighteen inches during the late fresh. Bevington barn struck by lightning but little damage. Bible Society of Milford township meeting set for East Milford Church on the 17th at 2 p.m. A marriage ends questions about a Clarksville knot. The North German school under Mrs Farnsworth praised for good management and math. Rev Dill to begin protracted meeting at Center school house next Tuesday despite school board opposition. A contemptible mean act by prominent Democrats prompts sharp reform critique.
Spring plowing has begun. Herman Cook returned to Hillsdale College this week. The first raft of ship timber sailed east yesterday. Florida schools close Friday. Calkins' school Thursday. Ed Cowdrick teaches near Okolona and is confined with a nervous attack. Ed Povenmire plans a garden. Carrie Benskin may regain their injured eye. Mart Lowry's daughter had a paralytic stroke. Fletcher Andrew blessed with a daughter and a sister-in-law. Dr Stout moved to a larger room and plans a new drug class and has taken Mrs Christine Stout as wife.
From Our Own Correspondent notes a muddy spring in the German settlement. Townsfolk grumble over weather and talk at Nasby Corners while recalling relics: W A Kibble owns a 1614 Don Quixote book and Simon Figley has a Scottish printed Bible said to be 150 years old. An odd benzine laden city arrival is mentioned.
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