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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1879
Page
3
The undersigned will rent to any responsible party or parties the above premises for a term of five years. Myers & Stover. Defiance, O., Nov. 14th, 79. Store for Rent and Fixtures for sale. Inquire at Store of Heller & Co.
Defiance shop erupts with bargains as Boston Store boasts top line black cashmeres at the lowest prices. A sale continues with cheap fixtures from a discontinued commercial school and reduced railroad tickets across eastern and western points. Mrs Julia A Cushing offers dress and cloak making. Palamo Mills advertises flour and feed by telephone.
Notices announce L A Bliss Lumber yard and office relocation to Clinton Street near the gas works, with thanks for patronage and pledge of quality. Various ads promote Turnbull wagons, sewing machines by C Weaner, Baltimore Bakery ice cream, Zeller Bruner, Dielhl stoves and coal wood burners, and Cary Carrolls Four Per Cent Bonds five cent cigars.
Switzer and Kelnast advertise a large stock of stoves of every kind including parlor cook heating and coal stoves. They claim to have bought before the rise in iron and plan to sell accordingly. Turnbull wagon promotion appears in the same notices with references to repairs and favorable terms. Baltimore Bakery touts fresh oysters.
Defiance features many notes on business openings closures and property. Fires and insurance concerns appear with a reminder to check stove-pipe flues. Residents discuss vacations holidays river traffic and social events at Napoleon and Defiance with various shops offering goods and services for the season.
Mr. T. D. Harris asserts brick sidewalks are cheaper than pine plank after building a 92 by 7 foot path on Wayne Street for 22 dollars. He used leached ashes instead of sand, reporting the brick walk is firmer and costs five dollars less than a pine plank sidewalk.
A powerful wind storm swept through Defiance around 10 am on Wednesday, ripping fences and trees near James Cheney’s farm. A one and a half story house occupied by Nan Whitney and family was lifted from its foundation and shifted about seven feet, though all residents escaped injury. The storm’s path caused damage west of the area, while the Whitney home bore the brunt.
Transfers recorded in Defiance show James H Frost to F M Curtis two lots in East Defiance for 925 dollars. Co C Kuhn to John G Weber eighty acres in Noble for 2800. John G Weber to M Weber forty one acres in Noble for 1000. Ira A Carlisle to Rawson Hutchins forty acres in Farmer for 200. John Mater to J W Slough admeas eighty acres in Mark for 810. John Hahn to Mary J Gearhart forty acres in Highland for 300.
Residents urge tapping the canal near Palamo mills and laying a pipe to Wayne and Jefferson streets to provide exhaustible water with hydrants at each corner. The last Jefferson street fire underscored the need, and officials have discussed this proposal before despite budget worries.
A Napoleon report recalls Sheriff Geo Daum directing rescue of burning records from the court house then freeing imprisoned felons to guard them. He left his home unprotected, losing possessions without insurance, choosing duty over safety and earning lasting remembrance.
Capt L G Randall of Napoleon was in the city last Tuesday. J L Bevington of Hicksville in town Tuesday evening. Geo P Hardy formerly of the Democrat visited Defiance last Saturday. John H Conkle of Milford ex auditor greeted friends in Defiance this week. G W Deatrick F A Turnbull T R Carroll J J Jarvis and others visited Grant Room in Chicago this week. Dr James M Collier returned to Defiance joining Dr E W Downs in surgery. Mrs Taylor injured at B and O junction shows steady improvement but may not fully recover. Frank Cole of Zellers Bruner’s spent three weeks in Indiana and Michigan, returned Monday. J W Stratton a former local moved back to Defiance to stay. Dr S S Hoffman formerly of Oregon and California opened an office in Zeisler Bruner’s building second floor. George Stengel of Huntington Ind, visiting his brother, accepted a job as head clerk at Casebeer’s Crosby House.
In Corunna Michigan on June 11 1877 Shubel G Hanford reports using four bottles of Lawson Chemical Company's Curative for years long rheumatism and partial paralysis. He can now lay aside crutches and move about more easily, and he endorses the medicine for others afflicted.
Lansing sits on the Grand River with a capital city building on Capital Square. The block spans 660 by 745 feet, totaling 11 acres, and the structure reaches 420 feet long with a 267 foot height and 1520 foot girth. It houses 139 rooms, marble corridors, glass skylights, iron beams, galvanized iron domes, and a State Library with capacity for up to 100000 volumes. The library measures 100 by 45 feet, three stories high, lit by gas and 271 chandeliers, with electricity powering about 375 burners. The building is praised by many as among the finest in the Union.
A Sunday 2 am blaze devastated Napoleon with flames gutting twenty four business houses and the court house district. Firefighters aided by Wayne and Toledo steamers struggled amid gale winds. losses estimated 75 000 to 100 000 with about 45 000 insured. Suspected incendiary cause.
From Our Own Correspondent reports the Solid North hailed in the Republican pyramid as the nation mourns Senator Chandler. Finishing touches on a new residence for N Monninger. John Hi Benton active in sailing. Billie Warren returns home from Huntington County Indiana work. Mrs Joseph Kibble's funeral held at Bural Chapel last Friday. Rev Robertson preaches sermon. An effort to organize a singing class with Prof Blake of Defiance. John Spangler's former house now parsonage for Rev Blake. A racket at Fred Kuhn's saloon left the pistol faulty. John Warren knocked over by a wagon load of corn fodder. Dr Downs sets his leg.
In a brisk note from Longsmith’s dining scene the Doctor ate cautiously to avoid another sun stroke. Meanwhile Permenees and Dan, E. Partee, proprietors of a Birdsell clover huller, hulled and cleaned 27 bushels of clover seed for Wes. Kinsig in 53 hours, inviting others to try rapid hulling.
Mr B Neats sold out and moved to Michigan while Jason Martin returns to Allegan County. A two week protracted meeting at Hootman schoolhouse yields favorable results with a general up-looking on the 13th. Samuel Worthington is seriously ill after a stroke. one child buried from diphtheria. GO Hulbert nearly burned out his house after a pipe fire. neighbors saved the home. Shifting politics as leading Democrats grow quiet for 1880 campaign. Miller and Hootman drop harp and reconcile. Amiden welcomes a new boy.
From Our Own Correspondent reports a sick child of Wm. Good and a sick child of Harman Kusian, for which Dr. J. M. Collier visits his father O. Collier. L. Blanchard cuts his foot. Several residents move, visit Lima, or attend events including a mission sermon by Rev. Allen, a wedding at Mr Kesner’s, a wood-chopping bee for the church, and a quarterly Evangelical meeting officiated by Elder Creder with visitors from Evansport Bean Creek and Brupersburg.
Napoleon Ohio witnesses the November 12 1879 ceremony at the bride’s parents residence D F Krotz between D F Krotz and Miss Fannie Lanz of Napoleon CatTarra. Public notices promote Lawson’s Curative for catarrh and various ailments, advertise Henry’s Carholic Salve for hay fever, Thomas Evectric Om as a pain remedy, Seller’s Liver Pills, and a Lawson’s Curative testimonial for chronic rheumatism and spinal paralysis.
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