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News (Tales of the Tow) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-id: <20060304053230.20596.qmail@leaf3.bananic.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT X-Message: #1 Allen County OhArchives News.....Tales of the Town June 1894 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Judy Woerner judyw0113@yahoo.com March 4, 2006, 5:32 am Lima Times Democrat June 1894 TALES OF THE TOWN June 4, 1894 The Lima club plays in Kenton to-day. This is the last week of public schools, until September. Criminal cases are on trial in Common Pleas Court this week. Miss HANNAH CALLAHAN is ill at her home on North Elizabeth street. The Public School Commencement will be held Friday evening. O. S. LANGAN, who has been ill for some time, is able to be out again. Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. C. LEATHERS, of 128 West Kibby street, an eight pound girl. The Lima cycling club took a run to St. Mary’s yesterday morning, leaving here at five o’clock. A new drug company has been organized in Toledo. GEO. P. WALDORF is one of the stockholders. Coroner STUEBER will this evening hold an inquest as to the killing of PAT LYONS by FRANK POLSER. Born to Mr. and Mrs. CRIMMEL—a boy. Mr. CRIMMEL is an operator in the Buckeye Pipe Line office. The C. H. & D. run a special over the road to Toledo last evening, passing through here at 6:30 o’clock. At Xenia to-morrow evening Mr. M. C. WILLIAMS, of this city, and Miss MCCLURE, of that place, will be wedded. A large number of persons were in the city to-day on their way to Columbus to attend the Republican State convention. About one hundred persons from this city witnessed the ball game between the Lima and Celina teams at the latter place yesterday. Saturday afternoon Sheriff FISHER took GEO. KEIM to the Dayton work house to serve his sentence for pleading guilty to the charge of adultery. The South Side hose house now has an addition of seven tenants. They are full blooded St. Bernard pups, the property of driver FRANK LAMBERTON. The reserved seat plat for the Elks Minstrels will be opened at Melvilles next Monday and those buying advance tickets will have access to the plat the first day. Rev. HIRAM SEARS, of Cleveland, who has been here the past week, reports $122.25 raised in cash and subscription in this city for the Western Seamen’s Friend Society. JOHN O’CONNOR, accompanied by Mrs. O’CONNOR, went to Cincinnati last night to make arrangements with general passenger agent EDWARDS, of the C., H. & D., for an excursion for the Lima Knights of St. John to be run on July 4th. A strange man who claimed to be from Mercer county, looking for work, locked up Saturday evening was released yesterday. FREDERICK MOSER was brought here to the home of his brother, JACOB MOSER yesterday, from Custer, where he has been quite ill. He is considerably improved to-day. East bound passenger train No. 4, due on the P., F. W. & C. at 7:20 o’clock, was delayed several hours this morning on account of a freight wreck west of Ft. Wayne. The Piqua races commence to-morrow and continue for four days. They will be held under the auspices of the Lima Driving Club and there will be a large attendance from this city. Over twelve hundred people witnessed a game of base ball at Cygnet yesterday between Cygnet’s and Findlay’s, the former winning by a score of 12 to 11. This makes two games won by each and the rubber will be played at Findlay about the 17th. Mrs. WILLIAM LIVERMORE, aged sixty-six years, died at six o’clock this morning at her home, No. 1118 St. John’s avenue, from heart and stomach trouble. The deceased leaves a husband and two married daughters. Funeral services from the residence at two o’clock Wednesday afternoon. Saturday evening Prosecuting Attorney J. C. RIDENOUR returned home after being out driving and while unhitching the horse from the buggy, the animal became frightened and upsetting the vehicle and knocking Mr. RIDENOUR down, ran away. Mr. RIDENOUR was considerably, though not seriously, bruised. The buggy and harness were badly demolished. June 8, 1894 HARRY RUDY is working in a barber shop at Kenton. The CRIDER case