PAINESVILLE TELEGRAPH 1884 © Judy J. Stebbins 7/7/2020

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PAINESVILLE TELEGRPAH M. P. Graham, age 74 as of last Sept. 13th, Painesville, Ohio formerly of Lake Co., writes a letter to the editor J. F. Scofield, Editor and Proprietor about Kansas.

Jan. 3, 1884 Thursday p. 2 (col. 1) Lewis Johnson, age 64, a gambler of p. 1 BUSINESS DIRECTORY Putnam, Ohio, lost $200 on a game and ATTORNEYS committed suicide. Homer Harper – Attorney and Counselor at Law --Louis Griffith, a farmer of Salem, Ohio, had a Hill & Jerome – Attorneys at Law difficulty with his 17-yr. old son and was later Amidon & Paine – Attorneys at Law found in the woods shot through the heart. The Lord Sterling – Attorney & Collector for the son is a suspect. Business Men’s Union of Painesville, Ohio --Wm. Kirk, a prominent businessman of MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS Cincinnati was murdered in broad daylight in his Morley & Rich – Repository Building, Corner own stable by his hostler and an accomplice. State and Washington streets. Painesville, Ohio They have been arrested and made a confession. DENTISTS --General Grant received a severe injury by a fall D. C. Wilson & Son – Dentists, 88 Main Street, on the snowy and slippery pavement as he Painesville, Ohio (laughing gas, vitalized air, or alighted from a carriage at his residence in New th nitro-oxide for extracting teeth without pain) York on the 27 . He injured his leg and should Wm. H. Fowler– Dentist, Milwaukee Block over only be in the house for a few days to recover. Lockwood Brothers’ store PLANING MILL, & C. Detective Agency D. Donaldson & Son – manufacturers of flooring, Within a month Cleveland should have a doors, sash, blinds, brackets, molding, &c. Shop detective agency furnished after Allen rear of Wilder’s Building, State St. Pinkerton’s famous Chicago headquarters. Mr. HARDWARE M. A. Mihills, a well-known Painesville C. O. Child – General assortment hardware, gentleman was in Cleveland consulting with a paints, oils, glass, &c.; 55 Main St. famous United States detective, the object to NURSERIES establish such an agency. Avenue Nurseries – Jayne & Cole – 2 miles west of Court House on Mentor Ave. The Late C. A. Hawley (col. 2) th Hiram Bowhall – two miles east of Post Office, From the Warren Chronicle of Dec. 20 : Painesville, Ohio Mr. C. A. Hawley was the father of T. F. Hawley, UNDERTAKERS Esq. Although crippled in body, his mind was as J. Palmer – Undertaker, No. 95 State St. clear as the noonday sun. He was born in Painesville, Ohio Monroe, Conn., June 29, 1805. He came to Painesville in 1835 and in 1839 was married to E. W. VanEtten -Auctioneer, Painesville Ohio Miss Caroline Grosvenor. He was engaged in the George E. Paine’s Real Estate Agency – drug business until the death of his wife in 1850. Painesville, Ohio, No. 189 St. Clair Street. He then became a traveling salesman for the B. F. Bowman – Hardware, Painesville, Ohio drug house of A. W. Harrison, of Philadelphia. In J. Rich – Clock, Watches, Jewelry, No. 76 Main 1867, he came to Girard and made his home with Street, Painesville, Ohio his son’s family ever since. Chas. E. Young – First Class Plumber, 182 State Street State and Neighborhood (col. 3) --Dr. Fifield, a prominent physician of Conneaut, has been stricken with paralysis.

1 © J. Stebbins 2020 Jan. 3, 1884 --Miss Bigler, of the Park, is visiting Mrs. Fred M. --J. M. King, of Kingsman, O., has a pair of steers, Smith (nee Porter of this city) in Elyria. two years old which weighs 3,100 lbs. --Mr. & Mrs. B. H. Woodman are home from --A skeleton in a good state of preservation was Chicago where they were visiting relatives. unearthed on the beach in Conneaut. It is --Miss Boalt, of Washington street, has gone to supposed to be that of an Indian which has been Sandusky to visit the family of her uncle, Mr. J. O. buried nearly a century. Moss. --Christ Miller, of Cleveland, was placed in jail for --Miss Agnes Boalt, of Washington St., assisted being drunk and abusive to his family. He hung by her cousin, Miss Mary Wilkes, received calls himself with his suspenders. on New Year’s Day. --Hon. Freeman Thorp, of Geneva, purchased a --Miss Jessie King, of Mentor Ave., assisted by 20-acre farm in North Harpersfield, of Robert Miss Florence Pease, was at home to her friends Pritchard. on New Year’s Day. --The first golden wedding anniversary ever --Frank L. Griswold entertained a party of celebrated in Wayne, Ashtabula Co., was held in gentlemen at supper on New Year’s Eve at the honor of Mr. & Mrs. H. F. Giddings. residence of his parents on Liberty St. --Rev. Thomas Guy, of Jefferson, for nearly 50 --Mrs. Ralph K. Paige gave a small dinner party years a Methodist minister, died recently, age Sat. for her cousin, Mrs. Geo. Pratt, of Evanston, 71. Ill. --John S. Amstutz, with his wife son and daughter --Mrs. Dr. Samuel Mathews, and her daughters of Lima, were in a sleigh struck by a train. The and young ladies of the family received their daughter was killed and the wife and son are friends on New Year’s Day. critically injured. --Mr. Will Child returned to Hamilton, Ontario. --John Thompson has a cutter, 90 yrs. old, that --Miss Elizabeth House, teacher in the Cleveland was brought to Ashtabula Co. from Conn. by Rev. schools, spent the Holiday vacation in Painesville Giles Cowles in 1800 or 1801. with her parents and friends. --Miss Fanny French, Erie, Pa., was in the city a p. 3 Letters uncalled for in the Painesville P. O. as few days last week. of Jan. 3 1884: --Mr. & Mrs. Edward Morley and family have taken possession of their elegant home which has just been completed for them in Saginaw, Michigan. --Mrs. Henry Perkins, of Akron, and Mrs. Grace Lohmann, of Cleveland, were the guests of Mrs. S. R. House during their recent visit to Painesville. --Miss Julia Gibbons, of Florida, a student of Lake Erie Seminary, passed the holiday with her aunt, Local Brevities Mrs. E. P. Branch, of Casement Ave. --Miss Florence Haney, of Youngstown, is visiting --Rev. & Mrs. S. B. Webster, of Euclid visited their Miss Augusta M. Hine. daughter Mrs. A. Malin. --Mrs. Wm. Raynor, of Erie, is visiting her --Mrs. Fred W. Radcliff, of Washington street, parents, Mr. & Mrs. Thos. Foley. has gone to Auburn, N. Y., to visit her sister, Mrs. --Mrs. Thomas F. Palmer, of Cleveland, spent Fred Downer. Mrs. Radcliff was accompanied by New Year’s Day, at the Palmer homestead. her cousin, Mr. Harry Fowler. --Dr. Parshall, of Kingsville, died suddenly last --George Boughton, of the firm of Boughton, week of heart disease. Ford & Co., of Burton, died Thursday last. He had

2 © J. Stebbins 2020 Jan. 3, 1884 almost dreads to open it as he often reads about been identified with the business of Geauga Co. the death of an old friend. Within the past two for over fifty years. weeks, he has read of the death of Judge Reuben --Our young friend, Mr. Harley Barnes, who was Hitchcock, Richmond Clapp, Oliver Andrews, and married on the 18th ult., to Miss Lola Gloin, of Lorain L. Lathrop. Chardon, has located in Painesville for the practice of his profession, the law, having his Family Gathering office with Capt. J. B. Burrows. At the home of Eber D. Howe, age 86, on Bank --Mr. DeForest Brooks will start a brick yard in street, there was a gathering Christmas Day and Kansas City, Mo., in the spring. evening with dinner and oyster supper for 5 --The following Painesville ladies were in grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren, as Cleveland New Year’s: The Misses Sadie N. and follows: Annie Harvey with Mrs. J. B. Cory; Mrs. G. W. Crossette and daughter, with Mrs. H. M. Perkins, Miss Lizzie Green with Miss F. X. Byerley. --Mrs. Geo. Pratt, of Evanston, Ill., has been the guest of Mrs. C. C. Pease and will visit her cousin, Mrs. Dudley B. Wick, in Cleveland. --Mrs. Isaac Gillett attained her 90th birthday on Dec. 31st. --Young Walter Green, son of Mr. & Mrs. H. B. Green, of Erie St., is confined to the house with inflammatory rheumatism.

--Mr. & Mrs. A. Snell, of Richmond, last evening A Nice Girl Baby celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary. Mrs. A. J. Goldsmith, of Mentor Ave., Painesville, --Gard L. Gray, who recently left Painesville to has a great-great child, daughter of Hon. Charley assume a position in the gas works at Fargo, Parsons, our Lake Co. Senator. Dakota, was overcome by a sudden rush of gas while working on a gas main. He fell into the Willoughby bottom of a trench. He was taken out barely in --Mrs. Goslin was in town last week visiting the time to save his life. Jenkins family. --The Youngstown News Register of Dec. 25, --Prof. C. K. Wells, of Marietta, is visiting relatives 1883, contains a history of the city along with here. biographical sketches of pioneers and --Solon Lour, who was formerly a telegraphic reminiscences, written by Hon. John M. Edward, operator here, has returned from the west. Pres. of the Pioneer Society. --Mrs. Hannah Ingersoll and Mrs. Brinkerhoff

returned to Fremont on Friday. Wedding Anniversary --Clive Hastings, a son of Col. Russell Hastings, is Mr. & Mrs. J. J. Harrison gave a party Monday quite sick of congestion of the lungs. This winter, evening to celebrate their 25th wedding he is living with his aunts, Misses Ruth and Mary anniversary. One hundred and fifty guests were Hastings of this place. served elegant refreshments. The grounds and --Frank Gill, a stepson of Joseph Masury, has approach were brilliantly lighted. been sick with typhoid fever.

--Capt. Gibbons, of Gibbons Bros., goes to From a Former Citizen Nebraska this week. Barney, his brother, has just Hon. G. W. Allen, of Grand Rapids, in renewing returned from Warren. his subscription to the Telegraph, writes he

3 © J. Stebbins 2020 Jan. 3, 1884 --Dr. Blinn is now in Topeka, Kansas. --Miss Anna Clark, of Grand Rapids, is with her --Mrs. James Randall and family have arrived in mother in this place. town. --G. W. Clement Jr., a student at law in Columbia --G. W. Smith has gone to look after some Law School, came from New York to spend a property in Wisconsin. short vacation. --Mr. & Mrs. Henry Parks spent Christmas in --Mr. A. D. Parsons, of Collamer and Miss town. Cornelia Southen, of Wickliffe, were married on --Rev. Kelley preaches regularly at the Temple Christmas. now. --Last week Miss Bersha Kennedy and Mr. J. T. --The friends of Mr. Samuel Whiting were nd Ingersoll, of Detroit, were married. They will live entertained at his house on the 22 , and also in Detroit. last Saturday afternoon. The house should be --Rev. D. K. Flickinger and his son, Elmer, are at well “warmed” by this time. home for New Year’s dinner. Mentor Headlands LeRoy --Mr. & Mrs. John Brooks, of East Kirtland, were --A. C. Phelps is spending his vacation at home. visiting relatives here. --Miss R. L. Bramard, of Bedford, is visiting her --Mr. Hugh Brooks & Co. have recently baled and sister, Mrs. Geo. C. Whipple, of Thompson. sold their hay. H. R. Dickinson being the --The Society of Earnest Workers will meet at M. purchaser at $10 per ton. W. Foshay’s on Jan. 4th. --The new fishing tug that Capt. Averill has had --B. Warren had a baby as a Christmas present. built at Richmond is now about ready for the --D. L. Phelps is visiting his parents, Mr. & Mrs. I. boiler and the engine. Phelps, with his young bride. --Kelsey Hobday, who has spent the last 12 years --Miss Mary Wilson has married Johnnie Cowle. in California, is home. Mr. Simpson has returned --Henry Olds and J. P. Stearns have bought the from a six-week trip to Germany th right to sell the Carroll fence-post in Lake Co. --Miss Carrie Brooks celebrated her 16 birthday --The old Williams’ homestead, now occupied with a party of young friends. and owned by an heir of the deceased, Stoddard Williams, was filled on Christmas day with South Thompson relatives and friends. The festivities opened with --Arthur Gretton has gone to Cleveland to a Christmas tree laden with presents only engage in the printing business. assigned to the immediate family. Then followed --Mr. C. Sidley is at home for the winter. He had dinner and dancing. been employed by the Government on a dredge --R. T. Sumner has sold his farm and gone west. on the Canadian side. --B. H. Bedell is on the sick list. --Frank Cashen is once more out and his looks --A. F. Oher has bought part of the farm, known show a severe fit of sickness. as the Bartlett farm, and has moved to LeRoy. --Mrs. Warren Griffith is spending a few days --There were several family reunions on with her sister, Mrs. J. E. Foskett. Christmas Day; one at B. H. Bedell’s, one at Mrs. --Mr. G. Sweetzer lost a horse a few days ago Kewish’s and one at Monroe Arnold’s. which mysteriously broke its back in its stall. --D. L. Phelps, son of Isaiah Phelps Esq., was --M. J. McKough exchanged his house and lot married last Wed. to Miss Ettie Warren, with Mr. Osmond. daughter of Dunmore Warren. --Mrs. J. Winterstein is quite sick with heart and spinal complaint. Kirtland --There was a family Christmas tree at Mr. Edgar --Riley Harris and wife have returned to Elyria. Stetson’s Christmas night.

4 © J. Stebbins 2020 Jan. 3, 1884 --B. F. Hodges has been appointed --Mr. G. Sweitzy and family have gone to Stark Superintendent of the County Infirmary. Co., where Mrs. Sweitzy will visit friends for a --Six imbecile persons from this county are now week. in the Imbecile Asylum at Columbus. --Eddie Tillotson had a baby girl on Christmas --There are 154 U. S. pensioners residing in this night. county. --Considerable excitement prevails here owing --Mrs. Lucia H. Cowles, died at Zumbrota, Minn., to the assault and battery case. Mr. Hess, last Sat., age 63 yrs. She was for many years a teacher in the district one mile north of this resident of this place and well known as a place, had occasion to punish a boy some 15 yrs. Spiritualist lecturer. old, in which a scuffle ensured. The boy lost and --George Boughton, member of the banking firm said he would get help. At noon, he returned of Boughton, Ford & Co., and a highly respected with a younger brother to guard the door and citizen of Burton, died recently, well advanced in beat the teacher leaving him in a critical years. He had engaged in business in Burton over condition. 50 yrs.

No Dancing in the Temple Madison E. L. Kelley writes to the editor to correct an item --Mr. A. C. Parsons spent Christmas at Canton. in last week’s issue that there was dancing in the --Miss Grace Fay is visiting friends in Springfield, Kirtland Temple. No such thing occurred and the Pa. Saints, although not remarkably straight faced, --Horace K. Ensign, of Cleveland, was home a few do not dance. Also, to please print that there are days last week. services there each Sunday at 11 o’clock. --S. W. Veits has returned home for Beloit, Wis., where he has been in business for the past seven Mentor months. --Mr. Frank Angier, of Paulding, was in Mentor --Dr. D. J. Harris, of the banking firm of N. W. last week, visiting old friends. Harris & Co., of Chicago, Ill., is at home for a few --Mrs. Hannah Jordan spent Christmas with her weeks’ vacation with his family who reside here. sister, Mrs. T. G. Hart. Mrs. Jordan is taking a course of study at the Buffalo training school for Willoughby Plains nurses. --Master Merle Hanson is recovering from --Mr. Scott Crowl was suddenly called to Troy last diphtheria. week, by the serious illness of his mother, who is --Mr. Warner Gilson has married and moved into there with relatives on a visit. his house on the Plains. --Miss Alda Hart was surprised for her birthday --Mr. H. Talbott has been on the sick list for some last Thursday by about 80 young people. Her time. parents were advised ahead of time that their --Mr. A. Heinman, of Chicago, who left some home would be taken by storm, for if they hadn’t weeks ago finds there is no place like the Plains, it would have been too mean for anything. and has returned to S. W. Brown’s. It is thought -- A large party of friends surprised Mr. & Mrs. he will not go back alone next time. Turhand G. Hart on Tuesday for their Christmas --The oldest child, age 6 or 7, of Mr. & Mrs. John wedding anniversary. Bernhardt, died Christmas morning with membranous croup. Mrs. Barnhardt is very sick. Geauga County --Miss Lena Brennan is home for a short --Burton now has two newspapers. vacation. --Elder S. S. Bartlett is sick with the rheumatism.

5 © J. Stebbins 2020 st Jan. 3, 1884 At the Stockwell House parlors, Jan 1 , 1884, Porter Pease, of Madison, and Lettie Smith, of Kirtland.

Lost On Thursday evening, a light-colored fur robe with blue lining. A liberal reward will be paid for its return to J. H. King. For Sale One good black walnut bedroom set, a writing desk, hard coal base burner, etc. E. P. Branch. Also, for sale or rent, his residence on the east side of the river. For Sale Phelps – Warren One pair Bobs and good two horse wagon. Dec. 26, 1883, Mr. and Mrs. D. Warren, LeRoy, Inquire of M. F Lynch, Jackson street, near P. & Y. received guests at their home to witness the Railroad crossing. marriage of their daughter, Esther, to Mr. Stamping and Embroidery Delbert L. Phelps. List of presents received: Having just returned from the East with an A nice mirror, invoice of patterns of new designs for Holiday use. Mrs. S. B. Hamlen, North Side of Public Square Office of B. H. Woodman & Son Having purchased the interest of Mr. E. P. Branch in the late firm of Woodman & Branch, they solicit a continuance of the liberal patronage extended to them in the past 14 yrs. B. H. Woodman & Son

The Estate of Richmond Clapp George C. Clapp is the executor of Richmond Clapp, deceased, late of Concord, Lake Co., Ohio.

Divorce Notice Mary Downing has filed a petition in court for a divorce from Timothy Downing, whose place of residence is unknown, on the grounds of willful House Warming absence and that she be granted custody of the S. M. Whiting, having finished his beautiful house minor children. on Whiting Hill, Kirtland, celebrated the event by a gathering on Dec. 27, by a large circle of friends The Estate of Elihu Dodge invited by Mr. & Mrs. Whiting. One of the largest J. B. Hayden is the adm. of Elihu Dodge, and the most comfortable rooms in the house deceased, late of Madison, Lake Co., Ohio. has been assigned to Mother Whiting. For Rent A good farm house to rent to a good laboring Married man with family. H. Woodworth st Jan. 1 , 1884, Theodore Gilmore and Kitty Rare Opportunity Harvey, both of Kirtland.

6 © J. Stebbins 2020 Jan. 3, 1884 Smart, S. W. Owing to ill health, I offer for sale my ice houses, Tuttle, John wagon, harness, tools, etc. together with the Wilcox, A. J. good will of the ice business. L. Smith, Kirtland Painesville. McClintock, Russell W. Prince, Willard Jan. 10, 1884 Thursday Morrison, Candice Miller, Milton p. 2 Lake County Delinquent Tax List for 1883 Mentor Madison Rexford, Harriet L. Allen, Lucinda Utley, Abby Corlett, Thos. P. Willoughby Freeman, Raymond Covert, James Goodrich, Charles Carmen, W. T. Hotchkiss, Eliza A. Hoffman, John J. Hulett, Erastus Hoffman, John Killcauley, Anna Jones, Elijah Knight, John Lloyd, Wm. Woolever, Shepherd Miller, Olive Perry McSparin, M. A. Benedict, Florence S. Pike, John Herrick, Geo. Smart, Samuel W. Lazelle, Millie O. Thackwell, Henry Mallory, Geo. W. Hill, Joseph L. Painesville Smart, Samuel W. Bradley, Mary Town Lots Chase, Edgar E. Richmond Harrington, Catharine A. Mathews, Jane C. Johnson, Clara B. Grandon McCaslin, Lizzie Hoag, Wm. R. Ogborn, Henrietta S. McCrone, P. Raynolds, Caroline C. McCrone, J. Smith, S. J. Painesville Painesville Township Chambers, Ann B. Benson, Mary E.

Cook, Caroline AD: H. C. Gray & Son, 85 Main Street, Christy, Robert J. Painesville, Bookseller and Stationers Casey, Bridget

Finneran, Martha M. p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. French, Ada M. as of Jan. 10, 1884: French, Helen M. Ladies Miller, Alonzo M. Beckley, C. Miss Richardson, Jesse Callender, N. Mrs. Concord Garrett, Katie Miss Carroll, Homer Prosser, Matie Miss Church, Almon Phelps, J. O. Miss Hacker, Adam Shaw, C. A. Mrs. Hacker, Flora Wright, Ella Mrs.

7 © J. Stebbins 2020 Jan. 10, 1884 --Mr. E. N. Thompson, of Chicago, has been in the Wright, Philena city a week visiting his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Noble Williams, May Miss Thompson. Gentlemen --Sylvanus Brewster, an old and respected citizen Abermarr, E. of Chardon, dropped dead of heart disease Brown, Ira Mr. Monday evening. Bixby, J. S. Mr. --Messrs. E. E. Hodge and son have taken up their Coffer, F, M. winter quarters in St. Joseph, Mo. Their families Cooley, E. S. will join them in the spring. Doer, Will Mr. --Mrs. E. J. Coder, of Nebraska, came to Finnagan, M. J. Painesville Sat. called here by the illness of her Gilmore, Chas. mother, Mrs. Noble Thompson. Greeley, Salesta A. --Mrs. Lewis M. Ford, of Cleveland, spent the Harvey, Will Sabbath with Mrs. Fred Storm, of St. Clair St. Hedderman, Jay --Mr. H. Dewey, of Madison, fell while leaving his Hendrickson, Adolph barn last week and his injuries have had him Morrison, A. J. confined to his room. Mitchell, Henry H. --Many thanks to Miss Julia Gibbon’s, niece of Powell, John Mrs. E. P. Branch, for a basket of delicious Florida Randall, J. G. oranges, from the sunny south, when Miss Ryan, M. M. Gibbon’s parents reside. Reed, J. B. --Alfred Gray, a resident of North Bloomfield, Coon, Letsie Trumbull Co., in a controversy with a Swede Smith, Mr. named Johnson, stuck him on the head causing Smith, Harry instant death. Wilson, O. E. --Rev. Geo. F. Stelling, formerly of Massillon, died Wilder, Henry in Omaha, Monday. He had preached in Warner, S. W. Painesville. --V. C. Sawyer, of Mentor, after visiting several Local Brevities short horn herds in this state, finally selected and --Mr. W. B. Straight, of Hudson, was in the city purchased from the herd of S. R. Streator, of Friday. Painesville, four No. 1 thoroughbred heifers. --Geo. Taylor, of Rock Creek, has invented a --L. L Rice, who was editor of the Telegraph in twine binder. 1839, is now residing in Honolulu, Sandwich --Miss Jennie W. Riker has gone to Canton to Islands. In 1839, Philander Winchester was the spend the winter with her sister Mrs. C. A. Shaw. publisher. --Mr. & Mrs. Jackson Armstrong, of Cincinnati, --Herbert and baby Dora, the children of our are visiting at the Lockwood homestead on friends Mr. & Mrs. Sturges, of New York, are Wood St. having a hard time with the whooping cough. --Miss Augusta H. Hine, of Mentor Ave., gave a --Mr. O. T. Hutchinson, for more than a year past dancing party to her young friends New Year’s in the Painesville P. O., is making a business Eve. change and will travel in the interest of a --Miss Florence Pease was the guest of her Columbus Book House. Mr. & Mrs. Hutchinson cousin, Mrs. Dudley B. Wick, in Cleveland, a few leave this week to make their home in Warren. days last week. --Mr. Wm. Raynor, an engineer on the Nickel Plate road, while looking out of the cab, struck his head against a water plug at Angola. It was reported he was instantly killed, but at last

8 © J. Stebbins 2020 thrown a distance of three rods, striking his head Jan. 10, 1884 against a root. He son was near him and picked accounts he was still alive. He is a son-in-law of him up to carry him in the house. As he did so, Mr. Thos. Foley, of this town. his father opened his eyes and expired. He was --Mr. Thomas Smith, sexton of Evergreen about 50 yrs. old and leaves a wife, four sons, Cemetery, reports five bodies of pioneers of our and one daughter. county are now in the vault: Paine, Franklin 93 An Extensive Business Firm Andrews, Oliver 87 A synopsis of the business of Mr. A. C. Beckwith, Lathrop, L. L. 83 who is a cousin of Mrs. M. L. Warner. He Hitchcock, Reuben 77 commenced the sale of goods in a small tent at McMackin, Wm. Mrs. 65 Cheyenne, Wyoming, sixteen years ago. At --Mr. F. R. Beckwith, of the Cleveland Stove Co., various points in the west, he has set up stores with wife and daughter have been guests of Mrs. with large stocks of merchandise. Salt Lake Daily C. C. Pease, of Washington St., a few days. Mrs. Tribune Beckwith was Miss Julia Howe, daughter of Dr. Howe, of Bloomfield, Ohio. Dr. Card was the Morley Brothers father of Mrs. Pease and there was a strong A recent issue of the Saginaw Evening News gives friendship between the families which the a lengthy history of the establishment of the children perpetuate. Morley Brothers at East Saginaw which they --A stranger, who gave his name as Henry started in 1863. Kellogg, was working for Mr. M. F. Horton and stole a suit of clothes, and a gold watch and chain from him. He was caught and arrested. --A pleasant “Neighborhood Party” took place at the Homer Hine mansion at “Riverside,” last Friday. Obituary Farewell Franklin Paine, one of the pioneers of Lake Co., Mrs. J. F. Scofield entertained a party of ladies died at his home on Mentor street in this village th and gentlemen on Thursday at 5 o’clock tea as a Jan. 4 . He was born in East Windsor, Conn., Jan. rd farewell to Mr. & Mrs. E. P. Branch, who are 15, 1791, and was but a few days short of his 93 leaving the city. Mr. Branch needs to seek a birthday. His father, Eleazar Paine, came to the climate where the winters are milder for his wilderness of the Western Reserve in 1803 and bronchial symptoms. He has not yet decided on settled in what was called the Paine settlement his future home but will choose between near where Homer H. Hine’s residence now Oregon, Florida and South California. Mrs. stands. Soon after his arrival, Eleazer Paine died Branch will be a guest at Jennings Place for a leaving a widow and six children, four sons, week after they vacate their house and then will Hendrick E., Franklin, Charles C. and Eleazer and go to Windham and spend the time of her two daughters, Aurel and Mary. The deceased husband’s absence with her mother. was a soldier of 1812. Obituary Shocking Death Salina M. McMacken, wife of Wm. McMacken, Mr. Newton Wells met a sudden and shocking died at her home on Mentor Ave., Painesville, death on Monday afternoon. He was driving his Dec. 29, 1883. She was born in Agawam, Mass., rd cattle across the track of the Nickel Plate when Oct. 3 , 1818. She came to Madison, O., with her he was struck in the back by a locomotive and parents, Roger and Mary Fowler, in 1836. Three years afterward, she was married and in 1865

9 © J. Stebbins 2020 Jan. 10, 1884 Kirtland moved to Painesville. Her husband, one son and --Frank Ladd, of the firm of Whelpley & Brown, four daughters survive her. of Madison, is visiting relatives in Kirtland. --The old gentleman, McQuethey, is very sick. Madison --Mr. W. E. Sweet and wife are on a visit to --Frank Dodge returned home Tuesday from Coldwater, Michigan. Kansas City Mo., where he has been for the past --Mr. Theodore Gilmore and Miss Kate Harvey few years. were married. --Mrs. Blanchard, of Boston, Mass., formerly Miss Cadie Andrews, daughter of M. Andrews South Thompson Esq., of the Paige House, is visiting her parents --Miss Emma Spencer has returned to school in here. Chardon. --John Hastings and two sons of Willoughby --Miss Lucy Fitch, of Chester, visited friends in visited friends in town the past week. this place last week. --In addition to the usual method of observing --Mr. J. Winterstein recently caught a white New Year’s, “Leap Year Calls” were received by weasel. Messrs. Baily, Yetman, Green and C. Kimball at --Eddie Jackson has sold his nice colt to Mr. the residence of the latter, and also by Messrs. Stickney for $125. Kellogg, Ensign, H. Kimball, and A. Harris at the home of the latter. In the evening, the gents South Madison were escorted to the Paige House by the young --Mr. Frank Harvey, of California, and his mother ladies and treated by them to an elegant supper. are visiting at Mr. Ezra Williams’. He and his Twelve couples were present. brother own a ranch. --The revival meetings held at Thompson have Mentor brought more than 75 new members to the --Mr. A. L. Gilbert is visiting friends in Michigan. church. --Still on the sick list are Misses Shields and --Mr. Charles Halstead will go to Cleveland in the Hodge. spring to paint for the city folk. --Geo. Gunn, has completed his course of study at the State University and has prepared himself Willoughby Plains for a good position of “Civil Engineer.” --Mr. Byron Richmond has gone to Warsaw, --Miss Maggie Daniels is still a student in the Indiana, for two weeks. Painesville High School, as is Miss Myra Delong a --Mr. Curtis Brown has left for work on the pupil of the Canfield Normal. railroad. --Mrs. Eunice Barber gave a surprise party on Wed. for her little son “Robbie.” Concord --Wayne Murray is home again from his trip east. Willoughby --Mr. & Mrs. B. W. Smith and daughter, of --James Steward, on Sunday, accidentally fell Cleveland, spent New Year with Mr. Allen Smith. from a freight car and was cut on his hand and --Mr. Cullen Palmer and Miss Alice Harrison were head. married on the evening of Christmas. --Mrs. Mary Woolsey was quite unwell last week --Freeman Rust has returned from his trip to but is now better. Colorado. Railroading did not agree with him. --Mrs. S. W. Smart and two sons have gone south A New Year’s Surprise for the winter to visit her relatives there. Mr. & Mrs. Geo. McBride, of Washington St., th --George Law has returned to his studies at the celebrated their 10 anniversary on Jan. 1, 1884. Ohio State University at Columbus. They received many gifts.

10 © J. Stebbins 2020 th Jan. 10, 1884 The family moved to Medina, Ohio, Nov. 20 , 1820. He will write a further sketch of the family starting with Abner Munson, the father of Ashbel Munson, of Mentor. Jan. 8th, 1884. Mr. Bronson writes the history of Abner Munson, the eldest child of Caleb and Abagail (Brockett) Munson.

p. 2 Kirtland --Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Whiting entertained another party of friends and neighbors last Sat. --Jack Morrison is back from his wedding trip but is suffering from an attack of diphtheria. Mentor --Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Daniels have returned from their visit to old Virginia where they have been with their daughter, Mrs. Leslie Root since early in Dec. --George Mather has recently been appointed to Probate Notice an excellent position in the Brush Electric Light Co., of Cleveland. --Dr. J. P. Robison had a narrow escape from being killed by the cars in Cleveland a few days ago. While crossing the track at Euclid Ave. a train struck his buggy taking the back wheels off and throwing the doctor over the horse onto the ground. Madison --Harry Walding has accepted a position in the post office at Painesville. --Mrs. H. C. Ensign is visiting in Castile, N. Y. --The goods of P. Philes, dealer in boots and shoes, were sold at public auction Sat. by the constable. --A party of sleigh riders numbering 25 or 30 from Painesville went to the Paige House Friday evening. Among the party were Gen. J. S. Casement, Hon. J. B. Burrows, Col. R. K. Paige, C. C. Paige Esq., and other prominent gentlemen.

Willoughby

On the 9th inst., some of the Democrats of this Jan. 17, 1884 Thursday place, gave Charles Grove an upholstered easy p. 1 Pioneer History chair for his 80th birthday. by C. C. Bronson --Capt. Darius Brown, and his daughter, May, of Mr. Bronson gives the history of Munson family Berrien Springs, Michigan, are in town visiting who in early days were from New Haven, Conn. old friends and relatives. The Captain’s mother, was Althea Hustin, before her marriage to Julius

11 © J. Stebbins 2020 Jan. 17, 1884 p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. Brown. The Captain was born in this place in as of Jan. 17, 1884: 1822 and served through the last war. Ladies Benedict, Sylvia Mrs. LeRoy Brumback, L. Miss --Mrs. Martin Wright is quite sick. Briggs, Eliza Mrs. --Clinton Hill has moved to the grist mill. Cawley, Maggie Miss --Seth Hill has moved on his farm in Hambden. Gaffoey, Julia M. --Arthur Wilson is at his mother’s on the sick list. Hearn Herman, Mrs. --Mrs. Hannah Eaton, a pioneer of this town, Lumos, Maud Miss died at the county infirmary Monday at the age Morley, C. B. Mrs. of 89. Megley, Lavilla Mrs. --Officers elected to the LeRoy Grange of 1884: Coden, M. B. Mrs. Bates, Olney Nye, Eva Miss Potts, S. J. Norton, Stella, Miss Wright, J. E. Sweet, Robert Mrs. Bates, Addison Stebbins, Mrs. L. A. J. Kewish, L. L. Scribner, Mary E. Doncaster, J. W. Mrs. Tolles, Abbie O. Miss Bates, Ezra Tice, Jessie, Doncaster, J. W. Stinson, Wm. Mrs. Tanswell , A. Welch, Mary A. Bates, O. Mrs. Gentlemen Kewish L. L. Mrs. Beardsley, Arthur Taylor, E. W. Mrs. Corlett, John J. Tanswell, A. Mrs. Cabit, Wm. Feron, Morgan Geauga County Haskell, F. --There are 250 volumes in the public library. Kingston, Paul --B. B. Woodbury was reelected president and S. Peaters, S. J. S. Smith, Cashier and Treasurer of the Geauga Rust, Wm. Savings and Loan Association. Voice, David --Miller’s store and the I.O.GT. hall at Auburn Woodward, W. U. burned down last Sunday. Willenvonburg, O. Williams, Elish South Thompson --Mrs. James Winterstein remains about the Local Brevities same. --Mr. Jerome Burrows, of Adelbert College, was Mr. D. Folsom is giving a leap year party on at home over Sunday. Thursday evening. --Mrs. D. P. Conly, of St. Clair St., is convalescent. Unionville --C. F. Bowman, of the Cleveland Sunday Voice, --Mr. J. C. Goodard was home from school last spent Sunday with his father, the news dealer of Sabbath. this city. --There is talk of establishing a telephone --Miss Webster, sister of Rev. S. B. Webster, of exchange in this place. Euclid, is visiting her niece, Mrs. A. D. Malin, of St. Clair St. --Mr. J. C. Bartholomew and family, of Grand Forks, Dakota, will spend the winter here.

12 © J. Stebbins 2020 Jan. 17, 1884 Church. After the meeting, the flowers were --Mr. C. R. Tinan, editor of the Kimball, Dakota, distributed among the sick. Graphic is visiting his many friends here. --Mr. J. L. Parmly left Thursday to spend a month From Abroad or more in Orlando, Florida. Mr. C. A. Avery, of this city, who sailed recently th --Mrs. Gurdon H. Huntington, of Elm St., is to Europe and arrived in Liverpool, Dec. 27 , convalescent. went immediately to Glasgow, Scotland, to visit --Mr. & Mrs. F. D. Warner, of Byran, Ohio, are the his daughter, Mrs. N. P. Stockwell and family. His guests of Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Warner for a week grandsons are at Ardelee School, a private school or mor. for boys, and that Carl and Norris are as happy as --Miss Kate E. Birge, of Willoughby, was declared boys can be. Also, Mr. & Mrs. Stockwell are quite insane and taken to the asylum. well, which their Painesville friends will be glad -Mrs. Harry Green, nee Evans, of Erie, Pa., and to know. her friend, Miss Kate Robinson, of Cleveland, China Wedding who were the guests of Mr. Green’s parents for From the Grand Rapids Eagle: Hon and Mrs. th the winter, have returned to Erie. Geo. W. Allen celebrated their 20 wedding --News has been received of the death of Abel anniversary. Among the guests were four sons Washburn, a former resident, of Leroy, this and their wives and one daughter and her county and brother-in-law of Mr. James Wright. husband. S. O. Kingsbury and Lieut. Fred He left this county 30 yrs. ago. He died in Bangor, Kingsbury and wife were also guests. George Lacrosse Co., Wis., on Dec. 7th, age 87. Allen and Henry Gaines were residents of --The funeral of Henry Rauch was largely Painesville at the same time and friends. One is attended Sunday. The afflicted parents have the left and the other is taken. sympathy of the community in the loss, by this tragic death, of the last of seven children. Was it Murder? --Mr. Samuel W. Phelps and family, for many A Drunken Quarrel Results in a Tragic Death years residents of Painesville, have moved from There was great excitement on our streets Wed. Covington, Indiana, to Willoughby and are of last week caused by a report that a man had located in the Hall homestead. been killed; that James McCrone, of Fairport, --The Equal Rights Association will meet at Mrs. J and Henry Rauch, of Painesville, had a quarrel F. Scofield’s on Washington St., Saturday. resulting in the death of the latter. The --Mr. & Mrs. B. F. Stephens, who have been circumstances of the affair are given in the located at the Stockwell House for some time printing of the entire Coroner’s investigation. past, leave Thursday for their new resident at James McCrone is out on bail and awaiting his Flatbush, Long Island. trial at the February term of Common Pleas Court. Reception Mrs. Cornelia Huntington Greer, of Erie Street, Obituary has issued over one hundred invitations for a Franklin Rogers died at his home on Bank St. Ladies’ Reception on Jan 28th from 3 to 8 o’clock. Sunday after a short illness, age 69. He left a wife, children and grandchildren Flowers Mrs. J. L. Frisbee, now of Arlington, Mass., sent a W. H. Gaines box of lovely flowers from the conservatories of William Henry Gaines died last Thursday at his her niece, Mrs. G. S. Chapin, who is now in home in Charlotte, Michigan, of heart disease. Europe, to the Ladies’ Society of St. James The deceased was well known by the older residents of Lake Co., as he was for many years

13 © J. Stebbins 2020 Jan. 17, 1884 --Benjamin Tappan, a well-known physician and proprietor of the Cowles House. He was always surgeon, of Steubenville, died in that city last popular. He was 69 yrs. old. He leaves a widow week. and a daughter. His body was buried in Lake --The officers of the Ashtabula County View Cemetery. Agricultural Society for the ensuing year are: E. G. Hurlburt, Pres.; E. J. Pinney, Sec.; and E. L. Obituary Lampson. Treasurer. Still another pioneer of Kirtland has departed. --John C. Gladfelter, a young business man of Amos McWetney died on Jan. 11, 1884, at the Springfield, suicided last week due to gambling age of 75 yrs. and one day. Just 21 hours older and mental depression. He leaves a bride of eight than his father, who died many years before. months. When he came to Kirtland, he was 28 yrs. old and --The family cook of Mr. James L. Thayer, of has lived here ever since. He leaves a widow and Cleveland, put rat poison in the flour and the four children, two sons and two daughters. members of the family were made very sick. She Thirteen years ago, he came in from his farm and had been given notice that her services were no gave up work forever. All these long years have longer required and this was her sworn been of suffering for him. Mr. N. Markell took vengeance. charge of the funeral arrangements. Chester Clapp, Royal Green, Hiram Harmon, Hiram p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as Squares and Bartee Welton bore his remains to of Jan. 21, 1884: the grave. Ladies Anderson, E. Mrs. Y.M.C.A. Bond, L. Mrs. Officers elected: Baker, E. J. Mrs. Trumbull, L. A. Curran, M. Miss Jerome, F. J. Denena, Mary J. Wilson, G. H. Goodrich, E. A. Miss Tisdel, W. C. Graham, Rhoda, Miss Higgins, C. O. Hills, Harry Mrs. Churchward, J. S. Knapp, Addie Miss House, S. R. King, Louise Miss Babcock, J A. Lamson, Lottie Miss Alexander, J. W. Lamson, E. Emma Mrs. Gray, S. K. McGreery, M. Miss Branch, E. P. McCary, Jennie Miss Parmly, L. L. Petters, Celestia A. Mrs. Cone, F. A. Roger, Eliza Mrs. Rammener, Carrie, Miss Died Tice, Jessie Miss Died at her home in Butler Co., Kansa, Jan. 2st, Frank, Kate Mrs. Alexine H. Smith, wife of N. J. Smith. Tuttle, Sarah M. Miss Died in Perry, Jan. 1st., 1884, Thomas Edwin, age Whitney, F. A. Miss 67 yrs. Wilder, Hattie Miss Walker, Emma Miss Jan. 24, 1884 Thursday Well, Louis Miss p. 2 State and Neighborhood

--A Mesopotamia farmer has a six-legged calf.

14 © J. Stebbins 2020 Jan. 24, 1884 ill since the first of the month and is confined to Gentlemen bed. Cunningham, Jas. Mr. --S. M. Drake, a former resident of Painesville, th Clapp, Charles died at his home in Chicago, on the 16 inst., at Carm, Henry the age of 73. The remains were brought to Dunn, Tim L. Painesville and placed in the vault at Evergreen Ford, F. Cemetery. Fisher, Mr S. --James Powell, formerly of Mentor, but now Fiemess Riben Superintendent of the Gold and Silver Mining Co. Howenstein, T. Mr. at Black Hawk, Colorado, where he has been for Heim, Samuel the season, sends to Mr. J. A. Patch a number of Kibbee, S. M. Mr. valuable specimens of quartz, containing silver in Kingston, Paul large quantities and some gold. Katon, Mr. --Mr. John Reynolds, for many years proprietor Loshiser, Frank of the Little Mountain House, and well and Martin, Joe favorably known throughout Lake and adjoining th Pendeton, Albert counties, died on the 6 inst., age 77 yrs. Mr. Pinney, A. A. Reynolds was a pioneer of our county, having Rutsuyga, P. K. come here from Schoharie Co., N.Y., in 1818. He Sanders, Sylvester leaves five sons besides numerous relatives and Smick, Wm A. friends. Veets, O. D. --Mr. & Mrs. N. S. McAbee and family in this city, are about to return to Cleveland to reside. Local Brevities --Mrs. Daly, of Cleveland, wife of Rev. James A. --Mrs. Lydia P. Noble is visiting Mrs. Henry Daly, formerly pastor of the First Congregational Nottingham, of Erie St. Church in this city has been visiting her sister, --Miss Mary Wilkes, of Washington St., has been Mrs. Lewis Gage. quite ill for several days. --A letter from Mrs. Susan M. Gardner (nee --A. D. Alvord Esq., of Erie, Pa., is spending a few Marshall) dated Iowa City, Jan. 17 informs us days with his friends in Painesville. that her son, Howard Gardner, was struck by a th --The Equal Rights’ Association will meet at Mrs. train on the 15 and thrown from his wagon Samuel Mathews, State St., Jan. 26. receiving severe gashes on his head. One horse --Mr. C. W. Hathaway, clerk for Werner Bros., was killed and the other badly injured. wishes us to say that he is not the man who is connected with the Rauch trial. Obituary --We regret to learn that Col. John P. Morse is Stephen Mathews, pioneer, died at his home on failing. Washington St., Tuesday, age 88 yrs. He was --Mr. H. W. Britton, of Brooklyn Village, born in Jamestown, N. Y., where he spent his Cuyahoga Co., is the guest of his brother, Mr. J. early days and where he was a law student of the H. Britton. late Judge Cady. He came to Painesville and --Young Walter Green, of Erie St., is a great opened an office here about 1822. In 1826, he sufferer again of inflammatory rheumatism. married Caroline Cook, who survives him at the --Mr. Eri Thompson, of Perry, had a fall last Sept. age of 86. Some 25 years ago, the deceased which has left him almost helpless. retired from active practice. Of seven children, --Bella Taylor, a 14-yr. old daughter of Mr. & Mrs. four survive: Mrs. Geo. K. Raynolds, who resides E. B. Taylor, at the Seminary has been seriously at the old homestead, Mrs. Henry K. Raynolds, of Orange, N. J.; Mrs. I. A. Ogborn, of Cincinnati, and Mr. Cook Mathews, of this city.

15 © J. Stebbins 2020 Jan. 24, 1884 Hymenial Married—Anna L., daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Homer H. Hine, of this city, to Charles W. Field, of Cleveland, O., Jan 16th, at Riverside, the residence of the bride’s parents, of the First Congregational Church. The bride and groom were preceded on their entrance into the front parlor by Miss Nettie Hine and Miss Helen Hine, the sister and cousin of the bride, simply dressed in white mull with embroidery and broad sashes of tinted ottoman ribbon. The bride wore a combination dress of rich wine-colored silk and velvet, trimmings, British point lace, and elegant chenille fringe, ornaments, pearls. A sumptuous repast was served in the spacious dining room to two hundred and fifty guests. We cannot give the full list of presents as it would fill columns. We can only give a few:

many other presents.

16 © J. Stebbins 2020 Jan. 24, 1884 this county, where her mother died. About Birthday Anniversary 1840, she and her brother came to LeRoy, where General J. S. Casement of Jennings Place she remained until four years ago. Mr. French celebrated his 55th birthday on Jan. 19, 1884. died last July. Some of his friends arranged a “Phantom Party” for the evening previous. Upon arriving home Mentor Headlands that evening, Gen. & Mrs. Casement heard weird --The spelling match that was held over in the music and which headed a procession of masked brick house was well attended. The prize, a bed ghosts, large and small and old and young. spread, was won by the youngest daughter of Dancing and supper followed. Mayor Burrows, Capt. D. R. Ingraham. birthday coming on the 18th, it was deemed --Mr. Slitor was surprised by a company of appropriate that his Honor should present the guests, who assemble to congratulate Mr. & gifts and make a speech. Mrs. Slitor for regaining their health. A friendly hour of talk and then super was amply provided. Madison --On Friday evening of last week, several sleigh --S. N. Viets returned to Beloit, Wis., last week loads of young people went from here to the Thursday. Willoughby Plains for a surprise at the home of --Last Thursday, Sidney Coville, a young man of Miss Nettie Lapham. this place, died of consumption. His death had --Tuesday evening a select company met by been daily expected. invitation at the home of Miss Minnie Ingraham for an evening party. South Madison --Rev. R. J. Hibbard of LeRoy is on the sick list. South Thompson --Miss Mary A. Drake, of Concord, is visiting at --Mrs. J. E. Foskett is decidedly better. Mrs. Luman Wheeler’s. --Mrs. James Winterstein still remains under the --Mrs. Nancy West has returned from her visit at doctor’s care. her sister’s in Mercer Co., Pa. --Arthur T. Gretton is on the sick list. --Mrs. Belle Crowder is visiting friends in Mentor Avenue Columbus, O. --Mr. Isaac Palmer is still very low, no hopes are --Mr. Geo. Jackson, wife and daughter of entertained for his recovery. Chester, visited his age parents of this place. His --Mr. Jonathan Goldsmith was one of the first mother, Mrs. Wm. Jackson, is in quite feeble subscribers of the Telegraph in 1822. health. --Mr. Alvin Stetson, of Michigan, formerly of this LeRoy place, is visiting his brother, Mr. Edgar Stetson, --Mrs. Charles Lapham is very sick. for a few days. As Mr. Stetson has a store near --Mr. Truman Palmer, who has been quite sick, is the Indian settlement and thus get their trade, better. he has brought some very neat work baskets --Miss Lieta Kewish has closed her school on which shows their art and skill in rustic work. He account of whooping cough. says of the 1200 baskets he has purchased --Mrs. Hannah Heaton, whose death we noticed during his trade; he has seen not two alike. last week, was born in Oran, Mass., June 9th, These baskets are for sale at Mr. E. Stetson’s. 1795. When a girl she moved with her fathers’ --Leap year parties are all the rage now. There family to Jefferson Co., N.Y., where in 1821 she was one at Mr. Willard Phalts’ in Montville and married Charles Heaton. He died about two one at Mr. D. Folsom’s last week. years after. In 1834, with her mother and brother, Mr. Cyrus French, she came to Perry, in

17 © J. Stebbins 2020 Jan. 24, 1884 Willoughby Plains Mentor --Some of the young people of Black Brook came --Mr. Spencer Munson is home for a short time. up to Mr. T. Lapham’s Friday for a nice sleighride --Mrs. Rosa Osborne, of Binghamton, N. Y., is and a pleasant time. At Mr. & Mrs. Hodgson’s, it visiting the family of her sister, Mrs. Newton was her birthday Sat. and most of the Plains Wells. people went and made a surprise party for her. --Mr. Wayne Murray, of Minneapolis, Minn., spent a short visit with his uncle, Mr. Robert Unionville Murray. --There is an unusual and deep religious interest ---Mr. C. C. Viall and little daughter, Julia, started here. An extra Union Cottage Meeting for prayer Monday for Los Angeles, Cal., where they will was held last Monday evening with a large spend the rest of the winter. attendance. --Will Carney is employed at the Brush Electric Willoughby Light Co., in Cleveland. Mr. Jo. Carney, another --Mrs. S. W. Brown, on River street, is sick with Mentor boy, is in the employ of the Pittsburgh R. malarial fever. R. Co. --John A. Ward and son have returned from --Mr. & Mrs. L. W. Gilbert have returned from a Coldwater, Mich. visit with relatives in Pennsylvania. --A. W. Gunn, who was burned out in the late --Word was received here last week of the death fire, is spending the winter in Cleveland. He will of Mrs. Allie (Brown) Smith the wife of Nathan J. return in the spring and rebuild here. Smith, of Holden, Kansas. Both of these young --On Friday, Mrs. A. Young had basket social at people are former residents of Mentor. her residence on Cleveland street. Everyone who knew Allie Brown loved her. --Officers of Local Post of the G.A.R. were --Mrs. Martin Adams of South Mentor died of installed: consumption Thursday. Mrs. Adams was widely Cowan, W. H. known for her benevolence and good work and Judd, A. A. Dr. Stebbins, who was an old friend, used to say Buckley Jr., Hugh of her that she was “one of God’s own.” She Cox, Thomas befriended and mothered four orphan boys. Hardaker, F. --Mr. & Mrs. Geo. Bell celebrated their fifth --Mr. & Mrs. S. T. Storm, of Kirtland were in town wedding anniversary last Monday. One of the on Wed. for medical aid, which they obtained gifts was an elegant carved chair, upholstered in and returned home the next day. crimson velvet, the gift of a club of Mentor --Library Association Officers: friends. Durban, Geo. B. Crobaugh, H. Y. Concord Slayton, W. T. --Mrs. Martin Adams died last week of blood Stevens, E. Mrs. poisoning. Penfield, L. W. --Mrs. Charles Lace has been quite unwell with Hastings, Mary erysipelas in the face. Kennedy, Helen --Mr. Weigel was called to Erie, Pa., due to the Daniels, F. sickness of his mother, who has since died. --Mr. C. P. Williams Chief Clerk of the State --Mrs. Abigail Rust, who has been sick since Educational Dept. at Columbus, is a son-in-law of Christmas, is well enough to be about the room Rev. D. K. Flickinger, of this village. a little. --J. S. Hastings has recovered from his late --Mr. Thomas Rogers has been quite unwell and sickness. had to close his school. He is now on the gain.

18 © J. Stebbins 2020 Jan. 24, 1884 --Rev. Wm. O. Stratton, died at his residence in In Memoriam - Mr. Newton Wells, whose tragic Warren Sunday age 85. death was briefly noted a week ago, was very --James Carter, of Zanesville, a brakeman, fell benevolent to the poor. He was born in from his train and had his right leg cut off at the Hampton, Washington Co., N. Y., Aug 30, 1824, knee. and died in Mentor, Jan. 7th, 1884. Early in 1852, --Teams have been crossing the lake from Mr. & Mrs. Wells came by carriage from N. Y. to Sandusky to Point au Pelee, the ice is 12 -18 Lake Co. and purchased the property then inches thick. owned by Mr. Augustus Harrington, at little --A large number of men left Cleveland last week south of Mentor Ave. They lived there until a for Birmingham, Alabama, to work in the rolling short time ago when they moved to Jackson mills there. street. While driving cattle across the railroad --From the Rock Creek Banner: Mr. Jas. Nevison tracks, Mr. Wells was struck by the cars and has put about 2,500 logs into his mill yard this killed. winter and is still hauling. --Five burglars entered the store of Will Rolf, in A Card Collinwood, Thursday morning and blew the safe Henry Reynolds prints a card of thanks to friends open. They were scared away by the proprietor and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown before they got the money. to father during the last three months of his -- col. 6 Miss E. R. Paine, residing near illness. Winchester, Virginia, one of the best-known From Mexico (Altata, Sinaloa, Mexico) ladies in the Shenandoah Valley, has created a Extracts from a private letter received by Mr. B. huge sensation by declaring herself to be a man F. Stephens from the American Consul in Mexico and applying for a marriage license. He is 38 yrs. tells of his ordeal during a tornado on Oct. 2, old and of excellent business abilities. 1883. The sea washed over the whole city of Altata and back for a mile. All but five houses p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as were lost. Afterwards, there was yellow fever of Jan. 30, 1884: and black vomit by which a large number of Ladies people died. Barnes, Mame Miss Baker, Anna Mrs. For the Telegraph Church, Emma Mrs. Mrs. Delos E. Goldsmith (now in San Francisco, Decker, Hannah Mrs. Cal.) while taking care of her little daughter, Lulu, Doty, Eliza Mrs. who had typhoid fever, came down with typhoid Everhard, Frank Miss pneumonia. The second son, Wallie and for Ferress, R. Mrs. some time was in a critical condition. All are Heath, Emeline Mrs. recovering but “Dedie”, the eldest who is very Hale, Sarah Ann Mrs. low and has been “out of his head” for two days. Henrie, Eliza Mrs. Oldest Magazine in American Karne, Julia Miss Godey’s Lady’s Book magazine was first printed Merrill, L. c. Miss 55 years ago. Miller, Mary A. Mrs. Neil Loui E. Miss Jan. 31, 1884 Thursday Purtill, Minnie Miss Piece Hattie Miss p. 2 (col. 4) State and Neighborhood Williams, M E. Mrs. --John G. Thompson is laid up with lung fever. Woods, Carrie Miss --The death of Judge Hessenmueller, of Gentlemen Cleveland, is announced. Baker, W. H.

19 © J. Stebbins 2020 Jan. 31, 1884 the matter brought against him and was Berney, Joe Mr. discharged. Connelly, J. A. --Miss Maria C. Rich is in Cleveland having her Connell, Thos. eyes treated by Dr. Philips. Copper, Frank --Chardon Republican: Franklin Paine Sr., who Curtiss, W. R. recently died in Painesville, age 92 yrs., was for Case, E. several years a resident and prominent Damber, Gustavus J. businessman of this place. Fitz, Henry --Hon. I. N. Hathaway was recently called to Hobday, Kelsey Cleveland due to the illness of his daughter, Mrs. Hendrickson, Adolph Kile. She is now recovering. Chardon Republican Jokitaloo, Jackof --Mr. Wayne B. Murray, who has been visiting his Jourittjoik, Joft Joit Lake Co. friends for two months, will return to his Jeutita, Alekjauta home in Murray, Clark Co., Iowa, sometime this Jokitalo, Jaako week. Tomburg, Justa --Mr. Daniel Noonan Jr. is home for the winter Taylor, Dellie Mr. from Columbia, Dakota, where he has 160 acres Wihelmson, Otto and field a claim on another 160 acres. Mylygangas, Josp --Mr. Harvey Woodworth has been ill with Wilhelm, Jou Berg congestion of the lungs but is thought to be Woodruff, Erion improving. --Morley & Rich placed on the Geo. Roddick lot, Local Brevities in Evergreen Cemetery last week, a polished --The ordinance against jumping on sleighs will granite monument standing about 16 feet high. hereafter be enforced. --Mrs. Henry K. Raynolds, of Orange, N. J., and --A. O. Strong, of Kingsville, formerly editor of Mrs. I. A. Ogborn, of Cincinnati, who were called the Tribune of that own, died last week. here last week by the death of their father, are --Mr. W. A. Wilkes, of Dakota, is visiting his uncle, the guests of their sister, Mrs. George K. Mr. Frederick G. Wilkes and family. Raynolds at the Mathews homestead. --Miss Ida and Minnie Bacon gave a very pleasant --Mr. & Mrs. J. B. Burrows accepted an invitation dancing party last Friday at their home on from Mr. & Mrs. J. C. Estep, of Euclid Ave., Watson St. Cleveland, to visit them and accompany them as --The Equal Rights Association will meet at the their guests to the Opera House to witness home of Mrs. Dr. Young, on St. Clair St., Feb. 2nd. “Excelsior.” --Mr. Newton Palmer was rendered insensible --Mr. Ed. Kenner was giving Mr. R. Tinan a for a few hours one day last week by being struck sleighride Monday when the cutter struck a huge on the head by the branch of a falling tree. stone at the corner of Wood and Washington --Miss Lizzie Green goes to Cleveland this week streets and was upset. Neither had any serious to spend the rest of the season with her friend, injury. Miss Hattie Byerly. --Cornelius Van Shaack, a lawyer of Chicago, who --Weather: A cold wave struck Ohio Thursday has been at Riverside Sanitarium since August night. At 2 o’clock Friday morning in Painesville, for treatment, escaped Tuesday night and the mercury was 14 degrees below zero. In some walking to Willoughby, fell from the Nickel Plate places in central Ohio, it was 34 degrees below. bridge, and distance of 50 feet and was killed. He --W. S. Kinney, who was arrested in Jefferson last was about 48 yrs. old and leaves a wife and two week and brought here by Marshal Mosher on a children in Chicago. warrant sworn out by H. D. Edgecomb, settled

20 © J. Stebbins 2020 Jan. 31, 1884 received the title of Captain in the late Civil War --Selina D., second daughter of Dr. Lawrence & and has filled other government positions. Mrs. Mary L. Wilson, age 6 yrs., 6 mos., 17 days died on the 24th of pneumonia. This is the second Obituary time that death has entered the house and each Rosa Belle, daughter of Mr. E. H. Taylor, the well- visit has taken a little daughter. Dr. & Mrs. known janitor at the Seminary, died at age 15 Wilson formerly resided in Lake Co. yrs. She is the seventh child taken away from --Mr. Daniel I. French, of Mentor, went to them. Florida, some eight years ago, and located in Hymenial Volusia Co., where he secured some land and Aurora, Ohio, Jan. 21, 1884 started an orange and lemon grove, which has The social event of the season here was the just come into bearing and now bides fair to marriage of Miss Minnie, the charming daughter amply reward him for his outlay and labor. His of Harvey Baldwin, to Mr. Frank H. Warren, of brother, Mr. Zeba French, of Mentor, received a LeRoy, a gentleman of good family. The bride fine box of fruit from him, both oranges and wore a bodice of cream trocaled satin with skirt lemons. of embroidered mull and profusion of natural flowers. The bridesmaids were Miss Nellie Died Merrill, of Solon; and Miss Mattie Harmon, of Harding—At Waukesha, Wis., Jan. 24th, after a this place, who were also dressed in white. The long and painful illness, Miss Antoinette Harding, groomsmen were Mr. E. D. Warren, brother of a former resident of this city. The deceased had the groom, and Clayton Harmon, of Aurora. Mr. many warm friends in Painesville. & Mrs. Warren left on evening train to visit friends in the west. Lake County Agricultural Society The following officers were elected: Geauga County Wood, H. --On Sat., the jury returned a verdict of guilty in Justus, S. the case of State of Ohio vs Alvah Hewitt for Pepoon, A. C. furnishing liquor to a minor. Wells, H. --Geauga County Agricultural Society officers: Viall, W. Richards, Gilbert A. – Pres. Casler, R. – President Jones, A. A. – Vice Pres. Sawyer, O. - Vice Pres. Scott, C. J. – Sec. Baker, W. L. – Treasurer Madison Death of Mrs. Seymour --Ernest Heartwell, son of Joseph Heartwell, was Mrs. Nancy Seymour died at her home in sick but is now better. Ashtabula Jan. 26th. Mrs. Seymour was the --D. J. Harris left Monday noon for Chicago where mother of Mr. Bret Seymour, who was with us in he is engaged in business the Post office for some months. Miss Mary --Miss Mertie Bailey had a small party at her Seymour, her daughter, is also well known in this home on Wed. city. --Mr. Ed. Henry is visiting at J. F. Blair’s. Death of Colonel Morse --Miss Gertie Stratton received her friends at her Died at his residence on Mentor Ave., Jan. 30th, home last Friday. 1884, Col. John F. Morse, age 84 yrs. He was one --Col. R. K. Paige presented a beautiful sign to the of the early laborers in the Anti-slavery field, Paige House last Friday. served conspicuously in the Ohio Legislature,

21 © J. Stebbins 2020 Jan. 31, 1884 --Mr. & Mrs. Cruse, of Windsor, visited friends in Mentor this place this week. --Mr. E. T. C. Aldrich has been on the sick list for --There will be another oyster supper and dance six weeks. at the residence of H. Excine tonight. --Mrs. Robert Radcliffe and Rev. Mr. Shields have both been ill all winter so far. South Madison --Royal Carpenter, the third son of Mr. Harrison --Mr. George Furgerson and Fred Bates left today Carpenter, is expected home very soon for a for New York City to visit friends. visit. He has been engaged in sheep raising in --Mrs. Froleen Baily has returned from Castile, Colorado and Kansas for several years past. New York, where she went for medical --It is interesting to note that Mrs. Goldsmith, the treatment; her health has improved somewhat. aged lady, has a cousin now living in Iowa who is --Mr. Oratos Randall has returned from Michigan in her 94th year, who is perfectly well and reads where he was visiting friends. and sews without glasses. --Several of our people have handsome new Willoughby single sleighs this winter. Mr. George Rose has --Capt. Gibbons has returned from the West. the large two-horse and double seated sleigh of --J. T. Robison Esq. and family have again taken Dr. Robinson. up residence in this village. --Mr. W. Gilbert is selling evaporated apples and --E. W. Bond goes to DeLand, Florida, this week evaporated peaches. and will remain there until late in the spring. --Mr. & Mrs. James Doty celebrated their 15th --Mrs. S. W. Brown is recovering from her late wedding anniversary on the 26th. sickness. st --Mr. F. W. Aldrich, at Knoxville, Tenn., reports --W. T. Clark moves into Bonds’ block on the 31 his lumbering business interests somewhat slow inst. due to the late cold experienced there. --Miss Kate Buckley, who has been sick for two --Mr. A. R. Daniels returned from Virginia reports weeks, is some better. on the conditions there. The poorer class of the --Mrs. C. Haggart presented her husband with a white population in many places is uniform with baby girl. the blacks in point of intelligence; young married --David Alvord Esq., of Iowa Falls, visited his women attractive and pretty, cannot write their daughter, Mrs. C. J. Komar, last week. own name. In farm work, the men still use the --Mr. C. Durban left on Tuesday for California to two-wheeled cart for drawing loads. To draw a visit his uncle at Pentz, Butte Co. load of wood four miles of one cord, four trips --Master Georgie Carroll, with a friend, left here need to be made. Staple commodities are sweet for a visit to his sister in Salida, Colorado. potatoes, corn-dodgers and bacon. --Mrs. J. Dodd lies in a critical condition. --Ed. Barber, Wahpeton, Dakota, says the country is booming there. LeRoy --Mrs. Clark Huston is very sick. South Thompson --Arthur Wilson has moved into the house with --Arthur Gretton is no better. his mother. --Mr. Alvin Stetson has returned to Michigan. --Mrs. Alma Arnold is sick with diphtheria. --Mr. Sweitzy and family are visiting friends in --Charles Crowe returned from grafting in the Austinburg, Ashtabula Co. East on Monday. --Mrs. H. Everitt did not accompany Mrs. Belle --Stephen Nighman returned home from a visit Crowder to Columbus as expected but will go in to his sister in Kent, Portage Co. a few days. --Mrs. Ed. Nighman returned home from a week taking care of her father, George Billington, of Madison, who is very sick.

22 © J. Stebbins 2020 Jan. 31, 1884 Notice --Henry Olds had the misfortune to lose one of Wm. M. Raynolds is adm. for Stephen Mathews, his horses. deceased, 236 Superior street, Cleveland. Claims --Mrs. M. Arnold is just recovering from an attack may be left with George K. Raynolds, at of diphtheria. Painesville, Ohio, to be forwarded. --Little Elliott Crafts has been quite sick for some time with paralysis. The Estate of Luther K. Weeks --G. L. Ostrander and M. S. Root both are back W. A. Corlett is adm. for Luther K. Weeks, from grafting in New York. deceased, late of Madison, Lake Co., Ohio. Lost Obituary W. L. Jackson has lost his watch. Died at her late home in North Mentor, Jan. Legal Notice 23rd, 1884 of paralysis, Mrs. Nancy Lapham, age John Carrell vs Annie Carrell, divorce. 80 yrs. She was born in Ovid, Seneca Co., N. Y., John Carrell charges his wife Annie with adultery Dec. 10th, 1803, her maiden name being with one John Gurber, committed at Mentor, Gutherie. At the age of 19, in 1822, she came to Ohio, during the years 1882-1883, and with living this state with her parents, locating in Perry in a state of adultery with said Gurber in Chicago, where all her early years were spent. She Illinois. He asks also for custody of the children. married Henry Mosher a few years later, and had four children, who all died before her, except Feb. 7, 1884 Thursday Mrs. Sally Mitchell, Clinton, Mo. Mr. Mosher p. 1 Pioneer History by C. C. Bronson died in 1834. She married a second time to John Continuing history of Abner Munson who Lapham, North Mentor, in 1838 and had a family married Azubah Bronson; Isaac Bronson, Titus of three sons and two daughters, Mrs. Marion Bronson, Josiah Bronson. The last of the family is Dayton and Mrs. Phoebe Hayes, of Painesville; Mrs. Azubah M. Parmelee, who died in Mentor, Samuel and John, of Mentor; and William, of Ohio, age 96 yrs. Grand Traverse, Mich. Mr. Lapham died in 1873, since which time, Mrs. Lapham has lived with her State and Neighborhood son, Samuel. --Edw. Boyd, an Elyria pioneer, is dead. --Wm. Clure, of Mahoning Co., has been found Married guilty of perjury. At the Stockwell House, Jan 19, Chas. W. King, of --Abram Morris, age 92, and the oldest resident New York City, and Mrs. Emma H. Paris, of of Mt. Gilead, died last week. Painesville. --Mrs. Polly Edgell, a pioneer of Cuyahoga Co., Died died in Michigan last week at the age of 79. In Painesville, Jan. 16th, Mary wife of Captain --O. Colson, Kingsville, while hauling logs, had his John Averill, age 64 yrs. limb crushed and died during the operation of amputation. Lost --Mrs. Teresa Rice, who is said to have been the Memorandum account book, containing a note first white woman born in Coshocton Co., died against Way and Ezra Hoose and other papers. last week, age 79. E. W. Sherwood, Painesville --Among those killed at the Crested Butte, Col., Stallion Colt for Sale coal mine disaster, were William Aubrey, of A three-year old Morgan stallion colt for sale. Akron, and Benjamin Jeffries, of Youngstown. Took first premium at Lake Co. Fair. Frank --The Crown Flint Glass Works will begin work Harvey, care Arthur Merrill, on Stephen Carroll’s Monday. Ravenna Republican place, 1 ½ mile east Little Mtn., Concord, O.

23 © J. Stebbins 2020 Feb. 7, 1884 --Patrick Hartnell, an insane man of Cincinnati, killed his wife last week, while their six little children were huddled in bed terror stricken at witnessing the sickening sight. --Mr. Franklin E. Denton has gone from our employ to accept a position in the office of the Geauga Leader. Chardon Republican --A gasoline explosion occurred at Alliance about 4 o’clock Friday. The explosion took place in the Orr Block which was completely demolished. The proprietor of the store, F. M Orr, his son, Elmer, his daughter, Mrs. Homer Highland, and her son, Mr. Frank Evans, and two children were killed, besides two or three others. p. 2 (col. 1) A man named Richard Hickey, of Rendville, near New Lexington, Ohio, was lynched Sunday night for the murder of a young man named Peter Clifford.

--Rev. J. P. Whitehead, age 57, a local preacher of Franklin Co., Ohio, suicided Monday. He leaves a wife and seven children. Cause, too close application to business. --Col. Robert G. Ingersoll has lost heavily by the purchase of stock in the well-known Ivanhoe silver mine, New Mexico, which has turned out almost worthless.

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p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as of Feb. 6, 1884: Ladies Brooks, Minnie Crouch, Emma Mrs. Crandall, E. Mrs. Donovan, Nellie Foxler, A. Mrs. Lapham, Gusta Miller, Senor Mrs. Reynolds, Saide Miss Sumner, Joseph Mrs. Stalker, A. R. Mrs. Smith C. A. Mrs. Stebb, Clara, Mrs. Sawyer, Nina Miss Turner, Eliza Anna Mrs. Wheeler, Ada Miss Gentlemen Brooks, C. O. Benschotu, C. C. Crompten, Nelson Mr. Fowler, Nelson F. Foster, Matt Fiedler, John W. Gibson, John Girard, H. C. Holton, James Hartwest John Johnson, D. E. Keyes, E. A. & Co. Launy, D. R.

