ASHTABULA COUNTY OHIO - Newspaper Clippings Farm Book 1 (Part 8) *********************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Carol Pfile CPfile@tribute.com March 11, 2000 *********************************************************************** My great grandmother, Alice Estelle Garlock Harvey, clipped newspaper articles and pasted them in an old farm book. The resulting book (and there are two of them) that orginally was probably only an inch in thickiness is over three inches thick. Most of the articles are about people living in the Monroe/Pierpont/Crawford county, PA area. And most of them have no dates unless they're mentioned in the article itself, though they range from 1898 to 1912 or so. Most of them are obituaries, marriages and reunions. *********************************************************************** BUTTONS FOR SOUVENIR Mrs. T. C. Wealdy, 248 Rice avenue, claims that at a dance at Farnham two weeks ago Thursday, the buttons of her coat were cut off for souveniers by Mrs. Hattie Thomas of Buffalo street extension. Mrs. Wealdy says there will be no trouble if the buttons are returned. If they are not, a warrant for the arrest of Mrs. Thomas will follow. Justice Willoughby has written Mrs. Thomas requesting the return of the property. HUNTING TRIP WAS COSTLY ONE __ Local Man Fined on Two Charges as Result of Expedition into Wilds of Monroe. __ Some time ago James Cousins of this city, accompanied by two other young men of the city, was hunting in the wilds of Monroe Center. Not being able to bag any wild game, it is alleged, Cousins blazed away at a chicken on the lawn of John Hardy. Hardy came out of his house to remonstrate and was thereupon assautled by Cousins, it is said. Shortly afterwards Cousins was brought before Justice Randall of Bushnell and fined $10 and costs for shooting on a private lawn. The Monroe state police then took up the assault and battery case and Prosecuting Attorney Taylor was called this morning and Mayor Spaulding, for his client, Cousins, pleaded guilty. A fine of $1 and costs, aggregating $30 was imposed by Randall. By the time both fines and costs are paid, Cousins will undoubtedly discover that the hunting trip was rather expensive. DAUGHTER OF W. B. KIRK IS LYING AT POINT OF DEATH __ Marian Kirk, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Kirk, of Norwalk, is lying at the point of death in Lakeside hospital, Cleveland, as the result of two operations recently performed. Miss Marian is suffering from a mastoid abscess at the base of the brain and two operations were performed on it, one on March 16, and the second yesterday. She has a fighting chance for recovery. The Kirks are well known here. Mr. Kirk having formerly been in the hardware business in the city. DEATH OF MRS. C. S. BOOTH __ Mrs. Jane Booth, widow of Charles S. Booth, died at the residence of her son, D. F. Booth, in this place, on Wednesday forenoon, in the 75th years of her age. She had been sick less than two weeks, death resulting from a general breaking down of the system. Deceased was a daughter of Robert Foster, one of the pioneer settlers of Western Crawford. After her marriage, in 1843, she settled with her husband on the farm north of town where they resided until seven years ago, when they came to this place to make their home with their son. Mr. Booth died in 1893. Three children, Mrs. Alice Bole, of Venango, S. F. Booth, of Bolivar, N.Y., and D. F. Booth, survive her, and all were with their mother during the closing days of her life. A brother, Perry Foster, of Topeka, Kansas, and two sisters, Mrs. Andrew Johnson, of Denver, Colorado, and Mrs. G. C. Ingram, of San Francisco, Cal., are the remaining member of her father's family. Mrs. Booth was a member of the Presbyterian Church from early womanhood, and as a wife, and mother and friend leaves behind her a blessed memory. MRS. SADIE HOLCOMB Mrs. Sadie Holcomb, wife of Charles Holcomb, formerly of Conneautville Station, died at her home in Erie on Monday, of measles. Her maiden name was Barton, and previous to her marriage she made her home in this place. The remains were brought back to the old home and laid at rest in Conneautville cemetery on Wednesday. BURNED TO DEATH Mrs. Irwin Jolly received a telegram on Monday from Elmira, N. Y., informing her that her sister, Mrs. C. T. Baird, formerly Miss Anne Ellis, of Meadville, had been frightfully burned at her home in the former city on Sunday afternoon, by the explosion of a gasoline stove. No other particualrs were given. A later telegram announced the death of Mrs. Baird on Monday. The remains were expected to arrive in Meadville on Tuesday afternoon, and Mr. and Mrs. Jolly and sons went to that city the same day to attend the funeral. Mrs. Baird was about 40 years of age. She leaves a husband and one son, and besides Mrs. Jolly, one sister Mrs. L. H. Lenheim, and a brother, William Ellis, both of West Mead. SUDDEN DEATH OF J. W. KNAPP Mr. Jay W. Knapp, one of Conneautville's young business men, died very suddenly at his home shortly after one o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. He had been in usual health until Wednesday morning, when he was attacked with a severe pain in his chest. During the forenoon he walked from his home, on the west side of town, to the office of Dr. Dennis, where he secured medicine and afterwards returned home. He grew suddenly worse about one o'clock and died a few minutes later, before his sons or Dr. Dennis, who had been hastily summoned, could reach his bedside. Death was caused by heart disease, to which he was subject. Deceased was in his 43d year, and always lived on a farm in Conneaut township previous to moving to this place some five years ago. He has been in the clothing business here since 1896. He leaves a wife and three sons, Walter, Sidney and Archie, all at home. A brother, O. O. Knapp , on the old homestead in Conneaut township, and a sister Mrs. O. Collins, in this place, also survive him. The bereaved ones have the sympathy of our community. Arrangements for the funeral have not yet been completed. ROBERT DUNCAN DEAD Robert Duncan, a highly respected citizen and neighbor of Conneaut township, Crawford county, Pa., died at his home near Steamburg December 7, 1905, after a brief illness. Mr. Duncan was born near Plattville, Wis., June 2, 1858, and came with his parents to Beaver township, Crawford county about fity years ago. Two or three years later they moved to Conneaut township, and with the exception of four years spent in Iowa, he has been a resident of the said township. On April 6, 1873, he was married to Mrs. Alice Rowe, formerly Miss Alice Elsworth of Monroe, O. To this union seven daughters were born, Nina E., wife of N. B. Graham, Lefie L., deceased, wife of J. F. Sanderson, Irma, wife of Pressley Snyder and Donna A., Neva S., Ruby R., and Mayfra A., yet at home. Mr. Duncan was the fourth child in his father's family of thirteen children and his death the first in the family. The funeral service was held at the home on Saturday, December 9, at one o'clock and was conducted by Rev. George H. Stuntz, an old acquaintance of the family and pastor of the M. E. church at Edinboro, Pa., in the presence of a large company of kindred and sympathizing neighbors. The interment was made in the beautiful cemetery at Penn Line, Pa. OBITUARY Mrs. Joseph Frick was born in Crossville, Cumberland county, Tenn., on the fifteenth day of November, 1858, and died in Pierpont, O., the twentieth day of January, 1906. She came to Ohio in May, 1881, and has resided in Ashtabula county since. She had been married twice. She was the mother of six children, five of whom are still living. Her illness was very brief and but few realized that her end was so near. She was a fond mother and kind neighbor, and will be missed by a large circle of friends. Her funeral occurred at her late home in Pierpont, the Rev. Benjamin having the services in charge. CHARGES GROSS NEGLECT AND PRAYS FOR DIVORCE __ Hattie Thomas of this City Says E. F. Thomas Has Refused Proper Support for Her. __ Jefferson, Jan. 29. - Hattie Thomas, who became the wife of Edward F. Thomas at Conneautville, Pa., September 27, 1898, and to whom one child was born, has sued for a divorce for gross neglect of duty. Her petition which bears the name of Cox & Kingdom alleges nearly all the time since their marriage, the husband has refused reasonable and necessary support for herself and child, and that he has contributed but a very small portion of such support since their marriage. She says she had been obliged to work for others and to rely upon the charity of friends for her support. She alleges further that he has been away from her much of the time since the marriage, and that his conduct has been cruel and has been carried to such an extent that her health has been affected thereby and her life made miserable and unbearable. A SAD RECORD (1891 penciled at top.) It becomes our painful duty, to this week chronicle the deaths of three bright children of the family of H. J. Garlock, from that ravagous disease, diphtheria, in less than one short week as follows: Minne E. - March 4, aged 12 years and 2 months. Bennie S. - March 6, aged 5 years, 11 months and 16 days. Suzie M. - March 10, 8 years and 15 days. The disease was of the most violent type, terminating in death in only a few short hours. Mr. and Mrs. Garlock are almost distracted with grief over their dire calamity. Their five remaining children are all down of the disease. The entire community sympathize with the grief stricken parents. Interment occurred in the city cemetery. OBITUARY Livonia M. Howard Benson, wife of Albert D. Benson died at her home in Denmark, Ohio, January 16, 1903, after a sudden illness of only a few days. Livona M. Howard was born Jan. 24, 1864, age 38 years, 11 months and 22 days. She was united in marriage to Albert D. Benson,, March 21, 1889. To this union were born three children, one son and two daughters. A devoted wife, and mother has gone, leaving her husband, three children, three brothers and many relatives to mourn her untimely death. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. I. R. Griffith of Pierpont, Sunday morning, at 11, Jan. 18, 1903. Text, Matthews 7:20, by their fruits ye shall know them. Eastman of Kingsville, funeral director. Entombed in the Kelloggsville cemetery. ****** ****** Mrs. Inez Wright passed away at her home on Harbor street Saturday evening at midnight from an attack of heart trouble. Her health had been very poor for two months or more, but it had not been expected that her death would come so soon. Mrs. Wright is the daughter of Mrs. George Spaulding of this city, and was born in 1870 at Middleville, Mich. In 1893 she was married to Earnest A. Wright at Edinboro, Pa., where they continued to reside for some time, until Mr. Wright took up the study of medicine at the University of Michigan. Later they moved to Freeport, and in October of last year they came to Conneaut. Besides her husband and three little sons Mrs. Wright leaves a mother, three sisters and one brother, Mrs. Mabelle Watson, of this city; Mrs. H. J. Benjamin, of Coledonia, Mich.; Mrs. F. J. Merrill, of Battle Creek, Mich., and M. G. Spaulding, of this city. She was a member of the Congregational church. The funeral will be held at the residence at 545 Harbor street tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock fast time, Rev. J. R. Findley officiating. OBITUARY Nelson Ernest Winch was born in Pierpont, Ohio, January 13th, 1876, and died in Monroe, Ohio, September 24th, 1904, aged 28 years, 9 months and 11 days. He leaves a mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Swartz, one half sister, Myrtle Swartz, and three own sisters, Mrs. W. J. Hudson, Mrs. Flora Hudson of Conneaut and Mrs. W. W. Hunt of Pierpont, one aged grandfather, Nelson Nichols, to mourn his loss. The funeral was held September 26th at the Disciple church west of Penn Line, by Rev. F. B. Squires assisted by Rev. Osborn. Burial at Conneaut Center, Pa. * * * * * * * * * * ** * * Mrs. Flora M. Hudson nee Winch was born in Pierpont, Ohio, May 5th, 1874, and died in Kingsville, October 2nd, 1904, aged 30 years, 4 months and 27 days. She leaves six children, the oldest a boy of 13, and a mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Swartz, one half sister, Myrtle Swartz and two own sisters, Mrs. W. J. Hudson of Andover and Mrs. W. W. Hunt of Pierpont, and one aged grandfather, Nelson Nichols, to mourn her loss. The funeral was held October 4th, at the Disciple church west of Penn Line by Rev. I. R. Griffith, assisted by Rev. Perry. Burial at Conneaut Center, Pa. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SHIP __ March 7. - B. E. Rood has bought Fred Shore's place and is moving today. Mr. and Mrs. J. Usher and little son of Springfield, Pa., visited their mother, Mrs. Lucy Russell, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. James Palmer of Clarks Corners were recent guests of D. B. Frick. Bad colds are prevalent. Mrs. John Campbell of Beaver is ill of pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Tower were recent guests of U. J. Simons and family. FOUND OUT AT LAST __ W. H. Harvey Is Missing From Town as Are Also a Man's Horse and Buggy. __ About a year ago W. H. Harvey came to Conneaut and appeared before the board of commerce to enlist its support in starting a plant to manufacture a formula for spraying trees. Harvey's record was investigated by the board and found to be very bad and he was left entirely alone. He hired a rig Thursday from Mr. Howard to drive to Pierpont and since then he has not been seen or heard from. The State Police are looking for Harvey. * * ** * * * * ** * * Clem L. Austin of Ashtabula was in court, Tuesday, and pled guilty and was sent to the penitentiary for fifteen months. Joseph Webster of Beaver, Pa., and Miss Elsie Russell of this place were married Dec. 25. Congratulations. A. A PIONEER DEAD __ Mrs. Sally Russell, of Pierpont, Passed Away Yesterday in her Eighty-First Year. __ One of Ashtabula county's pioneer women passed away yesterday, by the death of "Aunt Sally" Russell, of Pierpont, whose death occurred in the home where she had lived for sixty years. She was the wife of Alfred Russell, a well known and highly respected farmer, whom she married at Vienna, Trumbull county, Ohio, on the ninth day of March, 1837. Mr. Russell was born in New York, April 22, 1814 and moved to Vienna with his parents in the year 1830. Mr. and Mrs. Russell, on March 10, 1843, moved to the place that has since been their home in Pierpont. At this early date the highways of Ashtabula county were not laid out and part of their journey was through the woods, their only guide being marked trees. Their journey after reaching this part was up the old "turnpike" to Gould thence east to what is now Pierpont Center, thence through the woods to the place they were to make their home. They began housekeeping in a sheep shed, owned by a Mr. Dighton, until they built their log house. Dighton lived on the property now known as the Hibler farm. Having finished their log house they lived in that until 1844, when they began the erection of the residence they have occupied all these years. Six children were born as the fruit of their union, three boys and three girls. All but one are living near the old homestead. Mr. and Mrs. Russell have enjoyed very good health considering their advanced age. For the past few years they have spent the summer months visiting among their children and in the winter they make their home with their second son, James. The funeral of this venerable lady will be held Tuesday morning at elven o'clock,a t the home. *** *** *** *** The police all over the county were notified this afternoon to look out for a young man named Nicholas Smith, twenty-four years old and slightly deranged, who escaped from the infirmary at Kingsville yesterday. Smith is about five feet nine inches tall and of dark complexion. He was sent to the infirmary from Monroe township where he was found wandering about. *** *** *** *** DR. WATSON PASSES AWAY __ Well Known Conneaut Physician Passes Away in Phoenix, Ariz. - Will be Brought to This City. __ Word was received here yesterday afternoon from Phoenix, Ariz., saying that Dr. Watson had passed away. He had been ill for about one year with tuberculosis, brought on, it is thought, by the effects of typhoid fever and on the 30th of November he left this city with his wife for the west to regain his health, but the dread disease had too firm a hold and claimed him as its victim. Dr. Everett C. Watson was born in Lima, N. Y. He received his medical training at the Cleveland medical college in Cleveland and was a member of the class of '98. He came to this city in the fall of the year of 1899 and started the practice of medicine. He was of a kind winning dispostion and made many friends. On Christmas day, 1899, he was united in marriage to Miss Mabelle Spaulding, a practicing physician in this city. Last August the Drs. Watson opened the Conneaut General hospital and successfully maintained and managed it until the state of Mr. Watson's health compelled them to seek a warmer and drier climate and they left for Albuquerque, New Mexico, from which city they later went to Phoenix. Dr. Watson was a member of several fraternal societies among which were the Odd Fellows, Maccabees, Chevaliers and Ecletic Assembly. He leaves a wife, a small brother and his parents, who reside in Lima, N. Y. He was 28 years old. The remains will be brought to this city and will arrive here probably Friday. M. G. Spaulding, a brother of Mrs. Watson will go to Chicago, Tuesday evening to accompany his sister on her sad home coming. *** *** *** *** Jennie M. Chilson has secured a divorce from F. M. Chilson on the grounds of gross neglect and extreme cruelty. The husband is barred from any dower right in real estate in Conneaut where the parties lived. HOUSEWIFE'S POEM ___ For the love of mercy sake! Sally Ann has burned the cake. Folks are comin from the town, And the house is upside down. All the supper will be late ('Tis too bad to make 'em wait), But what can a woman do, Cleanin house and bakin too. Oh, the trials of this land! Not a soul to lend a hand, And the parlor carpet, more, Hangs across the line, outdoor. Dust and dirt in great profusion, Scrubbing, rubbing, all confusion. Guess the company, when they cum, Will just wish they'd staid to hum. Fly around thre, Sally Ann, 'Mongst the folks, There comes a man, And you know as well as me What a frettin lot they be. Never know'd a day like this, Cleanin house is enough bliss, But when bakin comes in, too, Mixed with company - I tell you! Pans and kettles, brooms and chairs Trip me over unawares; Cat and dog beneath my feet, Do not make my temper sweet. Helter, skelter, here and there, Books and knickknacks everywhere, As I fuss and sigh and frown, Spectin company from the town. Hark! The joltin wheels I hear Of a wagon drawin near. Mercy sakes! Why, Sally Ann, Surely 'tis that dreadful man Comin here all stark alone! No, it's father comin home. Well, I never! They ain't cum. All this fuss for nuthin. Hum! Florence Montgomery in Good Housekeeping. ********** ********** We have learned that Miss Lois Hayes, a sister of Prof. Geo. L. Hayes, was maried on Christmas. ... The holiday season was productive of weddings. Two couples were married at this place by Rev. Osborn. On Friday night, December 30, Wm. Garlock and Estelle Garlock of Monroe were united in marriage at the Baptist parsonage and on Saturday night or rather on Sunday morning at about one o'clock Emott Hogle and Eva Ellsworth of Monroe were started on a Happy New Year by being made one. ... An enjoyable and profitable evening was spent at the C. E. social and watch night service held at the pleasant home of John Watson on Saturday night. ... The week of prayer will be observed in the Congregational church next week. Preaching every night. All are invited to come and bring all their friends. January 1. - Miss Bessie McArthur, who has been sick for some time, is no better. ... Mr. Pitcher was kindly remembered with Christmas gifts by the high school boys who appreciate his many acts of kindness to them. ... Mrs. Will Fuller is slowly convalescing from a long period of illness. ... Mr. John Prince has been entertaining a friend from Cherry Hill over Sunday. ********** ********** FAILURE OF ROBERT H. FEE TO PAY ALIMONY WAS HEARD BEFORE JUDGE ROBERTS Jefferson, July 17. - Robert H. Fee, whose wife Ella J. Fee secured a divorce December 7, 1906, with an order for alimony of $10 per month, beginning January, 1907, was before Judge Roberts Monday afternoon on a motion to show cause why he should not be fined for contempt of court. He was called to the witness stand, where he testified that he gave the wife about one dollar last January and no more. The wife had been given custody of the children, but the defendant had one of them, little Dorothy, a light-haired, sweet faced girl. Witnesses were called pro and con by the opposing factions. The wife was represented by Spaulding & Andrews, the defendant by