is still in Common Pleas Court. Mrs. E. R. KING, who has been ill with erysipelas, is convalecent. Preparations are being made for a Fourth of July celebration at McCullough’s lake. Engineer CHARLEY LONG, of the C. H. & D., has removed from 306 to 676 North Jackson street. WM. BOOP has material on the ground for a new brick residence on his Harrison avenue property. The work of putting up poles for the Postal Telegraph company has been completed into the city from the south There will be an important meeting this evening of the Red Men Lodge. All members are earnestly requested to be present. The Commissioners of Allen county were out at the head of Camp Creek ditch to- day at a hearing of the testimony of interested people in the proposed improvement. W. H. LAMBERT yesterday let the contract for the erection of a house and barn on his lot on Harrison avenue. HARRY G. MYERS has bought the interest of GRANT EDMAN in the drug firm of EDMAN & STOUT. The business will be carried under the title G. W.STOUT & Co. Last night some person entered the chicken coop of a colored man named REDMAN, in South Lima, and took thirty spring fowls. The family were away from home at the time. This morning about 9:30 o’clock, the L. E. & W. had a small wreck at the C., H. &. D. “y” at Celina. Several cars loaded with coke left the rails at that point, and the wrecking crew was sent out from this city to clear the track. June 15, 1894 Born to Mr. and Mrs. I. N. PANGLE, a son. Slot machines have been ordered out of Kenton. Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. PORTER, a girl. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. CLOYD W. EWING, of South Elizabeth street, a boy. The sale of cigarettes in Ft. Wayne is to be stopped by the prosecuting attorney. PATRICK KEEFE, of North Jackson street, is recovering from a two weeks illness. DAVID BELL is removing into the A. C. BAXTER residence on South McDonald street. The Ohio Southern locals were annulled this morning on account of the dearth of coal. At Keton yesterday afternoon the Kentons defeated the Charlestons by a score of six to five. The pupils of St. Rose school will give an entertainment in Faurot’s Opera House on June 26th. The case of HEDGES vs. HALL to set aside a will, was on trial to-day before Judge RITCHIE, in Common Pleas Court JAS. LOVETT, of North Main street, who has been ill with pneumonia and the mumps, is worse to-day. His recovery is doubtful. Ackerman & Seeders will have a hearing before the mayor to-morrow on the charge of violating the ten o’clock saloon closing ordinance. While hunting near Nevada, west of here on the P., Ft. W. & C., W. S. HANSINGER had his left hand shot off by the accidental discharge of his gun. MORILL KUHNS, sent up from this city a year or so ago for a period of ten years for burglary, has made an application to have his sentence commuted. The South Lima branch of the Lima Locomotive and Machine works has nearly all the work they can do in filling new orders and repairing old cars. Their tracks are almost completely filled with the latter. Detective GEO. PECK, of the C., H. & D., was arrested yesterday afternoon charged with assault by Doc CLARK, with whom he had some difficulty a few nights ago. He waived an examination and was bound over. Last evening about 6:20 o’clock, an alarm of fire was sent in from box 42, caused by the burning of the roof of a dwelling house occupied by a family named RILEY near Eureka Street and the D. & M., in South Lima. A small hole was burned. Monday morning Sheriff FISHER will leave for Columbus with the prisoners found guilty at the present term of court. The first edition of the Delphos “Daily Herald” was issued yesterday. It is a neat, clean paper, well filled with local news, and deserves the liberal patronage of all people in Delphos. Although the alarm last evening came in from the South Side and was called by an insignificant blaze, and the South Side department on hand, the Central department was given the run without a second alarm being sent in. June 20, 1894 The school board meets to-night. The Lima City Guards will give a dress parade on the public square to-morrow evening at 8 o’clock. S. W. MOORE