26 © J. Stebbins 2020 Feb. 7, 1884 --Mr. & Mrs. A. D. Call, who have been farming in Ousterhoutt, S. C. Wyalusing, Wis., for two years past, have Pratt, B. H. Mr. returned to their old home in Perry for the Williams, Clare purpose of being with Mrs. Huson, mother of Williams, Alfred S. Mrs. Call. --Mr. H. C. Stebbins, formerly of Painesville, Local Brevities sends us a copy of the Cedar Rapids, Neb., Era, --Miss Sophy Knowles is visiting Mrs. Geo. R. containing a statement of grain yields per acre. Cowles, of State St. --Mr. & Mrs. O. T. Hutchinson, formerly of --Mrs. C. A. Avery is visiting Mrs. Mary Lyman in Painesville, have taken up residence here at the Cleveland. home of M. J. Sloan Esq. Mr. Hutchinson intends --Mrs. Geo. Kile, of Clevleand, is visiting her son’s studying for the legal profession. Warren family, on Main St. Chronicle --Mr. & Mrs. Isaac H. Reynolds, of Clevleand, are --Rev. Moses Hull, was in the city Tuesday visiting guests of Captain & Mrs. W. A. Coleman. his daughter, Mrs. Doane. --Mrs. Zenas Wilson,of Erie St., entertains a party --The Warren, Illinois, Sentinel, of Jan. 31, of ladies for tea Feb. 6th. publishes the death and funeral services of Effie --Mrs. Elizabeth F. Asper, widow of the late Col. Ruth Lynch, age 24. She had many Joel F. Asper, of Chardon, died recently in acquaintances in Painesville. Chilicothe, Md. --Mr. Stuart M. Albertson and Miss Anna Vaisey The Equal Rights Association will meet with Mrs. Stiles, a graduate of Lake Erie Seminary, were th James Allen on Erie St., Feb. 9th. married Jan. 9 , in Cleveland. --We had a call today from our old friend, Capt. --H. German died suddenly at his home in this Henry, of Geauga Lake, also from Capt. Rudolph, city Tuesday. He had dressed and kindled a fire of Mentor. and shortly after fell and expired. He was about --Henry Schroeder, the veteran depot detective, 60 yrs. old. died suddenly at his residence in Cleveland --Mrs. Reuben Hitchcock is spending the winter Tuesday of apoplexy. with her daughter, Mrs. Fred H. Morley, of --Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Alexander, of Mentor Ave., Cleveland. have issued invitations for a large reception --There was a Leap Year Party at Rider’s last Friday evening, Feb. 8th. Thursday night. Mrs. J. H. Severance and Miss --Mr. Geo. L. Reis, of Newcastle, has been in the Carrie Crofoot were the instigators and city a day or two visiting Mr. & Mrs. Wm. managers. Some thirty couples were present. Lockwood and family, of Wood St. The guests were taken to the hall and returned --Mrs. S. A. Tisdel, of St. Clair St., goes to Hudson home in carriage under the escort of Mrs. to visit her daughter, Mrs. Straight and family. Severance and Miss Crofoot. --Mr. Charles Chadwick, who has been living in --Mrs. Seth Marshall has returned home from a Minnesota for the last 20 years, is visiting his four-month visit to the family of Mr. & Mrs. C. H. parents and sister at the residence of Dr. Morley, Fort Scott, Kansas. She went to Sherwood. Cleveland Tuesday to remain two or three weeks --Mrs. Mason Hill, of Nashotah, Wis., enroute for with the family of her daughter, Mrs. Henry A. New York, has been the guest of her friend, Mrs. Warren. D. T. Casement for a few days. --Mr. Stanley Bosworth, son of Judge Bosworth, --Mr. A. A. Austin, of Concord, has a Plymouth of this city has returned to St. Louis to resume his Rock hen which recently laid an egg measuring 6 position as Collector. He had been home on a ½” by 8 ½ “. visit last summer and was taken seriously ill.

27 © J. Stebbins 2020 Feb. 7, 1884 Resolutions of Respect – are printed by --Mr. George Morse, brother of H. R. and Abner Charlotte (Michigan,) Chapter No. 82, R. A. M. for Morse, of Concord, recently returned from their member Wm. H. Gaines, who died on the th Harper Co., Kansas, where he had visited his 10 inst. brother, Mr. Ira J. Morse, who has a 320-acre ranch. Painesville Glee Club --A party of Painesville gentlemen left on Feb. 5th This new musical organization was recently for an extended tour through the South and organized with the following members: West: Hine, Augustus Pratt, Pliny Branch, E. P. Pratt, C. J.

Council Proceeding --John Kelley was appointed deputy marshal. Madison Grange

Officers for Madison Grange No. 819 for 1884: Obituary Brothers: Chaffee, E. Rev. H. D. Carlton died at his residence on Mentor Ave., this city, Monday evening. He had Cady, O. been pastor of the Disciple Church, Painesville. Wilcox, J. S. He was 45 yrs. old and leaves a wife, four Balch, J. F. daughters and one son. Blair, J.

Olds, E. Willoughby Colby, W. L. --F. C. Schram, of Salt Lake City, was in town a Mack, S. G. few days ago. Sisters --Mrs. H. Carroll was here visiting Mr. A. P. Mack, E. M. Chaffee, S. A. Barber. --Skiff Sheldon left here last week for his home in Stokes, E. Houghton, Mich. Blair, C. --Mrs. Mary Woolsey and Miss Buckley are on Colby, W. L. the gain with fair prospects of recovery.

--Fred Clark, who is in the employ of E. R. Seminary Notes Leonard, goes to Haley, Idaho, in charge of three For the third time in its history, the Seminary has car loads of blooded stock, as a cattle drover. been called to go through the experience of --On Friday, Mrs. Julia A., wife of Thomas Page, losing one of its members by death. Miss Della died of paralysis, age 75 yrs. She was a sister of Grant, who died at 3 o’clock Monday morning, of John Curtiss Esq, of Kirtland, much respected by pneumonia, was a member of Mrs. Mathew’s all. Her remains were deposited in our cemetery school last year and entered the Seminary last vault. On the same day, Mrs. Sophia, wife of September. Her home was in Navarre, near Louis Armstrong, died of consumption, age 64. Canton, Ohio. Her mother was with her during --On Tuesday, Frank Smart, a son of our banker, the last few days of her illness and two very dear went to Cleveland to attend an exhibition and brothers came for the last day. missed his train. He took a later express and at

Mentor thinking the train had slackened up, jumped and fell insensible between the rails.

28 © J. Stebbins 2020 Feb. 7, 1884 states the thermometer had been at 24 degrees Two tramps found him and took him to the below zero. station house. He rallied and was able to get --Joe Haskell may move to Geneva in the spring. home. --Mr. Wallace Morehouse was in town Friday. --Mr. Haggett, the stone cutter is preparing the --Lloyd Wyman, who has been sick for some stone of Kennedy’s new store. time, is improving. --Mr. & Mrs. C. S. Belknap had a baby boy. South Mentor --Mr. Alonzo Turney, of Painesville, was in town --Dr. H. M. Camp will be moving his practice to Sat. Chagrin Falls where he will be permanently --Mr. & Mrs. O. Chapman had a baby girl Jan. 18, located. 1884. --Steven Johnson and sons have the white-faced --Mr. Arthur Jewell has moved into H. L Gibbs’ style and bred of cattle. tenant house. --Dr. Fair, who is a veterinary surgeon, of Cleveland, has rented Mr. Martindale’s farm. Willoughby Plains --Homer Carroll met with an accident when he --Mrs. Lucia Woodford, of Painesville, has been was thrown from a load of hay while crossing a visiting her father, Mr. O. Perry. bridge with loose planks. He stuck the frozen --Mrs. Andrews, mother of Mr. O. Andrews, who ground hard on his head. has been living with her daughter, Mrs. French, is very sick and may not recover. Mentor --Miss Etta Brown went last week to visit her --Mrs. Helen Pardee, of Akron, is visiting her uncle, Gen. McLaughlin, who lives in Sullivan, mother, Mrs. Harriet Dickey. Co., N. Y. --Mrs. Jacob Ely, who has been sick for some --Mr. Ohm is sick and under the care of Dr. days, is improving. Moore, of Willoughby. --Miss Nellie Greene is visiting relatives and --Mr. Charles Reynolds has returned from his trip friends in Chardon. to Colorado. --Paul Kennedy, of East Cleveland, is spending vacation in Mentor. LeRoy --Mr. Orson Root is teaching in the Little --Edward Nighman is sick with congestion of the Mountain brick schoolhouse. lungs. --Miss Lottie Markell is teaching over near the --Mrs. Emma Lapham, wife of Charles Lapham, Mountain, a little east of it. died last week Wed. --Mrs. Elizabeth Pratt was given a surprise party South Thompson with a supper for her birthday last Friday --Arthur Gretton is no better. evening. Her aunt is Mrs. James Prouty. --Mrs. James Winterstein, who has been sick so long, is convalescing. Perry --Charles Sidley killed 12 squirrels in about an --Mr. G. N. Sweet is now a resident of Ashtabula hour a few days ago. but intends to return to Perry in the near future. --Earnest Sidley attends school in Painesville. --Mrs. L. D. Marvin has purchased the house and --Mrs. John Cashen bought the house now lot owned and occupied a number of years by J. occupied by J. E. Foskett, of G. Sweitzy, this J. Burrows, who is now a resident of Rochester, making the third owner since last September. N. Y. --Mr. T. Jackson, of Jefferson, O., was in town --A letter from H. Norton, late of Perry, now a visiting relatives this week. resident of California, Branch Co., Michigan, --Mr. Ambrose Sidley was riding a young horse when it became frightened and threw both into the water at the end of a sluice. No injuries.

29 © J. Stebbins 2020 Feb. 7, 1884 Perry Madison Webster, Albyron --Mr. Thos. Barry and Miss Alice Harmon, both of St. John, C. C. this place, will be married at the Catholic Church, Northard, Samuel Feb. 5th. St. John, Hannah --Mr. Elbridge Ellis, formerly of Madison, was Parmly, Jehial married Jan. 1st to a lady in Cleveland. Hurlburt, G. W. Kirtland Morrow, Thos. --Old Mrs. Wright is very sick. Brown, Delany --Thomas Atkinson has returned from a trip in Carraher, F. E. the west. Soden, Joseph --The family of Mr. H. O. Wells gave him a party Kirtland for this birthday last Thursday. Friends present Parks, H. H. were: Parks, F. J. Whiting, Samuel Mr. & Mrs. Tillinghast, S. D. Billings, Ed. Mr. & Mrs. Lyon, Orin Wells, J. F. Mr. & Mrs. and daughter Madison Tryon, Harvey Mr. & Mrs. Ferguson John --Porter Whelpley and wife are visiting in Tuttle, Wm. Mrs. Kirtland. Mack Eunice M. Warner, M. M. Kirtland Sherwood, W. H. --Miss Carrie Traver is teacher in the school in the Sherwood, M. J. special district. Westphal, Chas. --Mrs. Chester S. Clapp is seriously ill. Murray, Celestia Unionville LeRoy --Mrs. S. K. Bonnell has been visiting her parents Foster, Philip R. in Cleveland the past week. Bascom E. --Aaron and Titus Gale have commenced work at Mentor Perry again. Root, O. H. --There was a cottage meeting at the residence Nowlen, Solon of Mr. Hiram Saxton on the river road last Friday evening. Married --Jan. 21, 1883, at the home of the bride’s Real Estate Transfers parents in Springfield, Summit Co., O., Mr. Painesville Hubert J. Wright, of Farmington, Dakota, Kelly, Lawrence S. formerly of Perry, O., to Miss Ada Ewart, of Ferron, James J. Springfield, Ohio. Card, E. B. --At the home of Thomas Lees, Cleveland, Ohio, Thompson, Eri Jan. 22, 1884, Miss Lizzie R. Jenkins, to J. Holland Clague, J R. Severance, both of Painesville. Blackmore, Thos. Died Blackmore, Frank Died at the home of his parents in Greenville, Pa., th Patterson, Lavilla F. Jan. 30 , of pneumonia and inflammatory Witzel, C. M. rheumatism, little Frankie, age 4 yrs., youngest Durand, Eunice child of Libbie and John C. L’Hammedieu. Spaller, John

30 © J. Stebbins 2020 Feb. 7, 1884 --Daniel L. Jones, a highly respected citizen of --For Mr. & Mrs. Sylvester Brooks, on the Death Warren, died last Wed. of pleuro-pneumonia, of Little Eva age 64. Mrs. Mary A. Pullman, of Richmond, publishes a --J. L. Blandy, widely known as the inventor of poem for them. the Blandy Portable Engine, died suddenly at his home in Zanesville last Wed., age 68. He leaves The Estate of Mary E. Munson, Deceased an estate worth $500,000. th Eugene Case is the adm. for Mary E. Munson, --Horace Stephens Sr. celebrated his 90 late of Mentor, Lake Co., Ohio. birthday Friday visiting his brother, Benjamin, who is 94 yrs. old. Warren Chronicle Probate Notice --Three well known society men of Cleveland, Will Brown, John Degnon and Ed. Collins, went out on the lake ice until they came to an open space, took off their clothes and plunged into the water. They were hauled out by a rope that was thrown to them. The affair occurred at 2 o’clock in the morning. Cleveland Herald

p. 2 (col. 1) Two pioneers of New Lisbon died last Thursday night, Peter Young, age 85 and McCaskey, age 75.

p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as Feb. 6, 1884 of Feb. 13, 1884: Ladies Feb. 14, 1884 Thursday Brooks, W. H. Mrs. p. 1 Pioneer History by C. C. Bronson, Talmadge, Harklerad, Olive Miss O., Jan. 30, 1884 Kane, Julia Miss A biographical sketch of Mrs. Candace (Spencer) Kerby, Hattie Miss Munson. Thomas Spencer, grandson of Sergeant Loomis, Lucy Miss Jared Spencer, born in Saybrook, Conn., Jan. 16, Lemmons, Lovina 1736, married Miss Phebe Grinnell, April 10th, Nell, Louis Miss 1760. They moved to Winchester, Conn. where Rice, E. Mrs. Mrs. Munson and three sisters were born, Scribner, Bur Mrs. making a family of ten children. Mrs. Munson, Samerson, C. J. Mrs. the 8th child was born June 14th, 1775. Mr. Wright, Virgie Miss Spencer died May 1, 1807; Mrs. Spencer died Gentlemen Oct. 2, 1812, age 77. Mr. & Mrs. Munson had a Brunes, Jabey Mr. family of nine children born in Conn. Mrs. Barney, Josiah Candace S. Munson died in Mentor, Jan. 11, Bramble, B. D. 1835, age 60 yrs. Cohnovey, John Davis, Jim Mr. State and Neighborhood Davis, A. Mr. --Mary Brenner, age 17, fell dead at Frisbie, Arthur Mr. Bellefontaine while lighting a lamp. Hodge, James Mr. --William Williams, a Steubenville shoemaker, Henry, Leonard suicided by severing an artery in his arm. Kirby, Joel Luse, F. J.

31 © J. Stebbins 2020 Feb. 14, 1884 Mr. & Mrs. Zenas Wilson of this city, leaves today Larrarery, John for home. Petterson, J. C. --Captain J. F. Green and family, who have been Wolff, Henrich spending the winter in Cleveland, have returned Valentine, J. H. to Painesville. --Mr. H. L. Deming and family, formerly of Local Brevities Cleveland, for the past winter of this city, --Mrs. Will Gordon and child of Concord are both relatives of Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Thompson, have very sick. gone to Los Angeles, Cal., to reside. --Miss Mary Wilkes is convalescing slowly. --Mrs. A. Tanswell, of LeRoy, informs us that --Miss Edith M. Doolittle returned Thursday from robins made their appearance in their yard Wed. her visit in Hamilton, Ontario. which is the old homestead of Mr. Dudley --Mrs. W. D. Swezey, after an illness of about 6 Crofoot, her father, on which he has lived for 60 weeks, is convalescing. yrs. Mr. Crofoot is now 84 yrs. old. --We received a pleasant call Thursday from Mr. --Mr. Kelsey Hobday, of Galt, Cal., a former John Gould, agricultural editor of the Cleveland resident of Lake Co., who has been visiting in Herald. Lake Co., was married last Wed. to Miss Emma --Major J. L. Pierson, who has been sick for ten Child, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. John Child, of days, is around again. Perry. Mr. Hobday has been a resident of Cal. for --The Equal Rights Association will meet at Mr. J. 12 years where he owns a farm of 160 acres. B. Burrows, State street, Saturday. --Mrs. A. Phelps, of Erie St., gave a birthday nd --Mrs. Henry K. Reynolds leaves for her home dinner party in honor of her husband’s 72 th Thursday in Orange, N. J. birthday Feb. 8 . The guests were Rev. Dr. & --This town is literally swarmed with English Mrs. Burton and Rev. W. H. & Mrs. Gallagher, of sparrows. St. James Church, in this city. --Mrs. Henry German wishes to express her --Mrs. E. P. Branch, who has been the guest of thanks to her neighbors for their kindness to her Mrs. J. S. Casement, left Jennings Place Monday in her sudden bereavement, without a relative to go to Windham, Portage Co., to visit her near her. mother. --The Chagrin Falls Exponent has just published a --Mr. Landon Smith is failing and is likely to pass panoramic view of that city away at any time. His daughter Miss Smith, has --Mrs. Hine leaves tomorrow for Harcourt, left the Seminary to be in constant attention on Gambier, to accompany her son, Dudley Baldwin her father. Hine, who will enter the Harcourt school for young men. --Mrs. R. F. Benedict heard a shot Tuesday afternoon and looking out the window saw a man get over the fence into their yard and pick up a chicken he had shot and walk away with it. --Mr. Alanson Foster, the celebrated checker player, who formerly resided in Thompson, is now living in Olmstead Co., Minnesota. Although nearly 80 years old, not a man in Minnesota can beat him at his favorite game. --Miss Jennie Wilson, daughter of Mr. Hiram

Wilson, of Geneseo, Ill., who has been visiting

32 © J. Stebbins 2020 Feb. 14, 1884 Common Pleas Court Brilliant Soiree Dansante Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Alexander Feb. 8th, gave a large reception. A description, of the evening and some of the gowns worn by the guests, is given. Mentioned: Cleveland: Scofield, Levi T. Mrs. Van Epps, Mrs. Wick Dudley B. Mrs. Olean, N. Y. Clark, Mrs. Geneseo, Ill. Wilson, Jennie Miss From the South Ballard, Sophy Miss Painesville Paige, D. R. Mrs. Casement, J. S. Mrs. Wilcox, Mary Miss King, J. H. Mrs. Wilcox, Carrie Miss Streator, Sterling Mrs. Paige, Ralph K. Mrs. Bigler, Miss Child, Miss (of Washington street) Dingley, Miss (Stockwell House) Wetherbee, E. G. Mrs. Smith, W. F. Mrs. Wilson, Zenas Mrs. Green, Miss (Erie street) Jackson, Mrs. Howell, Miss Mathews, Lucy Miss (of State street) Sanford, Miss Malin, Miss Pease, Florence Miss King, Jessie Miss Fowler, Miss Hine, Miss Lathrop, Miss (of the River Road) Hine, Gussie Miss Remarks by Rev. Geo. R. Merrill at the Funeral of Col. J. F. Morse by Mrs. J. F Scofield --The Painesville Fire Dept. will observe Washington’s Birthday by a grand ball at the Engine House, next Friday.

33 © J. Stebbins 2020 Feb. 14, 1884 Samuel R. House, of this city. His wife died about The Ashtabula Shoot 4 years ago They lived together more than 50 yrs. On the 8th, the sixth contest for the Garfield Diamond Badge took place on the grounds of the Willoughby Plains Ashtabula Club. The crack shots of the --Mrs. Andrews, who has been sick some time, neighboring counties were present and the died Friday night or early Sat. She had a paralytic contest was a spirited one. The day was a dark stroke some time ago. She leaves several and dreary one, making good scores impossible. children: Mr. C. R. Tinan made the highest score but not Andrews, O. Mr. being a resident of the county, the badge went Wheeler, S. Mrs. to the next highest. Mr. E. T. Gilmore, of French, W. Mrs. Painesville, after shooting off the tie with Doran Cole, F. Mrs. of Ashtabula, won, and now holds the medal The other boys, Fred, John and Eddy died before until the next contest which takes place Feb. their mother by some years. 22nd. The badge is valued at $380 and must be won three times in succession to become the Mentor property of the contestant. Out of 20 clay birds: --Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Morse leave today for their Doran, J. E. Ashtabula, 14 home in Colorado. Derby, William Erie, Pa., 8 --Mrs. Warren Dickey gave a little party Wed. for George, J. M. Girard, Pa., 13 the many relatives of her husband. Tinan, C. R. Painesville, 15 --Clark Hendry was at home from Geneva Hardway, Chas. Painesville, 8 Normal School over the Sabbath. Gilmore, E. T. Painesville, 14 --Miss Mabel Miller, who has spent several Sanderson, R. N. Ashtabula, 9 months visiting her sister, Mrs. Frank Corning, returns to her Kansas home this week. Mrs. Col. John Flavel Morse Charles Hadden entertained a party of friends in Col. John F. Morse died Jan. 30th. He was born honor of Miss Miller. Oct. 1, 1801, in Washington, Berkshire Co., Mass, --Miss Nellie Greene has lost her oldest sister, and was descended from Samuel Morse, one of Myrta Waters, who died in Chardon, of three brothers who came from England in 1636 consumption. and settled in Sherburne, Mass. Mr. Morse, --Mr. Clarence Baxter and Miss Nellie Wooster inventor of the telegraph was a descendent from were married Feb. 2 at the home of the bride’s the same ancestry. His grandfather, John Morse, parents in Oberlin. Miss Wooster was a teacher was a noted hunter and Indian fighter. He moved at the high school here a year or so ago. They with his father to Kirtland in 1816 where he will leave next week for their future home in the assisted him in clearing up his farm. He moved west. to Painesville in 1836, where he soon gained a --Mr. Will Hopkins and family are back from reputation as a master builder. In 1839, 1842 visiting relatives and former neighbors in Bay and 1848, he was a representative of the Ohio City, Mich. Legislature. He was Speaker of the House in --Mr. Frank Greene intends to move his family to 1851. At the age of 59, he enlisted in the Civil Cleveland. He will attend to the interests of the War and was made Captain of Co. F, of the 29th Cleveland Milk Co. Mr. Dan Heely will have Regiment O.V.I., where he served about 6 mos. control of the milk factory here. July, 1824, Col. Morse married Mary Granger, of Phelpstown, N. Y. Two children born to them are South Thompson now living, B. F. Morse, in Cleveland; Mrs. --Mrs. H. Gretton is quite sick. --Mrs. Geo. Finney and daughter are on the sick list.

34 © J. Stebbins 2020 Feb. 14, 1884 --Col. M. Shumway, who has lived in this county --Arthur Gretton is no better and fears are over 50 yrs., died today, age 87. He acquired his entertained of consumption. military title by service in the militia. --Mrs. Brewer, of Columbus, is visiting her sister, --Henry D. Lyman, Second Assistant Postmaster Mrs. S. Spencer. General was formerly a resident of Parkman --Mr. Joe Tucker, of Grand Rapids, Mich., is --S. P. Warriner and E. A. Johnson were delegates visiting his brother, Mr. Henry Tucker, of this from the Reed Post to the State Encampment of place. the G.A.R. at Zanesville. --Mr. Cyrus Stetson, of Windsor, is visiting his brother, Mr. E. Stetson. LeRoy --Mr. John Stafford and family, of Hampden, and --Cornelius Donovan has sold his house and lot Mrs. Sarah Mastick, of Claridon, visited at Mr. H on the old plank road to Fred Ray. Tucker’s last week. Unionville --Miss Emma Spencer, who is attending school in --Mr. William Ball moved from Cleveland to this Chardon, spent the Sabbath at home. place. --Mr. Warren Morehouse is talking of buying the --Rev. H. L. Howard, of this place, has received a house and lot owned and occupied by J. call to the Congregational Church in Rock Creek. McKough. If so, Mr. Mc will move on to his farm. --Mr. A. P. Hodges has advertised his fine --Mr. T. Quinn and Miss Marcena Sidley, both of residence for sale, intending to move to Oberlin, this place are to be married at the Catholic where his son is now at college. Church next Wed. --Miss Mandane Patrick returned to Painesville Resolutions are printed from the Mentor this week. Grange Jan. 22 upon the Death of Newton --Miss Mary Croft will visit friends in Painesville Wells. this week. Married Willoughby In Painesville, O., at the home of the bride, Feb. --Mrs. S. W. Smart and sons have returned from 5, 1884, Mr. Miles R. Heath, of Geneva, O., and the south. Mrs. Amelia M. Dempsey. --Dr. & Mrs. G. S. Storm have a baby girl at their house. Madison --Sylvester Gildersleeve has returned to Kirtland --A telephone now connects the Paige House in this county with his family to reside. with Fred Allen’s livery stable. --Miss Mary Boynton, of Lexington, Ky., is here --A law suit between Dan. Warner and Jeff taking painting lessons of Miss Mary Hastings. Woodworth, of Unionville resulted in the --Dr. E. E. Flickinger is in town visiting with his plaintiff recovering $23 on a $100 note. parents. He is now the assistant in Dr. Biggar’s --A large number attended the marriage of Miss office, Cleveland. Alice Harold to Mr. Thomas Barrey last Monday. --H. G. Page, of Lorain Co., and other relatives of --A high school class with their teachers attended Mrs. Thomas Page, deceased, were here for the a party given by Omar Turney (one of the funeral. members of the class) last Friday. --T. Brichford is President of the Maple Grove --Mr. Wm. Stocking and son had a runaway on Gun Club; A. G. Waite is Secretary. Friday in front of the Madison House. They were --Mr. G. B. Durban was given a surprise party for thrown out of the carriage. The horses went on his 58th birthday. and overturned the carriage of Mrs. Shearer and her daughter. Mrs. Shearer was hurt but is Geauga County recovering.

35 © J. Stebbins 2020 Feb. 14, 1884 weeks. He is about 60 yrs. old, small stature, --An auction sale of the chattels of Mr. Elihu quite gray. Dodge was held Thursday and Friday. --Mrs. Evis Gifford, an Akron lady deserted by her husband, committed suicide by blowing her brains out with a revolver on Friday. She had three children, two of them down with typhoid fever, and was in destitute circumstances. --Mr. & Mrs. Geo. W. Williams were found murdered in their house near Napoleon last Oct. and suspicions were fastened on a man named Johnson, who was arrested. He was convicted of their murders.

-- The Estate of Newton Wells Lorain B. Wells is the adm. of Newton Wells, deceased, late of Painesville, Lake Co, Ohio. The Estate of Luther K. Weeks Wm. A. Corlett is adm. of Luther K. Weeks, deceased, late of Madison, Lake Co., Ohio.

Feb. 21, 1884 Thursday p. 1 State and Neighborhood --Major F. B. Suhrer of Canton, was murdered in Fernandina, Florida, last week. --Vernon Grover, of Hartsgrove, committed --Clifford Hubbell, superintendent of the Bedord suicide last week by taking morphine. schools, and one of his pupils, Miss Cora Lamson, --Ashtabula has 53 grocery stores and about the were quietly married in Nov. same number of saloons. --A Fremont farmer, Godfrey Young, dropped p. 2 Geauga County dead at the toll gate while paying his toll. --New officers of the Geauga Couonty Farmers’ --John Conyers, an inmate of the soldiers’ home Institute: at Dayton, has passed his 100th birthday. Hitchcock, Peter Hon. President --Patrick Riley, of Jefferson, has fallen heir to Jones, A. A. Vice Pres. about $30,000 by the death of a brother in Wells, H. H. Secretary Ireland. Gazette --Nelson Hoose, of Perry, visited relatives in --A. F. Harrington made $12 one day last week town last week. catching mink and other fur-bearing animals. --Clifford S. Cowles, formerly of this place, and Conneaut Reporter for about 2 yrs. a resident of Pembina, Dakota, is --The Chardon Republican reports Mark Toop now traveling agent for the Royal Insurance Co., has bought and shipped about 3,000 rabbits for Iowa and Minnesota. during the present season. --The Baldwin Churn Co. has recently been --Charles Kinsey, said to have been the oldest established here. Mason in the state and probably in the United --Miss Flo. H. Henry, who has been teaching States, made a Master Mason in Gallipolis in music here for several months, has returned to 1820, died last week very suddenly. her home in Cleveland. Chardon Feb. 18th --Albert Loveland, an insane man recently discharged from Newburgh asylum, has been missing from his home in Aurora for about 2

36 © J. Stebbins 2020 Feb. 21, 1884 Trowbridge, of Concord, Lake Co., O., and Mrs. Willoughby Plains John Thompson, of Solon. Eleven grandchildren --Mr. John Barnhardt has lost another daughter are also living. to membranous croup. First the oldest girl died a while ago, and now Stella, age 4, has also died. p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as --Mrs. Albert Perry is quite sick. of Feb. 21, 1884: Ladies LeRoy Berry, Nellie Miss --E. J. Gray closes his term of school in District Deuand, Mary Miss No. 7, Friday of this week. Decker, Mark Mrs. --Mrs. R. F. Skinner has gone to join her husband Eddy, Emma Miss in Minn. where they will make their future home. Fordney, E. A. Mrs. --Earnest Workers meet at Levi Olds’ Feb. 20. Hudson, Georgia Miss --Mrs. Gardner Wright is sick. Howard, Sarah Miss --Mrs. Alma Arnold is much better Kunnear, Miss --Mrs. Clark Huston is failing. Kanoff, L. H. Mrs. --Will Baker has left the railroad and has moved Lynch, Kate Miss back to his father’s. His is now engaging in McCary, Mary Miss grafting. McGery, Maggie Miss --Mr. Ben Fox, who went to his father’s in McLeod, Miss Auburn, soon after the death of his wife, is in Ogden, David Mrs. town trying to sell his farm. Quincy, Emma Miss Weller, W. C. Mrs. Geneva Wharton, Sarah Mrs. --Rev. A. C .Tibbetts, who has been sick for some Welch, Mary Ann Miss time, is not expected to live through the night. Wright, Ella M. Miss Hambden Gentlemen --On Feb. 2, Asa Hascom, age 78, died and on the Bliss, Geo. W. 11th, Howard, age six, son of N. M. and Ella Baily. Bowen, E. E. --Will Radcliff has sold his farm to a party in Burnham, J. H. Chagrin Falls and will move to the Center of Citterly, Alva B. Hambden this spring. Fiedler, J. W. Hobday, Kelsie Mr. The Fiftieth Milestone Kenny, Tommy Feb. 6th was the fiftieth anniversary of Mr. & Mrs. Lynch, Michael Mr. Seymour Trowbridge. They celebrated at their McLaughey, Joe home, No. 1835 Pearl street, Brooklyn Village. Norton, Henry G. Mr. Seymour Trowbridge and Miss Sally M. Taylor, Jean Johnson were both raised in Arcadia, Wayne Co., Wright, C. H. N.Y., the former born in 1814, the latter in 1816. They were married in their native place, Feb. 6, Local Brevities 1834. In 1835, they emigrated to Solon, --Vernon Grover, of Hartsgrove, suicided last Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, then an unbroken week by taking morphine. wilderness. In 1863, they moved to Brooklyn --Mr. & Mrs. F. H. Shiros, of Oak Lawn, Mentor Village, selling the farm of over 200 acres. Mr. Ave., are spending a few days in Chicago. Trowbridge was Mayor of the Village for one --Mr. & Mrs. H. H. Coe went to Hiram, Portage term. They have two children, Mr. Wesley Co., Tuesday, to attend the funeral of Frank Pinney, a brother-in-law of Mrs. Coe.

37 © J. Stebbins 2020 Feb. 21, 1884 Young Trowbridge Found --Col. DeLand and Mr. Waterman, of Tucson, On Sept. 4, Seymour D. Trowbridge mysteriously Arizona, were the guests of Gen. J. S. Casement disappeared from his home in Concord. His at Jennings Place for a few days. father, Mr. W. Trowbridge, made every effort to --Mr. George B. Clark, formerly on the Ridge, but find him, issuing circulars and offering a reward now of Claridon, Geauga Co., visited his friends for information. Last Sunday, Mr. Trowbridge in Painesville. received a letter from his long lost son from --The Equal Rights Association will meet at the Speers, Washington Co., Pa., showing that he is home of Mrs. Perry Bosworth, Feb. 23rd. alive and well. He is working in a grist mill and --Mr. L. Farris, who has been seriously ill for five plans to come home in four years. weeks with rheumatism in the head, is now canvalescing. --Mrs. Thompson and her daughter, Miss Julia Thompson, of Cleveland, have recently moved to Painesville and are in a home on Jackson street. --Miss Mary Greer, of Erie street, leaves today for Boston to receive the benefit of the sea air. --Mrs. Ovington writing from New York tells of the death of Mr. Henry P. Stevens (who with his wife and two daughters boarded at the Stockwell House eight or nine years ago). He died of apoplexy, on Feb. 12th, age 68 yrs. His remains willl be taken to Rochester for burial. --Mr. H. P. Sanford was badly burned by flame and hot ashes when he opened his furnace door and an explosion of gas took place. He is recovering. --Mr. & Mrs. W. T. Cowles, of Concord, were given a surprise party on Monday, it being their 18th wedding anniversary. About 50 were present. At Home Mr. & Mrs. A. L. Tinker are again settled in their Painesville home. Mr. Tinker’s health greatly improved during his absence.

Passing Away Two more pioneers of Painesville have departed this life. Isaac Palmer, age 82, died of heart disease at his home near the Avenue nurseries, Sunday. Mr. Palmer was born in Thompson and was the first white male child bon in Geauga Co Landon Smith, after a long illness, died at his home on Mentor Ave., Tuesday, age 75. He was postmaster under the administrations of Pierce and Buchanan. The I.O.OF. will take charge of his funeral services.

38 © J. Stebbins 2020 Feb. 21, 1884 --Miss Anna Chaffee and Mr. Elmer E. Bowen, of Perry, were married at the home of the bride’s parents in Madison, last Wed. --Mr. John Kellogg, one of our oldest citizens, fell on the ice on his way to the store of his son, Henry E. Kellogg. He broke his wrist. He rapidly sank from the effects of the shock and died Saturday. He was an early settler of this township and for many years was Justice of the Peace. He was a native of Shelburne, Mass, and was 84 yrs. old. --Mr. N. Stratton has exchanged his stock of dry Willoughby goods and his real estate in this place with Mr. D. --On Wed., Miss Annette Grover received from M. Holcomb, of Perry, for his fine farm on the Miss Almirea Hall and Mr. & Mrs. Phelps, a deed river road. of a house and lot, a part of the Hall farm. --Mrs. J. W. Stewart and daughter, Mary, are Kirtland convalescent. --Mr. Geo. Daniels and Miss Clara Manly were --Mrs. J. C. Steele, of Gates’ Mills but recently of married and Mr. Walter Vanduesen and Miss this village, is the happy mother of one boy and Callaway. Ed Bond and wife, lately married in two girls of the same age. Michigan, are visiting Mr. Bond’s relatives in --Mr. D. C. Pomeroy was in town last week, hale Kirtland. and hearty as usual. --Ellwood and Ellen Wisner are visiting in --Mrs. J. A. Rogers, a daughter of R. C. Bates, is Kingsville. here visiting her parents. --Mr. Jack Develle, of Chagrin Falls is visiting at --Miss Lena Holmes is to be the organist of the Geo Sleemins’. Presbyterian Chruch. --Ed. Call is seriously ill. --Miss Penfield lectured before the Band of --Mr. Webster and wife, of Rock Creek, spent the Hope, in Bond’s Hall on Sat. Sabbath with Mrs. Webster’s sister, Mrs. E. T. th --Mr. & Mrs. M. Wells will give a party Feb. 20 , Sanborn. in honor of the marriage of their daugher, Miss --The discussion between Elder Kelley and Elder Emma C. and Dr. C. W. Reeder, on Euclid street. Braden is interesting and instruction, drawing a --Miss Nellie Millman, of Cumberland, is a visitor full house every night, the combatants being at S. L Baker’s on River street. very evenly matched. --Mr. LaFayette Martin has killed and sold 375 Perry rabbits this season. --Mr. L. D. Gaylord has returned from a trip to Kansas, seems to think Perry a good place to live Unionville in at present. --Mrs. Wright, the mother of Mrs. Russell --Elmer E. Bowen was married last Wed. Woodworth, died Thursday, about 65 yrs. old. Madison Her remains were taken to South Harpersfield --Mr. Will Patch, of Cleveland, is spending a few for interment. days at home. --Mr. Charles Gaylord, who has worked for Mr. --Mr. Dan Potter, proprietor of the Madison Geo. Hopper for the past three years, left for the market is slowly recovering from a slight attack west where he will engage in stock raising. Mr. of paralysis. Pearl Johnson will take Mr. Gaylord’s place here. --Mr. Samuel Holbrook, of North Madison, died last Tusday night after a long sickness.

39 © J. Stebbins 2020 Feb. 21, 1884 --Mr. & Mrs. Judd Parmelee are visiting Burton South Mentor friends. --Geo. B. Clark, of Claridon, was recently here on --Mrs. N. M. Jordan, of Buffalo, came home a visit to old friends. Sunday and returned Thursday. --Mrs. Marilla Starkweather, of St. Louis, who is --Mrs. Francis Warren Tweddle is still in very spending the winter in Ohio, expects her son, poor health an is wintering in the Bermudas. Oakley, to arrive from a visit to Boston. --Mrs. Leslie N. Root, of Virginia, arrived in the th --Clark H. Nye, of Concord, is one of the editors old homestead, Mr. A. R. Daniels, on the 14 . of the Oberlin Review, the paper of the college. She comes home with her little “baby blonde” Mr. Nye is a senior and will graduate next June. sweet and pretty. --Mrs. Helen S. Pardee, of Akron, returned home South Thompson on Tuesday. Mrs. Ed. and Mrs. Will Sawyer, both --Mrs. H. Gretton is getting better. daughters of Mrs. Pardsee, who have taken up --Mrs. John Cashen is better, but her little son their residence in the Rockies of the far West, are Tommy is ill with lung difficulty. enjoying themselves and report the winter mild --Miss Sarah Cashen has been unable to attend with very little snow. school the past week due to a fozen heel. --Mr. Arthur Baxter goes on a trip to England and, --Mr. T. Patrick may rent his farm for the coming while he is gone, Mrs. Baxter will stay with her season. father’s family, Mr. Wm. Kerr. --Mr. C. E. Foskett is to teach a three-month --Mrs. Albert Curtiss of New York City, is visiting school in the Garrett district. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Murray. --Mr. E. Stetson and family visited friends in Perry Item Burton. Mr. & Mrs. VanDerveer were surprised on Feb. th 12 by a gathering of friends and neighbors to th Mentor celebrate their 39 anniversay. They gave the --Mrs. H. C. Ford, of East Cleveland, is the guest couple a nice hanging lamp. of her old neighbors, Mr. & Mrs. George Mather. --Mrs. Leslie Root, nee Miss Hettie Daniels, has Real Estate Transfers returned from her Virginia home and will spend Painesville the summer with her little daughter at her Elias, T. E. father’s home in Mentorr. Laracy, Ellen --Miss Bell Hawley, of Collinwood, spent the Champman, James Sabbath with her friend Miss Lizzie Wilson. Moodey, C. A. --Mrs. Lucretia Garfield, and little son, Abe, Hitchcock, R. visited the Mentor home last Fri. and Sat. Payne, H. W. --Mr. Frank Brownell, who shot the murderer of Creedon, John Col. Ellsworth, spent a day with his old Holcomb, Marcus Chautauqua friends, the Aldrich family. Packard, M. M. --Mr. Gulliford, an uncle of F. W. Gulliford, has Bartlett, Francis fitted up the brick store opposite the Methodist Smith, D. R. Church with groceries. Higginbotham, W. W. --Mrs. Kate Holmes was given a surprise Pratt, B. F. party.They gave her $18 and a new cashmere Madison dress from Mrs. Warren Dickey. She is going to Olds, Eli visit an invalid friend in Cleveland. Olds, A. W. --Mrs. W. Bishop, of East Cleveland, is the guest Willoughby of Mrs. Warren Hendryx. White C. S. Black Katy

40 © J. Stebbins 2020 Feb. 21, 1884 Married --At the First Church Study, Feb. 9th, Mr. Frank Harvey, of Concord, and Miss Nora Emerson, of

Madison. --At the residence of the bride’s parents, Feb. 17, State and Neighborhood 1884, Mr. Edward A. Baker, of Painesville, and --C. R. Hodges, the Canton confidence man, was Miss Agnes White. sent to the penitentiary for five years. Died --James Hetherington, a pioneer and wealthy th --In Paineville, Feb. 19 , Mrs. Parthena Abby, farmer of Winchester, died Sat., age 91. wife of Mr. Leonard Abby, age 68 yrs., 2 mos., 18 --John Diehl, hardware merchant, of Defiance, days. mysteriouly disappeared leaving his acounts in --In North Madison, Feb. 17, 1884, at the home bad shape. of her daughter, Mrs. L. D. Brockway, Mrs. Mary --Mrs. Andrew Whitely, age 72, mother of the Dyer, of lingering consumption, age 82 yrs. She inventor of the Champion Reaper, died in was born in Plainfield, Mass., in 1802, was Springfield recently. married to Vinson Nash in 1821, and moved to --Financial embarrassement drove Gustave Ohio in 1826, settling in North Madison on the Beummele, a poineer resident of Sandusky, to Dock Road. Her husband died in 1864, and a year commit suicide by shooting. or two later she married Bela Dyer, of Plainfield, --John Farrel, of Youngstown, is the owner of a Mass., with whom she lived until his death in silver dollar coined in 1802. 1878. --Rev. Nathaniel Rue High, rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Toledo, died last week. Mentor Grange --B. B. Brown, an old resident and Justice of the The following officers were installed: Peace of Massillon, dropped dead in an apoplectic fit while talking with a lawyer in his office. --Mrs. Mary Miller, a pioneer and the oldest woman in Coshocton Co., died last Wed., age 89. She was the mother of Sheriff A. J. Miller. --Dr. Harrison Danforth, age 70 yrs., one of the oldest and most highly-respected physicians of Hudson, died last Wed., of hemorrhage of the brain. --Policemen Copp and Collins, of Ashtabula, had charges preferred against them for improper

conduct and were suspended from duty while For Sale they are being investigated. Fifty acres of land with a good frame house, in --Gabriel Erb, the German farmer of Vienna, LeRoy township, Lake Co., O. H. J. McFarland agaiinst whom a veridict of $100 was rendered

for breach of promise, died Sunday. Feb. 28, 1884 Thursday p. 1 Gleanings p. 2 (col. 1) David Ettinger, age 78, a poineer of Wadsworth, Ohio, died last week. Died (col. 3) In LeRoy, Kan., Jan 30th, 1884, of hemorrhage, of the lungs and heart disease, Mrs. Emma A., wife

41 © J. Stebbins 2020 Feb. 28, 1884 Behem, Annie Miss of Charles Lapham, age 26 yrs. She was second Baker, Eva Miss daugher of O. P. and S. E. Tenney. She had been Caraver, Austia Miss married only two years. Drake, Jane Miss Daily, John Mrs. (col. 4) Mrs. Mary Beere, who died at Racine, at Howard, Mary Miss the age of 92 yrs., was a pensioner of the war of Hutchinson, Jennie Miss 1812. Holcomb, S. L. Mrs. --R. B. Warner, ex-mayor of Massillon, Ohio, Heap, Nina Mrs. dropped dead in his office from an apoplectic Lynch, Jennie Miss stroke. McGery, Maggie Miss --J. A. Warneck, who died at Dixon, Ill., at the age Roper, Mary Mrs. of 94, is said to have fought at Waterloo under Prosser, Matie, Miss Napoleon. Pryor, Mary Mrs. --Charles E. Kenzie, an inmate of the Ohio Scott, Amelia Mrs. Penitentiary, has become heir to $15,000 by the Wright, Ella M. Miss death of an uncle at Waukesha, Wis. Wetherell, Alice Miss Wealch, Pansy Miss (col. 5)Abram W. Carlock, who had lived in Gentlemen McLean Co., Ill., for 57 yrs., died Tuesday, leaving Buck, C. E. a large fortune to his wife, and eight children. He Fisher S. M. never rode in a street car or a railway coach. Grant, R. M. --J. H. Hall and a companion named, Long, have Hull C. A. been arrested for the murder of Charles Landwichr, Fried McMahon and two farm hands, near Lincoln, Ill., McCormick Ned in 1882. They have been taken to Logan Co. Morley, Charles H. --Heart disease Wed. swept away Frank C. McClelland, G. M. Bradley and wife, of Milwaukee, almost Mathews, H. F. simultaneously. Mr. Bradley called a neighbor for Osborn, D. T. help and when she entered the house she found Sweet, Robert them both dead. Pierson, H. Jospeh Palmer, James In Memoriam (col. 5) Pike, Don C. Another of the pioneers of Lake County, who Spencer, J. have died in such rapid sucession within the past Thompson, R. few months, is Mrs. Mary E. Averill, late wife of Turner, Eugene Capt. John W. Averill Sr., of this place. She was Tuttle, John born in Fairport in 1819 and died within sight of her birthplace Jan. 16, 1884. Her maiden name Local Brevities was Mary E. Hall, and she was a relative of the --Dr. Everett, of Cleveland, goes to the West numerous Hopkins family of this part of the Indies for health. county. She married Capt. Averill in 1841 and --Mrs. Leora Seymour, of Ashtabula, was visiting became the mother of nine children, of whom Painesville friends last week. five sons and two daughers survive. --Dr. J. C. Winans, of Madison, was thrown from his buggy Tuesday and received a broken ankle. p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. --Captain B. Vrooman, of Perry, was taken as of Feb. 28, 1884: suddenly ill while on a visit to his son in Madison. Ladies

42 © J. Stebbins 2020 Feb. 28, 1884 woodchucks and never missed a shot. --The Equal Rights Association will meet at the Willoughby Independent. The Telegraph had house of Mrs. J. H. Andrews, on State street, Sat. printed this on Sept. 20, 1884, and it was 66 --Mr. & Mrs. R. M. N. Taylor, of Oak Wood, woodchucks and 32 rats and never missed a Cleveland, arrived at “The Maples” on Sat. and shot. were the guests of Mr. & Mrs. Henry Nottingham. A Terrible Fate --Alfred Gray of Bloomfield, Trumbull Co., who Mr. Jacob T. Dickey, of Bradford, Pa., a relative of killed his hired man some weeks ago, was Mr. J. Pool, with The Storrs & Harrison Co., died indicted by the grand jury of Trumbull Co. for in an accident. A sudden and strong flow of gas murder in the second degree. threw a rod from the well and in coming back --Mr. F. Gates left Monday for Kansas City, Mo., down, the sharp point struck Mr. Dickey on the for the purpose of establihing a brick making top of the head and passed into his body exiting business. Mr. D. E. Brooks left for the same place below the last rib and the rod stuck in the floor. with the same interest. It took two men to pull the rod out. He lived six --In the charges against the Ashtabula hours after the accident. policemen, Mr. Collins was reinstated, and Copp admitted the charges by handing in his The Garfield Badge th resignation. At the 7 shooting contest for the Garfield gold --Miss Sarah A. Palmer leaves tomorrow for badge, held at Ashtabula last Friday, Mr. C. A. Newton, Mass. to be the guest for a few weeks Hardway won the prize by a score of 15 out of a of Mrs. F. L. Wilder, formerly of this place. possible 20, and the badge came back to --Mr. Arthur Higgins after an absence of nearly Painesville again. Scores: two years in the south and the west, reached his Gilmore, E. L. Painesville, 13 home in Painesville Thursday. He will be general Doran, J. E. Ashtabula, 12 contracting agent for Frank Hoffman Athletic George, J. M. Girard, Pa., 14 Combination of New York. Derby, W. W. Erie, Pa., 14 --Mr. J. G. Nevins, of Cleveland, is spending a few Gray Andover, 13 days here as a canvassing agent for Mr. H. E. Beckwith, S. R. W. Williamsfield, 14 Chubb, taxidermist, of Cleveland. Clark, R. Kinsman, 10 --Mr. & Mrs. John Carruthers, of Painesville, Munger, Charles Geneva, 15 celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on the Hardway and Munger tied at 15, and shot off 5 22nd. They have eight children. An unkind word clay pidgeons. Hardway 3, Munger 2. has never passed between them. --Mr. L. B. Gibbs, of Fargo, after an absence of 5 Obituary yrs., is in the city for a few days. Mrs. Laura M. Adams is dead. She was born in --A surprise birthday party was given to Mrs. Painesville and spent her life here except for Hamlen Tuesday evening. three years spent in Madison, Wis. (1856-59). --Mr. N. M. Duston lives in Dundee, Michigan. The wife of C. D. Adams, Cashier of the First --The the home Mr. & Mrs. E. E. Gould, a sheet National Bank and daughter of the late Robert and pillow case party was given for Mr. C. P. Moodey Esq. She died Feb. 25, 1884, age 58 yrs. Chesney here, the guests arrived in masks. Mr. Chesney was so dumfounded that he sought refuge in a corner of the room. Refreshments, music and dancing followed. --Mr. Wills Woodruff, of Concord, although 80 yrs. old or more, killed last season 63

43 © J. Stebbins 2020 --Tracy Clark and family, of Mt. Calm, Mich., are Feb. 28, 1884 visiting at his father’s, N. Clark, of this palce. --E. W. Bond is offering his property for sale to engage in building railraods in Florida. --Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Brown and T. H. Burr, went to Fremont on Wed. to attend the wedding of Miss Emma Brinkerhoff to Mr. H. Gavin, of Lexington, Ohio. --J. T. Robison Esq. will leave for various markets and buy pork for his father’s packing house, in Cleveland. --On Sat. the Clay and Glass Ball Shooting Club had a shooting match on O. H. Sharp’s farm. All the members are very evenly matched. --E. W. Bond has contracted to build a new railroad in Florida from DeLand’s landing on St. John’s River to the village of DeLand, a distance of 6 miles, then to his sawmill a distance of 2 1/2 miles. It will be finished in 90 days.

Madison --Mrs. B. F. Whitmore, of Cleveland, is visiting with her mother, Mrs. H. Patch. --Mr. A. C. Parsons, our jeweler, had his face burned quite badly when his alchool lamp exploded while he was lighting it.

South Thompson --Arthur Gretton is able to ride out, Perry --Mr. S. Spencer has been sick the last week but --Mr. C. Clark expects to start Tuesday for Kansas can now attend to duties. to prospect for more land for his boys. --Mr. Ambrose Sidley has rented a farm in --Last Thursday, Mr. J. F. Hommel and Miss Alma Montville for the coming season. Sinclair were married here. Mr. Hommel is agent --Mr. E. Stetson is spending the sugar season at on the Nickel Plate R. R. at Wickliffe. On the Mr. Edwin Strong’s in Huntsburg. same evening, there was a reception at L. A. --Mr. S. Spencer, our Postmaster, has held his Axtell’s due to the marriage of their son, L. V. office for more that 22 yrs. Axtell, to Miss Josie L. Ashley, of Colebrook, --The report is Mr. James Winterstein will move Ashtabula Co., Ohio. to Wisconsin March 15th. --Mr. G. Stickney having sold his grist mill to a Mr. Willoughby Vogle, of Hartsgrove, has bought the River mill. --S. V. Harkness’ gas well, at the depth of 750 feet --Soldiers held a reunion at the home of Mr. E. gives out an ample supply of gas, but he intends Skinner, in the edge of Montville last Friday in to sink it much deeper by way of experiment. honor of Mr. S’s. father, who is over 90 yrs. old --Mr. & Mrs. L. W. Penfield have a little son. and served in the war of 1812. --E. Crawford has purchased a lot on Second street from T. H. Harback and plans to build on it in the spring.

44 © J. Stebbins 2020 Feb. 28, 1884 --Mr. & Mrs. H. O. Wells left for a visit to Elyria, Mentor Sat., returning today. --Mr. George Rose has been in very poor health --Alphonso Plaisted, son of William Plaisted, was all winter. severely bitten in the hand Friday by the family --A few friends and neighbors surprised Mr. dog. George Tarbell last Friday for his birthday. --Mr. & Mrs. J. Robison, of Cleveland, are Mentor Headlands spending some time with their parents Mr. & --Freeman Ingraham is now recovering from his Mrs. J. P. Robison. severe illness. --Mr. C. W. Haddan has recently added fresh Willoughby Plains beef to his stock of provisions, which is a great --Mrs. Curtis Brown is very low. convenience to Mentor folk since the traveling --Mrs. Theodore Vallon’s funeral was at the butcher’s wagons are frozen up. Disciple Chruch last Friday. She was born in a --The gas well on Dr. Robison’s homestead got on foreign land and had been in this country 55 yrs. a rampage last week and after blowing off a She was 69 yrs. old and leaves one sister, Mrs. Z. small ocean of water, threatened to blow up the French, and one brother, Mr. Corkins. universe, all the while roaring like any thing and making a great fuss. Concord --Mr. Jake Ely, our Mentor Lake Shore R. R. --Fairchild Smith is in feeble health. Agent, covered himself with glory last night in --Mrs. Charles Lace and Mrs. Emma Gordon are Willoughby by his rendering of the characer of gaining slowly. “Uncle” in the play “Alatoona.” --Freeman Rust has gone to Chicago to bring home George Gordon, who is sick with Thompson rheumatism in a hospital. --Mr. N. Plank, who bought the Snedekor place on Smith street, about one year ago, and Henry Unionville Smith, who resides near him, have both sold to --Mrs. Stratton almost lost her home to fire when parties from the vicinity of Warren. the upstairs wood work about the upper part of --Last Wed. Kate, the youngest daughter of the chimney was found to be ablaze. Quick Deacon O. P. Pomeroy, married Mr. J. W. Smith. action by the neighbors put out the fire. They will live on the farm of R. C. Smith. The Kirtland Discussion LeRoy The long expected discussion between Clark --Earnest Workers meet at F. Pitkin’s March 6th. Braden, of Illinois, Disciple; and E. L Kelly, of this --The schools in District No. 4, Miss Ida Upham, place has commenced. The topic “Is the Book of teacher and District No. 5, Mr. S. B. Upham, Mormon of divine origin and entitled to the teacher, will close this week, Friday. respect and belief of all Christian people.” Mr. North East LeRoy Kelly started by claiming the Book of Mormon to --Mr. Edward Clague, who has been confined to be a true revelation of God. It contains teachings the house nearly all winter, has recovered well calculated to elevate man from the low enough to attend to his work. where sin has placed him, as any Bible. Three --Mrs. Will Cowin is a great sufferer at present. witnesses claim to have seen the plates on which --The children, grandchildren and great were engraved these ancient writings buried grandchilden gave Mrs. Sarah Roath, a birthday deep in the earth. They were: David Witmur, party on the 25th for her 80th birthday. Oliver Cowdery and Martin Harris, and then eight other witness who claimed they had seen Kirtland the plates. Mr. Braden maintains that these could not establish anything, because they

45 © J. Stebbins 2020 Feb. 28, 1884 were enthusiasts, fanatics, and visionaries. That Situations Wanted their testimony was not given separately as By a man and his wife to work on farm or any individuals but they all in a a body had signed a other kind of common work. Residence, Jackson writing made out by Joseph Smith. He noted 26 street, house adjoining Union Chapel, (colored). facts or coincidences which existed nowhere in Thomas Randolph the world but in the Spaulding manuscript and To All Whom It May Concern the Mormon Bible. No other explanation can be S. P. Hathaway gives notice that he will apply to given than that the historical part of the Book of the village of Painesville, O., for a license to carry Mormon was taken from Spaulding’s on the slaughtering business in his slaughter manuscript. house on Rider Road in said village. Kirtland, Feb. 24th. The debate closed last night Seed Barley after ten consecutive nights. Mr. Braden said it A. Button, Little Mountain, O., has the Mansuary was the merest assumption that Joseph Smith Seed Barley, for sale. was the angel of God. In the bible, it does say in Attachment G. Burr Turney vs Fisk and Stillman many places that the whole will of God was for $300. revealed, perfected and completed. And therefore future pretension to revelation are Mar. 6, 1884 Thursday false and hypocritical. The Book of Mormon p. 1 State and Neighborhood pretending to reveal where all had been --R. D. Burgess, age 78, pioneer of Jefferson died revealed, cannot be true. last week. --A. M. Proctor, an old residebt of Trumbull, Hambden dropped dead of apoplexy a few days ago. --L. G. Maynard died Feb. 24 aged 76. He had --Chas. Hale, age 73, an inmate of the Jefferson been a resident of Hambden for more than 60 Co. Infirmary is heir to $50,000. yrs; he held the office of Justice of the Peace for --Jonas Bremer, of New Philadelphia, who was more than 30 yrs. His health failed so fast that shot by his father, made a dying statement fully ealry in the winter, he and Mrs. Maynard went implicating his father as his murderer. to stay with their son, M. L. Maynard in Chardon --Phebe Fairgrove, of Youngstown, has obtained through the winter, where he died. a judgment against John Ward, the liveryman, --Miss Addie Port, of Orwell, Ashtabula Co., is for $3,000 for breach of promise. visiting relatives in Hamben. She is Preceptress --A Bellaire judge has just refused to divorce of the Normal Institute in Orwell and is an Abraham Ramsey, age 78, from his wife, Sarah, experienced teacher. age 74; they have lived together over 40 yrs. --One of our Hambden boys, Mill Harvey, --Old Erie Lodge, No. 3, of Warren, chartered in returned a few days ago from California and has 1804, has 175 members. taken him a wife from Madison and will return ---A Summit Co. farmer, Eli Rodenbaugh, age 60, this week to make his home in California. while under the influence of liquor, was walking on the tracks and was struck and killed by a The Estate of George Thompson locomotive. A. A. Amidon is the adm. for George Thompson, --John S. Kemp, of Kelloggsville, while trimming a deceased, late of Painesville, Lake Co., O. tree, hit is foot with his ax and nearly servered it. It required amputation. Law Library for Sale --Jacob Neff, a farmer, residing near Dayton, has William Clayton offers the law library of the late mysteriously disappeared with a considerable E. J. Sweeney, of over 100 volumes, for sale at a sum of money and fears are that he has been great bargain. murdered.

46 © J. Stebbins 2020 Mar. 6, 1884 Belding, Alice Mrs. --Henry Talcott, of Jefferson, has again been Bradly, Wm A. Mrs. chosen a member of the state board of Borwn, Etie Miss agriculture. He is the right man in the right place. Black, Lislie --More oatmeal, sewer pipe and matches are Carrigan, Mary Miss manufactured in Akron than in any other city in Feron, Teressa Miss the United State. Akron Times Johnson, Margaret Miss --John Convers who was at the siege of Fort Kidder, Lena A. Mrs. Meigs, and whose first wife died 70 years ago Lomis, Lucian, Mrs. and his second and last wife 50 yrs. ago, has just McCurty, Nellie Miss attained his 100th birthday in the Soldiers’ Home Williams, Emer Miss at Dayton. Wilson, Kittie Miss ---Frank Evans, a young farmer of Mt. Vernon, Gentlemen fell from a log he was cutting limbs from and fell Buonamassa, Antonio on his ax, nearly severing his hand at the wrist. Baird, C. A. --Jacob Eyler, a wealthy citizen of the little town Barns, W. of Trotwood, ten miles from Dayton committed Chipman, M. suicide. Connelly, J. A. --From the Warren Chronicle: A decrepit old man Emerson, Richard came to town last week and wanted to pawn his Everett, O. watch for some boots. John M. Stull finding him Fasoio, Aurelia to be an old man who worked for his father some Lewis, Thos. D. 52 yrs. ago, gave him an outfit, and told him to McLeod, Oly keep his watch. Wilhelm, Otto Werner Woodworth, Frank p. 2 (col. 1) City Clerk Wetherell, of Sandusky, age 72, and a pioneer of that city died on Local Breveties Tuesday. --Capt. Geo. E. Paine has left Florida and is now --Wm. McMillan, of Milan, while crazed with in Washington. liquor, shot his neighbor, Geo. Thompson, killing --Misses Cora Parmly and Alice Barnes are home him instantly. from Hiram college during vacation. --A. W. Hildenbrand, an former officer of Stark --Mr. Robert Manchester has been spending a Co., who went to Florida two years ago for his week at home, but leaves Friday to join his health, died last week. His remains were brought company in St. Louis. back to Canton. --Mr. Horace W. Allen has returned from Lincoln, --Joseph Kimpflin, of Akron, after waiting for Nebraska, to remain with his grandfather, Mr. over 5 mintues for a train to move, attempted to Harvey Woodworth. cross by climbing between the cars when the --Mrs. Jennie Benedict, with her little son, left train suddenly started, throwing him on the rail here last Wed. for Norwalk, where she expects and both legs were nearly cut off below the to meet her husband,. knee. He died the next day and leaves a wife and --Mr. F. D. Warner, our former townsman, has six children. engaged in the mercantile trade in Alexandria, Dakota. p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as --Mrs. Eugene Brewster, of Chardon, stopped of March 5, 1884: overnight with Painesville friends on her way to Ladies Mentor where she was called by telegram. Babcock, Hattie Miss --Mrs. Wm. West, of Chardon, who left home some weeks ago for Danville Sanitarium, has

47 © J. Stebbins 2020 Mar. 6, 1884 The Water Works Co. recently shut off the supply returned to Painesville with health much for the premises of Mr. J. H. King. Mr. King improved. alleges that the charges for the water used “is --Mr. A. S. Carpenter and Miss Carpenter, of unreasonable and exorbitant” and that he “is Buffalo, have been the guests since Sat. of Mr. & willing and always has been, to pay a reasonable Mrs. L. A. Thorp, of State street. compensation.” --Lieutenant Giles B. Harber, of the U. S. Navy, is from Youngstown. He was the leader of a daring The Late S. M. Drake expedition sent to the Siberian wilds in search of The body of the late S. M. Drake was buried last the survivors of the Jeannette, and who has just Thursday at Evergreen Cemetery here. Deceased returned with the bodies of DeLong and was a former resident and business man of our comrades. city. He left here six or eight years ago for th --Wm. M. Godley has made an unsuccessful Chicago, where he died Jan. 16 of consumption, attempt to secure a pardon. He is serving a life age 72. Surviving are Mrs. Drake and children: sentence in Jackson pentitentiary in Michigan for Mrs. A. Louise Sims and Mrs. Fanny throwing his mother-in-law, Mrs. Paige, down Bloomingston, of Chicago; Mrs. Mary Fargo, of the cellar. Godley and Mrs. Paige were former New York; and Mr. James Drake, of Columbus, residents of Painesville. Ohio. Mrs. Drake and Mrs. Sims, with her little --Lake Co. men to serve as jurors in Cleveland daughter remained until Monday as the guests Court rooms: of Mr. & Mrs. J. A. Babcock. Cook, Charles W. of Perry, in Circuit Court Slocum, W. B. Painesville, Dist. Court Munson, H. W. Mentor, Dist. Court Warner, Stephen C. Unionville, Dist. Court --Mrs. Cornelia H. Greer, of Erie, St., is confined to the house with erysipelas. --Mrs. Seth Marshall is again at her home on Bank street.

Wedding and Reception --Mr. & Mrs. James H. King issued invitations for the wedding and reception for Miss Annie Fitch Fowler and Mr. Wurtum A. Breed, March 5th. Miss Fowler is the sister of Mrs. J. H. King and is from New Haven, Conn. Mr. Breed is a young lawyer and resident of Painesville.

The Jury Disagree In the case of Catherine C. Post against the village of Painesville, the jury could not agree and was discharged. The plaintiff sued for Concord $20,000 damages for breaking her leg when she --Joseph Tuttle is sick of typhoid pneumonia. fell on the icy sidewalk in front of Coe & Wilkes --Jacob Prouty has a severe attack of sciatica. shop in Jan., 1883. She has not been able to --Mrs. Sally Dunham is back at her old home on leave her home since. buiness, settling up her father, Richmond Clapp’s estate. In Probate Court --Correction: Mr. Geo. Gordon was not sick in a hospital in Chicago.

48 © J. Stebbins 2020 Mar. 6, 1884 --Mrs. J. G. Fraser and her daughter, Grace, are Willoughby spending a few weeks in Toledo. --Mrs. E. M. Wing (nee Ferguson) is here among --William Price cut his thumb very badly while he her relatives. was in the woods splitting wood. --Frank E. Bond arrived here Wed. from DeLand, --Mr. Richard Thomas, principal of the public Florida. schools at Jefferson, spent the Sabbath in town. --Mrs. Bersha Kennedy Ingersoll, of Detroit, is --The friends of Miss Grace Crandall met at her visiting her parents here. home on the Middle Ridge last Wed. for a party. --G. W. Clement Esq. has purchased E. W. Bond’s --Mr. Samuel Stratton is on the sick list. new block of stores at $16,000. Mr. Manville will --Dr. A. H. Stockham has had a severe cold. occupy the one between W. T. Clark’s and the --A parlor concert was given at the home of Mr. bank. Frank Hendry, Sat., by Miss Libbie Harrington --Miss Nellie Slack is visiting at F. V. Wilson’s, her and her music class. uncle. --Friends visited at the home of Miss Matie Patrick Friday evening. LeRoy --Mr. Merton Garis has closed out his stock of --The farm known as the Samuel Taylor farm and goods and has gone into partnership with Mr. also the Bridges’ farm were both sold last week. Holcomb at N. Stratton’s old stand. --Mr. & Mrs. John Cowle were given a surprise --Dr. J. C. Winans suffered a broken leg just party last Wed. above ankle when the ponies he was driving Geauga County became frightened and ran, throwing the doctor --The Prohibitionists have elected Dr. Dickson, of over the dash board. He had broken his leg in Burton, W. H. Chapman, of Auburn, and W. K. the same place once before. Taylor, of Claridon, delegates to the State --Last Wed. Mrs. Hettinger died at the age of 69 Convention at Columbus on the 6th inst. yrs. --Lewis G. Maynard, of Hambden, who died --It is reported that Mr. D. H. Holcomb has recently, was a pioneer and universally bought the house owned by Dayton Bros. on respected citizen. He had lived in Hambden West Main St. The family of Dr. D. J. Harris live in about 66 yrs. He had been at one time Coroner the house and will move to Chicago. of the county. He was a relative of the late Postmaster General, Horace Maynard. He died Perry at age 77 and leaves two children: Ex-County --Mr. & Mrs. C. Clark and youngest son left for Auditor, Milton L. Maynard, and the wife of Kansas last week with the purpose of securing Prosecuting Attorney C. W. Osborn. His wife for land for a home for his boys—if not for himself. over 50 yrs., survives him. L. D. Gaylord has also visited Kansas during the --Wallace Stone will soon move to Magnetic present winter partly in the interest of his sons, Springs, Union County, Ohio, where he will have Chas. F. and Frank, who have recently gone there charge of the St. George Hotel. to settle. --Judge Shepherd is in Perry making his parents a Madison brief call. --Mr. & Mrs. Shumway, of Cleveland, were in --G. B. Turney is filling orders by express for pigs, town last week. bronze turkeys and white Brahma fowls. --Miss Hattie Keener is visiting friends in Painesville. South Thompson --Miss Cora Herrick has returned from a visit at --Allie Finney, who has been on the sick list, is Willoughby. able to attend school again. --M. S. Morehouse’s little child has been quite sick.

49 © J. Stebbins 2020 Mar. 6, 1884 --Ben Warren is better from his recent illness. --Mr. Finney will move this week onto the --Francis Jewell is quite sick but is thought to be Morehouse farm. on the improve. --H. Thurber, of Jefferson, Ashtabula Co., was in --Norina Wortz, from Rochester, N. Y., is town last week on business. spending some time at Mr. Sprague’s, her uncle, --Mr. & Mrs. Atwater, of Unionville, were the and is a valuable addition to the Society of South guests of Mr. H. Tucker last week. Mentor. --Rudd Patrick, of Jefferson, is visiting friends and relatives in this place. South Madison --It is reported that Mr. Stickney has sold here --Mr. Frank Harvey and Miss Nora Emerson, only and bought the River mill in Madison. daughter of Mr. Mark Emerson, and Wm. Harvey and Miss Addie Tuttle, have been married within Kirtland the past two weeks. --Addison Jones and family have moved to --Mr. Ezra Williams and family left here last Wed. Chester. noon for Maddock Co., California. --Geo. Allen has moved on to the Nelson Martin --Mr. Charles Woolever intends to work at the place. carpenter’s trade the coming summer with Mr. --Mr. Emery Blair has sold his place and will move Palmer, of Thompson. into the house west of his old home. --Mrs. J. P. Shearer, who was badly hurt Feb. 8, --Geo. Damon made a quick visit to Madison and by a runaway team, now can walk a little with the Geneva last week. aid of her daughter. --J. E. Pierson lost a valuable horse last Friday. --Mr. Carl Griswold is spending a few days at --Mr. Samuel Brown is very ill. home. --Mr. Ed. Rich of your town is visiting old friends --Mr. Wm. Sodan and family have moved to in Kirtland. Lenox to reside. --Mr. Carlos Ford intends to move onto Mr. Hambden Sodan’s old place soon. --Mr. Keyser, of Oil Creek, is visiting his daughter, --Mr. Charles Holbrook intends to move to Mrs. Crawford, who has been quick sick for Madison Village in the spring. several weeks. John Cuts is also under the care --Mr. George Hill is on the sick list. of a doctor for two weeks, bleeding from the stomach and heart trouble. Real Estate Transfers --Miss Kate McLain closes her school at the Madison Center the last day of Feb. Holbrook, S. W. --Mr. Joseph Keyser has been getting timber for Graves, C. C. his big barn which he wants to use by harvest Hicks, Rosetta time. Mr. Skinner built the costliest barn, Warren, James between $4,000 – 6,000. Perry --Mr. Edwin Searl and Miss Lillian Smith will be Webb, Wilfred united in marriage March 5th at the home of H. F Webb, D. J. Mead. Miss Smith had formerly resided in Battle Burrows, J. J. Creek, Mich. Marvin, Larona Painesville South Mentor Brown, S. C. --Our friend, Albert Hoose, was married to Miss Hodges, O. S. Smith, of Parkman, a few weeks since and lives Allen, Ellen A. at home on the fruit farm. LeRoy Hicks, Rosetta

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Willoughby Penfield, Louis W. Mar. 13, 1884 Thursday Atkinson, Howard E. p. 1 Pioneer History of Huldah Harriet (Munson) Atkinson, Elcie J. Wilson by C. C. Bronson She was born July 7, 1802, the third child and Married eldest daughter. She passed her 19th birthday on At the home of the bride, March 4th, Mr. Daniel the journey to Ohio with her father’s family. D. Potter and Miss Florence A. Harrington, both They settled in Mentor. She was employed as a of Madison. school teacher. On Jan. 20, 1831, she married Mr. Orson Wilson, of Concord. He and his twin Letter from E. P. Branch, of Pasadena Cal., Feb. brother, Orrin, were the youngest children of 25, 1884 Capt. Zenas and Polly (Hudson) Wilson, and were At Chicago, they joined the “Baker Excursion” born in Winstead, Litchfield, Co., Conn., Sept. 18, which leaves Chicago once a month for the 1803. Capt. Wilson moved his family to Concord Pacific coast via the southern route. The ticket about 1824. They celebrated their golden includes sleeping car privileges. [More details of wedding Jan. 20, 1881. They are the parents of the trip.] five children, three died young, Henry, their third child married Miss Elizabeth Ann Weaver, of The Estate of Matilda Andrews Painesville, Sept. 22, 1859. Their second and only Oliver Andrews is the executor for Matilda surviving daughter, Eliza Jane, married Dewitt C. Andrews, deceased, late of Mentor, Lake Co., Clark a native of Concord. Mr. & Mrs. Clark live Ohio. in Murray, Clark Co., Iowa.

