Ohio 1886: Legislature adjourns and tax changes noted
The 1886 Ohio Legislature adjourned with key business completed in the last two weeks. A reversion to 1882 Congressional districts, a September start for county auditors, and a $100 to $200 Dow liquor tax are outlined. Militia restructuring trims eight two companies. Grex Dorzig Warp named Soldiers and Sailors' Home Trustee. Democratic rule criticized amid labor unrest and mob violence warnings.
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Grex. Dorzig Warp
Democracy
Soldiers and Sailors’ Home
Senate
Pleasant Township Notes From Our Correspondent
From Paulding Dr P A Dix visits his parents. Charles Houck injures foot and is troubled. Vang and son from Paulding visit Quackenbush. James Gilbert family from Tully township visit Nantz. Rev Dupoy to lecture to youths and preach at Montana Putman county. Daniel Clinger Convoy guest of Mrs Houck. accident with a loose board knocks him down and he is carried indoors.
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P. A. Dix of
Paulding
Charles Houck
Mrs
James Gilbert
Tully Township
James Nantz
Dupoy
Montana Putman County
Daniel Clinger
Convoy
Susan Houck
South Washington Township Items
From our own Correspondent Fine weather at last Corn planting is the principal business now Mr A B Oliver gave us a call Monday on business For full blood hounds call on or address 8 M Pollock Mr Ed Wright has hired to John D Jones for the summer Meeting every two weeks at the Presbyterian Church at Middlepoint The Pollock Bros are going to put a self feeder on their threshing machine Our boal huckster John Davis of Venedocia pays ten cents a dozen for eggs and eight cents a pound for butter.
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Pollock Bros
John Davis
Venedocia
J. OC. Askins
Fort Wayne
J. M. Lowery
Columbus Grove
Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company
Dr. Jones
van Wert
Ft. Wayne
Reenbury Williamson
John J. Lise
James M. Norford
Indiana
van Wert County
Ohio
Court of Common Pleas
H. Corbet
Saltzgaber
Glenn & Kohn
Otice
Shanesville
West
Dailley X Vance
Mark
Ouse
Lot
Craw Hford and
Tyler Streets
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Union
Houlding
W. M. Hear
Totary
Saltzgaber, Glenn & Kohn
B. McCurdy
Ohio Senate row ends with oath for four new members
May 12 1886 report recounts chaotic scene as Ohio Senate faced no quorum after Democrats disappeared and Republicans pressed to adopt reports. Four new senators George W Hardacre Frank Kirchner James C Richardson Amos McGill sworn in, seats assigned, and chamber resumes business amid accusations of partisan maneuvering. Local notices about library, normal school and civic meetings follow in brief items.
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Ocolumnus
BuLnetin
Senate
Senate Committee
Hamilton County
VanCleaf
Ohio River
Great Lakes
Kentucky
Canada
van Cleaf
Cincinnati
Mr. Pavey
T. B. Coulter
T. J. Pringle
W. J. Rennells
Select Committee On
Samuel Bailey Jr
John Brashears
James C. Hopple
Moses F. Wilson
Robert
Messrs. Hardacre
Kirchner
Richardson
McGill
United States
Ohio
Bob
South
Chattanooga
May
Tribe of Ohio
Solons
Read House
Ham
Bates
Shelon
James Nolan
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Congress
Ohio Senate
Grand Old Commonwealth
Lexington
Arlington House
Covington
Bayou
E. F. Johnson
Jennings Township Items Highlight Local Happenings
Local notes report illness and recovery among residents Mrs N J Johnson and Grandfather Goodwin remain frail while Wm Hav er’s arm heals. James Hume visits Centerville and Jane Davis travels to Columbus. Olive Chapel sermons and Sunday school at Longsworth schoolhouse recur monthly. Farmers discuss corn and wheat prospects with hail and rain delaying planting. oil and gas prospects mentioned for Van Wert trip. Mrs Mapel returns to Yorkville for dressmaking. J W Converse reports success selling sermons. J B Longsworth works on Cochran hay press. Funeral for Mrs Weaver at Olive Chapel May 30. Two alligators found locally. Farmers Insurance agent I S Fackler promotes enlargements.