continues to improve from his attack of neuralgia and will soon be well enough to be out. JAS. FINICLE has removed his family from 209 West Elm street into his new home at 663 North Jackson street. Bookkeeper CHARLEY BELL, of the Lima Locomotive and Machine works, is able to be out after several days illness. The police last night stopped a fight in the Manhattan Club rooms in Toledo, after nineteen rounds had been rought. Eight saloon keepers were arrested at New Bremen for violating the Sunday law and bound over to the grand jury. A large number of people from Columbus Grove, Wapakoneta, Ada and Delphos were here this afternoon and attended the races. Deputy Sheriff FISHER left this morning for the Dayton work house with LOUIS JAMES, sentenced by Mayor BAXTER, of Delphos. The marriage of Mr. MARSHALL and Miss CLARA HUGHES occurs this evening at the home of Mrs. R. T. HUGHES, on West Spring street. The funeral of HUGH MARTIN took place this morning from St. Rose’s church. Rev. A. E. MANNING officiated and interment was made in the Catholic cemetery. TOMMY CONNAIR, who was shot by FRANK POLSER when the latter killed PAT LYONS, is able to be around and will be about town in a day or so. The wound has healed nicely. June 27, 1894 A. A. CRAWFORD has removed to Kenton and is running a restaurant. Born—To Mr. and Mrs. GEO. BOWSHER, of South Pierce street, a boy. Fire at 1:30 this morning destroyed a barn in the north part of town, belonging to TOM FITZMAURICE. ED LIST, a bookkeeper for C. S. KING, and Miss MOLLIE HURST, will be married a week from to-morrow evening. A Spencerville couple, RICHARD PURDY and MARY FAIR, were granted a marriage license yesterday evening. THEO. FEIST left day before yesterday on his wheel for Yorkville, Ind. He made the run from Lima to Hamilton in one day. The members of the Baptist Sunday school and the Second street Baptist mission, picnicked at Hoover’s pleasure resort to-day. Rev. JAMES O’LEARY returned to Cleveland this morning, where the children of his parish will give an entertainment this evening. Miss GIVEN JONES entertained the infant class of the Market Street Presbyterian school at her home of West North street, this afternoon. Dr. OTTMAN, a traveling doctor from Columbus, was fined $8.60 by the mayor to- day for a little celebration he indulged in early yesterday morning. W. D. MOORE, now in the regular army, and stationed at Ft. Leavenworth, Kas., came home last night on leave of absence on account of disability. WILLIAM WETHERILL, the dairyman, who has been dangerously ill at his home on the St. Johns road for the past week is better, but his recovery is doubtful. There will be a base ball game between Lima and Lafayette at Faurot’s park to- morrow afternoon. Lafayette has a good strong team, and a lively game is looked for. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/newspapers/talesoft22nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 11.5 Kb ______________________________ --Boundary_(ID_eMl5MkAbm/VM9kLpA3WPKA) Date: 4 Mar 2006 05:40:21 -0000 From: Archives Subject: Oh-Allen Co. News (Tales of the Tow) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-id: <20060304054021.27501.qmail@leaf3.bananic.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT X-Message: #2 Allen County OhArchives News.....Tales of the Town July 1894 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Judy Woerner judyw0113@yahoo.com March 4, 2006, 5:40 am Lima Times Democrat July 1894 TALES OF THE TOWN July 5, 1894 VAN TINE’s bicycle establishment has been removed to Findlay. The marriage of Mr. ED. LIST and Miss HURST will occur this evening. The Findlay base ball team will play the Lima team here Friday and Saturday next week. A crowd of young people went down to Quincy on the Ohio Southern yesterday and picnicked. Some one threw a stone through the large plate glass window in the Mecca saloon night before last. ABE STEIN will remove his barber shop into the room lately occupied by GUS LUTZ in the old city building next week. CHAS. M. MELHORN, of Kenton, son-in-law of J. R. CHURCHILL, is a candidate for the nomination for common pleas judge in that district. The case in police court