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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1886
Page
7
Correspondent reports on local happenings in Jennings Township August 6 1886. Highlights include residents visiting, minor accidents, weather, threshing output of Daniel Barnett and Son, and improvements such as C F Clants mower attachment for flax. Firemen’s tournament at Lima and church events noted with hopeful futures for Rev Wm Reece.
A rural record notes a needed rainfall and several injuries from a scythe and a rattlesnake. It also reports a large snake killed after striking a boy’s shoe. The piece criticizes the county agricultural society’s grounds and calls for focus on farming and crafts over gambling and racing.
From our occasional Correspondent the crickets warn that autumn nears. Dr B F Leslie’s work horse was struck by lightning last Friday. Mr Thomas Butler improves his Tully street property. A B Penny and family plan an extended visit in Darke county. Five from Van Wert paid 23 to Mayor Fredenburg for abusing a horse Sunday. Deputy Sheriff seen on streets as Convoy faces a mandamus case in court. Eva Jones wed Mr John Etter at Dixon Squire Jones’s residence. Best wishes to the couple.
Health is good. N. R. Pollock and brothers have begun to make ule again. Amos Mechling fell from a granary and mashed his thumb. Charles Orton fell from an apple tree and ran a splinter through his hand. If you want good threshing call on Asa Pollock's sons. They can thresh eight to nine hundred bushels a day.
The town prepares for the new term with Miss May Campbell and Prof. Rowland returning for August 10. A brick school building is under construction in Washington township sub district No. 8. C L Ireland will sell coal at low cash prices. Delphos residents Jennie Feasel and Radie Stemen seek room and board for the term. Local residents discuss forming an eight column newspaper named College Gazette to cover Middlepoint and nearby areas.
Local item highlights John Zaner as a leading cider maker. The notice mentions H. Hudspeth enjoying California breezes and farmers selling hogs at 4.20 per hundred. It also reports the Convoy wedding of John Etter and Eva Jones and memorial lines for Percy Kirk of Sugar Ridge Cemetery with funeral service details.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hire a boy. Mr. Robert Ireland is at Kenton this week. A. L. Quackenbush lost one of his work horses last week. Mrs. B. Camp is visiting her daughter Mrs. Peters in Madison county. Mrs. James Nantz spent last week in Tully township visiting old friends. Mahlon Houck and family of Convoy were visiting Mr Hs mother Sunday. Mr. Albert Nantz spent last Sunday near Dixon visiting friends. Misses Kittie and Ora Singer of Walnut Grove are guests of Mrs. James Nantz. The Misses Cora and Myrtie Miller of Union township were guests of Miss Cora Houck Sunday. Ice cream festival at the Dix Church next Tuesday evening. Everybody invited. Sanford beat them in extracting honey after the tree was down. he got all the bee bread. Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Bowen of Wiltshire township visited their daughter Mrs. John K. Wagers Tuesday.
The oats are nearly all harvested and promise a splendid crop. Corn looks well in the area. Robert Woods is on the sick list. Wm A Runnion’s nine year old daughter had a wagon accident injuring her elbow. Miss Stickles of Van Wert visited locals. Henry Kennel of Bloomville, Seneca county, was here last week handling his farm bought from Wm Runnion last spring.
A season themed issue highlights Algiers and the Suberbe as opening features with Mrs Lucy Mitel's picturesque account of Castle and Heidelberg. It notes the university’s five hundredth anniversary on Ortenberlath and includes Sea Birds at the Farne Islands by Bryan Hook with illustrations and Grace Darling lore, plus The Western Art Movement by Riply Hitchcock.
A Mass Convention of the Prohibition party will meet at Gililland's Opera House in Van Wert on Saturday August 7 beginning at 10 a m. A full county ticket will be nominated for the November election by the County Committee.
Advert: Electric Bitters claimed to cure Knight’s disease diabetes weak back and urinary issues by purifying blood and regulating bowels. Each bottle 50 cents sold by L F Guckenheimer. Testimonial from David Bash of Little Rock Ark credits Parker’s Tonic with a permanent cure after failing other remedies.
Advertisement details a Monday August 9 1886 start for a Niagara Falls trip with an overnight arrival, return plans for August 11 and a stop in Cleveland for leisure. Tickets offer Chautauqua Lake add ons, sleeping cars with berths reserved by August 7, and ten day return extensions upon request. Includes agent contacts and pricing notes.
The article notes U S forces fighting Geronimo since 1885 with odds against him. Talks of possible surrender via General Miles and friendly Apaches, though Geronimo may be in Mexico. It describes his cruelty, wounded arm, and a wary hope the campaign may end, while cautioning against his escape and further atrocities.
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