The Estate of Marilla E. G. Sherwood, Deceased Emerit Merillo (Munson) Ingersoll by C. C. Addison Godell is the executor for Marilla E. G. Bronson. She was the second daughter and Sherwood, dec., late of Madison, Lake Co., O. fourth child of her father’s family. She was born June 30, 1805, and her 16th birthday occurred on Frank Steiner, of LeRoy, is selling at auction her journey to Ohio. They settled in Mentor. cows, bobsleds, wagons, dog, stoves, plow, etc. Erastus Ingersoll was born in Lee, Berkshire, Co., Mass., Jun 22, 1800. His father, Calvin Ingersoll The Estate of Isaac Palmer Deceased had emigrated with his large family of 8 sons and Newton I. Palmer is the adm. of Isaac Palmer, 3 daughters, settling on the land now owned by dec., late of Painesville, Lake Co., O. his sons, Edward and Calvin Ingersoll. Erastus Ingersoll and Emerit M. Munson were married Probate Notice Dec. 31, 1822. She was the mother of 7 children. Three of the children died young, in Mentor, the fourth child died West. Mr. Ingersoll moved from

51 © J. Stebbins 2020 Mar. 13, 1884 disease. Theodore Hall Esq. fell on the ice when Mentor to Plymouth, Marshall Co., Indiana. Here exiting the post office and broke his arm near the Emerit died June 17, 1839, age 34. An infant of shoulder. six weeks soon followed her to the tomb. Her three sons soon after her death returned to p. 2 News Items Mentor and were provided with homes among --Robert S. Morrison, a bank cashier of LaPorte, the relatives. Geo. Stiles, Painesville, had a Ind., died Friday of pneumonia. family of 2 sons and 3 daughters. Franklin raised --At Madison, Indiana, Joseph Daily had a jaw a family but has been dead several years. His torn off by the cogs of a corn sheller. widow married Mr. Gilbert, lives in Cleveland. --Peter Johnson, a teamster at Des Moines, killed They had 2 daughters, who married and live in his wife and himself with a revolver. Cleveland, a son Edgar, killed by a train. William --Dr. Robert Coleman, who was medical Ingersoll lives in Painesville and has one child inspector of the confederate army or northern living. The fifth child of Ashbel and C. Munson Virginia, died Tuesday at Richmond. was Clarissa Candace, born Feb. 12, 1807, died --John McMahon, city collector of Hoboken, N. J., March 14, 1807, age 1 month. is missing. State and Neighborhood --Hunters in Chester Co., South Caroline, --John G. Thompson is gradually failing. captured a ferocious animal with the head of a --C. A. Luce, of Kingsville, killed at least 6 foxes lion and the body of a goat after it had killed five last Friday. Tribune dogs. --A. B. Pitcher, a Conneaut hardware merchant, --The cigar manufacturers of San Francisco have has made an assignment. locked out 3,600 Chinamen and propose to --Mrs. Williams, wife of Postmaster Geo. J. employ 1,500 white men from New York. Williams, of Youngstown, died Thursday at the --General J. K. Moorhead, an aged citizen of age of 43. Pittsburgh, a leader in business and politics died --Mr. Turner Holman, of Jefferson had a leg Thursday from cancer of the stomach. broken by a tree falling on him that he chopped --A hardware store of J. P. Cooper, of Eau Claire, down. Wisconsin, has been closed on attachments --Edward D. Payne, brother of Hon. H. B. Payne, aggregating $40,000. died at his residence in Dayton Wed, of apoplexy --A colony of 50 leading farmers has left the age 66. vicinity of Fayetteville, Arkansas, for Idaho and --Miss Rebecca Amidon, of Geneva, graduated in Washington Territory, and will soon be followed the Medical Department of Western Reserve by a party of one hundred. University, at Cleveland. She was the only --A suit for $10,000 breach of promise and woman in a class of 72. seduction has been commenced at Winnipeg --Frank H. Morse, a prominent businessman of against George H. McDougall, superintendent of Cleveland, committed suicide by shooting the Canadian Pacific Railway telegraph. himself. Recent loses by speculation caused him --Noah Jackson was executed Friday at Lake to be despondent. Providence, Louisiana, for the murder of his wife. --Mr. Henry Punt, a wealthy stock dealer, was Harrison Williams was hanged at Corsicana, found dead in a stream of water near town. Texas, for killing his sister-in-law. Suspicions are that he was murdered. --At Delaplane, Virginia, John Glascock killed his --The store and home of C. F. Culp, of wife and three children and fired the house Southington, were entirely destroyed by fire last containing their bodies; and then killed himself. week. --Oliver P. Baker, one of the wealthiest farmers --Ashtabula Telegraph, March 7: Mr. Edward of Dayton, Ohio, mysteriously disappeared in Fuller, of Plymouth, died last Wed. from brain January leaving a wife and ten children. It has just been learned he spent the winter with a

52 © J. Stebbins 2020 Mar. 13, 1884 --Mr. Norman L. Brookins, of Ionia, Michigan, is a woman named Grace Harper, with whom he is guest of his father-in-law, Mr. C. W. Stanhope, fascinated with. Mrs. Baker has filed for divorce. on the North Ridge. th --Died in Cleveland, March 9 , F. H. Morse, firm p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as of Sprankle, Morse, & Co., and brother of Mrs. H. of March 12, 1884: N. Hyde, of this city. Ladies --Messrs. Wetherbee & Chidester have dissolved Allows, Belle Miss partnership. Mr. Chidester withdrawing and Mr. Baldwin, M. W. Mrs. Wetherbee continuing the business. Curtiss, May Miss --Mrs. Timothy Brooks, a venerable and highly Chapman S. E. Miss esteemed lady of Painesville died at her Kirby, Julia Kirby residence on Mentor Ave., Tuesday night. Lapham, Lida Miss --Mrs. Boardman Lane, of Waterloo, N. Y., has McCartey, Nellie Miss been in the city a number of days, called here by Peters, C. A. Mrs. the illness of her father Mr. J. B. Mosher. Palmer, Clara Mrs. --Mr. & Mrs. W. G. Hawkins, (Nellie Doolittle), Yound, Jenny have possession of a nice baby daughter, a few Wright, E. Mrs. days old. Gentlemen --Rev. W. L Davidson, pastor of the Methodist Allen, A. J. Church, Painesville, visited his parents in Cos, S. S. Mr. Jefferson this week. Green, M. E. --Charles A. Wilcox, Charles J. Converse, and Hupe Frierich Edward E. Rich have been designated as Hurlburt, Bro weighers of the mails on the Lake Shore road. Hawkens, Marion --J. H. Taylor resigned the appointment of Hogg, James Administrator of the estate of the late Daniel James, Albert Thompson. A. A. Amidon Esq. has been Keunie, Tommy appointed in his place. Myers, William --Mrs. George B. Pratt, of Chicago, is visiting her Mead, H. T. aunt, Mrs. Horace Steele. Robinson, J. L. --Mrs. Harriet W. Beard died at the home of her Sionnberg, Gustua sister, Mrs. W. C. Chambers, St. Clair street, Tuesday night, age 69. She was the oldest Local Brevities daughter of the late Capt. James & Mrs. Harriet --Mr. J. B. Mosher, who has been seriously ill for Beard, and sister of the artists, James H. and W. a couple of weeks, is convalescing. H. Beard, of New York. --Mrs. J. S. Stewart, nee Kate Harrison, of --Mrs. R. K Paige is visiting her son, Hon. David R. Newark, N. J., is visiting Mrs. J. L. Pierson, South Paige, in Washington. Street. --Mr. Geo. Abbey, of North East LeRoy, who has --Mr. C. N. Jaberg has disposed of his bakery to been out of health for some months, called at Mr. Quelosk, of Cleveland. the Telegraph office to renew his subscription. --Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Green, of New York, --A Leap-year party was given by Miss Bertha were in the city last week, the guests of Mr. & Sherwood Wed. of last week. Twenty young Mrs. R. S. Wood. ladies and gentlemen attended. --Mrs. F. Gates, of Washington street, is again --Mr. & Mrs. J. L. Parmly are home from spending confined to her room by illness. the winter in Florida. Mr. Parmly and Mr. W. L. Baker, of this city, have an orange grove of ten

53 © J. Stebbins 2020 Mar. 13, 1884 LeRoy acres at Orlando with 100 trees which are --Loren Taylor has moved to Painesville. bearing this year. --Edward Lapham has moved on to the farm belonging to T. W. Harvey. Common Pleas Court --Arthur Beardsley has commenced work at --The case of August G. Hatry vs Painesville & Bowhall’s nursery. Youngstown Railroad was decided adverse to the --Mr. & Mrs. John Keim, of Paine’s Hollow had a claim of Hatry. 12 lb. baby boy last week. --Henry Kellogg plead guilty to grand larceny and --Mr. Otis Warner, one of the pioneers of LeRoy was sentenced to the penitentiary for one year. is 84 yrs. old and in good health, but is entirely --State vs Dan. O. Carter, nolled. blind. --State vs. McCrone, continued bail, $5,000. --Edward Baker (second son of Mrs. E. A. Baker) with his wife left for Kansas last week. Real Estate Transfers --Mr. Enoch Beardsley, of Huntsburg, married Madison Miss Eva Nye in our town last week Thursday. Soden, Louisa J. --Mr. & Mrs. James Wright, early settlers of Scott, Monroe N. LeRoy, are both in feeble health. Bliss, Zenas --F. Steiner, who has lived in LeRoy nearly two Boyd, Edward C. years, will return to Cleveland to follow his old Boyd, Fanny trade, a carpenter. Kellogg H. E. --Died at the home of his grandparents, Mr. & st Jones, J. H. Mrs. S. Ostrander, March 1 , Eliot Crafts, age 4 Painesville yrs., 2 mos. Rust, Abigail --Election of officers for the Earnest Workers for Rust, Truman the next six months: Severance, Martha Olds, Henry Mrs. President Little, Lydia A. M. Stearns, Perry Mrs. Vice-Pres. Palmer, Lidora L. Crowder, R. Mrs. Secretary LeRoy Olds, Levi Treasurer Uden, William Board of Directors: Wood, Joseph Pitkin, F. Mrs. Willoughby Root, M. Mrs. Tompkins, Frank L. Stearns, Ora Miss Clark, Laura M. Willoughby King, Joseph S. --Died in Willoughby, Feb. 27, 1884, Mrs. Olive Presby, A. F. Ferguson, of paralysis, age 79. --Charles Tryon is hauling material for a new Madison dwelling house on his farm on Waite Hill. --Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Herrick, of Westfield, Mass, --Mrs. J. A. Dodd is somewhat better in health are visiting friends in town. but her mind is very much impaired. --Mr. B. A. Hayden, of Cleveland, spent the --Dr. Geo. W. Pease, formerly of this place died Sabbath at home. last Thursday at Wayland, Mich., in a spasm, age --Mr. Daniel Potter and Miss Florence Harrington 43 yrs. were married at the home of the bride’s parents --O. S. Tryon, of this village, likes a daily walk of a last Tuesday. There will be a reception on March mile at age 94. He is residing with his son H. G. 13. Tryon, a commercial agent. --Miss Alma Little is visiting at W. J. Ford’s. --Charles Richardson has gone to Kansas on a prospecting tour.

54 © J. Stebbins 2020 Mar. 13, 1884 --Mr. John Scribner has moved his household --Julius Armstrong has raised the frame to his goods to Blackbrook where they intend to make house on Wilson street. a home. --S. Hart, of Kansas, has rented Dr. Sherman’s --Mr. Albert Griswold was sick a long time, then place at Gates Mills and will move his family his wife, and now two of the children are sick there. with pneumonia. --Mrs. E. A. Martin has moved to Chardon. --Mrs. O. A. Dean and babies have been spending --“Capt.” Gibbons has sold out his interest in the some time, previous to moving to East firm of Gibbons Bros. to Barney Gibbons, and will Cleveland, with Mrs. E. N. Hyde. go to Nebraska. --Mrs. Frank Hopkins has been with her daughter in Ashland for some time. Kirtland --Mrs. Frank Hayes is quite sick with diphtheria. --Myron Bond is sojourning in Kirtland. --Arthur Coe was in town this morning. North East LeRoy --Wright Pierson has returned from Lebanon, O., --Mr. H. Osborn has sold his farm to Mr. W. A. where he has been attending school. Cone --Mr. & Mrs. H. O. Wells visited friends in --Mrs. Will Cowin has gone to Cleveland to Madison. receive medical treatment. --The ladies in the vicinity of the Temple pieced --The social at the home of C. M. Balch for Rev. together a quilt for Mrs. E. L. Kelley, and the H. Steves was a success. We noticed present ladies on the flats did one also. Someone added from Thompson were: Dr. & Mrs. D. Proctor, Mr. the idea of easy chairs and albums for them and & Mrs. C. Matthews; from the Gore, F. Griswold a splendid neighborhood party was held at Mr. and Mr. Geo Abbey Sr., who had been sick nearly Kelley’s Sat. night with lots of good food. all last summer. Hambden South Thompson --Mr. Erwin Searl and Miss Lillian Smith were --Chester Crowder is quite sick. married at the residence of the bride’s uncle, S. --Mr. Gilbert Hart is now confined to his bed with F. Mead. inflammatory rheumatism. --Miss Emma Searl, of LeRoy, has been seriously --Mr. Michael Powers is reported to be in a dying ill several weeks. condition with consumption. --Mr. John Cutts is still confined to his bed most --Mr. Finnery has finally gotten settled on the of the time. Morehouse farm. --Mr. T. Patrick may rent his farm for the coming Obituary rd season. Died is West Mentor, March 3 , 1884, Helen --Mr. & Mrs. John Morse, from Chardon center Reynolds, age 22 yrs., daughter of O. C. and spent the Sabbath at her father’s, Mr. S. Spencer, Rosette Reynolds. She was born in Otley, Marion and her brother, Milford returned with them to Co., Iowa, but lived 19 yrs. of her life in Mentor. assist them in moving to Claridon. She leaves a father, mother, three sisters and a brother. Willoughby Plains --Mrs. Curtis Brown is no better. Capt. John F. Morse --Mr. & Mrs. M. V. Palmer have come from the Correction to information. He was the first th th west to stay with his father, Mr. Earl Palmer. Captain of Co. F, 29 , O.V.I. Not the 49 as was --Mrs. Maud Kinnebaugh is with her parents, Mr. reported. & Mrs. A. Hanson. Her husband is expected soon and they will make a home on the plains.

55 © J. Stebbins 2020 Mar. 13, 1884 of iron weighed 262 lbs., only two pounds more Died than required. This is considered an unusual feat. --At the home of her daughter, Mrs. Woodworth, Warren Chronicle Warren, Ill., Feb. 11th, 1884, Mrs. Catherine Babb__ , age 85 years. p. 3 Letters unclaimed at the Painesville P. O. as --In LeRoy, March 1st at the home of his of March 19, 1884: grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. S. Ostrander, Eliot W. Ladies Crafts, only child of Cyrus L. and Lucile Crafts, age Freons, Patrick Mrs. 4 yrs., 2 mos. Green, Jennie Miss Guthrie, Helen Miss For Rent Gortham, Vernie, Mrs. For two or three years, my residence on Mentor Harington, Mary Mrs. Ave., Painesville, O, with 10 acres of land. A. D. Hiland, M. A. Miss Sturges Monger, Carrie J. Miss An Ordinance McClary, Jennie Miss The street heretofore known as Rider Road is Ryan, Mary Miss changed to Walnut Avenue. Safford, Kate L. Miss For Sale West, Dette Mrs. J. J. Thomson, Lane Station, is selling cows and Wright, Delia Miss sheep. Gentlemen Horses for Sale Barnes, Ford Two horses for sale. James McCue, Painesville Barnard, George Mr. Cullender, C. Mar. 20, 1884 Thursday Fisher, Frederick Mr. Martin, J. L. p. 1 State and Neighborhood Smith, G A. --Benjamin Shouts, age 78, of Bellefontaine was Talcott, Dan fatally injured by a saw log rolling on him. Willis, George --Mr. James Doran, Ashtabula’s popular marksman, has accepted an invitation to be The Estate of Gursham Pope present at the Tournament to be held in Chicago, W. H. Pope is the adm. of Gursham Pope, next May. deceased late of Madison, Lake Co., Ohio. --B. B. Blood sold a pair of steers, 3 yrs. old, last week for $154.80. Standard Local Brevities --Jas. P. Baldwin, the wealthy farmer of Newton --Oil has been struck in Middlefield at the depth Falls, who was on trial at Warren last week for of 230 feet. burglary and grand larceny was found guilty. --Mrs. John Norton, of Lockport, Ill., is visiting --During one the showers over this city yesterday Mrs. S. R. King. afternoon, a stone weighing about 2 lbs. Was --Mr. Bert Vaughn has been appointed assistant seen to fall near Fish & Silliman’s grist mill and is train dispatcher at Youngstown. now in the possession of A. C. Town. This is a nut --Miss Nellie G. Foley is home from her visit with for some aspiring scientist to crack. Ashtabula friends in Erie. Advance --Mr. C. A. Avery is home after several months in --At New Philadelphia the Goshen Iron Co. England and Scotland. required a lump of iron puddled for a special --Mrs. Dr. Fowler, of South street, gives a Ladies’ purposed not to weigh less than 260 lbs. and as Tea Party this afternoon in honor of Mrs. J. S. little over that weight as possible. Wm. Dineen, Stewart, of Newark, N. J. of Cleveland, was solicited for the task. The ball

56 © J. Stebbins 2020 Mar. 20, 1884 state, while his sister, Myrtle, takes his place as --Mrs. Nettie L. Somner, of Cleveland, was in the weather observer. city a short time last week, the guest of Miss --Mr. Joseph Tuttle, of Concord, father of Judge Bartlett, of St. Clair street. G. N. Tuttle, of this city, who has been ill with --Gov. Hoadly has set apart April 18 as “tree congestion of the lungs, is reported comfortable, day,” and recommends the people of the State but scarcely convalescent. He is one of the to plant forest trees on that day. oldest pioneers of this county, having lived on th --Geo. Blackmore resigned his position in the the same farm for 67 years. He is now in his 88 store of W. F. Smith and accepted a position in a year. wholesale drug house in Cleveland. --Mr. A. D. Work broke his ankle Sunday --Mrs. J. E. Gray, age 64, died this morning of afternoon in the lane back of his bakery. congestion of the lungs. Her husband and son --Mrs. C. H. Allen, of Washington Avenue, are both absent in the west. assisted by her daughter, Miss Mary Allen, gave --Hon. Peter Hitchcock has become proprietor a handsome dinner last week in honor of Miss and editor of the Burton Leader. W. J. Ford, its Minnie Newington. There were present: former owner, is about to go west. Dr. & Mrs. Newington, --Mrs. C. M. Wheeler, of Marquette, Michigan, Mr. & Mrs. W. L. G. B. Allen will be the guest of Mrs. Augustus Hine, of Mr. Frederick L. Goodwin, of New York Mentor Ave. Major Ewing --Two more of Lake County’s pioneers have died Mr. Henry Newington the past week: Col. Erastus Crocker, of North From the St. Louis Globe Democrat Madison, and Elbridge O. Warner, of Unionville. --D. L. Holcomb has disposed of his farm and Death of Dr. Baker embarked on the mercantile trade at Madison. Dr. H. H. Baker died at the residence of his father, --It is expected that Mr. Henry A. Warren’s family Mr. Olmstead Baker, in Perry, last Sunday. The of Cleveland, will pass the summer in Painesville. deceased had been in a successful practice in It speaks well for the city that so many people Cleveland for the last 12 yrs. and was a valued who have formerly lived here, return for the correspondent of the Telegraph. He was 42 yrs. warm season. old and unmarried. --Gen. Casement took his nephew, Gray Casement with him to Arizona. Capt. Watmough, Willoughby Plains of Cleveland, also took his young son. --Mrs. C. J. Richardson is at Conneaut visiting her --Mr. W. H. Chidester, of the firm of Wetherbee parents. & Chidester, retired and accepted a position with --Miss Alice Griswold is expected to teach the Messrs. Baldwin, Hatch & Co., of Cleveland. spring term at the school in District No. 1. --Mr. & Mrs. Fred Preston, of Evansville, Indiana, --Mrs. Curtis Brown died. She had been sick for had a boy on March 13, 1884 and weighed over about 4 weeks. She was born in Genoa, N. Y., in 10 lbs. 1810 and moved to Ohio in 1827. Her maiden --Mr. W. F. Potts, of LeRoy, is very low and his name was Lydia Stephens and she married Mr. recovery is doubtful. He is one of the old Curtis Brown soon after she came to Willoughby. residents of that township. She leaves 3 sons, Arthur L., Orin H., and Samuel --Mr. O. D. Howe, of Table Rock, Nebraska, is a W. She was buried on the Plains by the side of son of Mr. E. D. Howe, of this city. Mr. Howe’s her husband. son, Eddie, has been the state weather reporter of that section for several years, and also Perry reporter for the Signal Service at Washington, --Dr. Horace Baker, son of O. Baker of South but is now attending school at Lincoln, in that Ridge, died at his father’s on Sunday.

57 © J. Stebbins 2020 Mar. 20, 1884 --Mr. Hiram Maltby has sold his place on West --Daniel Shepard, one of the old residents is but Main street, to Mrs. Eliza Cranston, of your city. just alive; has been failing for more than a year. --S. P. Searl, of West Main street, has sold a --Moses Thompson celebrated his 84th birthday house and lot to Mrs. Lucia Bullard. at his residence last Saturday. He still enjoys --O. C. Pinney has exchanged his house and lot driving his own horse to the store and post on Burrows street, for Cleveland property. office. --Our worthy Mayor, W. Foster, met with an --C. W. Clark, having let out his farm on the South accident Monday when he was thrown from his Ridge, has, with his wife and youngest son, cutter, his collar bone broken and his face located for the present at Lebo, Reno Co., considerably bruised. Kansas. --Chas. Edwin contemplates making a trip west Kirtland as far as Kansas and perhaps Nebraska, early in --Miss Minnie Manly is so unwell as to be obliged April. to give up her school. --R. P. Dewey has bought a lot near E. T. Mellins Madison from C. C. St. John and will put up a dwelling --Mr. A. B. Childs has returned from Kansas house. where he has been spending the winter. --Miss Euridice Kimball is visiting friends in South Thompson Painesville. --Chester Crowder is convalescing. --Mrs. J. G. Fraser and daughter have returned --Geo. Jackson and daughter, Hattie, from from a visit in Toledo. Chester, visited his aged parents in this place last --Alfred W. English, our barber, has been taking week. a short vacation visiting friends out of town. --J. E. Foskett has a writing class at the school. --Mr. M. A. Boyer and wife are in town. --Col. Crocker, an old and respected citizen of Geauga County North Madison is dead. --On Saturday, Reed Post, G. A. R. occupied its --Mr. H. P. Allen’s favorite horse, Orrin, died. new rooms in the third story of the court house --Mrs. Hattie Beckwith, of Kingsville, is visiting for the first time. The post has over 50 members. with Mrs. H. C. Ensign. --Alva Hewitt was sentenced to 10 days in jail and --Miss Mamie Beach is back from a short visit to to pay a fine of $200 and costs. His offense was Geneva. furnishing liquor to a minor. Considerable --Mrs. Alma Forbes and son, of Cleveland, are feeling is being manifested in the county because visiting her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Teachout. the sheriff allows him the freedom of the town. --Mrs. Jennie Preston is the teacher in the school --C. M. Riddle & Co. are running their handle west of town. factory night and day. They are receiving orders --W. W. Branch Jr. has exchanged his mill from large manufacturers from Vermont to property near the depot with Mr. Frank Gill, of California. South Madison, for his farm. --The following persons from this county have --Next Thursday, Miss Grace Hall and Mr. J. Craig been summoned as jurors for the April term of Boyd will be married at the home of the bride’s the U. S. Court at Cleveland: A. T. Wing, C. L. parents, Dr. & Mrs. Hall. Taylor, N. D. Smith, C. P. Bail and J. W. Collins. Willoughby Geneva --W. H. Johnson is very sick with pneumonia. --Dr. D. G. Palmer has returned from his --C. D. Clark Esq. is having a cellar dug on this lot European trip. next to the new block, preparatory to putting up a new building.

58 © J. Stebbins 2020 Mar. 20, 1884 --A daughter of Mrs. Nobles, of Geneva, is --Dr. G. W. Storm is still confined to his house visiting at Mr. Albert Williams’. with heart disease. --H. G. Lyon has returned from New York. Perry --Miss Sarah Greer is at Oberlin College and her --Mrs. Joe Crofoot is very sick. mother made her a visit last week. --Will Kewish, son of L. L. Kewish is very sick. --Milton Bond, a lumberman, who failed by Mentor endorsing for another person, was in town last --The remains of Mr. J. P. Youngman, of week. Cleveland, were brought to Mentor on Sat. and --Mrs. Craig, a lady in the employ of Mrs. W. C. placed in the vault for interment. He was a Andrews, goes to New York this week. relative of Mr. E. Cadle and came to this country --H. D. Post has become night flagman at the from Suffolk, England, only two years ago. He crossing of the L. S. & M. S. Ry. on Erie street. died March 13, 1884. --Mrs. Lydia S., the widow of the late Curtis --Frank Corning has gone to Tennessee. Brown, of Willoughby Plains, died on Monday of --Miss Addie Jordan is visiting relatives in last week age 75 yrs. Ashtabula. --Myron D. Law, of Philadelphia, made a visit to --Mr. Frank Abbott, of Titusville, was in town last his parents last week. week. --Bradley Wilson Esq., of Grand Rapids. --Mrs. Fred Parmele is still in Titusville, Pa. Michigan, is in town on a visit to his sister, Mrs. --Mr. & Mrs. Orando Sawyer entertained a large Sarah Wilson. company Monday in honor of Mr. Sawyer’s --John Storm, of Chester, who is 80 yrs. old, is birthday. very sick and not expected to live. --Surprise parties were given this week by the --The workmen on the Harkness gas well have young people to Miss Lizzie Wilson and Rev. stuck a supply of gas so great they have stopped Hendryx. drilling waiting for Mr. Harkness to return from --Mr. John Lapham is about to start for Kansas to California, for further orders. make a home. His family will soon join him. --Mr. David Galloway has rented the Stephen Hambden Hart homestead for a year. --Mr. & Mrs. Charles Mosher visited in Hambden --Miss Nellie King has gone to Tiffin for several last week and reported Rev. James Shields very months. low. His son, a lad of 12 or 14, is also very ill. --Fred Hart is home from his studies at Hudson --Mr. Wm. Radcliff has sold his farm to a stranger due to sickness. who has just moved in, and Mr. Radcliff will --Charles Viall and also Fred Grier have gone into move to the Centre. business in Cleveland. --Mr. House, our new blacksmith, will move this --The funeral of Mrs. Loveland was Friday at the week to Chardon. We had hoped he would home of her daughter, Mrs. Edwin Ingersoll, on remain with us. Jackson street. --Mr. John Cutts is better. --Miss Addie Jordan is visiting friends in --Mr. Daniel Eaton is quite ill. Saybrook. --Mrs. Dr. Luse, who has been very ill, is South Madison somewhat better. --Mr. A. J. Whiting & Son have nearly 500 saw --Miss Mary Tarball was given a surprise party by logs in their mill yard. her young friends last Friday evening. Miss Lizzie --Miss Carrie Hill of Hambden, has been visiting Wilson was similarly afflicted the next night. relatives in this section. These entertainments are all the rage here; have been forty more or less already.

59 © J. Stebbins 2020 Mar. 20, 1884 Gale Plows - G. F. Callender has the agency for --Messrs. Parker and Rexford have the sugar Gale Plows. bush owned by Capt. Burridge, for this year and For Sale - Ice wagon and tools, plow, cultivator, are doing well. double harness and side saddle. L. Smith, 32 --Mrs. Harriet Dickey has been very poorly all Mentor Ave. winter but seems to be improving. For Rent - M. F. Lynch Jr., Jackson St. has a Large --Old father Gray will be 104 yrs. old this year. house and barn with six acres of land for rent. For Rent - H. Woodworth is renting his tenant Married house to a good man with a small family. March 19th, Mr. Benjamin Everell, of Richmond, Instantaneous Photography – D. R. Davis, and Miss Martha W. Merrill, of Painesville. Painesville Died Pear Scions - for sale by A. Webster, Painesville --In North Madison, Feb. 23, 1884 of pneumonia, James Raplee, age 87 yrs. He was born in New Estate of John F. Morse – B. F. Morse is executor Jersey and moved his family to Ohio in 1832, of John F. Morse, deceased, late of Painesville, living in North Madison and vicinity ever since. Lake Co., Ohio. --At Fairport, Feb. 14, 1844, Cornelius Maddock Jr., youngest son of the late Captain Maddock, of An Ordinance – To change the name of the Detroit, Mich. He was born in Quebec, Canada street known as Rider Road to Walnut Avenue. J and came to Detroit with his parents at the age B. Burrows, Mayor of 18. Two years ago, he entered the Life Saving Service at Fairport. He contracted a severe cold Mar. 27, 1884 Thursday when rescuing a schooner off the Headlands p. 1 Pioneer History of Edward Spencer Munson from which he eventually died. He leaves a wife He was the sixth child and third son in this family and daughter and will be buried in the cemetery born on Aug. 2, 1808. He was 13 yrs. old a few at Painesville. days after the arrival of his father’s family in Mentor. His father having purchased the Durell Card of Thanks lot as it was called, and on which he lived the rest Mrs. E. M. Warner, E. N. Warner, and A. E. of his life, proposed to Edward to take the east Warner thank Mr. Delong Bates and the others part of the lot and finish payment on the original who sang on the occasion of their great purchase. He married Miss Sophia Cowee Jan. 1, bereavement. 1837. She was born in Hampden, Geauga Co., Bull for Sale -- F. Woodhead, of Perry, O., has a July 11, 1820. Her father, Capt. Andrew Cowee, Durham bull for sale. was born in Warren, Worcester Co., Mass. in Place for Sale – M. W. Foshay has 19.5 acres for 1784. In 1805 he left Mass. and came to sale, 7 miles from Painesville on the old plank Hampden at that time called Bondstown, named road. after Solomon Bond, of Enfield, Conn., one of the Eggs – J. F. & D. D. Casement have eggs for sale. original proprietors of the township. Andrew Farm for Sale- E. S. Colgrove is selling his farm Cowee and Miss Elizabeth Bond were married due to poor health. Sixty acres, good buildings Dec. 12, 1805 by Shadruch Ruark, J. P. They had and good fruit. Close to Painesville. one child, Betsey, who married Lemuel Fobes For Sale – Cow; D. W. Pike, LeRoy, has a new and moved to the west were Mr. Fobes died milch cow for sale. many years ago. Her mother died when she was Lost Pup – Henry Gardner has lost a white pup an infant. Mr. Cowee’s second wife, Miss with black spots on the head, long hair. Part Tipporah Hill, was a native of Granby, Conn. They Shepherd and part Scotch terrier. Reward. were married Dec. 3, 1807, in Windsor. In 1802, Capt. Cowee came to Concord and bought a

60 © J. Stebbins 2020 Mar. 27, 1884 --The clergymen of Youngstown have agreed to farm. Capt. Cowee died May 29, 1843, age 61. marry no divorced person unless the ground of Mrs. T. H. Cowee died Feb. 13, 1861, age 77. divorce was adultery. Their youngest daughter, Elvira, married Lyman --Mrs. Mary Turner, of Pierpont, was tipped from Nye and occupies the Cowee homestead. her wagon on Sunday and had both arms broken. Edward Munson and wife had a daughter and a --Mr. H. M. Pomeroy, formerly of the Ashtabula son, both have families and the son, Spencer News office, has secured a position in the Munson and family are residing on the farm with government printing office at a salary of $100 a his mother at this time. Cortentia C. Munson month. married Mr. Amzi Atwater and resides in Indiana. --Peter Meyer, a veteran at the Soldiers’ Home, Mr. Edward Spenser Munson died of congestion Dayton was murdered and robbed for his of the lungs, April 22, 1878, age 70 yrs. He was month’s pension which he had just drawn. the son of Ashbel and Caudase (Spencer) --An oil still in the works of Merriam & Morgan, Munson and was born Aug. 2, 1808. In 1821, he Cleveland, exploded Wed. last week killing left his native town of Middlebury with his August Fisher, William Stohlman, and August father’s family, June 6 and reached Mentor July Gunther. The still house and still were 21, 1821. He was 13 yrs. old at the time. Of the destroyed. Munson family, who left Middlebury, but two --Peter Gebhart, a young man of Dayton, was are now living, Huldah, eldest daughter, Mrs. killed when his gun accidentally discharged Wilson; and Clarissa, Mrs. Pronson [Bronson], taking off half of his face. the youngest daughter. --Philemena Belleman, of Dayton, is suing Monroe Case for $5,000 for breach of promise. A Big Skeleton Article detailing what was found in a large p. 2 col. 5 Letter from E. P. Branch – Salem, mound in West Virginia. It was 50’ high and on Oregon, March 14, 1884 Col. B. H. Smith’s farm. A house 12’ x 10’ high had He writes of Pasadena, California, and meeting been erected over the remains of a chief and Mr. & Mrs. Ed. Farris and Mrs. Bradley and other men. They found a skeleton which daughters, formerly of Mentor, also Mr. C. H. measured 7’ in height and 19” across the Watts another from Lake County. They all talk shoulders. The whole was covered by dirt which oranges as naturally as a Perry man talks onions. formed the mound. Each man had been buried in a bark coffin. Charleston (W. Va.) Call p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as th of March 26 , 1884: State and Neighborhood Ladies --The Franklin House at Fostoria was burned Cawley, Maggie Miss Friday morning. Garrett, Maggie Miss --Lewis Gilbert, of Wayne, has been taken to Gray, Delia Miss Newburgh asylum. Jackson, M. A. Mrs. --A new cheese factory is being built at Footville, Summer, Joseph Mrs. Ashtabula Co. Tuttle, Mary --John Wilhelm, a pioneer of Wooster, died last West, S. A. Mrs. week at the age of 74. White, Lizzie Miss --Henry H. Wiley, a Jefferson youth of 20, is Wright, Ada Ewart Mrs. under arrest for forgery. Gentlemen --Horatio Mills, age 78, a pioneer of Cuyahoga Babbitt, Warren Co., was buried at Chagrin Falls last week. Basquin, Oliver Mr. Becket, W. K. Bennett, A.

61 © J. Stebbins 2020 Mar. 27, 1884 --Mr. W. C. Reed, of the firm of Wilson & Reed Baine, J. M. has been confined to his room at the Stockwell Carey, J. F. House by illness for the past two weeks. Davis, James Mr. --The Garfield Badge (shooting contest) has gone Fowler, Arville Mr. to Girard, Pa., having been won last Sat. by J. M. Gray, M. E. George of that town. Grout, R. --Mr. Geo. P. Kinney, of Chicago, was in town a Randall, J. H. few days this week visiting old friends. He is the Rogers, Henry Clary senior member of the firm of Kinney & Co., Root, Solomon Mr. manufacturers and wholesale dealers in Wheeler, John Mr. perfumery at 48 and 50 State street, Chicago. --The Forest City House, in Cleveland, corner of Local Brevities Superior street and the Park is very popular with --Mrs. V. B. Ayers, from Perry, has opened dress the traveling public. making rooms over Judson & Smart’s store. --Mr. & Mrs. George R. Cowles have been on the --Mrs. Horace Steele, of Painesville, was a sick list for the last two weeks. favorite niece of the late Mrs. Hannah Ward --col. 4 Mrs. E. P. Branch was in the city Thursday Ingersoll. and was the guest of Mrs. J. S. Casement at --Mrs. J. B. Collacott, of Jackson street, gave a 5 Jennings place. Her niece, Miss Julia Gibbons, of o’clock tea to her lady friends Friday. Florida, has been a student at Lake Erie Seminary --Marriage and death announcements are the past year. inserted in our columns free, but we cannot be expected to run after them. In Memoriam --Dr. Sherwood is putting up a new and Death of Mrs. Hannah Ward Ingersoll handsome iron fence. Mrs. Hannah Ward Ingersoll, having relatives --Mr. Geo. P. Burridge will open at his old stand and many friends residing here, died at the home the Narrow-Gauge Store, April 7th, a new stock of of her niece Mrs. Dr. Brinkerhoff, in Fremont, groceries. March 22, 1884. She was 84 yrs. old. Her --Mrs. W. H. Turner brought in a bunch of lovely remains were taken to Willoughby and placed in pure white English wood violets, early harbingers the vault. of Spring. --Joseph M. Jackson, of Farmington, died last Another Pioneer Gone Thursday. He was a member of the 17th O.V.I. Died at his home in LeRoy, Lake Co., March 23, and was wounded at the battel of Cynthians, a 1884, of typhoid pneumonia, William F. Potts, portion of his lower jaw being carried away. age 75 yrs. He was a native of Egremont, Mass., --Mrs. Martha Curtiss is located at the Stockwell from which place he removed in the spring of House. 1839 and came to Ohio settling on the farm on --Robert B. Dennis, age 60, a prominent attorney which he has ever since resided. He leaves three of Cleveland, died Sunday of erysipelas. children; Benjamin W. and Samuel J. residing in --Mrs. Geo. B. Pratt, who has been the guest of LeRoy, and a daughter, Maria S., now Mrs. her cousin, Mr. R. K. Paige the past week, will Teachout, residing in White Cloud Michigan. return to her home in Chicago on Friday. Mrs. Potts died some ten years ago. --George C., son or Mrs. C. C. Pease, of Washington street, has gone to Northfield, LeRoy Minn., to enter Carlton College as a student. He --Frank Barnard, of Cleveland, formerly of will be in the vicinity of his uncles, Mr. Hudson Windsor, Ashtabula Co., is visiting friends and Wilson and Mr. Lauren Pease. relatives in this town.

62 © J. Stebbins 2020 Mar. 27, 1884 First Division: --Frank Rogers, of Collinwood, formerly of Graydon, C. M. Mrs.- Pres. Concord, has moved on the farm owned by Ben Russell, M. Miss – Vice Pres. Fox. King, F. Miss – Sec. --Mrs. Joel Crofoot and little Willie Kewish, who Second Division: were both sick with congestion of the lungs, are Young, C. B. Mrs. – Pres. improving. Rutland, J. Miss – Vice Pres. --Mrs. Clark Huston is very low, and is not King, F. Miss – Sec. expected to live but a short time. --Mr. Harry Ellen, of Northeast, Pa., was in town visiting his brother Sunday. Mentor --Byron W. Damon, a graduate of Ann Arbor --Mr. John Russell, who has been very sick, is Medical School, has gone to Chattanooga, Tenn., improving. to reside. --Mr. Elliot Luse, of Orange, accompanied by his --G. E. Irwin’s residence at Wilson’s Mills burned niece, Miss Mamie Luse, visited the family of his to the ground Sunday night. brother Dr. L. H. Luse, last week. --Wm. Maloney, the blacksmith, died on Sunday --Mrs. Leslie Root is very poorly, and has not night of consumption of the stomach, age 50 yrs. seemed to gain much since her return from He leaves a large family. Virginia. --Miss Allie Kniffin, of LeRoy, has been spending South Thompson a little time with her aunt, Mrs. James Prouty. --Mrs. William Sober is on the sick list. --Miss Inez Delong is visiting friends in Canfield --Emory Perkins will remain with Albert and Aurora. Burroughs the coming season. --Mr. George Tarball and family are moving to --William Kennedy will assist Mr. G. Stickney this Madison. year and learn the milling business. --The Aldrich farm is to be under the care of Mr. --Mr. John Green, of Cleveland, is spending a few James Fitch, who will move into the tenant days with his mother, Mrs. F. Henrettie, of this house vacated by Mr. Tarball. place before going west to make his future --Mr. C. Nowlan has been sick all winter but is home. better now. --Word was brought last night to Mrs. Winterstein and Mrs. E. Morehouse that their Willoughby sister, Mrs. R. Loomis, of Huntsburg, had passed --Last Sat., Mrs. Hannah Ingersoll (nee Ward) of away. She died yesterday. this village died of dropsy at Fremont, age 76 yrs. --Thos. Boyce has purchased of Dea. T. S. Madison Harbach, the lot on which his blacksmith shop --W. W. Branch Jr. will move to Painesville soon stands. to engage in manufacturing fire kindlers. --George Law, son of David, has two weeks’ --Due to the severe illness of Dr. J. C. Winans, his vacation at home. son, Vernie, has returned home from Wisconsin. --Dexter Damon was able, last week, to go to the He had his leg broken in a runaway lately and the post office for his mail. doctors fear it may prove fatal. --D. J. Sherman, Esq., editor of the Ashtabula --Mrs. Green, the colored lady who lived on the Standard and a brother of Judge Sherman, was Middle Ridge, died last week and was buried in town last week. Friday. --S. W. Phelps and family intend to move to this Thompson place. --N. Snedekor and S. N. Barnes have both --Officers chosen Presbyterian Society of Ladies: purchased new evaporators and are making sugar .

63 © J. Stebbins 2020 Mar. 27, 1884 --Mrs. Oliver Smith, nee Nettie Hutchens, of with comparatively little work as compared with Oberlin, died. She was a former teacher in the former years. high school. She died in Central, Ill., and her --John Plank is moving into what is known as the remains were brought to her old home for burial. Cooper house this week. A. J. Bliss expects to --Mrs. Leslie H. Root has been suffering with move into F. Warren’s house at the south side of malaria for the past two weeks which she the public square soon. contracted in the climate of Virginia. --Capt. Stocking will build a new house for Chas. --Miss Leona Worcester has in charge the high Moseley this season. school department; Miss Addie E. Merrill, the --The contract to build the new M. E. Church has intermediate, and Miss Jessie Griffith, the been given to Albert M. Stocking, second son of primary. the Captain. The Captain has four boys following --Mr. & Mrs. John W. Tyler were given a surprise th th the same trade. party on the 17 for their 15 wedding --Some history of the Old Church. It was anniversary. Mr. E. T. C. Aldrich gave his sister a organized in 1829 by Rev. Caleb Brown, Dr half dozen silver spoons. Emory, Uncle Luther Davis and others at the --Herman Singletary, of Cleveland, was in town house of Dr. Emory, which is now the east visiting Edward Munson. portion of the hotel of M. L. Ernst. A house near --Addie Calwell has been retained for another the northeast corner of the public square was five months to teach in District No. 7. used by Baptists and Methodists every other week alternating for holding their meetings. In Married th 1845, the present building was erected. Otis March 18 , Mr. Benjamin H. Averill, of Howe gave the location and the timber. Josiah Richmond, and Miss Martha W. Merrill, of Wheaton put up the frame. Some old members Painesville. of the church: Brown, Caleb Mentor Headlands Crawford, John --Miss Dell Graham is home from Cleveland Davis, Luther where she spent the winter. Jenks, Stephen --Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Brooks have been seriously Proctor, Aaron sick with malaria fever and bronchitis. Emory, George --Mr. & Mrs. John Scribner have recently moved Howe, Otis into one of the cottages belonging to the U S. L. Goodrich, Charles S. S. in which he will be employed this season. Atkin, John --Little Gracie Brooks, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Cotton, James Eugene Brooks, is sick. Tilly, John --A surprise party was given to Mr. & Mrs. Zeba Glass, John French, of Black Brook, Friday evening. Some of the pastors: Flowers, Josiah Silver Wedding Warner, B. C. --The friends of Mr. & Mrs. L. B. Riker, of this city, Eddy, Ira Rev. planned and carried out a surprise party on th Steeve, H. L. (present pastor) March 22 for the 25 wedding anniversary of Mr. & Mrs. Riker. Among the guests were: West Mentor Mr. & Mrs. W. B. Straight, of Hudson --George Gunn is off again for the far west, this Mr. & Mrs. C. A. Shaw, of Canton time for Montana. Mr. H. K. Riker, of Warren Credit for the party is largely due to Mrs. G. H. Huntington and Mrs. W. H. Turner.

64 © J. Stebbins 2020 Mar. 27, 1884 --A blacksmith in Akron, Wm. Schultz, had his eye For Rent - A Lot on Jackson Street. Mrs. J. S. burned out when a point of hot lead flew into it. Andrews. --A seven-year old daughter of G. A. Budd, of For Sale - John House, Painesville, has a new Elyria, during a birthday party, Thursday, fell in house, barn and six acres of land for sale. the river and drowned. Holstein Cattle – For sale by R. D. Updegraff, of --Moses H. Kirby, supposed to be the oldest Bedford, Ohio. Mason living, had the Red Cross, Malta, and Tree Beans – For sale by J. S Churchward, Knight Templar degrees conferred upon him at Painesville and F. W. Hull, Perry Marion last Thursday. He is 86 yrs. old and was House for Rent – A. A. Amidon has a house on St. made a mason in 1820 in North Carolina. Clair street for rent, occupied by Mr. A. Markham --Daniel Lenstermaker, near Dayton, O., was for the past three years. buried under several tons of straw when a stack overturned. They dug the man out but it is The Estate of Geo. I. Billington doubtful whether he will recover. Harvey W. Billington is the adm. of Geo. I. --During a thunderstorm near Plymouth, last Billington, deceased, late of Madison, Lake Co. week a barn belonging to a farmer named Proposals – Will be received by W. L. Baker for Blanchard, was struck by lightning and burned building about 40 rods of shed on the Lake down. County Fair Grounds. --Captain James H. Wilson is organizing a camp of the Sons of Veterans in Findlay. He fought in Auction the Mexican War and the late Rebellion, and his J. S. Wheeler, desiring to move to Nebraska is father in the war of 1812, and his grandfather in selling property at auction on the Seymour the Revolutionary War, and his grt. grandfather Wheeler farm, about 3 miles north of Hopkins in the French and Indian and Revolutionary wars. Corners. --Miss Edith G. Webb, age 20, of Jefferson, died st on March 21 of inflammation of the bowels. She Apr. 3, 1884 Thursday worked in the Gazette office from July, 1880, up until the time of her death. p. 1 State and Neighborhood

--W. B. Straight & Co. have purchased the p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as Chardon creamery. of April 1, 1884: --Mrs. Wilsey, mother of the postmaster at Ladies Atwater, died Friday, age 86. Baker, S. A. Mrs. --Geo. Barger, age 36, unmarried, a resident of Baker, Anna Mrs. Findlay, had an epileptic fit, fell into a ditch, and Foster, Eunice Mrs. drowned. Sambin, Walter Mrs. --Mrs. Kellogg, widow of the late Hon. Abner Steward, Lou Miss Kellogg died at her home in Jefferson last week, Turner, Jennie Mrs. age 79 yrs. Gentlemen --Major Thorp, of Geneva, has been promoted to Austin, J. J. the office of Colonel of the Fifth Regiment, O. N. Barton, John G., vice H. E. Hill, resigned. Connolly, J. A. --John Hoadly, the Burton hackman, express and Connors, G. V. mail carrier, says his earnings in 1883 amount to Cumman, J. W. just about $2,000. Burton Leader Evans, G. W. --Mrs. Warren Fuller, of Warren, in a fit of Lapham, Marly Mr. hysterics attempted to kill her little daughter; McFertridge, J. P. her husband intervened in time. McGuthan, P.

65 © J. Stebbins 2020 Apr. 3, 1884 --Mr. J. B. Mosher recovered enough from his Mosher, Melvin B. illness to return with his daughter, Mrs. Peterson, J. C. Boardman Lane, to her home in Waterloo, N.Y. Stockwell, W. A. --Rev. W. H. Seely and family moved from Wheeler, H. C. Painesville to Cleveland. Address 561 Euclid Ave. Wilson, S. E. --Mr. J. J. Thompson, of Perry, is making sugar Wiltse, Richard from a bush of over 100 trees that he raised from the seed. The trees are 25 yrs. old. Dissolution Notice --The friends of Miss Mattie Hayes gave her a th The partnership of Young and Smith has been surprise party for her 17 birthday. dissolved. D. M. Young, Painesville, Ohio --Mr. J. Houghton moved into his house on Mentor Ave. just vacated by Mr. J. L Tabor. Local Brevities --Mr. C. W. Hathaway has accepted a position as --Capt. J. F. Green has moved to Cleveland. salesman in the commission house of G. R. --Miss Ellen E. Smith, teacher in the Seminary, is Lodgie, Cleveland. visiting her relatives in Madison. --Mr. & Mrs. S. W. Phleps will be living in --Mr. Horace Stebbins left Monday for the West Willoughby. in search of a location for a home. --Weather: April 4, 1882, the snow in this vicinity --Miss Alfa Hull, of Chicago, is visiting her sister, was from one to two feet deep. Mrs. W. H. Doane, of Bank street. --Hattie, only daughter of Mrs. E. Rice, assistant --Mrs. L. E. Rockwell, of Ashtabula, is visiting Mrs. matron at the county infirmary, died in Erie W. Sanderson, of Liberty Street. recently of diphtheria. She was 16 and had been --Mrs. W. F. Smith has gone to Austinburgh to in Erie but a few weeks where she was attending visit her relatives. the school for young ladies. --Mrs. Warren M. Crosby, of Boston, Mass., is --Mr. Albert Westcott, of Iowa City, was in town visiting Mrs. Martha Curtiss at the Stockwell last week, the guest of his sister Mrs. C. L. Hoyt. House. He was a former resident of Painesville but left --Mr. A. E. Fenton has returned to Dakota to here in 1851. spend the summer. His family remains in --Mr. Burr Treat was given a surprise party for his Painesville. birthday last Monday. --Mr. M. J. Warner purchased of the Johnson --Mr. A. T. Wilson, for many years a postal clerk Brothers, Monday, two imported Hereford on the Lake Shore, recently resigned his position heifers for $1,000. to engage in trade in Wellington, Kansas. --Mrs. C. M. Wheeler will visit in Cleveland and --Mr. & Mrs. John Cole furnished the use of their from there will return to Marquette. home for the benefit of the LeRoy Cornet Band st --Mr. Ed. Meigs, of Boston, a one-time resident on the 1 . of our city, was visiting in town Friday. --Mr. & Mrs. J. L Frisbie will be settled in their --Mr. M. J. Wilson, of the firm of Wilson & Reed, new home on Washington street this month. has leased and moved into the house of the late --Mr. Leonard Anderson has charge of an engine Col. J. F. Morse, on Mentor Ave. shop in Fremont, Ohio, for at least a year. He will --Mr. W. C. Barnes, of Unionville, visited in town move his family to that city this week. Monday. --Mr. Hort. S. Mastick is visiting old friends in --Mr. Joseph Tuttle, of Concord, father of Judge town. Eight years ago, he left Painesville and Tuttle of this city, is very low and there is scare spent most of the time mining in the Rocky hope of his recovery. Mountains. He is now at Red Cliff, Colorado, where he superintends five mines. Col. Plimpton, son of the late Dr. Plimpton, of this city, is also in the same camp with Mr. Mastick.

66 © J. Stebbins 2020 Apr. 3, 1884 --C. A. Tear, S. G. Ostrander, George Ray, F. B. Damaged by Fire Bedell, Don Williams and Will Baker have all gone About 10 o’clock Sat. night, Riverside Sanitarium, grafting. on State street, was discovered to be on fire. The --Mrs. Mary Loomis, nee Wright, leaves Tuesday firemen soon had the fire under control. The morning for Missouri. damage by water was considerable. The inmates were all removed to the Stockwell House. The Geauga County building is owned by C. A. Avery and the loss is --A. Vinton is disposing of his stock of jewelry at fully covered by insurance. auction. He will soon open a shop in Youngstown. District Court - March Term --F. F. Thwing, teacher in our public schools, is Isaac Everett appointed Bailiff. studying law with Durfee & Stephenson. Emeline Wheeler vs Matilda Andrews, continued --Geo. H. Smith and F. G. King have brought B. N. Sells Brothers vs Wm. A. Crother, continued Shaw’s shoe store and will continue the business. Madison --Miss Evans, of Utica, N. Y., is visiting with Mrs. Hambden W. W. Branch Jr. --From G. O. Salter, our old townsman, now living --Mrs. E. B. Fink and Miss Minerva Weed have in West Farmington, we learned of the death of returned from the west. Joseph Jackson, of that place, he died March 21, 1884, after a brief illness of less than two weeks Willoughby also of the death of an aged veteran living there, --D. Woodford, accidentally cut his hand while Mr. Greer, father of Rev. James Greer, who was tagging his sheep on Thursday. He will not be P. E. of Cleveland district a few years ago and able to work for some time. resided in Painesville at the time. --Mrs. C. W. Lockhart, of Cleveland, visited the --N. M. Bailey is arranging to go with his family to Penfield’s last week. Kansas to make a home in Rocks Co., Plainville. --It is expected that H. T. Smith, the jeweler, will occupy one of the windows in Gibbon’s grocery Mentor --Rev. Mr. Shields and son, Harry, who have been store. sick nearly all winter are improving. --Mrs. Dr. Brinkerhoff is visiting the family of W. --Miss Leona Worster due to illness had to leave H. Brown. her school last week, her place being filled by --Capt. A. E. Gibbons was married Wednesday, to Miss Mary Aldrich. Miss Lucinda Waite, both of this village. They --Will Hodge has accepted a very desirable immediately took the cars for Dennison, Iowa, position in St. Joseph, Mo. where they will make their future home. --Mr. John Russell is gradually failing. He was one

of the six gentlemen over 80 yrs. of age who LeRoy were taken to the polls to vote for Gen. Garfield --Mr. E. Judson was given a birthday party for his last Presidential election. All are alive and well, 45th birthday. His niece, Mrs. Alice Kellogg made with the exception of Gen. Northrop. a very nice large cake for him. --Ed. Belden and his sister, Emily, from Maysville, --Mrs. Clark Hudson died last week, age 64 years. N. Y., are the guests of their relatives the Aldrich --Mr. Sidney Weed, Mrs. Martha Wedge, Mrs. J. family. W. Doncaster, and Mrs. Arthur Wilson are all Died very sick. --At his home in Perry, Lake Co., March 21st, 1884, Daniel Shepard, age 78 yrs. He was born in

67 © J. Stebbins 2020 Apr. 3, 1884 H. S. Raplee is the adm. of James Raplee, Marsillus, Onondaga Co., N. Y., where he resided deceased late of Madison, Lake Co., Ohio. until after marriage when he came west, The estate of Erastus Crocker stopping in New York for six years, then moving Emeline A. Crocker is the adm. of Erastus to Ohio in 1834, settling in Mayfield Township. In Crocker, deceased late of Madison, Lake Co., 1854, he moved to Perry. He leaves a wife of 50 Ohio. yrs., five sons and two daughters. --In Perry, March 17, 1884, of paralysis, William Apr. 10, 1884 Thursday Carey, age 81 yrs. He was a native of Chautauqua p. 1 State and Neighborhood Co., N. Y., and have lived in Perry about five --Ex-Lieutenant Gov. Jabez A. Fitch died at his years. home in Cleveland, Saturday, age 61. --A 2-year-old daughter of Mrs. Wm. Baxter, of Geneva Newcomerstown, swallowed an old-fashioned --Two young ladies of Geneva have recently copper cent the other day and her condition is graduated from medical colleges in Cleveland, now critical. and received the degree of M. D.: Miss Rebecca --Abraham Drisback, of the Nickel Plate, was Amidon and Miss Ellen Maltbie. Miss Amidon struck by a train in Fostoria and received fatal expects to locate in Painesville. Miss Maltbie will injuries. remain at home this summer. --Mr. & Mrs. Newton Granger, of West Andover, --A new pipe organ arrived in town last week and have a daughter, which at birth weighed only was installed in the Congregational Church. two pounds. She is now five months old and weighs but eight pounds. Rock Creek Banner Dr. Price has moved to St. Clair street, third --Wm. Barnett, of Coitsville, took refuge from a house south of Drs. House and Marshall’s office. storm in a barn which was then struck by For Sale - Spencer Munson has Berkshire pigs for lightning. He was killed; leaves a wife and six sale. Jackson St., Mentor, O. children. --Ashtabula Standard: L. B. Sherman is on the For Sale – A. J. Wetmore has about seven acres sick list. --L. D. Gates, an old citizen of Park street, of land, good house and barn for sale. 1.5 miles died at his home Sat. of apoplexy. --Mrs. Laura, west of post office. daughter of the late Joshua R. Giddings, and wife Ads: of Hon. Geo. Julian, of Indianapolis, Ind., died at E. G. Wetherbee has Butterick patterns for sale. her home last Monday. 54 Main St., Painesville --Fred Rock, for 20 yrs. an engineer on the Werner Brothers Groceries and Provisions – 76 Cleveland & Pittsburgh R. R., died at his home in Main St. Painesville Cleveland Thursday. He was 38 yrs. old and Hathaway Bros., Painesville, O. – Eggs for unmarried. He leaves a widowed mother. hatching --Recently we published that Moses H. Kirby, of N. O. Lee, Druggist – Sole agent in Painesville for Upper Sandusky, was supposed to be the oldest the Positive Cure for Drunkenness – Dr. Haines’ living mason. We hear from a correspondent of Golden Specific the Cleveland Herald that William Harrington, now living in Greene Township, Trumbull Co., The Estate of Elbridge O. Warner Oho, was born in Brookfield, Vt., Feb. 5, 1794, E. N. Warner, A. E. Warner are executors of and now past ninety went to Canada when a boy, Elbridge O. Warner, deceased, late of Madison, and in the spring of 1815, was made a Mason by Lake Co., Ohio. Rural Lodge, No. 15, at Ascot, Province of Lower The Estate of James Raplee Canada, and have been a mason for 70 yrs. In 1818, he assisted in conferring the master’s

68 © J. Stebbins 2020 Apr. 10, 1884 --Miss Mary Wilkes, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. degree on the Hon. Joshua R. Giddings, at Frederick Wilkes is recovering from her illness Harford, Ohio. slowly. Wilson & Reed – Hardware and Plow, Corner --Mr. W. C. Anderson left for Hunter, Dakota, to State and Main Streets, Painesville, Ohio take charge of the farm of Mr. Geo. C. Curtiss. L. A. Porter - Clothing --Mr. J. Healy Morley and his son, Rockwell, of Tibbals & Barnard Gallery – Photographs $1.00 Cleveland, were visitors at the Morley per dozen, No. 43 Main Street, Painesville, Ohio. homestead over the Sabbath. (no page 2 in this issue) --Mrs. C. C. Pease, of Washington street, is going to Buffalo to visit her relatives there. p. 3 Letters uncalled for in the Painesville P. O. as --Mrs. Mary Mitchell’s health is much better of April 9, 1884: since her return to Washington, D. C. Ladies --Mrs. Kate Hover has gone into housekeeping. Barnes, Anna Mrs. She and her daughters are now located in the Bradly, Wm. A. Mrs. Dingley house on Washington St. Dyer, Maggie Miss --Little Maud Stacy is recovering from gastric Garrett, Helen Miss fever. Hubbard, Libbie Mrs. --Miss Ella Robinson, of Wheeling, West Virginia, Mentor, Miranda Mrs. has been visiting her sister, Mrs. D. R. Davis, of Murphy, L. Miss Washington street. Peterson, Effie, Miss --Rev. J. H. Hammond, from Grand Rapids, Weakely, Carrie Michigan, has accepted a call from the Disciple Wing, Louisa Miss Church, Painesville. Gentlemen --The Manning, Iowa, Monitor records the th, Arnold, Henry marriage at Belle Plain, Iowa, on March 28 of Broughton, J. G. Dr. G. M. Barber, of the former city to Miss L. J. Demming, Henry Boseley, of the latter city. Findley, G. W. --Willoughby Independent: Miss Ida Lansing, of Harver, Theopolos Painesville, has been visiting here. Her cousin, Henderson, Peter Miss Lizzie Cottrell, will return home with her for Hodges, Wilber a week. McGrah, Winny --Mrs. Thos. R. Green, of New York, is visiting her Taylor, W. E. sister, Mrs. R. S. Wood. West, Will M. --Mr. H. B. Green, of Erie street, is recovering from his dangerous illness. Local Brevities --Lyman Knapp, age 87, visited his old-time --Mrs. Thomas F. Palmer, of Cleveland, was at friends in Geneva last week. He resides with his the Palmer homestead Saturday. son, E. L. Knapp, of Perry, Lake Co. --Rev. A. Phelps has placed a beautiful fountain --Lucius W. Beardslee, son of our townsman, Dr. in front of his house on Erie street. H. C. Beardslee, has received an appointment to th --Miss Martha Mays has been the guest of Mrs. report on May 15 at Annapolis, Md., for C. H. Greer since her return from Mentor. examination for admittance to the Naval --Miss Myra Hall, of Willoughby, is the guest of Academy. Mrs. C. C. Pease for a few days. --Will Deming, formerly a Painesville newsboy --The Garfield Badge was won by Mr. I. Gray, of and news agent on the Lake Shore road, died in Andover, at the shooting contest in Ashtabula, Friday.

69 © J. Stebbins 2020 Apr. 10, 1884 came to Mentor with his parents in 1814. He Buffalo, Thursday. He was an industrious young leaves an aged wife and an adopted daughter. man and idolized by his grandparents, Mr. & --Rebecca S. Amidon, M. D., a recent graduate of Mrs. H. Deming. the Medical Dept. of Western Reserve --Charley Koss, who has been in jail since March University, Cleveland, has located in this village 15th for an assault on J. R. Jones, was taken in an office at the N. W. Corner of Main and St. before the judge Tuesday and fined one dollar Clair streets, room 1, Moodey’s block. She and costs. Charley says he will never take graduated at the head of a class of 75 students. another drink of whisky again. She expects to make a specialty of the diseases --Mrs. Jonathan Stickney, of Concord, has been of women and children but is competent for the quite ill for a few days. general practice of medicine and surgery. --Rev. G. R. Merrill has purchased a tricycle by which he is able to travel about the city with less Results City and Township elections trouble than with a carriage. --Colom Hoffman, of Painesville, was in a hotel in Buffalo. A dispatch dated April 7th from Buffalo says he went to visit a friend across the Buffalo River and has not been seen since. --Gen. J. A. Potter, recently from Montreal, was the guest of his daughter, Mrs. S. R. King. Gen. & Mrs. Potter expect to be at the Stockwell House for the summer. --From the Philadelphia paper of April 2nd and 5th, we learn that Geo. E. Andrews, son of Capt. J. H. Andrews is engaged for the season to play with a Philadelphia team and at the opening game last week, he made the best record of any player. --Mr. J. F. Card, of Cleveland, has renewed his subscription to the Telegraph which he started in 1834. --Mr. Wm. Balch, one of the pioneers of Madison, now living on the Middle Ridge, age 91, belongs to a remarkable family. Of the 13 children of his father, 3 passed the age of 95; 3 more the age of 90; six died between 80 and 90, and one at 60. --The item on the first page about the oldest Mason now living is the father of our townsman, Mr. C. Harrington. He says his father was one of the six who first purchased land and settled in Green Township. Mr. & Mrs. Harrington celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary the sixth of last month. --John Russell, whose death is announced in our Middlefield correspondence, was born in Middlefield, Hampshire Co., Mass. in 1801. He

70 © J. Stebbins 2020 Apr. 10, 1884 Willoughby --Mrs. J. Payne returned home last week from Bermuda much impaired in health due to weak lungs. --It is rumored that A. R. Hurd will soon return to this village to reside. --Mr. & Mrs. J. Kidward left last week for California to visit their son, who is quite sick. --The relatives of Justin Fowler celebrated his 75th birthday on Monday. Mrs. Fowler served up a bountiful collation during the evening. --Mr. O. S. Skinner, who lives on Euclid street, is quite sick with weak lungs.

--Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Wilber are home from Chagrin Falls where they buried Benjamin Mathews, the father of Mrs. Wilber. --Arthur E. Gibbons is in Dennison, Minnesota, and being well pleased there, he will open a grocery and provision store there. --R. C. Brinkerhoff is moving into the unoccupied store in Bond’s new block.

Kirtland --Mr. & Mrs. Riley Harris are visiting in Kirtland. --Mrs. Schedd, from Cleveland, is visiting relatives here. --Brainard Childs has purchased land in Michigan and intends to locate there. --Mrs. Andrew McQuethey is very ill. --Mrs. Hafele is not expected to live long.

Madison --Mr. Cutler Kimball, who has been employed by Saxton Bros. as clerk for the past few years, has stopped clerking. His place was filled by Mr. Hoskin. --Miss Lina Keener, teacher in the primary department of the public schools was sick for a few weeks, but is again able to teach. --Mr. S. N. Viets has returned from Wisconsin and will resume business over Whelpley & Brown’s store. --J. Vern Winans has returned to Wilton, Wisconsin as his father is rapidly improving. --Miss Matie Patrick is the teacher in the Bliss district.

71 © J. Stebbins 2020 Apr. 10, 1884 A Wedding Anniversary Mentor Friends gathered at the M. E. Parsonage in Perry, st --Miss Ina W. DeLong has returned from her April 1 , as a surprise to celebrate Rev. L. H. & th Trumbull county visit. Mrs. A. E. Stewart’s 10 wedding anniversary. --Miss Martha Mays is spending a week on the Garfield estate. Concord --Mrs. William Radcliff has returned to Kansas --Maggie Murray has returned from her visit with her little daughter. West. --Mr. & Mrs. Ed. Patchen and baby, Mary, --Anna Corlett is teaching school in the Huntoon stopped on the way from Cleveland to Chardon district this summer. to visit their Mentor relatives. --Nellie Drake is teaching in the Center district in --Mr. John Russell died April 6, 1884. He was one Perry. of the oldest residents of Mentor—there are two --Warren Ely has moved back into this house in people living in the town who were living here the Hollow. when he came: Mr. Isaac Sawyer and Henry N. --Eugene Adams have moved onto his father’s Clapp. Mr. Russell lived two days past his 84th place. birthday. He leaves a widow and one brother. --Mrs. Ames, of Erie, is visiting her sisters, Mrs. --Mr. Edgar D. Barber, who went to seek his Murray and Mrs. Morse. fortune in the Dakotas, will take his mother, Mrs. --Arthur Hubbard has rented the chair shop. Eunice Barber, and Robert there in July. --Frank Loomis declares he has seen a white --Mr. Fred Parmele will hereafter be at the old crow. homestead of Erastus Parmele on Jackson street. --Joseph Tuttle is still very low, if he is yet alive. --Mr. Harrison Carpenter has rented his South Thompson homestead to his two youngest sons, Royal and --Mr. Wm. Sober is improving. Charles, who propose keeping bachelor’s hall. --Mrs. E. Jackson is in very poor health. --Mr. Fred C. Kennedy, of Chicago, spent the --Miss Edith Tucker has been quite sick for the Sabbath with us. past week. Her sister, Jessie, is quite ill. --Mr. John Russell died in West Mentor, Sat., age --Mr. G. Hart is no better. 83. --Mr. G. Switzer spent a few days at his old home, Willoughby Plains Stark Co. --Miss Sarah Richmond teaches in the Hall --Miss Kate Breninger has gone to New York district. where it is said she is to be married. --Mr. Ohm is very sick with typhoid fever. --Mr. Johnnie Grun has gone to Nebraska, --Mr. Philip Barnherdt sold his span of horses in thinking of locating. Cleveland last week for $450. --Mr. Biglow moves from the Goodrich farm to --Mrs. Mamie Lapham is the teacher in District his place today. No. 5, Mentor. --Professor M. O. Garrett, of the Willoughby --Mr. T. Lapham and family have moved to the school has returned to his labors after a vacation West end of the Plains and into Mr. S. F. of one week. Whitney’s house. --Stearns Bros. will move their saw mill from the “Miller farm” to Bostwick Corners this week. Unionville --Messrs. J. Cashen and R. Sidley have cut --Mr. Lysander Conkling, the man who started 130,000 feet of logs for A. Burroughs this winter. for the west last fall and only got as far as --In the last year, families in considerable Wakeman, Ohio, has returned to Unionville. numbers have come from Stark, Wayne, Holmes --A young couple of Unionville, Hortense S. and other counties south of the Reserve, and Warner and Dwight S. Martin were married. have bought farms in Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties and more are still coming.

72 © J. Stebbins 2020 Apr. 10, 1884 Died Farms sell there for $150 to $200 per acre. The In Madison, of pneumonia, March 3, 1884, Geo. average price here in these counties is hardly I. Billington, age 64 yrs. half as much. --Mr. Nelson Martin is fixing over his house. It For Sale - The largest stock of handmade harness will be nearly new. One of the earliest settlers of in Lake Co. J. H. Taylor, Foot Main St. Kirtland built it over 50 yrs. ago. It was known as For Sale - One span of good work horses. J. S. the old Gillett house. Bixby, Chardon. Brick for Sale - Brick of all kind for sale. F. Gates. Geauga County Painesville. Seed Corn – Choice early yellow seed corn. W. H. Shuemaker, Mentor, O. Legal Notice August G. Hatry vs The Painesville & Youngstown R. R.

Probate Notice

An Ordinance – Dedication of River Street and Steele Avenue as made in a plat of land signed and acknowledged by Horace Steele the owner of the property.

Legal Notice William A. Corlett adm. of Luther K. Weeks, deceased vs Susan Weeks, widow, Martin L. Weeks, Emma Weeks his wife, Emily Leach, George W. Weeks, Diantha E. Gunn, Charles J. Weeks, Alvin Weeks and Bertha Weeks, children and heirs of Luther K. Weeks Martin Weeks and his wife, Emma Weeks, who reside at Mendocino Co., California, Geo. W.