F. J. Bishop. Judge Roberts took up the matter of a decision on the closing of the evidence, and said one of his most unplesant duties was the disposal of the guardianship of children. This child had been left with the father temporarily and he is not guilty of contempt in that particular. To care for the child required so much of his time that he could not perhaps pay the alimony. Of the child it appeared that the mother, now married again, was anxious to have her custody, as was her present husband. It is a matter of considerable uncertainty relative to Mr. Fee's ability to properly care for the child. It is the plain duty of the court to allow the custody of child to remain with the mother. And the $10 per month, the father should be excused from its payment up to the present time, but to be continued from now on. The father is to visit the children at his folk's at suitable times. R. F. D. CARRIER LOST WAGON __ After Recovering From Automobile Episode, Casper Tomer Found His Horse Was Still Nervous. __ Casper Tomer, the unfortunate rural mail carrier whose outfit was dumped near M. A. Phelps' farm Saturday noon when his horse became frightened at a speeding automobile, was the victim of another blow of hard luck later Saturday. After Tomer with the aid of neighbors had patched together his harness and started on from the scene of the first accident, everything went merrily until he had delivered his mail and was on his way back to the city late in the afternoon. His horse, however, was on edge from nervousness as a result of the auto scare, and in front of the home of F. W. Folliett on the Center road, the animal began to jump and kick. Tomer attempted to control the frantic animal, but the reins broke and the carrier fell over the seat backwards and out of the wagon, while the horse disappeared down the road with the wagon. At Curtiss' water trough, just south of the Mill street bridge, the horse freed itself from the wagon, which fell into a ditch and smahsed. The horse was captured at the top of Mill street hill. The mail on route 2 is being delivered today from a top buggy, while the carrier, still stiff and sore from his exciting week-end experiences, is returning borrowed ropes and other articles to the farmers along the line. GROUND PRIVILEGE AT PICNIC Big preparations are being made for the Pioneer picnic which is to be held August 30 at Russell's Grove. From all indications, the attendance this year will be as large as ever. A number have made application for the ground privileges for this day. All these applications should be made to Secretary Will Hallet of Pierpont and must be in before July 20. MOTHER SERIOUSLY ILL Mayor Mott G. Spaulding was called to Ashtabula last evening by the serious illness of his mother, Mrs. Anna Spaulding, who suffered a stroke at the home of her daughter, Dr. Mabelle Watson. Mrs. Spaulding was unconscious throughout the night, but this morning she was somewhat improved. Mr. Spaulding came here to attend to a few business matters this morning and then returned to his mother's bedside. MONROE June 26. - The Ladies' Union Aid society meets with Mrs. Babbit Wednesday p. m. July fifth, on which day will be the regular election of officers. Mrs. B. F. Messenger has sustained a shock of facial paralysis; she is at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. B. McArthur, and is receiving treatment of Dr. McCoy. Mesdames Peter Johnson and Bert Codding visited Mrs. Elliott Anderson at Beaver, Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Mathewson attended yearly meeting services at the F. W. Baptist church, Pierpont, Sunday. The friends of Plin Reeves are pleased to notice his improvement in health,and hope his complete recovery will result. Too frequent rains are damaging the prospects of a corn crop. Mrs. Rose Vicering of Cleveland is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Florence Reeves and other relatives at the Hiram Griggs homestead. Asa Reeves is confined to the house with injuries received, Saturday, in a runaway with his horses. He had but lately recovered from an illness. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hall spent Sunday with B. Johnson family. Mrs. Isaac Messenger sustained a bad cut on arm, the result of accident with a broken glass fruit jar recently. PIERPONT June 14. - Mrs. W. J. Potter and daughter, Mrs. Fred Britton, of Conneaut start today for Wellsville, N. Y., to visit friends. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Partch went to Hill dale, Mich., yesterday. Davison & Brockway are rushed with orders for lawn swings. Headley Brothers have just shipped a car of table legs. Pierpont is to have a new rural mail route soon. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ WANTED, WASHINGS. - Having moved to the northside of town onto Mrs. Harris' place would like a few washings or would work by the day. Address Mrs. Ross Ulam. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ HUNT-CHAPMAN Married. - Wednesday, November 22nd, in Jefferson, Mrs. Sylvia Chapman, and Edwin L. Hunt, both of Conneaut, by F. L. Marvin, justice of the peace at that place. OBITUARY Priscilla Jane Burnette Griffith was born in Tennessee August 19, 1844, and departed this life April 4, 1905, aged sixty years, seven months, and fifteen days. She was united in marriage to Rev. I. R. Griffith January 1, 1868. To this union were born four sons. Three died in infancy. The remaining son, Frank, is married and lives at Kinsman, O. Besides a husband and son she leaves, to mourn her loss, a brother who lives in Indiana, and a sister who resides in Michigan, besides a host of friends in the churches she has so faithfully served with her husband. She was a faithful wife, a fond and loving mother, and a consecrated earnest Christian. Her conviction of right and wrong were very marked. She held high ideals of the Christian life, and was a zealous temperance advocate. Her parting words to her faithful husband were, "You have been as good to me as you posssibly could. Don't feel bad for I am going straight to heaven." Those who were at her bedside when she took her departure, said it seemed as if they were in the very midst of heaven, as she calmly closed her eyes and selpt never to awaken again here on earth. Her funeral was held from the M. E. church at Richmond, April 7, at eleven o'clock, conducted by President Elder J. W. King, D. D., of Youngstown, O., assisted by Rev. E. H. Smith, D. D., of Andover and Rev. A. J. Osborn of Pierpont. Interment at Kinsman. BARN AND COWS BURNED The large cattle barn belonging to W. B. Lindslay of Cherry Valley burned to the ground Saturday night. The contents including 23 head of cows were also burned. The fire was discovered shortly before 10 o'clock and had gained such headway that little could be saved. The loss was a heavy one, about $4000.00. The insurance amounted to $1400.00 and was in the Ohio Farmers Insurance Co. and was taken out through the agency of E. C. Harris, Jefferson. Mr. Lindslay's farm is located on the Creek road in the southeast part of the Cherry Valley township. It is one of the leading dairy farms of the county. PRETTY HOME WEDDING A pretty home wedding was solemnized last evening at the home on Sandusky street of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Sensebaugh, when their daughter, Miss Daisy, was united in the bonds of holy matrimony to William R. Adams. Rev. Young performed the ceremony at 6:30, and a wedding supper was afterwards served. Mr. Adams is employed at the Nickel Plate shops and the couple will make their home for a time with the bride's parents. SHIP March 3. - Lee Hewitt is suffering with St. Vitus dance. George Morse is very ill. But very little hope is entertained of his recovery. Mrs. Ellen Dewey died quite suddenly at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Minnie Hutchins, Tuesday morning, Feb. 27, aged 69 years. Funeral was held Thursday, March 1, a the home of Dan Hutchins. Rev. Benjamin officiated. Interment at Pierpont. Moses W. Brockway, who has been at his home, west of Pierpont, died Feb. 21, aged 58 years. The funeral was held Feb. 24. F. S. Martin is a great sufferer from sciatic rheumatism. A. A. Hibler, of Homestead, Pa., was a recent visitor at this place. Rev. Bassett will preach at the Hammond's Corners church March 4. Robert Sheldon was at Linesville, Pa., Tuesday, March 2. Miss Mary Allen attended a social at Mr. Clark's at North Richmond Friday evening, March 2. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Curtice have moved to the G. I. Simonds' place. A great many here are affected with bad colds. Only three more weeks of school. School closes Friday, March 23. SHIP July 13. - Thomas Fails is about the same. Mrs. Eva Hogle is gaining slowly. There was a phonograph entertainment at the church at Riggs Wednesday evening, July 12. There was a large crowd notwithstanding the stormy weather. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Hogle of Wing, Pa., were a F. G. Ellsworth's July 12. Lots of rain at present. B. E. Rood has gone to Painesville, O., to encamp with Company L of Conneaut, of which he is a member. Some of the farmers have commenced haying. Frank Harvey went to Conneaut, Wednesday, July 12. Mrs. Priscilla Betch is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Charles Waring, at Conneaut, O. TWO PEDAGOGULS AT LOGGERHEADS __ North Conneaut School Center of Attraction __ Principal and Teacher in Suburban School Engage in Altercation Which Results Seriously __ As a result of a protracted disagreement between the principal and a teacher in the North Conneaut schools, the latter suffered a fracture of her arm close to her shoulder Wednesday afternoon. The fracture was caused by the slamming of a door against the unfortunate woman. It is alleged that the principal purposely slammed the door. The two ladies in question, Miss Lottie Beardsley and Miss O'Brien, the former being the slammer and the latter the slammed. The occurrence has cause no little commotion in the little suburb and the school has been a too interested spectator of the whole affair, it is said. The affair reached a climax yesterday when the township school board was presented with a petition signed by about thirty residents of North Conneaut, asking that Miss Beardsley be discharged. It is not known exactly how the accident occurred but it is known that the two ladies had been at loggerheads for some time past. On Wednesday it appears that Miss O'Brien visited Miss Beardsley and that the later slammed a door to exclude her, striking her a severe blow on the arm and causing the fracture. The petition was read at the meeting of the board last evening and it was finally decided to prefer charges against Miss Beardsley. A hearing will be held in the North Conneaut school house at one o'clock Monday afternoon and here Miss Beardsley will be given a chance to defend herself. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Mr. and Mrs. Percy Vandervort of Conneaut spent Sunday at the home of Seneca Harvey. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * MANY BURIALS AT PIERPONT __ List for the Past Year __ Twenty-seven Interments Have Been Made There Comprising Both Local and Foreign. __ The Pierpont correspondent of the News-Herald has compiled a complete list of person's buried there the past year and their ages at death. The list shows that twenty-seven were interred in Pierpont, comprising both local deaths and bodies brought to Pierpont for interment. The list follows: January 16. - Charles A. Allen, aged 70 years 9 months and 5 days. January 20. - Mrs. Nancy Frick, aged 47 years and 2 months. February 21. - M. W. Brockway, aged 55 years. February 27. - Mrs. Ellen Dewey, aged 69 years. May 1. - Mrs. Harriet Roberts, died at Conneaut, aged 74 years. May 22. - Hiram D. Waters, aged 73 years. July 20. - Rev. Willis Lamson, aged 92 years. July 24. - Tiffeny Kellison, aged 10 years. August 24. - M. H. Case, aged 75 years 1 month and 25 days. Sept. 15. - Henry Benton, aged 55 years. Sept. 25. - Mrs. Laura Hurlburt, aged 91 years 2 months and 2 days. November 23. - Mrs. Margaret Martin, aged 76 years. November 25. - Electa Pitcher, aged 76 years. December 18. - Mrs. Elizabeth Ormsby, 77 years. December 22. - Harry Burnham, 17 years. The following persons were brought from other places to Pierpont for burial. March 22. - John Leonard, Denmark, O., 21 years. March 27. - Thomas Fails, Beaver, Pa., 82 years, 4 months and 7 days. June 21. - Frank P. Caine, Burmingham, Ala., aged 53 years. July 12. - Frank P. Taft, Penn Line, Pa., 51 years 11 months and 21 days. July 22. - Henry Woodward, Monroe, 73 years. July 27. - Hazel Cook, Linesville, Pa., 11 years, 7 months and 25 days. July 29. - James Wentworth, Monroe, 82 years. August 3. - Mrs. Julia Headley, Richmond, 82 years and 3 months. December 17. - Henry Plutt, Penn Line, Pa., aged 70 years, 6 months and 13 days. Mrs. Eunice Brazee, aged 62 years, 4 months and 14 days. William White, Kingsville. Also a child of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Adams, East Springfield, Pa. DEATH FOLLOWED SHORT ILLNESS __ Thomas Clark Passed To Beyond Sunday Morning __ Leaves a Family of Nine All of Whom Were Present at the End. __ After an illness of only about ten days duration, Thomas Clark, one of the oldest and best known figures on the Nickel Plate, passed away at his home on State street Sunday morning about 8:45. When the end came, the entire family of nine were around the bedside, Mr. Clark recognizing all just before he passed into a sleep which was his last. The deceased was born in Ireland, but when a very small child came to this country. He was married in Milwaukee in 1859, and as a result of the union, nine children were born. These are John, of Bellevue, chief supervisor of the Nickel Plate; Thomas of Ashtabula, supervisor of the A. R. T. line; Mrs. James Burrells of Bellevue; Miss Sarah of this city; Will, of Buffalo, road supervisor of the eastern division; Hugh, a fireman on the Bessemer; Miss Clara, private stenographer to Master Mechanic Fickinger of the P. & C. Dock company; James, a Nickel Plate engineer of this city, and Charles, a student at Allegheny college in Meadville. Well Known on Road. For a few years immediately after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Clark lived in Milwaukee, later removing to Corey, from which city they came to Conneaut twenty years ago. Since that time, Mr. Clark was employed as section foreman on the Nickel Plate and as "Old Tom" became known to every man on the first and second divisions. About five months ago he became afflicted with throat trouble, which forced him to his bed about ten days ago and resulted in his death. The funeral will be held from St. Mary's church at eight o'clock Tuesday morning, with Rev. Father Mooney officiating. Interment will be in Correy, where the immediate relatives of the family reside, and where the remains, accompanied by the widow and the family, will be taken after the services here. REMAINS WERE TAKEN TO CORRY __ Thomas Clark Will Be Laid to Rest Tomorrow __ Funeral Held in St. Mary's Church This Morning Was Very Largely Attended. __ The funeral of Thomas Clark, which was held from the St. Mary's church at eight o'clock this morning, was one of the most largely attended of late years in this city. The edifice was filled with sorrowing friends of the family while Father Mooney conducted the impressive funeral services. Immediately after the conclusion of the final ceremonies, the remains were taken to a special train of two coaches on the Nickel Plate, accompanied by the immediate family. The train left for Corry, Pa., where the concluding services will be held and the interment made tomorrow. Flowers Were Profuse. The chief feature of the funeral was the profuse abundance of floral offerings by the friends of the deceased and the sorrowed family. Several set pieces of striking beauty were offered by various organizations, which together with the small bouquets of flowers, bore evidence of theesteem in which the deceased was held. ANAOTHER LOCAL WIFE ASKS FOR A SEPARATION __ Jefferson, Oct. 20. - Ella J. Fee has commenced an action for divorce from Robert H. Fee, who she charges with failure to properly provide for the wife and family. The marriage occurred at Conneaut, Pa., January 7, 1892, and there are three children, all girls. A charge of habitual drunkenness is made and in this connection the petition relates that for a long period of time the defendant has failed to provide the wife or children with a home of any kind and has allowed all their household goods to be sold under a chattel mortgage. The wife says she has and is now compelled to work out by the week to provide food, clothing and shelter for herself and children. A divorce, the care and custody of the children and reasonable alimony are prayed for. W. A. Middleton and R. E. Mygatt are attorneys for the wife. ___________ _ ____________ MARRIAGES Beals - Daniels. In Meadville, Jan. 11th, 1899, by legal acknowledgment before Clerk of Courts Clerk, Thos. J. Beals and Miss Bessie R. Daniels, both of Spring township. _________ __ __________ BOY SOLD BOTTLES TO BUY THE BREAD __ Mother Was Forced To Wash For Her Support _ Mrs. Ella Fee Given Divorce and Alimony From Robert Fee for Gross Neglect. __ Jefferson, Dec. 10. - The Conneaut and Ashtabula divorce case of Ella J. Fee vs. Robert J. Fee in which Mr. Mygatt was attorney for the plaintiff, was heard by Judge Roberts Friday. The wife testified that the marriage was on January 7, 1892, and that they had three children. They later came to Conneaut where the husband did odd jobs, she doing washing and other work to support the family. At last she became ill and the huband doing nothing for her, she went to the home of a brother with the children. The husband came back after a while and after inducing her to place a chattel mortgage on the household belongings he left again. The property was afterwards sold. Worked for Board. They had lived in West Williamsfield and Colebrook for a time, but for want of support she sought a home with her people, working for her board. Later they went to Ashtabula, where she helped support the family by sewing, taking boarders, etc. Last May she said the husband went to his folks in Colebrook and had never returned, nor had he contributed anything toward her support. At both Ashtabula and Conneaut she said the husband drank more or less. To the court she said she had no present intention of marrying again. Found Destitute Here. A brother of the wife, whose home is in Erie county, testified to finding the wife and children destitute at Conneaut in 1903 and he took them to his home and cared for them. Later he said he told her if she cared more to follow her husband around he would pay the car fare and she went to him. The young daughter testified that there had been many times when they did not have enough to eat. Her little brother picked up empty bottles and sold them to get bread for the family, when there was not much in the house to eat. The decree was entered for gross neglect of duty and the wife was given the custody of the children. The husband will also pay $10 per month alimony, commencing on the first day of January, 1907, and a like sum on the first day of each month for a period of two years. DEATHS Booth. - In Conneautville, Jan. 18th, 1899, Mrs. Jane Booth, aged 74 years, 8 months and 28 days. Funeral at the residence of her son, D. F. Booth, on Friday at 11 a.m. Knapp. - In Conneautville, Jan. 18th, 1899, of heart disease, Jay W. Knapp, in the 43rd year of his age. Harvey. - In Monroe township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, Jan. 9th, 1899, of congestion of the lungs, Lizzie Mabel, youngest child of Seneca and Alice Harvey, aged 4 years and 11 months. Reed. - At the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. I. Potter, in Meadville, Jan. 16th, 1899, of the grip, Mrs. Polly W. Reed, of West Springfield, aged 76 years. Betch. - In Pierpont, Ohio, Jan. 14th, 1899, Peter Betch, aged upwards of 80 years. BIRTHS Perrin. - In Conneautville, Jan. 16th, 1899, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Perrin. MARRIED AT DUNKIRK Dunkirk, N. Y., July 8. - Clarence Charles Hall, of Cleveland, and Miss Bertha Louise Willitt, of Conneaut, O., were married at 7 o'clock this morning at the rectory of St. John's Episcopal church by the Rev. W. W. Rafter. Mr. and Mrs. Hall departed for Cleveland immediately after the ceremony. DEATH AT BUSHNELL H. R. Ingalls, father of Mrs. I. P. Felch, died at his home in Bushnell this morning, aged 81 years. Mr. Ingalls came to this county about five years ago from Vineland, N. J. The funeral will be held Friday at 2 o'clock at the house. THE ASHTABULA DISASTER. Gone are the stalwart and manly, The womanly and the fair, That so lately filled the coaches - One mass of ruin there! There was life and health and beauty, The grace of womanhood's years, The pride and strength of manhood, With childhood's joys and fears. Buoyant with life they entered, With many a smile - a tear; The wild waves proved their winding-sheet, Each coach a