DUCK CROSSING.General and Personal Happenings Down in Defiance Township.Bert Ball is sharing hoops.Tom Lambard is working on his ditch.Thomas Limbert has husked his corn.Simon Brown, of Paulding, was here Sunday.Mary Jane Ball ha* returned from Hol-gate.Mr. Cheney will teach the Fox school this Vfinter.□ Mont Coff attended court at Defiance this week.Shooting match at Jonas Cromley’a, November tith.Andrew Bchooley, of J auction, visited here last week.Mr. and Mrs. Carr wt re the guests of Mr. and Mrs. JL J. Kisor, last week.□ Mrs. Yictora Has© sworth visited Mr. andMr?. John Kronta, last week.Harry Hudson is putting up a cow shed. He has a fine lot of cows tils falLMr. and Mia A. J. Kiser were t e guests of Mr. and Mra 8. M. Shirley, Sunday.□ Mr. and Mrs. John Krontz were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ball, lust Sunday.Dr. M. B. Stevens hts been setting out some fruit troes ou Lis farm the past wee^.Mrs. Rube Heaetor, fiom near p$uld«g. visited Mr. ard Mrs, Jcttepfc, l^ix last week,Mrs. Amanda 04 Defiance, visitedher pa^gftts, Mr- %nd Mra. Capper, last week. Hrry Wells has the finest lot of hogs inthis end oJ the ©aunty. He has about t0in alhDick Shaffer had a log to fall on him the p.:Bi week and was seriously injured, but is ail right now.A. J. Kisor has rented fourteen acres of ground on the Fllcklnger farm, will plant it in oats.Mike Kelley cut^ hi* Soot qnlte severely one day th;e past week. Dr. M B. Stevens W«* oalled to dress it.Miss Anna Donaldson is teaching the Cromley school. She also expects to teacb six months in school district No. 3.Mr. Frank J. McColloch, the ^epufclioan nomines for member oj Visard of public works was at tyefianoe the other day. Mighty ^nt man and will be elected by •DMKH) majority.