73 © J. Stebbins 2020 Apr. 10, 1884 --Another skeleton of a mastodon was Weeks resides in Calistoga, Cal., and Alvin Weeks unearthed at Van Wert, last week, by some men whose last residence was at Dewitt, Nebraska, ditching on a farm. will take notice that the administrator, Wm. A. --Joseph Holloran, an engineer in the Lake Shore Corlett has filed a petition to sell real estate to yard at Collinwood, disappeared several days pay the debts of the estate. ago and ahis family is very anxious about him. --Mrs. Charlotte Crain, a prominent lady of Apr. 17, 1884 Thursday Oberlin died Thursday from a fall breaking her hip. p. 1 Another Landmark Gone --Frederick Defrees, a slater, fell from a roof in Isaac Palmer died Feb. 17, 1884. He was born in Lima a distance about 30 feet and lived. He was Thompson, Geauga Co., Ohio, Aug. 7th, 1802, cut about the head and had his arm sprained. being the first white child born in that township --A fire in Garrettsville last week burned the and the oldest person living who was born in the hotel barn and residence of Edwin Elton; the county. In 1838, he married Lorinda, eldest house and carriage barn of Nancy A. Cross and daughter of the late Benjamin Scribner, of LeRoy, the Hosmer House was damaged. with who he lived 46 years, raising a large family --By the death of an uncle in Germany, August N. of children three sons, one of who died serving Dietz, George Dietz, Mrs. Theresa Bohl and Mrs. in the late war, and four daughters. Besides Ernest Guess, all of Warren have fallen heir to these, he lost a son and daughter in infancy. His $50,000. father was Dr. Isaac Palmer, who was the first --A colored man, named Edward Johnson, on white settler of Thompson. He was born in trial for burglary in Batavia, plead his own case Plainfield, Windham Co., Conn., in 1770. He and moved the jurors and entire audience to studied for and commenced the practice of tears in a 45-minute speech. He was acquitted. medicine before he was 25 yrs. old. He married --Mr. J. J. Striebinger, of Cleveland, was given a Lois Maltby at Goshen, Conn., about 1795. Early $500 diamond-studded badge of gold for saving in 1800 we find them in Thompson, Ohio. After the life of a little girl in New York by snatching 2 or 3 years he moved to Concord, O., to what her from in front of a locomotive. was then known as Perkins Camp. He died in --An old lady named Tiffany, living in the south 1840. He lived for some time with neighbors no part of Sheffield, died in her bed probably of nearer than 10 miles, only Indians calling at the heart disease on Monday. Ashtabula News cabin door. He was a direct descendant of Walter --Last Thursday, Mr. Will E. Lewis, City Editor of Palmer, who came from Nottinghamshire, the Herald, and Miss Fannie E. Oviatt, daughter England, in 1629 under a patent from the of Mr. & Mrs. O. M. Oviatt, of Richfield, were Plymouth council, settling in Stonington, Conn., married. then called Pawcatuck, in 1653. He died Nov. 10, --Ashtabula News: While excavating near the 1661. Fifteen hundred descendants participated spring on Chas. Sweet’s place east of the river, in a reunion there in 1881. Isaac Palmer Jr. died some stones were found with carved Indian of heart disease at the age of 81 yrs. 6 mos. hieroglyphics. One of them bore the date 1456.

State and Neighborhood p. 2 col. 2 Real Estate Transfers --Henry Webb, of Geneva, ran away from home Madison because his father wanted him to enter the Cady, Phebe ministry. Haywood, Nelson --An aged couple, named Hawenstine, living near Hall, Lyman Canton, were chloroformed and robbed the Dewitt, Ralph other night. Hayden, J. B Woolever S.

74 © J. Stebbins 2020 Apr. 17, 1884 Brooks, Susan M. Foster, Eliza Durand, Cordelia L. Tarbell, G. W. Culbertson, Wm. T. LeRoy Ousterhoudt, O. Kellogg, J. E. Phelps, Martin L. Kellogg, Eugene C. Durand, Cordelia L Kewish, L. L. Culbertson, Wm. T. Kewish, Harriet Barnes, James M. Perry Case, Charles W. Shepard, A. O. Willoughby Shepard Julia E. Mosher, Levi Morse, D. H. Mosher, Geo. W. Painesville Mosher, G. W. Merrett, Wm. Merrill, Adelade C. Stickney, C. R. H. Mr. Law, David Van Valkenburg, C. Brown, Chas. R. Clayton, Wm. Fuller, Russell Thompson, Daniel Swift, Elijah Whiting, Mary L. Wilson, Sarah M. Whiting, J. H. Metcalf, Edwin G. Downer, Geo. W. Stocking, C. H. p. 2 Ripe Old Age Durand, Mary (Article from the Woonsocket, R. I. Reporter Sanborn, John about Capt. Walter Pease, uncle of our Crofoot, I. W. townsman, Mr. C. A. Avery.) Friends and Bishop, W. E. neighbors called upon Capt. Walter Pease, of Tillotson, Sarah M. Enfield, Conn., on March 29, 1884, to Hodges, L E. congratulate the gentleman on attaining the age Cory, Emily G. of 100 yrs. He was in excellent health with all his Gates, F. faculties unimpaired. His five children were Mosher, J. B. present: The oldest 70 and the youngest 60, with Crofoot, I. W. a sister of 83. His great great-grandfather, John Crofoot, Eugene Pease, with his father and brother, were the first Paine, Geo. B. white settlers, receiving from the Indians the Paine, Antoinette deed of a large tract of land, ever since occupied Keener, E. D. as the family homestead. All the brothers of Kirtland Capt. Walker are Yale men entering upon Heath, E. W. profession while he was content to lead a quiet Heath, Susan rural life. His beloved wife of 67 yrs. marriage, Heath, Mary J. died 10 years ago. A brother, Dr. John Pease, Heath, Lucretia S. founded the Hartford Times; another, Judge Barnes, Leverett Lorrain T. Pease, was chief justice of the Ohio Rice, Flora M. Supreme Court and father of the late Gov. E. M. Mentor Pease, of Texas. His mother was a relative of Valleau, Mary Joshua R. Giddings, of Ohio. Valleau, Theodore Brooks, Benajah p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as of April 16, 1884:

75 © J. Stebbins 2020 Apr. 17, 1884 --Miss Eva Young, of Erie street, who has been Ladies quite ill, is convalescent. Burnes, Carrie Miss --Miss Frost Blake, of Painesville, is visiting Crosby, W. M. Portage Co. friends. Dyer, Maggie --Mr. Frank H. Briggs, of Gambier College, is Elliott, Sara spending the week with Painesville friends. Fahnestock, Charley Mrs. --Mr. Albert Marshall, of Saginaw, was in the city Foyler, Annie Mrs. Monday to meet his sister, Mrs. E. A. Smith. Fraser, May Miss --Mr. J. B. Hopkins who has been ill, is Gibbons, Sally A. convalescing. Gray, J. E. Miss --Miss Mattie Slocum has returned home from a Lemmons, Livinia long visit in Cleveland with her sister, Mrs. Muller, G C. Mrs. Addison Drake. Nichols, Harriet, Mrs. --Our townsman, Lon F. McAleer, lost his tool Pike, Josie Miss house and tools in a fire at Youngstown. Riley, Sarah, Miss --Miss Boalt, of Washington street, is visiting her Thorne, Hattie, Miss cousin, Mrs. Peter M. Hitchcock, of Case Avenue. Tucker, Jane Miss -- W. D. Swezey, Harmon Carroll and J. L. Tabor Walsh, Kate Miss now own the Painesville driving park which they Gentlemen will use for training and trotting. Berry, Geo G. --Mrs. E. A. Smith, of San Bernardino, Cal., Beachy, N. C. daughter of Mrs. S. Marshall is on route for Darsey, Melville Saranac Lake, N. Y., to visit her sister, Mrs. Findly, Geo. W. Walter Kelley. Greeley, C. A. --The barn of Mr. D. T. Davies, on Jackson street, Holmes, John A. burned down on Tuesday night. Hyde, Coridon Mr. --Pupils in C Primary grade, who were not absent Howe, David or tardy for the term ending March 28: Hilmer, Chas. Shepherd, Earl Johnson F. F. Doolittle, Eddie Kinsee, J. M. Calkins, Murray Keleher, John Carruthers, David Laraway, F. F. King, Laura Lemby, S. C. Sherwood, Annie Levenstine, John L. --A little four-year old daughter of Mr. A. N. Martin, J. T. Burgess, of Walnut Ave., while eating maple Miller, Wm. L. sugar, let the knife slip and nearly severed one of Penrose, Jason her fingers. Rice, C. J. -- A tree recently felled on the farm occupied by Rose, Lester A. Frank Brown, in Concord, a beech tree, was Sprague, W. G. worked into 18-inch wood making over 16 cord. Stewart, Hiram Can you beat that? Walmough, Capt. P. --A new industry to open in Painesville in a few Williams, James days by Mr. Willis Jackson, of Norwalk. He will manufacture the Champion Rubber Bucket Chain p. 3 Local Brevities pump. --A Warren correspondent of the Herald now steps to the front with the “oldest Mason in

76 © J. Stebbins 2020 Apr. 17, 1884 surgeon in the war of 1812, on May 17, 1818. Ohio, if not in the United States.” Benjamin Her husband died in 1858, and at intervals, six Stephens, who will be 96 yrs. old in July, was children. After her husband’s death, she lived made a Master Mason in Vergennes, Vt., in 1810. with her daughter, Mrs. Wm. Mathews, in --Mrs. N. N. Bartlett leaves Painesville Thursday Painesville, until her death in 1877 Since then, to live in Edgerton, Ohio. she has lived with Mrs. N. P. Bailey, in Warren --Mr. W. J. Shattuck, residing at Lane Station, and Massillon. Two daughters survive her: Mrs. Perry, due to ill health has resigned his position N. P. Bailey and Mrs. Julia Fuller, also 11 in the office of the L.S. & M. L. Railroad at grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. Her Cleveland. remains were taken to Hartford, her former --Mr. Hugh Doran, of Concord, who has been home. spending the winter with his four sons at Dallas, Texas, returned home Sat. On Monday, while Unionville visiting his daughter, Mrs. Clarence A. Hine, he --Mr. J. R. Adams is teacher in the west school. was stricken with a congestive chill and died --Mrs. Phillerplace, who has been visiting th before midnight. He was we believe 76 yrs. old. relatives in the East, returned home on the 7 . --Mrs. S. R. Bonnell, who has been in Cleveland Accident from Coal Oil for the past week attending to her sick mother, Mrs. Charles Lace, of Concord, was severely, returned home on Saturday. maybe fatally burned, Wed. She was at the --Mrs. Sally Bassett, (nee Miss Sally Woodworth), home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Mattock, on of Rocky River, who has been visiting relatives Prospect street and attempted to kindle a fire here returned home on Monday. with rags saturated in coal oil when her dress caught fire. The Dead of the Past Year Listing of those buried in Evergreen Cemetery Birthday and Wedding Anniversary during the year ending April 1, 1884: The 67th birthday of Mr. Henry Nottingham and the 44th wedding anniversary of Mr. & Mrs. Nottingham occurred on the same day, April 9th. It was celebrated by them with a gathering at their home of Erie St. Beside the family at “The Maples,” there were present: Mr. & Mrs. R. M. N. Taylor, of Oakwood, Cleveland Mr. & Mrs. C. G. Canfield, Cleveland Mr. & Mrs. W. P. Gilson, of Erie, Pa. Gen. & Mrs. J. S. Casement and sons Mr. & Mrs. Albert C. Pepoon

In Memoriam Died – In Massillon, Ohio, April 11th, 1884, at the home of her son-in-law, Rev. N. P. Bailey, Mrs. Mary E. Comstock, age 85 yrs. the widow of the late Dr. John L. Comstock, of Hartford Conn. Mary E., daughter of John and Juliana Chenevard, was born in Hartford, Conn., June, 1799 and was married to John L. Comstock, a

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Fairport Items The funeral of Mrs. E. M. Allen, who died on the 11th instant, was held at her late residence in Fairport last Sunday. She was 73 yrs. old and had resided in Fairport 64 yrs. --The Life Saving Station is under the supervision of Captain D. P. Dobbins, Superintendent of the Life Saving Service. Heretofore, the station was commanded by Captain Geo. F. Babcock. The crew is composed of: Nettleton, Frank Hawley, O. J. Snell, Alva Averill, Ben Hall, Chas. Webster, J. W. Scribner, John Purtill, John

In Memoriam Mrs. Elizabeth A. Wilder Her funeral was Friday at the house of Mr. G. N. Wilder, on Main street. She died Wed. She

leaves a husband, daughters, and a sister. Madison --Mr. L. M. Stearns and family, of Bradford, Pa., have been visiting in town. --A roller skating rink was opened at Kellogg’s hall last Friday evening. --In my election report of last week, I forgot the names of W. H. Genung and J. R. Adams, who were elected Justices of the Peace.

South Madison

78 © J. Stebbins 2020 Apr. 17, 1884 --R. J. H. Smith, pastor the Baptist Church here --Miss Elsie Randall, of Unionville, spent last for two years has moved to Chardon and will act Sabbath at her old home. in the same capacity there. --Mr. Ziba Stearns was kicked in the face by a colt --Chas. Edwin moves to St. Joseph Co., Mich. last Saturday. His face is disfigured considerably. Jehial Hurlburt has moved to Painesville, and John Cramblett, now has possession of the farm. Willoughby --Funeral for the elder Mrs. Norman was on Sat. --A. R. Hurd has again engaged in business here. at her late residence. Funeral for Mrs. Nolan, of --N. C. Stockwell received a visit from E. D. Madison, was on Sunday. Congdon. --J. J. Burrows, a former resident here, and now --Mr. & Mrs. George Pelton’s first born is a son, of Rochester, spent a few days with friends here. Arthur. --Mrs. L. P. Bates had a visit from her daughter, Mentor Mrs. Goland, last week. --Mr. W. H. Johnson is at home for a time. --H. E. Losey, of St. Louis, Rollin Welner, and Alvin --Mr. & Mrs. Will Hodge have a little son! Reeve are in town again. --Miss Jennie King is back from wintering in New --James Allen deeded 63 acres of land to Mr. York. Pierce adjoining his homestead. --The members of the school board just elected -Wm. H. Roberts and family, also, his mother, are: E. Cadle, Nelson Corning, Joseph Rudolph have moved back to this place and they occupy --Mr. & Mrs. James Damon, of Winnebago City, the old homestead of the late Joel Roberts. Minn., spent a few days last week with her niece, --Waite Hill has a new patented road maker. It is Mrs. Mina Luse. drawn and worked with two or four horses. --Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Baxter are home from --Wm. J. Hutchinson and Miss Maud F. Morgan their trip to Colorado and will be at the Baxter were married last Thursday evening. homestead during the summer. --Perry Barnes has put up a picket fence in front --Miss Jennie Encell has been on the sick list of his residence. He will be adding a second story nearly all winter and has gone to Cleveland to be to the south part of his house. treated by Dr. Boynton. --Last Friday Mrs. Milton Bond, died in Michigan, --Mr. Will Radcliffe and family are intending to and on Sunday her remains arrived in town by return to their former home in Kansas as they do the cars. Her body was taken to Kirtland for not like the Lake shore climate. burial. South Thompson Kirtland --Mr. Frank McKee is spending a few days in New --Mr. Elwood Wisner is quite unwell. York. --Mrs. Alice Markell is very unwell. --Mr. J. McKough has sold the Osmond place to --Mrs. Hafele died Friday morning. The funeral Mr. Carmer, of Montville. Also, he has was held in Cleveland the following day. She purchased the horse known as “Garfield” from leaves a husband and four children, three of Mr. F. Morgan. whom are under 15 yrs. old. --Mr. G. Switzer and Mr. Wm. Cashen have torn --Mrs. Milton Bond, formerly a resident of down their old sheds. Kirtland, but at the time of her death was living --Mr. & Mrs. J. Pinney and daughter, of Geneva, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She was the daughter visited relatives here last week. He has bought of Hercules Carroll, of Kirtland. The burial took out the heirs of the Allen farm, thus making him place in Mentor on Sunday. a nice place of 30 acres.

Perry West Mentor

79 © J. Stebbins 2020 Apr. 17, 1884 Ashland is located near the upper end of the --Mrs. Milton J. Bond died April 9th at Livingston Rogue River Valley on Bear Creek. It has a street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. She was the population of 1500 and more people coming third daughter of the late Hercules Carroll, of every day. The Rogue River farmers claim they Kirtland, and leaves a husband and two children, have the finest fruit country on the continent, May and Carroll. and judging from appearance, I am not disposed to dispute the claim. Wormy apples are LeRoy unknown here. It is so with other varieties of --Henry Cowle is going to Chardon to live. fruit. --There was a logging bee last Friday for the benefit of Mrs. E. A. Baker. State and Neighborhood --C. C. Carter and family, Miss Mary Carter and --Elijah Lewis, colored, age104, died at Lancaster. Wm. Taylor, started last week for Dakota. --John J. Bigelow, a pioneer of Ohio, died in --The children of R. V. Taylor have the whooping Clevleand last week at the age of 74. cough. --Ward Root, a well-known citizen of Milan, committed suicide at Galion, last week. Cause Obituary not known. Died in LeRoy, March 25th, of heart disease, Mrs. --The planing mill of Geo. T. Barles, at Canal Malvina, wife of Clarke Huston, age 64. She was Winchester, burned last week. the second daughter of the late Joshua Bates, --A widow lady name Walton, of Clyde, died from who was one of the early pioneers coming to the effects of eating parsnips of the growth of a LeRoy from Mass., in 1809. She lived on the farm year or more. where she died for 40 yrs. She leaves a husband --Jospeh Wallace, a prominent citizen of Summit and four daughters. Co., dropped dead one evening last wek while visiting a friend in Akron. He was 70 yrs. old. For Rent - House with good barn near P. & Y. --Mrs. Peck, age 88, of Portage Co., was visiting Depot. C. E. Armstrong her daughter in Suffield last week and one For Sale Cheap morning was found dead on the floor beside her Light square box top buggy. W. S. Stacy bed. For Rent – My house on Washington Street, --Mrs. W. H. Painter, of Clyde, for years and furnished, till October 1st. Mrs. L. C. Pease. invalid from spinal disease, claims through For Sale – An extra fine Jersey Bull calf, nine prayer she was enabled to rise and walk. months old. J. N. Downer. No. 1, Mentor Ave., --The Householder brothers while hunting near Painesville, O. New Somerset, last week, discovered a hole in Brown Leghorns – Henry Tome has brown which were 10 foxes, 2 skunks and a rabbit. They leghorn eggs for sale. First house on the top of bagged the lot. Steubenville Herald the hill near the cemetery. Painesville, Ohio --Mrs. Christian Spring, a large healthy woman For Sale – Mrs. Paysen Carroll is selling a valuable living in New Philadelphia, suddenly dropped house and lot at Mentor Center. I will make this dead while buttoning her husband’s shirt collar. offer for 30 days. --Gannie Jeffers, queen of the gypsies of American, was buried with Christian services at Dayton last week. About 1,000 gypsies from Apr. 24, 1884 Thursday different parts of the U. S. were in attendance. It p. 1 Letter from E. P. Branch – Ashland, Oregon, is said that she was the last of her race and that April 8, 1884. He writes that some of the there will never again be a gypsy queen. counties in the eastern portion of the state are each as large as most of the New England states p. 2 Madison or middle states. Farms there are called ranches.

80 © J. Stebbins 2020 Apr. 24, 1884 --Mrs. Ellen and Charles Hill had a first baby and --Mr. Miller Avery, of Chicago, has been visiting it is a boy. at the home of Mr. Samuel Stratton. --Mr. M. E. Beckwith, of Cleveland, and family --Miss Della Gregory, of Cleveland, is in town spent at few days with Mrs. D. C. Miller. being called here by the sickness of her aunt, --Bradley Wilson, of Grand Rapids, Mich., is still Mrs. Newcomb. in town very much improved in health. --Mrs. Horace Newcomb, fell in her house --Fred Clark left Omaha this week with his Lake Monday and received a broken arm. Co. drove of cattle, for some place farther West. --Last Thursday Miss Hattie Keener gave a party --Mr. & Mrs. W. Hanson had a silver wedding to her friends. Her sisters, Lina and Lizzie, also anniversary on Saturday. entertained friends on Saturday. --Mrs. J. W. Penfield as so far recovered from her -- Mr. & Mrs. J. B. Hayden entertained a few late sickness as to be able to make calls. friends at their home on Main St. to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary last Mon. Concord --Thomas Rogers has left his school to accept a LeRoy position in N. O. Lee’s drug store. His brother, --A. C. and V. M. Phelps are attending school in Mr. Edward Rogers has taken his place as teacher Austinburg. in the Woodruff district. --Mr. & Mrs. H. F. Callow has a ten pound boy. --Three of our inhabitants have died with the last --Mr. Thomas Tear and his daughter, Clara, had few days: Hugh Doran Sr., Mrs. Seth Anderson, an accident on the way to town last Saturday. A and Mrs. Charles Lace. The latter died in a most thril broke on one side of the buggy, the horse shocking manner. She had been sick a number turned the buggy over down the bank. Miss Tear of months but had recovered enough to visit her was thrown out on her head and shoulder. Mr. daughter, Mrs. Maddox, in Painesville. She was Tear had a sprained wrist in the house alone with her little granddaughter. --Mrs. J. B. Whipple is visiting at her parents, Mr. In making up the fire, Mrs. Lace spilled coal oil on & Mrs. Wayne Orton, in Perry. her clothes which ignited. She was found in the --Clinton Hill’s youngest child has been very sick, dooryard where she had gone to roll to put out and also Mrs. Perry Stearnes. the fire. Her body was charred nearly all over. She lived seven hours and was conscious until Kirtland she died. She was the mother of 12 children, --Milton Bond is staying with friends here. eight of whom are living. --Homer Harper is moving out of town this morning. p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as --Elwood Wisner is improving in health. of April 23, 1884: --The school at Peck’s Corner begins today, Miss Ladies Anna Curtiss teacher. Avery, S. F. Mrs. --Jack Morrison left for the far West Monday last Brockett, L. L. week. Behn, Louise Miss --We are all happy to welcome back to Kirtland Belden, Jennie Miss Mr. & Mrs. Geo. Hanscom, who left Kirtland Brainard, M. A. Mrs. about a year and a half ago, since when they Brockett, L. L. have lived in Washington, D. C. and New York Brown, M. A. Mrs. City. Bruke, Marim Miss Crow, Jane Miss Willoughby Sharp, Kate Mrs. --Mr. Charles Haggart is again in our village. Saunders, Della Mrs. Sayles, Carrie Mrs.

81 © J. Stebbins 2020 Apr. 24, 1884 announces his desire to dispose of his real estate Upson, Ellen Mrs. in Painesville. Gentlemen --Mr. J. J. Thomson left for Fort Totton, Dakota, Acbrubach, E J. where he has farming interests to look after. He Brown, Ira Mr. was accompanied by his son, Harry, and Mrs. Crew, H. W. Thomson will follow in about 2 weeks. They will Debolt, J. R. be absent until fall. Dickens, Wm. --Mr. & Mrs. C. P. Mayo celebrated their cyrstal James, Robert Mr. wedding anniversay at their home last Saturday. Merchants & Brokers Exchange --Mr. George B. Converse is out of danger and is Stockham, E. G. convalescing. Walker, P. F --Mr. Charles S. Leonard was adjudged insane on Woodworth, Frank Monday. He had an injury to his head some two years ago which is supposed to be the cause of Local Brevities his misfortune. He will be taken to Newburgh. --Closson Tunis left Thursday for Lisbon, Dakota. --Mr. E. S. Young, of Kansas City, was in town --Mr. E. G. Huntoon, of Collinwood, was in town visiting his old friends. today. --Mr. B. F. Stephens arrived in the city the last of --Mrs. C. W. Field, nee Hine, of Cleveland, is the week to superintend the completion of the visiting at Riverside. new water works reservoir at the Severance --Mr. W. B. Ash left for his new home in Valley springs and the connection with the city mains. City, Dakota, Thursday. --Judge Jerome Palmer is failing and there is no --Mr. & Mrs. W. S. Foster have a baby girl. hope of his recoverty. --Lake County has 22 in the Newburgh Asylum, --Mr. & Mrs. E. G. Wetherbee are still in N. Y. three more than her quota. Mrs. Wetherbee is visiting with her mother and --Mrs. Louisa Malin, of the Park, honored her sister, Mrs. Howard and and Miss Howard. brother, Mr. J. S Lockwood’s 50th birthday, April --Mr. & Mrs. John Malin and son, Geo. E., 18th by giving him and evening party. reached home from wintering in Port Orange, --Mr. Fred Rogers has purchased the handsome Florida, last week. Mr. Malin has sold his interest premium team owned by Mr. Robert Casler. in the saw mill at Port Orange to his partner, Mr. --Mr. Henry A. Warren’s family are summer S. Moody. boarders at Mrs. Landon Smith’s on Mentor Ave. --Mr. Nobel Thompson expects his son, Mr. E. N. Death of a Pioneer Thompson, of Chicago, within a day or two for a Joseph Tuttle, of Concord, father of Hon. G. N. visit. Tuttle, of this city, died at his home last Sunday. th --Mrs. E. J. Seymour, of Ashtabula, has been Had he lived until May 10 next, he would have spending a few days with Mrs. E. E. Jackson, of been 88 yrs old. He lived at the homestead in Erie St., and returns home today. Concord continuously for 67 yrs. The remains --Mrs. Fred Downer, of Auburn, N. Y., is visiting were taken to Mentor for interment. her parents, Mr. & Mrs. E. T. Donaldson. She was called here due to the sickness of her mother. Real Estate --At the tenth shooting tournament held in Madison – Rebecca Chadwick to J. C. Darrow Ashtabula Friday, the Garfield badge was again LeRoy - Milford W. Foshay to Thomas Phillips won by J. M. George, of Girard, Pa., Perry – Lena R. Williams to Geo. W. Orcott --Mr. P. Pratt, who recently returned from an Mentor – T. G. Hart to Helen M. Ely extended visit in Orgon and California, Samuel Comstock to Jane Cleveland Willoughby – Joseph Philpott to Oliver Miller;

82 © J. Stebbins 2020 Apr. 24, 1884 Unionville Jeremiah Evans to Elijah Swift, Emma Evans and --Mrs. Earnest is quite ill. Caroline Pamer; Emeline Damon to O. H. Sharp --Mrs. E. O. Warner is still quite ill. --Mrs E. C. Goddard is getting better. Birthday Anniversay - Mrs. Hannah Burridge --Miss Elfie Dwight, who is attending school at celebrated her 92nd birthday April 18th. Mrs. A the “Geneva Normal” was in town over Sunday. and Miss Garfield came from Denver, Col., to be --Mr. J. C. Goddard, who is attending school at present at the gathering. Letters of South New Lyne, was at home Sat. and Sun. congratulations were received from Mrs. --Mr. H. Hill on the River Road, who has been in Burridge’s grandchildren, Mrs. Clarence S. Day, Andover the past winter, has returend home. Mr. Frank O. Burrige and Mr. Lee Burridge, of --Mrs. Orrin Woodworth, of this place, expects to New York. Her granddaugher, Mrs. A. C. Baldwin start for the West next Modnay. She is going to and great grandson, of Chicago, sent a basket of Iowa where her husband is. fruit. The eldest daughter of the family, Mrs. --Mr. Wm. R. Miller was elected school director Edwin French, of Cleveland, was with them for in the east district. –Mr. Hunsker, who has been the anniversary of 1883, but has since died. (A studying telegraphy at the “Nickel Plate Depot” poem is printed which was written by her son, has secured a situation at Conneaut, Ohio. Dr. Levi S. Burridge, for her birthday.) --Mr. Phettyplace’s home in the east part of

town burned down this forenoon. The Mentor household goods were saved. --Miss Addie Jordon has returned from her

Saybrook visit. South Madison --Mrs. William Waite, of Elyria, visited friends in --Mr. Charles Woolever and E. P. Wheeler caught Mentor a few days ago. a muskalonge last Thursday which weighed over --Miss Helen Humphrey, of Willoughby, has been 15.75 lbs. the guest of Miss King during a poriton of the Mentor Headlands past week. --The quilt which was for sale by the ladies of the --Mr. Will Gulliford and family move onto the church, fell to Mrs. Samuel Owens, her ticket farm homestead next month. being number 91. --Miss Helen Doty, of Painesville, and her mother --John Brooks will make a second attempt for have rented the home of Mrs. Eunice Barber. Kansas City, Mo., where he will be employed in Mrs. Barber is planning to go to Dakota the brick making business with his brother, sometime in the summer for a year or so. Deforest. Geauga County --A new organ was placed in the house of Mr. --O. S. Barker is now street commissioner. Alfred Brooks the other day for Miss Addie. --William Witter lately fell from the roof of his The Old Book Store house and fractured his collar bone. The old book store of H. C. Gray & Son, 85 Main --Dr. T. H. Sweney and P. M. Cowles have been street, is quite historical. It is one of the longest appointed members of the Board of Health. established and oldest business houses in --Alonzo Pease was lately thrown from his buggy Painesville. Some 30 yrs. ago, J. F Scofield and and injured. He has nearly recovered. Henry Hawks established this business on State --D. E. Rider is back from 5 months in Florida, street in the room now occupied by Treat & with health much improved. Baldwin. H. C. Gray became proprietor 26 years --M. J. Alexander, fireman in Riddle & Co’s ago. For two or three years past, the firm name factory, was recently struck on the head by some has been H. C. Gray & Son. The numerous school falling shafting and seriously injured. children buy their books here for every term. --Mr. Nye, of Montville, had his barn burn down Churches and Sunday schoos for all the regions with with all his cattle, pigs and sheep. about secure their supplies here.

83 © J. Stebbins 2020 Apr. 24, 1884 dropped dead from a chair while reading a Died at Quincy, Mich., Aprl 12th, of apoplexy, newspaper Wed. He was 79. Juilette H. Carpenter, wife of Charles C. Caley, --A young man 18 yrs. of age, son of Rev. I. N. age 45. Daughter of the late Benjamin Keifer, of Wooster, who was a student at Carpenter, of Mentor. Wooster University, committed suicide. For Sale – Horse, harness and phaentom. O. S. --Mr. B. Vitalis, of Cleveland, while repairing a King. Inquire at 15 South Street. smokestack at Warren, fell a distance of 42 feet. Sheep for Sale – C. A. Hine, Painesville His injuries are thought to be fatal. Houses and Lots for Sale – Being desirous of --Louis Kaiser, recently elected Mayor of South migrating to a more congenial climate, I am Toledo, was taken violently insane due to false selling my brick residence,7 acre lot, corner of rumors circulated on election day. He was placed Bank & Rider Streets. P. Pratt, Painesville. in the insane asylum and died on Friday. Notice --Mrs. John Pinkard, of Bazetta, Trumbull Co, left The partnership exsiting between S. J. Gee and a kettle of scalding brine on the floor and her H. A. Elias as the firm Gee & Elias is this day child upset the kettle and was fatally scalded. dissolved by mutual consent. Painesville p. 2 col. 1 Mrs. Helen Cowles Pomeroy, wife of The Estate of John Russell, Deceased Hon. George Pomeroy, Consul General and Huldah Ruseell is the executrix of John Russell, Diplomatic Agent of the U. S. to Cairo, Egypt, and dec., late of Mentor, Lake Co., Ohio. daughter of Mr. Edwin Cowles, of the Cleveland The Estate of Franklin Rogers, Deceases Leader, died in Florence, Italy, Monday Minerva Rogers is the executrix of Franklin afternoon. Rogers, dec., late of Painesville, Lake Co., O. p. 2 col. 3 Mrs. Amelia Barnet, of Easton, Pa., cut the throats of herself and her children with a May 1, 1884 Thursday razor. p. 1 State and Neighborhood p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as --P. C. Fulmer, young physician at West of April 30, 1884: Jefferson, was arrested for practicing medicine Ladies without a diploma. Bower, Lottie M. --Mr. Al. Ritchie, a young farmer of Chase, Mary Mrs. Wapakonetta, accidentally shot himself. He Christy, M. A. Mrs. leaves a widow and two children. Corlett, Ann Mrs. --Julian Martinette, circus clown in Sells Bros. Elliott, Lizzie show, dropped dead of heart disease while Morley, A. J. Mrs. performing at Salineville. Moreley, W. A. Mrs. --A young married man named Horace Hanefelt, Ogden, David Mrs. of New Berlin, Stark Co., committed suicide Gentlemen because he could not obtain work. He leaves a Amedon, C. F. & Co. wife and two children. Ballard, Jno. O. --J. L. Everich, a Mt. Vernon wholesale grocer, fell Beardsley, Enoch dead while arguing with a drummer. Bodman, J. W. --John Anderson, of Warren, a fireman on the Bowen, F. S. Mahoning division of the N.Y.P. & O. R. R. leaped Burke, Mr. from his engine onto the track and rescued a Cheny, John child at great peril to this own life. Clapp, Chas. --Volney Chamberlain, one of the oldest Carrigan, Corney residents of Stow township, Summit Co., Everetts, E. D. Flagg, A. D.

84 © J. Stebbins 2020 May 1, 1884 725 Prospect street, Cleveland. After the Gray, Noah D. wedding breakfast, the couple left for New York Hall, Ben and will sail for Europe on Saturday. Johnson, Hiram --Mr. J. C. Huntington, who was called here by Loomis, F. W. the death of his brother, is now the only survivor Murray, E. L. of his father’s family. He is 90 yrs. old. th Reynolds, Don --Friends and neighbors celebrated the 37 Randall, Amot Mr. birthday of Mr. H. S. Raplee at Perry Station last Saunders, H. K. Friday. Spaulding, D. M. --On Monday, Mr. John B. Hungerford, of LeRoy, drove over to Perry and, while sitting in his buggy Local Brevities talking with Mr. E. B. Mason, was seized with a --Mr. B. E. Chesney has gone to Pittsburgh. paralytic fit. He was unconscious until this --Dr. G. W. Storm, of Willoughby, had a severe morning, when he died. He was 66. relapse this morning. --A horse belonging to Mr. E. E. Hodge broke his --Rev. W. A. Davidson, D. D., of Jefferson, is hitching strap and took off with the buggy down spending a few days in the city. the sidewalk and the street. The buggy struck the --Mrs. Mary C. Mitchell is expected home from trees and broke freeing the horse which was Washington, D. C., today. stopped. --Miss L. J. Bates has fully recovered from an --There was a fire in the house of Mr. & Mrs. attack of erysipelas. Robert Gregory, of Pearl street. The roof was --Mrs. John McGinnis and Mrs. E. S. Pike, of damaged by fire and the plastering and furniture Chicago, are in Cleveland for the marriage of damaged by water. their niece, Miss Jessie Morley. --Miss Clara Reynolds is visiting her cousin, Mrs. A. A. Austin, of Concord. --Mr. & Mrs. J. L. Frisbie returned from wintering in Arlington, Mass. --Mr. H. B. Green has recovered from his illness enough to visit his office in the Court Hoose. --Miss Tenney, of Haverhill, Mass. and Mrs. Alice Hale and son, of Newburyport, Mass., are the guests of Mrs. D. R. Page, of State street for a few days. --Mr. O. G. Tuttle caught 25 bass Monday. All of a good size. Obituary --Mr. George Lester, of Canton, O. died at the Died at his home at Painesville April 27, Colbert Sanitarium Wednesday of organic brain disease. Huntington, age 87 yrs. He was a son of Samuel --Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Marshall, of Chicago, have Huntington, the second governor of Ohio. He a baby boy. was born at the Huntington homestead at --Mr. L. D. Gaylord having sold his farm in Perry Norwich, Conn., Oct. 17, 1797, and came with his to our townsman, Mr. J. H. Shepherd, will offer father to Ohio in1801. The family first settled in his entire stock of farm implements and Cleveland, and in 1807 moved to the Walworth household furniture at auction. estate at Painesville. At Gov. Huntington’s death --The marriage of Miss Jessie Morley to Harry E. in 1817, the land was divided between Mr. Hayes, took place April 30th, at the residence of Huntington and the bride’s parents, Mr. & Mrs. J. Healy Morley,

85 © J. Stebbins 2020 May 1, 1884 --Alonzo A. Wheeler and Miss Julia Ames were th his eldest brother, Julian C., and has been married April 24 . They go to their peaceful farm retained by them. Two other brothers, Robert home in Perry. and Francis, died many years ago, and his only sister, Martha, wife of the late Dr. John H. Willoughby Mathews, died in 1867. Mr. Huntington married --Dr. E. E. Flickinger is sick at the Homeopathy in 1833, Eleanor Paine, the only daughter of hospital in Cleveland. Capt. Edward Paine, of Chardon, who with one --John Dodd and Miss Lizzie Firth, both of this daughter, Mrs. Cornelia Greer, survives him. In place, were married in Michigan last Thursday. 1861, he moved to his home on Erie street where --Mrs. Wm. Covert, who resided near Pleasant he lived until the time of his death. Valley and who had been sick for a number of weeks, died on Friday age 51 yrs. Death of Judge Jerome Palmer --Mr. Byron Fuller, who used to work for the Died on April 24th, Jerome Palmer, age 69 yrs. He Covert’s, after a short illness of a few days, died was born in Litchfield, Conn., Jan 14th, 1816, and on Sat. remained at home until he came to Painesville in --Mr. & Mrs. Chester Palmer have returned from 1831 to live with his brother, the late Edwin Fostoria. Palmer. He chose law as his profession and --Mr. & Mrs. Tompkins, of Peoria, Ill., a brother studied with Hitchcock & Wilder. He was elected of Mrs. C. D. Clark, is visiting at his sister’s. Probate Judge by the Free-Soil party and served --G. A. Brakeman has contracted to build a one term. He was mayor of this city and one of dwelling house on Second street, for M. N. Hyde. the first directors of the Union School. In 1840, --A. W. Gunn has started to rebuild his house on he married Eunice Huntington, daughter of Mr. Spaulding street. & Mrs. Milo Harris. Within the space of 21 --James Myers and Miss Lizzie Shehan were months, death has deprived the only daughter of married at the Catholic church on Vine street. her grandparents, Judge and Mrs. Milo Harris, a --Last week the school board met and elected brother, and now her father. Her brother, Mr. Mr. S. P. Merrill to the office of Township Cassius C. Palmer is also heavily bereaved but Superintendent of Schools and authorized the has his own family to help him bear this building of nine school houses with the township continued bereavement. The remains were the coming season. placed in the vault at Evergreen Cemetery. th Died - In Painesville, April 14 , 1884, Amanda F. Willoughby Plains Anderson, age 18 years. --Mr. Fred Johnson has moved his family into Mother Brown’s house. The Estate of Ellen M. Nolan, Deceased --Miss Etta Brown has returned from a long visit J. F. Tobey is the executor of the estate of Ellen to her uncle, Geo. McLaughlin, in New York. M. Nolan, deceased, late of Madison, Lake Co., --Mr. & Mrs. M. O. Richardson are quietly Ohio. keeping house on the old farm. --Mrs. Frank Hopkins is back. She had been May 8, 1884 Thursday staying with her daughter in Ashland. p. 1 State and Neighborhood --A 14 yr. old girl of Lima jumped the rope 256 Euclid consecutive times and fell dead. --Mr. R. H. Strowbridge, age 73 yrs., died of --Jacob McDonald, of Alliance, age 60 committed inflammation of the lungs on the 24th. suicide by jumping into the river. He leaves a large family.

86 © J. Stebbins 2020 May 8, 1884 Moses, Samuel A. --A company of Ohio National Guards has been Gaylord, Levi D. organized in Burton; 63 men. Stratton, Hattie --The extensive tannery belonging to Martin Baldwin, Norman C. Kohl, at Seville, was burned down Friday. Moses, Luther --Ralph Hazlett, of Gambier died Friday. His Moses, Mary A. remains were taken to Canton. Concord --At Danville, the Catholic priest Father Motrie, Emerson, J. W. refused to attend the bedside of a dying woman Emerson, R. D. because she was not in good standing in the Murray, Sarah Ann church and her father-in-law, Vincent Priar, Painesville broke two of the priest’s fingers. Paine Jr., Franklin Moodey, Charles A. p. 2 col. 3 Obituary Rooker Jr., Jesse John C. White died on the 29th ult., age 76 yrs., at House, Samuel R. the home of his daughter J. P. Shelden, in Hill, D. C. Mantua, Portage Co., Ohio. He was born in Naomi, Cheney Granville, Washington Co., N. Y., and came with Barnes, Harley his father to Buffalo by oxen and wagon and then Mentor by a schooner on Lake Erie to Fairport in the year Parker, Green 1821. Moved to Kirtland in 1822 where he has Parker, Eleazer resided most of his life. He was married to Mather, Geo Lucinda Colwell in 1833. Of his family, three Sperry, Nancy children survive him. He was buried on the old Sawyer, Lavilla M. homestead in Kirtland. Willoughby “To My Mother” – a poem is published which Pierce, Laura was written by Dr. L. S. Burridge for his mother’s Bogue, Rebecca birthday, April 18, 1884. Johnson, Joseph C. Died Apr. 14, 1884, at the home of her daughter, Brown, E. A. Mr. J. H. Dayton, Mrs. Amanda Anderson, wife of Brown, W. H. Seth Anderson, dec. Post, H. D. Real Estate Transfers Davis, A. H. Madison Kneeling, Louis Fenton, L. C. Bliss, Emory O. Baldwin, Norman C. p. 2. col. 4 Stratton, Hattie Probate Notice LeRoy King, Sarah A. Corlett, Thos. P. Taylor, E. W. Phelps, Oliver C. Taylor, Samuel Metcalf, Preston A. Donovan, Melissa Ray, Fred L. Perry Shepherd, James H.

87 © J. Stebbins 2020 May 8, 1884 --The Ashtabula daily Advance, after running p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as over a year, has suspended for want of support. of May 7, 1884: --The Garfield Badge was won by J. M. Doran, of Ladies Ashtabula, in the shooting tournament last Brown, Miss Friday. Brown, Eva Jane Miss --Mr. C. H. Harrington and family will summer in Belden, Jennie Miss Shelburne, Vt. Cook, Yelma --Mrs. Sears, wife of Rev. G. N. Sears, of Shelby, Crow, Jane Miss N. Y., is visiting her brother’s family, Mr. L. P. Corlett, Anna Mrs. Gage, of State street. Doble, L. Mrs. --Mr. Clement Mason, of Vineland, N. J. was the Lester, G. S. Mrs. guest of Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Doane, Walnut Ave., Smith, Josie Mrs. over the Sabbath. Summer, Wing, Mrs. --Mrs. A. L. Williams, of Painesville, spent a few Turner, D. M. Mrs. days last week with her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Hart Gentlemen Ward of this place. Geneva Times Andrews, G. B. Mr. --Mrs. Eaton, nee Alvira Sanborn, of Grand Armstrong, L. Rapids Michigan, is the guest to day of Mrs. H. L. Bailey, A. C. Barstow. Barnes, T. H. --A little son of Mr. Imberry in playing with a Benschoter, C. C. torpedo the other day, hammered it a little too Blake, A. hard and it exploded, doing slight damage to the Brown, T. S. house as well as the boy. Champion, Z. --Mrs. De Voe, wife of Cornelius De Voe, of State Collins, F. C. street, was suddenly stricken down with Edwards, Will paralysis Sunday and died Monday evening. She Farnsworth, Eli H. was 54. Feron, Morgan --The death of Harvey Woodworth was reported Ford, Warnie last evening, but he is still living today, but his Hall, Ben death is momentarily expected. Hamelton, Lawes --Mr. Amasa Allen and son have killed, within Hodges, G. two weeks, 29 black snakes averaging 4.5 feet in Hupe, Fredrick length and all were found on about ¼ acre of land Murphy, Johnie in the south part of Willoughby. Independent Pretroghill, Ligr --Mr. C. H. King, found in fording the river at the Levy, Simon old arch bridge on Monday found an old Spanish Williams, George silver coin dated 1764.

Local Brevities Merited Position – from the Buffalo, N. Y. th --Rev. C. A. Kleeberger, of Chagrin Falls, is in the Courier of the 26 ult. city. James D. Hawks has been appointed Chief --Mr. Thomas Lees and sister of Cleveland are engineer of the Michigan Central with visiting Mr. & Mrs. J. M. Severance. headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. Weather: The temperature was 80 degrees last Thursday. In Memoriam --Mrs. Geo. L Reis, of New Castle, Pa., is visiting Death of Mrs. Reuben Hitchcock nd at the Lockwood Homestead on Wood street. May 2 , Peter Hitchcock sent a telegram from Cleveland, “Mother died suddenly this morning.”

88 © J. Stebbins 2020 May 8, 1884 Perry She had attended the morning wedding of Miss --G. M. Salkeld has gone to Missouri to visit Jessie Morley, on Wed., April 30th, meeting friends, hoping to improve his health in that relatives and friends who rejoiced at her state. apparent restoration of health. Thursday --Notice has been received of the death of morning, she visited her son Mr. Peter M. Benjamin Powers, a former resident, and at an Hitchcock, who had not been well for some days, early day a prominent businessman here. and that afternoon took tea with her niece, Mrs. --J. H. Shepherd sold his beautiful fruit farm here J. H. Morley, meeting her sister, Mrs. Rockwell to S. A. Moses, late of Elyria, and has bought the and her daughters, who were to leave on the farm owned by his father-in-law, L. D. Gaylord. evening train for their home in Chicago. Since Mr. Gaylord plans to go to Kansas soon. Judge Hitchcock’s death, Mrs. Hitchcock has stayed in Cleveland with her youngest daughter, Geauga County Mrs. F. H. Morley. She was buried in Painesville. --John Hardaker, a blacksmith, was kicked by a Mrs. Hitchcock’s maiden name was Sarah horse and two ribs were broken. Marshall; she was born July 4, 1811, in --Orrin Stroud, of Middlefield, was arrested and Colebrook, Conn. She came to Painesville in 1833 jailed when he could not give bond. His wife had to visit her sister, Mrs. Timothy Rockwell and applied for divorce and he threated to burn the while here became acquainted with Reuben building of her brother. He is the son of Leonard Hitchcock. There were married in 1834 and Stroud, who a few years ago murdered his wife made their home in Painesville having lived in in Troy, and then committed suicide. the homestead on State St. since 1842. Four children survive their parents: Mr. Peter M. South Thompson Hitchcock, of Cleveland; Mr. Edward M. --Miss Josie Sibley is quite sick. Hitchcock, of Northfield, Minn., Mrs. George W. --Johnnie Croft is gaining slowly. Morley, of East Saginaw, Mich., and Mrs. F. H --Mr. Onie Morgan is confined to his bed with Morley, of Cleveland. Nine grandsons are living. lung difficulty. Two sisters, Mrs. Timothy Rockwell, of Chicago; --Mr. Osmond has moved onto his place on the and Mrs. E. T. Frisbee, of Painesville, remain and mill road. one brother, Mr. Edward Marshall, of Rolling --Mr. Cramer has moved onto the Osmond place Prairie, Ind. on the East road. --Mr. John Cashen moves to the Switzer house --Mrs. S. C. Carter, of Keokuk, Iowa, is at the today. He will move it nearer to the Main street. Woodworth homestead to be with her father in -- Mr. & Mrs. J. McKaugh had a baby boy. his last hours. --Miss Jackson, of Geneva, is spending a few days with relatives here. Madison --Mr. Michael Powers passed away last Monday --Frank Childs intends to leave for Illinois soon. after severe suffering with consumption. --Mr. John Green was home from school in Oberlin on Sunday. Mentor --Benj. Hayden returned to Cleveland last week --Mr. & Mrs. Fred Warner have moved into Frank to engage in business there. Green’s house. --Mr. Martin Rand is seriously ill and his recovery --Mr. & Mrs. Warren Dicky have a new baby boy. is doubtful due to his age. --Mrs. Dr. Lake, of Bancroft, Iowa, is spending --Mr. Frank Collister, formerly of this place, but some time with the family of her sister, Mrs. S. F. who has resided in Michigan for the past few King. years, is at home.

89 © J. Stebbins 2020 May 8, 1884 --We are sorry to hear that Mrs. Emery Blair is --Mrs. E. Curtis has returned to the home of her worse again. son, Dr. E. W. Bixby, after a long visit of seven --Joe Coe, a former Kirtland boy, now a well-to- months in the West. do cattle dealer in Chicago, was visiting in town. --Thomas Radcliff has recently bought his --Last Wed., a little daughter of Seronis Brookim, mother’s house and lot in this village. while playing a short distance from the house, --The Aldrich boys, who settled in eastern fell into the mill race of P. Mighton’s flouring mill, Tennessee, have their lumber mill in running and drowned. order. So far, they employ 20 men. --The Martindale Bros. have hired a new miller, --Mr. John McClelland, a former resident, is so that Mr. William Martindale can so the buying doing well and healthy in his New York home. and selling. Letters from Utah, report the Sawyer boys and their young wives as very well. Sheep Sheering Last Friday the wool growers of Perry held their Willoughby annual sheep-shearing festival in Mr. Nelson --O. S. Skinner and W. H. Johnson are Morton’s spacious barn. Bad weather kept many convalescent. away and there were but seven shorn. --Mrs. Sarah Wilson is repairing the portico of her old homestead. LeRoy --Mrs. Kingsly is visiting her friends here and will --S. G. Ostrander has returned from grafting. return to Warren in a few days. --A. F. Ober has his barn up and partly enclosed. --Mr. C. Hoose, of Waite Hill, sold 23 head of --Miss Gertie Mason is better. cattle for Buffalo market. --Miss Belle Bates is teacher in District No. 1. --The milkman refuses to supply his customers --Miss Ida Bedell commenced teaching in No. 4 with milk except once a day on the Sabbath. last week. --Rev. J. E. Tinker, formerly of this town, was --Miss May Gee is teaching in North East LeRoy. visiting last week. --Miss Stella Raynolds, of Painesville, is teaching --George H. Carroll, of Willow Point Station, the school at the center. Nevada, is in town visiting his relatives and friends. Embroidery - Miss Alfa Hull will give lessons on --S. T. Storm Esq. has rented one of John Hill’s Saturday at second house from State street on brick houses on Vine street for his family. Walnut Ave. --Joel Reeve is suffering much from a cut on the Land for Sale – 58 aces on the Headlands within inside of his left arm. The bones have separated 10-minute walk of Fairport. James McAdams and amputation is quite probable. For Sale - A large Jewel Range nearly new. A. D. --Col. R. Hastings, of Hamilton, Bermuda, late of Work, 83 Main Street, Painesville this place, is growing bulbs of the Easter white For Sale - E. S. Belknap of Perry has seed corn and lily for the American markets. He sells about Milch cow for sale $10,000 worth each year. Seed Corn – A. Bowen, Perry, has yellow red cob Unionville Goard seed corn for sale. --Mr. William Ball, who spent the winter with his Wanted – A few more cows and horses to father, is now practicing law in Cleveland. pasture. John Carruthers, at the Seth Marshall place Kirtland Cow for Sale – One new Milch cow. John --Henry Slumen is giving music lessons to a class Carruthers at Chagrin Falls.

90 © J. Stebbins 2020 May 8, 1884 Loftis, Mary Miss The Estate of Jerome Palmer Morley, Sadie Miss Sarah A. Palmer is the adm. of Jerome Palmer, Moore, Joe Miss deceased, late of Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio. Weeks, Hattie Miss Wilson, Ettie M. Mrs. The Estate of Colbert Huntington, Deceased Whitney, Susan Mrs. Cornelia H. Greer is the adm. with the will Gentlemen annexed of Colbert Huntington, deceased, late Buck & Spencer of Painesville, Lake Co. Brown, P. M. Brick for Sale Colgrove, A. H. Having purchased the entire kiln of brick of F. Cruthers, John Gates, now offers the same for sale. James Gilbert, Emma Condon, Painesville Harris, Alfred Hibbard, Peter May 15, 1884 Thursday Hubbard, N. L. Hyson, Wm. p. 1 State and Neighborhood Karl, Hiram --West Farmington has a flax mill. Kingston, Paul --Mrs. W. H. Clark, of Dorset, fell dead while Lewis, James hanging out clothes. Nelding, John --Samuel Colvin, age 65, of Palmyra, forged notes Norton, Christie to raise money to pay his debts. Being detected, Palmer, I. N. he committed suicide rather than go to the Palmer, W. H. penitentiary. Robinson, Joseph --Joseph F. McClelland, fireman of the tug N. B. Sanders, John Gates, went to sleep on a draw bridge in Skeeneey, Frank Cleveland. When it closed, his head was severed Vorce, David from his body. West, A. J. --Miss Magdalene Haas was born in Springfield Williams, Harry township, this county, 62 years ago and had never been to Youngstown until today. Local Brevities Youngstown News --Mr. Frank R. Doty, of Chicago, is visiting --Ashtabula Telegraph: Mr. Henry Fasset and Painesville friends. bride returned last Monday from their wedding --Mrs. G. W. Crane and little daughter have gone tour to Washington. to spend the season with Mr. Crane at St. Paul,

Minn. p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as --Mr. & Mrs. George Colgrove, of Forbes street, of May 14, 1884: had a baby boy born Tuesday night Ladies --Miss Sanford, of State street, is back from Brown, O. M. Mrs. visiting her aunt, Mrs. R. L. Ganter, in Akron. Brown, Nettie Miss --Mr. W. R. White, of Mauch Chunk, Pa., made Brown, Mary Miss his Painesville friends a visit. Collins, Ella Mrs. --Mr. D. C. Wilson is home from wintering in Corlett, Anne Mrs. Florida and yesterday left for Huron. Chatman, Jennie Miss --Will Evarts, of Unionville, married Miss Jennie Denning, Mary Miss Phillips, of Painesville. Madison Index Fiske, Marion Mrs.

Johnson, Emmie Mrs.

91 © J. Stebbins 2020 May 15, 1884 Obituary --Prof. S. P. Benjamin has finished canvassing for After a lingering illness of many weeks, Harvey his Painesville directory and expects to have it Woodworth died at his home east of town last completed about the first of June. Wed. Harvey was born in Bolton, New York, Aug. --Sherwin, Williams & Co’s paint factory in 10, 1804. He was one of a family of 14 children, Cleveland was burned Sat. Two hundred persons seven boys and seven girls, all of whom lived to are thrown out of employment. raise families. On Jan. 25, 1820, James --The Rev. & Mrs. L. M. Barnes, of Paola, Miama, Woodworth brought his family to Ohio, to where Co., Kansas, are here visiting Mrs. B’s sisters, now the town of Unionville stands, after a long Mrs. M. E. Greene and Mrs. I. Sherman. and tedious journey. In 1826, he married Sarah --The soldiers’ monument was draped in Kelsey, his now bereaved wife. Their home for 6 mourning Friday as a token of respect to the yrs. was in Madison. In 1832, he moved to this memory of the late Harvey Woodworth. He ridge where he has lived on the farm all these contributed $2,000 towards its erection. years which has been identified with his name. --Mr. & Mrs. J. S. Seymour, of Davenport, Iowa, He was chosen Treasurer of Lake Co. in the are in the city and will spend the summer with second election ever held; and elected for Mr. Seymour’s brother, Dr. M. M. Seymour. Mr. another term. Then again in 1876. His wife and Seymour left Painesville 27 yrs. ago. 4 children survive him. Five children died before --Mrs. B. B. park is back from visiting relatives in him. Of the 14 children of his father’s family, but Kentucky for six months. one remains, L. C. Woodworth, of North --The druggists of Ashtabula Co. met on Tuesday Madison. and organized a Pharmaceutical Assoc. Pres., A. R. Thurber; Vice Pres, E. S. Pratt; Sec., A. K. South Madison Hawley. Meetings to be held in May, August, --Mr. Willard Day cut his left foot badly while November and February of each year. scoring timber. --Mr. Joel Doolittle, of this city, route agent on --On Saturday, a daughter came to the home of the Valley Road, was stricken with partial Mr. & Mrs. Clinton Phelps. paralysis Friday when about 18 miles out of Willoughby Cleveland. He now lies in his boarding house in --Dr. Weber spent a few days on his farm near Cleveland in a critical condition. the mouth of the Chagrin River. --Miss V. Jenkins, of the village, is studying the Fire German language in Cleveland. Wed. morning the house of Mr. & Mrs. B. O. --L. T. Burbanks is breaking ground for his new Wilcox, of Erie street, burned down. Mr. Wilcox dwelling house just south of the old one on River was awakened by the smell of smoke and got street. He has sold the old one to be moved Mrs. Wilcox and his son up. They barely had time away. to dress and make their escape. It is supposed --The sons and daughters of Mr. Nathan Clark are the fire was caused by the explosion of a lamp setting a good example by offering to give their left burning in the back hall. father a sufficient sum each year for the support of himself and family. He will be 70 yrs. old next Burglars About year. Burglar or burglars broke into the residence of --Charles Tryon has moved his house back from Mr. M. H. Brown and Mrs. A. E. Fenton Tuesday the highway for the purpose of building a better night. Mr. Brown did not awaken, but Mrs. house on the old site. His father, the Hon. H. G. Fenton saw the burglar in her house and Tryon is putting up a new barn on the place demanded what he wanted and he ran. recently purchased of Mrs. J. H. Tryon.

92 © J. Stebbins 2020 May 15, 1884 --Mr. I. N. Skinner is in very poor health, and due to his age, being in his nineties, recovery is doubtful. --Mrs. J. Morse, of Claridon, has returned home after spending a few days at her father’s, Mr. S. Spencer. --Mrs. L. Rich, of Cherry Valley, is spending a few days at Mr. H. Tucker’s. --R. M. Patrick, of Jefferson, was here over the Sabbath, visiting relatives. --Mr. T. Jackson, of Jefferson, was in town last week. --Mrs. John Stafford, of Hambden and Miss May Edwards, of Geneva, spent a day at H. Tucker’s last week. --On Tuesday, some of the boys of Waite Hill, at --As Mr. John Cashen was assisting in moving his the schoolhouse near the farm of W. S. Smith, house last week, he caught 3 of his fingers under were swinging an ax in fun, to see how far they the roller and crushed them in a horrible could throw it. The teacher stopped them but manner. the boys persuaded their teacher to try. He --Ambrose Sidley, of Montville, has the contract swung the ax three times around his head and let for carrying the milk to the Montville cheese it go and it stuck Herbert, a 10 yr. old son of Mr. factory. & Mrs. A. K. Smith, on the nose and passed in so far that the extent of the injury has not yet been Madison ascertained. If the boy lives, he will not be able --Rev. Mr. Valentine, of Thompson, exchanged to have the contour of his face restored. pulpits with Rev. Fraser, Sunday. --Mrs. H. Patch is visiting her daughter in Perry Cleveland. --Mr. & Mrs. J. D. Thompson and Mrs. Stratton, --Mrs. J. B. Hayden and her daughter, Alice, have mother of Mrs. T., started last week on a visiting gone to Iowa for a visit. tour for Fort Scott, Kansas. --Mr. Wright Lyman, of Chicago, and Mrs. Bigelow, his sister, are visiting with their parents, Mr. & Mrs. G. W. Lyman.

Mentor --Miss Essie Hamilton, of Cleveland, is visiting Mentor relatives. --Mr. Nelson Corning is expecting his sister, Mrs. William Mills, and her little son, from New York City to spend the summer with his family. --Bert Rose, of Cleveland, is spending a short time with the family of Mr. George Rose. South Thompson --Thomas Northcot and wife have moved into th --School commences the 10 . Miss Dutton, of the old Nathan Corning house. Footville, teacher. --Miss Laxilia Sawyer and her mother bought the --Miss Josie Sidley is very sick. place at Mentor Centre, formerly owned by --Onie Morgan is gaining slowly. widow Sperry, opposite the Methodist Church and are about to move in.

93 © J. Stebbins 2020 May 15, 1884 --Daniel Burnham, a soldier in the late civil war, LeRoy committed suicide at his home in Norwalk last --Miss Carrie Wright commenced school in week. He left a note to his wife and children, District No. 6 (the Burg) last week with two saying he was tired of life. scholars. --Nicholas Ripple, a Massillon farmer, was thrown from his wagon by his team taking fright Card of Thanks is printed by C. Lace and Family and running away. He died from internal injuries to thank friends and neighbors for their received, leaving a wife and 8 children. assistance and kindness during their great --A 16 yr. old son of Edward Gleitsman, of bereavement. Massillon, stole $280 from the safe in his father’s bottling works and boarded a train for Canton. Died He was arrested and returned home. In Cleveland, at her home on 37 Outhwaite --Burglars blew open the safe in the store of Street, May 2, 1884, Eliza W. McDonald, age 55 Thos. B. Gilbert, of Findlay. They made off in a yrs. Only sister of J. N. Downer of this city. buggy stolen from Dr. Harrington. For Sale – One good yearling bull. S. W. Call, --Thomas Quinn, age 18, an employee of the Perry, Ohio Nickel Plate railway, was run over Friday by the The Estate of Joseph Tuttle, Deceased pony engine in the yards at Conneaut and died Grandison N. Tuttle is the executor of the estate shortly after. of Joseph Tuttle, deceased, late of Concord, Lake Co., Ohio. p. 2 col. 1 Dudley Pitkin, a prominent citizen of Pigs for Sale Cleveland, died Sunday at the age of 86. A few spring pigs for sale. C. H. King, East of --H. K. Dickey, age 71, a resident of Massillon for County House, Painesville half a century, died Sunday of neuralgia. --Mrs. Hafford, one of the oldest pioneers of May 22, 1884 Thursday Fremont, died Sat. at the age of 84. --Jacob Ferbrache, an old citizen of Cambridge, p. 1 State and Neighborhood O., died Wed. He is said to have been the first --Cromwell Tillinghast, age 83, died in Berlin, white male child born in that township. Friday, of paralysis. --Miss Mary, a highly accomplished young lady --William Grove, age 87, died at Urbana, O., after and daughter, of Rev. R. J. Armstrong, of Carroll two hours illness, of heart disease. Co., suicided by hanging. Cause not known. --Mrs. Mary Pearl has lived 64 years on the farm where she died Friday at the age of 88. p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as --H. A. C. Sturges, a pioneer of Greenfield, Huron of May 21, 1884: Co., died last week at the age of 80 yrs. Ladies --A hawk was shot one day last week in Curry, June Mrs. Champion which measured 4’ 6” from tip to tip. Connell, Jennie Mrs. --Mrs. Mary Allen, of Cuyahoga Falls, has sued Durby, Mary Mrs. two saloon keepers for selling liquor to her Gage, Nellie Miss husband, an habitual drunkard. She asks $800. Kirk, Alta Mrs. --Rev. Geo. W. Howe, M. D., an old and Latimer, Nellie Mrs. prominent resident of Trumbull Co., died at his Smith, Sarah Mrs. home in North Bloomfield, Sunday, age 75 yrs. Wakelee, Emeline Mrs. --The gun store of J. E. Doran, of Ashtabula, was Gentlemen burglarized a few nights ago and $250 worth of Brown, Ira Mr. fire arms stolen. Froeshie, Frederick Mr. Dougherty, Daniel

94 © J. Stebbins 2020 “Beyond the River” May 22, 1884 Joel Doolittle died May 15, in Cleveland. He was Fiedler, J. W. stricken with paralysis while on his mail run and Jarvin, George was unconscious until the time of his death. He Kirkpatrick J. L. was a son of the late Hon. Joel Doolittle, of McCaslin, James Middlebury, Vermont, in which town he was Palmer, Prof. born Sept. 9, 1822. He came to Ohio in early life. Peaters, Samuel The remains were brought to Painesville. The Ryan, Patt funeral services were at the home of his sister, Simons, Stephen Mrs. H. C. Gray. Patterson, John Fearful Plunge and Miraculous Escape from Local Brevities Instant Death --Mrs. A. D. Sturges, two children and a maid, Last Sat., Mr. W. H. Doane, telegraph operator at occupy rooms at the Stockwell House, on the the Nickel Plate depot in this city, fell from the Park. bridge to the water below, a distance of 105’ and --Mr. Extine Case, cousin of the late Leonard then swam ashore. He was on the bridge making Case, was the guest of Mrs. Laura Axtell on the some repairs to the wire and made a misstep Park last week. which caused him to fall. He said he turned two --Mr. & Mrs. Herbert F. Moodey, nee Paine, of complete somersaults and struck the water in a Minneapolis, have a welcome addition to the sitting posture. The water there is only 6’ deep. family, an infant daughter. Later – as of Wed., Mr. Doane is in a fair way to --Mr. A. D. Alvord, of Erie, was in the city last recover, being able to sit up and play the guitar. week. He is about to change his residence to Flint, Michigan. Real Estate Transfers --Mr. & Mrs. Henry Nottingham, of the “Maples,” Madison were the guests of Mr. & Mrs. R. M. W. Taylor, of Carnahan, Hulda A. Oakwood, Cleveland, over the Sabbath. Patchin, Addie A. --Mr. W. A. Gray is home from Pittsburgh, Pa., Benton, A. W. where he has been visiting his mother for 3 Senter, Susan B. months. Garrett, Robert --Miss Julia M. Doane, of Philadelphia, arrived in Chadwick Wm. B. the city Tuesday, called here by the illness of her Booth, Herbert son, Mr. W. H. Doane, who made the fearful Smead, C. R. plunge from the Nickel Plate bridge last Sat. LeRoy --Miss Sadie J. Bigler has returned from her two- Proctor, Edward week visit to Mrs. Edward W. Morley at Saginaw, Radcliff, Chas. T. Mich. Crofoot, Roxana --Mr. & Mrs. Wm. J. Pratt, formerly of Painesville, Crofoot, Joel have moved from Chicago, to 554 Ninth Street, Perry Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Pratt will still continue in St. John, C. C. the wholesale grocery business. Thompson, John D. --Mrs. Levi Shepard left Monday for the west to Painesville visit friends in Chicago and then go to Grinnell, Lace, Chas. Iowa, to visit her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. & Thomas, John H. Mrs. Ray Clark, with whom she will pass most of Kirtland the summer. Presley, Lucy G. Rand, Wm. R.

95 © J. Stebbins 2020 May 22, 1884 yet that need to be taken out, or work out, Mentor before the boy can recover. Hickok, Susan J. --Last Friday, Miss Ella J. Smith, who resided in Glazier, N P. Kitt’s neighborhood, died of injuries she received Mather, George to her spine about 5 yrs. ago in being thrown VanEtten, Eliza A. from a wagon. She was 30 yrs. old. Campbell, J. C. Willoughby Madison Campbell, J. C. --We now have a plank walk from the Paige VanEtten, Eliza A. House across the street. --Mr. Brown, who has been doing business in LeRoy Ashtabula for some time past, will start a grocery --Will Baker is home from grafting. store in the place recently occupied by Merton --Miss Ida Bedell, teacher in District No. 4, has Garis. had to close her school due to the whooping cough. Kirtland --Mrs. James Wright was taken very sick last week. She has been an invalid for more than 4 yrs. Willoughby Plains --Mr. A. Cole is quite sick with congestion of the lungs. --Mr. N. P. Downing has a daughter. Willoughby --Miss Lora Stockwell is home again. --Joel Reeves’ hand is no better. It is evident the bones are decaying and amputation may be necessary. --Mrs. James Payne, recently from Hamilton, Bermuda, has so far recovered her health as to be able to visit her daughter Mrs. Finber, at Hambden Detroit. --Mr. George Gridley, one of our best farmers --Henry W. Covert, a soldier in the last war, who and businessmen, has just sold his small farm of lost one of his lungs in the service, is almost 52 acres to Mr. Chamberlain, of York State. deprived of the other by disease. He is very low. --Mrs. Mendel Betts is very low and is not --The Gilroy, Cal., Record of May 10th, states that expected to survive long. Mr. Kidward, of Willoughby, O., who was called --The family of Mr. Luther Moore, which has there by the death of his son, is so favorably been sick several weeks, is reported better, impressed with California that he has decided to except his mother. remain there. --Mr. Skinner, of Montville, an old veteran of --Mr. J. O. Humphrey, last week attended the 1812, died May 16, 1884, over 90 yrs. old. meeting of the Chicago Calumet Society, a Pioneer meeting of all who settled there prior to South Madison 1841. --Abraham Stearns, of Unionville has gone on a --Herbert Smith, the boy who was injured in the pleasure trip to Boston. face by an ax, rested very well Sat. night. But --The neighbors of Mr. Willard S. Day turned out there are broken bones 3 inches in the wound to do his plowing and planting. Mr. Day is on crutches.

96 © J. Stebbins 2020 May 22, 1884 --Mr. Crocket, daughter and son-in-law of Stark --Rev. H. L. Steeves has gone home on account of Co., are spending a few days with his daughter, his poor health. Mrs. G Switzer. --Miss Mary Warner is teaching in the Veezy --M. S. Morehouse has the addition to his house District on the River Road in Perry. nearly completed. --Mr. S. Cole has sold his farm of 50 acres to Mr. Mentor Powell, of Arkansas, a Baptist minister. Mr. Cole --Mrs. Spencer Munson has gone to Knoxville, thinks of locating in Kentucky. Tenn., to visit her mother and other relatives. --Miss Josie Sidley passed away last Friday after --Mrs. Harriet Dickey is spending a few weeks in an illness of two weeks of paralysis of the brain. Akron with the family of her daughter, Mrs. She was 17 yrs. of age. Helen Pardee. --Mr. I. N. Skinner died last Friday, age 91. --John Harrington is at home for a time, from Scranton, Pa., where he has been in business for Married a year or so. May 12, 1884, at the residence of the bride’s --George Mather is home due to sickness but mother, Mr. C. A. Camp, of Concord, and Miss hopes soon to return to his post in the Brush Ella M. Clark of Matoon, Ill., formerly of Light Co.’s works in Cleveland. Huntsburgh, Ohio --Fred Hart, who has been in Hudson preparing Died th for Adelbert College, has left school, due to May 16 , at his home in Montville, Geauga Co., trouble with his eye, and is now in Mr. J. Isaac N. Skinner, age 90 yrs. and 10 mos. Lockwood’s store in Painesville. --Mrs. Curtis is very sick and is at the home of her May 29, 1884 Thursday son, Mr. Sam Curtis. State and Neighborhood --Mr. Ed Johnson and family are back from --Mrs. J. Ellen Foster is receiving a hearty wintering in Florida. welcome in California. --Mr. E. Cadle, who has been adding every year --Samuel Ackerman, wife and child, of to his farm, has set out several aces of grapes, Portsmouth, perished in the flames of their currants and raspberries. burning house, Wed. night. --Mr. Arthur Baxter is spending the summer in --Frank Allen, age 28, was drowned while Canada where he is engaged in business. During intoxicated and attempting to wash sheep in the his absence, Mrs. Baxter is staying with her Mahoning at Newton Falls. parents, Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Kerr. --A 6-yr.-old little girl of David Ellis, of Newark, in --Mrs. Otis Haskell’s health has been failing for attempting to fix a fire in a stove, had her clothes two years and it is now deemed best to take her take fire and was fatally burned. to Newburgh Insane Asylum. She is willing to go --The suspension bridge across the Scioto River there believing the treatment may do her good. at Portsmouth fell while some cattle were crossing. Mrs. Fulweller with four children were Mentor Headlands on the bridge at the time. Three of the children --Miss Mary Harrington and Mr. Lucius Parker, of were drowned. Black Brook, were married at the Disciple --Mr. Andrew Lamma, of Coshocton, was Parsonage in Mentor, Tuesday. repairing a spout leading into a bleaching tub in South Thompson the paper mill of that place, when he fell in. The --Mr. T. Jackson is again in town. liquid was boiling lime and acid. When taken out, --Miss Dutton is teaching the school. the cooked flesh dropped off in chunks. He --Miss Edith Tucker is back from a visit in Burton. cannot recover.