funeral bier! Some by the hand of providence Escaped to tell the story, Some, by the help most timely given, Were rescued, burised and gory. Yet we remember them by hundreds, The lives so noble and true, That perished - pause we for mourning, Though strangers to me and to you; Strangers e'en to each other, They thronged the fatal train, Bent on some mission of duty, Or pleasure - perchance of pain. Filled with thoughts of happiness, That only the holidays bring - Did no thought of coming evil A shadow across them fling, To warn them of danger? We trust not, They suffered enough, heaven knows; The worst of all possible evils Are those of imagined woes. Onward, the train went, bearing Its burden of human life, The brother, father and husband, The sister, mother and wife; Thinking of those left behind them, Dreaming of dear ones to greet - Life looked a long stretch before them, As in fancy they culled out the sweet. Nearer it draws, still nearer! The desolate bridge of fate, While wrapt in varied diversions, The passengers musingly wait; Across speeds the foremost engine - It scarcely had over flown, When the bridge gave way - the coaches To the right and left swaying down. Down, down to the icy water, A distance of eighty feet, The crushed, the stunned, the uninjured, Swift doomed the mad flames to meet. A moment's lull, a dread stillness, A sound but of smothered woe! Then shrieks and cries of anguish, As the flames leaped brightly aglow. And brighter the flames and broader, More piteous the cries for aid, But never a friendly engine On the burning wreck made raid! Great God! In this age of improvements, No wonder we think with dismay, Of the lives without timely succor, So ruthlessly swept away. True, townsmen were out prompt and ready, Who worked with vigor and will, To rescue the dead and the dying, While the fire hissed nearer still! But the flames worked still more boldly, Water, only, could quench their might, That being withheld, they triumphant Made lurid the storm-clad night. Oh, swiftly the scorching demon, Swept on through the fated train, Caressing alike each victim With its fiery tounge of flame. The reality beggars description; Pen cannot portray such despair; Where, where, were the hose and the engine? Listen! Echo sadly says, where! Sympathy's tears swift were falling, When the terrible news reached our ear, While all through the land there's mourning, Too deep and too scared for tears; Sad the fate of many that night-time, But sadder we often will find, Than even their untold sufferings, The long mourning that's left behind. M. H. B. SILVER WEDDING The 25th inst. twenty-four of the friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. L G. Felch, of Monroe Center, including their children and grand-children and the parents of Mrs. Felch, thus making four generations, convened at their hospitable home to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their wedding. A bountiful dinner was served, including all the good things imaginable, not even forgetting the bride's cake. Music followed the banquet and after dinner speeches were next in order, and in one of them the bride and groom were presented with a purse of silver and pieces of china. The groom responded in a few well chosen words and the bride blushed as prettily as she did twenty five years ago, and really did not look much older except for the silver threads in her hair. After wishing the host and hostess very many happy returns of the day, and assuring them that they should all except an invitation to attend the golden wedding, the guests took their departure for their several homes with a feeling it was good to have been there. MONROE May 29. - A frost last night, severe enough to give things a yellow and black scorched appearance. A. B. Codding and family have moved to Orchard Cliff. Mrs. Eunice Hogle has returned to Monroe, after an absence of several weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Victor Craytor, at Conneaut. Bernard and Foster Phelps have started a shoe store at Olean, N. Y., of which they are proprietors. The Ladies' Union Aid society was pleasantly entertained last Wednesday by Mrs. Clarence Hewitt. The next meeting will be June sixth with Mrs. Kelley. Mrs. Rose Johnson is spending an indefinite time with her daughter at Conneaut. May 31. - Memorial day services at Pierpont were well attended by people from nearby towns. Among those from Monroe were: Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Anderson and daughter, Grace, Mrs. Saphira Thornton and son, Ruel, Mr. and Mrs. Ganyard and daughter, Letta, Loren Hicks, Mr. and Mrs. H. Miles and daughter, Claud, the usual coterie of old soldiers and their wives. *** *** *** Israel Harrington, of Cherry Hill, one of the oldest residents of Conneaut township, died at his home there this morning about three o'clock. Mr. Harrington was 88 years old and a pioneer of that section. He has been ill for some time. He leaves three sons and one daughter, C. M. Harrington, Smith A. Harrington, and Jay Harrington and Mrs. Thomas Brown. The funeral will be held from the house Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Pennsylvania time and as he was well known to many Conneaut people it is quite probable a number from her will attend the funeral. *** *** *** KILLED BY A TRAIN Ashtabula, O., April 25. - L. A. Potter, of Wickliffe, and two sons Dean and Clare, jumped from a moving Lake Shore train at Wickliffe Tuesday. Clare, aged 14, feel beneath the wheels and was killed, and the father and Dean, were badly injured. RUSSELL'S CORNERS August 28. - Miss Grace Smith, who was the guest of Miss Nelia Simons last week, has returned to her home in Conneaut. It has been estimated that about six thousand people attended the Pioneer picnic, which was held in Russell's grove August 25th. Richard Usher is visiting his grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Russell. Mrs. C. E. Towner and children of Beaver, Pa., were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. U. J. Simons. A new mail route, number two, starts from Pierpont September 1st, with Lee Scrambling as carrier. Pierpont school will open, Tuesday, September 25th. DEFECTIVE DOOR STEPS __ The Alleged Cause of a $5,000 Damage Suite from Conneaut. __ Jefferson, March 12. - Sarah Ellsworth, by Chadman & Chadman, has commenced a law suite against W. E. Guerin, Jr., and J. R. Kraus, trustees of the Indemnity Savings & Loan company for $5,000 damages. The petition asserts that the plaintiff, on October 5, 1905, while occupying the defendant's house and lot at 597 Peach street, in Conneaut, while going from the rear door of the house, and without negligence on her part, set her foot on the top step, which not being properly constructed, and being dangerous, unsafe and rotten broke and precipated her some three feet to the ground. She says she strained her left ankle, sprained and injured her left shoulder, threw her left arm out of joint, producing internal injuries. By reason of the accident she claims she . . ... (rest of aricle missing) HAD HUSBAND ARRESTED A family jar as aired in police court last night when Allen Rounds was arrested on a warrrant sworn out by his wife for assault and battery. Early last evening the police were called to the Rounds home on Sandusky street, where they had been summoned by Mrs. Rounds as she alleged her husband had been misusing her. When the officers arrived the man had gone. Mrs. Rounds accompanied them to police headquarters, where she obtained a warrant. This was served later by the night men, Officers McMillan and Karns. When brought before the mayor he listened to both sides of the story and released the husband under suspended sentence until Saturday. His conduct in the meantime will govern the court's clemency. MONROE March 12. - The L. U. A. society will meet with Mrs. Babbit Wednesday, March 28th, for dinner and social time. Mr. Anson Thornton continues to fail. No encouragement is given by his physician that he will ever recover. Mr. Lucy Holden was at Conneaut two days last week visiting Mrs. Geo. Lyman. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Thornton were severely burned recently, when left alone in the home. As is usual at such times they played with fire. The oldest is three years old and in her endeavor to save her brother, she became badly burned about the hip and limbs. The arrival of Mrs. Thornton no doubt saved their lives and also the home. Mrs. Eunice Hogle is home after a visit with friends at Springboro, Conneaut and Farnham. She is however, quite indisposed, though about the house. TWO HEARTS ARE UNITED __ Miss Amy Huston and Louis Lee Means, Both of Bushnell, Married at Farnham Saturday. __ Saturday evening a quiet home wedding took place at the home of Rev. A. D. Munn at Farnham, when Miss Amy E. Huston and Louis Lee Means, both of Bushnell, were united in marriage. The couple were attended by Miss Anna Means, a sister of the groom, and Walter H. Weaver. After the ceremony the newly wedded pair drove to the bride's home at Bushnell and the next moring left for Perry to spend a few days with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Means are well and favorably known in and around Bushnell, the groom having been in the employ of Felch & Ingalls for the past year. Some rather annoying placards were found on their carriage when they reached Conneaut and their path was strewn with rice. The young couple have a host of friends who wish them joy and happiness in their new life. MISS EFFIE REEVES AND HENRY MILLER MARRIED Miss Effie Reeves and Henry Miller were united in marriage Wednesday evening, November 21, 1906, at South Ridge, Rev. Munn officiating. Sam Bromfield and family of Monroe Center visited local friends Sunday. Orestes Bennett spent a few days with Conneaut friends recently. Mrs. Eva Johnson, who has been seriously ill the past few weeks, is greatly improved at the present writing. Earl and Frank Harvey of Conneaut spent Sunday with their parents. A party of friends gave Corey Anderson a surprise Monday evening. A pleasant evening was spent. Preaching services at the church at the usual hour at eleven a. m. Mrs. George Steele, accompanied by her mother and two daughters, Cleo and Greta, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. Shreeves near Hilldom. TYPHOID MAKES UNUSUAL STORY __ Disease Ravages Two Families in Dorset __ First Fatality of Seven Afflictions Occurred Thursday When Mrs. Arthur Nims Passed Away. __ The death from typhoid fever Thursday of Mrs. Arthur Nims at her home in Dorset, again brings to attention the