against NANCE GALLAGHER, who was arrested for beating his wife, was dismissed to-day on account of the latter failing to appear against. July 9, 1894 Superintendent O. W. BELL, of the L. E. W., is able to be about again after several days’ illness. The Culver club will meet at the home of Mrs. C. F. PRICE, 115 South Metcalf street, this evening at 8 o’clock. Friday night at the home of Miss MARY LUKEN occurred a very pleasant surprise in honor of her guest, Miss GORMAN, of Columbus Grove. Miss LIZZIE DISMAN, of this city, has been before the State Board of School Examiners at Columbus and has received a special life certificate. JOHN LAMBERTON is confined to his bed at the home of his brother-in-law, JACOB SPYKER, Wayne and McDonel streets, sugaring from kidney trouble. He is in quite a serious condition. July 19, 1894 JAS. CURREN is erecting a new house on Oak street. JOHN THOMPSON of Harrod, made an assignment to W. H. SMITH this afternoon. JOHN CURREN has removed from Greenlawn avenue into his new home on Oak street. P. P. SMITH is preparing to open a cigar and tobacco store in the Fisk block on east Wayne street. Detective S. M. BUSH, of the C. H. & D., was some easier to-day, but will not be able to leave bed for several days. Manager SOMERS having been disappointed by the Daytons has secured the Cygnets for a game here to-morrow. EMMET E. FISHER is erecting a fine new residence on West Wayne street. EMMET’s friends are anxious to know who will occupy it when finished. This morning LIZZIE SHADE, pastry cook at the Oak, restaurant, was overcome by the heat, but was able to continue her work after a short time. DAN MURRAY, of West McKibben street, has purchased the MULLENHAUER property on North West street, and will remove into it in a few weeks. FRANK WETHERELL, of St. Johns avenue, went to Spencerville this morning, where he will engage in the grain business in partnership with A. E. CLUTTER. Among the pensions granted to Ohio applicants yesterday, was an original one to VERNON TAYLOR and an original widow’s pension to SUSAN ELLIOT of this county. The funeral of EDMUND, son of Mr. and Mrs. CHAS. BOURK, of Montpelier, Ind., took place this afternoon from St. Rose’s church. Interment took place in the Catholic cemetery. JAMES, the four-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs. JOHN GRADY, of North McDonel street, died last night of cholera infantum. The funeral will take place to- morrow at 11 o’clock from St. Rose’s church. About 3:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon policeman BAKER found a lawyer from Bellefontaine on the streets under the influence of liquor. He was escorted to the police station, locked up until he became sober and then released and allowed to leave the city. The Misses CARRUTHERS entertained friends last night in a delightful manner in honor of Miss DAISY WINCH, of Fostoria, and Miss GRACE BRYAN, of Lima. The evening was spent with music and social conversation. Elegant refreshments were served—“Findlay Republican.” July 23, 1894 The Elks will have a clam bake at McBeth’s Thursday afternoon. Mrs. PHALEN, mother of officer PHALEN, died at her home in McCartyville yesterday. T. N. CUNNINGHAM purchased Harley’s drug store and took possession this morning. STEVE ROWLANDS, the Postal Telegraph messenger boy, appeared in a handsome new uniform to-day. Mr. RAYMOND COSS will entertain friends Friday evening in honor of his cousin, who is visiting him. Five suspicious characters who were arrested Saturday for safe keeping, were fired out of town yesterday. Ringling’s circus left Lima over the C. & E. Sunday morning for Meadville, Pa. From that place they go to Boston. GROSJEAN has leased a room in the Boone block on West Market street, and will occupy it with his undertaking establishment. FRED SCHEIBENZUBER, formerly of Gilbert’s, will open a drug store in the room in the Duffield block lately occupied by DIESEL’s cigar manufactory. The case in police court against JOHN KUNZLEMAN, who is charged with selling liquor on Sunday, has been continued until to-morrow afternoon. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. JERRY FINN, of North McDonald street, died Sunday morning and was buried this morning in the Catholic cemetery. The engineer at the P. F. W. & C. pump station near Hog Creek bridge killed a black snake to-day, thirty-eight inches long and six inches in circumference. The promise of marriage between FRANK EBNER and Miss MARY HILTNER, both of Lima, was read yesterday at 8 o’clock mass by Father MANNING, at St. Rose’s church. Policeman BLAIR left for Dayton this afternoon, taking with him WILLIAM SCHUYLER, who was sentenced to the work house for stealing a watch one day last week. An excursion train consisting of seven heavily loaded coaches was brought in over the Ohio Southern yesterday morning and taken to Toledo over the C. H. & D. The nine-weeks-old child of Mr. and Mrs. JOSEPH CHAMBERS, of West Third street, died yesterday forenoon. The funeral services will be held from the house at 10 o’clock to-morrow morning The residence of Mrs. KELLAR of North Pierce street was entered by burglars sometime Saturday afternoon and a suit of clothes and some jewelry taken. As usual there is no clue. The family was absent from home. Miss FLORENCE BUTTERFIELD died at the home of her father, Mr. O. G. BUTTERFIELD, 994 West North street, Saturday afternoon from consumption. The services were held from the house this afternoon at 2 o’clock. July 31, 1894 Mr. and Mrs. JOHN HUTTON and son, of Detroit, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. ED CHRISTIEN, of East Market street. The tower bell at central fire station tapped several times late last night on account of the wires being crossed. The five-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs. JOHN CLIFFORD, of 634 North Union street, died about 11:30 o’clock last night. A. J. SHYLER reported to the police last night that his watch had been stolen from his vest pocket while he was playing ball in the west end. Miss LIZZIE SHADE, who was taken ill last week with rheumatism, at the Oak, where she was employed, was removed to her home in West Minsier, in GROSJEAN’s ambulance, last evening. FLORID, seven-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES RAPP, 587 Second street, died at 7 o’clock this morning from summer complaint. Brief funeral services will be held at the residence at 8 o’clock this evening, and at 9:15 o’clock the remains will be taken to Kenton for interment. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/newspapers/talesoft23nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 7.9 Kb ______________________________ --Boundary_(ID_eMl5MkAbm/VM9kLpA3WPKA) Date: 4 Mar 2006 05:51:32 -0000 From: Archives Subject: Oh-Allen Co. News (Tales of the Tow) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-id: <20060304055132.20729.qmail@leaf3.bananic.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT X-Message: #3 Allen County OhArchives News.....Tales of the Town August 1894 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Judy Woerner judyw0113@yahoo.com March 4, 2006, 5:51 am Lima Times Democrat August 1894 TALES OF THE TOWN August 6, 1894 The Deshler club plays here tomorrow afternoon. In the Saturday game Lima defeated Kenton 12 to 6. A crowd of about thirty came over from Kenton to witness the ball yesterday. A fellow named MORRIS, who was locked up Saturday night for drunkenness, was released this morning. DAVE MUMAUGH resumed his duties as messenger at the central fire station to- day, after a month’s illness. Mrs. CHAS. ASHTON, of North Tanner street, who has been suffering from lock- jaw for several days, is slowly improving. The fire department was called out again to-day about 11:35 o’clock by the dry grass on the Faurot farm, at the west end of town being on fire. ELLA SLOAN, proprietress of a tanner street joint, who was before the mayor Saturday for creating a disturbance, was fined $18.60, which she paid and was released. WM. FITZMAURICE, aged about eighty-five years, died at his home on North Main street last night. Funeral to-morrow morning from St. Rose’s church at 8:30 o’clock. Mrs. WILLIAM H. BOOP, aged fifty-six years, died at 10 o’clock Sunday morning from heart trouble and dropsy. Funeral services will be held from the residence, No. 816 East High street, at 10 o’clock