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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1884
Page
1
Wooster items report D. Coulter as express messenger and a traveling brass band in town. Mayor Jeffries collected $50 in June fines and licenses. City directory work by Chas Merz Geo Shives. J. H. Thomas heads to Georgia. Multiple notices on church services, school events, and local trades.
Local notes report Harley Horhan and wife visiting his Akron family. John Weehart mourns the loss of his trotter High-Hooker, while Archie Sundles of Mt. Vernon visits the railroad. Miss Henry of Toledo stays with Mrs Emma Buchanan. Miss Miller of Fredericksburgh visits. Mr and Mrs Leyi Sours of the Eagle Hotel hear their son E Louis Souis, a Shreve attorney, was ill but out of danger. A burglary on July 4th steals Mrs Wm Wilson’s watch valued at 50. Mother Houghton returns from Westerville. The M E Church held its 7th quarterly meeting with Presiding Elder Rev. E Persons of Wooster preaching. Randal Smith of Delaware visits Rev. J L Smith. Dalton Cornet Band praises Milan hosts during fox celebration. The church festival on the Ilem? indicates a local event with mixed details.
A large barn at the Lehhigh farm near Big Prairie owned by Mr. Metcalf burned last Monday night. It contained about twenty tons of hay, grain, and farm implements, all of which were destroyed. Local reports suggest arson in the incident.
A list of Wayne County Clerks of Boards of Education with post office addresses for Paint through Shreve despite scattered typos. Entries include Mt. Eaton Sugarcreek Dalton Orrville Doylestown Wooster Applecreek Fredericksburg and other townships with clerks such as J M Wescott L C Davidson H Blankenhorn J H Mealy Henry Sell J S Shibler C A Adams L Stewart McCay Albert Wise J M Brown W H Long G M Brinkerhoff D B Wise Peter Ault A Herring George H Keppel M H Dodd W F Ebert D Keeler W Grosjean and others.
The weather has remained cool and pleasant over the past several days, providing comfortable conditions. Forecasters expect the pattern to continue with mild temperatures and light breezes.
C M Lovett as administrator of William Cowell estate filed inventory and sale bill. William Lehr as executor of Edward Lehr estate filed second partial account. Hearing set for August 6. Daniel Holser as administrator of Frederick Ifensbirg estate filed inventory and appraisement. Will of James Curry probated.
Estates recorded include Matthew Hilton to Jacob Hoover for a lot in Shreve and John R Neff as executor transferring to Philena J Rumbaugh a lot in New Pittsburgh. Other deeds cover Henry W Sayers to Jacob Smith in Burbank, Reuben Lance to Sarah Huegeler in Milton township, G W Reed and Simeon F Aerns to Cyrus Young in Burbank and Canaan township, Jacob Bair to the Pittsburgh Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad Company for right of way in Green township, and SS Merriman to A C Knestrick for a jot in Canaan. Totals range from eight fifty seven to three hundred dollars.
County Clerk John Van X tfan presents annual statistics to the Secretary of State for Wayne County Common Pleas Court. Data include 34 cases filed, 37 divorces decided, 2 pending, 123 civil judgments totaling 117808.11, 42 criminal cases with 145 in fines and 1517 costs, 4 coroners inquests.
At a Harvard College overseers meeting a resolution to repeal compulsory attendance at morning prayers and religious exercises was discussed but rejected by a strong vote. A separate note mentions Mr George Sairrer from Martinsburg Pa who had a cancerous nose growth and was reportedly cured after using Peruna before a cancer hospital visit.
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