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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1880
Page
3
An advertisement touts Colby & Scott's Kal somine as a rustless whitewash and polish perfect for Louisiana use. It claims easy application, convenient handling, and beautiful colors, targeting readers with household needs.
Local notes report new goods arriving from Harley Brothers and Edgerton Herald changing size. Census enumerators start next Tuesday. plans for city park discussed. sheriff candidates rising. Decoration Day observed. courthouse quiet. two negros to be hanged in Ohio tomorrow. Emigration westward. factory expansions at Strong & Cheney and J J Jarvis mills. Canal water issues and a Talk with Girls and their Mothers highlighted. Gottwald buys Clinton Fourth street lot for a three story brick.
A Chicago Tribune advertising pay analysis shows papers earning vast ad revenue from columns. Council members briefly rage at the mayor for keeping circus tickets, misreading the motive as job or scheme. The uproar ends with plain note that tickets were simply used by the mayor.
The B and O railway offers excursion tickets at reduced rates for the June 2 1880 Republican National Convention in Chicago Exposition Building. Tickets valid May 31 to June 2 inclusive, with through trains from the Ohio river to Chicago and luxury Pullman cars. Special cars for groups of 30 or more upon request to Columbus agents Reppert or Lee.
Mr. F Gillespie runs a neat grocery again and does good business. The Methodist church will be erected this summer, making two in town. The school, led by W E Doud in his third term, averages forty five daily. Miller Rock Co. are erecting an elevator with 10000 bushel capacity. Local workers show grain market interest and urban rail attraction prompts some to delay labor until night. Sirus Quit.
Pleasant Ridge reports fine weather after rain as farmers market surplus grain at fair prices. Corn planting is done with good crop hopes if cut worms stay away. A two year old colt weighs 1360 pounds. Wheat heads rapidly and July reap prospects look strong. Logan correspondent Andy Wise teased with lively locals. Reason Scott buys a new top buggy. John Ames nears finishing a new barn. John Hollinger sells Buckeyes successfully this summer. Swamp ANGEL.
Mrs Mahaia Hall is quite sick. Rains slow corn but harvest prospects remain good for hay wheat oats and fruits. Local court attendance at Defiance noted. Amos Snider moving home for a new one. Trade strong Saturday. Assessors show Tiffin leads county in butter and second in wheat. Andy Wise quoted. Bricktop and Occasionally teased. Weather rains welcome sheep washing. Pest and crops: potato bag seed stone pikes question. Fruit prospects excellent. Miss Louisa Tittle ill. Census enumerator unclear. Chicken cholera and cutworm affecting poultry and corn. Trustees dispute ditch locations. Grain prices via Andy. New barns under way. Saw mills moved near West Ridge. No local saloon praised. Correspon dents urge county paper organization. Sheriff election interest noted. John Winn roaming.
Dr Thacker was on the sick list last week Green currants and choira morbus are on hand Silas Clark has returned from a tour in the West Mr Condit of Mansfield was with us over Sunday John Fouche and wife of Farmer City Mich are visiting friends here Mrs Morrison's father and mother Boy er of Bryan are visiting at the parsonage Strawberry time is here but the crop will be short the plants having been badly winter killed Mr Steinmaier's girl was run over by a wagon last week but not seriously hurt Rev Hosier administered the rite of baptism to about fifteen in the creek near the new church last Sunday Mr J Adams' little girl Della had sore throat last week Also Willie youngest son of J K Myers Health generally good several cases of putrid sore throat treated successfully Also four cases of scarlet fever in the family of John Wiler three miles from here
A local notice corrects last week’s item identifying the traveling doctor as J. W. Lessner instead of Brake. It states Mr Brake is a minister of the gospel who travels the circuit this year and resides in Brunersburg.
From Our Own Correspondent notes most corn is planted and praises a fine rain that refreshed fields, signaling good progress for the season. The brief item conveys optimistic, routine agricultural weather reporting without additional details.
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