to-morrow morning. After the evidence in the case of the State against FRED KING, the Hume school teacher, charged by TINA MORTON, with attempt to commit rape had been taken, the defense waived an examination and KING was bound over to the Common Pleas Court for the sum of $500. He readily furnished bail and was released. August 15, 1894 ALF CHANEY is on the sick list. Born—to Mr. and Mrs. WILSON THRIFT, JR., this morning – a daughter. Miss FLORA KEVE, of South Pierce street, is confined to her home with neuralgia. E. W. STRACK, a lumber dealer at Ft. Wayne, well known here, made an assignment yesterday. BILLY EDSELL went to Spencerville this morning to participate in several of the bicycle races there to-day. There will be a full company rehearsal of Pinafore at the B. P. O. Elks lodge room to-morrow evening. The arrangements for the Washington trip will be completed at the K. of P. meeting to-night. All members should be present. Special policeman MARKS is doing night duty on the South Side, and Officer PHALEN is patrolling RONEY’s beat, north of Wayne, east of Main. The Kenton team will play here to-morrow. The team is one of the strongest the Limas have encountered this season and a great game will be played. Quite a large crowd of Lima people went over to Delphos on the 2:50 o’clock train this afternoon to witness the ball game, which was not called until the train arrived. THOMAS FINN, aged eighty-six years, died at his home on West Railroad street yesterday. The funeral services will take place to-morrow from St. Rose’s church at 8:30 o’clock. The Commissioners of Allen and Van Wert counties will meet here to-morrow in conference to decide on the matter of putting in a swing bridge over the canal at Cleveland street.—“Delphos Herald.” WILLIAM HUFFMAN, sentenced to a fine of $5 and costs and thirty days for petit larceny, and RICHARD WILDER, to a fine of $25 and costs and ninety days for assault, were taken to the Dayton work house this morning. This morning, GEO. MOREHOUSE and GEO. BUCK, a tough pair, were brought over from Delphos and placed in jail. They will to-morrow be taken to the Dayton work house to serve thirty days for assault and battery. Last month while assisting in putting up an oil tank for the Standard Oil company at Van Wert, ALONZO WOODERSON was injured by a heavy timber falling on him. He is in poor circumstances and yesterday the Standard company sent him a check for $50. Last evening about 7’oclock an unoccupied building on North Pine street was slightly damaged by some one removing the cap from the natural gas pipe and lighting a match causing an explosion which set fire to the building. But little damage was done. August 21, 1894 Born—to Mr. and Mrs. ELSIE COURTNEY, of North McDonald street—a son. Kenton Lodge of Elks will keep open house on the day of the corner stone laying. Night Clerk WILLOWER, of the Lima House, reported for duty last night after a week’s illness. OTTE FESH, of Frankfort on the Main, Germany, has taken a position in the Central drug store. The wedding of Miss LAURA BAILEY and Mr. F. A. CHAPMAN, of Bowling Green, has been announced. Last night WILL JAEGER was taken to Cincinnati by Dr. HERRMANN to be operated upon in a hospital at that place. J. U. DAUGHERTY, who assisted in the opening of the Central drug store, has returned to his home in Dayton. MORRIS SUTHERLAND, of St. Johns avenue, has resumed his duties at CLUTTER’s grain elevator, after a couple of week’s illness. The marriage of Mr. JOHN MAHONY and Miss LILLIAN MOORE, both of this city, and Mr. BERT MONTAGUE, of this city, to a Cincinnati lady, were announced in St. Rose’s church last Sunday. JOHN SCHMEIDER, while participating in a friendly scuffle in WHITE & WOERNER’s restaurant, on East Market street, Saturday evening, slipped and fell on his right arm, breaking it above the elbow joint. DAVID F., the one-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. CHAS. L. DAVIS, of Perry township, died yesterday afternoon from cholera infantum. Funeral services from Fletcher chapel at 2 o’clock to-morrow afternoon. DICK ODY completed the extension to the Paper Mills smoke stack Saturday afternoon. He added thirty five