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It is a most gratifying view
to see the immense amount of timber of every description now piled up along the
canal. The present good winter once more has given every man an opportunity of
hauling with ease and comfort. The mills, factories and shops are well supplied
and thousands will fill employment, and general prosperity is anticipated in the
line of manufacture.
Candidates
for county offices are putting in their appearance in this locality to look up
their interests; among them that were are M. Saer, W. W. Watkins, Frank Rothman and J. H. George.
Old
mother McPheeters recently died at Mount Vernon,
Ohio. Her remains were brought here for internment among those of her family,
who have resided here for the past twenty-seven years. But four of the
extensive family are surviving to mourn her death.
Chas.
H. Mayer, a machinist of Bass’
foundry of Ft. Wayne, was here during last week placing and adjusting machinery
in the stave factory, which is now fully completed and ready for operation.
Charles
J. Wannemacher, of the St. Charles Hotel, is lying seriously ill of lung fever.
Last
Tuesday the marriage of William Exner and Elizabeth Voght took place here.
Wm. M. Fryburger has bought the house A. Schurer, near the upper bridge, and moved into it.
Peter Krebs has completed his new house and
will soon move into it.
Henry Wurst and L. Rieger have opened a new shoe shop,
east of the canal.
N.
Schulien has raised his building for a sawmill. He also intends to put other
machinery in it, and will do an extensive business.
Joseph C. Wannemacher, lately engaged at Ramey’s, in Ottawa, is now teaching a term of
school one and a half miles south of this place.
The
county commissioners were here last week, tramping the woods between Ottoville
and Ft. Jennings. Guess they were on a bee hunt.
Jan. 23, 1881 ARGUS
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A party of Ottawa folks took
a sleigh ride to our village on last Thursday night and spent a few hours
enjoyably among us. That party was not a small one may be judged from their
driver, who I think, was “Phoenix” T. Barnum.
On
last Thursday night, in the prime of life, death called from our midst Mr.
George H. Gardner, aged about forty years. The deceased was sick of typhoid pneumonia
but a few days, but so severe was his attack that all medicinal aid was
unavailing and death ensued at an early hour Thursday morning. His remains were
buried on Saturday in the Delphos Cemetery. Mr. Gardner was engaged at the
flouring mill for the last year and formerly lived at Piqua, Ohio. He leaves a
wife and two children, the youngest of which was born but a few hours before he
died.
A little infant of Louis
Perry died also on last Thursday.
Peter
Etchen, oldest son of J. P. Etchen, who has been severely sick nearly all winter, we are glad to learn,
is improving.
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Considerable
interest of late was manifested in sleigh riding. Every day some parties from
various parts of the country were here, and all was in the highest spirit and
good feelings; but the rain now falling will probably close the season.
Our music band again made
their appearance on the streets on Sunday last, and made an interchangeable
trip to Ft. Jennings.
Henry Osage, from Cincinnati, has been engaged as miller in the flouring mill at
this place.
N. Schulien was in Cincinnati during this
week on business pertaining to his sawmill.
Feb. 7, 1881 ARGUS
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Change about is fair play;
but to change from pleasant sleighing to the present deep mud does not look
very fair.
The
waters are very high in the bottom fields, and to bridges. Many houses and
cellars have also been flooded.
Mr.
Julian Daueste, the well-known ship-timber man, was attacked with a serious sickness
at Delphos on last Monday. His wife and family have been summoned from Canada
to his bedside, as but little hopes are left for his recovery.
On
Thursday last the marriage of John McDonald and Maria McAgny took place at the church here.
Also, on the same day, at New Washington, Mr. William Fryburger, of this place, and Margarette Miller, of the former place.
Mr.
S. P. Weaver was here during the past week
renewing old acquaintances.
Messier.
Gross & Krebs were in Toledo buying a stock
of lumber and shingles for their spring trade.
The
County Commissioners and Engineer Oberbeck were here taking the level and
fixing the site for a culvert under the canal near lock 17.
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The late flood has taken
away two bridges in Monterey township, one on the road near house of A. Huysman, the other a private bridge of A. Martin. Also the fences along the entire line of the Little Auglaize, and
considerable corn, was swept away. The damages are estimated at two thousand
dollars.
Wannemacher & Co. received a new safe
for their business house last Friday.
The Trustees of this
township have been sued by one J. Holland of Summit County, claiming one
hundred dollars local bounty for re-enlistment as Veteran V. C., alleging he
was credited to this township.
Henry Beining is lying seriously ill of
typhoid fever.
Wm. Fryburger, lately married to Margarette Miller at New Washington, has brought
about a singular occurrence. A twin brother married a dual sister. All parties
are living. He was here during the past week straightening up his business. He
has bought property at New Washington, where he will settle down.