97 © J. Stebbins 2020 May 29, 1884 p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as --The oldest son of W. H. Fardon, of Jefferson, of May 28, 1884: has been adjudged insane, and taken to the Ladies Ashtabula Co. Infirmary until arrangements can Brick, Della Miss be made to take him to Newburgh Asylum. Bentley, Clarissa Mrs. --Chagrin Falls Exponent: J. W. Williams fell in a Bares, Lola Mrs. fainting spell at the corner of Pearl and Franklin Downing, Lina Miss streets Tuesday. He soon regained consciences Lyman Lizzie Miss and is fine. Morgan, Kate Miss Parker, Ellen Miss Rihnehart, Martha Work, Elon Mrs. Wright, Etta Miss Vogel, Amelia Miss Gentlemen Carrie, James Debolt, J. T. French, Delacous Graves, Harry Harvey, Theopolas Kingston, Paul --Mr. William H. Gerken, formerly editor of the Lewis, Jim Jefferson Gazette, died at Marietta, O., Wed, of McCarty, M. Mr. consumption, age 28 yrs. During his stay in Miller, Wm. Mr. Jefferson, he was engaged to be married to Miss Neff, Henry Mr. Edith Webb at the time of her untimely death. Orium, Geo. W, Prosser, Henry A. p. 2 col. 2 Mrs. James Hanna, of Fairview, Ohio, Penleton, Albert had a tooth pulled the other day and bled to Scribner, J. W. death. Strong, E. L. --A young man named Max Leonhardt, of Sylvester, E. A. Cleveland, was engaged to be married to a young Thompson, W. R. lady of Parma. The day before the wedding, he Tinney, Charley was thrown from a buggy and died in a few Willis, Geo. E. minutes from his injuries. col. 5 –William Palmer an English veteran, and Local Brevities the last survivor of the guard over Napoleon at --Mr. Horace Steele will deliver the address at St. Helena, died at Battle Creek, Michigan, Montville on Decoration Day. Tuesday, age 84 yrs. --Mr. M. B. Huntington has the contract for --Wm. Marshall, an advance agent in the United building the sheds on the county fairgrounds. States army, who enlisted in 1823, recently died --Mr. Frank P. Burridge, of Cleveland, is visiting at Fort Mackinac, after 36 yrs. continuous duty friends in Painesville. at that post. --Mrs. Horace E. Clayton, of Chicago, is visiting --In a farm house eight miles from Portsmouth, her husband’s parents, Mr. & Mrs. D. B. Clayton. Ohio, Samuel Ockerman, his wife and eldest --Mr. Albert Drayton, of New York, is spending a daughter were burned to death after six children few days with his relatives here. had been rescued. --Mrs. Mary Mitchell who has been ill has been more comfortable the last few days.

98 © J. Stebbins 2020 May 29, 1884 Two burglars broke into the house of Mr. L. P. --Mrs. Emeline Hickok, of Bank street, will visit Gage. Mr. Gage was awake and fired at them. friends at Three Rivers, Michigan, with whom They made good their escape. she will spend the season. --Mrs. Charles A. Wheelock, of Boston, is visiting Real Estate Transfers her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Sedgebeer on the Park. Madison --Mrs. C. Bentley, of Conn., mother of the Vosburgh Geo. H. associate Principal of Lake Erie Seminary is the Roscoe, Lavine E. guest of the Seminary. Pierce, Chloe E. --Look out boys! The ordinance prohibiting Simpson, Annie M. bathing in the Grand River between 5 a.m. and 9 Parmly, Lovina l. p.m. and at any time within 20 rods of the Donahue, Bridget bridges will get some boys in trouble is they are Rand, Martin not careful. Rand, Silas M. --Wm. H. Beard, of New York, the famous artist LeRoy is visiting his family at the Beard Homestead. Corlett, Thos. P. Freshley, Frederick Painesville Bissell, Sarah Bissell, Mary Murphy, Thos. J. Parmly, James L. French, Francis R. Johnson, Augusta R. --Died in Chicago, Ill., May 13, of syncope of the Martin, John T. heart, B. H. Jaques, age 38, youngest brother of Smart, Edgar C. Mrs. M. J. Hickok, of Mansfield, and C. W. Jaques, Kirtland of Ashtabula. He was a nephew of Mr. H. N. Blair, W. E. Carter, of Perry, with whom he lived from the Blair, Ellen E. time he was 3 yrs. of age until he was 21. Shattuck, Alma --The Painesville friends of Dr. Storm, of Mentor Willoughby, are pained to learn there is no hope VanEtten, Eliza A. of his recovery from his illness. Dickey, Harriet M. Hart, Stephen H. Died - Rev. J. A. Brayton, for many years a Rexford, Cassius N. resident of this city, one of the early pastors of Willoughby St. James Episcopal church, died at his home VanEtten, Eliza A. Tuesday at the age of 84 years. Dickey, Harriet M. --H. Bowers, of Collinwood, a brakeman on the Lake Shore Road, was on the caboose as his train Fires passed Madison Tuesday evening and was hit by --Friday morning, the large cider mill belonging a tank pipe which broke his skull. The train came to Mr. M. F. Horton, on Johnny Cake Ridge, to Painesville where medical aid was summoned burned down with is contents consisting of and the injuries pronounced fatal. He was taken mowing and reaping machines and other farm on to Collinwood. He was a young man married tools. about a month. --Friday evening, the barn, horse barn and shed belonging to Mr. Mark Welsh, on the Richard Burglars Again Foss farm, two miles east of town, were burned

99 © J. Stebbins 2020 May 29, 1884 the office of Dr. Moore in town to have his with their contents of hay, oats, wheat, corn, wound dressed. wagon, etc. --Mrs. W. C. Andrews sails for London and Paris in a few days. She will make an extended tour on Death of J. S. Werner that continent. Mr. J. S. Werner died Sat morning. He was the senior partner of the firm Werner Brothers. He Mentor was 30 yrs. old. --Mrs. Mason expects to return to her home in Allegheny City this week. Unionville --Mr. Charles Cummings and wife (nee Miss --Captain Jones, of Cleveland, has been spending Sarah Burridge) are visiting the family of Mr. E. a few days with his daughter, Mrs. S. R. Bonnell. Burridge. The Captain is 72 yrs. old. --Miss Carrie Judd, of Buffalo, N. Y., spent last Sat. with the King sisters. Willoughby --Mr. & Mrs. E. T. C. Aldrich were in Madison a --Dr. G. W. Storm had his right leg become part of last week, visiting the family of Guy paralyzed on Wed. Since then, he has been Prouty, and also Mr. & Mrs. Geo. Tarball. confined to his bed and mortification has --Mike Swain, formerly one of our Mentor boys, commence on the disabled limb. has bought the Nathan Corning place for his --Miss Alice Henderson, formerly of this place, is mother. visiting friends here. --J. M. Granger has started work on A. W. Gunn’s LeRoy new house. --Don Williams returned home from grafting last --Chas. Armstrong has contracted with L. D. week. Burbanks to do the carpenter work on his new --Mr. Charles Tenney and Miss Cora Loomis were house. His brother, J. L. Armstrong has married one day last week. contracted with R. Y. Carroll Esq. to put up a new --Olney Bates has purchased a new traction frame house on Vine Street. engine. --Sidney, the oldest son of S. V. Wilson, is at --Mrs. Delacour French is still quite ill. home for a few days. He graduates from Buchtel --S. J. Potts has the cellar dug for his new house. College, Akron, in June. --Thomas Harrison is at work for A. A. Wheeler, --J. W. Flickinger, the youngest son of Rev. D. K. of Perry. Flickinger, graduates at the Otterbein University --Correction: The whooping cough is in District at Westville, on June 12th. His sister, Nellie, No. 4, but the school is not closed. graduates at Oxford, June 19th. Their father left --D. C. Hill planted corn this year that he brought for Oregon last week and will visit the United from New Hampshire 17 yrs. ago. Brethren Churches on the Pacific coast. It may not be generally known that the Moravian and Geauga County United Brethren are one and the same church. It --Charles Smith has been returned to the Reform is the duty of Rev. Mr. Flickinger to visit all their Farm at Lancaster. churches one in every three years. --Alexander Pasko and Alva Hewitt were --Mr. John Storm, late of Chester, died Friday of convicted of a violation of the liquor laws and a lingering illness; he was about 79 yrs. old. He sentenced to jail until they could pay the fine and was the oldest brother of Dr. G. W. Storm and T. costs. They were released by order of the County S. Storm. Auditor. --Herbert Smith, who was injured in the face by an ax, has so far recovered as to be able to call at Madison --Benj. Hayden spent the Sabbath at home.

100 © J. Stebbins 2020 May 29, 1884 made by the death of the only son of Mr. & Mrs. --Miss Frankie Ensign, who is attending school at Barnes many years ago. The remains were taken Oberlin is at home. to Painesville for interment. --Mr. Marshall Palmer, who is engaged in stock raising in Nebraska, is at home. Died --Mrs. Forbes of Cleveland, is visiting with her At the home of her grandson, R. Walkey, in th parents, Mr. & Mrs. Teachout. Eagleville, May 19 , Mrs. Ann Hill, age 73 yrs., 4 --Miss Libbie Harrington has gone to Indiana for mos., 19 days. th the purpose of teaching music. --Willis Henry Woodruff died May 16 at his --Mr. Martin Rand, one of the oldest men in our home in Painesville, age 17 yrs. town, died last Tuesday. --Mr. Louis Clark, a colored gentleman, gave the Horse Wanted people a very instructive lecture last Tuesday of T. W. Carpenter, Mentor Ave., Painesville, wants how he was captured and released the by people to buy a good horse 6-8 yrs., old, good roadster, of this vicinity, when as a slave; he was fleeing kind and gentle. from his master. Horse for Sale N. Hoose, Perry, O., has a good work horse for Kirtland sale. --Miss Aggie Morley is still very low, also Mrs. McQuethey and Mrs. Blair. Mr. Elwood Wisner June 5, 1884 Thursday is much better. Mrs. Dewitt Markell, who has p. 1 Pioneer Sketches – by C. C. Bronson been confined to bed for two months, is better. George Munson --Frank Ladd, who has been in Madison for the The eighth child of Ashbel and Candace S. last three years, was visiting here, but today Munson was named William Grinnell; he was leaves to visit his parents at Tabor, Iowa. born Aug. 11, 1812, and died May 30, 1813, age --Jack McChan is building an addition to his 9 months. George being the ninth and the house south of the center and is intending to youngest child of the family was born July 10, build a blacksmith shop at the same place. 1815. He was six years old when his parents left --Last Friday evening, Miss Minnie Brown their home in Connecticut to come to Ohio. entertained about 20 of her friends by giving the When he became 21, in 1836, he remained first ice cream party of the season. working on his father’s farm until the death of his father, Dec. 19th, 1841, when he came into Thompson possession of the home of his father. He died --Several babies born in town this spring, ladies March 5th, 1869, age 54 from congestive cold. in the majority among them: One at R. H. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Wright)Munson Goodsell’s place, one at C. Phelps’, and one at M. She was the daughter of Thomas and Clarissa Murphy’s. Wright and was born in Hudson, Ohio, Feb. 14th, --Mr. Wm. Gilbreath has taken the contract for 1820. She received a good common school carrying the mail from here to Madison, daily as education. She was married in her father’s house of July 1st. in Hudson to Geo. Munson, of Mentor, Sept. 21, --On May 21st, Freddie W., son of the late D. R. 1853. They were the parents of one child. Alice Clayton, and grandson of the late Julius Weed, of (Wright) Munson, now residing in the former Painesville, died at the home of S. N. Barnes, of home of her parents in Mentor, with her Thompson (where he had lived the past 7 years), husband, Eugene Case, a native of Hudson. Mr. at the age of 12 yrs. 9 mos. One brother remains, Munson gave all his property, real and personal two years his senior—his father and mother had to his wife, and it afforded her and daughter a both passed on before him. He filled the vacancy competent living. She unfortunately broke her

101 © J. Stebbins 2020 June 5, 1884 Gentlemen wrist, causing great suffering, and finally a Osdon, Frank M. deranged mind. Her daughter and husband Pulman, Samuel kindly took care of her. A few hours previous to Reed, Will A. her death, her reason returned and she desired Robinson, Mathew to see her relatives. She died Oct. 14th, 1883, age Spryen, Dave 64 yrs. Taylor, A. J.

State and Neighborhood Local Brevities --Hester Lee, age 104, died in Zanesville last --Mrs. R. L Ganter, of Akron, is the guest of Mrs. week. H. P. Sanford, of State St. --Mrs. Volney French, of Jefferson, has become --Miss Lizzie Gardner, of Chagrin Falls, was the violently insane over religious excitement. guest of Painesville friends Sat. and Sun. --Wesley Johnson was hanged at Napoleon --Mrs. H. W. Tingle and son, of Greenville, Ohio, Thursday for the murder last October of Geo. W. are guests of Mr. & Mrs. L. W. Ackley, on the Williams and his wife, of Wauseon. Avenue. --The Gazette announces a verdict for the --Mrs. Jackson Armstrong, nee Lockwood, of plaintiff of $3,500 in the breach of promise case Cincinnati, is visiting at the Lockwood between Carrie E. Calhoun and Warner Wolcott, Homestead on Wood street. both of Jefferson. --It is stated that Thomas Obens, of Jefferson, --Pat Laughlin, employed in the Broadway blast died from the effects of sowing phosphate, a furnace, Cleveland, fell from the top of the high wind blowing it into his face and poisoning furnace a distance of 80 feet. He died of his him. injuries in a few hours. --Mr. Daniel Warner Jr. reached home last week. --Jefferson Gazette: Patrick O’Mara, an engineer He will return to Dakota in a few days with Mrs. on the Lake Shore road, was knocked from his Warner and their little grandson. engine and killed last Tuesday. --Mr. F. Nichols, of Perry, Monday sold and --Solomon Miller, probably the oldest person in shipped a thoroughbred Durham Bull and heifer Ohio, died at his home in Wilson Mills today. He to a party to Youngstown on the railway. would have been 103 had he lived until next --Mrs. S. R. King has gone to Cleveland to have Sept. 7th. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. her eyes treated. Chagrin Falls Exponent --Mr. Frank S. Stickney, who for several years has --Rev. D. J. Bedell, a prominent minister of been in Dakota, is spending a few days with his Belmont Co., a year ago deserted his wife and Painesville friends, before going to Tennessee to children and eloped with a 15-yr.-old girl. engage in the lumber business. Recently, he returned home and asked --Willoughby Independent: The large trees which forgiveness of his wife which she granted. He were injured by fire last Nov. on Spaulding street then asked forgiveness of the congregation at and cut down recently were set out by O. H. the church, some were willing to take him back, Sharpe, Esq., in 1836, while a resident of the and some left the church. street. --Mr. & Mrs. George H. B. White’s daughter, p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as Hattie L., will marry Mr. George H. Kendall, June th of June 4 1884: 10 , 1884, in Washington, D. C. Ladies --Dr. St. John, of Willoughby, who was 74 yrs. old Devine, Ellen Miss Thursday, started out that morning for a walk Lynch, Margaret Mrs. and continued his walk to our city. After dinner Wilkes, M. L. Mrs. he walked home again.

102 © J. Stebbins 2020 June 5, 1884 and oats. Mr. Fenton met in Fargo, Messrs. --Dr. J. S. Campbell and Richard Newton, who Samuel Curtiss, L. B. Gibbs, N. K. Hubbard, Gard recently purchased the J. Wiley Smith stock of Gray, and A. C. Batchelor, all of who are drugs in this city and removed them to prospering and well pleased with Dakota. Cleveland, have been arrested on the charge of arson. A fire in the cellar of their store was found In Memoriam to have started from a pile of shavings, saturated The Rev. Johnson A. Brayton died at his th with turpentine. W. W. Strickland, their clerk, residence in Painesville on May 27 , at the was also arrested. advanced age of 84 yrs. --The Lebanon, Ohio, Gazette, of May 14 Real Estate Transfers contains the obituary notice of Mrs. Melissa Concord Pearson Holbrook, wife of Prof. Alfred Holbrook, Howe & Rogers principal of the Southwestern State Normal Merrill, Correll School at Lebanon since 1855. The deceased Painesville was formerly a resident of Kirtland, Lake Co., Nottingham, Henry where Mr. Holbrook had charge of the Normal Pepoon, Albert C. School of that town for a few years. She leaves Nottingham, Mary J. five children and a faithful mother. She was 66. Huntoon, Tryphena C. --Mrs. Hendrickson and daughter, of Jamaica Taylor, Medora A. Plains, Long Island, N. Y., are visiting her mother, Kirtland Mrs. George Everett, and other relatives here. McFarland, H. J. Stearns, Wm. S. Kleeberger-Hayden Willoughby Last Sunday, Rev. C. Kleeberger, pastor of the Miller, Joel Disciple Church of this place, and Miss Anna King, Mary E. Hayden, daughter of Prof. W. S. Hayden, were made one by the bride’s father. Chagrin Falls Fairport Items Exponent On Saturday, a three-year old child of Mr. John Sullivan, while playing about the pond east of the Death of Mrs. Mary C. Mitchell river, fell from a foot bridge into the water. Died June 1st, at the home of her sister, Mrs. E. E. Some children saw her and sounded the alarm Gould, Mrs. Mary Chesney Mitchell, age 35 yrs., which was immediately responded to by Mr. youngest daughter of Mr. & Mrs. B. D. Chesney Alfred Lewis and Mr. W. G. Hawkins and the and widow of the late John J. Mitchell, who died apparently lifeless body of the child was taken in 1873. For the past three years, Mrs. Mitchell from the water. Mr. Lewis had training at the has filled a prominent position in the Life Saving Station in resuscitation and using this Department of Agriculture at Washington, D. C. process, the child showed signs of life. It seems Mrs. Mitchell left Washington due to illness and the child must have been under the water 15 arrived in Painesville May 1st, since which time mins. before his recovery. she has failed gradually. LeRoy The Outlook for Dakota --Enoch Beardsley is at work in Huntsburg. Mr. A. E. Fenton is visiting in Painesville from --Delos Rogers is repairing his house. Casselton, Dakota. He tells about the land; he --Charles Crowe has returned from grafting. has 650 acres in wheat and 100 in oats, 100 in --Mr. Lionel Stafford and Miss Sarah Nighman timothy. Seth M. Barber, who works land were married last Friday in Painesville. adjoining Mr. Fenton’s has 250 acres of wheat --Fred Ray has moved on his place, on the Plank road.

103 © J. Stebbins 2020 June 5, 1884 alone, across the way from her son Henry. She Kirtland was in a very critical condition in the afternoon. --Ensign Rich and family spent the Sabbath with --Frankie, son of Jefferson Quiggle, was much friends here. worse on Sunday, little hopes of his recovery are --Fred Curtiss arrived from New York Friday. entertained. --Fred Daniels, who has been at work in Pa., has come home to stay through the summer. Mentor --Mrs. John Coe when many will remember as --Frank Crowl, of Cleveland, spent the Sabbath Ruby Harmon and her sister-in-law, Kittie Brown, with his mother. are visiting relatives in Kirtland. --Mrs. George Williams is the guest of Mrs. John --Mr. Hushia Beal is very ill. Tyler for a few days. --Mr. Edwin A. Harrington and Mr. & Mrs. E. S. Madison Harrington, of New York City, are spending a few --Herbert Harris spent the Sabbath at home. weeks at their old Mentor home. --Charles Branch has been at home within the --Mr. Edwin Ingersoll is very much enlarging his past week. dwelling house. --M. O. Preston has sold his house and lot to Dr. --Miss Mazie Palmer, of Pittsburgh, is spending Wilkinson, of Jefferson. the summer with her aunt, Mrs. Joseph Rudolph. --Charlie Genung leaves this week for Arizona, --Clark Hendryx is home from Geneva Normal where he will take charge of a mill. school for vacation. --Mr. H. C. Ensign has returned from Castile, N. Y. --Mrs. Clarissa Dille, age 93, is very happy in Iowa --Cards are sent out announcing the marriage of City. She intends, during the summer, to visit her Miss Alice Beecher to Mr. H. William Hunt. nephew, Hon. Henry O. Moore, of Oskaloosa. --Mr. Amos Gilbert, whose farm joins that of Dr. South Thompson Robinson, is building a handsome house out of --Mr. S. Cole having sold his farm will be moving the old one. to Michigan after spending a few days with James Proctor. Willoughby --Mr. Wm. Croft is spending a few days with his --Frank Hart, of the Plains, was bound over to the family. Common Pleas Court for an assault on Mrs. Holt. --Mr. & Mrs. A Burroughs spent the Sabbath with --Mayor Ellen returned Sat. with his sick brother, Mr. Burrough’s father in Madison. Benj. Ellen, for Cleveland. His illness has affected --J. E. Foskett having closed his school in his brain. Montville, will teach a two-month term in No. 7 --Mrs. J. V. Viall has gone to Wisconsin to visit her District, starting on the 3rd. two sons at Oshkosh, --Mr. Eddie Burns, of Hartsgrove and Miss Mollie --Lucius Austin is here visiting he parental home. Carraher, of Montville, are to be married at the --Thomas Cox, on the Chester road, has struck a Catholic Church next Thursday. There will be vein of gas at the depth of 150 feet, near the three bridesmaids and groomsmen. sandstone ridge. --Mr. & Mrs. A. E. Colson have a nice buggy and Hambden a silver-plated harness. --Death has taken away a young wife and --Dr. G. W. Storm is no more; he died Monday. mother. Mrs. W. P. Betts died May 20th, 1884, He was born on Aug. 9, 1822, in Greene age 22 yrs. May 30th, Mrs. William Kenedy died, Chenango Co. N. Y., to Mr. & Mrs. John J. Storm. age 46. Mrs. Kenedy leaves six children. His parents moved to this place in 1824 with his --On June 1st, Aunt Jenny King was found 3 other brothers (Stephen T. was born here in unconscious on the floor near her bed. She lives 1826). He leaves a wife, a son, Dr. G. S. Storm and a sister, Mrs. B. Miller.

104 © J. Stebbins 2020 June 5, 1884 formerly of Lima, and granddaughter J. R. Kirby, A Card – B. O. Wilcox and Lydia Wilcox thank all Esq., of Lima. The bride was from Fairfield, Iowa. for their generous assistance rendered on the They will live in Painesville, Ohio. LaGrange, Ind., recent loss of their home by fire. Standard

Willoughby Plains. Died th --Mr. A. Cole is improving slowly. In Perry, May 24 , at the residence of her --Miss Mary Griswold has returned from daughter, Mrs. Charles T. Wright, Loe Herriman, Painesville where she has been since last fall. of Madison, widow of Ira Herriman, deceased, --Many from Painesville were on a visit to Mr. O. age 81 yrs. 8 mos. They settled in Madison in Perry’s the other day: Mr. David Gray, J. A. 1825 when the town was a wilderness. Babcock and wife, Mrs. Clapsadel, Mr. & Mrs. Obituary Richards, Mrs. Ingraham and others. Miss Josie Sidley, daughter of Mr. P. Sidley. Her Lake County Common Pleas brother, Alpha Sidley, died a few years ago. She died May 16. She had been in poor health for several years but nothing serious about it until two weeks before her death; she died of water on the brain. Rev. R. A. Sidley preaches a discourse. She leaves a mother, father, four brothers and three sisters. She was 17 yrs., 4 mos., and 4 days old.

Piano or Organ Miss Sarah A. Palmer will teach pupils at her residence. Piano Tuning F. C. Worley will properly tune pianos. For Sale P. H. Towel, Concord, O., has a span of gray mares, full sisters, 6 and 7 yrs. old, fine roadster, for sale. Sired by Idol, Jr. Hair Goods Mrs. D. Card, dealer in Hair Goods, Waves, Curls, Braids and Switches. Wood and Liberty Streets

Married June 12, 1884 Thursday --In LeRoy, May 30th, 1884, Mr. Byron L. Stafford p. 1 Letter from Dakota – J. J. Thomson writes and Miss Sarah M. Nighman, both of LeRoy. from Dakota. He filed for two sections of land, --On the 3rd inst., Fred Houston, of Toledo, O., 320 acres, at Creel. The country is high and dry and Lizzie E. Smith, of Painesville, at the and the water is as good as home; good roads residence of the bride’s parents, Painesville. always. --In Galion, O., May 29, 1884, Mr. Robert J. Schweninger, of this city and Miss Rickey p. 2 col. 4 State and Neighborhood Herbold, of the former place. --The Lake Shore Magazine will hereafter be --At St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Lima, Ind., May published in Erie instead of Ashtabula. 21st, 1884, Mr. E. M. Card, of Painesville, O., to --The body of Thos. Heykila, a Finlander, was Miss Carrie R. K. Taylor, daughter of John Taylor, found in the river at Ashtabula Harbor Sunday. It

105 © J. Stebbins 2020 June 12, 1884 is a plain case of accidental drowning. He leaves Local Brevities a wife and two children. --Mrs. J. J. Parmly is visiting friends in Illinois. --Wm. Russell, of Burton, has a team whose --A daily paper has started in Fremont, the combined age is 52 yrs. It is said they will walk 3 Herald. miles quicker than any other pair of horses in --Mr. Geo. S. Fancher, of New York was in town town. Tuesday. --The Conneaut Herald says a hawk was killed by --General and Mrs. J. A. Potter are located in the C. L. Law, of Clark’s corners, that measured 4’ 8” Stockwell House for the present. from tip-to-tip of wings. --A petition is being circulated for the pardon of --Jefferson Sentinel W. M. Johnson, carriage Martin Noonan. dealer, on Sat. made an assignment to A. W. --Miss Carrie L. Pond, Miss Eggleston, Miss Stiles. Worley at the Glee Club Concert next Tuesday --At a dance in Middlefield Thursday night, a Mrs. evening. Bolton made an attempt to kill Henry Moore --Mr. W. B. Slocum, who has been very ill for the because he paid more attention to her daughter past two months is now able to be out. than to herself. Chronicle --Miss L. M. Dunning, of Chicago, and Mrs. F. E. --During a terrific thunder storm last week, Cleveland, and daughter, of Hartford, Conn, are lightning stuck and completely demolished the guests of Mrs. Dr. Merriman, Erie street. house of George Elser in the southern part of --Miss Lizzie Slade, of Painesville, now of Florida, Mahoning Co. Thirty years ago, Mr. Elser lost a has a poem in today’s paper. barn in exactly the same manner. --Charles Lansing won the lamp offered by p. 3 & 4 (These pages are supplements on Werner Bros. for the solution to a puzzle. politics) --Mr. L. F. Barton, of Missouri, is the brother of p. 5 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as O. W. Barton, of this city, and supports Blaine. th of June 11, 1884: --The 12 shooting tournament for the Garfield Ladies Badge was held in Ashtabula Thursday and won Bond, Loana Mrs. by our townsman, Mr. C. A. Hardway. The badge Carrigan, Mary Miss has been won in the past contests by: Downing, Lulu Miss Kelley, D. E. Dr. Ferron, Patrick Doran, J. E. Maline, Katherine George, J. M. Rose, Lauran Miss Beckwith, George Smith, M. A. Mrs. Doran J. E. Gentlemen Gilmore, E. L. Armstrong, L. Hardway, C. A. Beardsley, Arthur Mr. George, J. M. Jonson, D. E. Gary, J. Johnson, James F. George, J. M. Majah, F. Mann Doran, J. E. Marshall, Crawford Murphy, Michael Mr. --Mrs. C. F. Willard, who has been spending the Ontis, E. winter in Evansville, Indiana, is again settled in Norton, E. A. her Painesville home, corner of State and Erie Reeses, Charles streets. Her little grandson, Charles W. Preston, Sanders, Jon L. is with her. Mrs. Preston will come later in the Tripp, Geo. season.

106 © J. Stebbins 2020 June 12, 1884 --Rev. W. L. Davidson, Messrs, R. P. Briggs, and H. W. Avery, last Monday night, were caught in the storm on the lake with 20-foot-high waves. They were very thankful when at 1 a.m. they finally entered the breakwater at Cleveland.

Weather: There was a heavy thunder shower, Monday, with hail and lightning.

--House & Marshall will dissolve their partnership. Dr. House will continue his general practice at the old office on St. Clair street. Dr. The Campbell-Newton Arson Case Marshall has completed his arrangements to In the case of arson against Richard Newton and remove the Sanitarium to Green Spring, Ohio. Dr. J. S. Campbell, a motion was made to dismiss The change is made with the best of feeling the case for lack of evidence. Their clerk, William between them. H. Strickland, had also been arrested. However, there is such grave suspicion attached to the Common Pleas Court case as to warrant further investigation. Bail was set for the defendants.

Madison --Mr. & Mrs. Bigelow of St. Paul, Minn., are visiting at the home of Mr. Lyman. --Mr. Jasper Brewster, one of our oldest citizens, is very sick, and recovery is doubtful. --Mrs. Geo. Herrick and family have moved to Painesville. --Cutler Kimball is clerking for Holcomb & Bliss, of Thompson. --Rev. & Mrs. Watters, of Michigan, are visiting at the home of Mr. Wilber Cook. --Cady & McGugan are putting a new boiler in their flour mill.

Willoughby --W. H. & E. A. Brown put on the highway the Turnpike machine north at the foot of Sterling hill land have made a good turnpike road the full length of the hill. --Joseph Chadderton, of Cleveland, was in town last week. --Mr. H. Carroll, of Munson, is in town stopping with his son. --A. P. Barber has been appointed Police Justice in the place of Elder W. A. Lillie.

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107 © J. Stebbins 2020 June 12, 1884 daughter of Mr. Frank Carraher. They will make --G. C. St. John Esq., his sister, Mrs. W. C. their home in Pittsburgh. Andrews, of this place, and Miss Fisher, of Cleveland, and Mrs. Southworth and daughter, LeRoy of the same city, will sail for Europe next Sat. --George Ray has returned from New York State. --Mrs. Dr. Smead is visiting the Miss Hastings; --E. Ray & Son have a telephone between their Mrs. J. A. Rogers is at R. C. Bates’; J. E. French and house and shop. Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Williams, of Cleveland, were in --Mrs. T. H. Wright and Mrs. B. F. Wright are town last week. visiting friends in Cherry Valley. --Charles Clark, of Cleveland, spent the Sabbath --Mr. John Harrison is very lame with sciatic here. rheumatism. --Ernest Paine, son of H. E. Paine, of Scranton, Mentor Pa., who is attending school in Hiram, is spending --Miss Maud Palmer, of Pittsburgh, has joined his vacation with his uncles, L. L. Kewish and J. W. here sister here at Lawnfield for a short visit. Doncaster. --Miss Lizzie Wilson is visiting in Collinwood. --A. Ober has his barn up and enclosed. --Mr. & Mrs. L. W. Jacks have a new baby girl. --J. E. Gray, E. J. Gray and Don Williams returned --Mrs. Leslie Root does not gain strength yet, and from grafting a short time since. her little daughter is in the care of her aunt, Mrs. Unionville Paysen Carroll. --Mr. Wm. Church, of this place has sold his large --Mrs. Frank Green, of Cleveland, was in town team of bays for nearly $800. Sun. --Mr. Howard, our postmaster, has sold his th --Mr. Mike Swain, of Baltimore, Md., and his property and resigned to take effect June 30 . sister, Aggie, are here for a few days. Mrs. H., who has taken entire charge there, goes to spend her vacation with her brother, Captain South Thompson Steele, of Akron. --Miss Allie Cashen goes to Painesville tomorrow to remain for the present. Thompson --Miss Emma Spencer is teaching in District No. --Mrs. A. C. Stevens, preceptress of Hudson 4. Academy, and her daughter, Alice, will be at --Mrs. Frank Morgan spent a few days in home the present week. Painesville last week visiting friends. --Visitors in South Thompson last week were: Married th Mr. A. M. Cruse, wife and daughter of Windsor --In Girard, July 28 , 1883, L. Call and C. Robbins. Mr. & Mrs. G. A. Stickney, of South Madison --In LeRoy, June 8, 1884, Mr. Robert N. Skillthorp, Mr. Geo. Jackson and daughter, of Chester of LeRoy, and Miss Hattie B. Little, of Perry, O. Mr. H. Whitney, wife and child, of Montville --At the bride’s home, the parsonage, June 10, Miss Morley, of Montville 1884, Mr. H. William Hunt, of Orange, Conn., and Mrs. J. Morse, of Claridon Miss Alice M. Beecher, of Madison. --Mr. & Mrs. S. Spencer and Mrs. John Morse visited in Mechanicsville last week. Hitching Posts --Several of our young people met at Vogel’s A number of iron hitching posts for sale. George Pond for a social lunch and made lemonade. Mathews. Painesville --Mr. Eddie Burns, of Hartsgrove, and Miss Mollie p. 4 Lake County Agricultural Fair – List of Carraher, of Montville, were married at the Premiums to be paid. Sept. 29, 30, and Oct 1, 2 Catholic Church last Thursday. She is the

108 © J. Stebbins 2020 June 19, 1884 Thursday Tripp, Geo. Mr. p. 1 State and Neighborhood Warner, Louella Mrs. --Mrs. Catharine, wife of Hon. John McSweeney, died at her home in Wooster, last Thursday. Local Brevities --The police marshal, of Clarington, Louis Morris, --Mr. Herbert Wood, of Providence, R. I., is suicided last week. Unpleasant domestic visiting A. N. Wood, Casement Ave. relations assigned as the cause. --Mrs. Helen B. Palmer is spending a few days at p. 2 col. 5 State and Neighborhood the Palmer Homestead. --H. H. Pickett, of Orwell, has over 3,000 dozen --Miss Helen Humphrey, of Willoughby, is visiting eggs in pickle. Mrs. G. R. Cowles. --Captain Otis Button, age 83, a pioneer, died at --Mrs. N. L. Gates and daughter, Emma, left his home in Bedford Sunday morning. today for Burt Lake, Mich., where they expect to --Joseph Warner and wife, of Chester, the former spend the summer. 80 and the latter 75, are the only couple now --Mr. Zopher Gee, of New Lyme, recently had a living in that town, who were married and living tumor weighing 12 lbs., removed from his arm. there 50 yrs. ago. Chardon Republican --Dr. D. J. Merriman was elected Vice Pres. of the --Edward Fasnacht, age 35, was found dead in Ohio State Medical Society in Columbus last the woods near his home in Canton, Sat., with a week. gun by his side, he used to blow out his brains. --Miss Ida Bowhall, left Monday to spend the He left a wife and 4 children. Financial summer in Traverse City, Michigan. embarrassment and despondency were the --Mr. L. D. Leffingwell, a well-known glass dealer causes. of Cleveland, accidentally shot himself Monday, fatally. p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as --Mr. Henry Rose, of the Herald office, spent the of June 18, 1884: Sabbath in Painesville the guest of his brother, Ladies Dr. Hawley. Brown, Orpha, Mrs. --Miss Carrie L. Pond, of Warren, O., and Miss E. Benedict, Jennie B. Wing, of North Bloomfield, are guests of Miss Barnes, R. E. Mrs. Sarah A. Palmer, of State street. Flett, Jennie Miss --Mrs. L. C. Wood and children, of Emporia, Knowles, N. Miss Kansas, are visiting Mrs. Wood’s parents, Mr. & Lyons, Sarah Mrs. Mrs. L. A. Axtell, on Washington street. Robbins, F. A. Mrs. --Miss Mary Phelps, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. S. W. Upson, Ellen Mrs. Phelps, of Willoughby, and her friend, Miss Gentlemen Robinson, of Mississippi, were the guests of Mrs. Adams, D. C. H. P. Sanford, on Tuesday. Berry, Josiah --Miss Bessie Stockwell, daughter of the late Levi Breck, A. M. Stockwell, and Miss Julia Stockwell, daughter of Fouhee, James Mr. Alden B. Stockwell, of New York, are visiting Fish, Lee J. their relatives in this city. Kinsel, Benjamin --Mr. H. E. Clayton, salesman in one of the large Miller, Wm. hardware establishments of Chicago, is spending Norton, Henry a week or two with his parents and friends in Norton, C. A. Painesville. Roper, Horace --Mr. E. F. McMurphy, of Macon City, Missouri, Stebbins, L. A. J. was formerly of Painesville. Swift, W. F. --Mrs. W. G. Wilkerson, of Sedalia, Missouri, accompanied by her sons, Fred and George,

109 © J. Stebbins 2020 June 19, 1884 Seminary Notes arrived in the city, Thursday and will be the guest Names of the graduating class at Lake Erie of her mother, Mrs. A. M. Frisbie, at the old Seminary for 1884: homestead on Bank street this summer. --Two tramps attempted to enter the house of A. D. Hobart, on Pearl street, Saturday. Mrs. Hobart heard them and appeared on the scene before they could get in a window. --A young man named Horace Wilber, a German, who was working for Mr. E. T. Dunham, of Mentor, while in the act of driving cows across House and Barn Burned the Lake Shore track near Heisley station, was hit The residence of Mr. Hollis Pierce, in North by a train and almost instantly killed. He lived Madison, with his barn and outbuildings was only a few minutes. destroyed by fire Sat. about noon. The fire is thought to have caught from the kitchen stove Mysterious Disappearance where there was a brisk fire. Last Wed. morning, Mr. Frank Brockway, of Kirtland, accompanied by one of his sons, came Mentor to Painesville and drew $36 out of the Lake --Mr. Clinton Nowlen is very sick. County Bank. He gave his son $1 to make some --Mr. W. Heisley, of Cleveland made a short visit purchases and remarked he would meet his son to Mentor friends. where their team was hitched. He has not been --Mrs. Delong, mother of Wm. Delong has gone heard or seen since. He is about 65 yrs. old, his to Toledo to visit relatives. relations with his family have always been --Mr. Robert Radcliff is putting up an addition to pleasant, and not addicted to intemperate his store. habits. Later—Since the above was written, it was learned that two or three years ago, Mr. Perry Brockway disappeared in the same mysterious --Captain A. M. Graves has a tidy tenant house way, and after about 10 days returned home on his premises. saying he had been visiting a brother in --Mrs. J. W. Butterfield reached home last week Pennsylvania. Doubtless, he is on another visit. after an absence of several weeks in Mich., Ill., and Minn., visiting friends. Common Pleas Court --Mrs. James McVitty is now in Dakota visiting a sister. --G. M. Salkeld is expected home this week after spending a month in Missouri and Kansas for his health. --J. W. Cook, a little East on the North Ridge, has had all his buildings repainted adding very much to the looks of the street. --A large number of relatives and friends met at the home of Harcy Armstrong, of Perry, June 15, for a reunion. --Frank M. Cowdery was married to Miss Emma Spooner last Tuesday at the home of the bride.

110 © J. Stebbins 2020 June 19, 1884 --James Daniels, of St. Louis, is visiting his home Geneva here. --Mrs. Mary Hart, of Burrows St., was called to --Miss Theresa Lyon and Mr. George Tryon are her rest yesterday after a long and painful illness. the graduates at the High School this year. --Some thirsty tramps broke into a store house connected with the drug store of M. B. Allen & Madison Co., on Saturday night and took an abundance of --Bennie Hayden spent the Sabbath at home. whisky. --Mr. A. C. Parsons passed the Sabbath at Canton, O. South Thompson --Mr. E. Jackson has a new carriage and harness. --Mr. A. Rhodes cut his foot severely while making fence. --Homer Spencer, accompanied his sister, Mrs. J. Morse, home and spent a few days. -- --Miss Belle Tucker, of Huntsburgh, teaches a summer term of school in the Leggett District. South Madison --Visitors on our streets within the past week: --The wife of Mr. James Ross died last Monday, Mr. Tom Jackson, of Jefferson of blood poisoning. Mr. Cyrus Stetson, of Windsor --Mrs. Slyva Starks, of Erie, Pa., is visiting Mr. & Mrs. B. Strong and daughter, of relatives in this section. Huntsburgh --Mr. A. J. Whiting has moved to Perry. His son, And Miss Burton, of Chardon. Frank, has purchased his father’s interest in the sawmill. Mentor Headlands --Mrs. Henry Brooks and daughter, Edith, have Willoughby Plains gone to Richmond, Ill., to visit their daughter and --Miss Alice Griswold is spending some time at sister, Mrs. F. Austin, formerly of Painesville. the Seminary and will stay until after Kirtland commencement. --Mr. & Mrs. Grove Curtiss, of New York, are --Mr. A. Gray is back from Indianapolis where he visiting their parents here. went to be doctored. --Mr. George Hanscom is moving to Akron to live --Mr. Willie Hodgson and Miss Adella Hoffman and to see to his real estate interests there. were married June 5th. May they live long and --The hail broke windows at Mr. McWithy’s and prosper. S. Whitings’. --Old Mr. Talbott and wife have come from --Mr. & Mrs. Howard Clapp made a short stop Michigan and are staying with their son, Herschel here before going to China to do missionary He is very sick and doubts are felt as to his work. They will first go to California to begin the recovery. study of the Chinese language and customs. --Mr. Hushia Beal has had a severe illness but is Real Estate Transfers improving some; Mrs. Blair does not get well as Madison fast as expected; Mrs. Dewitt Markell and Miss Corlett, T. P. Aggie Morley are still very low. McIntyre & Son., A. L. Howard, Ethel Willoughby Eddy, Mrs. J. R. --Mrs. C. W. Turner and daughter, are visiting Bender, Mathias with Mrs. C. J. Komar. Poe, Adam W.

111 © J. Stebbins 2020 June 19, 1884 Elmer H. Rand is the executor of Martin Rand, Silvis, I. J. deceased, late of Madison, Lake Co., Ohio. Hotchkiss, Martha A. Custin, Miriam June 26, 1884 Thursday Dodge, Elihu p. 1 State and Neighborhood Judd, Zeri L. --F. Miller in digging a well at Streetboro, was Booth, Herbert buried under thiry feet of earth. Blakely, Birum --Stephen McIntyre, aged 80, for 50 yrs. a Gill, Lloyd B. resident of jefferson, died last week. LeRoy Hill, C. R, p. 3 Letters uncalled for at Painesville P. O. as of Frydinger, Emma June 25, 1884: Concord Ladies Hooper, Emeline Bowers, Rose Mrs. West, Stephen H. Brooks, Frank Mrs. Painesville Brown, Lydia Mrs. Cory, Emily G. Burke, Nellie E. Johnson, Jessie B. Coyne, Harry Mrs. Mitchell, Mary C. Fitzgerald, Mary Miss Chesney, Benj. D. Chesney Herbold, Rickey Wilcox, Chas. A. Irwin, Julia Miss Trulson, Hans Kammond, Mrs. James Green, Chas. E. Lynch, Kate Miss Trulson, Hans Robinson, Carrie E. Kirtland Rogers, Dilina Cooley, Tryphena Sharpless, Mary Mrs. Fessenden, Susan M. Singletary, S. Mrs. Mentor Smith, Chas. C. Mrs. Neill, Jane H. Teed, Caroline Mrs. Neill, Wm. N. Wheeler, N. S. Mrs. Willoughby Wright, Sophrona Webser, A. B. Gentlemen Richards, Martin V. B. Bromolow, W. Mr. Braden, W. Married Brown, F. S. At the bride’s home, on Mentor Ave., June 11th, Calhon, Frank E. 1884, Edward Lyman House and Una Wilder Carlson, Jack Holcomb, both of Painesville. Cheek, Joseph Died Dorherty, D. June 17th, 1884, William Lockwood Reis, age 4 Griswold, J. E. yrs. and 8 mos., son of George L. and Laura M. Johnson, Luther Reis. Funeral at the home of William Lockwood. Petterson, J. C. Robinson, Mr. Found Spencer, John w. Martin Gregory found a bag filled with grain. Tracy, J. H. The Estate of Martin Rand

112 © J. Stebbins 2020 June 26, 1884 Gambier, last Thursday, with more than usual Local Brevities honors, and delivering the Salutatory address. --Miss Emma Wilcox has gone east for a visit. --A severe storm visited Geauga Co., Monday. --Mr. F. C. Kidney, of Cleveland, was visiting Lightning struck and demolished the house of Painesville friends Saturday. Frank Foote, in Chardon, knocking him down. In --Mr. Charles M. Carson, of Chicago, is visiting his Burton, four barns belonging to John Coy were mother, Mrs. A. M. Carson. struck and all burned down. --Miss Marion Fertig, of Titusville, Pa., is visiting --Geo. W. Kniffin, of LeRoy, was arrested Sunday Mrs. A. M. Carson, Erie street. night in Claridon, by Sheriff Barret and brought --The Enterprise Mfg. Co., of Geneva, has to Painesville and locked up. He is charged with resumed operations. bastardy by Alice Herron. His mother furnished --Frank Davidson, was the guest of his brother, $600 bail for him. Rev. W. L. Davidson last Tuesday. --Miss Gertrude Cook, daughter of Col. C. B. --Dudley Hine is home from Harcourt School, Cook, was married Tuesday to Mr. William J. Gambier, for a two-month vacation. Wright at the home of the bride’s parents in --Rev. & Mrs. S. B. Webster, of Euclid, are in the Cleveland, Ohio. Col. Cook belongs to the old city, the guests of Mr. & Mrs. A. D. Malin. Cook family of Perry, in this county, and for many --Mr. E. A. Chaffee, of Bristol, Trumbull Co., is the years has been a popular conductor on the Lake guest of Mr. F. Gates, Washington street. Shore road. --Sally Woods, Jennie Adams, and Mary Austin, of Warren, are visiting Miss Lucy Hoyt, of Liberty Real Estate Transfers St. Madison --Mr. & Mrs. D. Warner Jr. with their grandson Stocking, Wells left for Kimball, Dakota, on the early train Tues. Stocking, Arthur N. --Hon. Wm. Loughridge, of Oskaloosa, Iowa, is LeRoy making a few days visit with his sister, Mrs. A. Balch, Spencer E. Hine, of Mentor Ave. Griffith, Sarah A. --Mary Kennedy, in the employ of Blackmore Perry Bros., was prostrated by the heat at noon Woolsey, Harvey Tuesday and is still in a critical condition. Colwell, Olive A. --Mr. Wm. Perkins and daughters, of Buffalo, Concord arrived in the city Monday and are staying at the Austin, A. A. Cowles House. They will remain the week. Maunder, Henry --The Misses Mamie and Mattie Lamunyan, Olie Maunder, John S. Grover and Minnie Dayton, will have charge of Maunder, Francis W. the ice cream tables at the Temperance Rooms Painesville Sat. evening. Gibson, Emily --Samuel Chandler Jr., of Milwaukee, a graduate Gibson, Lizzie C. of Harcourt School, Gambier, was the guest of Willoughby his classmate, Frank H. Briggs, of our city, for a Hurlbut, Sarah A. few days. Johnson, Joseph C. --E. M. Hughes, of Painesville, lost $155 playing Stewart, J. Will poker in Cleveland on night last week, and sued Stewart, Julia A. Tim Malony, keeper of the room to recover his loss. The Penney Press Common Pleas Court --Mr. Frank H. Briggs, son of Mr. R. P. Briggs, of this city, graduated from Harcourt School,

113 © J. Stebbins 2020 June 26, 1884 Brown, O. H., Mentor Plains Abbot, B. S., Willoughby Plains Harrington, C., Painesville Armstrong, H., Perry Wheeler, W. A., Perry None of our largest strawberry growers market their berries in the home marked, but ship them off, mostly to Buffalo and points beyond. The Uphams, of Kirtland, are the largest growers in Lake Co., and their shipments are 700 – 900 quarts a day. Over 200 bushels of strawberries can be grown on one acre of land.

Notes from the Public Schools Graduates in the high school (14): Lake Erie Seminary Lake Erie Seminary is celebrating 25 yrs. Its predecessor was the old Willoughby Seminary founded in Willoughby in 1846. Willoughby Seminary building was destroyed by fire in 1856 and owing to special offers made by Painesville was transferred to this place and opened in1859. Strawberry Exhibition by the Lake Co. Willoughby Horticultural Society --Last Sat. was a gala day here: it was the delivery There was a strawberry exhibition held at their day for the Champion Mowing and Reaping Hall, June 18. The display was large, showing Machines. The teams of forty farmers were several hundred samples comprising 22 loaded up with the machines. At noon, the varieties. A committee consisting of W. A. farmers and invited guests, 120, sat down to a Wheeler, S. Justus and E. M. Woodard was sumptuous dinner at the Powell House. appointed to determine the best basket of Afterwards, a procession of the teams was berries and by whom grown; and the best variety formed headed by the Chester Cornet Band. of strawberries for the table. They reported the Forty spans of horses and wagons well loaded honor lay equally between two baskets of with machinery is an unusual sight for our Sharpless grown by O. H. Brown, of Mentor citizens. After marching and counter-marching Plains and E. W. Taylor, of LeRoy. The Black through our streets, each took his machine and Defiance grown by W. A. Wheeler was the best departed for his home to show it to his wife and for table use, and that the Crescent stood the little ones. second. The handsomest strawberries on -Prof. & Mrs. W. L. Todd and child, E. E.; John W exhibition were some Cumberland Triumph and Miss Nellie Flickinger, are visiting friends show by S. Justus, of Mentor, and B. S. & S. B. here. They can be found at the home of Rev. D. Upham, of Kirtland. The principal exhibitors K. Flickinger. were: --F. L. Tillinghast Esq. is visiting his parents in Martindale, C. D., of Hambden. Glenville. He intends to settle in Kansas. Tryon, J. H., Kirtland --At Hartford, Ct., on the 8th inst., a girl was born Upham, B. S. and Sharon, Kirtland to Rev. Dr. and Mrs. H. H. Wells, of this place. Taylor, E. W., LeRoy --On Friday, Rev. F. M. Hall, Rector of Grace P. E. Crow, O. S., Mentor Church in this place, was called to officiate at the Justus, S., Mentor

114 © J. Stebbins 2020 June 26, 1884 Geauga County funeral of George Turner, who died at his home --There were 12 graduates in the public schools. in Geneva, on the 18th inst. He had lived there Commencement was Thursday at the Opera 60 yrs. The deceased was born Aug. 10, 1794. In House. 1820, he went to Jefferson to reside and in 1822 --Jacob Line, of Auburn, died recently in the went to St. Louis on foot and alone, but only insane asylum at Newburgh. He was sent there 2 remained there a short time. He returned to or 3 months ago. Jefferson and in 1822 was married to Miss Emma --On Sat., Miss Abbie Braiden, of Auburn, was Atkins, daughter of the Auditor of Ashtabula Co. thrown from a milk wagon breaking her right leg In 1824, he moved his family to Geneva. About near the ankle, the bones protruding. She did not 8 yrs. ago, he went to San Francisco to see his rally and died on the following Monday. son, a sea captain. He sailed with his son to the --Rev. A. T. Reed, pastor of the Congregational Sandwich Islands and had a good time. Church has been on the sick list for some time.

Mentor LeRoy --Mr. W. J. French, of Watertown, Conn., has --J. R. Adams and family, of Unionville, are been visiting the family of Mr. Robert Murray. spending vacation with their relatives in LeRoy. --Miss Ellen Corning is to return to Mentor this --Ira Bates has painted his house. week after her long visit in Wisconsin. --S. H. Jepson expects to move into this new --Jay Murray, of Piqua, O., spent a part of last house in a few days. week at the home of his grandfather, Mr. R. --Miss Edna Baker, who has been teaching in the Murray. State University, at LaFayette, Ind., for the last --Mr. W. Jackson was married last week to Miss few years, is now home, for vacation. Laura Minard, of Norwalk, and brought his bride home to this place. Unionville --Clark Hendryx with S. P. Merrill, of Wickliffe, --Mr. Bert Burdick is gaining slowly. spent Sunday in Niagara Falls. Kirtland --Mr. J. T. Kennedy is visiting friends in Aurora --Harvey Tanner, of this town, died on Tuesday. Ohio. He was 45. He was a soldier in the war of the --A garden party was given last Friday by Mrs. rebellion. He was buried at the flats. He leaves George Wheeler and Mrs. W. Heddryx on Mr. a widow and three children. Wheeler’s spacious lawn, in honor of Mrs. Eunice South Thompson Barber, who will be leaving Mentor for a home in --Miss Matilda Sidley is quite sick. Dakota. --Mr. E. Morehouse is having his old barn torn --Almer, the little son of Rev. W. B. Hendryx, is down to build a new one. lying sick from the effects of sunstroke received --Mr. George Sidley has a new mowing machine. last Friday. --Mr. & Mrs. Geo. Clark and son, of Cleveland, --Mr. Clinton Nowlen, age 53 yrs., died at his spent the week at Mr. H. Grettins. home in Mentor last Friday. He was in poor --Owing to the sickness of a sister, in Stark Co., health for a long time. Mrs. Switzer drove there in a horse and buggy alone, a distance of over 50 miles. She has driven Madison there several times. -Mrs. J. C Boyd, of Simcoe, Ont., is visiting her parents, Dr. & Mrs. Hall on the Middle Ridge. Married --Miss Jennie Pease and Mr. Frank Rood, both of At the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Athalia th Madison, were married at the home of the Stuart, Painesville, June 19 , Mr. Carson Baldwin bride’s uncle, in Chardon, last Wed. and Miss Mattie Stuart. They are off to Halifax on their bridal trip.

115 © J. Stebbins 2020 June 26, 1884 hours of incessant digging and found crushed to The Estate of Sarah M. Hitchcock an almost unrecognizable mass of flesh. Peter M. Hitchcock is the executor of the estate --Two large barns filled with farm implements of Sarah M. Hitchcock, deceased late of and hay, belonging to Floyd Peltors, of Lagrange Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio. were burned Wed. night by lightning. --Mrs. Jacobs, of New Castle, gave birth last week Notice to a child weighing exactly one pound. The child As my wife, Mary Brooks, has without cause left is fully developed and is alive and healthy. This is my house, I hereby warn people against trusting said to be the smallest living child on earth. her on my account. I will pay no bills of her Springfield Gazette contacting. Wesley Brooks --John W. Phillips, a farmer residing near Alliance, is raving from hydrophobia. It requires July 3, 1884 Thursday six men to hold him down. Four or five years ago, he was badly lacerated by a ferocious dog. p. 1 col. 8 State and Neighborhood --Geo. W. Gill, of Salineville, has received a --D. W. Haskell, of Ashtabula, had a leg broken at judgment for $4,000 against the city of Bluffton, O., Saturday. Steubenville for injuries sustained by falling into --Judge Fred Kinsman, of Warren, died June 24th, a hole in that city. of a cancer on his face. He was 75 yrs. old. --An eight-year old son of Rev. John Treeber, of --The Ashtabula Advance says a mineral spring Sandusky, while playing about the railroad track, has been discovered in the vicinity of the Lake got his foot caught between the rail and the Shore round house. edging. A train struck him and cut off both of his --Con. Baldwin, of Nelson, Portage Co., has just legs below the knee; it is feared he will die. returned from Holland, bringing 257 head of

Dutch-Friesian cattle. p. 2 col. 1 Many Hungarians in the mining district --The little son, of Dr. A. Tanner, of Ashtabula, of Pennsylvania, in consequence of the lost half of one of his feet in the attempt to jump depression in the trade, are returning to their on a moving car on the Nickel Plate. native country. --James Toney, a farmer living near Fort p. 2 col. 4 A Thrilling Adventure Recovery, was struck and instantly killed by The death of Mrs. Johns, at the age of 80 in Erie, lightning while sitting in the door of his Pa., recalls, say the New York Tribune, one of the residence. most remarkable incidents of navigation on Lake --Henry Streley, of Geneva, a machinist, Erie of which there is any record or recollection. attempted suicide while in a state of In 1840, Mrs. Johns, who lived near Buffalo, had intoxication. been visiting with her nephew, Capt. Appleby at --Write it down as a matter of history in the Conneaut, O., and getting anxious to return progress of our town, that on Monday, June 23, home he put her in charge of the schooner State 1884, the first street sprinkler appeared in of Connecticut, which he owned. Two days later, Jefferson. Sentinel the crew returned to Conneaut in another --Charles Faricut, who recently absconded from vessel, and reported that the schooner had been Sandusky with $40,000 belonging to his partner, wrecked in a gale and they hurriedly left in a is in Belgium, and wants his wife to join him. boat, believing Mrs. Johns to be drowned in the --Horace Stevens, age 92, one of the half dozen cabin. It was 5 days before Capt. Appleby could original Western Reserve pioneers, who settled go in search of the wrecked schooner and try to in this part of Ohio in 1816 and before, died recover the body of his relative. He found the recently at his home in Warren. boat floating on its side and in several hours was --The body of a young man, Weldy, buried in a upright again when Mrs. Johns, haggard and well in Streetsboro, was recovered after 125

116 © J. Stebbins 2020 July 3, 1884 --Mr. Charles Hendrickson, wife and daughter of almost to a skeleton, staggered up the cabin Jamaica, L. I., have been visiting Mrs. George stairs and fell unconscious. Everett. --Mr. B. D. Wade, of Cleveland, passed through p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as our city of bicycle the first of the week, enroute of July 2, 1884: for Jefferson. Ladies --Mrs. J. V. N. Yates, of Cleveland, with her young Brunsmade, Minnie sons are in the city spending a few days with Bell Jr., Mrs. Hugh their relatives. Dean, Jennie Miss --Mrs. T. Rockwell, now of Cleveland, was in the Gillett, Mary Miss city during the anniversary exercises at Lake Erie Gaylord, Quey Miss Seminary. Heath, Frankie, Mrs. --Mrs. F. W. Gilbert, nee Barrett, of Cleveland has Lockhart, Lizzie Miss been in the city several days the guest of Mrs. T McNeal; Florence Mrs. C. Radcliff. Stebbins, L. A. Mrs. --Mr. D. H. Gray, will spend the summer in Sisenfod, Hattie A. Painesville, the guest of his son-in-law and Sidley, Annie Miss daughter, Mr. & Mrs. J. A. Babcock. Singletary, L. Miss --Dr. L. M. Whiting, for many years a prominent Taylor, Annie Miss physician of Canton, Ohio, and somewhat known Wade, C. L. Mrs. in Painesville died on Monday. Gentlemen --Hattie L. Dascomb, of Madison, was adjudged Alvord, Albert insane on Monday and taken to Newburgh. Benadict, O. F. --Mr. & Mrs. C. A. Avery have taken themselves Bowen, Lorenzo to a summer retreat, Lake View House, Little Curtiss, T. Mountain. Crockett, James --Miss Mary Lines, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Harvey, Theopolis Mr. daughter of Mr. & Mrs. O. T. Lines, former Hulett, J. C. resident of this city, is the guest of Miss Boalt of McGewen, Wm. Mr. Washington street. Miller, A. --Mr. & Mrs. S. H. White and little daughter of Tracker, Geo. Capt. Detroit, Michigan, are visiting Mrs. White’s Tucker, Geo. Mr. parents, Mr. & Mrs. E. Miller, on Washington Warren, Martin street. --Mr. Albert Carroll has recently purchased a Local Brevities Buffalo Pitts Thresher and is ready to answer all --Mrs. Seth Geo is visiting friends and relatives in calls for threshing. Buffalo, N. Y. --Miss Nellie Drake, of Detroit, is visiting Mrs. A. --Mr. A. G. Cushing, of South Bend, Ind., is visiting D. Sturges and Mr. H. Holcomb. Mr. & Mrs. S. R. King, of Washington St. --Major H. E. Paine, of Omaha, has been in our --Mr. J. D. Hennessy, of State street, is quite ill county for a few days visiting old friends. He left and has been confined to his room since Fri. Painesville 29 years ago. --Mrs. Wm. Doran and children, of Dallas, Texas --The board of education of Ashtabula has are visiting at Mr. Homer H. Hines at Riverside. adopted the German language as part of the --Frank H. Briggs, with his friend Dan R. Hanna, course of study in their public schools. of Cleveland, left Tues. for an Eastern pleasure --Mrs. W. P. Botsford, of Jamestown, N. Y., and trip. Mrs. N. F. Breed, of Busti, N.Y., are the guests of

117 © J. Stebbins 2020 July 3, 1884 Willoughby Mrs. F. Ingrim (mother of Geo. L. Ingrim the Allen, James liveryman, and also of Messrs. F. & A. Breed). Pierce, Dewitt C. --Mr. A. W. Tappan, of Louisville, Ky., has been Baker, Geo. A. spending a few days among Lake Co. friends, He Hutchinson, E. S. was a former resident of Unionville and left here Freeman Esther A. 25 yrs. ago. This is his first visit to the home of his Eddy, Henry C. childhood. Arnold, D. A. --Mr. S. P. Benjamin has completed the Colson, C. C. Painesville Business Directory. It is done in pen Arnold, Julia and is to be photographed by Tibbals. It can be Spencer, Celista seen at the Cowles House. --The design selected by the board of trustees for Sad Accident the Garfield monument to be erected at Lake Mrs. Judge Bosworth and her guest, Mrs. Graves, View Cemetery is meeting with adverse criticism. of Strongsville, attended the Seminary exercises According to the Cleveland Voice it is being Wed. afternoon and while riding out of the yard, facetiously called the “shot tower,” “light the horse became a little excited and collided house,” & c. with the gate post throwing both ladies out. --Mrs. Hector Sears, of Brooklyn, N.Y., has been Mrs. Bosworth’s collar bone was broken. Mrs. in the city since Monday, the guest of Miss Graves had her left leg broken below the knee. Cornelia Gray, of State St. She will visit relatives How They Stand in Missouri in Ashtabula and then go to Omaha to visit her We are in receipt of a stalk of corn from Mr. Eli brother, Mr. Frank Brown. S. Young, of Kansas City, Mo. It measures over 8’ high. Also, some stalks of oats over 5’ long

LeRoy --Miss Mary Davis is in quite poor health. --H. E. Paine, of Omaha, Nebraska, accompanied by his son, Charles, of Cleveland, made a short visit to friends in LeRoy. --Mr. George Kniffin and Miss Alice Herroun were married last week. --Accidents this week: June 21, Mr. Milo Balch, his wife and sister were returning from a meeting in Thompson, when Real Estate Transfers the horse gave a sudden start, throwing the back Madison seat with the ladies to the ground. Mrs. Balch Porter, C. M. had one or two ribs broken, and Miss Balch was Billington, Daniel injured about the head. The next day as Spencer Porter, Alche Balch was returning from Thompson, his team Pope, D. L. ran away, throwing the family out and Ford, Robert N. completely demolishing the wagon. Though Leroy bruised, no one was seriously hurt. Basquine, O. W. --W. W. Hill cut his leg quite badly last week with Bascome, E. G. an ax. Painesville --G. G. Whipple is improving his barn with a new Warren, Bishop E. roof. Wright, Barton F. --Ed. Nighman is building a barn.

118 © J. Stebbins 2020 July 3, 1884 --Riley Harris and wife rejoice in the possession --Nelson Norton has brought water from the of a little girl. spring on W. Wright’s farm, a distance of a fourth of a mile, for his stock on his place. Thompson --A. C. Phelps, son of Mr. & Mrs. L. Phelps Esq., --The team of Mr. A. O. Dewey ran away graduated at Austinburg the week of the 19th. V. yesterday throwing all the occupants out. Mr. & M., who is also attending school there, is home Mrs. Dewey and boy about 16 yrs. old were in on vacation. the wagon. No bones were broken. --While driving over the bridge near the grist mill --Miss Lottie Leonard and Miss Mary Crowell, a few days ago, a valuable colt belonging to A. A. who have been teaching in the Mission Schools Ray, fell off the side of the bridge, falling 30’. It is among the Mormons in Utah, are visiting with still alive and may recover. Miss Leonard’s parents in Thompson.

Perry Mentor --G. M. Salkeld is home after an absence of two --Mrs. Lorinda Clapp, wife of the late Thomas months in the West. He spent most of the time Clapp, of Cleveland, is boarding with Miss Sarah in Caldwell Co., Indiana, but he went as far as Overy during the warm weather. Belle Plain, Kansas., visiting at that point S. A. --Miss Emma Murray has returned from Haskell and W. E. Barber, late of Perry. Columbus. --Mrs. Dr. Jerrold, nee Miss Julia Clapp, of South Thompson Cleveland, called on Mentor friends last week. --Miss Matilda Sidley is convalescent. --Miss Mary Cullings, after a year studying --Mrs. H. Tucker is gaining slowly. medicine at Ann Arbor, is visiting her sister, Mrs. --Miss M. Leggett, who was taken suddenly ill a Horatio Munson. week ago, is threatened with brain fever. --Frank Kennedy and brother, Paul, of Cleveland, --Miss Rose Sidley, who has attended school in spent the Sabbath at the home of Mrs. King. Sandusky for the past year, is at home for the --Miss Mary Simonson, of Salem, Ill., is visiting summer. the family of Mr. E. T. C. Aldrich. --Miss Mertie Sidley is spending a few days with --Mrs. Justin Kennedy, of Aurora, O., is the guest her brother in Painesville. of her daughter, Mrs. Henry King. --Miss Sara Patrick has a new organ. --T. D. Morley and sister, Lilias, with their cousin, --M. S. Morehouse, our energetic merchant, is Miss Fanny Morley, are again at home, after a on the sick list. busy year at Oberlin College. --Mr. Frank Henretta is building an addition to his --Miss Jennie Cadle has returned from Painesville barn. Seminary where she has been a student the past --Mr. Onie Morgan had a horse severely hurt a year. few days ago by falling on a stub while logging. --Harry King has returned from Tiffin, where he has been in school for the past year. South Madison --While Mrs. Thomas Morley and daughter, were --Mrs. Milo Brewer is quite feeble, not expected attending the exercises at L. E. Seminary, last survive long; 83 year of age, an old pioneer. Thursday, their horse, which was hitched in front Kirtland of the grounds, was stolen. Nothing has been yet --Samuel Brown of this place, a resident for 22 learned of its whereabouts. years, died yesterday. He had reached the advanced age of 85 yrs. He was one of the oldest Willoughby and earliest of the pioneers, coming to --Mr. & Mrs. Thos. C. St. John are here and Willoughby as early as 1817. occupy Mrs. W. C. Andrews’ spacious residence.

119 © J. Stebbins 2020 July 3, 1884 July 10, 1884 Thursday --N. C. Stockwell, one of the Trustees of this p. 1 Pioneer History – by C. C. Bronson township, has made in the last 15 days, 10 miles Sarah, the second child of Abner and Azubah P. of turnpike in this township. He uses the new Munson, was born April 24th, 1767. She was road machine for that purpose. married to Stephen Hart in her father’s house --J. J. Stranahan and wife, on Monday of last Sept. 9th, 1791. Stephen Hart, a son of Luke and week, closed their dwelling house at the mouth Deborah Hart, was born June 3, 1768, in of the Chagrin River for the fishing season as the Southington, Conn. He was a lineal descendant Superintendent of the Ohio Fish Commission of Deacon Stephen Hart, one of the first settlers declared that their lease had expired. of Farmington, Conn., in 1640, and the first --Miss Alice Hanscom, of New York City, a deacon of the first Congregational Church in daughter of Alva Hanscom Esq. is visiting her Farmington. After his marriage, he and his wife parents here. moved to Winchester, Litchfield Co., Conn., --Mrs. L. W. Penfield has returned from where the two eldest children were born. They Springfield. lived 2 or 3 yrs. in Barkhamstead where their --Rev. M. B. Chapman is on a visit to his parents, third child was born. They moved back to Rev. C. R. Chapman. Winchester where the fourth child was born. --W. S. Schram, of Kingsville, but late of this place They were the parents of 8 children and buried 3 has moved to Union City, Tenn., where he in Conn. Their eldest son, Chester Hart, settled expects to live in the future. in Mentor. Stephen sold his property in Winchester in 1826 and moved to Ohio, with his Madison wife and two youngest sons, Stephen H. and --Mrs. D. J. Harris and son, Frank, left this week Daniel B., both residents of Mentor and the only for the East, where they will spend the summer. members of the family now living. Mrs. Hart died --A very enjoyable party was given by Miss in Mentor, Oct. 3, 1848, age 81 yrs. Mr. Hart died Mamie Ford last Thursday in honor of the class in Mentor March 31, 1859, age 91 yrs. of ’84. About 50 were present. --Arthur Harris left Monday for a visit in Southern p. 1 col. 7 State and Neighborhood Ohio. --Arthur Robinson, of Frazeysburg, was thrown in --James Woodworth is repairing his home on front of a mowing machine and cut to pieces. West Main street. --Frank Siegles, while loading hay in a field at --M. E. Loveridge, of Springfield, Pa., was in town Bryan, was struck by lightning and instantly last week, the guest of Mr. O. F. Loveridge. killed. Married --J. B. Kisler, of Boardman, was fatally injured in On June 30th, 1884, at St. Mary’s Church, Miss his barn when the tackle he was using to handle Mary O’Brien, of this city, to Andrew Farrell, of hay, fell on his head. Cleveland, O. --The Crown Flint Glass Co. has begun work on Stray Notice the foundation for the new furnace. Ravenna D. Lansing has a small bay mare which strayed Republican into his enclosure on June 28th. The owner is --W. R. McGill, President of the Cincinnati & requested to prove property, pay charges, and Eastern Road, fell from the door of a baggage car take her away. while crossing a trestle, a distance of 50’, which For Sale killed him instantly. His residence was Newton. Late Cabbage plants for sale by O. S. Crowl. --Mr. M. W. Fleming, of Richmond, Ind., was Found called to Mansfield last Thursday to attend the Mrs. James Lynch, on Grant street, found a lady’s funeral of his father-in-law. Twenty minutes set ring on Jackson street.