and one-half feet to the brick stack which is now one hundred and thirty-five high and six feet in diameter inside the top. At the regular meeting of branch 64 C. M. B. A. held last night, Rev. A. E. MANNING was chosen delegate and D. J. O’DAY, alternate, to the convention to be held at Massilon the first week in September, by a unanimous vote. On Friday, August 31st, the C. E. east local, due to leave at 7, will be held until 8 o’clock in the morning and will carry passenger coaches for the accommodation of Company C, the Masons, and any other organization going to Kenton to attend in the exercises of the laying of the corner stone to Company G’s new armory at that place. August 24, 1894 There was no police court today. JENNIE HOLTON will be arraigned before Probate Judge ROBB to-morrow on a lunacy inquest. Mr. and Mrs. JESS WICKHAM rejoice over the advent of a new baby girl at their home on South Elizabeth street. The next meeting of the police organization of Ohio, held here yesterday afternoon, will be held in Kenton. At the meeting of the K. of G. E. last night, it was decided to attend the Grand Lodge meeting at Bellefontaine next week. H. L. O’NEILL who has been in business in St. Mary’s, has returned to Lima, and has resumed business at his old place, opposite the C. H. & D. depot. All the berths in one sleeper and a large number in the other, have been reserved by Knights of Pythias and others who are going to Washington Sunday afternoon on the Ohio Southern special. There was a big crowd at JOHNSON’s swim last evening. Nearly all the visiting police officers, in attendance at the meeting yesterday visited the place and enjoyed tumbling about in the cool water. In a game of base ball at the I. O. O. F. picnic yesterday afternoon, the Solar Lodge defeated a picked nine from the other lodges by a score of 15 to 1. The defeated club say that umpire GEO. BAILEY was responsible. August 31, 1894 NEWT HARTER is sick with bilious fever. The frame work for the new steel works building is about completed. All the dry goods stores will close all day Monday, Sept. 3—Labor Day. In the morning game of ball at Kenton Lima was defeated, 11 to 3. Dr. HINER, who has been ill the past week, was worse this afternoon. Mrs. FENIMORE COLE is dangerously ill, suffering from an attack of bilious fever. Passenger Conductor DUNGAN, of Ohio Southern, came up on his run to-day after a vacation. SHERIDAN BROS. have a new forty barrel well on the HENRY SIMMONS farm, southwest of the city. Sheriff FISHER yesterday took CONRAD SCHENECKE, of Bluffton, to the workhouse to serve a sentence for drunkenness. A case of scarlet fever was reported to the health authorities this morning from the residence of JOHN NEWELL, of Second street. The funeral of FRED HEROLD, sen., who was found dead yesterday morning, will take place from the German Reformed church to-morrow afternoon at 2 o’clock. The funeral services of Mrs. FINLEY VERMILLION will be held from the Disciple church, on Wayne street, to-morrow afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. DEMILLER officiating. The water works trustees are having the bed of the Lost creek reservoir cleaned. The reservoir is entirely dry and the filth is being taken out before wet weather sets in. The Quicksteps and Blufftons will cross bats at Bluffton on Labor Day. There will be two games, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Bluffton has a good ball team and a good game is expected. Miss MARY KEVILLE entertained a few of her friends at her home on East Wayne street, last evening, in honor of her cousins, Miss MARY SWEENEY, of Carlisle, Ohio, and Mr. IKE WALSH, of Los Angeles, Cal. BERT CRAIG, a young railroader who had both legs taken off by the cars at Lima several years ago, and who is well known here, attracted a crowd at GEORGE AUER’s corner last evening, where he sold silver-plating composition. He did quite a big business.—“Delphos Herald.” File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/newspapers/talesoft24nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 10.1 Kb -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V06 Issue #30 ******************************************