Married, on last Tuesday, by
Rev. Miller, Mr. F. W. Bohn and Miss Agnes Strotman. The young couple gave a wedding ball to the young folks at Beckman’s Hall on last Thursday evening.
Died, John Exner in his 81st year.
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Once
again the gay spring weather has appeared. Everything is on the move; but some
farmers are badly mistaken in the season and are husking corn when they ought
to be planting.
The canal is now open for
navigation its entire length, and the boats are moving faster than ever. A
daily steam packet line is in operation, passing this point to Delphos and
returning to Royal Oak. The deadlock here lasted six months; how long will it
last in Washington?
The
stave factory is in full operation, cutting twenty cords of bolts per day. Mr.
Anthony Karton, late of the narrow gauge railroad, is their engineer.
Mrs.
John Gilly had her hand badly mashed while
in a canoe, which came in contact with a canal boat.
Clemens
Kramer seriously cut his left hand with an axe while trimming shackles
for under drains.
We
have lost another of our eminent citizens and pioneer, Mr. Wm. Helmkamp, who died on the 15th ult., of consumption, in the 58th
year of his age. The deceased came to this county while a boy and when yet
Indians surrounded their cabin along Jennings Creek. Of late years he has been
engaged in the mercantile business in this village. He leaves a wife and three
sons to mourn his death.
Mrs. William Nagle also died a short time since.
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On
Sunday morning the death of John Grembling, a young man of about 17 years of age, occurred at the residence of
his father 2 and on half miles east of here, near the railroad. He was sick but
a few days with typhoid fever.
Joseph Fredrick was taken severely sick on
Sunday Morning.
Married,
on Tuesday, May 3, Mr. Andrew Kehres and Miss Anna Miller. On Thursday, May 5, Mr. Augustine Kehres and Miss Anna Dunz of Delphos, Ohio.
May 9, 1881 ARGUS
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Mr. Anthony Vaughan, a resident of the northwest corner of Sugar Creek Township, was severely
if not fatally injured here yesterday. He was crossing the canal bridge with a
load of shingles and while trying to hold his team back in descending the
embankment fell to the ground, the wheels passing over him, breaking several
ribs and shoulder bones, from which he suffers great pain. The old man was
carried to the St. Charles House. Drs. Skinner and Reed are attending him.
Steam
whistle No. 3, of this village is now heard, which proves that N. Schulien’s saw mill is completed. He is aiming to turn out lumber by the
million.
Schulien & Wannemacher are about to ship the fourth
boatload of wheat since the canal opened.
The
County Commissioners sold the building of a bridge, on last Tuesday, on county
line across Dog Creek.
C.
Heitzman has just completed a bridge across Little Auglaize, near the
residence of Jos. Firstoss.
Rev.
Father Michenfelder, of Poplar Ridge, is here at present, the guest of Father Muller.
May 17, 1881 ARGUS
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On last Saturday a team
belonging to John Kalt became frightened at a road
scraper while standing hitched at the harness shop, and ran with the wagon
through the mill-yard over saw logs and everything that came in their way. Jack
Shinn was run over, but without injury. The team then ran home, two
miles south-west of here, where Mrs. Kalt undertook to halt them, but was
thrown to the ground and also run over, dislocating her shoulder, breaking
several ribs and otherwise injuring her. She is now however improving.
Henry
Harris had his thumb nearly bit off in an encounter with one James
Blakely, from which effect he is
laid up from work and suffering severe pain.
Louis
Perrine lost a good horse last week. The animal fell in a ditch during the
night, which caused its death, though there was no water in the ditch.
Francis
H. Hoehn had five head of sheep killed by dogs last Friday night. This is
the second time of late.
Charles
Heitzman has left here without leaving
his address.
Married
– George Miehls and Margaretha Keefer; also Henry Martin and Catharina Frederick.
June 12, 1881 ARGUS
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On
last Sunday the little son of John Windle broke his arm by falling from a
swing.
Mrs. Buenning, of Cincinnati, is visiting at her brothers, Wm. And Jos. Ruen.
Henry
Odenweller, of this place, is laid up from work on account of a broken finger,
caused by another man twisting his hand.
Mrs. Fournier, of this place, is visiting friends and relatives at Fremont this
week.
Ex-Commissioner
Wannemacher was at Columbus and Circleville
on business during this week.
Rev.
Heidecker, of Avon, Ohio, has arrived at Ft. Jennings to fill the vacancy caused
by the leaving of Rev. Peters.
June 15, 1881 ARGUS
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Our neighboring township,
Washington, in Paulding County, added another chapter to the criminal
statistics yesterday morning. Two neighbors, Bartholomew Young and a Mr. Fisher, residing about 1 and one half miles west of Murat, got into a violent
quarrel about a horse, when Young shot Fisher, killing him instantly. The
murderer took flight and at this writing has not been caught.