120 © J. Stebbins 2020 July 10, 1884 after reaching that city, he had a hemorrhage of the lungs and died. --On the 4th, an accidental explosion of fireworks in Chardon, killed a Mr. Durfee, of Newbury, and son of Dr. Cleveland, of Burton. p. 2 col. 1 – John Spear, age 95, a soldier of the war of 1812, died in Steubenville, O., Monday. --A. A. Gray, of Trumbull Co., who killed his hired man, has been found guilty of manslaughter. p. 2 col.4 Historical Essay – Of Painesville High School Alumni An alumni reunion was held at Bass Lake, June 30th. Names added to list of those dead:

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122 © J. Stebbins 2020 July 10, 1884 --Mrs. H. A. Tuttle, of Cleveland, is the guest of Mrs. J. H. King, of Mentor Avenue. --Mr. A. E. Fenton left Monday for his summer residence in Casselton, Dakota. --Mr. J. F. Scranton, of Geneva, was visiting friends in Painesville on the 4th. --Mr. & Mrs. E. S. Pike and family, of Chicago, sail for Europe July 9th. --Mr. W. H. Tibbals has gone west to take a look at the mining territory in which he has large p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as interests. of July 9, 1884: --Mr. & Mrs. D. R. Davis were called to Wheeling, Ladies Va., last week by the sudden death of Mrs. Davis’ Corlett, Abi L. Mrs. mother. Durfee, Jessie Miss --Mrs. Willard, of State St. entertained a party of Ditson, Jennie Miss little folks Tuesday in honor of her grandson, Fuller, patty Mrs. Willard Preston. Gaskill, Paulina Mrs. --Mrs. N. F. McAbee, of Prospect Street, Gaylord, Inez, Miss Cleveland, has been visiting Mrs. J. W. Alexander Kingsley, Delia Miss of Mentor Ave. Mack, Hanorah Mrs. --Mr. Geo. E. Kile left for Chicago Monday, as the Stonestred, Sophia Miss guest of his brother, Charles Kile, of Cleveland. Sidley, Lizzie Miss --The Ashtabula Daily Advance has again Sankey, Edie Miss suspended for want of patronage. Thayer, Sarah, Mrs. --Mr. & Mrs. Harry Hayes, nee Morley, who, on Wood, E. M. Mrs. their marriage, went to Europe, will arrive in th Whitcomb, Mary Mrs. New York, July 11 . Waite, Nellie Miss --Mr. J. H. Morrison, of New Lisbon, O., Walsh, Kate Miss accompanied by his little son was the guest of his Gentlemen brother, D. G. Morrison, last Thursday. Fish, Lee J. --Mrs. Rhinehart, of Mechanicsburgh, Pa., who Fisher, S. M. has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. A. French, Delacom Newcome, for a few weeks, left for her home Giddins, H. E. Tuesday. Haselton, George The Misses Myrtie Bostwick, Louie French and Norton, C. A. Mary Paine will officiate at the ice cream tables Ostrander, G. S. in the Temperance room Sat. evening. Stebbins, L. A. J. --Mr. C. H. Greer, of the Cleveland Leader, has been in the city a few days enjoying home and Local Brevities friends. --Mr. Charles M. Carson returned to Chicago --Mrs. Martha Curtiss has been visiting her Monday. relatives, Mr. E. E. Hodge’s family in Mentor. --Messrs. J. H. King and Wm. Pierson started --James McCrone was on Thursday released Monday evening for Chicago. from jail, his brother, P. McCrone and H. Carroll --Mr. Rufus R. Foot, of Rock Creek was in town becoming sureties in the sum of $5,000 for his over the weekend. appearance at court in Nov.

123 © J. Stebbins 2020 July 10, 1884 Brown, Maria M. --Miss Louisa Malin and Miss Agnes Child, of this Stoddard, Almon city, have gone to the White Mountains where McFarland, Milton S. they will avail themselves of the benefit of Willoughby instruction in the Summer School of Art. Andrews, W. C. --Mrs. Colbert Huntington is ill and has been St. John, Thos. C. confined to her room for a few days. Elliott, May E. --Mrs. Timothy Rockwell is traveling with her Granger, Horace C. daughter, Mrs. J. H. Morley, of Cleveland. They will spend some time at the White Mountains. Two Men Killed in Chardon --Mr. Wm. Gordon, of Concord, had his right arm On the night of the Fourth, the managers of the dislocated at the elbow when the horses starting fireworks carelessly let some fire into the box threw him off a hay rack. where the works were kept, and the result was a --J. R. Morley and family, of St. Clair St., sudden and terrific explosion. The rockets went consisting of his wife, his eldest son’s wife, Mrs. in every direction, one striking Mr. John J. M. Morley, of East Saginaw, Mich., his two Cleveland, age 40 of Burton, in the jaw and daughters and his niece, Miss Julia P. Morley, breaking it in four pieces and passing part way intend spending the summer in Hyannis Port, through his head. He lived an hour and 40 mins., Mass. unconscious. Another rocket struck Mr. Job Durfee, age 61 of Newbury, passing completely through his head and killing him almost instantly.

Willoughby --C. D. Clark Esq. is putting up marble front to his new building. --Mr. H. Douglass, of the Ohio Fish Commission, was in town last week ready to supply our

country people with minnows for their fish The Lucky Number ponds and brooks. In the drawing given by Geo. E. Kile, July 4th, --R. Kennedy & Son have put an elevator into Michael Lynch, won the Champion mowing their new store. machine, and Mrs. M. B. Huntington, won the --Henry Nash is here visiting with his mother and watch and chain. friends. Real Estate --Mr. & Mrs. George Hanscom have moved to LeRoy Akron. Richards, Olive S. --Mrs. C. P. Williams and son are visiting at Rev. Read, Newton N. K. D. Flickinger’s. Reed, N. N, --Mr. John Hill intends to build two nice brick Stafford, B. L. buildings for residences, just west of his house. Painesville Hinkley, Samuel – heirs Unionville Smart, Ralph K. --The fire works on the “High-land Farm,” which Hoag, W. R. is owned by Mr. Monroe, of Cleveland were Kirtland reported as being very fine. Brown, Samuel Madison Brown, Maria M Brown, Caroline K.

124 © J. Stebbins 2020 July 10, 1884 --Mrs. Lucretia Garfield is visiting schools in the --Mr. Frank King, of Atchison, Kansas, is visiting east in order to decide where to enter he his many friends in town. daughter, Mollie, as a student next year. --Mrs. A. W. Pancost, of Cleveland, is visiting in --Miss Ella Bachelder, of Mass, has been town. spending a few days with her school mate, Mrs. --Miss Della Gregory, of Cleveland, has been T. C. Frost. visiting in town within the past week. --Mr. Thomas Morley has not yet been able to --James Williams died Monday evening. He had recover his horse and carriage stolen at the been sick for some weeks past. His wife died but Seminary. a few months ago. --Dr. Abner Moore, a Lake County boy, is residing --Mr. Dwight Brewster, of New York City, is at Amherst. visiting with Mr. & Mrs. P. T. Safford. Mentor Headlands --Hon. John L. Branch, of New York City, is visiting --Mrs. Brooks, whom we call “grandma,” is his father, Judge Branch, of North Madison. visiting at her son’s, Mr. Alfred Brooks. She is 86. --Miss Anna Barnes has gone to Dakota to visit --We have neglected to congratulate our friend, her sister, Mrs. Vanvalkenburg. Thad. Byrnes for being one of the graduates of the class of ’84, of the High School. He is the only Willoughby Plains one from this community who has ever finished --Miss Alice Griswold is home for the summer the course of studies. but we believe she will attend the Seminary the South Thompson coming year. --The Fourth brought its share of calamities here. --Mr. A. Heinaman, of Chicago, is again spending Homer Spencer had his hand burned, but the summer at Mr. S. W. Brown’s. nothing serious. Mr. Cane, a young man 18 yrs. --Master Willie Hyde has been for some time old, met an untimely death at 8 in the morning with his grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. C. Hyde. by an accident with a revolver while shooting --Old Mrs. Talbott is very sick at her son’s, Mr. H. targets with a friend. Mrs. Cane died a few weeks Talbott, with the dropsy. ago and Mr. Cane is in very poor health. He also --Mrs. Byron Richmond is sick with the quinsy. leaves several brothers and sisters. --Miss Mary Brown, of Chester, is visiting her friend, Mrs. M. O. Richardson. Resolutions of Respect by the Hampden Farmers’ Club are printed for their deceased Mentor member, Mr. J. B. Hungerford. --Miss Ellen Corning is back from Grand Rapids, Married Michigan, where she has spent nearly two years --July 3, 1884, at the M. E. Parsonage, Mentor, with relatives. O., Henry J. La Fontaine to Medde Brown, both --Mrs. Eunice Barber and son, Robbie, started for of Mentor, O. Wahpeton, Dakota, Monday night, in company --July 6, 1884, at the M. E. Parsonage, Mentor, with Mrs. Van Etten, of your city. O., Willard S. Martindale and Eunice W. Markell, --Cards are out for the wedding of Miss Carrie both of Kirtland, O. Tuttle, of Concord, and Mr. E. P. Barnes, of --In Painesville, July 5, John Devine and Ada Willoughby. Babcock, both of Fairport. --Mrs. Leslie Root is improving quite rapidly now. --In Painesville, July 5, 1884, Mr. Albert W. Fuller, --Miss Nellia Viall will spend the summer of Madison, to Miss May Stanford, of vacation in Mentor, with the family of her uncle, (Willoughby). Mr. C. C. Viall. For Sale One prize Demas Lathe and Scroll Saw and one portable forge. Bert. T. Casement

125 © J. Stebbins 2020 July 10, 1884 --Mrs. David Davis, about 52 yrs. old recently Lost died at the home of J. A. Cobb, in Jefferson, of July Fourth between the park and Erie street, a measles, quite suddenly. Jet pin with pearl center. M. L. Sedgebeer --A five-year-old son of Thomas Marrow, of Milan, fell in front of a reaping machine and one July 17, 1884 Thursday leg will have to be amputated. --The Ohio Coal Exchange will import Hungarians p. 1 Pioneer History – by C. C. Bronson and Swedes to fill the places of 3,000 striking Children of Stephen and Sarah M. Hart men in the Hocking Valley. First, Lovina, born in Winchester, March 12, --Arthur Slade, a young stenographer employed 1793, married Tera Doolittle, Aug. 21, 1825, they in the freight office of the C. C. C. & I. in were the parents of 7 children. They moved to Cleveland, suicided Wed. of last week. Ohio then to Illinois where she died Feb., 1875, --A Mrs. Blinzley, of Norwalk has been sentenced age 82 yrs. to pay $100 and be imprisoned for 60 days for Second, Chester Hart, born Winchester, July 31, child beating. 1795. In 1818, Erastus Merrill left with his family --Mr. E. F. Ensign, formerly of Madison, this for Ohio, and Chester Hart drove his team county, but for a few years in business in arriving in Painesville in June. Mr. Merrill settled Cleveland, last week made an assignment. in Concord. Hart went south to Virginia, and ---Frank Smith, of Salineville, in pulling his gun then returned to Mentor. Grandison Newell had out of his buggy, caught both hammers on the moved his family from Barkhamstead, Conn., buggy box and received both loads in his side. He and settled on the south line of Mentor. Chester lived an hour. Hart and Newell entered into partnership to --John Zeig, of Marion, fell down his cellar stairs manufacture cast iron plows. A lot of land the other night and broke his neck. adjoining Newell was purchased and when the --In Urbana, Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, age 60, sues partnership dissolved, Hart received this land. John Hurd, age 84, for breach of promise. He cleared the land and built a home. His parents lived with him after they came to Ohio in 1826, p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as until his marriage to Miss Lucy Howard, of of July 16, 1884: Aurora, Portage Co., Ohio, Dec. 29, 1829. They Gentlemen had two sons, Chester died in Minnesota, and Berney, Josiah Julius died on the old homestead in Mentor. Mr. Brown, Leroy Hart died on his farm in Mentor, Jan. 17, 1870, Buck, C. E. age 74 yrs. Mrs. Lucy H. Hart died on the farm Dugan, Thomas which had been her home for 40 yrs., Jan. 22, Faucher, G. S. 1872. If I should send another communication, Gardner, F. H. it would be Rosaville Hart and family of Kirtland. Graham, Robt.

Grey, J. E. p. 1 col. 8 State and Neighborhood Harris, Alfred Mr. --The Lima Car Works have shut down throwing Jackson, Robt. E. 150 men out of work. Kenney, James M. --Wm. Ward, age 72, a pioneer of Portage Co., Kinger, Jesse died of paralysis last week. Lowrey, Ed --Hon. Freeman Thorpe, of Geneva, has been Neff, Harry elected Lieutenant-Colonel, of the Fifth Newby, George Regiment, O. N. G. Norton, C. A. Norris, Jno. S. Smith, J. J.

126 © J. Stebbins 2020 July 17, 1884 --Mrs. A. Phelps, of Erie St., gave an informal and Smith, A. J. very enjoyable afternoon Ladies’ Tea party on Vance, Wm. Friday in honor of Mrs. John Branch, nee Bolles, Ward, E. C. of New York. Ladies --Mr. & Mrs. Henry A. Warren & family have Burke, Mary C. Miss gone to visit Mr. Warren’s folks in Genesco, N. Y. Brooks, Mary Mrs. --Mr. H. P. Sanford and family, Mrs. Louise Malin King, Ed. Mrs. and daughters, Mrs. S. B. Lockwood, Mr. J. S. Kimball, A. E. Miss Lockwood and others to the number of 20 Locker, Lizzie Miss persons are at Camp Lakeside. Wright, Sophronia Mrs. --Mr. & Mrs. Geo. L. Reis and daughter visited at the Lockwood homestead last Wed., on their Local Brevities way to their new home in Knoxville, Tenn. --Mr. B. F. Stephens left for home Sat. --Mr. E. S. Paige, wife and daughter and Mrs. W. --Miss Elizabeth Burridge is visiting friends in B. Hillman and daughter of Cleveland; Mr. W. D. Cleveland. Cushing, wife and child, and Miss Aggie Hildreth, --Mr. C. P. Bishop is spending two weeks with of Wheeling, West Va., are guests at the Painesville friends. Stockwell House. --Mrs. C. Field, nee Hine, of Cleveland, is visiting --Mrs. W. H. Beard and son, of New York, arrived at Riverside. at the Beard Homestead last week, where Mr. --Dr. J. S. Marshall left Thursday for Green Beard has been for some time past. Springs, Ohio, to reopen the Sanitarium. --Mrs. J. R. Price, of Cleveland, has been spending --Mrs. Aaron Wilcox and Miss Carrie Wilcox left a few days at her mother’s, Mrs. Childs, of St. the city this morning for an eastward trip. Clair street. --Mr. Homer Hine and Mrs. William Doran and --Mr. George Mathews, son of the late Wm. children are visiting relatives in Youngstown. Mathews Esq., a recent graduate of Adelbert --Miss Mary A. Warn, of State street, left the city College, is the guest of Mr. & Mrs. George K. on Tuesday to visit her mother at Auburn, N. Y. Reynolds. Mr. Mathews will go to the --Mr. & Mrs. A. S. Brewer, Mentor Ave., are being Theological Seminary to study Theology. congratulated on the advent of another son. --The barn of Mr. Martin Keener, on the South ----Mrs. A. T. Brewer and daughter of Cleveland Ridge in Perry, was struck by lightning and are at the Hines Mansion, Riverside, for a few burned down Sat. weeks. --Mr. Hudson Wilson, lives in Faribault, Minn. --Messrs. Brennan & Gregory, of the Cowles --Hon. T. W. Pepoon, Editor of the Falls City, House, have opened a boarding house at Camp Gazette, Nebraska, is visiting old time friends Lake Side. and relatives in Painesville. They visited West --Mrs. F. F. Budd, of Utica, N. Y., is visiting her Point where they have a son in the military parents, Mr. & Mrs. H. W. Payne, of St. Clair academy. street. --Mr. C. J. Pratt and Mr. C. A. Hardway left for --Messrs. H. R. Dickinson & Co., have disposed of two months camp out and tent life in the wilds their business to Mr. S. R. King, who will take of Michigan. possession of the premises on Monday. --Mr. & Mrs. Walter H. Kendig, of Middleton, Pa., --Misses Julia and Helen Pepoon are home from are at the Stockwell House, enroute for the east. the Seminary on vacation. They had come to Painesville as bride and groom --Mr. & Mrs. C. O. Higgins go via the lakes to in 1857. Ripon, Wis., to visit Prof. J. A. Towle and family.

127 © J. Stebbins 2020 July 17, 1884 --Miss Glen Penfield goes to Houghton, Mich., to th J. D. Hennessy sing in the Episcopal Church there on the 20 Mr. James D. Hennessy, an old and well-known isn’t. About 7 years ago, she filled an citizen of Painesville died at his home of State engagement in the same church for more than a street, Wed., age 59. year. th Finley McGrew --Mr. & Mrs. A. Miller celebrated the 10 The death of Mr. Finley McGrew occurred at his anniversary of their wedding on Wed. home on State street Sun., night. He was among --J. W. Penfield & Son and J. H. Boyce are putting the pioneers of Painesville and was 70 yrs. old. in a new mill dam from the Willoughby Flouring Mills to the saw mill opposite. Marriage of Miss Taylor Miss Harriet Taylor, of Warren O., only daughter South Madison of Judge Taylor, who succeeded Gen. Garfield as --Mr. Mark Emerson fell down a flight of stairs in the representative for the 19th district in his barn landing with his hand on the blade of a congress, and Mr. George W. Upton, of saw, cutting it badly. Washington, D. C., were married in Warren July --Mr. Adolph Hettinger has the finest looking 13th. Mr. Upton will be the law partner of his place of any one in Madison. father-in-law. Missing but Found Unionville Mrs. Charles Earl, whose husband is in Kansas --Capt. Jones and wife, of Cleveland, were the City, Mo., left the residence of Mr. Ira Nichols, guests of Mrs. Bonnell, their daughter, last week. Jackson street, this city last Wed., saying she was Geauga County going to the home of her mother in Fairport. She --Telephone poles are now being set in this place did not arrive in Fairport and a search was made (Chardon). in the woods and ravines. On Monday, her --Mrs. H. W. Tibbals and daughter, Emma, were brother received word that she was in Ashtabula. in town over Sunday. --Last week, Mr. Buchner, of Chester, fell from a Death of Mrs. Benjamin Cox cherry tree, inflicting fatal injuries from which he The Elgin, Ill., Daily News of July 9th, contains a died the same day. He was 36 yrs. old and leaves notice of the death of Mrs. Benjamin Cox, age 61. a wife and two children. The deceased lived in Painesville and was a sister-in-law of Mrs. D. O. Carter. She married South Thompson Mr. Cox in 1841 and in 1843 they moved to Elgin, --Mrs. Ann Sidley and Mrs. H. Tucker are both where they have since resided. convalescing. --Rev. Father Gocke is quite sick with diphtheria. Death of W. W. Dingley --Mrs. S. Spencer and son, Milford, spent the A dispatch arrived here from Scales, Cal., Sabbath with her daughter, Mrs. J. Morse, of announcing the death of our townsman, Mr. W. Claridon, who is said to be in very poor health. W. Dingley, in that place, Friday. Mr. & Mrs. --Mr. Johnnie McKaugh goes to Pittsburgh today Dingley left here in Dec. for the Pacific coast. He with another load of fat cattle. had been a resident and businessman of --Mr. Frank Stickney and Mrs. Thorp, of Painesville for about 25 yrs. The remains were Painesville, and Mrs. A. H. Tucker, nee Spring, of buried in Cal. Ravenna, spent Sunday at Mr. E. Stetson’s.

Willoughby Mentor --Mrs. Sheldon and daughter, of Houghton, --Mrs. Wm. Aldrich has gone to Mayville, N. Y., Mich., are the guests of Miss L. Skiff. where she will spend some weeks with her daughter, Mrs. N. Belden.

128 © J. Stebbins 2020 July 17, 1884 Warren, Martin D.

--Mr. & Mrs. George Moore (nee Miss Hattie Married Radcliffe,) of Hersey, Mich., have been visiting On the 4th inst., in Painesville, Mr. David H. Cole Mrs. W. H. Johnson and other relatives. and Chloe A. Brown, both of Concord. --Miss Lillie Hodge is receiving a visit from Miss Locke, of Cleveland. For Sale Horse, suitable for saddle or buggy. Geo. S. LeRoy Hayes, 33 Jackson street. --Mr. Amos French and family have visitors from Washing and Ironing Ravenna and Garrettsville. A specialty of Lace Curtains. Call at Parmly row, --Wm. Stocking, of Newton Falls, formerly of north end, near Tinker’s mill. Mrs. M. E. Smiley Hambden was visiting friends here and in Hambden. Lost --J. Zimmerman has purchased a new Buckeye Somewhere between Wood street and the low down binder. Congregational Church, July 13th, a pendant, with --B. L. Stafford has purchased the place on the a cluster of wheat in gold and pearls, on one side Plank Road known as the Richards Place. and a likeness on the other. The finder will be --Mrs. Olive Harklerode died July 8th, after an liberally rewarded. No. 6 Mentor Ave. illness of less than a week. Her home was with L. Sessions Steele her daughter, Mrs. J. P. Stearns, in Thompson. The Estate of James C. McCabe Madison T. G. Hart is adm. of James C. McCabe, deceased, --Mr. & Mrs. Silsby and Miss Libbie Wilcox, of late of Mentor, Lake Co., Ohio. Selma, Alabama, are spending their vacation at The Estate of Harvey Woodworth their old home. Horace W. Allen is the executor of Harvey --Misses Hattie Ensign and Ione Smith have gone Woodworth, deceased, late of Painesville, Lake to Chautauqua to spend the summer. Co., Ohio. --Miss Katie Teachout is visiting her sister in Cleveland. For Sale --David Smead left last week for Minneapolis, O. S. Crowl is selling a No. 2 American Fruit Minn., where he has been engaged to play ball Evaporator. Mentor, Ohio with the Muskegon club. --John H. Green has gone to Nebraska, where he July 24, 1884 Thursday has been engaged in a county Recorder’s office. p. 1 Pioneer History – C. C. Bronson --Mr. E. F. Ensign, of this place, who has been The third child and second son of Stephen and doing business in Cleveland for a few years, Sarah (Munson) Hart was Roseville Hart born in made an assignment last week. His failure is due Barkhamstead, Aug. 26th, 1797. He married Miss to his ill health. Lovina Kilbourn in her father’s house, in Litchfield, Conn., Jan. 6, 1825. She was born in Real Estate Transfers Litchfield, April 21, 1804. They were the parents Madison of five children, three died young. Sarah A., born Darrow, J. C. in Winsted, Nov. 19th, 1830, married Guy W. Bacon, Caroline Smith, of Kirtland, Mar. 13, 1847, and died in Painesville Kirtland, April 11, 1852, age 27. Emily L., the only Brooks, Martha H. one living, resides at Kirtland Flats. They Hayes, Minerva Bishop, Warren E.

129 © J. Stebbins 2020 July 24, 1884 --Frank Paige, a 13-yr.-old boy of Massillon, was moved to Ohio and arrived in Mentor, Oct., whittling a stick when he nicked the palm of his 1833. In 1839, he bought a farm in Kirtland. hand. Nothing was thought of it at the time, it When they got older, they disposed of their farm turned into lockjaw and he died. and bought a house and lot on the Flats. Mrs. --Conneaut Reporter: F. P. Brown, of New Lyme, Hart died Nov. 18, and one-half hour after the is the owner of a horse that promises well for hearse has left the house, Mr. Hart died, Nov. 20, becoming a famous trotter. 1879, age 82 yrs. The two youngest children of Stephen and Sarah M. Hart are Stephen Horatio, p. 2 col. 2 The assignment of W. B. Straight & Co., born in 1809, and Daniel Burnham, born in 1812; of Hudson, the heaviest dealers in butter and both born in Winchester, Conn. They both reside cheese in Ohio, was announced yesterday; it is in Mentor with families. thought to be temporary. p. 2 col. 7 Sheriff’s sale: Rebecca H. Eddy vs p. 1 col. 8 State and Neighborhood Robert Christy, et al. Land in Painesville will be --James Swain, a prominent farmer of Findlay, sold. was fatally injured by the kick of a horse. --William Wallace, for 53 yrs. postmaster of p. 3 Letters uncalled for at Painesville P.O. as of Hammondsville, is the oldest postmaster in the July 23, 1884: State. Gentlemen --Thos. Van Horn, age 83 pioneer of Carroll Co., Bargee, H. died of paralysis last week after an illness of Brown, Ira nearly a year. Cole, O. H. --John Heard, for 30 years sexton of the old stone Doherey, M. church, Cleveland, died on his farm in Ashtabula Farnsworth, Geo. at the age of 70. Fifield, F. --Mullen Terry, of Toledo, a brakeman on the Earl, Jerome Lake Shore road, had both his legs crushed at Hale, F. Wauseon Thursday. Harris, Geo. --Mrs. Joseph Keyes, a Fremont grass widow, Hunt, P. R. tried to shoot Mary Condon, the allege cause of Larine, Joseph her marital troubles. Shaffer J. D. --Horace Stevens died at Warren, age 92, came Spencer, John there in 1816, and a Freemason since 1815. Waldron, R. R. --The reunion of the descendants of Samuel Ladies Griffin Peck will be held at the residence of Baker, Nancy Mrs. Chester Woodworth, in Lenox, Aug. 1, 1884. Beardsley, Eva Mrs. --C. R. Ford, a prominent lawyer, of Monroe, Blake, Bridget Michigan, was drowned in the river at that place Call, Linnie Mrs. in Feb.; his body was found off Sister Island near Corlett, Alice M. Miss Sandusky. Fauks, May --Henry Frazer, a farmer of Findlay, suicided by Ferus, Rosa Miss taking morphine. He had been unable to sleep Helden, Mrs. for years on account of asthmatic troubles, and Laphan, M. Miss due to this is supposed to have lost his reason. McCaslin, J. N. Mrs. --The Geneva Tool Co. has received an order of Parker, Ellen L. 5,000 dozen manure forks and 1, 200 dozen hay Sander, Lillie forks to be sent to the Old World. Smith, R. Mrs. Wolden, Cornelia

130 © J. Stebbins 2020 July 24, 1884 --Mrs. C. H. Allen and Miss Allen, of St. Louis, Zielie, Lizzie Miss have engaged rooms at the Stockwell House for August for their yearly visit home. Local Brevities --Mr. Geo. P. Kinney and family, of Chicago, were --Prof. J. R. Clague has gone to Fargo, D. T. in the city over the Sabbath, guests of Mr. & Mrs. --Mayor Gray and family are camping at H. R. Dickinson. Lakeside. --Mrs. Thornton Birdsall and son, of Brooklyn, N. --Rev. R. L. Ganter and son, of Akron, are at Camp Y., are visiting Mrs. Maria Ross, of Washington Lakeside. St. Mrs. Birdsall is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. O. --Mrs. Helen M. Rockwell is now a guest at T. Lines, formerly of this place. Maplewood Cottage, N. H. --Mr. H. Woolsey, of Rock Creek, for many years --Miss Minnie Costly has gone for a two week a resident of Perry, was in town Friday. visit to her home in Edinburg. --Mr. Louis H. Winch, of Cleveland, who has been --Miss Kate Bower, of Newcastle, is visiting her the guest of Mr. Jerome S. Burrows, with whom friend, Miss Mary Gray, of Liberty St. he recently graduated from Adelbert College has --Miss Florence Haney, of Youngstown is visiting been called home by the illness of his mother. Miss Gussie Hine, of Mentor Ave. --Miss Addie Langston, the daughter of Mr. --Mrs. Harriet W. Axtell has gone to spend the William Langston, Sec. of the Board of Trade at season with friends in Indiana, Missouri, and Milwaukee and niece of Mrs. Lathrop is visiting Keokuk, Iowa. Dr. Lathrop’s family. --Mrs. W. A. Coleman has gone to Elmira, N. Y., --Mr. & Mrs. J. S. Mathews, of Cleveland, arrived and will visit friends farther east. at the Stockwell House on Friday. Mr. Mathews --Gen. J. A. Potter, of this city, and J. F. Card, of returned to Cleveland and Mrs. Mathews will be Cleveland, left yesterday for a trip to Yellow the guest of Dr. Samuel Mathews and family. Stone park. --Mr. Charles Loughridge is the guest of his --Mr. & Mrs. G. M. Vanzwoll, of Chicago, are relatives Mr. Augustus Hine and family. Mr. guests of Dr. & Mrs. Merriman. Loughridge is a graduate of Yale College and --Mrs. Charles R. Loomis, of Wahpeton, Dakota, recently admitted to the bar. is visiting her parents, Mr. & Mrs. E. H. Merrill, of --Mr. W. W. Dingley and her son, Mason, arrived Casement Ave. in Cleveland Monday and reached home --Miss Georgia Booth is spending some time with Tuesday. Mr. Dingley died of paralysis of the th her aunt, Mrs. Geo. R. Cowles. heart on Friday, July 11 . --Sidewalks are being built on Richmond street as rapidly as possible in compliance with the Village One Hundred Years Council. Mrs. Charlotte Hathaway, of Palmyra, N. Y, the --Mrs. D. T. Casement and sons are visiting mother of Mrs. Henry Nottingham, of this city, th friends in Detroit and expect to spend some time celebrated her 100 birthday. Among her at St. Clair Flats. children present were: --Mr. Charles S. Wilcox, of Hamilton, Ontario, son Mary, wife of Henry Nottingham, of Ohio of the late Judge Wilcox is at home for a few Herbert Hathaway, of Michigan, grandson days. Mrs. Mary Blodget, of New York City, a great --Mrs. J. J. Harrison has been called to granddaughter Garrettsville by the illness of her sister, Mrs. G. Two great-great granddaughters, infants of Mrs. W. Crane. Blodget and Mrs. Frank L. Williams --Mrs. M. N. Ovington, of New York, is enroute to Painesville via Washington and will reach here Real Estate Transfers about the 25th. Madison Poyer, W. A.

131 © J. Stebbins 2020 July 24, 1884 Kirtland Brooks, Louson, A. --Mr. Emery Blair and family left for Michigan last Perry Tuesday. Byles, Mary A. --Mrs. Horatio Randall and son, Frank, are Rand, Eliza Jane visiting friends here. Painesville --Johnnie Wells, son of H. O. Wells, and Frank Skinner R. W. Ladd, of Madison, returned Friday from a two Skinner, A. month visit to the latter’s parents at Tabor, Iowa. Pincus, Anna --Nelson Morley and wife, formerly of Kirtland, Willoughby living in Wisconsin, are visiting here. Hurlburt, Sarah A. --Miss Frank Maddy, who has been visiting her Harbach, Thomas S. school friend, Miss Lizzie Pierson, left for her home at Kokomo, Ind., last Wed. Willoughby --Miss Bell Whelpley, of Madison, is visiting --Joel Reeve was thrown from a reaper last week relatives here. and injured his left wrist. --Henry Purinton, of Detroit, is spending his --Mrs. Raymond, of Toledo, is visiting at her summer vacation with his uncle’s family, Mr. A. brother-in-law’s, Mr. L. W. Penfield and family. Damon. --Those, who attended the musical festival at J. --Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Storm were calling on W. Penfield’s on Friday evening, were highly Kirtland friends. th pleased. --Miss Maggie Wells will have a 13 birthday --T. C. St. John Esq. has realized $10,000 for his party today (July 21). patent Steam Cooking apparatus. --Miss Lizzie Pierson begins school in Sleemin district today. Madison --Friday at Mr. Chester Clapp’s, a reception was --Mr. & Mrs. O. S. Crain are spending a few weeks held for Mr. & Mrs. Howard Clapp, who go as in Michigan. missionaries to China Sept. 1. --Mr. & Mrs. B. F. Whitmore and son, of Cleveland, are visiting with Mr. & Mrs. H. Patch. Willoughby Plains --Jay Hawks, son of Benj. Hawks, died Monday. --Mr. & Mrs. Rumbaugh have a baby girl. --Mr. & Mrs. J. C. Boyd and Miss Lottie Hall left --Married at the home of Mr. O. Andrews, July th for Simcoe, Ontario, last week. 13 , Mr. Samuel J. Brown, of Willoughby Village, --Mr. Jonadab Winchester, a very old man, and Miss Fanny Andrews. residing on the Middle Ridge, fell and broke his hip Tuesday. Mentor --George Wood has returned from Dakota and --Mrs. William Mills with her little son, Corning, Frank Ladd from Iowa. have returned home to New York after visiting a --Due to ill health, our barber, A. W. English, sold few weeks. out to Chas. Gunther last Sat. Mr. English --Mrs. Charles Prentiss and Miss Mat Vial, start intends to go to Tennessee. today for a trip down the St. Lawrence River. --Mr. & Mrs. Serage, of Wellington are visiting --Misses Mary and Maud Palmer have completed with Mr. & Mrs. Martin Cook. their visit at Lawnfield and returned to their --Wells Bower, post office clerk, injured his knee home in Pittsburgh last week. and is using crutches. --Mr. Frank Crowl, of Cleveland, is spending a --Mr. J. T. Spaulding is having success selling the few days at home with his mother and brother. Singer Sewing Machine, in Madison. --Mr. & Mrs. Warren Hendrix, with their little son, Cliff, spent the Sabbath with friends in Richland Co.

132 © J. Stebbins 2020 July 24, 1884 --Rev. James P. Stephenson, having resigned his --Mrs. James Prouty is receiving a visit from her pastorate at Ottawa, Kansas, is spending a few niece, Miss Allie Kniffin. weeks with his parents at this place. Concord --Mrs. Lillie Goble, of Vernon, N. J., is visiting her South Madison parents, Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Huntoon. --Mr. H. N. Griswold is on the sick list. LeRoy --Mr. David Baily got his fingers badly cut by --Mrs. Delos Tew and daughter, of Minnesota, having his hand drawn into a pully block. are visiting here. --Mrs. Clara Warren, nee Long, is dangerously ill --Mrs. Alche Collins, of Ashtabula, visited in town with consumption at Mr. Ralph Holbrook’s. last week. --Mrs. Ada Kennon, of Minnesota, who is visiting To the Farmers of Lake County friends in this county, will preach in the South The undersigned citizens of Lake Co., Ohio, LeRoy Church Sunday. examined the living fence made of Osage Orange --E. W. Taylor accidentally stepped through a hay as adopted by the Dayton Hedge Co. We visited rack and was laid up for a few days. there and found their fences are stock proof and --Mr. & Mrs. Charles Hall, of Youngstown, are ornamental. visiting at John Harrison’s.

South Thompson --Mr. P. Shaughnessy is in very poor health due to old age. --Mrs. E. Stetson had two canary birds die from eating lettuce. --Mrs. J. Winterstein spent a few days in Bees for Sale Huntsburgh last week. Ten or twelve swarms of bees for sale at a ---Miss Addie Biglow gave a birthday party to bargain. James McAdams some 25 of her friends the 17th, it being her 17th The Estate of James D. Hennessy birthday. H. M. Moser is adm. for James D. Hennessy, --Miss Switzer, of Stark Co., is spending a few deceased, late of Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio. days with her brother, Mr. G. Switzer. --Mrs. J. Morse, of Claridon, is spending a few July 31, 1884 Thursday days at her father’s, Mr. S. Spencer. Mrs. M is in p. 1 col. 8 State and Neighborhood very poor health. --Jerry O’Neal, aged 80, was killed by the cars at Fremont, Friday. Geauga County --Jacob Smith, of Niles, is accused of knocking his --Sheriff John A. Pierce has purchased the wife down and giving her a severe threshing with interest of Charles L. King in the meat market of a horsewhip. Toop & King. --Geo. W. Ruggles, of Huron Co., an old and well- --W. H. Turner of Painesville, was in town known citizen, died very suddenly Wed. last Monday. week. --Our people are excited over the failure of W. B. --A young son of Rev. John Dickerson, of Urbana, Straight & Co., of Hudson, manufacturers of received fatal injuries by the igniting of a coal butter and cheese. They were operating four lamp while he was filling it. factories in this county: Claridon, Montville, --Albert Hayes, of Hartford, and his son, E. A. Newburg, and Munson. Hayes, of Chardon, were driving across the track near Orangeville the other day when struck by a

133 © J. Stebbins 2020 July 31, 1884 --Hon. E. H. Fitch, of Jefferson, was in the city fast express. Albert received fatal injuries and his yesterday. son was thrown on the pilot and his leg broken. --Gypsies are camped on Walnut Ave. near the --Thomas Enick, age 60, a prominent farmer of Seminary. Fremont, met a terrible death last week. His son --Mrs. S. B. Lockwood and Miss Minnie Wood was driving a one-horse hayrake when the have returned to Meriden. Conn. animal took fright and ran away. In trying to stop --Dr. M. M. Seymour, and Mr. John Seymour, the horse, Mr. Enick was knocked down, have gone to Litchfield, Conn. trampled and gashed with the steel teeth of the --Mrs. A. Bryan, of Cleveland, has been visiting rack. Mrs. W. J. Hennessy, of Washington street. --Mrs. A. B. Putnam, who has been visiting Mrs. p. 2 col. 1 Dr. T. M. Leight, of Akron, died C. O. Child, returned to Gambier Sat. suddenly of heart disease, age 65. --Madison Index: Miss Minnie Sherwood, of --Dr. L. G. Harley, of Wayne Co., died suddenly at Painesville, is visiting with Miss Gratia Smith this his home in Apple Creek, last week. He had week. practiced medicine for 50 yrs. --Irving P. Shearer, of Bay City, Michigan, is p. 2 col. 3 Charles Alber, of Bellaire, has been sick visiting his grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. E. Larned, 9 weeks with typhoid fever. During a temporary of Mentor. absence of this wife, Monday, he left his bed, --Miss E. B. Wing, enroute from Cleveland to went into the yard, fell in a well and drowned. Bloomfield, is spending a few days with Miss p.2 col. 6 John W. Mason, one of the pioneers of Palmer, State street. Kendall Co., Ill., who passed away last week, --The Misses Nettie and Ida Gray have gone to owned 1,000 acres of land, but clung like a spend the vacation with their parents and hermit to an old log-house. brother in Fargo, Dakota. --Mr. H. W. Prouty is visiting a few weeks at the p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as Prouty homestead in Concord before of July 30, 1884: commencing the study of law in Boston. Ladies --Mr. Geo. C. Curtiss is putting down the cement Davis, M. S. Mrs. flagging in front of his stores on Main street, Eddy, James Mrs. occupied by Curtiss & Son and L. A. Trumbull. Gaskill, Mrs. --B. J. Wilkerson, Esq., of Sedalia, Missouri, has Jones, Sarah Mrs. joined his wife and children at the home of Mrs. Lapham, M. Mrs. W’s mother, Mrs. Frisbie, Bank Street. Lynch, Kate --Mrs. Josie Cutter and daughter, of Cleveland, Rayner Ann Mrs. have been the guests for a few days of Mrs. C. H. Smith, Helen Miss Greer and Miss Greer. Welch, Mary Miss --Mrs. H. D. Kingsbury, of Grand Rapids, Mich., is Welch, Mary C. Miss visiting friends in Mentor. William Lizzie Miss --News reached Painesville last Wed. of the Gentlemen death, at his home in Akron, of Mr. C. N. Jaberg, Doherty, Daniel formerly of the Model Bakery of this city. He Menory, Gundro leaves a wife, but no children. He died of Ostrander, Sylvester consumption. Peterson, J C. --Mr. Frank Wilkins, train dispatcher at Oil City, Wood, Frankie L. was in the city a few days last week visiting his mother and sister. He had his two young Local Brevities daughters with him but left his 12 lb. baby boy at home.

134 © J. Stebbins 2020 July 31, 1884 --Mr. George Williams and two daughters of --Adoniram Sterling, of Lima, N. Y., the last of six Cleveland, visited with the families of Messrs, brothers of Judge Sterling, of this place died on Aldrich and Tyler. Friday, July 25, age about 67. The deceased --Mrs. Anna Grier is building a little house near previous to 1854, had resided for a number of her sister, Mrs. Robt. Radcliffe. years in Willoughby in this county. --Mr. & Mrs. Gen. Newcomer, of New York City, --James Weinbrenner met with sudden death with their little boys, are guests at the Rose sometime last Thursday night. His body was mansion. found in the river under the Lake Shore Railroad --Mr. Sidney Justice has finished his new fruit Bridge. It was his habit to cross the bridge in the packing house. evening and it is supposed that he fell. He was 22 --Mr. & Mrs. E. Cadle have a little son; also, Mr. and lived just east of the bridge with his & Mrs. Warren Dickey. There are new little girls widowed mother. at the homes of Mr. Lee Jacks and Mr. Charles --Mr. L. P. Gage returned Sat. from a six-week Hadden. trip to the west. Most of the time spent in the --Mrs. Delos Kingsbury, of Portage City, Wis., and Ottawa section of Indian Territory where he has her grandson, Freddie Allen, are the guests of a large cattle ranch, the ground for which is Mrs. Elizabeth Pratt and Mrs. Angier. leased from the Indians themselves. He has --Frankie Weed is quite sick. 5,000 acres enclosed with wire fence with a large frontage on Neosha River. LeRoy --A few friends and relatives of Mr. & Mrs. S. B. rd Fairport Items Baker met, by invitation, at their home July 23 , --The funeral of Mrs. Jackson Chapman, who to witness the marriage of their daughter, Edna, died on the 23rd inst., after a brief illness, was to Prof. Wm. F. M. Goss, of Lafayette, Ind. They held on the 25th at the Chapel. left the same day to visit the parents of Prof. Goss in Cape Cod. Real Estate Transfers Madison Concord Eaton, Elizabeth C. --Mr. & Mrs. George Clapp have started on a trip Hickok, Alice S. west to visit Michigan, Wisconsin and Kansas. Painesville --Mr. Maunder and family have moved into their Wilcox, Chas. A. new home on the Addison Austin place, and Mr. Wilcox, Lydia Austin has moved in with Mr. George Clapp, his Mentor father-in-law. Amidon, Andrew A, Root, Lester H. Willoughby --E. W. Bond and family have gone to Cassadaga Hymenial Lake. At the home of Mr. & Mrs. S. B. Baker, of LeRoy, --Mrs. Henry Canfield, of Chardon, spent a few on the 23rd isn’t., their daughter, Edna D. married days in town. Wm. F. M. Goss. Their home will be in Lafayette, --Mrs. W. S. Ferguson is visiting at Detroit. Indiana, where Prof. Goss is on the faculty of --Miss L. Bates is at Ashtabula for the present. Purdue University. --The union picnic of the Sabbath School of the Disciple, Presbyterian and Methodist Churches, Mentor of this village, will take place at Geauga Lake, in Solon, Aug. 1st. --G. W. Clement Jr., of the Columbia Law School, is in town.

135 © J. Stebbins 2020 July 31, 1884 --Last Wed., Mr. Wm. Martindale and his sister, --Joel Reeve is convalescent. Anna, were dumped out of the carriage when --Hugh Buckley Jr., a candidate for Sheriff of their horse became frightened and turned. Mr. Cuyahoga Co., is a son of H. Buckley of this place. Martindale was lame a couple of days, but Miss --Mrs. J. W. Penfield has been advised to go to Anna had a severe cut just above the eyebrow. Clifton Springs, N. Y., on account of her ill health. --E. P. Barnes was married to Carrie Tuttle. Willoughby Plains --Mr. & Mrs. Ingersoll (Bertha Kennedy) now of --Miss Ella Brown has gone to Coshocton to visit Detroit, are visiting her parental home. The relatives. three sisters have met again. --Miss Nellie Allen, of Tiffin, is on the Plains visiting aunts and cousins. Madison --Mr. Ambrose Clough, of Toledo, formerly of --Mrs. Thomas King, of Cleveland, is visiting in Chardon, has been visiting friends at his old town. home now. --Mr. & Mrs. Fred Woolworth, of Cleveland, are --Miss Cora Johnson, of Willoughby, spent a visiting with his parents, Mr. & Mrs. John short time with her brother, Fred. Woodsworth. South Thompson Geauga County --Mrs. John Morse, of Claridon, who has been at --The telephone line from Painesville to Burton is her father’s, Mr. S. Spencer, for a few days in open to the public. The first three orders sent very poor health, is now very low and not from Chardon to Painesville were to Jerome allowed visitors. Houghton. --Mr. E. Rawden, of Windsor, spent the Sabbath --On Sat., during a thunder shower, W. L. Ford, of in this place. Chardon township, lost a valuable horse by being --Mr. Burroughs and family have been visiting struck by lightning. friends in Rootstown, Portage Co. --Enos A. Hayes, of Chardon, was in a carriage with his father when it was struck by a train in LeRoy Orangeville. His father died within a half an hour --Perry Stearns has a Hereford calf which after the accident. Enos had his thigh broken weighed at 5 mos. old, 460 pounds. and his head cut.

South Madison --Miss Eliza Scott and Mr. Frank Ackerman, both of Thompson, were married Tuesday at Erie, Pa. --Mrs. Lamar Loveland is not expected to survive long. --Mr. H. S. Rutherford has purchased part of F. Rood & Bros. old house and moved it onto his land top of the hill next to Bartlett Long’s. He intends to fit is up for a blacksmith and carpenter shop. --Reports are that copperheads are quite thick in Atlanta, Ga. Constitution LeRoy next to the river. Britton-DUNCAN: On the 22nd inst., at the residence of the bride’s parents, Mr. & Mrs. R. L. Kirtland --Miss Hushia Beal is slowly failing.

136 © J. Stebbins 2020 July 31, 1884 --In a quarrel between two inmates of the Duncan, Miss Ida Webster Duncan, of this city, to Soldiers Home in Dayton, John Dolan killed Fritz Mr. J. F. Britton, of Painesville, Ohio. The couple Brockmeyer, stabbing him in the neck with a case will live in Painesville, O. She is a granddaughter knife. of Judge W. R. Webster, and moved with him --Peter Wachs, age 77, an old resident of from Decatur Ga., to this city several years ago. Crestline, walking on railroad track was struck by a train and killed. Married --Benjamin Stevens, age 97, died in Warren last On the 26th inst., in Painesville, Mr. Charley E. Ely, week. He had resided in that city since 1816 and of Little Mountain, and Amanda J. Colwell, of was a leading businessman for many years. He Painesville, Lake Co, O. was supposed to be the oldest Mason in Ohio. --A large 90-foot barn belonging to J. Harter, of Reynolds – Pierce Northfield, Summit Co., was struck by lightning Miss Emma Reynolds married Edgar P. Pierce Sat. and burned down. Esq., of St. Vincent, Minn., July 23rd. The wedding --Great excitement has been created in Bellaire took place at the home of the bride’s mother in by the sudden and mysterious disappearance of Rock Creek, Ohio. an old farmer, named John Williams. Suspicions of foul play rest on a step son. For Sale – F. J. Jerome, has a saddle horse for --A girl, age 12 yrs., named Mary Levan, of sale. Orangeville, was in the habit of running across The Estate of James Williams the track in front of trains and seeing how close W. J. Cornelius is the executor of the estate of she could pass a locomotive. She was killed James Williams, deceased, late of Madison, Lake Thursday. Co., Ohio. Coal p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as On and after Aug. 1st, I shall adopt the cash of Aug. 6, 1884: system and all coal sold from our yard will be for Ladies cash on delivery. H. Morse Brown, Nellie Mrs. Boss, Almira, Mrs. Aug. 7 1884 Thursday Chapman, Carrie Miss Crow, Jane Miss p. 1 col. 8 State and Neighborhood Gentlemen --Leonard Troutman, of Fostoria, suicided last Connell, John Mr. week. Dodge, John --J. B. Chamberlain, a prominent citizen of Kinger, J. E. LaGrange died last week. McLeod, Alex --From one acre, N. W. Simmons, of Grigg’s Martin, Joseph Corners, got 42 bushels of wheat. Ryan, J. --On Tuesday evening, A. Canfield, of Orwell, was Waite, C. killed by jumping from a freight train. White, George --Daniel Everett, age 84, a pioneer of Erie County, Wickercham, John died at his home in Milan, last Wed. Williams, Harry --Jacob Sollody, of Unionville, attended a picnic Woodruff, F. B. last week Wed., at Sturgeon Point, and was drowned. Local Brevities --Henry Eckler, of Sandusky, machinist for the B. --Mr. F. Gates and family leave for Chautauqua & O., R. R. for the past 20 yrs., dropped dead tomorrow. from heart disease Sat.

137 © J. Stebbins 2020 Aug. 7 1884 --Mr. & Mrs. C. G. Sumner, of Thompson, will th --Miss Rose Gasser, of Cleveland, is visiting Miss entertain a few of their friends, Aug. 9 , to th Alice Barnes, of State street. celebrate the 25 anniversary of their marriage. --Miss Gussie Hine is visiting her friend Miss Mrs. Sumner, is a daughter of the late Julius Emily Bonnell, of Youngstown. Weed, of this city. --Miss S. Bigler has gone to Memphis, Mo., to --Miss Boalt, of Washington St., left this morning visit her sister, Mrs. Carlos Baker. for the White Mountains. Miss Boalt will meet --Mr. J. F. Britton has gone to Troy, N. Y., to erect her cousin, Mr. Will Child at Niagara. a fence and enclose Powers Park. --Mrs. Augustus Hine and daughters, Helen and --Mr. Albert Marshall and son, of East Saginaw, Mabel, leave the city on Friday, to join a pleasant Mich., are visiting Mrs. Seth Marshall. party in Cleveland for Marquette, where they --Mr. & Mrs. C. A. Shaw are spending about 2 will be the guests of Mrs. C. M. Wheeler. weeks with Mrs. S’s parents on Erie street. --Mrs. H. B. Green, of Erie St., is visiting her --Mrs. Hiram Wilson, of Geneseo, Ill., is visiting daughter, Mrs. N. S. McAbee, of Prospect St., friends in Lake and Geauga Counties. Cleveland. --Mr. A. A. Colgrove left Tuesday for Casselton, --Mrs. D. E. Goldsmith and her two sons and Dakota, to assist Mr. A. E. Fenton in harvesting. daughter has returned for a visit of a few months ---Mrs. C. H. Allen and Miss Allen, of St. Louis, at the Goldsmith Homestead. arrived in the city and have rooms at the --We are very much obliged to Mr. James Wright, Stockwell House. of LeRoy, for some of the choicest blackberries --Mrs. Frederick A. Preston and children, of we have seen this season. Evansville, Indiana, are at the Willard Homestead --Our Madison correspondent announces the for a few weeks. funeral of Jonadab Winchester. He was injured th --Mr. Albert T. Paige, of Akron, made a short visit by a slight fall on July 15 and died last Sat. He at the Paige Homestead. has been a resident of Madison for 49 yrs. and --Mrs. F. Thornton Birdsall, Mrs. Rosa’s guest, is for 48 yrs. has lived on the farm where he died. spending a few days with her uncle, Mr. He leaves two daughters, Mrs. Clarissa Stocking Frederick Wilkes and family of Washington St. of Mansfield, and Mrs. Eliza Fuller, of Madison. --Mrs. E. A. Smith, nee Marshall, and daughters, --Mr. Dudley Hine and his cousin, Mr. Charles of San Bernardino, Cal., are the guests of Mrs. Loughridge, have gone hunting in the wilds of Smith’s mother at the Marshall homestead, on Michigan. Bank St. --Miss Laura and Master George Alexander --Mr. & Mrs. Henry A. Warren have returned entertained a party of sixty of their young friends from visiting Mr. Warren’s parents at Geneseo, at their home on Mentor Ave. on Sat. N. Y. The family are at Mrs. Landon Smith’s on the Avenue. A Western Storm st --Mrs. Martha S. Curtiss leaves town tomorrow Under the date Aug. 1 , Mr. S. E. Carter writes for Buffalo to visit friends. from Noble, Cass Co., Dakota, about a terrible --George M. Marshall arrived in the city Sunday hail storm that hit the town and demolished all morning. the corps in its path. --The friends of Mr. A. L. Tinker rejoice in his improving health. Mrs. Tinker, too, is gradually Real Estate Transfers recovering from her illness. Madison --Charles and King Paige, who are attending Sherwood, Marilla E. G. Hartcourt School, at Gambier, are spending their Amidon, Andrew A. vacation with their grandmother, Mrs. D. R. Worden, Clara A. Paige. Warner, D. A. Perry

138 © J. Stebbins 2020 Aug. 7 1884 --Miss Ellen Barnhill, of Philadelphia is visiting Vrooman, Joel B. with Mrs. A. S. Stratton. Richardson, Thomas C. --Invitations are issued to a reception next Sherwood, Marilla E. G. Thursday afternoon in honor of the marriage of Amidon, Andrew A. Stella B. Saxton, of this place, to Prof. Richard S. Painesville Thomas, of Jefferson, O. Dingley, W. W. – heirs --The funeral of Jonadab Winchester took place Dingley, Martha Sunday. He was 89 yrs. old. Mentor Dexter, Mary A. Willoughby Lapham, Sarah --Mr. & Mrs. W. T. Clark left on Friday for New Gulliford, F. M. York City. Gulliford, C. D. --It is expected that A. R. Hurd will occupy the Gulliford, Frank W. lower part of C. D. Clark’s new store soon after th Kirtland the 15 . Butler, Buel Unionville Kelley, Martha Ann --Mr. Zalmon Sherwood left on Wed. for Mentor Vermont. His tailor shop will be closed 2-3 --Mr. Nelson Morley, of Michigan, is visiting the weeks. old Mentor home. --Miss Alice Hoag and Stella Cleveland left on --Mr. Leslie Root has purchased back from A. A. Friday for Chautauqua. Mrs. Geo. Putnam left on Amidon his father’s homestead in South Mentor Sat. for the same place. and expects to move this family there during the present week. South Thompson --Mr. Arthur Baxter is at home for a while now, --Mrs. John Morse is gaining slowly. having been in business in Canada for some time --Mr. & Mrs. Geo. Jackson and daughter, of past. Chester, spent a day or two visiting in this --Mr. & Mrs. Frost, of North Evans, N. Y., are vicinity. visiting the family of their son, Norman Frost. --Mrs. Manervia White, nee Bosley, and son, of --Mr. J. T. Kennedy, who has been making his Reeds Landing, Minn., are spending a few weeks home for some months past, with his sister, Mrs. here with friends. King, started for Colorado on Friday, to join his --The directors here have been so fortunate as to son. secure the service of Mr. W. Gould, of Trumbull, --Mr. Isaac Pratt, of Cleveland, was the guest of as a teacher for the coming winter. Mrs. G. is to Mr. & Mrs. E. T. C. Aldrich over the Sabbath just teach in the Tillotson district and they have passed. rented rooms in the house of Mr. R. Warner. --Mrs. Frank Aldrich has been ill at her home in Tennessee but is getting better now. Willoughby Plains --Master Ray Richardson has gone to Conneaut Madison to visit his grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Silas Green. --Ralph Patrick and Chas. Yetman left for a trip up LeRoy the lakes. --Miss Ellen Hill is teaching a fall term of school --David Smead has returned from a visit in the in District No. 7. West. --Delos Tew, from Minnesota, is visiting his old --Sunday night, the small dwelling house east of home, brothers and friends. town owned by John Jones, was destroyed by --W. R. Hill cut his hand very badly with an ax one fire. day last week.

139 © J. Stebbins 2020 Aug. 7 1884 --Hiram A. Avery, an eccentric old bachelor of Frank S. Davidson Cuyahoga Falls, who died two months ago, The elocutionist and vocalist, brother of Rev. W. bequeathed to his cousin, Mrs. Russell, of Burton L. Davidson, of Painesville, will give an a box with $15,000 in government bonds in it. entertainment of recitation and song at the --Two prominent farmers, Wilson Woodruff and Mentor M. E. Church, Aug. 7, to benefit the Vincent Barber, of Newcomerstown, had a church. quarrel the other day when Barber threw a stone and knocked Woodruff down the then beat out Married his brains. The murderer escaped. In Painesville, Aug. 5, George C. Deming, mail --Mr. H. Talcott, of Jefferson, has a bull which agent Cleveland & Pittsburgh R. R., and Miss gained 4 lbs. per day for the past two months. Alice Blackmore of this city. They will reside in Sentinel Allegheny City, Pa. --Mr. George Jerome while reaping oats with a Died reaper and binder, had the needle of the binder On the evening of July 30th, 1884, at the home of driven through the middle of hand and into one his daughter, Mrs. Hill, Nebraska street, Gideon arm, pinning him fast for 15 mins. Crofoot, age 80. He was one of the oldest residents of Painesville, having come here in p. 2 col. 1 Julius Bisbee, of Chester, Geauga Co., 1819. an old resident aged 65, was last week arrested For Sale and sent to jail for stealing. A grade Jersey Cow, 5 yrs. old. W. Trowbridge The Estate of Landon Smith p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as F. J. Jerome is adm. of Landon Smith, deceased, of Aug. 13, 1884: late of Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio. Ladies For Rent Bemister, Susie Miss Desirable front rooms in the third story over Barnes, R. E. Mrs. Holcomb & Gould’s store. D. B. Clayton Calender, F. E. Mrs. Clark, M. H. Mrs. Probate Notice Erwin, Rhoda Miss T. G. Hart, adm. of Lucia M. Morse, dec. Final Fendon, Maggie account Fuller, Jennie Miss Eugene Case, adm. of Mary E. Munson, dec. Final Hamlin, Jennie Miss account. Jones, L C. Mrs. Kaneen, Mary Mrs. Aug. 14 1884 Thursday Moran, Mary Miss Pryor, Mary Miss p. 1 col. 8 State and Neighborhood Peaters, C. A. Mr. --John Hubbard, of Ashtabula, a hardware Paine, M E. Mrs. merchant, made an assignment last week. Ray, Lida Miss --The Warren Chronicle is the oldest paper on the Rich, Susan Mrs. Western Reserve. It is in its 69th year. Tice, Jessie Miss --A man named Henry Dyer, of Canisteo, N. Y., Upham, Ida Miss was killed by the cars at Leavittsburgh last Wed., Wheeler, Mrs. while he walking on the track. Wilson, Laura --The friends of Judge and Mrs. D. W. Canfield, of Gentlemen Chardon, gathered at their residence one-night Carlson, Jack last week and gave them a surprise in honor of Flood, A. the 35th anniversary of their marriage. Foot, Silas

140 © J. Stebbins 2020 Aug. 14 1884 --Mr. M. E. Crofoot and Miss Carrie Crofoot left Garrett, James this morning to visit friends in Holmes Co. Gray, E. C. --Mr. A. D. Work will visit friends in central Ohio. Hill, R. M. --Mrs. W. P. Lamson, of New York City, is visiting Henry, Wm. Mr. & Mrs. Henry Nottingham at “The Maples” Harvey, Theopolis on Erie St. Kinser, J. E. --Prof. & Mrs. J. G. McCall, of Youngstown, are Leuty, Chauncy vacationing in Painesville. McCarty, Thomas --Miss Florence C. Pease leaves today to visit her Maney, John sister, Mrs. Geo. B. Pratt, in Evanston, Ill. Maloney, N. --James Ayers was adjudged insane and taken to Monroe, A. Rev. Newburgh. Palmer, S. F. --Mrs. Willard P. Tisdel and her daughters and Warren, Bishop her friend, Miss Glaney, are visiting the family of Williams, Bishop Mrs. S. A. Tisdel on St. Clair St. Youmans, Will --Mrs. H. L. Barstow has returned from a visit to relatives in Indiana. Local Brevities --Gen. J. S. Casement and J. and D. D. Casement --Miss Servis, of Canfield, Ohio, is a guest of Miss have gone to Kansas to visit their large farm at Stover. Manhattan. --Mrs. J. B Collacott returned Monday from a --Mr. R. H. Grenney, of the Telegraph, with his short visit at Chagrin Falls. wife and child, left Friday to visit with his parents --Miss Emily Guerney, of Wilmington, Ill., is in East Saginaw, Michigan. visiting her sister, Mrs. A. L. Tinker, Prospect St. --Mrs. Eli S. Young, of Kansas City, is visiting her --Judge Chaffee, of Jefferson, is ill and it is sister, Mrs. Geo. B. Paine, in Ashtabula. thought he cannot survive long. --On Sat., Mr. E. J. Broughton, while diving across --The steam saw mill of F. E. Gill, at Madison, the flats, had his horse become frightened, jump burned last night, to the side and break a front leg. --Mr. Homer Hine and Mrs. Wm. Doran and --Mrs. Kate Hover and daughters have been children are visiting their relatives at Grosse Isle, spending a few days at Camp Lakeside. Michigan. --Mr. S. J. Hendrickson, of Jamaica, Long Island, --Mrs. M. H. Colby, of St. Clair St., has gone to for many years an invalid, who has been spend several weeks with friends in spending some time at the Everett homestead in Edwardsburgh, Michigan. Richmond, is now seriously ill. --Chardon Rep: Mrs. Lillie Frazier, of Painesville, --Mr. Charles Teachout, of Croton, Michigan, and Master Arthur Sutherland are visiting at Doc who has been visiting his brother in Madison, Wright’s. was in town yesterday. He moved from here 16 --Mrs. R. L. Stillman, nee Murray, of Minneapolis, yrs. ago, first to Tennessee and then to his is visiting at the Murray homestead in Concord. present home. ----Mrs. C. Bentley and her daughter, the --Mrs. C. H. Allen, of St. Louis, walks to Camp Associate Principal of Lake Erie Seminary, are Lakeside a distance of 3 miles, dines and walks visiting friends in Hudson. back without fatigue. --Mrs. F. W. Littlejohn, of Chagrin Falls, was in --R. C. Moodey, Wallace W. Alvord and Frank P. town this week. Pratt have joined the crops of Painesville boys in --Mr. W. J. Pratt will leave Monday to join the the wilds of Michigan for hunting and fishing. Painesville hunters in Michigan. Little Mountain --Ella Mason spends the summer here.

141 © J. Stebbins 2020 Aug. 14 1884 --Dr. J. L. Sherman, D. B. Goodrich, and Asa K. --Miss Way has gone to Delaware. Smith and wife, went to Cassadaga last --Mrs. Phelps’ health is improving. Thursday. Geneva --Mrs. Rogers, son and daughter, are here the --Rev. S. M. Cramblet, of the Baptist Church, is in guests of Miss Susie Austin. Utica, N. Y., for a few weeks’ vacation. --Mrs. J. C. Sharp is visiting friends in Michigan. --Mr. C. I. Chamberlain and family are back from --Mrs. Charles Haggart is at Fairport, Ill, visiting a trip through New York and a sail down the St. friends there. Lawrence River. --William Wells, of Iowa, has been here visiting --Mr. W. A. Potter, late with Holt & Mason, starts his father’s family. today for Spring Valley, Minn. --Sophia Eliza is the name of Frank Bond’s daughter. Mentor Headlands --Mrs. James Payne has so far recovered as to be --The Coburn family, of Cleveland, are visiting at at the head of her boarding house. Mrs. Graham’s. --Rev. Andrew Wilson, of Ravenna, is visiting the --Mrs. Barnes, of Chardon, is visiting with Mr. & family of James Allen. Mrs. Hugh and Edward Brooks. --Mrs. Relief Roberts, wife of the late Joel --Mrs. Eliza Slitor and son, Ernest, from Owasso, Roberts deceased, died of liver complaint, on the nd th Michigan, are visiting relatives here. 2 isn’t, in the 80 year of her age. Her late --Mrs. Mary Brooks and daughter, Edith, are back husband came from Mass. to Leroy at an early from a two month visit in Richmond, Ill. day. In 1818, Mr. E. J. Roberts was a miller on the --Mrs. Frank Henricle, of Jackson, Michigan, and Kirtland flats, and a few years, afterward, he her younger hopeful, Frank, visited among moved his family to this place. relatives here recently. Concord Kirtland --Charles Lace had two three-year-old steers --Mr. Daniel Whelpley is very low, being confined killed by lightning during a recent storm. to the bed. --Julius Bixby died very suddenly near Fay’s Mill --Mr. Hushia Beal is considerably better. last Thursday. On his way to Painesville, it --Miss Anna Martindale is nearly recovered from started to rain and he drove under one of the her hurt. It was found necessary, however, to sheds and waited until the rain was over. He had take a piece of her arm to repairs the damage backed the horse out of the shed and was ready done to her eye. to get into the buggy when he fell to the ground. --Mrs. Helen Bates, of Cleveland, has been He died in a few minutes. He leaves a wife and visiting Mrs. Austin Damon. three children, Dewitt Bixby, of Chardon; Sarah --Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Morgan, of Geneva, have been Merrill and Emily Pond, of Corunna, Mich. Mr. visiting relatives here. Bixby was one of the oldest settlers having --Frank Parks is raising the frame on his new resided in the town over 60 yrs. He was from house. Oneida Co., N.Y., and was 90 years old. --H. S. Fay has been confined to the house and Willoughby most of the time to his bed for two weeks with --Dr. Weber has obtained all the materials lumbago. needed for his gas well, which have been carried to the proposed site. LeRoy --Mark Wells and Laura, his sister, have returned --Mr. Ora Bartlett and Miss Mary Fredebaugh from Portsmouth, in this state. were married last week Tuesday. --Mrs. Robert Garrett, of North East LeRoy, heard a commotion among the poultry. She saw two

142 © J. Stebbins 2020 Aug. 14 1884 numerous friends in the families of the weasels in the henhouse and caught them in her Congregational Church. They live in Oberlin. nd hands and killed them both. --Aug. 2 , DeWitt C. McLean died of --The funeral services of the only child of Frank consumption at the home of his father and and Josie Wallace were held in the Baptist church sisters. He has lived in Chicago for several years yesterday. past and has been here three weeks. His father, --The LeRoy torchlight company will meet at the John D. McLean, came with his family from Town Hall Aug. 20th to decide on uniforms. eastern N. Y. in 1856; his family consisted of six boys and five girls, two girls have died, and this Perry one son, who was 43 yrs. old, unmarried. The --W. G. Waterman is confined to his house by mother died in 1881. The father is much sickness. enfeebled by age and disease. Madison --Mrs. N. F. Moseley has returned with her son --Harry Cook of the firm of Cook Bros., is in from Michigan. He cannot be restored to Dakota. firmness of body as was hoped. --Rev. J. G. Fraser is spending his vacation at Cape May, N. Y. Mentor --Among the visitors at Chautauqua from here --Mr. Stephen Hart, with his son, T. G. Hart, are are Mrs. J. G. Fraser and family, Misses Lizzie and making a tour through the East. Lina Keener, Homer Kimball and Caleb G. Ensign. --Mr. Will Kerr met with an accident several days --Mrs. H. E. Kellogg and daughter, Mrs. A. S. ago which, it is now feared, will result in the loss Stratton, Mrs. W. J. Ford, Mrs. O. F. Loveridge, of one of his eyes. Mrs. Morse and Mrs. Sloan leave for Chautauqua --Mr. Chas. Lutcy has sold his home at the Center this week. to Mr. T. W. Gulliford. Mr. Lutcy will move his --Mr. & Mrs. Dickey, of New York City, are guests family to Ashtabula. of Mrs. John Brown, of North Madison. ---Weather: The “oldest inhabitant” declares this --Mr. & Mrs. Emmons, of Oneonta, N. Y., are is the coldest summer since 1816, when there guest of H. J. Stratton. was a heavy fall of snow in July. --Mrs. Harvey Woodworth, of Painesville, is --Mr. Charles Justus was married last week to visiting her daughter, Mrs. Alliman. Miss Cook, a Cleveland lady. --Mrs. Philander Winchester, a former resident of this place, is visiting her many friends here. Real Estate Transfers --Mr. & Mrs. Williams, of Oberlin, are spending a Madison few days with their daughter, Mrs. Robert Sherwood, Anna C. Brewster. Sherwood, H. A. --Miss Lottie Fitch, daughter of Col. Fitch, was Walding, Sarah P. married to Mr. Swift, of Kingsville, last Thursday. Painesville --Arthur M. Harris has returned from Median Co. Mellenger, Wm. where he has been canvassing for several weeks. Storrs & Harrison Co. --Holcomb & Garis have started a branch store at Kirtland Trumbull Center. Webster, Bradford --Wells Bower and Will Bartholomew each have Harmon Reuben P. a new Star bicycle. Mentor Curtiss, Mary A. Thompson Gilbert, Lizzie M. --Mrs. Richardson and daughter, Alice, are the Willoughby guests of Mrs. C. G. Sumner, and are visiting Taylor, W. E. Taphouse, Geo.

143 © J. Stebbins 2020 Aug. 14 1884 --Geo. W. Jerome of Jefferson, was recently Rush, Joel H. severely injured by a Buckeye binder while at Rush, Richard B. work harvesting oats. Billington, S. E. --While Pat. Dixon and Walter Tanney were out Miller Cornelia V. sailing near Bellaire their skiff capsized and both Hall, Mary Phelps men were drowned. Hall, Almira C. --Sherman Fitch, of Jefferson had both legs Grover, Annette M. broken Wed. by a tram car dumping logs on him. Payne, Lucy --Chagrin Falls Exponent: Dr. H. M. Camp has Clark, Laura M. pulled up stakes and gone to Painesville. --The funeral of Whitney Grant, one of our oldest In Memory of Mrs. Correll Merrill citizens, who died Friday morning at the Our towns people were greatly shocked when advanced age of 86, took place from his home on they heard of Mrs. Merrill’s death which Harbor street, Sat. occurred Feb. 23rd last. (A poem is printed in her --A 14-month-old daughter of Mr. D. E. Pulman, memory.) of Columbus, met with a singular death the other day. She pulled over an iron holder from the Married ironing board which penetrated her head; she --At the bride’s home, Aug. 7th, 1884, Mr. Richard died in a few hours. S. Thomas, of Jefferson, and Miss Stella B. Saxton, of Madison. p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as --In LeRoy, Aug. 5th, 1884, Mr. Ora A. Bartlett and of Aug. 20, 1884: Miss Mary E. Fredebaugh, both of Thompson. Ladies --Married in LeRoy, Aug. 7th, 1884, Mr. Ezra Barber, Emma Miss Rawdon, of Windsor, Ashtabula Co., and Mrs. Clark, Clara Miss Martha J. Strong, of Montville, Geauga Co. They Cook, Ella Mrs. will reside in Windsor. Fendon, Maggie Miss Died Gray, Fannie Mrs. In Perry, July 26th of consumption, Millie O., wife Huff, Laura F. of Judson A. Lazelle, age 59. Sidley, M. J. Miss Williams, Addie Mrs. For Rent - The Harrison House on St. Clair Street. Gentlemen Apply to A. A. Amidon. Austin W. R. Land for Sale – From 5 – 50 acres land in Clap, Charley Mrs. Concord, well-watered and well-timbered. Rundall, S. P. Wm. Huntoon, Concord, Ohio. Thompson, Charley The Estate of Jonadab Winchester C. A. Turney is the adm. of Jonadab Winchester, Local Brevities late of Madison, Lake Co., Ohio. --Miss Edith M. Doolittle is visiting in Elyria. For Rent – House corner of Walnut and St. Clair. --Mrs. J. F. Scofield is spending some weeks in R. Lusk the east. For Sale – Perch or wall stone can be obtained at --Miss Alma Colwell is expected home soon from No. 65 Bank St. Theo. Curtis, Painesville, O. California. --Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Burridge and sons are at Aug. 21 1884 Thursday Chautauqua. --Miss Ellen Cay, of Jackson St., is visiting friends p. 1 col. 8 State and Neighborhood in Mount Blanchard.