sad and unusual story of the affliction of the members of two families by this malady. About June first, Charles Comp of that place was taken sick with the disease. While caring for the patient, Arthur Nims, a brother-in-law, was taken down. Shortly after returning from the burial of a friend in Waynesburg, Mrs. A. W. Hart, a sister of Nims, was stricken while caring for the two. She was immediately removed to the Ashtabula General hospital. Mrs. Arthur Nims was then stricken while at her father's home where she died. The next to be afflicted, was a domestic employed at the house and she also was removed to the Ashtabula hospital. Shortly afterwards, the two children of George Comp, father of Charles, were captured by the disease. The sad intelligence was received in this city yesterday morning of the death of Mrs. Arthur Nims, this being the first fatality though each of the patients has been at times in critical condition. The funeral of the deceased will be held in Dorset Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Hart, who is now ill in the Ashtabula hospital, has been confined there for seven weeks with many more in prospect. Her fifteen months old baby boy is now being cared for in this city by Mrs. J. R. Pomeroy of Mill street. A PRETTY ROMANCE __ Culminated in Wedding __ Miss Grace Green Was Married Last Night to D. A. Hindman, of Butler, Whom She Nursed Through Typhoid Fever a Year Ago. __ Two years ago when the city of Butler, Pa., was visited by an epidemic of typhoid fever and the fever stricken people were in great need of the care of trained nurses, Miss Grace Green, then a nurse in Cleveland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Green, living west of the city volunteered to enter the city when the general appeal for nurses was made. She was assigned to the home of Mr. Hindman, a wealthy resident of that city, to care for Mr. Hindman, who was in a serious condition. By constant and careful care Miss Green nursed her patient successfully through the long run of fever. While thus engaged in her noble work she met Mr. Hindman's son. They become somewhat attached to one another. A year later the younger Mr. Hindman was stricken with the same dread disease, which proved fatal to so many of the residents of Butler, and his parents at once summoned Miss Green, who by her loving manner and through knowledge of nursing had also won a warm spot in the hearts of the entire household. Between life and death the young man hovered for days and nights until the change for the better came. During the days following the long sickness the spark of friendship grew into a flame of love until Mr. Hindman asked Miss Green for her hand in marriage and was accepted. Miss Green returned to Cleveland, where she continued her work until about two weeks ago when she came home to prepare for her wedding, and last night at eight o'clock, surrounded by friends and relatives to the number of sixty-five Miss Green and Mr. Hindman were united in marriage by Rev. Gardner of Kingsville, The bride was gowned in beautiful white silk, lace trimmed and carried white roses. The rooms were profusely decorated with chrysanthemums and autumn leaves. The dining room was particularly pleasing in pink and white flowers, white ribbon streamers, and lighted by wax candles. After the refreshments the bride threw her bouquet and while the young ladies lucky enough to gain a rose were rejoicing, Mr. and Mrs. Hindman quietly disappeared, much to the disappointment of guests who had supplied themselves most generously with rice and other articles of bridal warfare. The presents were very costly and spoke of the love and esteem of their many friends. After a wedding trip they will make their home in Butler, Pa. MONROE September 2. - Edith and Howard Blakeslee of Conneaut were guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Mathewson, Tuesday and Wednesday. Plin Reeves is at Ashtabula today. Mesdames Rose Johnson and Sarah Codding visited Mrs. Ina Dean at Monroe Center, Friday. We are told that Tracy Johnson and family are about to go to Oregon with the intention of remaining for an indefinite time. Bernard Phelps is somewhat indisposed, and is receiving treatment of Dr. Cole. He was hurt sometime since while in railroad employ. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Messenger have just returned from an extended visit with friends at Linesville. They attended the Conneaut Lake fair and report a fine time. "Little Hugh" Reeves has commenced work in the butter factory. Mrs. Frank Johnson visited in Ashtabula, Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Miles and daughter, Claud, attended the funeral of their granddaughter, Mabel Simmons, at Pierpont, Thursday. Miss Mabel died after a short illness of spinal meningities, aged 8 years. PARMENTER'S CASE Jefferson, May 24. - Jay Parmenter of Conneaut, who was tried and convicted of rape on Goldie Guilliford, aged 11 years, on July 3, 1907, must now serve his two years' sentence. Parmentor was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. The case was appealed to the circuit court and was reversed on Taylor's argument. The supreme court Tuesday reversed the cirucit court. SHORT WEDDED BLISS Jefferson, May 24. - Gertrude Brown has brought an action for a divorce from William J. Brown on the grounds of gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. The parties were married at Cleveland on January 12, 1911. He left her March 26, 1911, advertising to the merchants not to give her credit. MISS BESS FULLER AND WARD JOHNSON WEDDED Miss Bess Fuller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Fuller, and one of the most widely known and liked girls of Conneaut , today became the bride of Mr. Ward Johnson of Ashtabula. The marriage occurred at the home of the bride's parents, at Farnham, south of the city, and was as pretty as only a May day wedding could be made. The ceremony was performed by the Reverand J. H. Rankin of the Congregational church at 12 o'clock noon. Besides the immediate family of the bride, those who witnessed the exchange of pledges were Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Goldsmith, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Kurtz, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Dorman, Miss Lilah McKinley, Mrs. Jack Bradley, of this city, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Leffingwell of Kingsville, and Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Weeks of Waverly, N. Y. The bride wore an attractive gown of white embroidered Swiss. The living room, where the ceremony was performed, was decorated in yellow, daffodils being used in profusion. The ceremony was performed under an arch fashioned of daffodils and greenery. The bride's colors were pink and white, and the dining room was beautifully decorated in these colors, pink roses adorning the table. Immediately after the ceremony an elaborate luncheon was served, and later in the afternoon the young couple left for Ashtabula which city is to be their future home. They will go at once to housekeeping in their own home at Bunker Hill. For several months past, Mrs. Johnson has resided in Ashtabula, being employed in the city clerk's office. Conneaut has always been her home, however, and the best wishes of countless friends accompany her to her new home. Mr. Johnson is employed in the Scoville and Roller shoe store, Ashtabula, the home of his parents being in Waverly, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Jonson were remembered with scores of beautiful gifts, which will be constant reminders of the esteem which friends and relatives alike hold for them. DEATH AT PIERPONT Mabel, the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Simmons, of Pierpont, died Wednesday morning of spinal meningitis, aged 8 years, 1 month and 25 days. The funeral will be held from the house at 1:30 Thursday afternoon. DEATH AT PIERPONT A. A. Barber, of Pierpont, died at his home there Wednesday night aged 60 years. The remains will be taken to Williamsfield to-morrow where the funeral will be held at 11 o'clock. SAYBROOK November 4. - Last Monday evening Arthur L. Bailey came home from a practice game of football at Ashtabula Harbor, with a broken jaw-bone that will keep him at home for a few weeks. Dr. Palmer of Geneva put the jaw in a plaster cast and as his throat is swollen also the problem is how to get enough nourishment down to keep up strength. The pleasant weather is a help as Arthur is able to walk out in the sunshine every day. Another accident occurred on Wednesday. Mr. Bates is having the roof of his store shingled. While carrying a bundle of shingles on the roof Mr. Barthman, a son-in-law of Mr. Bates, slipped and fell from a lean-to roof to the ground, breaking a rib and giving him a bad jar. Dr. Palmer was called and Mr. Barthman was made as comfortable as possible and it is hoped that he will improve rapidly. A horse and buggy were stolen from Paul Jenks the night of Hallow E'en, and Mr. Gerald lost a set of harness, three blankets and a saddle from his barn. It was at first thought that it was a Hallow E'en prank but as the day wore on and no trace of the lost horse or any of the other things could be found the conclusion was reached that some thief or thieves took advantage of the occasion to make a haul. Measures have been set on foot to find and capture the thief and a reward is offered. The Burris house has been newly shingled and is being repaired and improved inside. When finished Rev. D. W. Bailey, the new owner, will take possession. Rev. D. W. Bailey resigned his pastorate here several weeks ago but is still preaching until his successor can be found. TWO PROMISSORY NOTES Jefferson, Jan. 19. - Ethel Scribner, by Cox & Kingdom, has commenced an action against Nathan H. Hopkins and others which is based on two promissory notes for $300 and $100 respectively. They are secured by mortgages on thirty- four acres of land in Pierpont, which the court is asked to order foreclosed. PIERPONT Mrs. Dewey was buried yesterday. It will be remembered that Mrs. Dewey suffered a stroke some time ago and died Monday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hutchins. She leaves two sons and a daughter to mourn her loss. H. A. Mixer is in Ashtabula to-day on business. Lee Hewitt is very low with nervous prostration. Hiram Waters I slightly improved. THE WORKHOUSE __ Contains an Ashtabula County Man who Allured a Young Girl __ "Oh, if you say anything in the paper tell all young girls that they must be careful; oh, so very careful. Tell them to stay