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Buzer
Beat
Whyman
Converse
I. 8. Fackler
Centerville
Farmers’ Insurance Company
Dayton
Charles Weaver
Olive Chapel
C. Hance
Spencerville
Olive
Snodgrass
Mitchell
American Tract Society
Convoy items recall local events and losses
The item lists Frosts caused little damage in Convoy while locals report new purchases and visits. J Moyer adds jewelry stock, J Robinson visits, and Copper Post drums promise music on the 80th. A natural gas light appears near Van Wert. J Welch dies of lung fever. Klinger suffers a severe accident. eight Washington clerks are discharged amid soldier sympathy. a wall note about the action inflames friends.
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John Robinson
Copper Post
van Wert
John Welch
Ridge Cemetery
Daniel Klinger
Crooks
Washington
Hardware supplies and tools for sale in local market
Forks, hay unloaders, shovels, ditching spades, chains, pumps, cutlery, belting, laws, mechanics tools, barbed wire, iron and steel and a full line of hardware items offered. The note thanks past patrons and hopes for continued patronage by selling hardware cheap.
Claims of a Buckeye Harvester Machine
The description asserts a folding, five minute setup harvester passing an eleven foot gate, with a low elevator and large drive wheel. It claims single chain operation, light reel, quick motion cutting apparatus, platform canvas bearings, and contrasts with all steel designs while praising Buckeye mower heritage and long experience.
Ye Old Scribe and Local Happenings In Town
A town notes several items including the return of Miss Eva Jones to her home near Dixon, Dan Klinger’s horse accident, and George Hoelle’s wool purchase. Other entries report court appearances planned, school closure last Friday, W K Anderson selling land east of town for $1,000, and street work by Densel using township levelers.
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Densel
Ray McComb
Portage County
van Wert County
Ohio
Pleasant
County of
van Wert
State of
Samson Kohn
Gotleib Kirich
Washington Township Items Show Crop Hope and Local Activity
Grandma Klinger improves while Mrs. J. L. Roush recovers. Frost caused no damage. Rye heads and wheat looks beautiful with abundant fruit prospects. Carpenters frame D. P. Klinger's barn. Rev. Dunlap to preach at Valley Church next Sabbath. Evanss sell timber land. Miss Dessie Stiverson visits Union township. Plowing and planting underway with corn ready for cultivator. Forty three rats killed in about an hour. D. P. Klinger and family visit J. B. Stiverson. Bruce Priddy plowing new ground with sleeves rolled up for two lands a day.
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Grandma Klinger
J. L. Roush
D. P. Klinger
Jas, Davis
J. B. Stiverson
Bruce Priddy
Greenwood
Co & A. Kr.rk
Southside
van Wert
Ohio
Joshua’ Ketchum
West Hall
South Range
Renee
School House
M. B. Church
Harrison
Carroll
Wood
Rain heavy and ditching planned after season’s worst storm
Heavy rain Friday night slowed corn planting and raised water levels unseen recently. Countywide ditching plans rise, while Rev. Edward Scott of Carthage Indiana preached at Pleasant Grove Church and sought subscribers for the Star and Crown. Mr and Mrs Bowers visited friends in Lake County Indiana. The surveyor checked another ditch in the area on Tuesday. Mrs E A Carothers and Miss Minnie Runnion returned Monday from Crawford and Seneca counties after weeks of visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Bowers
Lake County
Indiana
E. A. Carothers
Minnie Runnion
Crawford
Seneca Counties
Edward Scott
Carthage
Pleasant Grove
Star and Crown
Property sale and dog shipment noted in Shanes Crossing
Rainy period underscored transactions with Will H. Martin selling property in Shanes Crossing while Mr F Glathart received a blooded dog shipped from Chicago.