Our
late teacher Mr. Limbach left here last Monday to take
charge of a school district near Delphos.
Mr. Eich of Delphos and a Mr. Fisher of Toledo, Ohio, were here last
Sunday. The latter gave us some excellent music on the organ.
Old Mrs. Aumich was buried last Sunday in the
cemetery near her old home.
Our
western neighbors turned out a large delegation last Saturday to attend the
Pleasant Branch Christian Sunday School Picnic, held in Sybert’s Grove near the
Auglaize River. Their singing classes are well trained.
The
canal had several bad breaks lately, much to the annoyance of travelers and
shippers. One large break near Blue Creek cost nearly $1000 to repair. The
waste way at the mill here was undermined, causing a few days delay; also, the
Jennings Creek aqueduct had a break last Sunday.
Married
William Wannemacher and Susan Perrin, also, Henry Bensman and a Kate Lehmkuhle.
August 9, 1881 ARGUS
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The
corpse of Frederick Fisher, the man murdered in Paulding County, passed through here on the
packet boat last Tuesday for internment at Lafayette, Ohio, his former
residence. The particulars of the sad affair are as follows: Mr. Fisher and B.
Young lived neighbors. Fisher had bought a horse of Young for thirty-six
dollars to be paid by a job of clearing, which Mr. Fisher had done, except one
day’s work, which Young claimed he had to do yet. This caused the quarrel. On
Monday morning Young and his wife went to Fisher’s stable; the woman went in
and took the mare out. Mr. Fisher came out of the field and tried to stop them,
when Young pulled up his shotgun and shot Mr. Fisher in the breast, from which
he died instantly. On examination it was found that thirty-four shot had
entered his body. The murderer then went to ‘Squire Wilmer and gave himself up.
Fisher was 64 years old. None of his folks were present when the tragedy
occurred.
Mr. Etzkorn has sold his farm of 120 acres
for $5,500, to a party from Wyandot County.
John
Giesken, a former resident of this
township, now of Missouri, is in this place on business.
Joseph Gross has opened a stone quarry on
the farm of ‘Squire Wrocklage.
A little daughter was born
to Charles Heitzman last week.
Messrs.
B. Schlagbaum, Arthur Harris, Joseph Utrip and A. Martin are about to build new frame
dwellings on their farms. Joseph Rekart and Ignatz Frish are also building additions to
their houses.
Messrs. Schulien & Wannemacher are shipping a boatload of
wheat every few days.
Mrs.
Kline raised 468 bushels of wheat on
her small farm of forty acres. Who can
beat that?
The
planing mill and Stave Company have negotiated a sale of 250,000 staves to a
party in Dayton. They also received a boatload of lumber and shingles
yesterday.
The
sawmills at this place are crowded with work. They are running all day and part
of the night.
August 13, 1881 ARGUS
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On
last Sunday afternoon Frank Krebs, A partner in the planing mill, was accidentally shot and seriously
wounded by his partner, Jacob Gross, while walking in the woods, one and a half miles east of this place.
It appears that Gross was walking about two rods behind Krebs, carrying a gun
on his shoulder with the muzzle in front, when the hammer caught on the limb of
a tree and the load was discharged, the ball striking Krebs in the back, on the
left side, under the shoulder blade, and passed nearly through, lodging within
an inch from the surface in front. He was brought to his home, and the ball
extracted and wound dressed by Dr. Skinner. He is doing as well as could be expected under the circumstances.
August 22, 1881 ARGUS
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A gang of thieves have made
this neighborhood unsafe of late, breaking in several houses, stealing goods,
clothing, victuals and all kinds of articles. On Sunday last they broke in the
house of Daniel Bailey, son-in-law of John Harpster, during the absence of the family, and made a general search and stole
several pieces of dress goods, jewelry and other articles. Shortly before the
house of George Harpster was also ransacked, a small
amount of money and also some goods were stolen. The fellows seem to be a gang
of jail-breakers.
Mr.
J. B. Gard, of East Saginaw City, Michigan, has taken charge of the school of
this village, and has moved his family to this place. Mr. Gard comes highly
recommended as an excellent teacher.
Miss
Lizzy Alt has taken up the school in
District No. 2, also. Mr. Brox the north school in said
district --- a new schoolhouse has
lately been built near Lock 19, by C. J. Wannemacher.
Mr.
Kuemerly and H. Rower have brought their tile-mill
here, and will start a tile factory this fall yet at the outskirts of town.
We are glad to see our young
friend F. Krebs, who was accidentally shot a few weeks ago, again at his post in the
stave factory.
Our old neighbor, Mr. A.
