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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1887
Page
8
A scrambled item describes changes on the Chicago transit route. It mentions Sleinane Booth, the GOING WEST heading, and references to Chicago Past Line, suivage Express, and Chicago Mall Newan Express in a fragmented context. Entities include Chicago and Express services, with unclear actions or outcomes.
Miss Gibson indisposed and Miss Mina Bixby spoke in chapel Friday. E R Stone spent weekend at Farmer home. May issue of College Record forthcoming. Prof. Tucker admired as expert bookkeeper. Students engaged in wrestling and running. several new students enrolled. Athletic club seeks matches. various clubs and prayer meetings active. Several teachers and students updated on illness and recoveries. a number of students took teaching exams at Union building.
The next gathering convenes at Mrs. Edward Squire’s home Monday evening May 9 1887. Program includes Lord’s prayer in concert, Bible story by W W Lance, secretary’s report, roll call with quotations from Addison and Bunyan, song Hither We Come, D A Rohn paper, English history questions, The World of To-day in May Chautauquan, Swift studies, Table Talk, common English errors and miscellaneous business.
Local reminiscences recount the early Bean Creek settlement above Brunersburg, noting distilleries built to counteract ague, two mills on Bean Creek, and first settlers like Ephraim Doty and Enos Purtee. It details dam history, first grist mill by John Perkins, and early school attempts, plus families arriving in 1831 to stabilize the area.
Hall and brother Jacob Hall shaped Wil liams county growth, with Jacob Coy as an early justice of the peace and John Snider as first constable and treasurer. Coy and Snider built a grist mill at Evansport that aided settlement and the northern township, as four of seven landowners from 55 years ago remain alive.
The week ending April 30 1887 records transfers of land in Defiance and surrounding townships including F Frost to F F Smith 1 lot in Defiance Phillip M Crago to Wayne Warner lot 10 Georgetown and to Crago by Wayne Warner lot 17 Georgetown other transfers total 20 plus Mrs. licenses issued at Probate in April listing numerous names and a sample of sworn statements and patent notice.
Weather favors wheat while many here recover from malaria. Isaac Flory’s worker Charles Brown and Anthony Michael resume married life, with Kate Spangler and Alice Hauser teaching summer schools. A new Catholic cemetery fence elevates the Ridge road, a lightning strike causes minor barn damage, and May Dodd begins her first term teaching in District No. 2. The Literary continues, and Philip Schpartzel starts tobacco sales at Adams Ridge, with talks of a local store.
Corn feed and plug tobacco advertised at C I Morse and U S Morse. Morse offers post 30 cent cut tobacco and English dairy salt. Farmers invited to see the new force feed grain drill with three wheels at J J Kanto & Bros on 2d street. Real estate security offered by F L Hay with office in courthouse.
People can save money buying cigars by the box or thousand from C. I. Morse. The ad also promotes long term farm loans at the lowest interest rate with flexible repayment, no life insurance required, and a contact at 1811 H. G. Baker, attorney at law.
The Almont Stallion Alhambra Chief and the Belgian Stallion Luis schedule season showings Monday to Wednesday at Napoleon and Thursday to Saturday at the old livery barn on Front Street Defiance. Also notes timber cutting and railroad tie work with M M Rodgers, NY Central, for market contact. Also brief notes on Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and several patent medicines with claims of cures. A social hop at Mark Centre last night ended with a reported pleasant time.
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