144 © J. Stebbins 2020 Aug. 21 1884 --From R. G. Grenney dated East Saginaw, Mich., th --Miss Kittie Clapp, of Warren, O., is a guest of Aug 17 : “Thermometer 112 in the shade; said Miss Gracie Pierson, South street. to be the warmest day ever know in Saginaw.” --Mr. & Mrs. B. H. Woodman are on a pleasure --Mrs. F. D. Janvier and two children, and Miss trip East and as far north as Canada. Lillie Janvier, and Mr. & Mrs. Frank C. Moodey --Miss Helen Myers, of Buffalo, is visiting at Mrs. and child, of Brooklyn, N.Y., are the guests of Mr. H. L. Griswold’s on Liberty street. & Mrs. J. W. Alexander, Mentor Ave. --Mr. H. W. Tibballs and family have gone to --Miss Lydia V. Cone, who has been at Clifton Cuyahoga Falls to attend a family reunion. Springs, N. Y., for the past seven months is home. --Mrs. W. R. Straight, of Hudson, spent the She is much improved in health. Sabbath at the Tisdel homestead, St. Clair street. --Mr. Frank E. Smart, who has been ill for some --Mr. & Mrs. J. R. Price, of Cleveland, spent the time, has recently had several attacks of Sabbath at the Child’s homestead, St. Clair hemorrhage of the lungs. He is now improving. street. --Mrs. Orrin Wilson, of Concord, leaves today for --Mrs. J. L. Pierson has returned from an Faribault, Minn., to visit her son, Mr. Hudson extended trip to Asbury Park, N. Y., and Wilson. She will be accompanied by her Chautauqua Lake. granddaughter, Miss Lizzie Wilson and Miss --Mr. W. C. Rue, of Harrodsburgh, Ky., is a guest Mattie Haskell. at the residence of Mr. Homer H. Hine, State --Mr. Thomas H. Marshall, of Chicago, and Albert street. M. Marshall, of Saginaw, were at the Marshall --Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Thompson returned Sat. homestead, Bank street, Sunday, when all the from a visit to Niagara Falls. family living were present, except Seth and --Mr. H. Tucker, of Keokuk, Iowa, has been Carrie. spending several days in our city. --J. H. Britton & Son have the contract to build --Hon. D. R. Paige, of Akron, was in the city last over 3,000 feet iron fence to enclose the front of week the guest of his mother, Mrs. Judge Paige, Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane, at Buffalo, on State street. N. Y. --E. Huntington ran away from the hay fever last --The Falls City Journal is published at Falls City, week, accompanied by Mrs. H and their son. Nebraska, by our former townsman, Mr. T. W. They went East. Pepoon. --Mrs. F. Clapsadel and family of Mentor Ave., --Mr. & Mrs. A. P. House and children, of returned from a visit with friends in Jamestown, Cleveland, visited at the House homestead on N. Y. State street. --Messrs. Geo P. and John W. Steele have --Mrs. H. W. Ward, of Hillsdale, Mich., and Mrs. returned from Titusville via Chautauqua Lake, John O. Conner, of Burton, O., have been visiting riding the entire distance on bicycles. Mrs. Willis Cay, Jackson St. --Mrs. J. N. Downer will leave Thursday for --Mr. Frank H. Briggs is back for a visit at the sea Canada to be absent several weeks, will also visit shore including a few days spent with the family her sons before she returns. of Mr. C. H. Harrington in Shelburn, Vt. He will --General & Mrs. S. F. Pierson, of New York, are return to Gambier in two weeks to enter Kenyon visiting the General’s parents on South street. College. --Mr. A. A. Austin, of Concord, having sold his --Miss Helen A. Pepoon, Principal of the farm, will offer his farm stock for sale, Sept. 3rd. Wisconsin Female Seminary, at Fox Lake, with --Arthur D. Weed and W. J. Pratt left Monday to her sister Miss J. C. Pepoon, Asst. Teacher in the join the Michigan party for hunting and fishing. same institution, spent their summer vacation at the Pepoon homestead in Painesville.

145 © J. Stebbins 2020 Aug. 21 1884 Pardee, Helen S. --Frank G. Green, age 8 yrs. stepped on a nail two Haley, Bridget weeks ago. Monday, lockjaw set in the he died Willoughby this morning. Pelton, Lafayette --Mrs. B. G. Wilkerson, of Sedalia, Missouri, who Klika, Joseph has been at the Homeopathic Hospital in Tryon, H. G. Cleveland for a few weeks, is so much improved Tryon, Charles D. that her physicians think she will be able to leave Hills, Clinton W. the hospital in about a week. She will return to Painesville and stay several weeks at the Willoughby homestead. --William Wood, of Texas, was in town on --Mr. Robert N. Traver, formerly a Telegraph Tuesday. correspondent, made our office a call. He is now --Mrs. James Campbell is very sick with a resident of St. Paul and is connected with the consumption. Daily Tribune of that city. --Joel Reeve fell on his left hand and broke the --Mr. James W. Sargent, of Watson street, while bone of his sore finger, the bone came out and splitting wood with an ax Tuesday, had the ax the sore healed, saving the pain of amputation. caught on a clothesline and bounded back --Mrs. J. O. Humphrey, of this place, is now in th striking him in the head. He almost bled to death Batavia, Ill., visiting her mother. The 12 inst. before Dr. A. L. Gardner arrived on the scene and was her mother’s 97th birthday which was stopped the bleeding. celebrated by the daughter and their daughters and granddaughters in grand style. Death of a Former Citizen --James Myers, of Detroit visited in this place for Isaac M. Clark died at his home in Windham, a week. A few years ago, he and his hired man Portage Co., Aug. 8, at age 75 yrs. He was a went fishing with a gun doubly loaded, and sat native of Becket, Mass., and at an early age on a log at the river waiting for a fish. When the moved with his father’s family to Windham, fish came, James put the muzzle of the gun in the Portage Co., where he resided since with the river and fired, blowing the gun in a dozen pieces exception of 20 yrs. spent in Painesville. He and “half kilt” both, entirely. returned to Windham about two years ago. --Mrs. Shankland is at Chautauqua. --Mr. S. V. Wilson has gone to Iowa, Real Estate Transfers --Mr. N. Powell is at Cassadaga Lake. Madison --Miss L. Bates has gone to Kimball, Missouri. Remelius, Catharine C. --Miss Susie Austin, Mrs. G. Rogers, Miss L. Gardner, Sally A. Allman and Miss Jessie Rogers, and Mrs. Powers, Harlow, Sally (now Gardner) the guests of Miss Austin, were at Chautauqua Painesville last week. Williams, Cynthia W. --George Randall, his brother, Frank, and sister, King, Alexander Carrie, H. E. Ward and his sister, Mary, are at the Parmly, Eliza A. Normal School in Ada, O. Kirtland --Frank Bond, of DeLand, Florida, was in town Palmer, Chas. Friday and Saturday. Jennings, Jane --One of the twins of Rev. & Mrs. A. J. Waugh, the Palmer, Jas. G. boy, died of teething on Tuesday. The little sister White, Amy M. is also sick and doubts exist as to her recovery. Clapp, C. P. Mentor LeRoy

146 © J. Stebbins 2020 Aug. 21 1884 --Two severe accidents happened today in our --Delacour French sold the house he formerly township. Frank Johnson, a young son of Richard occupied to Dennis Sheridan, and moved it last Johnson, obtained a pistol from one of the week. neighboring boys, and this morning went out. He --Mrs. Minerva Scott, of Indianapolis, Ind., is came back later, pale and wounded, as he had visiting her sister, Mrs. S. H. Jepson, and other shot himself in the side. Dr. More was called. He friends in town. wife had come with him and remained in the --O. P. Tenney has put new siding and paint on carriage. The horse plunged madly forward and his house. stuck a shed and corner post which the lady hit --Wesley Gardner has repaired his house inside upon with great force. She was taken into the and out. house to be tended. Dr. More asked for Dr. --Mr. C. W. Birge tied one of his horses to a loose Weber. When Dr. Weber started out, his horse rail to let him eat in the yard. When he went out, overturned the vehicle tipping him out, and he he found him dead; the horse got caught and went back considerably disabled. All this time, broke his neck. the ball remained in the boy. Dr. Davis had also --Mrs. Olney Bates is visiting relatives in been sent for and easily extracted it. Cleveland. --Miss Carrie Traver and Miss Belle Morse left for Chautauqua Friday noon. Madison --Miss Della Purinton, of Detroit, visited her --Mrs. Wilber Cook, and her sister Mrs. Thomas uncle, Mr. A. Damon, last week. King, are spending a few weeks at the Ledge --Miss Emma French, now living in Cleveland, is House, in Thompson. calling on friends here. --Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Ford and Miss Mamie Ford are --Mr. G. F. Damon is at Northeast, Pa., visiting his visiting at Newton Falls. brother, C. W. Damon. --Alpheus Cook Esq., of Chardon, and his son --Porter Whelpley and family with the exception Albert, were visiting friends here last week. of the oldest daughter, are visiting relatives in --Charles Yetman, Nickel Plate Agent, has Kirtland. returned from his vacation. --The Sweet family have a family reunion at M. E. --D. H. Roe is traveling in the northwest and is Sweet’s this week, Wed. now in Dakota. --Miss Fidelia Green is considered dangerously --J. W. Stray has returned from Michigan where ill. he has been seeking a business opening. --Mr. & Mrs. Schupp (nee Brown) were given an --Mr. Norman Stratton received a short visit from old fashioned “horning.” Mr. & Mrs. S. furnished his brother, John Stratton, of Coldwater, Mich., cake and lemonade. last week. --Two new houses are being built on Safford Mentor street: One by Herman Tobey, the other by Lloyd --Miss Nellie Viall is visiting friends in Michigan. Gill. --Mrs. Robert Radcliffe is visiting relatives in --Charles Merrill Esq., of Galesburg, Ill., is visiting Detroit. his sister, Mrs. M. B. Cook. --Mr. Stephen Hart has returned from his trip --Mrs. Dudley Bailey, who died last Tuesday, age east. 72 yrs., was born in Lenox, Berkshire Co., Mass., --It is expected that Mrs. Clarence Baxter, who as and had lived in Madison about 55 yrs. The Miss Nellie Wooster, was one of our teachers for funeral was at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. some time at the Center, will again take charge P. Smead. of the High School department. --Mrs. Eunice Barber, who a few months ago Kirtland went to Wahpeton, Dakota, is very much better in health and is pleased with the country.

147 © J. Stebbins 2020 Aug. 21 1884 --A new post office called Tenza has been --Mr. James Anzier has greatly improved the established in the southwest corner of appearance of his home at Mentor Center. Brookfield township, Trumbull Co. --Mrs. Maloney was thought to be older than Mr. --John Dunn died recently at the Summit Co., Gray, but she is only 102 yrs. old. There is no Infirmary. He was 77 years old and had been doubt that she is 102, as her son copied her age confined in a cell 29 years. from the parish book in Ireland some years ago. --Wm. Walter, an Akron contractor, fell from a Mrs. Maloney was “gone seventy” when she building breaking his shoulder and paralyzing his came to this country in 1852. She still misses entire right side. Recovery doubtful. Auld Erin. --Shelby, O., is amazed at finding in the sandstone of her quarry, 25 feet down in solid Married rock, the plain impression of a human foot. In Philadelphia, April 23, 1884, at the home of --Mrs. Fulton, of Steubenville, swallowed a the bride’s aunt, 1635 Chestnut street, H. W. needle twenty years ago and last week it was Graham, of Philadelphia, to Ellen E. L. Vaunt, found near the knee at a depth of ¾ of an inch daughter of Judson A. Lazelle, Perry. and extracted. Died --Wilber Plumb, a Toledo streetcar driver was At Unionville, O., Aug. 11, 1884, Mrs. Betsey Ann shot and killed by a robber, intent on securing his Glezen, daughter of Capt. David Henry and money box. The murderer escaped. Plumb was widow of Augustus Glezen, age 79 yrs. She was single, age 40, and the sole support of his born in Harpersfield, Delaware Co., N.Y., in 1805. mother. Her parents moved to Harpersfield, O., in 1806., --An 8-yr.-old boy, of Youngstown a son of where she lived with her father until 1835 when Michael Hogan, was hacking a tree with a she was married to Augustus Glezen, and moved hatchet, when the blade flew off the handle and to Unionville, Ohio, where she resided until her struck his 2-yr.-old brother in the head cutting it death. open. --The planning mill of Baurner & Phillips, of For Sale - Champion Combined Drill for sale Newark, was destroyed by fire last Wed. cheap or will exchange for stock. --The Pioneer Picnic at Punderson’s Pond last A. Button, Little Mountain, O. Thursday was marred by the drowning of a 12- For Sale – Apple and onion barrels by James yr.-old son of Charles Post, of Newbury. McVitty, Perry Station, O. --George Ault, an old farmer of Bellaire, was Seed Wheat – For Sale by T. L Perine brutally assaulted by a young man named A Gold Watch to be Given Away Stewart, who felled him to the floor with a Stanley C. Jones will give away a gold watch in a crowbar. The dispute was because Mr. Ault drawing on election day Nov. 4, 1884. Every refused to pay Stewart’s father 20 cents. purchaser of cigars to the amount of 50 cents will --A little 4-yr.-old son of Isaac Beard, of receive a ticket for a chance to win. Springfield, died in a fire in a wood shed when he set a pile of shavings on fire. Aug. 28, 1884 Thursday --On the death of his wife 15 yrs. ago, Mr. H. Mentzer, now conductor on the A. & P. Railway, p. 1 col. 8 State and Neighborhood gave away his 2-yr.-old- boy to a family, who --Henry Caylor, age 70, of Dayton, fell down soon moved away and Mr. Mentzer lost all track stairs the other day receiving fatal injuries. of them. Last week, he learned the boy was in --E. W. Woolever’s flouring mill at Rock Creek Salem and a meeting was at once arranged for was burned last week. and tears of joy were shed. --An incendiary fire destroyed the barn and --Wm. Parish, of Steubenville, in jumping down summer crops of E. G. Bell, of Millersburg. from a haymow, came in contact with a

148 © J. Stebbins 2020 Aug. 28, 1884 --Mr. & Mrs. John Sill, of Detroit, are visiting at pitchfork, one prong of which penetrated the St. James rectory. thigh 12 inches and broke off. Two inches were --Mr. C. O. Child has been confined to his house removed but the rest cannot be found and is for a few days by sickness. thought to be inside the pelvis. His recovery is --Mr. R. R. Ross, of Atlanta, Ga., was the guest doubtful. last week of Mr. H. O. Walding. --Rev. C. P. Nason, wife and daughter, are guests p. 2 col. 1 Henry Loomis, of Jefferson, age 90, of Mrs. Childs, of St. Clair street. died Sat. He has resided in Jefferson since 1823. --Mr. Geo. P. Campbell, of Kingsville, was the --Frank Waltz, a once prominent citizen of Xenia, guest of Painesville friends over the Sabbath. died Monday of starvation. Reverses in business --Mr. Alton H. Cowles, of Homer, N. Y., is visiting caused his failure and he was too proud to beg his grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. John House. for food and unable to work. --Mr. & Mrs. F. W. Tinker are on a Western visit. --Mrs. Boalt and Miss Aggie Boalt, of Washington p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O as street, have gone to visit Mr. Boalt at Ahnapee, of Aug. 27, 1884: Mich. Ladies --Mr. & Mrs. R. Thompson, of Westfield, N.Y., are Ayers & Co., M V. visiting their relatives and friends in Painesville. Belden, Jennie Miss --Mrs. F. F. Budd, who has been spending some Clark, Emma Mrs. weeks with her friends in Painesville, has Hamilton Libbie Mrs. returned to her home in Utica, N. Y. Lanyron, Addie R. Miss --Mr. M. H. Colby leaves Friday to join Mrs. Colby Monks, May Miss at Edwardsburgh, Michigan. Mare, May Ann Mrs. --A special coach over the P. & Y. Tuesday carried McCollister, L. Belle a party of young ladies and gentlemen to Ryan, Mary Miss Youngstown and return, by invitation of Miss Wade, C. L Mrs. Alma Paige. Williams, Marcie L. --Mrs. Henry Williams was called to Hartford, Wilson, Jennie M. Mrs. Conn., Mon. by a telegram announcing the Gentlemen sudden death of her daughter, Mrs. A. S. Porter. Buck, Cap Mr. She was accompanied by Miss Eliza Wilcox. Brach, Charles --Mr. & Mrs. E. S. Pratt and two children, of Branstett Faribault, Minn., are guests at the family Barber, Orlando residence on Bank street. Barber, Wm. --Mr. H. E. Flaven, train dispatcher of the Crowther, Isaiah Colorado Central Division of the U. P. Railroad, Howen, John and Mrs. Flaven are visiting relatives and friends Leidheiser, Henry in the county. This is Mr. Flaven’s first visit to his Potter, Richard old home in eleven years. Right, Philena --Mr. Albert Huntington, son of our former Randall, J. D. townsman, E. O. Huntington, has been making Valentine, L. C. relatives and old friends a visit, enroute for Wood, Chas. Mr. & Mrs. Jersey City, where he will remain with his Wright, Chas. A. brother, Frank, for some time as assistant editor of the Sunbeam. Local Brevities --Miss Agnes Child and Miss Bessie Boalt, Washington street, have returned from their visit to the White Mountains. They were

149 © J. Stebbins 2020 Aug. 28, 1884 accompanied by Mr. W. A. Child, who has been spending a week at the family homestead previous to his return to Hamilton, Ontario. --During the absence of Mr. E. W. Taylor and family, of LeRoy, on Tuesday, his house was broken into and clothing was stolen. --Mrs. J. W. Colgrove, who has been an invalid for a long time, is gradually failing. Utica morning Herald, Aug. 21st.

A Singular Case Mr. Joe Kirby appeared in a feverish state on Sat. and asked a friend to walk home with him. On reaching home, he was taken with a violent spasm. He was bled and given morphine but the spasms continued till midnight. Dr. Young thinks it is hydrophobia, and the other physicians call it the effects of excessive drinking.

Invention of an Editor Mr. W. C. Howells, for many years editor of the Mr. James Wright, age 83, sang “Perry’s Victory Ashtabula Sentinel, is the inventor of a neat little on Lake Erie.” instrument for picking grapes, roses and flowers. Now at age 78, Mr. Howells has struck a “bonanza” in the invention of the “Grape and Flower Gatherer.”

The Pioneers – Eighth Annual Reunion The eighth annual reunion of the Lake Co. Pioneer Assoc. was held in the grove of Capt. E. Burridge, in Mentor, Aug. 26. The President, Robert Murray, paid a tribute of respect to the memory of each of the departed.

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Mr. Taylor spoke of the history of Mentor and Painesville.

Mr. Calvin Ingersoll then read a list of the scholars who are now

Attempt at Highway Robbery Mr. Duane Putney runs an express wagon

between Painesville and Fairport. On Tuesday

151 © J. Stebbins 2020 Aug. 28, 1884 South Thompson night, while on his way to Fairport, two men --Mr. Warren Morehouse is confined to his room seized his horses by the bits and a third fired a with the tic douloureux. revolver at him. One of the horses jumped and --Mr. S. Spencer is repairing his cider mill. knocked down one of the men, and both horses --Mr. E. Morehouse fell with a timber on his started on a run. A second shot was fired. Mr. shoulder hurting his arm, but no bones were Putney arrived in Fairport with a bullet hole in broken. the rim of his hat. --Mr. Frank McKee is repairing the old Miller house owned by Mr. J. McKough. Business Changes --Earnest Sidley, of Painesville, was in town this Mr. W. M. Werner has disposed of the business week to attend the Catholic Society picnic at the and stock of the well-known firm of Werner Ledge. Brothers to Messrs. F. A. Searl and Geo. W. --Mrs. J. Morse has returned to her home in Barnes. Mr. Werner has accepted a position with Claridon, accompanied by her sister, Emma. Col. R. K. Paige, in the insurance business, who --Frank Sidley, of Madison, was at his father’s last takes a position as clerk with the new firm. Wed. --Mr. J. Pinney, of North Kingsville, was in town Mentor this week to see about the sale of his land. --Mrs. Geo. Williams, of Cleveland, visited Mrs. --Mrs. Lydia Barrett, nee Winterstein, of Reed John Tyler, last week. City, Mich., is visiting her childhood home after --Mrs. W. Conklin, with her little son, is visiting an absence of 15 yrs. her husband’s parents in New York. --Miss Essie Humiston, of Cleveland, is a guest of LeRoy her relatives, the Case and Munson families. --Mrs. S. E. Carter is visiting friends in Portage Co. --Among other guests at Lawnfield last week, --Mrs. H. E. Paine and son, Ernest, left last week were Col. Harbor and J. Stanley Brown. Friday for Hiram. --Clark Hendryx, in company with Mr. &Mrs. Ira --Clinton Hill’s children are dangerously sick with Durfee, of Mentor Plains, starts this week for a whooping cough. year of student life at Hiram College. --Mrs. Alexander Nichols, who has been an --Mr. & Mrs. H. Munson and daughter, Jennie, invalid for many years, is now very sick. have returned from their eastern trip. --Mrs. Mary Nye is quite sick. --Miss Emma Corning has been enjoying a visit among Cleveland friends the past week. Madison --Mr. & Mrs. Geo. Manley, of Detroit, spent a day --Chas. Hanley, who has been employed as or so with the family of Mr. Daniel Hart. foreman at the wheel factory, has secured a --Miss Nellie King is visiting at Mr. John Murray’s, position in Michigan. in Concord. --Mrs. D. Lee is visiting in Canada. --Miss Minnie Garfield, of Cleveland, is the guest --Mr. & Mrs. Silsby have returned to Selma, of her schoolmate, Miss Mollie Garfield. Alabama. --Mr. & Mrs. Frost, who have been making their --Misses Eva and Mabel Viets left last week Wed. annual visit at the home of their son, Mr. N. for a visit to friends in Orwell. Frost, return to N. Y. State, on Saturday. --Marshal Palmer and wife, M. O. Preston, A. A. --Mrs. Burton Smith is visiting in Albany, N. Y. Cady and John Collister started for a trip to --Mrs. Kingsbury, her little grandson and Miss Kansas and Nebraska last week. Ellen Corning, who have been visiting Mrs. --Miss Rosa Gilchrist, of Painesville, is to teach in Anzier, have all returned to Grand Rapids, the primary department of public school. Michigan.

152 © J. Stebbins 2020 Aug. 28, 1884 Obituary --Mr. & Mrs. Henry Brewster, of, St. Paul, Minn., Died in Mentor, O., Aug. 16, 1884, Mrs. Sabrina have been visiting with Mr. Jasper Brewster for a Hoose, age 81 yrs. She was born in the state of few days past. New York and moved to Ohio with her parents, --Mr. & Mrs. Jackson, of Chester, Ohio, have Cornelius and Olive Burright, in 1817. They been spending a few days with Mr. Elias Strong. settled near Little Mountain where in 1822, she was married to Jacob Hoose with whom she lived th Willoughby until his death May 20 , 1853. Since her health --Carlos Warner, of this place, died on Thursday became impaired with age, she has lived with her at the house of his brother Zophar Warner, in the daughter, Mrs. Daniel Hopkins, at whose home 66th years of his age. He had been failing for she died. She was the mother of eleven children, some time, but felt better a couple of weeks ago seven sons and four daughters, all but two of and went for a visit to his brother. He died there. whom survive her. He was the son of Zophar Warner, deceased of Leroy. His father was murdered by Benj. Wright Died in 1823; sometime later his mother married --The youngest child, Frankie, of Mr. & Mrs. C. Noah Worden, a widower and since that time the Corlett died of brain fever at their home in th deceased lived in the family of the Wordens, a Cleveland, Aug. 5 , age 2 yrs. single man. His remains were deposited in our Golden Wedding in West Perry cemetery vault. The friends of Mr. & Mrs. Ferdinand Grout --Miss Catharine Buckley, after two months gathered at their home in West Perry on August st th residence in Cleveland, has returned home in 21 , to celebrate the 50 wedding anniversary. good health. --Miss Fannie Stewart, a niece of J. W. Stewart, Married th has returned to Portland, Conn. --On Aug. 25 at the county clerk’s office, Samuel --Arthur, the second twin of Rev. & Mrs. A. J. L. Lee and Carrie Eddie, both of Wickliffe, O. th Waugh died on the 20th inst. --At St. James’ Rectory, Aug. 25 , Edward --F. W. Gilson has a brother at his house on a visit Whitely, of Painesville, and Hattie Parish, of to the family. Fairport. --Miss Fanny Hunt is the guest of Miss Frankie Roe, of your city. Bartlett Pears! L. L. Parmly, Painesville, O., will have pears ready th Perry for delivery about Sept. 15 . --Dr. S. B. Axtell, who has been practicing here Wanted several years, is going to locate in Painesville to Mrs. F. H. Brunell, Painesville, Ohio, is advertising practice. for a good girl for general housework in a family Unionville of three. --Mr. Zalmon Sherwood returned home last week from a trip to the east. Sept. 4, 1884 Thursday --Mrs. J. R. Adams is attending the Teachers p. 2 col. 1 Joseph Douglass, aged 58, of Institute at Chardon. Conneaut, suicided Saturday. Cause assigned, --Mr. Fred Goddard is attending school at South financial reverses and poor health. New Lyme. --The Conneaut Reporter records the death of --Miss Libbie Vanderlip, who has been taking a Charles P. Rawles, of Monroe, who was thrown vacation for two weeks, has resumed work at her from his seat on a three-horse roller which old post again. passed over his head and shoulder and crushed him horribly.

153 © J. Stebbins 2020 Sept. 4, 1884 --Mr. M. C. Burt and Miss Grace Burt, of p. 2 col. 2 John McCullough, a citizen of Akron, Mishawaka, Ind., are guests of Mr. & Mrs. I. W. was killed by the cars, Tuesday, while driving Crofoot. over the track of the P. C. & T. road. --Mrs. H. W. Husks and Mrs. Wm. Roberts (nee McCleary) were guests at the Stockwell House p. 2 col. 7 Notice - D. M. Holcomb, Plaintiff vs over the Sabbath. Walter G. Palmer. Re: Promissory notes --Chardon Republican: As we go to press, we regret to learn of the death of Col. E. Spencer, p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as who has been sick a number of days past. of Sept. 3, 1884: --The funeral services of the late Samuel Ladies Hendrickson will be held at the home of Mr. Burke, Nellie E. Miss Ludlum in Richmond, Wed. afternoon. Burnett, C. S. Miss --Mrs. L. C. Steele, Mrs. E. A. Nims, Mr. & Mrs. F. Langson, A. K. Miss C. Nims and B. W. Nimes are visiting various Peasnall, W. A. Miss cities in the East. Tuttle, Mary Miss --Patrick Mack was arrested and fined $10 Wilbur, M. Miss dollars for jumping on cars. Wilson, E. K. Mrs. --Mrs. J. S. Marquis, of Mansfield, was in the city Gentlemen a day enroute to Madison. Adams, Frank Mr. --Mr. & Mrs. R. L. Stillman and children, who Butt, C. J. have been visiting at Mrs. Stillman’s parents in Baker, N. M. Concord, Mr. & Mrs. John H. Murray, left for Ferris, Frank their Minneapolis home last Friday. Gilbreath, Geo. W. --A fine crayon picture, life size, of Mr. Abraham Healy &Co., J. B. Teachout may be seen in the show window of R. Johun, Roskos Harota J. Schweninger, in the Stockwell House block. Lent, A. Mr. The artist, Mr. Peter Kleeberger, is doing some Meur, Chas. A. very beautiful work. He has just completed a Macgregor, Noard crayon portrait of William B. Hillman. McCart, D. --Mr. D. J. Talcott, of Perry, sent us some days Nolan, Mr. ago, a jar of Shaver’s Colossal red raspberries. Palmer, T. F. They are the largest we ever saw. --Mr. S. R. Harrison and Miss Jessie Stevens, of Local Brevities Cleveland, were married by Rev. W. L. Davidson --Mr. Thos. E. Cook, of Akron, is visiting in the Stockwell House, Tuesday. Painesville friends. --Rev. A. Phelps reached home from Factory --A runaway Sat. afternoon demolished the Point, Vermont, today accompanied by one of buggy of Dr. E. B. Root. his nephews. Mrs. Phelps and daughter are still --Mrs. L. C. Pease returned Monday from Buffalo visiting in Vermont. and leaves today for Evanston, Ill. --Dr. M. M. Seymour and Mr. & Mrs. John --John S. and D. D. Casement left today for Seymour, who have been spending some weeks Hudson, to enter the preparatory department of in Litchfield, Conn., will be home by next week. Adelbert College. --A. V. Rapp, M. D., late of Painesville, has an --Mrs. Linn Wilson, of Iowa City, accompanied by article in the Detroit, Michigan Courier with her two children, is the guest of her suggestions for prevention for Asiatic Cholera. grandmother, Mrs. E. Button. --Mr. John Brown, of Madison, who has been dead several years, has been drawn as one of the

154 © J. Stebbins 2020 Sept. 4, 1884 Real Estate Transfers Grand Jurors for the U. S. District Court in Madison Cleveland. Lucius Green, of Perry, has been Hewitt, Marcus T. drawn as a Petit Juror for the US. Circuit Court in Baldwin, James Cleveland. Kellogg, John --Mr. S. J. Hendrickson died at the Everett Fraser, M.M. residence in Richmond this morning. He had Page, W. J. been an invalid some time and came here in the Lybarger, R. N. hope of regaining his health. He was 48. Nestlerode, Jeremiah Remains will be taken to Jamaica, L. I., today Grapes, F. M. accompanied by Mr. Hendrickson and daughter Warner, D. A. and Mr. Isaac Everett, uncle of Mrs. H. Perry --Mr. F. A. Preston, of Evansville, Ind., is spending Axtell, Leonidas A. a few days with his family at the Willard Northard Samuel homestead on State street. Painesville Green, Willard F. Probate Court Green, Rebecca J. State of Ohio vs Ann and Ingham Johnson, Pratt, B. F. assault and battery; discharged. Carruthers, Fred F. Battery C Pratt, Julia A. The 18th annual reunion of Battery C, First Cooley, Laura Regiment, O. L A., was held on the Fairgrounds in Wilson, Clara Cooley Painesville, Thursday and Friday of last week. Callender, Abbey J. The roll was called and of the original 292 Parmly, Lovinia members, 50 answered to their names. Two Littlefield, Stephen members died during the past year: Oliver Littlefield, H. W. Sanders, of Chagrin Falls, and Fayette Dickens, of Mentor Wisconsin. Armstrong, Freelove Armstrong, Alfred N. Encell, John Baxter, Nellie M. Gilbert, Lizzie M. Butler, Sarah E. M. Gilbert, A. A. Gilbert, Lizzie Butler, Sarah E. M. Bradley, Emily C. Swain, Michael Willoughby Waterbury, R. Mosher, Geo. W. Ward, Jonathan Covert, Stephen Knieling, Louis A. Frost, Ernest Knieling, Augusta

Ball, Chauncey Myers, John

155 © J. Stebbins 2020 --Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Wilber have returned from Sept. 4, 1884 Michigan where they attended a funeral for Mrs. Slayton, W. T. Wilber’s brother. Slayton, E. R. --Miss May Boynton has returned to Lexington, Slayton, Francis O. Ky. --L. T. Burbanks and Assistant Freight Agent, South Thompson King, have the windows of their new houses in. --Mrs. John Cashen and daughter, Sadie, who --Next Friday, Nathan Clark goes to Ravenna to have been quite sick with diphtheria are now visit a brother there. convalescing. --Mrs. McBurney and son, Eddie, have returned Geauga County to their Cincinnati home, she being one of the --Mrs. E. J. Hart, of Decatur, Ill., has gone to principal teachers there. Painesville after a two week visit in this place. --Mrs. J. Collins has returned to her Cleveland --H. H. Wells and L. D. Taylor, of Claridon, are on home after spending a few days at R. Sidley’s. the awarding committees of the State Fair. --Miss Mary Kelsey, of New York City, is spending --The reunion of the Canfield family at the home a few days in this vicinity. of Judge Delos W. Canfield was largely attended. --Mr. & Mrs. Heath, of Cleveland, have returned Mrs. George B. Converse, of Painesville, was home after spending a few days with their present. daughter, Mrs. Biglow. --Frank Post, of Chester, age about 21, was --Miss Emma Spencer commences her school drowned while bathing in Punderson’s Pond the tomorrow in No. 4. day of the pioneer picnic. He probably was seized --Mrs. Osmond has purchased the Warner horse by a cramp. of Geo. Finney. --Mrs. A. Stephens and daughter, Jennie, return Willoughby Plains to their Hudson home, Mrs. S. being preceptress --Mrs. E. N. Hyde has gone to visit her brother in of W. R. College at that place. East Cleveland. --Mr. M. Leggett is quite sick with cholera --Miss Lena Brennan has been sick for some time morbus. with erysipelas. --Miss Edith Tucker spent several days in --Mr. O. Perry has gone to visit his daughter, Mrs. Unionville and vicinity last week. Augustus Clark, in Bath, Summit Co. --Miss Mary Griswold is teacher in District No. 1. Willoughby --Mr. Ollie Story and Willie French start this week --Last week, J. S. Hastings, cut down and burnt for Southern California to spend the winter on his peach trees that had “the yellows.” account of the latter’s health, which is very bad. --Miss Anna Clark visited friends on River street, --Miss Sarah Richmond will be teaching in the just before leaving for Grand Rapids, Michigan. Hall District. --W. H. Chapman, a son of Rev. Mr. Chapman, is visiting his parents. Madison --Mrs. F. C. Carroll had a baby boy. --Miss Della Gregory, of Cleveland, was in town --W. T. Atkinson has sold his famous Jersey to S. last week. Sweatland, of Madison. --Miss Lottie Hall returned last week from a long --It is expected that Mrs. W. C. Andrews and her visit in Simcoe, Ontario. brother, G. C. St. John, will soon return from --Mr. & Mrs. E. P. Morgan, of Cleveland, and Mrs. Europe. Delos Haynes, of St. Louis, were visiting in town last week. --R. W. Patrick has returned from a trip up the lakes and a visit in Michigan.

156 © J. Stebbins 2020 Sept. 4, 1884 --C. C. Reynolds, of Iowa, was recently here with --Mr. & Mrs. H. D. Newcomb, of Ironton, are his wife, this being their first visit home. He is still visiting with Mr. & Mrs. Horace Newcomb on engaged in the hardware business. West Main street. --Everyone will rejoice to know Leslie Root has --There have been two deaths in town the past moved into the old homestead. week: Mrs. Stephen Raplee, who resided on the --Mrs. C. Clark, from Mattoon, Ill., is making a Middle Ridge and Mrs. Marsh, who resided in the visit to friends in Lake and Geauga Counties. south part of town. --The Clark and Pomeroy families held their annual reunion in Huntsburg at the home of Mentor Truman Clark, one half mile north of the town th --Mr. John Schumaker, of Detroit, is spending his center, on the 27 with over 100 people present. usual summer vacation with Mentor relatives. A letter was read by Edgar Clark, of Kansas, who --The special train bearing Mr. Cyrus W. Field and is a young attorney of that State and he party to the Pacific shore, stopped in Mentor last proposed to have a history of the Clark family week, while its occupants passed a few hours printed, the manuscript already being in with Mrs. Garfield at the farm. possession of Rev. Ansel Clark. The history and --Besides the old folks mentioned as having record go back before they left Old England. passed away at the Pioneer Picnic, were: Mrs. Sarah Clarke Gardner, age 88 Married Mrs. Sabrina Hoose, age 81 At the home of the bride’s grandfather, Mr. Mr. Thomas Casey, age 80 Edward Ingersoll, on Jackson street, on Wed. --Miss Mary Cullings is spending a few days with morning, Miss Lois J. Ingersoll to Mr. F. L. Foss, of the family of her sister, Mrs. Horatio Munson. Cleveland. The young couple left on the noon Miss Cullings is a graduate of Lake Erie Seminary train in company with Mr. & Mrs. Chas. Justus for and is taking the medical course at Ann Arbor, a trip up the lakes. Mich., where she will graduate in two more years. Obituary --Miss Mollie Garfield will be at home one more The death of Daniel Whelpley removed from our year under care of tutors. midst the oldest man in Kirtland. Born in New --Mrs. John Tyler is receiving a visit from her York, Jan. 25, 1794. He was over 90 years of age. aunt, Mrs. Eliza Hazen. He was married in 1824 to Mabel Anderson. In --Mr. & Mrs. E. T. C. Aldrich passed a day or so 1820, he came to western New York as a last week in Madison with the family of one of surveyor on the Erie Canal. There were eleven of our former residents, Mr. Guy Prouty. the company and he was the last surviving LeRoy member. For six years, he lived in Batavia. In --Mrs. Nye is better. 1841 he went to Ohio, settling first in Trumbull --Mrs. Nichols, widow of the late Alexander Co. for one year and then came to Kirtland. Nichols, died Monday morning. Seven years ago, his wife of more than 50 yrs. --Rev. Andrew J. Graham, of Grand Island, died. Work on the canal was rough as the men Nebraska, on the way home from a trip to slept out of doors with no cover for six months Europe, made a short visit to his parents last for six years. He died in the home of his son-in- week. law, Austin Damon. His funeral was held Aug. nd --Victor Hungerford and his sister, Ettie, are 22 . attending school in Chardon. Died th South Mentor In Perry, Aug. 25 , of cholera infantum, Lena May, daughter of L. L. and Della Augustus, age 9 mos. and 25 days.

157 © J. Stebbins 2020 Kalamazoo, Mich., by drowning. Ill health the Sept. 4, 1884 cause. New Books --Henrietta Roloff, of Youngstown, the mother of The Braden-Kelly Debate on Mormonism held in nine children, asks to be divorced from the man Kirtland last February and March is published in she has been married to for 25 yrs. book form. For sale at H. C. Gray & Son’s. The Ashtabula News records the sudden death by accident, of George Baptiste, a young man For Sale residing at the harbor. He was engaged in From 5 – 20 acres of land near Black Brook repairing the center board on the schooner crossing. A. W. Johnson Rutter. Brick! Face brick, paving brick, ornamental --Hiram Ohl, of this place, claims a distant chimney brick, bay window brick, etc. Also, relationship to Grover Cleveland. Niles superior drain tile. J. W. Penfield & Son, Independent Willoughby, O. --Charles Griffeth, a quiet, inoffensive farmer, of Bellaire, was shot and killed by Emmet Mitchell, The Estate of Ann Chase, deceased a brother of the country prosecutor, while on a I. Everett is the adm. of Ann Chase, deceased, drunken spree. late of Painesville, Lake Co., O. --Andover Citizen – Quite a local excitement is caused by the discovery of gold bearing sand Probate Notice rock at the depth of 30 feet on the land of Dan Black. Experts from New York and San Francisco yesterday pronounced it a big find.

p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as of Sept. 10, 1884: Ladies Caver, Ida J. Miss p. 4 Lake Co. Agricultural Fair Coman, R. Mrs. Sept. 29, 30, Oct. 1, 2 Gerpe,Theda Mrs. List of premiums to be paid. Hvneus, Susan Mrs. Jackson, Geo, Mrs. Jonson, Lizzie Mrs. Sept. 11, 1884 Thursday Loomis, M. Martha p. 1 col. 8 State and Neighborhood Plough, Eliza, Mrs. --J. Q. Metcalf, of Saybrook, lost his barn and Root, Laura, Mrs. contents by fire. Helen & Co., Dr. Warren --James Lant, an ex-policeman of Akron, fell Williams, Adda Mrs. backwards over a railing on which he was sitting Gentlemen and was instantly killed. Chapin, Henry D. --A golden eagle was shot at Cedar Point, near Champ, B. F. Sandusky, Friday, which measured 6’ 8” from tip Doanelly, Henderson to tip of wings. Knehn, John P. --A blacksmith in Zanesville, named John Leland, H. H. Mancely, was kicked by a horse he was shoeing, Riley, J. J. his skull fractured and died instantly. Rice & Co., N. L. --Hiram V. Wilson, of the firm of Fisher, Wilson & Miller, Reed Co., of Cleveland, committed suicide in Swansburgh, H. Tucker, Geo.

158 © J. Stebbins 2020 Sept. 11, 1884 Cleveland, was summoned but arrived after the Local Brevities horse had died. --Mr. M. A. Mihills returned home Thursday and --From the Evening Journal of Berlin, Wis., Aug. th is on the sick list. 9 : “Geo. C. Clapp and wife, of Painesville. Ohio, --Mr. H. E. Paine, of Scranton, Pa., was in town are in Berlin visiting H. Dunham. Mr. Clapp is the Friday enroute for Hudson to visit a son. brother of Mrs. Dunham.” --Miss Josie Schambs, of Cleveland, is visiting the --From the Topeka Kansas, Daily Capital, Sept. 2: family of E. H. Merrill, Casement Ave. “Mr. & Mrs. George C. Clapp, who have been --Dr. C. F. House and Mr. Geo. E. Kile left Sat. for spending the past six weeks visiting friends and Mackinaw on a fishing excursion. summer resorts of the north, arrived in the city --Messrs. H. G. and J. H. Tryon, of Willoughby, last Friday and are the guests of Mrs. C. M. were the only exhibitors of peaches at the State Tozier, a sister of Mrs. Clapp, whom she has not Fair last week. seen for about 28 yrs.” --The ninth year of the School for Young Ladies, by Mrs. Samuel Mathews, will open this Wed. Real Estate Transfers --Mrs. Lillie Goble, of Verona, N. J., who has been Madison visiting her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Huntoon, of Patrick, Henry Concord, for a few weeks, left for her home Sat. Tobey, H. D. --Mr. George L. Everett, formerly with Mr. Painesville George E. Kile, is visiting Painesville friends for a Donaldson, D. few days previous to taking his departure for a Joughin, John residence in California. Smith, Henrietta --Mr. C. K. Radcliffe, of the Baldwin, Michigan Sanborn, John W. Star, a former resident of our county, was in town last week enroute to Chardon to meet his Sad Death old companions in arms. Through the terrible mistake of Mrs. Calvin Titus, --Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Corkins returned Sat. from a who lives on the east side of the river, she gave 6-month residence in Hillsdale, Ontario, where her baby a bottle with ammonia in it which was Mr. Corkins was engaged in engrafting. near the milk bottle on the night stand. The baby --Rev. S. B. & Mrs. Webster, of Euclid, and their died in half and hour. The lady is crazed with daughter, Mrs. Edward Hitchcock, of Northfield, grief. Minn., are the guests of Mr. & Mrs. A. D. Malin, A Wrong Statement St. Clair street. It was reported in the Conneaut Reporter of rd --Mr. W. B. Chadwick, of LeRoy, left us some days Sept. 3 , that A. L. Tinker was very low and there ago, a basket of the old-style red cherries, which were no hopes of his recovery. That was false as he had just picked from one of his trees, in as Mr. Tinker has been daily upon our streets and good condition and flavor as when first ripe, July goes to his office daily and has done so the entire 4th. summer. --Mr. W. D. Swezey returned home a week ago to find his son, Harry, quite sick, and a day or two Sad Accident later the little fellow was severely injured by the Mr. Frank S. Bigler is in the employ of the Lufkin kick of a horse. He is now better. Rule Co., Cleveland, as secretary of the company. --Mr. W. D. Swezey’s noted and valuable young As he was walking through the planning mill, stallion, Harwood, died Tuesday. He was 3 yrs. Wed., he passed a large planer and put his left old and valued at $2,000. He was sick 24 hours hand on the machine to brush off the chips. The with congestion of the lungs. Dr. W. C. Fair, of knives struck his hand and mashed his fingers so that amputation was necessary. The ambulance

159 © J. Stebbins 2020 Sept. 11, 1884 --The firm of Whelpley & Brown has dissolved was called and Mr. Bigler was taken to the office partnership and Mr. Whelpley will run the of Dr. J. E. Cook. Four fingers were taken off at business alone in the future. the knuckles of the hand. --Harry Saxton has been engaged to work in the post office. Destructive Fire in Cleveland A fire broke out on the flats in Cleveland about 7 LeRoy o’clock, Sunday evening. which proved the most --Mrs. Eliza Brown, of Jefferson, is visiting her disastrous to property ever experienced in that sister, Mrs. Jane Wilson. city. Fifty acres on the flats covered by business --Mr. H. E. Paine, of Scranton, Pa., made a short houses and piles of lumber, were burned and the visit to his friends last week. loss is estimated at one million dollars. Unionville Telegrams were sent out to all fire department’s --Mr. Charles Gleason, of Windsor, with a friend asking for all the help they could spare. from Perry, are visiting Calvin Hutchins. Painesville Fire Department was the first to --The choir meets every Friday evening at the report for duty; had taken the steamer and hose home of Miss Mary Fruap. wagon by special train, 35 minutes. The --Miss Minnie Sherwood, of Painesville, is visiting following accompanied the Painesville appara- friends here this week.

Mentor Headlands --Miss Carrie Miller, of Cleveland, is home on a visit. --Miss Mary Slitor is in charge of our school. --Mr. Keorper has proven his success as a farmer; he threshed 201 bushels of wheat from 7.5 acres. --One of our young ladies, with her cousin Miss Minnie Brooks, of Ashtabula, are among the 175

invited guests to be present in Fremont at the Madison marriage of their cousin, Miss Carrie June, Sept. --Mrs. Carrie G. Blanchard, of Southbridge, Mass. 10th. They will visit their aunt, Mrs. David June. is visiting with her parents, Mr. & Mrs. M.

Andrews. Concord --M. O. Preston and A. A. Cady have returned --Sidney Winchell’s new house is now ready for from a 3-week trip through the west. occupation. His friends surprised him with a --Mrs. D. J. Harris returned from spending the party Friday night. summer in Massachusetts. --The Sunday School at Judd’s corners, held their --Misses Mary and Lily Hammond, of North picnic a short time ago in the grove of Mr. Adams, Mass., are spending a few weeks with Thomas Murray. Mr. Wm. J. Haskell, the their parents. Superintendent, was presented with two --Miss Mamie Ford has returned from a visit to bouquets arranged by Misses Nettie Murray and Newton Falls, O. Austie Carver. --Mr. A. A. Sutherland, of Buffalo, N. Y., is visiting --Harry Prouty, who recently graduated at yale, at the home of David Bailey. has returned east to pursue a law course. --Miss Mattie Patrick entertained a number of --C. O. Durand had a sunstroke Sunday morning, her friends at her home last Friday evening. was delirious for some time, but is much better. --The Hambden Farmers’ Club met at John Castles’, Saturday.

160 © J. Stebbins 2020 Sept. 11, 1884 --Mrs. H. C. Ford, of Cleveland, and daughter Clydesdale – Perry, O. Sept. 1, 1884 were the guests of Mr. & Mrs. George Mather a Alexander MacAdams, better known as Sandy, part of last week. Mrs. Betty Rogers, of residing with Mr. O. A. Streator, has just Lexington, Ky., is also a guest there. returned from Scotland with a superior --Byron Carpenter starts this week for his course Clydesdale stud colt, four-year-old. He is of winter lectures in Cleveland toward becoming descended from the world-renowned horse the a full-fledged M. D. Prince of Wales No. 1. A horse like this has long --Rev. J. M. Shields is lying very low having been been wanted in this neighborhood to improve sick a long time. It is not expected that he will our stock. recover. --The funeral of Mr. James Joyce was held last Willoughby week. Mr. Joyce had been a resident of this --S. V. Wilson is home from Iowa in much township for many years. His funeral was as sad improved health. one as there was not a relative present. -Mr. & Mrs. Clinton Waite intend to go to Arizona --Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Macomber, of California, are in a few days. spending a short time with their sister, Mrs. E. --Mrs. D. C. Miller is visiting friends in Cleveland. Burridge. --Mrs. Charles Baldwin died on Wed. age 39 yrs. --Rev. John Encell has sold his house to Mr. & She leaves four children. Mrs. Clarence Baxter. Mr. Encell has accepted a --A. W. Dewey has returned home from the west. call to preach in the Mansfield Church in New --S. V. Harkness tendered the use of his steam York. yacht Twilight, to Mrs. Clinton Waite for Tuesday of last week. She invited 50 friends for a lake I, the undersigned agree to swear that Eugene excursion. The weather was good and all enjoyed Kellogg has accused me to telling that he was the trip. caught in Orvel Adams granary stealing. I, A. L. --The Union Schools of this village opened on Adams, deny ever telling any such thing to any Monday with Prof. J. C. Ward as Principal; Miss person. Abram L. Adams Vesta Greer, Assistant; Mrs. M. M. King will have charge of the upper rooms, and Miss Clara Viall Married th and Miss A. G. Egbert will have charge of the At St. James Church, Sept. 10 , 1884, Mr. Frank primary rooms. J. Jerome and Miss Lucy E. Dingley, both of this --Frank Ryan, who has lived with Hon. R. P. city. Harmon’s family since he was 5 months old, For Sale – A. A. Amidon has one heavy brown came to this village Tuesday and with two or mare, a kind young horse that will work three boys his own age, got on a spree and broke anywhere, for sale; a buggy and a sleigh. He does into Mr. Radcliffe’s store and stole 25 cents not need them as he has sold his home. worth of tobacco. He was arrested. Cucumbers for Sale Those wishing small cucumbers for pickles can Mentor be supplied in any quantity. H. H. Shepard, 13 --Mr. Charles Radcliff, of Baldwin, Mich., (one of Mentor Ave. your editor’s brothers) is visiting his mother and other relatives here. Sept. 18, 1884 Thursday --Mrs. Dr. Robinson has been a sufferer from p. 1 col. 3 A Letter from Oregon rheumatism for some time. Lena T. Collister tells of her trip down the --Mr. & Mrs. Charles Justus have gone on a trip Columbia to Astoria where the river is 7 miles up Lake Superior. wide. They a trip across the bay in a boat to Ilwaco where there is a large salmon cannery. A

161 © J. Stebbins 2020 Sept. 18, 1884 bruised but the doctor has hopes he will recover two-mile stage coach ride took them to a in a few days. campground that had 200 campers, and a good --Alfred Sharpe, a son of Mrs. J. C. Sharpe, and a hotel. Then on to the Pacific to spend time at a clerk for a number of years in the Zanesville resort. National Bank, has been visiting his old home. --Skiff Sheldon, of Houghton, Mich., is stopping p. 1 col. 8 State and Neighborhood with Miss C. Skiff, his aunt. --Mrs. Louis Ford, Akron, endured married life six --S. W. Viall returned from West Virginia on Wed. weeks and then suicided. of last week. --The extensive terra cotta works, of N. N. --O. H. Reeve is at Adelbert College in Cleveland. Walker, two miles from Wellsville, were --G. E. Manville left for Kansas for a week. destroyed by fire last week. --Mr. & Mrs. C. Furber, of Detroit, are making a --A young man name, Pliny Allison, of Monroe, parental visit here. Holmes, Co., was bitten by a copperhead last --Miss Gertrude Penfield is at Auburndale week and died the next day. Seminary in Massachusetts. --Henry Moore, at Sandusky, was struck on the --Mrs. O. M. Davison and her daughter, Mrs. head by the sudden falling of a pile driver and Monroe, are in our town again. instantly killed. --Mrs. A. Hanscom is considerably better. --At Canton, a 2.5 lb. turtle came down from the clouds in a rain storm the other day. LeRoy --Stephen Seyfang, age 40, a businessman of --Mrs. Daniel C. Hill had a stroke of paralysis on th Findlay, was prostrated by the heat last Wed. the 7 , of which she is still suffering. afternoon and died Thursday. He leaves a wife --Quite a reunion took place at the home of Mr. and several children. Geo. C. Whipple, for a few days last week. Mrs. --During a thunderstorm Wed., of last week, the Whipple’s two sisters, Miss R. L. Brainard, of barn of Dennis Gilmore, of Milan, was struck by Bedford, O., and Mrs. J. A. Dunham, lightning and destroyed. accompanied by her three daughters, Mrs. --A heavy thunderstorm visited Akron Wed. of Bennett, also her husband of Metz; Mrs. Austin last week. Two inches of water fell in 15 mins. and son; Mrs. Moss and Miss Moss, of Angola, The flouring mill of Seiberling Bros. was unroofed Ind., made a quite enjoyable visit. All the living and the machinery damaged to the extent of members of their own family meeting with all $20,000. The dwelling house of Geo. Hubbard, the children of each. with his furniture, was pretty much demolished, and one end of the P. C. & T. depot. Perry --Since the purchase of Dr. Axtell’s place by Mr. p. 2 col. 1 Two masked men entered the house Northard, Mr. T. H. Hurbert has sold his house of Miss Mary Gilfillen, an elderly lady of and lot to Mrs. O. Baker, of the South Ridge. Mansfield about one o’clock Sunday, tied her up --Mr. Jonathan Vesey, now 87 yrs. old, who has and demanded her money. All she had was a been poorly, is better. Mrs. Vesey, 81 yrs., has dollar and she told them the rest was in the bank. suffered from the extreme heat but is better They did not believe here and put a lamp to her now. feet and burned them to crisp before they left. Madison p. 2 col. 5 Willoughby --Mr. & Mrs. Abraham Teachout, of Cleveland, --Last Thursday, Michael Mullen, of your city, are visiting with Mr. Albert Teachout of this was buried for a time when a ditch he was place. working on caved in. He was considerably

162 © J. Stebbins 2020 Sept. 18, 1884 Landon, Geo. H. --Mr. Bigelow, of St. Paul, Minn., spent the Markham & Downey Sabbath with his father-in-law, Mr. B. W. Lyman. Ostrander, George He is on his way east. Owen, Mr. --Mr. M. Andrews, of the Paige House, is Pike, David entertaining his sister from Mass. Stockham Enock --Last Friday, a number of the friends of Caleb Ensign, spent the evening at his home on West Local Brevities Main street. --Thanks to Mr. Hiram Bowhall for a choice basket of pears. South Madison --The Misses Nettie and Ida Gray have returned --Mrs. Daniel Hill, of Bostwick Corners, had two from their visit to Fargo. paralytic strokes last week. She is somewhat --Mrs. W. A. Coleman has returned from a two- better. month visit in New York. --Mrs. Mary Furgeson, of Brooklyn, N. Y., is --Miss Hettie Byerly, of Cleveland, is visiting Miss visiting friends and relatives here. Lizzie Greene, Erie street. --Mr. & Mrs. E. A. Griswold had a baby boy last --Mrs. Ogborn, nee Mathews is visiting at the old Sat. homestead on Washington street. --Mrs. H. W. Axtell has returned from her South Thompson summer’s visit to friends in Indiana. --Mr. Leggett has sold his 30-acre farm to a man --Mrs. Wm. Clayton and daughter are home from near Chardon. their visit in the east. --Mr. G. Switzer has several relatives visiting him --Mr. F. L. Wilder, of Newton, Mass., is the guest from Stark Co. of Miss Sarah A. Palmer, State street. --Mr. Frank McKee has moved into the house on --Miss L. Dunning, the artist, of Chicago, is East street owned by Mr. J. McKough. visiting her cousin, Mrs. Dr. Merriman, Erie --Mr. J. E. Foskett has moved into the Patchet street. house. --Mr. S. Cleveland, of Huntsburgh, is studying --Mrs. Safrona Jaquith, of New Ipswich, N. H., is medicine with Dr. D. J. Merriman, of our city. spending a few weeks in this vicinity visiting --Mrs. E. A. Purcell (nee Mary E. Patterson), of relatives and friends. She came for the purpose Kalamazoo, Mich., is visiting Painesville friends. of attending the Proctor reunion. --Messrs. John Loach, John Loach Jr., and Levi Kerr were guests at the Kerr homestead Sunday. p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as --Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Price, of Cleveland were guests of Sept. 17, 1884: of Mrs. Asa Childs, St. Clair street. Ladies --Due to the ill health of both the editor and his Kane, Alice Miss wife, the Rock Creek Banner has been King, E. L. Miss suspended. Rippin, Alfreda Miss --Mr. Geo. B. Gridley, of Hampden, has Roberts, W. S. Mrs. purchased the home of the late Franklin Rogers Smith, Ida Miss on the east side of Bank street. Thompson, M. L. Miss --Mr. J. A. Bartlett, of Newburgh, was in town Williams, Matilda Mrs. Thursday; he came down on his bicycle, making Williss, Mollis Miss the run of 35 miles in four hours. Gentlemen --Mr. & Mrs. J. J. Thomson, of Perry, are home Hower, C. G. from a 5 month stay in Dakota. Their son, Harry, Jansan, P. will not return until fall.

163 © J. Stebbins 2020 Sept. 18, 1884 --Mr. F. W. Littlejohn has removed from Chagrin --Mr. W. C. Gray, who has been confined to his Falls to Painesville and will open a boot and shoe bed for the past 5 weeks with typhoid fever, is store in the Wilcox Block. now convalescing. --Wednesday of last week was the hottest day of the summer; a number of persons were prostrated by the heat and there were deaths in other localities in Ohio. --Mrs. Polly Barrett, of Mentor, widow of Daniel th Barrett, of Thompson, is in her 70 year and has -- woven 600 yards of rag carpeting within the past 6 months. --A purse of $63. Was made up and presented to Miss Dean Saturday as a birthday present. --Miss Rita Bell, who has been in this city nearly a year, left for her home in Burlington, N. J. --Mr. & Mrs. E. N. Thompson, of Chicago, are visiting Mr. T’s parents, Mr. & Mrs. Nobel Thompson, Erie street. --Mrs. M. J. Warner received a few day ago, a monster peach, weighing 18.5 ounces and measuring 13” in circumference. It was grown in Hanford, Cal., for Mr. C. J. Beckwith, brother of Mrs. Warner. --Mr. James Chambers, over 80 yrs. old, who lives on Park road, 2.5 miles east of Painesville, shot 25 wood chucks during the present season. --Fidelia Green, of Kirtland, was adjudged insane on Tuesday and taken to the infirmary to await provision for her entrance at the asylum. Last Sunday, she died. --Mrs. Mary Mosher, of the Narrows Road in Perry, had her 93rd birthday on Sept. 8. She is supposed to be the oldest person living in the town. --Mr. Frank G. Goldsmith, who was in the Sixth Real Estate Transfers O.V.C., served 3 yrs. and re-enlisted for another Madison 3, has justly obtained a pension amounting to Simpson, Annie M. nearly $1,000, and $8 per month in the future. Johnson, Wm. H. Perry Death of an Old Resident of Madison Hulburt, Freeman Mr. Stephen Raplee died Aug. 28th, 1884, of Baker, Sarah A. dropsy, after a lingering illness of over one year. Painesville He was nearly 67 years of age, was born in the Mathews, Stephen state of New York, but moved to Madison when Mathews, Lyman C. quite young and was an esteemed citizen of Lake Hine, Mary S. Co., for many years. Hine, Augustus Baldwin, Henrietta K.

164 © J. Stebbins 2020 Sept. 18, 1884 E. D. Slitor and Mary Slitor thank their friends Hine, Homer H. and neighbors for their kindnesses show them Mathews, Lyman C. through the sickness and death of our wife and Taylor, Marcus mother. Gates, Freeman Howe, Eber D. Thompson th Rogers, Minerva --Funeral services were held on the 7 for the 2- Mentor yr. old child at widow W. B. Craine’s, the Carpenter Ellen E. daughter of Elton Wilson. Prouty, Nathan --Camelia Beach closed a term of 4 months Pouty, Ellen E. school in sub-district No. 2. Katie Cowen also Prouty, N. closed school in No. 6. Prouty, Ann M. Willoughby A Card Kidward, James H. W. Tibbals sold his interest in the Young, Edward D. photographic branch of the business to his Young, Frank C. partner, Mr. Geo. Barnard. Thank you to many Locy, Heman patrons who have favored me for the past 14 yrs. Locy, Nancy M. of business in Painesville. Miller, A. C. Fall and Winter Goodx Before buying elsewhere you will do well to call Mentor and see my new styles of fall and winter goods. --Miss Mollie Simondson has completed her visit Anna Marvin, Perry, O. with the family of Mr. & Mrs. E. T. C. Aldrich and Calves for Sale returned to her home in southern Indiana. Five heifer calves from one to four months old --Mrs. Joseph Rudolph is receiving a visit from for sale. J. H. Severance, Painesville, O. her sister, Mrs. Horn, of Pittsburgh. The Estate of Isaac R. Coe --Miss Jennie King has gone to Hudson, O., to Frank J. Jerome is the adm. for Isaac R. Coe, dec. teach. late of Painesville, Lake Co., O. --Elder James Shields died last week and was buried from his home near the Methodist Church Sept. 25, 1884 Thursday last Friday. He had lived in Mentor about 2 years. p. 2 col. 1 Dr. H. C. Camp, of Chagrin Falls, has His age was not given, but he must have been relocated in Huntsburgh. He is a very promising about sixty years old. young physician. --Mr. Otis Kennedy, of Aurora, is the guest of Mrs. H. C. King, his sister. p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as --The funeral of Miss Fidelia Green will be held of Sept. 24, 1884: from the residence of her nephew, in Kirtland, Ladies today. Miss Green used to live in Mentor. Barnes, E. P. Mrs. Bowen, Lottie M. Died Bownley, Ella Mrs. --In Concord, Aug. 14th, Mrs. Polly Wicks, age 65. Brown, Polly, Mrs. --Painesville, Sept. 13th, at the residence of her Barnes, R. E. Mrs. son, J. O. Eastman, Mrs. Sarah M. Collins, age 83 Donoline, Lizzie Miss yrs. and 10 Falron, Louisa Miss Card of Thanks Harrison, Eunice Mrs. Johnson, Emma Miss

165 © J. Stebbins 2020 --Mr. & Mrs. W. P. Tisdel and children sailed from Sept. 25, 1884 New York, Sat., for Hanover, Germany. Knapp, Vernie, Miss --Mr. Harvey Stephens, of Norwalk, Conn., spent Murphy, Hannah Miss Wed., of last week with his uncle, Mr. R. F. Mosely, H. E. Mrs. Benedict. Phillips, K. Mrs. --Mrs. John W. Shearer and children, of Bay City, Peters, C. A. Mrs. Mich., are visiting at Mrs. S’s parents, Mr. & Mrs. Raymond, Mary Miss E. Larned in Mentor. Russell, Nettie Mrs. --Mr. E. N. Thompson returned to Chicago Sat. Roper, Mary Mrs. night. Mrs. Thompson will remain for two weeks Sullivan, Eliza Mrs. as the guest of Mr. & Mrs. Noble Thompson. Summers, Joseph, Mrs. --E. Huntington and family, and Mrs. B. Lusk were Wade, C. H. Mrs. suddenly called to Cortland, N. Y., to attend the West, Maggie funeral of Mrs. Huntington’s father, who died th Whipple, Elvie Miss Sept. 16 . Gentlemen --The Madison Index learns that a serious Allen, Stephen G. accident happened to Mrs. A. W. Arundel, wife Bacon, A. H. of the former pastor of the M. E. Church of that Buck, C. E. town, but who now resides in Colorado Springs. Brown, Will She was thrown from a buggy and received a Clark, C. C. severe spinal injury. Carter, E. J. --J. J. Gallagher, of Wilmington, Del., brother of Dickinson, F. G. the Rector of St. James, is visiting at the Rectory Fansworth Geo. for a few days. He attended a meeting of the Finn, E. M. I.O.O. F. in Minneapolis. Gary, C. E. Hodges, Burt C. Real Estate Transfers Lyman W. Painesville Leidheiser, Henry Wilcox, A. M. Miller, Wm. Canfield, Charles H. Mahona, Daniel Williams Franklin – heirs Nolan, John Amidon, Henry N. Osborn, Geo. D. Willoughby Rice & Co., Wm. L. Woods, Eliza S. McGerry, Geo. Downing, Sanford M. Sails, Johney Snow, Clinton ---Mr. P. H. Warren, of East Saginaw, Mich., is the VanCampen, Red guest of his sister, Mrs. Joe Rexford, and his Wilson, Wm. Bates brother John Warren, Mentor. Another Fire in Cleveland Local Brevities Painesville again answered a call for help from --Miss Carpenter, of Buffalo, is the guest of Mrs. Cleveland. B. H. Woodman. --The Ashtabula Telegraph has suspended its daily edition. It did not pay. --Mr. & Mrs. Henry Baldwin, of New York, are visiting Painesville friends.

166 © J. Stebbins 2020 Sept. 25, 1884 Thompson Madison --Mr. Elihu Stevens and wife have returned from --Horace R. Ensign, of Cleveland, spent the a recent visit in Nebraska. Sabbath with his parents, Mr. & Mrs. E. F. Ensign. --William Scott purchased the farm owned by --Mr. & Mrs. Elias Strong left last week for New Frederick Warren. York on a visit to their son. --Mr. & Mrs. Harrison Pike from Chautauqua --Miss Seely, daughter, of Rev. W. H. Seely, of have been visiting relatives in this vicinity. Cleveland, is visiting Mrs. Blanchard at the Paige --Mr. G. T. Ransom has recently shingled his House. house. --The family of Mr. L. S. Brown, late of the firm of Whelply & Brown, left last week for Willoughby South Thompson where he has been called on business. --Mr. Edgar Stetson is in Windsor assisting his --Mrs. Field, of LeRoy, N. Y., is the guest of her brother in rebuilding his burned house. sister, Mrs. E. T. Ensign. --Mr. E. W. Jackson threshed over 100 hundred --The family of Dr. D. J. Harris have moved to bushels of wheat from three acres of land. Chicago. --Mr. Charlie Strong left for Little Silver, N. Y., last --Mr. P. T. Safford is home for a short visit. week to attend school. He was accompanied by --Last Sat. night, the house of Henry Walding was his grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Mathews, of the burglarized. The burglars entered and exited Center. through the cellar. The took $90. --Mr. J. Strong has sold his hogs to Dayton Bros., --Mrs. Newell, of Farmington, is the guest of Mrs. of Montville. J. M. Fraser, her sister. --Mr. T. Patrick’s large barn was recently struck by lightning and burned down with all the hay, Geauga Co. oats, a McCormick binder, two buggies, etc. --Enos A. Hayes, who was severely injured by the --Miss Edith Tucker is spending a few days in cars about two months ago at Orangeville, Burton. Trumbull Co., was last week moved to his home in this place. He was placed on a bed in a carriage Concord and easily made the trip. --Mrs. E. M. Clark, of Claridon, but for over 50 yrs. a resident of Johnny Cake Ridge, during the past Kirtland week has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Camp --Mr. Vernon Page, who was dangerously hurt and Nye. about two weeks ago, is not out of danger yet. --Mr. J. H. Murray has recently been visiting his He had been drawn over the plow with great daughter, Mrs. Stillman, of Minneapolis, Minn. force breaking his collar bone in two places, --C. G. Pease attended the exposition at some of which had to be removed, and cutting Cincinnati and Marvin Pease at Chicago. Both are muscles in the chest for four inches. selling their wooden ware. --Still another of the pioneers of Kirtland was buried today. Daniel Sperry died the 19th inst. Mentor His sickness was long and painful wearing him --Mrs. Robert Murray is receiving a visit from her down to a mere skeleton. He was about 68 yrs. nephew, Mr. Frank Abbott, of Titusville, Pa. old. His father was Smith Sperry, who died a few --Mrs. Will Hodge, with her little son, started for years ago at the age of 90 yrs. His wife and family her future home in Kansas City last Tuesday. She survive him. He, also, leaves two brothers and was accompanied as far as Chicago by her one sister. A man with greater breadth of brother, George Rose. shoulder is rarely seen. --Mrs. Ellen (Randall) Shaw, of Chardon, and her little daughter, Mabel, have just finished a little visit with their relatives, the Kings.

167 © J. Stebbins 2020 Sept. 25, 1884 --Capt. Jones, of Cleveland, was in town last --A few days ago, Mrs. Merwin was married to week the guest of his daughter, Mrs. S. R. Mr. Star, a Cleveland gentleman of great wealth. Bonnell. As this is said to be an old love affair and the --Mrs. Drought is very sick. long-separated pair are to make their home here, everybody has given his consent to the Glass Ball Shooting marriage. --Miss Fannie and Lillias Morley together with T. D. Morley, are again enrolled at Oberlin as students. Miss Nettie Munson and brother, Edward, have also begun a course of study there.

Willoughby --Mons. LeCompt, of Montreal, was in town Wed. to look up his brother. He is now at Mulberry Corners.

