© Day, of this place, Friday............ Reena Partee closed a successful term of school Friday in district No. 4...... At Rodgers is John Paxton, J W Shuter and C Spangler were Defiance visitors Wednesday.......... Mabel Paxton returned home Thursday. On her way she stopped at Defiance and took the civil service examination......__.. Mrs. AC Key was at Defiance one day last week...... C H Partee transacted business at Defiance Thursday............Mesdames GE Winn and W P Cameron were callers at De fiance Thursday......Jesse Hall was at Defi ance Wednesday......Mrs. Catherine Heer died March ?th. The funeral was held Sun day at the ME church, Rev. Sower, officiat ed Jessie Linebrink and John and Ray Kimberly were at Defiance Friday... D W Voy and wife visited his brother, Dr. M improving his property on Munin street, oc cupied by his brother FH F, by papering and printing...... T P Conkle, F Cooper, James Howard and Joseph Eberle, of Stryker, and Wim Harper, of Ridgeville, attended Ma sonic lodge here Friday evening...... was at Defiance Friday........ Blake Partee called at Stryker Saturday..............Chas, Patton was a Defiance visitor Saturday, HR Fribley was at Defiance Saturday. —__ A J Rodgers purchased IA Fribley’s prop erty on River street, IA will move his fam ily to Continental where he is engaged in running a grist mill; success, the.........The Rev. Sower, assisted by the Rev Rowe, com menced a series of meetings at the ME church Sunday evening............Mrs.John Replogle, of Terre Haute, Ind., visited rela tives here a few days last week...... Frank Spangler and family visited here Sunday Frank Hall visited relatives in Toledo Thursday......Sam Yeager and daughter, Mrs. © L Hall, visited J T Stewart this week ......H Partee was in Defiance Monday. .. Mesdames Bruns, Greiser, Sower and Betts called on friends here Saturday..... ....Chas Seiple, of Jewell, transacted business here Monday...... W P Cameron was a busines saller at Bryan Monday......Monday even ing the alarm of fire was sounded on the street. It was found to be at the residence of T E Shuter, a curtain catching fire from a lighted match, but fortunately was extin guished without doing much damage.