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Will H. Martin
Shanes Crossing
Mr. F. Glathart
Chicago
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Clyde Purmort
Hamilton Co
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South Washington Township
A. B. Oliver
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John D. Jones
Presbyterian Church
Middlepoint
Columbus Letter
Slade’s
L. Myers
Mrs. M
Holgate
The
McCreery
A. A. Manship
Delaware, C
Eli Stuckey
Kinsley
Edwards County
Sons of Veterans Club
G. A. R. Hall
Middlepoint Teachers’ Institute
Normal School Board
Scott
Normal School
L. E. Arney
Mary Deniston
Amor Gamble
Parker Gamble
S. M. Hesser
Radie Stemen
H. G. Pollock
Miss Stumm
Mr. Johnston
Marshall
R. Downing
C. E. Mohler
Messrs
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Edwards and
Poling
Frank Northrup
Miss Yost
Jennings Township
N. J. Johnson
James Hume
Jane Davis
Columbus
Gary
Holland
Frank Converse
Wm. Haver
J. B. Longsworth
Cochran
Hay Press
Mr. J
Joseph
Mrs. Dotton
Lima
R. L. Crooks
Daniel Britson
Wiltshire
Jacob Moyer
East Main and
North Washington Streets
J. A. Grossenbach & Co
John HH. Kaueh
Bishop Bros
George Hoelle
George
Eva Jones
Dixon
Dan Klinger
W. K. Anderson
G. Saylor
Washington Township
the Valley Church
Rev
Dunlap
Messrs. Evans
Evans & Jones
Dessie B. Stiverson
Union Township
Cassie Klinger
Greenwood Items
Mrs. Buhler
Decatur, Ind
J. M. Spahr
J. C. Horiie
Stumm
W. F. Hufford
Union School
F. M. Porch
W. W. Terry
J. Ls
Rebecca Schultz
William H. Schultz
Peter A. Miller
John Everett
Anna Hunsinger
Adam Hunsinger
Mary Kern
Jacob Kern
Wm. M. Clouse
Elisabeth Clouse
J. W. Summersett
Chloe Longsworth
Daniel Snyder
William E. Reese
Mary KE. Reese
Catharine E. Reese
Margaret Marshall
Ira Allison Marshall
Karl Capper Marshall
William Miltenbarger
Mary Wendel
Mos T. Dailey
William Sheets
Illiam Sheets
Isaac P. Rummel
Court House
Towit
Walnut Street
Sophia Shaffer
Buckeye Woolen Mills
Isaac Re, Tudor
Glenn & Koun
W.M. Kear
Elmer L. Potter
Isaac R, Tudor
Glenn & Kony
Sheriff's
John T. Ligget
Julia Ligget
Isaac Rh. Tudor
van Wert, O
van Wert Oate
D. E. Childs
Isaac N. Deniston
Isaac R. Tudor
Glenn & Kohn, SA Ornae
Isaac Rk
Tudor
Board of Education
A. B. Baker
Monmouth Road
Robert N. Hook
Emma Capin
Lewis Eckhart
Thomas A. Jones
Mary Jane Jones
Sarah Leigh
Court of Common Vbc
F. Leigh
Pleas
BF. Leigh
Chargin
Barah Leigh
Geneva Teestablish
W.& T. Smith
Geneva
Market Street
T.j.colez
U.S
J. L. Moser
David Moser
Jacob Kneller
Charles Kneller
Edison Stewart
Laura J. Stewart
Jonathan Alspaugh
Melissa Kasell
Benjamin Goodwin
Lewis Goodwin
Elisabeth Goodwin
Jeannetta Goodwin
Amos T. Dailey
van Wert CO
Natilda Louden
E. B. Louden
Grant
William H. Corbet
Wyandt
A. L. Sweet
Middlepoint Normal School Associated Company
Middlepoint Normal School
John Yost
Middlepoint, O
Truax & Williams
Delphos
T. Truax
Joseph Dickinson
Paul V. Washburne
J. Dickinson & Co
Amos W. Chilcote
C. P. Ees P
Pleasant To
Wort County
Justice of the Peace
Hine Ganmann
C. P. Stamm
Germann & Stamm
Edward Germann, C. P, Stamm
W. M. Kerr
Paulding County
Allen County
van Wert Corporation
Corporation of
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