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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1880
Page
3
General A. Jacobs offers Cincinnati Buggies for disposal. Slade and Conn invite buyers for first class buggies stone or glass fruit jars and a full line of groceries. The Eagle Stave Company notes a large rise in stave bolt prices, matching wartime highs.
A pile of straw and manure behind Mr. Mart Brown's livery stable caught fire last evening around eight. Flames scorched the stable side but were extinguished without alarm. Origin of the fire remains a mystery.
Mr. P. H. Anschutz Jr. foreman of the Bulletin office and Miss Katie Jones were wed Sunday evening in a small ceremony conducted by Rev. D. L. Mackenzie. All Bulletin staff join in the happiness of the newly married pair.
Town Council orders new sidewalks in front of several lots with affected lot numbers printed elsewhere. Completion time fixed at sixty days, urging property owners to act. Also reports a lively street race near Findlay and news that Pleasant Township Railway Trustees begin seven miles of railway from this town under their management with John Rupright as Superintendent. Five thousand dollars in bonds sold. twenty men at work.
Burglars entered the Teubner home on South Washington last night through an open window and stole clothing, a gold watch valued around forty dollars, and a pocket book with papers. The missing clothes were found in the back yard this morning.
General Order No 1 directs all companies of the 11th Regiment to report to Colonel commanding at Wapakoneta Ohio on August 3 at about 2 PM for a six day encampment. Transportation subsistence to be refunded by the State. Banner prize to best drilled company.
A letter from H. M. Neil dated July 6 1880 requests ex Artillerymen attend the Soldiers and Sailors reunion in Columbus on August 10 11 12 and asks readers to notify him by postal if they will be present.
The Delphos Paper Mills face relocation unless town authorities upgrade the canal road quickly. H P Eysenbach reports road troubles impede business and 107 workers rely on the mills. Van Wert is pressing to lure the operation away with offers.
A long list of residents and guests visits from various places including Kansas New York Michigan Ohio Indiana Wisconsin and Illinois. Several locals plan trips to Paulding county Sing Sing and Lake Side while others return from travels in Boston Huron county and Findlay. English fox hounds arrive in New York bound for Louisville amid anecdotes on Chicago heat and 1850s city life.
Combination bath tubs Star coal oil stoves sealing wax charcoal sad irons and more are offered at O P CLARK and Son's. The catalog highlights practical items for household needs in a compact sales listing.
The article critiques Han cock and Inglish as Democratic figures who acted to aid Republicans during the war and in governance. It argues their main merit is preventing Democrats from harming the country, not Democratic conduct. It dismisses claims of enduring Democratic principles as vaunted rhetoric.
The Xenia Torchlight portrays English, the Hancock tugboat operator, as flawed in politics and business. It cites alleged acts and traits including supporting Lecompton era bribery, opposing free homesteads, wealth, stinginess, banking ties, perceived miserliness, and guarded house windows.
Professor C. T. Patterson explains that the earth behaves as a magnet, with magnetic poles inclined to geographic poles by about 23 degrees. The northern magnetic pole lies near the Arctic Circle, while needles at San Francisco and Calais deviate from true north, dipping differently and indicating a region rather than a fixed point. The earth’s magnetism is compared to a long magnet, and future studies of dynamo electric illuminations may uncover broader magnetism truths.
A large swarm of bees clustered on a Kansas bound car near Beverly Missouri. Police Officer McCart captured the swarm by coaxing them into an empty keg after receiving numerous stings. He reports his family is well at home in the north part of the city.
A Boston correspondent recalls Henry W. Paine one of the city's eminent lawyers noted for kindness and vigor. He recalls a case where a lady client deemed the ruling unjust and after praise for women's rights Paine wryly noted the current Massachusetts Supreme Court bench as the greatest set of old women.
Ferdinand Seitz of Hamilton County has spent thirty five years in the penitentiary for murder since November 4 1845. He has never left the walls and was once moved to a higher tier cell with views of rail era changes. A Cincinnati sea captain meanwhile described a piano purchase in vivid nautical terms to his wife.
A column of humorous sayings and brief vignettes followed by a lengthy excerpt from Living Thoughts of Leading Thinkers. It includes quips about rain bonnets and age, a New York church bonnet anecdote, and a long recounting of John T. Hoffman on the 1868 Democratic Convention with a bronze sword omen.
From our Correspondent: threshing yields about fifteen bushels per acre. James W Baxter bought a new thresher. Jennie Suttor has returned east after visiting here. Tully township trustees bought three Dague Road Scrapers and Levelers. Convoy merchants form a joint stock to buy grain locally. Dave Stamm returns from the West and would travel again. Our Band boys performed in Van Wert and praised their reception.
Mr John Smith will teach the winter term at the Center. McKee has ten buildings Van Wert Junction five Shasta eight. The township has 1552 inhabitants 225 farms 350 houses 360 voters and a large amount of land awaiting improvement. It offers transport facilities for products to markets and prospects for good markets at its door. Much land is cultivated yielding as in Ohio and timber resources await capital and labor for manufacture.
The column notes drought hurting corn while J B Wilson runs his saw mill and Owens Evans North report a successful new steam thresher. It mentions a brick school house contract in York Township let to J W Jones for 835 dollars, plus local visits by G W Day and D Evers. It records a mayoral strike by Venedocia tailors, a death of Mrs Miller wife of Abram Miller, and Abram Thomas’s recent horse accident with a dislocated arm now recovering.
Staging wheat and threshing in corn is the main activity with favorable weather and good yields. Threshers report 20 to 25 bushels per acre of high quality wheat. A Zion Sabbath School picnic was a success with planned singing at King Church on July 17. A note recalls frostbite relief with St Jacobs Oil.
Hon James D Parker proclaims the Guilmette Pact cured his kidney inflammation after spending about ninety dollars on other remedies. Major George Cramer likewise reports being cured and keeps one on hand for emergencies. A private in his company also benefited from the pads. For sale by L F Gackenheimer.
Druggists report a partial supply of Electric Bitters, the remedy sweeping the country with unprecedented demand. Its rapid curative powers for stomach liver and kidney ailments, plus a low price of fifty cents, drive eager purchases. Sold by Hinu & Wilson.
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