Etzkorn, has bought the S. Lye farm, near Landeck, Allen
County, of 150 acres, for $9000.
The farmers have there work
done up in excellent shape. More wheat is sown than ever, and it is well
favored by the weather.
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Considerable lands and farms
in this neighborhood have changed hands of late. Mr. John Kalt bought a 40 acre farm from John
Sterns, Half mile west of this
village, for $1500. Mr. M. Bendele bought an adjoining 40 acres
from John Needling at the same price. The Needling
boys have bought 160 acres from S. Bass, in section 15. B. Schurer bought 40 acres of woodland
from John Harpster for $1430. Almost daily moving
teams are passing through here going to Van Wert and Paulding counties,
indicating a rapid progress in the improvement of land in this section of
country.
Messrs. Schulien & Wannemacher contemplate building a
warehouse to their mill.
Mr.
Mathias Jacklin has moved here from Wyandotte
County, on his farm across the creek, near town.
Mr.
Gebhard, of Ft. Wayne, has opened a
saddle and harness shop in the room formerly occupied by Leo Rekart. The later is preparing to move to Michigan, where he was on a bear
hunt a short time ago.
Mrs. Schulien and her son Joseph are on a visit to relatives in
Chicago.
Miss
Sabina Rekart has been on a visit to
Cincinnati.
Dr. Lulleman is on a round trip through
Michigan and Lake Superior.
A
little infant of M. Eickholt died last Thursday.
Mr.
Henry Honigfort, a carpenter working for Henry Wurst, threw his tools aside the other day and a cooking stove soon arrived
at the seaport. What next?
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A shocking accident occurred
on the farm of Anthony Martin, 2 and one half miles north of this place, by which the old man lost
his life under the following circumstances: Mr. Martin left the house in the
morning, with an ax, to do some chopping. While making the second lick into a
dry swamp-ash tree the ax glanced off and struck his left foot, making a bad
cut, his son, who was near, took him home and immediately sent for Dr. Skinner, but when the Doctor got there death had already taken place from the
loss of blood. His remains were today taken to Massillon for internment.
Died, Mr. Joseph Humich, at the residence of his brother, on the 30th ult., aged 19
years.
Doctor
C. F. Luelleman left this place last Monday to
locate near Saginaw, Michigan. On the evening before his departure numerous his
friends met with him and bid him goodbye.
Married
at the Catholic Church in this place, on October 28, by Rev. M. Miller, Mr. Peter Fostner, of Landeck, and Miss Matilda Weaver, of this place. Also, on November 11, Henry Honigfort and Miss Aggie Kortokrax, both of this place.
Mr.
John Odenweller, of Findlay, moved here with his family this week.
Ex- Commissioner Wannemacher is lying seriously sick at
present.
Nov. 12, 1881 ARGUS
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The
canal still continues open for navigation, owing to the mild weather, which is
a great benefit to us.
Both
of our sawmills are running until late at night, in consequence of the throng
of work.
Sheriff
Markley and his deputy were here today on official business, relating to
some partition of property. Mr. Lorenzo Parker and Ralph Spencer, of Kalida, and Charles Wannemacher, of this place, were the appraisers.
Some fellow from Kalida
bought himself a camel --- on his back.
Dr.
Skinner and Mr. Gebhard, the saddler, were in Ft. Wayne Saturday.
Julius Curtis, of Jackson Township, Van Wert County, sold his land last Wednesday
and, taking the proceeds, eloped with his sister-in-law, who’s home is near
Cascade, Putnam County.
Died
on last Thursday, the wife of Wm. Allemeyer, of Jackson Township, of typhoid fever, at the age of 41 years.
Deceased leaves her husband with a large family of children to mourn her death.
She was buried at Ft. Jennings on Saturday.
Charles Gross arrived here last week direct
from Germany.
Mr. Samuel Perkins, of Painesville, Ohio, with his agent, Mr. Frick, of Delphos, were here last week on business.
Mr.
H. W. Beckman, Jr., has purchased a farm in Paulding County last week.
Mr. N. Zahm, our blacksmith, is happy. It is a boy.
Dec. 12, 1881 ARGUS
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The dwelling house of George Harpster caught fire last Thursday, but
the fire was extinguished before doing much damage.
The
Catholic Church in this village also caught fire last Friday morning, caused by
the settling of the stovepipe. The fire was extinguished after very little
damage was done.
Mrs.
Fournier has sold her property in this place and intends going to East
Saginaw, Michigan, in a few weeks.
Mr. Flatz, who recently came to this place from Austria, bought a farm of C. E.
Ross.
Messrs. A. Fleig, C. Mohrbach, R. Clements and F. Bohn are fathers of newborn girls.
The latter two however have been so unfortunate as to lose theirs; both of
which were buried this week.
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