at home if they want to be happy." This is the message that a 16 year old girl wants delivered to girls. A child in years she has had her eyes opened to the ways of the world and speaks from experience. A year ago Nina Mapes was a happy, innocent school girl of Belleville, Mich. Saturday, she was rescued from a house on Oak street by the police. She had been betrayed by the man she loved. "Since I have been away from home I have found out that my story is not an unusual one," she said, Monday, to a Press reporter. "So many girls have had similar expriences that the wonder of it is that other girls are not warned and kept from ruin. A year ago I was at home in Belleville. There I met a young man who was working in a sawmill. His name was Charles Hammond. He said that he came from Windsor Corners, O., but he was very different from the other boys. He had been to cities and wore good clothes. There was such a wordly air about him that we country girls couldn't help but be attracted. He told me about the city and what fine times one could have there, until I said I wanted to go. He said he could fix it. A week ago we arrived in Cleveland. "He took me to a place on Oak street. I was afraid and didn't want to go in, but he made me. Then the police came and took me to the Salvation Army. I still love Charles and will marry him if he is willing." The vulture's opportunities for marrying will be few within the next few months. Before Judge Whelan, Monday, he was given a sentence of $25 costs and 60 days in the workhouse. The girl is being cared for by the Salvation Army. - Cleveland. MRS. FOX WAS FOUND DEAD IN HER BED Mrs. Dry Fox, an aged and highly esteemed resident of South Monroe, was found dead in bed Saturday morning. The funeral services were held Monday. SHIP Feb. 27. - We are enjoying some more fine roads; it requires three horses to draw the kid hack. Mrs. U. J. Simons visited her daughter, Mrs. Chester Tower, at Beaver, last Saturday and Sunday. Mr. George Morse is very sick. Sylvester Martin, who has been confined to his home the past few weeks with rheumatism, is slightly improved. Lee Hewitt is seriously ill. Dr. Brayman is attending him. Mrs. Will Fuller, of Conneaut, and Mrs. James Palmer, of Clark Corners, visited Mrs. D. B. Frick recently. Mr. and Mrs. Zed Benson and children, of Virginia, are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Strubble. John C. Hewitt and family of Wayne, visited his parents recently. L. B. Allen, of Conneaut, was the guest of C. C. Hewitt Sunday. Moving will soon be the order of the day. There will be several changes in our neighborhood this spring. Mr. and Mrs. Art Robinson, of Cherry Hill, were recent visitors a D. B. Fricks's. SOWED OATS FEBRUARY 28 __ Was a Hot Propsoition - No Maple Syrup Made After January and Other Things Accordingly, Says D. D. Burnett. __ Speaking of open winters and early springs, of which the present season promises to furnish a record breaker as far as recent years are concerned, D. D. Burnett, the veteran Center street grocer, can recollect a time, says the Beacon-Record, a long while back when conditions were similar to those which have prevailed this year only more so. "It was in the spring of 1854, 52 years ago," says Mr. Burnett, "that my father did his plowing earlier than this, and sowed oats on March 3. That same year 'Uncle Joe' Mann, as he was familiarly known, put in his oats on February 28. All the maple syrup that was made that year was from a run of sap in January. After that it did not freeze sufficiently to render sugar-making possible. My father did not open his sugar bush in January. He said that was too early and that there would be plenty of time in March. But there wasn't, and as a result he didn't have any maple syrup product that year." Continuing Mr. Burnett said that the spring mentioned was the earliest he had ever known. He never saw one like it before and he had never witnessed one similar since though the one now being experienced came about as close to it as any of them, and is surely as exceptional as will often be had. WITH DOING WRONG __ Is Celia Thornton Hale Charged in An Action for Divorce. Jefferson, Feb. 21. - A Kingsville marriage, in which it is alelged the wife has gone wrong, is the latest item of divorce literature in the annals of the office of the clerk of the courts. The petition, on which the names of Roy Hale and Celia Thornton Hale appear as the principals, and Spaulding and Andrews as the attorneys, relates that the marriage was in Kingsville February 22, 1903; that no children have been born and that the husband has conducted himself properly. It is then asserted that the wife has been guilty of wrong doing at both Kingsville and Conneaut; that immediately after the marriage they lived on a farm in Kingsville; that the wife refused to remain at home, but spent a large part of her time at Conneaut and Ashtabula, in company with other men, and that she had men come to visit her at the farm, to the utter neglect of her duties, and the husband. It is said she only lived with the husband a short time before leaving him and going to Conneaut to live. OBITUARY Nora May Terrill was born in Monroe, Ashtabula county, O., March 3, 1885. She was married to J. D. Robertson September 2, 1900, at Ripley, N. Y. She died at her home in Kelloggsville, O., February 12, 1906, at midnight, after a month's illness, the last eight days of which she was insane. A council was held by Drs. Walker and Leet the day preceding her death. She was to have gone to the asylum the next morning, but God spared her that awful fate and took her to dwell with Him. Her mother departed this life on Jan. 20. 1906. She leaves a husband, father, two sisters, Cora and Helen, and two brothers, Wilson and Walter, besides a host of friends to miss her. She was a beautiful woman of sweet disposition and an ideal mother. WEDDED AT PIERPONT A pretty wedding occurred last evening at the home of Herbert Mixer at Pierpont, when his daughter, Grace, was united in marriage by Rev. Boyd, of the Congregational church, of Andover, to Louis French, of Ashtabula. The wedding ceremony took place at eight o'clock with only the immediate relatives of both families present. An elaborate wedding supper was served after the ceremony, both parties to the troth remaining at the Mixer residence over night. The couple will spend some time visiting with the parents of the groom, at Jefferson, when they will be at home to their many friends at Ashtabula, where Mr. French is employed as the manager of the Bell telephone company. MONROE May 16. - Foster Phelps is teaching District No. 10 school, on account of illness of Pearl Van Gorder, who is the teacher hired for the spring term. The friends of Plin Reeves are pleased to hear that he is improving in health. Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Matheson were at Woodland Heights, Tuesday. Mrs. Elmer Terry of East Springfield died and was buried, Tuesday. Her remains were brought to her father's, H. Dalrymple's, where the funeral services were held. H. W. Carter of Sheffield was doing business in this town, Wednesday. Mrs. Thomas Haig is considerably improved. Albinus Reeves and daughter, Verna, were Saturday visitors at Asa Reeves', Verna remaining for an extended visit. Jay Andrews is buying veal calves. Carl Scribner is working in the saw mill on the Root road. Jack Johnson has obtained employment at Ashtabula. H. O. Lewis of Bulah, well known here, is home from the Cleveland state hospital, much improved in health. Owing to the scarcity of teachers the Haig district is without a teacher thus far this spring. THE SIXTH MEMBER __ Of One Family Dead __ Miss Bertha Skinner Succumbed to Fever Saturday Night - Funeral Tomorrow at Amboy Church. __ Miss Bertha Skinner, of Kingsville, who was confined in Grace hospital for the past two weeks suffering with typhoid fever, died Saturday evening at 9 o'clock. The deceased was the sixth member of the Skinner family to die of that disease in the last eleven months, there being one remaining member of the family, Miss Elizabeth Skinner, thirteen years old, who is at present making her home with her grandmother at Kingsville. W. M. Skinner and wife, two daughters and a son and a brother of Mrs. Skinner have succumbed to the same disease. When the last of the Skinner family to die, was taken ill several weeks ago with fever, which practically removed the entire family, Miss Skinner was taken to Grace hospital, where the best medical aid possible was given her. After a battle of several weeks with fate and all odds apparently against her complete recovery, heart broken over the death of other members of the family, she had not the strength to battle successfully with the disease. The deceased was a well known and popular young lady of this city and had numerous friends in many of the surrounding towns. She has made her home with her uncle, Bert Smith, and family at Amboy, since her parents died. The funeral will be held at 10 o'clock at Amboy. Interment will be made at Kingsville. KILLED BY THE SHOCK __ Mrs. Albert Delmage __ Discovered Prostate Form of Her Husband on Floor and Shock Was So Great She Soon Expired. __ Mr. and Mrs. Albert Delmage, who up to last evening were enjoying good health, both lie cold in death. Last evening Mrs. Delmage, who was housekeeper for Henry Adamson at the Iroquois hotel and who with her husband, has been living at the hotel for some time, ascended the stairs to call Mr. Delmage for supper. When she opened the door to the bed room she was shocked to find her husband lying on the floor, he having a few moments before suffered a stroke of apoplexy. Mrs. Delmage called for assistance and stepped out into the hall and seated herself in a chair, where she was found dead a few minutes later, the shock of finding her husband, as she supposed dead, was so great and heart failure caused her death. This was about ten minutes of seven o'clock and at ten o'clock Mr. Delmage, who never regained concisousness, passed away. Mr. Adamson at once called an undertaker and had the bodies prepared for burial. The aged couple have one son, Nelson Delmage, who is well known here and whose marriage to Mr. Jackson Koehler's daughter some time ago created quite a sensation. The last known of him he was in Chicago and efforts to locate him in that city are being made by Mr. Adamson. Until the relatives are heard from the funeral arrange-ments will not be made. The deceased man and wife were aged about 65 and 55 years. AMERICAN SMOKERS __ Burn Up Hundreds of Tons of Tobacco Annually __ Some Interesting Figures Presented by an Authority on the Subject - Cost of the Weed. The habitual smoker is occasionally remind-ed by his abstemious friends that smoking is an expensive habit and a wasteful one; and he is asked to consider how much money he could save annually by a discontinuance of the habit. The habitual smoker, if he gives consideration to this proposition at all, invariably comes to the conclusion that the money he might not expend for cigars or tobacco would not be "saved" at all; and that the other things he would probably buy with it would not give him a tenth of the genuine enjoyment and solid comfort derived from his pet luxury. Whatever the conclusion of the individual smoker, however, it must be admitted that the habit of smoking, as indulged in by Americans, costs in the aggregate, a lot of money. Tobacco Leaf presents some interesting figures on this subject. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1905, there were manufactured in the United States 7,689,337,207 cigars, an increase of more than 185,000,000 over the record of the preced-ing year. The cigarette crop, too, in spite of Indiana's anti-cigarette law showed a healthy activity, the increase amounting to over 141,000,000 in a total output of 3,368,212,740. The United States also produced over 21,000,000 pounds of snuff last year and 334,489,110 pounds of smoking tobacco, the latter an increase of only about two per cent. The value of all this tobacco product is not given with exactness, but is estimated at over $300,000,000. The last three census returns were as follows: For 1880, $116,772,631; for 1890, $195,536,862; for 1900, $263,977,514. At the rate of increase of production in 1904-05 over the preceding year, the estimate of $300,000,000 does not seem excessive. An interesting fact in connection with these statistics is that the great bulk of the product is raised here manufactured here, and consumed here. Compared with the grand total our imports and exports are relatively insignificant. Import-ation of tobacco in all its forms last year amount-ed to only a little over $22,000,000, and exports to a litle over $37,000,000. Smokers of good Havana cigars, by the way, have not been slow to recognize the results of American capital and enterprise as applied to the Cuban product. The New York Sun estimates the American population of males who may be regarded as of "cigar age" at 24,000,000. At that rate the domestic product of cigars last year was suffi-cient to allow each smoker 320 smokes during the year. That is less than one cigar a day - which any inveterate devotee of the weed will maintain is at absurdly moderate allowance. So, despite the big figures, we are a nation of moder-ate smokers, after all. Perhaps the most formidable view of the tobacco habit in America is obtained when we look at the annual consumption by weight. A cigar is not a heavy object; neither is a pipeful of tobacco or a cigarette; but American smokers burned last year about 300,000 tons - enough to make quite a smudge. The habitual smoker, however, will calmly assert, between puffs that he knows of no other product the burning of 300,000 tons of which would afford as much pleasure to the 24,000,000 men who burned it, or as much profitable employment to the hundreds of thousands of person engaged in growing, manufacturing and selling the "horrid weed." DIED AT KINGSVILLE James Compton, of North Kingsville returned to his home last Friday afternoon and to his dismay found his wife lying upon the floor dead. Evidently as thngs looked, Mrs. Compton had just taken some bread from the oven and walked to the back room for a pail and on her way back fell headlong upon the floor dead. She was buried at North Kingsville Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Mrs. Compton was one of the oldest and most respected women in that vicinity. She was born in 1837 and has lived in Kingsville all her life. Mr. Compton is a shoemaker at that place. OBITUARY Ruth Ann Turner was born in Pierpont, O., November 22, 1819, and died in Pierpont March 20, 1905. She was married to John Hoskins April 18, 1839, (who preceded her about 17 years.) They were the parents of seven children, all of whom survive her but one, viz.: Emily Aldrich, who died about nine years ago. Those living are Milton Hoskins, Pierpont, O.; Bulah Phillips, Cork, O.; Delilah Joselyn of Kansas; Kate Franklin of New York; John Hoskins of Pierpont; Minerva Martin of Pierpont. Mr. and Mrs. Hoskins were numbered among the most substantial members of the Free Baptist church of Pierpont in the early period of its history, and were ever noted for their generosity and Christian piety. SHIP June 26. - Thomas Fails is very low and cannot last but a few days. Mrs. Eva Hogle is a little better. She has been moved to Thomas Ellsworth's, her father's home and is under Dr. Brayman's treatment. Mrs. Seavey, who is staying with her daughter, Mrs. Lillian Hallett, has suffered a slight shock of paralysis. Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Shipman were at Gustavus recently. Miss Ettie Shipman is staying a few days at F. D. Shipman's. Day Frick will drive the "kid wagon" on this route the following term. A. Fails and family of Unionville and J. Fails of Plymouth were called here by the illness of Thomas Fails PIERPONT April 4. - We are enjoying an early spring. The farmers are improving the highways and sowing oats. Mrs. Edith Smith had the misfortune to lose another valuable cow last night, a two year old grade Holstein heifer. This is the third cow Mrs. Smith has lost this spring, all high grade Holsteins. Mr. Kennedy has bought the red house by the creek on Mill St., and is moving in. Mrs. Thompson who formerly occupied the house, is moving into part of her father's house. Mrs. Ashley and her daughter, Erdine, have gone to Youngstown for a ten days' stay. Art Barringer has moved into Roll Aldrich's house on the angling road. Mr. Taylor is moving into Mrs. Swafford's house on the corner. A PIERPONT WEDDING A quiet wedding took place at the home of H. A. Mixer of Pierpont yesterday when his daughter, Miss Grace, became the bride of Louis French of Ashtabula. Rev. Boyd of Andover performed the ceremony after which a fine wedding supper was served. The honeymoom will be spent at the home of the groom's parents in Jefferson, after which they will be at home in Ashtabula where Mr. French is employed as manager of the Bell Telephone system. SHIP July 10. - Mrs. Eva hogle is worse. Thomas Fails is about the same. Mr. and Mrs. L. Burr attended the Congregational church at Pierpont, Sunday. F.J. Woodruff of Amboy visited his brother, H. Woodruff, Sunday. Jedd Woodruff, formerly of Pierpont, but now of Troy, Pa., has been stricken with paralysis but was a little better from last reports. Mrs. O. P. Drury is visiting at Thomas Ellsworth's. Austin Fails of Unionville, O., who has been here helping to care for his father, Thomas Fails, has returned home. Some of the farmers have commenced haying. Some of the children at this place are having whooping cough. DEATHS IN PIERPONT IN 1905 January 7th, Bessie McArthur, aged 14 years, 8 months and 7 days. January 25, Benjamin Straight, aged 67 years, 6 months and 8 days. January 27, Mrs. Martha Clark, aged 75 years and 10 months. January 31, Seley Leach, aged 85 years, 10 months and 27 days. February 15, Mrs. Eliza Hall, aged 68 years, 2 months and 18 days. February 24, Mrs. Sarah Huntley, aged 72 years, 2 months and 14 days. February 28, Mrs. Larue Vaughn, aged 96 years, 3 months and 7 days March 7, Charlie Byrnes, aged 7 years, 5 months and 15 days. March 14, Ruth A. Boals, aged 16 days. March 20, Mrs. Ruth Hoskins, aged 85 years, 3 months and 28 days. March 26, Mrs. Sadie Gillis, aged 34 years, 1 month and 22 days. May 1., Rev. Charles Evarts, aged 70 years. August 2, Sterling Chapman, aged 82 years. August 27, Mrs. Sterling Chapman, aged 80 years. August 30, Mable Simmons, aged 8 years, 1 month and 2 days. August 31, A. A. Barber, aged 57 years, 3 months and 16 days. October 16, E. B. Pitcher, 92 years. October 19, B. E. Rood, aged 35 years, 7 months and 26 days. October 23, Charles W. Roberts, aged 78 years, 6 months and 19 days. November 1, Harold Lillie, aged 3 years. November 9, Myron Palmer, aged 70 years. November 11, Mrs. Laura Allen, 76 years. (The 76 was crossed out and 64 years written in pencil beside it.) November 13, Mrs. Laura Bates, aged 86 years. Those brought from other towns to Pierpont for burial: February 5, Fayette Woodworth, aged 58 years and 9 months. February 27th, Mrs. Portia Wortman, aged 71 years, 7 months and 9 days. May 6, Mrs. Hulda A. Terry, aged 34 years, 8 months and 24 days. July 24, Mrs. Eva A. Hogle, aged 22 years, 9 months and 14 days. July 6, Mrs. Ida Potter, aged 51 years September 28, Horace Hogle, aged 71 years, 7 months and 6 days. November 7, Mrs. L. C. Betch, aged 73 years. MONROE (1905 written in pencil) July 25. - The Ladies Union Aid society will meet with Mrs. Hugh Reeves Wednesday afternoon, August 2nd. Mr. Hiram Griggs died, Thursday, and was buried, Sunday. Rev. Hurlburt of Kelloggsville conducted the funeral services. He was aged 80 years, six months. Griggs was a veteran of the Civil war and had been a sufferer from ill health contracted in the service, ever since his army life, which together with age finally resulted in death. He is survived by an aged and invalid wife, two sons and two daughters and a large number of other relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reeves of Albion were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Reeves. Miss Mary Reeves of Cleveland arrived here, Saturday, to spend her vacation with friends. Mr. Swartz of Denmark was a recent guest of Elise Wheeler. Mrs. Jay Ring of Ashtabula is making a three days visit at her parents' home, the David Wheeler home. Mrs. Elvia Braden and two daughters of Perry are visiting friends here. Mrs. Emmet Hogle died yesterday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ellsworth, after an illness of two months. MONROE June 8. - Born to Dr. J. E. Burrows and wife a 10-pound boy, May the 30th. * * * * * Sam Norton is in Pierpont moving a house upon his farm on the Kane road. ... The hub mill has arrived on the Kane road and is turning out hubs. ... Mrs. John Hoskins is home again. ... F. Tanner of Licking St. is repairing his barn by putting new sills under it. ... A. M. Mallory will move his barn across the road and put it upon a wall with a basement under it. He broke ground for it yesterday. ... Wallie Hunt had a new baby at his house last Monday.