--Saml. Laman is visiting in town. --Mr. E. W. Burbank and family are here visiting Married their parents, Mr. & Mrs. L. D. Burbank. --On the 11th inst., Mr. Wm. Starr, of Michigan --Assistant Station Agent King has moved into his and Mrs. Harriet N. Merwin, of Mentor, Lake Co. nice house on River Street. --At the bride’s parents, Sept. 17th, 1884, Mr. ----Mrs. Huggins is still in town visiting her Adolf Hettinger and Miss Flora Turney, both of daughter, Mrs. F. M. Hall. Madison. --Dr. E. E. Flickinger was visiting his father’s Died family the first of the week. Wm. F. Gardner died at his home in Weeping --Mrs. C. Rockafellow, the mother of O. Water, Neb., Sept. 15, 1884, age 37 yrs., 6 mos. Rockafellow and others, died of paralysis on He had been a resident of Weeping Water since Monday, at the age of 74 yrs. Feb., 1883, coming from Ohio and purchasing --Mr. Jason Andrews, died last Sat. of kidney the harness and saddlery business of B. C. complaint, age 81 yrs. Funeral was from his Yeomans. His brother-in-law was Dr. Butler. He daughter’s residence. His remains were buried in leaves a wife and two children, ages 11 and six. Waite Hill Cemetery. He was born in New York state, and at the age of --Dr. Sherman, the dentist, has a carp pond on 3 yrs. moved with his parents to Lake Co., O. His his farm in Mayfield, well stocked. remains were buried in Oakwood Cemetery. --Miss M. Durban is visiting her uncle, G. B. Durban Esq. The Estate of Stephen Raplee --Mrs. Dr. Davis is visiting her daughter, Mrs. H. S. Raplee and E. H. Raplee are the executors Dalrymple, at Warren. of Stephen Raplee, deceased, late of Madison, --Y. Crobaugh is at home again for a short time. Lake Co., Ohio.

Unionville Oct. 2, 1884 Thursday --Mr. E. C. Goddard, who has been traveling p. 2 col. 6 Married quite extensively in the west, arrived home on Sept. 30, at the residence of the bride’s parents the 21st ult. looking hale and hearty. in Mentor, Mr. Waldo A. Parmelee and Miss --Mrs. M. Bender had an auction last Sat. and Lillian L. Hodge, both of Mentor. sold all the household goods and farming utensils.

168 © J. Stebbins 2020 Oct. 2, 1884 --Mrs. Chas. Loomis left for her home in Dakota, Died Tuesday, --In Painesville, Sept. 9th, Bessie, child of Wesley --Dar. Gardner, ex-police clerk, of Cleveland, shot and Mary Titus Brooks, age 8 months, from himself fatally last week. ammonia given by mistake. --Mr. & Mrs. P. Parmelee, of Burton, have been --In LeRoy, Lake Co., Sept. 1, 1884, of visiting at Mr. Parmelee’s brother’s in Mentor. hemorrhage of the bowels, Angeline Ellsworth --Mr. O. D. Howe, of Table Rock, Nebraska, is wife of the late Alexander Nichols, age 67 yrs. visiting his Painesville friends for the first time in She had been an invalid for many years. She 15 yrs. leaves four daughters at home. ---Miss Nettie Benjamin, after an absence of over two years in the west, returned home from Fort Notice Dodge, Iowa, last Friday. Agnes Lane, residing in Waterloo, N. Y., will take --A telegram was received last evening by Mr. notice at on March 29, 1884, Weldeman, Kent & Seth Marshall announcing the death of Mr. Co. filed a petition asking for sale of real estate Walter Kesley at Saranac Lake, Adirondacks. to pay for plaintiff’s judgment. --Mr. Lucius Baker left a cornstalk at this office which is 15’ less 2 inches. p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O as --Mrs. Harriet Wilson, who has been visiting in of Oct. 1, 1884: Minnesota, returned home this morning, in Ladies company with her son, Mr. H. Wilson, who went Andrews, E. Mrs. on to New York. Mr. Z. S. Wilson met them at Cohen, Mary Miss Cleveland. Clark, Clara Miss --Mr. J. W. Doncaster brought in a specimen of Chase, Laura L. the corn they have raised in LeRoy this year. It Hathaway, Nellie measures one foot long and 9” in circumference. Hedden, Ellen Miss --Rev. L. O. Brastow and family of Burlington, Vt., Lynch, M. F. Mrs. are visiting the family of Mr. C. O. Higgins, State Pittenger, Emma Miss street. Woodruff, Addie --Fargo papers notice that a former resident of Gentlemen Painesville, O., Mrs. Eliza J. French, has obtained Anderson, C. E. a judgment against the Northern Pacific R. R. for Burns, David $3,200. We do not have the facts of the case. Daves, Wilber Follett, Marcus --Hon. Dexter Damon, of Willoughby, died at his Gray, A. J. home last Monday of Bright’s disease. He was Lockatosk, Paul formerly in business in Kirtland and served in the Mornell, Mr. Ohio Legislature 1852 to 1854. He was 71. Naldrich, H. Pond, Morris E. Real Estate Transfers Palmer, James Madison Smith, S. A. Stratton, Hattie Woodring, H. J. Rathburn, Miles C. Williams, Eugene C. Painesville Parmly, Lovinia Local Brevities Callander, Abbey J. --Dr. D. C. Wilson has been in town a few days. Kirtland Sperry, Daniel S. Stephenson, Charles F.

169 © J. Stebbins 2020 Oct. 2, 1884 --Mr. John Harrington and Miss Marie Sperry, Mary Ann Waithman, of Chardon, were married last Mentor evening at the home of the bride’s parents. Munson, H. W. --Miss Nellie King has returned to her Tiffin home Dickey, Harriet M. after a few week’s visit in Mentor. Willoughby --A birthday party was given at the home of Mrs. th Gould, Oramel John Tyler for the 80 birthday of her mother, Lynch, Richard C. Mrs. Marie Aldrich. --H. C. Randall and family were the guests of Mentor friends last week. --Wedding cards are out for the marriage of Miss Lillian Hodge with Mr. Waldo Parmly on Wed. of this week, both of Mentor. --The evaporating establishment of L. W. Gilbert is in full blast now, as is the cider mill.

Willoughby --Mr. & Mrs. R. T. Hitt, of LaPorte City, Iowa, old residents of Willoughby, are visiting in town. --Skiff Sheldon has returned to the military school in Michigan. --Mrs. Dingee, of Kingsville, is in town for a short The County Fair – Plowing Match time. The plowing match took place on the Infirmary --On Sat., A. L Brown was quite unwell. Farm. --On Monday, Miss Emma Ellen left on a trip to Humboldt County, Nevada, on a visit to her relatives. --Byron Damon visited his parents in town last week. --Mrs. J. A. Rogers visited her parents here last week. --Mrs. O. N. Barber is visiting in Kingsville. --William Dunlap was bound over to the Court of Common Pleas for keeping a gambling room. --Mrs. Rexford, of Mentor, and P. H. Warren, of

Saginaw, Mich., were visiting friends here last week. --Monday of last week, Thomas W. Burtis and Miss M. A. McKnally were married. On Tuesday, Lucien Willis and Eltha Edick were married. --Alderman Joseph Pratt, of Hartford, Conn., will be here a few days.

Madison --W. M. Cook has sold his interest in the drug

store of W. M. Cook & Co. and is clerking for J. G. Mentor Palmer, of Conneaut, O.

170 © J. Stebbins 2020 Oct. 2, 1884 cover with a piece of white muslin. Then fill to --Mrs. E. Stockham is spending a few days with the top with common salt. Dig a hole in the her son, Dr. A. H. Stockham, of this place. ground the north side of some building, or in the --Messrs. Emory and Clauson Bailey, of Toledo, shade of a tree. Make the hole deep enough so and Mr. Daniel E. Bailey and wife, of Buffalo, when the crock is covered the earth on the top were in town last week celebrating the 91st of it will not be less than 18” thick. Over it, put birthday of their mother, widow of the late something like an old tin pan to carry off water Harlow Bailey, Esq. that leeches down to it. Pack on the earth --Mrs. George White, of Colton, Cal., is visiting leaving it rounded like an ant hill to carry off the with Mrs. Elisha Wood. Mr. White, her husband, surface water. The butter can be taken out any is a son of David White, an early settler of time before frost. This method will keep butter Madison. perfectly sweet until winter. --Mr. John Beecher, of Lima, N. Y., was the guest of Rev. Fraser, last week. Oct. 9, 1884 Thursday p. 2 --M. O. Preston has purchased the house and lot of Saxton Bros. recently occupied by Mr. L. S. Brown and will move there soon.

South Thompson --Mr. Arthur Gretter and sister, Mabel, are spending a few days in Cleveland and vicinity. --Miss Onie Hitchcock, of Richmond, is spending a few days with her friend Miss Emma Spence. --Mr. Rudd Patrick, of Rock Creek, was in town today.

LeRoy --Mrs. Emily Nixon, nee Sheridan, of Pittsburgh, Pa., is visiting friends and relatives in town. --Mr. Charles Sheridan, of Collinwood, made a short call on LeRoy friends last week.

Notice Whereas my wife, Savilla M. Hart, left me on Aug. 7th without any good reason, I will pay no debts of her contracting after this date. J. F. Hart

Mentor, Oct. 1, 1884

For Sale The house and lot on Washington street, Painesville, owned by Mrs. W. W Dingley will be sold on easy terms. p. 4 Keeping Summer Butter Butter made in June is always the best. To keep it for winter use, pack butter solidly in stone crocks to within an inch of the top. Level it and

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175 © J. Stebbins 2020 Oct. 9, 1884 Bennett, Wm. Mr. Crosby, N. M. Mr. Carns, John C. Campbell, Robt. Fox, John Frink, Frank Feron, Marjan Green, J. L. Hobbs, John Hunt, Chas. Holland, H. H. Hamilton, Alex Miller, A. E. Prince, S. B. Starkey, C. W. Toombs, J. C. Woodbury, B. R. Willis, F. E. Ladies Arnold, Minnie Miss Douglass, Lucy E. Miss Joslin, John Mis Lynch, J. Mrs. Phillips, Julia Miss Slow, J. S. Mrs. Wood, Emma G. Wickman, Nellie Wills, Mary Mrs. Warden, Minnie Miss

Local Brevities --Miss L. Dunning has returned to Chicago for the winter. --Mrs. E. R. Dewey has gone to Nebraska to visit her brother. --Mrs. F. W. Dingley and daughter are visiting friends in Kelloggsville --Mrs. J. B. Burrows entertained and evening company Sat. --Rev. Mrs. Cooley, of Cleveland, is visiting he p. 2 col. 7 Died daughter, Mrs. Geo. H. Wilson. In Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 1, 1884, Katrine, only --Mr. & Mrs. H. C. Nellis and son, of Piqua, are child of Mr. & Mrs. A B. Ja(m)ason, age 11 guests of Mr. & Mrs. H. C. Gray. months. --Mr. & Mrs. Orrin M. Thompson are expected in Painesville the last of the week. p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as --Mrs. Greer entertained a company for Mrs. of Oct. 8, 1884: Frank Wilder, of Newton, Mass., last Friday. Gentlemen

176 © J. Stebbins 2020 Oct. 9, 1884 --Mr. Wm. H. Mathers, of Ashtabula, and Miss --Mr. & Mrs. L. G. Tuttle, of Liberty street had May Durban, of Painesville, were married at the twin daughters. Unfortunately, one only lived a residence of the bride’s mother in the latter city. few hours. --Miss Emma Tibbals, only child of Mr. & Mrs. H. --Mrs. Smith, wife of ex-County Auditor, Marsh W. Tibbals, of this city, left home on Sat. with the Smith, of Geauga Co., died Wed. of last week. understanding that she was going to spend the --Mrs. W. F. Smith entertained the teachers of day with a neighbor, but instead took the P. & Y. the public schools for her sister, Miss Georgia train to Warren. She was met on the train by Smith, one evening last week. Clarence Hayes and the two proceeded to --Messrs. P. T. and A. F. Nichols, of Beloit, Greenville, Pa., from which place Mr. Tibbals Wisconsin, visited in Lake Co. for a few days, received a telegraph that they were married at --Mrs. J. W. Shearer left Monday for her home in Greenville, Pa. Bay City, Mich., after visiting her parents and other relatives in Mentor. Fourth and Last Day of the Fair --H. Nottingham has taken 78 bushels of ear corn The day was rainy and the track muddy. The first besides a big crop of pumpkins off less than ¾ of race was an exhibition race by 3 yr. old colts: an acre. --Mrs. W. L. Durand, who has been making her home in Odin, Ill., for two years past, is visiting Mr. & Mrs. J. L. Parmly till the end of the month. --The Lincoln Neb. Daily State Journal, of the 5th inst. contains a notice of the death of Charles Carpenter, at the age of 40. He was formerly a resident of Painesville. He leaves a wife and two children. --Died in Painesville last Friday, Mr. Edward Babcock, age 72. Deceased was born in Painesville, where he spent the greater portion of his life. --Mr. A. Webster has this season cultivated a large patch of Mangel Wurtzel beets. One he had at the County Fairs weighed 27 lbs. and measured 28 inches in length and the same in circumference. --Died: William T. Eaton, died at his home in

Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 2, 1884, of congestion Three races were postponed until the next day. of the brain. He was 65 yrs. old. Mr. Eaton was Four-year-old race: the husband of Elvira Sanborn, formerly of this Gen. Casement took 1st; Nimrod 2nd’ and Mollie city. 3rd. --Mr. Eli S. Young, formerly of Painesville, is the Free for All – 3 entries head of the real estate firm Young, Tullis & S. F. Streator’s Lazy Ned; took 1st Simons of Kansas City, Mo. Geo. Hopper’s Geauga Boy, took 2nd --Thos. Edwards and Geo. Green Kirtland men, W. P Church’s Red Wing, took 3rd were arrested Saturday for assault and robbing Stallion Race: Harry Barton of a watch and one dollar in money. Gen. Casement- owned by H. Nottingham, 1st Pilot Boy – owned by W. P. Church, 2nd C. M. Clay – owned by A. L. Johnson, 3rd

177 © J. Stebbins 2020 Oct. 9, 1884 --Mrs. Chas. Forbes, of Cleveland, is spending a Perry few days with her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Teachout. --Several new barns have been built this fall. --Mr. Charlie Childs, of Kansas, is at home for a John McGlynn had one built on his lot south of short time. the station, and Miss Isabel on the Middle Ridge ---Last Sunday morning memorial services were has one completed, and Mr. Augustus North, of held in the Congregational Church in memory of the Center, has built a commodious one the late Mrs. Dudly Bailey.

Letter from New York Thompson Mrs. J. F. Scofield tells of her travels and visiting --Mrs. Craft, widow of the late Elliott Craft, age Mr. & Mrs. B. F. Stephens, Mr. & Mrs. E. V. 69, died at the home of her daughter Mrs. H. Smalley, Mr. & Mrs. A. D. Sturges and Mrs. Olds. She had been a citizen of the township Hector Sears. in New York. Mrs. Sears had nearly 60 yrs., and a wife and mother for some traveled from Omaha to Colorado accompanied 50 yrs. She will be buried in the new cemetery. by her brother Mr. Frank Brown. --An 18-month-old daughter of Lewis and Alice Married Behm will be buried in the new cemetery. --Oct. 1 at Perry, O., Mr. Earnest Bartholomew to Miss Nettie Hopkins, both of Perry. Oct. 16, 1884 Thursday --At the residence of the bride’s parents on p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. Richmond street, Sept. 30, Mr. Charles W. as of Oct. 15, 1884: Lamunyan and Miss Mary V. Grover were Ladies married. Green, Ina Willoughby Gorman, Mary Miss --Mrs. Avery, of Watertown, Wis., is visiting Gray, Fannie M. Mrs. friends here. Hurlburt, Ann Miss --N. B. Harmon was in attendance at the St. Louis Hedden, Ellen Miss Exposition last week. Kirke, Julia Mrs. Larnes, Jennie Mrs. Mentor Locker, Annie Miss --Mr. Clifton H. Moore, of Clinton, Ill., has been Long, Minnie spending a few days with Lake Co. relatives. Lette, Annie Miss --Miss Mollie Garfield accompanied by her Lynch, Jennie cousins, the Mason girls, are the guests of Mrs. McGlenn, Eliza Rudolph. Stevenson, Anna --Harry Garfield was obliged to leave school on Gentlemen account of sickness. Custin, R. L. --Mrs. Will Conkling has completed her visit east Frink Frank and has now joined her husband in Chicago. Green, Simeon --Mr. Frank Abbot, of Titusville, has been Gregor, Mr. spending a little time with his uncle, Mr. George Hall, Mr. Wheeler. Hamilton, T. F. --Mrs. Will Hopkins is receiving a visit from her King, A. P. sister. Muchell, D. L. McAdams, Alex Madison Pratt, Geo. W. --Frank Child has returned from Illinois. Rice, C. J. Tunos, Geo. R.

178 © J. Stebbins 2020 Prize Contest Oct. 16, 1884 The prize rhetorical contest at Concord Center Tainy, E. W. last Friday was won by: Woodruff, Dan’l Best declamation: Mr. Liva Sanborn, of Kirtland Winchell, John P. Best select reading: Miss Ann Corlett, of Concord Webb & Co., H. E. School prize: Albert Garrett Mentioned: Local Brevities Murray, Maggie Miss --Mr. & Mrs. S. W. Pierson have gone to Morse, Horace Mrs. Mansfield to spend a few weeks. Manley, Nevettie Miss --Mr. George H. Marshall has returned to Fitch, E. Mr. Philadelphia to resume his medical studies. Hobart, H. D. Mr. --Capt. J. B. Kilbourne is seriously ill. King, Fred Mr. --Harley Barnes has been admitted to the practice of law. Willoughby --Mr. Hudson Wilson, of Faribault, Minn., is --A. C. Williams, of Columbus, was in town last visiting friends here. week after stopping by Chagrin Falls to visit his --Mrs. C. F. Willard and Mrs. F. A. Preston and relatives there. children, who have been spending the season at --Mrs. H. Buckley is at Philadelphia on a visit. the Willard homestead on State street, will --Col. Brush was in town Sat. He is quite infirm. return to Indiana the first of the week. --Mrs. J. W. Penfield has returned from Clifton --Some thief entered the grounds of Mr. James Springs. Purtell, in Richmond, and butchered his cow, --R. T. Hitt has returned to Laporte, Iowa. carrying off the carcass and leaving the head and --Byron Damon has returned to Chattanooga, hide. Mr. Purtell is an elderly gentleman and a Tenn., where he has a large drug store. cripple. --James Damon, a son of the late Dexter Damon, has returned to Winnebago, Minn. Died – Frank E. Smart, son of Mr. Charles Smart, --Walter Andrews, of Otsego, N.Y., has returned died at the family homestead Oct. 12th, 1884, of home after spending a few days at the residence consumption. He was born in Painesville Aug. of R. Waterbury., 13th, 1849, and had always lived on the farm --Miss Mary Stewart is visiting at Fort Wayne, where he passed away. Ind. --George H. Carroll, of Nevada, will go to Texas, New Mexico, and return home by way of Cal. --Frank Johnson, of River street, moved to Collinwood last week. --Mrs. J. Kidward will leave this week for her home in California. --Mrs. Maria Gilman Hunt, widow of James Hunt, died last Friday of infirmities age 75 yrs. She was born in Stafford, Vermont and with her husband came to Willoughby about 50 yrs. ago. Her late husband was at one time postmaster of this place. She leaves the families of a son and daughter to mourn her loss. She was a widow for 11 yrs.

179 © J. Stebbins 2020 Oct. 16, 1884 Kirtland Madison Varnum Gale Page, who was so badly hurt while th --Mrs. D. R. Paige, of Painesville, was in town last plowing on Sept. 4 , died last Thursday at age week visiting friends. 52. He was a grandson of Sylvester Curtis and --Mr. Frank Landphear, of Perry, and Miss Ola Col. Page, both early settlers of Kirtland. His birth Holcomb, of Madison, were married at the home place was Auburn, Geauga Co., in 1832. Nine or of the bride last Wed. ten years since, he was married to Mrs. Ann --Mr. G. W. Lyman’s house is receiving a new Curtis, widow of Milo Curtis, who died in coat of paint. Michigan, and brother of the writer of this article. He also leaves her son, Squire Curtis, Willoughby Plains whose father was her first husband, and to --Oct. 7th was the 26th wedding anniversary of whom Varnum Page was strongly attached. He Mr. & Mrs. Charles Hopkins. leaves a father nearly 80 yrs. old, and a brother. --Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Gray have gone to Munson for a few days visit. Smith-Amidon st --Rev. Ransom McEwen, of Grand Rapids, Mich., At Geneva, on Oct. 1 , at the home of the bride’s died of apoplexy of the brain, Sept. 29th. He was parents, Mr. & Mrs. Reuben Smith, their only born in Conn. in 1823, moved with his parents to daughter, Miss Nania J. Smith and Dr. H. N. Concord when quite small, and from there to the Amidon, of Bristolville, Trumbull Co., O., were Plains. He is the first out of family of five to go. married. Rev. J. C. Cannon, a brother-in-law of His mother lives with her daughter, Mrs. A. the groom, performing the ceremony. Hanson. He leaves a wife and family. Married th LeRoy --Oct. 8 , at the house of the bride’s mother, 69 --Mrs. E. W. Taylor is on the sick list. Washington street, Dr. James L. Gardner, of --Mr. Wm. Taylor, who went to Dakota last Hamilton, N. Y., and Miss Susie W. Coe, of spring, is home. He thinks Dakota is a nice Painesville. th farming country. --At the bride’s home, Oct. 8 , 1884, Mr. Frank -Mr. & Mrs. Robert Skilthorp have commenced H. Landphair, of Perry, and Miss Ola A. Holcomb, housekeeping in the house owned by Mrs. Clara of Madison. st Butler. --Oct. 1 , 1884, at the home of Mr. H. Carroll, --Mr. & Mrs. Dan Burns buried a little child about Mentor Ave., Charles E. Coltrin to Lucy N. Carroll. a year old, last week Thursday. --In St. Mary’s Church, Oct. 8, 1884, Mr. John Flanagan and Miss Maria Shelby, all of Mentor Painesville. --Mr. & Mrs. Lew Bixby, nee Miss Allie Belden, of Mayville, N. Y., are the guest of their relatives, Died th the Aldrich and Tyler families. In Painesville, Oct. 10 , of hydrocephalus, Clara --Mrs. Wm. R. Anderson, of Tiffin, was the guest Rich, infant daughter of Mr. & Mrs. J. J. Wilson. of Mrs. King last week. Mrs. Anderson was a --Oct. 8, 1884, of cholera infantum, Elsie, Cleveland belle in her younger days and is lovely. daughter of Daniel and Verta Burns, and one --Mrs. Otis Haskell has so far recovered from year, one day. insomnia and other troubles during her stay in In Memoriam Newburgh that she has come home for a while. The Lake Co. Pomona Grange prints resolutions --Mrs. C. C. Viall and her little daughter, Julia, has of respect for their deceased member Stephen returned home after nearly a year spent with her Raplee, Madison, Lake Co., Ohio, age 67. invalid mother in California.

180 © J. Stebbins 2020 Oct. 16, 1884 No More Apples No more cider apples taken at my mill until further notice. N. Hoose, Perry Sheep for Sale – David Graves Peach Trees for Fall Trade - A. G. Reynolds has a stock of 10,000 peach trees grown by C. A. Nolan, late of Mentor, Ohio, for sale. All the leading varieties.

Probate Notice

The Estate of Elias &Smith A. A. Amidon is the assignee of Elias & Smith, p. 1 col. 8 State and Neighborhood lately doing business at Painesville, Lake Co., O. --G. G. Kent, a pioneer of Portage Co., died last Attachment Notice week at the age of 64. Thorp &Rogers vs N. C. Goodenough. --A boy named John Gill, of Jefferson, had his nose broken while playing baseball. Oct. 23, 1884 Thursday --The Haines Cheese Factory at North Bloomfield p. 1 col. 4 A Boy’s Snake Story burned Thursday night. Loss $800. --Mr. J. A. Howells, of the Ashtabula Sentinel, is slowly recovering from an attack of typhoid fever. --Wm. J. Uhl, an intemperate man, committed suicide at a hotel in Millersburg last week. --Vandals cut up $800 worth of goods in the shoe store of J. H. Cooke, at Cuyahoga Fall. --Wm. S. Thomas, a former real estate dealer in Cleveland, fell from an elevator in Cincinnati and received fatal injuries. --Frank Wartharst, who murdered Mrs. Kirkland, in Massillon, over a year ago, has been convicted of second-degree murder. --F. B. Thayer, a brakeman of Osborn, while riding on the pilot of an engine, was jolted off and met an instant death. --Robert Gates, of Port Clinton, a brakeman fell between two cars Sat., while making a running switch, and had his right leg cut off. --Spencer Bumps, an old resident of Akron, was killed by a Valley Railway train Thursday night.

181 © J. Stebbins 2020 Oct. 23, 1884 Both arms, one leg and the top of his head were cut off. He had been drinking for several days. --Michael Garmon, a policeman of Cincinnati, was shot on election day and died on Sat. His sister, Mrs. Rinear, on hearing the sad news, collapsed and died a few hours later. --Henry Myers, Car Inspector on the Connotton Valley Railroad, was working under a freight car at the round house Thursday, when an engine ran into it and Myers was run over and killed instantly. He was from Cleveland, 22 yrs. old, and unmarried. --John Danhan, a laborer of Springfield, was digging at the bottom of a tunnel 18’ deep, when the whole thing caved in and buried him. He was p. 3 Letters uncalled for t the Painesville P. O. as taken out dead. of Oct. 22, 1884: --Conneaut Reporter: Thursday night a 31-yr. old Ladies horse died on the Earl Pierce farm in this township. It was born on the premises and had Behn, Anna Miss Braden, Emma Mrs. never been out of Mr. Pierce’s possession. For Cook, D. S. Cook the last few years, it had the run of the farm Cain, Mary Mrs. without doing and hour’s work. Clinton, L. E. Mrs. --A bridge over the East Fork river on the Hart, Randall Mrs. Cincinnati & Eastern Narrow-Gauge R. R. gave Johnson, Irine Mrs. way Friday throwing the engine, baggage car and Lette, Annie Mrs. one coach 50’ into the water below. Engineer E. Murphy, Bridget, Mrs. Wilber and fireman, Henry Jones, were killed; Roe, Mary I, Miss and Samuel Carr and Dave Hicks fatally injured. Warren, Minnie Warner, Lovelia Mrs. Willtiss, Mollie Gentlemen Clark, Allen Carnes, John C. Debot &Co. Geider, George Greene, Ina E. Hodges, Bert Jason, P. McCarty, C. W. O’Donn, B. R.

Rannells &Co, Smith, F. K. Snickard, Daniel Smith, A. S. Tucker, J. W. Wood, W. D.

182 © J. Stebbins 2020 --The Eureka, Cal. Times-Telephone: A welcome Oct. 23, 1884 party was given to Col. S. G. Whipple on the Local Brevities occasion of his visit to that city after an absence ----Mrs. E. E. Sweney has gone to Kent, Ohio, to of 20 yrs. in the public service. Col. Whipple was reside. a resident of this part of Ohio and has many --Mrs. R. L. Ganter, of Akron, is the guest of Mrs. friends and relatives in Lake Co. Guests include H. P. Sanford, State street. Mrs. E. H. Howard, the first woman that reached --Mr. C. M. Dewey and daughter, of Mayville, Humbolt Co., and Mrs. A. J. Huestis, the first Mich., are visiting friends in Lake Co. white woman that ever lived in Eureka. --Mr. A. A. Lee has disposed of his grocery stock to his father, Mr. N. L. Lee, and will retire from business. --Mrs. George E. Howe, of Meriden, Conn, is expected by her Painesville friends sometime this week. ---Inquiry is being made of the present address of Miss Mollie Pelton, who is said to have resided in Painesville in 1863. --Mrs. G. Worth Howe, of Meriden Conn., is the guest of Mrs. R. S. Wood. --A barn belonging to Oliver Jones, of Black Brook, was burned Monday afternoon. --Mr. Godley, a former resident of Painesville, died in Jackson, Michigan, penitentiary, of consumption, last Tuesday. --Mr. R. H. White, of Kingston, N.Y., was a guest for a few days of Mr. A. N. Peebles, at the Water Real Estate Transfers Works. Madison --Mr. W. W. Smith, son-in-law of O. Baker, of Walding, Richard Perry, and family have returned to the old Cady, Lorett E. homestead to stay awhile. Their presence was Saxton, H. J. made necessary by Mr. C. H. Baker leaving. Saxton, S. P. --Mr. H. Dewey, of Madison, has lately purchased Preston, M. O. a herd of imported thoroughbred Hereford LeRoy cattle. Roe, Caroline E. --Mr. & Mrs. C. H. Baker and wife started for their Prentiss, Rodney new home in Saranac Co., Kentucky, Thursday. Prentiss, R. J. Rust, Truman H. Perry Bowen, John Bowen, Andrus Painesville Park, B. B. - heirs Park, Lavancia S. Tinan, Lovern E. Rogers, Minerva

Gridley, Lucy A.

183 © J. Stebbins 2020 Oct. 23, 1884 ---Married at the residence of the bride’s th Huntoon, Tryphena C. parents, Mr. & Mrs. Hiram Mason, Oct. 14 , Mr. Malin, Ina J. G. L. Ostrander and Miss Gertie Mason. Smith, Landon --Mr. A. Ostrander, of New York, is visiting his Smith, Electa C. brother, S. Ostrander. Coe, Isaac R. Coe, Julia Willoughby Smith, Thos. --Geo. F. Law visited his parents here last week. Riker, Susan A. --John Ward, a sojourner in Mentor, goes to King, Mary J. England where he was born as there is some Dexter, Mary A. money awaiting him. Donaldson Dwight --Mr. & Mrs. E. P. Barnes, now of Cleveland, Donaldson Jr., Dwight visited friends here and in Concord. Gates, F. --A. Miller, the teacher of band music in th Amidon, A. A. Nottingham and Wickliffe, celebrated his 39 Kirtland birthday on Sat. Smith, Geo D. --Mrs. T. W. Boyce was well enough to Hayden Hurlburt C. accompany her husband on a visit to Mayfield, Beall, Hushia --W. H. Chapman came home from Washington, Randall, D. L, D.C. to vote on Tuesday. Mentor --W. H. Roberts is building a hennery 20 x 70 feet. Masury, Joseph --Mr. Fred Clark, late of this place, resides at Herrick, Myron T. Boyce City, Idaho. Parmelee, James Parmly, Richard M. Mentor Willoughby --Miss Lucy Clapp, of Detroit, is the guest of her Pelton, LaFayette J. husband’s brother, Mr. Henry Clapp. Court, Sophia C. --Mrs. S. F. King is spending a short time at her Hurlbut, Sarah A. old home in Aurora. Taylor, Peter --Miss Emily Griswold is the guest of old Mentor Colson, C. C. friends. Smith, Jennie F. -Mr. Warren Gilbert has a new apple parer that cost $40 and does everything. Mentor Headlands --Mr. & Mrs. Clark, of New York, cousins of N. C. --Miss Addie Owen has been visiting friends in Frost, are visiting her on their wedding trip. Sandusky county. --Mrs. Phoebe (King) Keyser is the guest of Mrs. Madison Burton Smith. Mrs. Keyser used to claim Mentor --The remains of Wm. Thomas, late of Madison, as her home. arrived here last Thursday. He was killed by --Mr. Sidney Justus is to be congratulated on falling down an elevator shaft in Cincinnati. having discovered a new grape. This new fruit LeRoy has been christened the Garfield grape. --Mr. John Zimmerman, who has had a long run of typhoid fever, is improving. South Madison --Mr. John Comstock, who has been very sick, is --Mr. Alanson Loveland lost a valuable cow one some better. day last week. Foul play is suspected. South Thompson --Mr. Geo. Finney has moved to Hampden.

184 © J. Stebbins 2020 Oct. 23, 1884 lived a number of years past with her daughter, --Mr. Sanford Tillotson raised 103 bushels of Mrs. Scott. She was 91 yrs. old. potatoes on one-half acre of land, also Mr. James Sidley raised over 900 bushels on less than six In Memoriam acres. Mrs. Marietta Williams, widow of the late Rev. --Miss M. A. Sidley is spending a few weeks in Ebenezer Williams died at the home of her th Sandusky and her sister, Alice is also spending a daughter, Mrs. Frank Paine, Sept. 26 . She was th few weeks in Painesville. born in Vermont on Feb. 24 , 1804. She came to --Mr. & Mrs. Switzer returned from a visit to Ohio with her father’s family in 1817 and settled Stark Co. in Rootstown, Portage Co. She was married over --Rev. Father Gocke is having the parsonage 50 yrs. She survived her husband by about 16 newly shingled and painted and Mr. S. yrs. and died at age 80 after a short illness, Morehouse is having his home newly shingled leaving three daughters. and painted. On the Death of Mrs. Sarah Slitor --Mr. H. B. Palmer raised Mr. Patrick’s new barn A poem is printed by Mrs. Mary A. Pullman, Sat. Dover, Ohio.

LeRoy Agents Wanted --Miss Lida Kewish is teaching in the Carter E. W. Coe, Burton, O., is advertising for agents to district, No. 4. sell Books and Bibles. --F. B. Bedell has commenced his school at the The Estate of Marietta Williams town line. Franklin Paine is the executor of Marietta -Mrs. E. Carter has returned to her home in Williams, dec., late of Painesville, Lake Co., O. Dakota. Pasturing for Horses --Mr. & Mrs. Ed. Nighman have a young 26 acres of fine clover pasture, living water. On daughter. Jackson street. E. Jenkins, Painesville --Mr. G. S. Ostrander and Miss Gertie Mason Raffle for a Horse were married at the home of the bride’s parents Tickets one dollar. To be had at Stanley Jones’ Wed. night. Cigar Store, of C. M. Titus, and at the Bowling --Mr. Charles Wright and Miss Junie Lace were Alley under the Cowles House. married in Painesville last Wed. --About 60 of the friends and relatives of Mr. & Oct. 30, 1884 Thursday Mrs. Joel Crofoot with well-filled baskets met at p. 1 col. 8 State and Neighborhood their new residence Thursday. --Augustus Case, age 98, Captain in 1812, died Married near Marietta last week. --Oct. 16, 1884, Mr. Edwin Mills, of Chester, --The basket factory in Garrettsville employs Geauga Co., O., to Miss Alice I. Tiffany, of sixteen hands and has been manufacturing 900 Kirtland, Lake Co., Ohio. dozen grape baskets per week for some time Died past. --Died Oct. 16th, 1884, of membranous croup, --Mrs. Ruth Tollar, age 76, a sister of Sheriff Frank C. youngest son of Mr. & Mrs. John A Sharp, of Steubenville, was burned to death Manning, age 3 yrs., 3 mos. Monday, her clothes taking fire while she was --Died Oct. 14th, at the home of her daughter, sweeping up the fireplace. Mrs. C. J. Scott, Celia Gilmore, relict of the late --Geo. Ley, an ex-policeman of Akron, suicided James Gilmore, who was one of the early settlers by shooting himself with a revolver. He was a of Burton, and had mills in that township. Mrs. soldier in the rebellion and had suffered from a Gilmore came here with him in early life. She has wound received while in the service.

185 © J. Stebbins 2020 Oct. 30, 1884 p. 2 col. 6 Sheriff’s Sale: John D. Briggs vs. N. L --A wealthy young man of Toledo, Stephen V. A. Lee. A stock of drugs and groceries and store Van Horne, was married to Miss Sallie St. John, a fixtures belonging to N. L. Lee, in the store No. 45 society favorite on Wed., and on Sat. deserted Main street, Painesville, Lake Co., will be sold. his bride and left the city. --The Burton Leader says John Hoadly has p. 3 Letters uncalled for in the Painesville P. O. as completed his 32nd year as mail carrier. Mr. of Oct. 29, 1884: Hoadly was formerly a resident of Painesville. Ladies --Geo. Beck, a farmer of Paris, Portage Co., was Carver, Ida V. Miss knocked down and robed while caring for his Howard, R. Florence horses Sat. night in his barn. He had been buying Loomis, Hattie E. cattle during the day and had considerable Lewis, Mill Ollie M. money which the robber secured. Ogden, Amy Mrs. --Joshua McClintock, of Solon, married Miss Hilliard, E. A. Mrs. Cook; his son, Romane, married a sister of his Gentlemen father’s wife; a brother of Joshua’s wife married Call L. F. Mr. Joshua’s daughter. Chagrin Falls Exponent Chadwick, G. --Fred Arnold, age 35, a resident of Cleveland, Code, John was killed at Ashtabula while attempting to jump Dickinson, S. H. on a moving freight. Ten cars passed over him Griswold, C. H. cutting off both legs and an arm. He died in an Rite, Chas. W. hour. Sisson, Frank --Chas. A. Boyd, manager of a music store in Steubenville, committed forgery to the amount Local Brevities of $500. He wrote from Washington admitting --Mrs. Lucinda Durand returned to Odin, Ill., last what he had done, that he was sailing for Thursday, Australia and hoped his victim would do nothing --Mrs. H. C. Gill, an esteemed resident of because of his invalid wife. He would settle in six Madison, died suddenly yesterday. to nine months. --The address for Mr. C. H. Baker, who recently --Mr. John Hoskins, of Pierpont, purchased a new left for the South, is Hodgenville, Larue Co., Ky. cook stove in Conneaut and took it home and set --Mrs. E. T. Frisbie has a Hubbard squash in her it up. When he built a fire, he noticed a liquid garden that weighs 68.5 lbs. substance in the fire box but thought nothing of --Mrs. Stacy, wife of Mr. A. Stacy, formerly of th it till a terrific explosion shattered the stove into Madison, this county died on the 19 inst., at her a thousand piece. Mrs. Hoskins’ clothes were home in Fairberry, Neb. torn off and she was bruised, two others in the --Mr. A. M. Wilcox, who has been in Europe room were severely injured. nearly a year traveling for his heath, will sail for st --Mr. Jas. T. Gilmore and family, of Painesville, New York, Nov. 1 , in the Umbria, of the Cunard were in Burton last week to attend the funeral of line. Mr. Gilmore’s mother. --Mr. & Mrs. D. P. Perry, of Chicago, and Mrs. --Ashtabula News Henry Phillips had lumber fall Chas. H. Ryder and children, of Hiram, are on him while working on the new infirmary stopping with J. L. Parmly, of Erie St. building at Kingsville last Thursday. One of his --Mr. F. H. Murray, of Concord, fell while lathing legs was broken in three places, and several of yesterday and plunged his hand through a his teeth were broken out. window cutting the artery to his wrist so that the services of a surgeon were required. --Mr. H. G. Huntington, carpenter, fell 15’ from a ladder yesterday. No bones were broken.

186 © J. Stebbins 2020 Oct. 30, 1884 Pope, Elmer Another Pioneer Gone Painesville Erastus Hodges, of Newbury, Geauga Co., Marshall, Albert formerly of Concord, Lake Co., died of paralysis Kelley, Caroline E. at the home of his son, Henry Hodges, of South Kirtland Newbury, on the 25th of this month. He died at Gilbert, Kate (Skinner) age 76. He was a pioneer of Lake County. Quinn, Kate Millard, John Death of an Old Resident Willoughby Mrs. Cynthia Wilcox Williams, widow of the late Edick, Cynthia Col. Henry Williams, died at the family Edick, Jerome N. B. homestead on the Park, Oct. 28th. Mrs. Williams Clark, Laura M. was born Feb. 6, 1806, and was sister of the late Crawford, Emory Judge Aaron Wilcox. She was among the early residents of Painesville, where her whole married life was passed. Mrs. Williams was the last of her own family, all having died before her, the last one, her daughter, the late Mrs. Porter, of Hartford, Conn., whose sudden death occurred a few weeks ago. Though very unwell, she made the trip to the funeral which taxed her greatly and on her return she gradually failed.

Death of Francis E. Stebbins We regret to announce the death on Sat. evening, of one of our promising young businessmen, Frank E. Stebbins, of congestion of the lungs. Mr. Stebbins for many years was subject to distressing asthmatic attacks, had Surprise Party been for many weeks losing his health. He was A very pleasant surprise housewarming party of weighed down with a burden of various 40 people occurred Oct. 22nd at the new home of responsibilities and with the care of a sick Mr. & Mrs. Eleazer Parker on the road from the mother. For several days prior to his death, Mr. depot to Mentor Plains. They were presented Stebbins was showing himself to be more than with a new set of walnut-cane-seated chairs, and usually debilitated, and while being virtually an arm chair. The house was built by Mr. Newton unable to perform his business duties, he Palmer, of Jackson street. insisted upon making daily visits to his place of Concord business. This explains the suddenness of his Our townsman, Mr. Arthur Hubbard, is death; medical aid only being called for the manufacturing a water drawer for wells and evening before his death. He leaves a young son, cisterns which I consider a great improvement age 6 yrs., a mother, and a brother, Clarence. The on anything of the kind I ever used. H. C. Nye deceased was a member of the Odd Fellows. The remains were placed in the vault. Willoughby --Emory Crawford has purchased the C. D. Clark Real Estate Transfers marble front building on Main street. Madison Pope, Matilda

187 © J. Stebbins 2020 Oct. 30, 1884 pairs of shears and scissors, lot of grindstones, --The sale of wagons by the Willoughby etc. Manufacturing Co., on Sat., was largely attended and the company sold about 50 wagons. Nov. 6, 1884 Thursday --H. T. Smith is engaged in building a new p. 1 col. 8 State and Neighborhood residence on First street. --John Carney, of Zanesville, fell down a flight of --J. T. Robinson Esq. has purchased the Judge stairs and broke his neck. Bissell place on Mentor avenue. --Frank Stowe, age 42, editor Mansfield Herald, died last week of liver complaint. Mentor --John N. Pettit, an active businessman of --Miss May Buffington and Mr. Martin Griffin, of Alliance for 40 years, died of paralysis last week. Willoughby, were married last Monday. --Thomas Saxton, age 53, for many years --Miss Addie Jordan is visiting friends in proprietor of the Canton Repository, died Saybrook. suddenly Sunday morning. --Mr. Frank Green, a former resident of Mentor, --Annie Roush, of Defiance, cut her lover’s is very low with congestion of the brain at his throat. He recovered; Annie went to the present home in Cleveland. penitentiary for two years. --Mrs. Eliza (Clapp) Glazier, of Washington, D. C., --Prof. C. A. Hebbard, of Ashtabula Co., has been with her daughter, Jessie, have been spending a appointed superintendent of the public schools, short time with Mr. & Mrs. Henry Clapp. at Roseville, Ind. --D. C. Mozier, Cashier of the Morrow County LeRoy National Bank, died very suddenly at his home in --Olney Bates has commenced hulling clover. Mt. Gilead Friday. --S. J. Potts has his new house ready to plaster. --Mrs. Jennie Winchester, of Milan, was deserted --Wm. R. Hill is making some repairs on his by her husband twelve days after their marriage, house. and while visiting a friend the other day, she shot --Mr. Chase, of North Hampton, Portage Co., is herself fatally. visiting his sister, Mrs. Stephen Nighman. --Mrs. John Wotring underwent an operation --Mr. Charles Tear and Miss Alice Green were and had a 60 lb. tumor removed last Friday. She married last week. died Sat. Kent Bulletin --Miss M. C. Whipple is visiting friends in Kent. --Ira Johnson, residing in East Conneaut, has --As Mr. Henry Olds, was returning from Chardon husked 40 bushels of ear corn from a piece of a few days ago, his horse dropped dead in the ground measuring 5 by 6 rods in size; an harness. equivalent of over 200 bushes of ears to the acre. --Mr. A. C. Phelps has returned from the New --Dr. A. H. Whiting, one of the leading physicians York State Normal school and will teach in of Stark Co., died suddenly Friday afternoon, of Footville this winter. paralysis of the heart. He was a brother of the Married late Dr. L. M. Whiting, well-known throughout Oct. 23, 1884, at the M. E. Parsonage, Mentor, Northern Ohio, who died but three months ago. O., Seymour D. Burr, of North Mentor, and Sarah --Chardon Republican: We learn that Mr. M. J. O. Potter, of Painesville, O. King has purchased the Chardon Cheese Factory. --Word was received her yesterday of the death Public Sale of Mr. John Woodard, of Wickliffe, while visiting The North American Cutlery Co. will sell to the in Pittsburgh. He was a former resident of highest bidder at its building on State street the Ashtabula, and a brother of Mr. Edgar Woodard, personal property of the company: 2,000 dozens and Mrs. Gilbert Harmon, of East Ashtabula. The

188 © J. Stebbins 2020 Nov. 6, 1884 Gaskill, Pauline Mrs. remains were brought here for interment in Grecue, Emma H. Mrs. Edgewood Cemetery. Ashtabula News George, Jane H. Mrs. --Mr. J. C. Case, of Kingsville, has left quite a Hudson, Georgia curiosity at this office. One day last week he cut Johnson, Lyubetha Mrs. open a pumpkin and found two well-developed Norris, Carrie E. Miss vines growing inside. One of them was about a Porter, Henrietta Miss foot in length and had pale green leaves at least Prichard, Katherine Miss an inch in diameter. The pumpkin was perfectly Sherman, Kittie Mrs. sound in every respect, and it seems incredible Upham, Ida Miss that a perfect vine could grow and attain a Gentlemen natural color without light or air. Ashtabula Culver, Dr. News Barber, Dwite --Chagrin Falls Exponent: “Uncle Dick” Richards Fitz, Henry carries off the banner for raising the big Keys, Anson pumpkins. He sent one to this office last week McCracken, Thos. which weighed 58 lbs. Newby, George Nolan, J. w. p. 2 cl. 5 Probate Notice Pike, David Strong, E. L. Whitehill, D. C.

Local Brevities --Miss Mary Scranton, of Brooklyn, N. Y., is the guest of her cousin, Miss Greer, Erie street. --Mr. J. A. Howells, of the Ashtabula Sentinel, is slowly recovering from typhoid fever. --Mrs. Dr. Lathrop is seriously ill. --Mrs. S. F. Clark, of Windham, Portage Co., formerly of Painesville, has gone to spend the winter with friends in Jacksonville, Florida. --Mr. & Mrs. A. Shipman, of Berlin City, Wis., have been visiting Mr. & Mrs. A. Larned, of Mentor. Mrs. Shipman, formerly Mrs. H. H.

Tucker, of Chardon, is a sister of Mr. Larned and p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as has been in Wisconsin for 23 yrs. of Nov. 5, 1884: --Mr. J. M. Hickok, while passing through the Ladies Park last Friday was suddenly taken with Andrews, Josephine Miss hemorrhage of the lungs, with which he has Boodwin, Anna Mrs. been confined to the house. His situation is Bristol, Caroline Mrs. serious but not dangerous. Doty, J. S. Mrs. --Mrs. Thomas Carter, with two daughters, who Burke, Nellie E. have been residents of Painesville for several Christy, M. A. Miss years, leaves tomorrow to return to her old Carver, Alice Miss home in England. Mrs. Carter came to this Christy, Blanch Miss country with her husband about 11 years ago. Forbes, Stella Miss Mr. Carter died two or three years since, leaving the family unprovided for, who now, by the aid

189 © J. Stebbins 2020 th Nov. 6, 1884 --Mrs. Geo. Roberts left on the 28 inst., for of kind friends return to their kindred in the old Syracuse, N. Y., to visit her daughter, Mrs. Geo. world. Webster. --Mrs. Willis Storrs and her mother, Mrs. Ogden, South Madison were thrown from their buggy when the front --Mrs. Wm. Osborn, of Iowa, is visiting friends axle broke and the horse bolted. Mrs. Ogden and relatives in this section. was badly cut behind the right ear. They are now --Mr. Levi Montgomery is on the sick list, also Mr. doing well. Henry Town; he wants to sell his farm and go west for his health. Bigler’s Mill --Miss Stella Parks has closed her school at the After lying idle so many months, Mr. S. Bigler has Gore. She is an excellent teacher. restarted the mill with new machinery which --Mrs. H. N. Griswold, quite an aged woman is on covers the four floors of the mill. It is what is the sick list. known as the “Roller Process.” --Relatives from New York are visiting at Mr. E. A. Griswold’s. Real Estate Transfers --Mr. Perkins, has moved into the house formerly Perry occupied by Orlando Warner. St. John, Charles C. Shook, Lorenzo C. Concord Painesville --Mr. Isaac Bedient was buried last Sunday at Hall, J. R. Wilson’s Corners. Brainard, Noah --Mrs. Abner Morse died Tuesday night after another stroke of paralysis. Madison --John Collister is very low, not expected to live --Mrs. David Colby and son, Lee, are spending a but a short time. few weeks in Michigan. --Mr. Fred Collister, of Cleveland, is at home for Ad- Hathaway Market, 164 St. Clair street has a short visit. fresh and salt meats for family use. --Dr. Samuel Smead has bought the house and lot formerly occupied by his mother on East Main LeRoy street and will make Madison his home in the --Mr. Ezra Graham is very low with consumption. future. --S. J. Potts has the first coat of plaster on his --Last Tuesday, Mrs. H. C. Gill died at her home house. on River street, after a brief illness. --Eugene Kellogg raised 411 bushels of potatoes --Mr. Asa Childs is at home. on two acres of land this year. --Miss Flora Morley, of Painesville, is visiting the Mentor residence of Mr. W. P. Whelpley. --Mrs. Hannah Jordon has completed her course --Oct. 27, 1884, Miss Kate Genung, of this place of study at the Medical Hospital in Buffalo, and and Mr. Harlow Ferry, of Kingsville, were married received her certificate as a nurse. She is now at the home of the bride on Middle Ridge. spending some time with her sister, Mrs. Terhand Hart, of this place. th Unionville --Mr. David Gray celebrated his 104 birthday a --The people of this place enjoyed an “Old Folks few days ago. Concert” and New England Supper. Supper --Mr. Charles Hammond and his sister are consisted of pumpkin, apple, and chicken pies, putting an upright addition to their old house. also boiled ham, cabbage, beets and everything --Mr. David Woodford has purchased the that was old-fashioned. Mentor Milk Factory, near the depot. Mr. Dan Hely will remain in charge of the factory.

190 © J. Stebbins 2020 Nov. 6, 1884 the townships of Lake and Geauga counties. On --Mr. Geo. Rose has several thousand bushels of Dec. 1, 1803 the following advertisement was corn and some other Lake Co. farmers have a big published probably in the Connecticut papers supply on hand. and the Painesville Telegraph was not in Willoughby Plains existence until 1822. --Mr. Lewis Roe has a girl this time. --Mr. R. Abbott and Mr. S. Smith while ditching on Mr. J. C. Campbell’s farm near the lake, they found teeth and parts of teeth of a mammoth. They were 4 inches square at the base and 8 or 9 inches long and weighed about 2 lbs. Willoughby --Mrs. A. R. Hurd has left Willoughby and returned to her former home. --Chas. Haggart is in town again fleshier than ever. --O. H. Roberts was in town for a few days. --Mrs. F. T. Waters, of Geneva, was in town last week. --R. Kennedy & Son have laid a flag stone walk on the north side of Spaulding street.

A Scrap of Pioneer History H. H. Hine has found among the papers of his grandfather, Capt. Abraham Skinner the following New Market Advertisement: To make it better understood, a few pioneer historical facts may be first stated. In 1798, Edward Paine Jr., afterwards, Clerk of Geauga Co. from 1806 – 1828, came to Ohio from Aurora, N. Y., and spent the winter is what is now Painesville township. He persuaded his father, Gen. Edward Paine, to move to Ohio in Feb.,1800, where they purchased 1000 acres, the north part of tract 3. Gen. Edward Pane induced his nephew, Eleazer Paine of E. Windsor, Conn., to visit the “New Connecticut” with him in Feb., 1800; and in Jan. 1801, and Feb., 1803, Eleazer Paine and Capt. Skinner purchased tract 4 of 3, 246 acres embracing what is now Fairport, Richmond and the northwest part of Painesville village. On July 10, 1800, the Western Reserve was organized into one county, called Trumbull. On Aug. 15, 1800, by order of Gov. St. Clair, at Warren, the county seat, Trumbull Co. was divided into townships, Painesville being one, In 1807, the town plat of Champion (now with territory which now constitutes several of Painesville) was laid out. The court house was in

191 © J. Stebbins 2020 Nov. 6, 1884 Prentice, of Nelson, has packed 600 bushels of Champion, but in 1811 it was moved to Chardon, apples in a cooler, where he expects them to until Lake Co. was organized in 1840. In 1817, keep until next summer. —Mrs. Eli Webb and the Town Plat of New Market was vacated, the son of Shalersville, were severely injured by a town lots soon relapsed to cow pastures. Gen. runaway. —The Evans House at Paris was Edward Paine died in Painesville in 1841, age 96 recently burned. It was built in 1830 and a new yrs. A daughter still survives him, Miss Eliza hotel will be erected in the spring. Paine, of Painesville. Capt. Edward Paine died in Chardon in 1848. Capt. Skinner died in New p. 2 col. 1—Fred Stiver, living near Leetonia, has Market in 1826, one daughter, Mrs. Nathan a strawberry patch that has yielded a second Perry, of Cleveland, is still living. Eleazer Paine crop of excellent berries. died suddenly in 1804, and his last surviving son, --William Peters, a farmer over 60 yrs. old, was Franklin Paine, died in Painesville in 1884, age choked to death with a piece of meat while 93. The entire site where New Market City stood eating dinner at a hotel in Toledo. 82 yrs. ago, is now part of the beautiful land --On election day in Cincinnati, Philip Hennessy, which surrounds the residence of Mr. H. H. Hine a young married man, was shot at the Eighteenth on the bank of the Grand River, at the North end Ward polls in the forehead and Monday died. In of State street, one mile north of the Painesville the afternoon, his wife, Nellie, age 26, killed Union Depot. Written Painesville, Nov. 3, 1884. herself by shooting through the heart.

Nov. 13, 1884 Thursday p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as of Nov. 12, 1884: p. 1 col. 8 State and Neighborhood Ladies --Augustus Adams, age 91, a pioneer of Amidon, Nellie Brecksville, died last week. Arnold., Minnie --Geo. Histe, age 80 a pioneer of Fostoria, Baker, Mina Mrs. dropped dead last Wed. Chase, Laura A. Miss --Because Mrs. Albert Royer, of Stow, would not Crane, Annie Miss mortgage her farm, her husband tried to shoot Greene, Alonzo, Mrs. her He was fined and she paid the money for his Haves, L. E. Mrs. release. Locker, B. H. Miss --The grand jury of Columbiana Co., found an Loomis, B. H. Mrs. indictment of murder in the first degree against Loomis, Hattie E. Miss George Hunter for the murder of Gertie Phillips Ryan, Annie Mrs. at Salineville some months since. Sanders, Lillie Miss --The boiler of a steam thresher on the farm of Shepherd, Lola Miss Daniel Wentz, in Jackson township, Perry Co., Shepherd, Lola Miss exploded killing David Snyder, firing the barn, Warren, Minnie Miss and consumed 3, 400 bushels of grain. Winchester, Mrs. P. --A fire in Ashtabula Wed. destroyed the grocery Gentlemen store of Richards Brothers and the saloon owned Allen, George and occupied by Charles Wiedman. Alvord, Wm. H. --I. H. Hider, Lakeville carpenter, has eloped with Brocks, James N. Mrs. John Caster, leaving behind a wife and Carlson, Jack seven children in destitute circumstances. Mr. Dorhorty, Will Castor is after them with a revolver. Hibbard, Y. M. --Portage Co.: A son of Cyrus Lewis, of Nelson, Morrison, A. J. Dr. fell from a horse and broke his arm. –Cyrus McClure, & Judd

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Nov. 13, 1884 --Mr. & Mrs. J. Willey Smith and family have gone McClure, J. W. Dr east. Mrs. Smith and children will spend the Merrill, James Mr. winter with Mr. & Mrs. H. K. Raynolds, Orange, North, Paul N. J. Pond, Norris E. --Dr. Urann and family have moved from Reynolds, A. M. Mr. Washington St. to the house on Wood St., owned Rue, Harry F. by Mrs. D. T. Casement, and formerly occupied Whitbeck, W. P. by Mr. E. G. Wetherbee. --A little son of Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Barber, age 3 Local Brevities yrs., fell into a pail of scalding water Thursday --Mr. & Mrs. Oz Mackin, of Buffalo, are visiting and was so badly scalded that he died Sat. relatives in Painesville. --The firm of House & Fisher is dissolving by --Mr. Harry W. Avery and family leave today for mutual consent, Mr. Fisher retiring to accept a Chicago where they will spend the winter. position with an Insurance Co., in Erie, Pa. Mr. --Capt. J. B. Kilbourne has so far recovered from Chas. W. Baker, for some time an employee in his illness to be able to walk up town. the office, has become associated with Mr. --Mrs. William Lockwood, of Wood St., is visiting House as partner. her daughter, Mrs. Jackson Armstrong at --Mr. David Beall, of Mentor, has just received Cincinnati. by express from Canada, a prize-winning --Lecture at the M. E. Church, Nov. 13th by Miss Berkshire male pig, six months old, weighing 225 Susan B. Anthony, lbs. It was a present from Mr. B.’s cousin, Charles --Mrs. L. Sessions Steele, gave a large reception Farr, Esq., of Petrolia, Canada. at her residence on Mentor Ave., Nov. 11th. --Mrs. O. Baker, of Perry, with her --Mrs. C. C. Pease and son have returned from granddaughter, Miss Aggie Baker, left Tuesday Northfield, Minn. and are settled in their for Larue Co., Ky., to spend the winter with her Washington St. home. son, C. H. Baker. She has a sister, and numerous --Miss Scranton, the guest of Miss Greer, of Erie relatives, in that and adjoining county of St., is from Brockport, instead of Brooklyn, N.Y. Harding. as was last week stated. --Mr. C. H. Greer, of Painesville, sailed from New th --Mr. Horace French, of Elgin, Illinois, passed York on the Servia, Nov. 5 to spend the winter through Painesville Friday over the Nickel Plate in Paris. He has been on the editorial staff of the with a car of Holstein cattle. New York Tribune for the past two months and --Mr. W. Foster, for many years a peddler of goes abroad through the influence of Mr. notions and gatherer of paper rags, died at his Whitelaw Reid. Mrs. Greer went to New York to home in this city Monday, age 74. visit with her son before his departure. --Chardon Republican: Jerome Houghton, of Painesville, recently bought 22 three-year-old steers, their average weight being 1,472 lbs. --H. H. Burrows, Esq. of Green Cove Springs, Florida, brother of Hon. J. B. Burrows, of this city, has been spending three weeks in Ohio. --Our old friend, Mr. J. F. Radcliff, now editor of the Hersey, Michigan, Outline, we are pleased to learn was elected treasurer of his county. --The M. E. Church Social of South LeRoy, will be entertained by Mrs. Henry Jepson, Nov. 14th.

193 © J. Stebbins 2020 Nov. 13, 1884 --Mr. & Mrs. O. T. Mason are visiting with Mrs. Real Estate Transfers Ingersoll, Mrs. Mason’s mother. Madison --Mr. Homer Nash, who has been visiting at the Dascomb, W. C. home of L. H. Kimball, has returned to his home Burrows, Silas N. in Elyria. Burrows, S. N. --The little daughter of Charley Allen, died last Burrows, Harriet M. Monday of diphtheria. Wade, H. C. Burnes, Fanny South Thompson Painesville --John Naughter’s little girl, who has been quite Wells, Lorain B, sick, is now considerably better. Cleveland, M. A. --Mr. T. Patrick dedicated his barn the night of Mentor the 4th. Radcliffe, Wm. --Miss Edith Tucker is spending a few days in Radcliff, Margaret Madison. Willoughby --Mr. & Mrs. M. S. Morehouse have an 8 lb. girl. Taylor, Wm. E. Jones, Wm. Painesville Pioneers One interesting item was omitted from the Mentor Pioneer article published last week. As stated, --Mrs. Chauncey Lutey, of Ashtabula, was the Capt. Edward Paine Jr., came to Painesville in guest of Mrs. Will Gulliford last week. 1798 and died at Chardon in 1848 One son, --Miss Huldah Pettingill, of Unionville spent a few Edward Paine and an only daughter, Mrs. Colbert days recently with former neighbors in Mentor. Huntington, as well as his sister, Miss Eliza Paine, --Mr. Austin Riley lost his barn by fire this are still living in Painesville. Mr. Colbert morning. Huntington was the son of Gov. Huntington, who --As Mr. Marvin Fisk was crossing the Nickel Plate came to Painesville in 1806 and died here in R. R. on his way to the home of Mrs. Kate Mozier, 1817. The son died in 1883. Another son of Gov. where he was to meet Mrs. Fisk, his buggy tipped Huntington, Julia C. Huntington, is now living in over and threw him out onto the track, just as a Ashtabula Co. freight was backing up to the depot. He was run over by 8 cars. He was 74 yrs. old and had lived many years at the Center of Mentor. Perry --Geo. G. Lapham has sold his new house and bought one in Wayland, Mich., where he expects to move. Herbert P. Haskell thinks also of moving to Michigan, --Lyman C. Manchester has rented his farm for a term of years and moved to southeastern Kansas. --A new house is nearly enclosed for L. C. Shook, just east of W. G. Waterman’s. Twentieth Anniversary Madison Last Friday evening, the friends and neighbors of --Mr. Horace R. Ensign, of Cleveland, is spending Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Titus assembled in their home a few days at home. on Mentor Headlands in honor of their 20th wedding anniversary.

194 © J. Stebbins 2020 Nov. 13, 1884 --W. A. Porter has obtained a judgment of $1,000 against the town of Courtland, Trumbull Co., for injuries received in falling on a defective sidewalk. --Two brakemen were killed in a collision on the N. Y. P. & O. near Ashland Thursday, named C. S, Au and Michael Mask, of Galion. --Wm. Moore, of Alliance, 18 yrs. od, fell from a train on Tuesday and was killed. He had only Stamberger-Kraus been railroading 4 days. A very pleasant wedding took place Nov. 5th at --Cleveland Herald: Mr. Horace P. Weddell the home of the bride’s parents Mr. & Mrs. M. married Mary Timmerman, at Meadville, Pa., last Kraus, on Mentor Headlands. Mr. James Oct. 6. Mr. Weddell’s first wife died in Europe Stamberger, of Mentor, married Miss Emma last spring, and the lady he married was his Kraus, of Mentor Headlands, formerly of housekeeper. Cleveland. Dressmaking -Mrs. E. M. Day, 221 State street, p. 2 col. 1 Samuel McKinley, a brakeman on the north wing. Nickel Plate was killed Sat. near Fostoria. Barn for Rent --Berea, Ohio, is excited over the probable A good barn, No. 8 Richmond street. Mrs. T. Elias murder of Benj. Shorten, whose dead and Attachment mangled body was found on the railroad track George N. Fletcher doing business as the Thursday night with his pockets rifled. Saginaw Bay Lumber Co. vs. S. J. Zearley and J. H. Poole, doing business as the Standard Furniture p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as Co. D. C. Hill, J. P. of Painesville township, issued of Nov. 19, 1884: an order of attachment in the above action for Ladies $250. Deiterich, Marian Miss Piano for Sale Donaldson, Hattie Mrs. Mary Harvey has a piano for sale at a low price. Dowling, Wm. Mrs. The Estate of Cynthia W. Williams Douney, Maggie Miss C. O. Child is the executor of Cynthia W. Williams, Denton, Fran Mrs. dec., late of Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio. Fuller, Geo. C. Mrs. Hulling, P. A. Mrs. Nov. 20, 1884 Thursday Loud, Emma Miss p. 1 col. 8 State and Neighborhood McMackin, Ann Mrs. --John Heeley, working in a mine near Akron, was Matdurf, Minnie Miss smothered to death by powder smoke. Phelps, Becky Mrs. --The dry goods store of David Beigh, of Findlay, Richardson, Attie Mrs. was entered Thursday night, the safe blown Smith, H. G. Mrs. open and robbed of $3,000 Walsh, Maggie Miss --James Purdy established the first newspaper in Warner, Luella Mrs. Mansfield and has voted for 18 presidents, his Worden, Z. Mrs. first vote being for Monroe in 1826. Wright, Ettie Miss ---The barn and contents of Wm. McQuillan, of Mansfield, was destroyed by fire last week. Local Brevities --Dr. T. A. McCurdy, of Wooster, has a piece of --Miss Susan B. Anthony was the guest of Mrs. J. linen that wrapped an Egyptian mummy. S. Casement at Jennings Place, last week.

195 © J. Stebbins 2020 Nov. 20, 1884 mercantile trade for 18 yrs., disposed of his --Mrs. Flora Kelley and little son of Penn Yan, N. business and engaged in stock raising in the Y., are visiting her mother, Mrs. Wakelee, on west, retiring 7 years ago from all business South St. pursuits. At the time of his death, he was Clerk of --Hon. Horace Foote, age 86, an old resident of Courts. He leaves a wife, daughter of the late Cleveland and for 20 yrs. Judge of the Common Collins Morse, a son Robert C. Moodey, now Pleas Court, died on Sunday. residing in Cleveland, and a daughter, Miss Mary --Dr. Gruel removed a fatty tumor from the C. Moodey. shoulder of Mrs. Mary Wilson, last Friday. --Mr. J. L. Frisbie and Dr. H. W. Grauel have Resolutions of Respect are printed by officers of purchased the stock of the Stebbins’ drug store, Lake County for Robert A. Moodey, Clerk of and will continue the business at the old stand Courts. on State street. --Mrs. N. S. Wheeler, who has been the guest of Ad: Roller skates at Wilson & Reed’s. Mrs. F. Rogers for a few weeks, left Friday for her Madison home in Morenci, Mich. She was accompanied --Mrs. Bigelow, of St. Paul, Minn., is spending a by Mrs. Lillie Frazer, who goes for a few weeks short time with her parents, Mr. & Mrs. G. W. visit with friends in Goshen, Indiana. Lyman --At the large party recently given by Mrs. Steele --Mrs. J. C. Boyd, of Simcoe, Ontario, is at home and her sister, Mrs. Nims, the supper was for a short visit. furnished and served by Mr. A. D. Work, caterer. -Mr. & Mrs. Elias Strong have returned from an --Mr. Charles Smart and family have recently extended visit in the East. moved from their lake shore farm to the --Mr. D. H. Roe leaves this week for Chicago, residence on Washington St., formerly owned where he will engage in the manufacture of and occupied by Captain J. T. Martin and now the cheese vats. Mr. Ralph Patrick goes with him. property of Mr. E. C. Smart. --Prof. & Mrs. Thomas, of Jefferson, spent the --Mr. Orrin Skinner had one of his legs broken Sabbath with Mr. Henry Saxton. between the knee and the hip, on Sat. He had --The wedding of Mr. Fred Cook and Miss Alice his dray loaded with a heavy piece of machinery King takes place this Wed. at the home of the when the team became frightened and started bride’s parents on Main St. suddenly throwing Mr. Skinner and the machine --Mrs. Palmer, of Illinois, a former resident of off. Madison, is visiting at the home of Mr. O. F. But One Left Loveridge. Our townsman, Mr. D. M. Eddy, is believed to be the only person in Painesville, if not in the South Thompson country, who has been continually in the same --Mrs. Vogel is still in Euclid attending to the business and the same town for over half a wants of her mother, who is dangerously ill. century. His first presidential vote was cast in --Mr. I. B. Foskett and niece and Mr. W. H. Painesville in 1832. Ramsdell, of New Ipswich, N. H., are spending a few days with Mr. Foskett’s son, Mr. J. E. Foskett. Sudden Death of a Prominent Citizen --Mr. & Mrs. M. Seggett and brother are back Robert A. Moodey died at his residence, corner from their Michigan trip. Mr. Seggett has of St. Clair and Erie street, Nov. 16th, of apoplexy commenced a four-month term of school in his of which he had an attack the previous evening. own district. He was the youngest son of the late Robert Moodey and was born in Painesville, where he Mentor Headlands has always resided, Jan. 4, 1832. He pursued the --Mr. Alfred Brooks raised over 500 bushels of corn on four acres of land this year.

196 © J. Stebbins 2020 Nov. 20, 1884 fell and cut his throat. Wife and 5 children --Mr. & Mrs. Seymour Burr, the bride and groom, destitute. are quietly keeping house on his place over at --Daniel Collins, age 23, of Medina and Fred Black Brook. Brooks, age 11, of Cleveland, were crossing the --Mr. Hugh Brooks Jr. has built a new corn house train track in Cleveland Friday with a load of sand and Edward Brooks is also building one. when they were struck by a train and killed. --Jeremiah Fritz and wife of Doylestown, Summit Married Co., were robbed Monday of $340 in gold and In Cleveland, Nov. 12, Mr. E. Kincaid Young and $300 in greenbacks. Miss Clara R. White, both of Cleveland. --Burglars broke into the house of Noah Brown, Died Apple Creek, Wayne Co., bound Mrs. Brown and --In Concord, Nov. 8th, John Collister Sr., age 83 forced Mr. Brown to go to his safe with them. A yrs. young man passing by saw through the window --In Madison, Nov. 3, 1884, of diphtheria, Gracie what was happening and fired through the Genett Allen, Eldest daughter of Mr. & Mrs. window wounding one of the burglars, who Charles Allen, age 2 yrs., 10 mos., 21 days. escaped.

Wanted – F. F. Bernard is advertising to buy a p. 2 col. 5 Lake County Common Pleas good milch cow. Painesville Cash Paid for Hickory Timber in the Log – Will pay $14 per 1,000 feet delivered at our skewer factory. Swezey & Johnson Painting - P. D. Lynch is now located in the shop formerly owned by the late Rufus Briggs and solicits orders for House and Carriage painting.

Nov. 27, 1884 Thursday p. 1 col. 8 State and Neighborhood --The Conneaut Canning Factory has put up 800,000 cans this season. --L. F. Bowman’s dry goods store in Greenville was burned Friday. --J. A. Howells and wife of the Ashtabula Sentinel have gone on a visit to Mr. Howell’s father in Virginia. --Wm. H. Wood, of Youngstown, inventor of the famous reaper and mower, died last week in Templeton, Mass. --The murder of Jeff Crowley by Geo. Brooks at Snake Hollow mine, near Nelsonville, was caused by a woman quarrel. --Will Delaney, of Warren, who tried to commit suicide by swallowing a broken tumbler, is recovering. --Jacob Moore went to an abandoned coal mine near Youngstown for fuel, when a piece of slate

197 © J. Stebbins 2020 Williams, Charley Local Brevities Nov. 27, 1884 --Congressman D. R. Paige was in the city last week for a short visit at the Paige Homestead. --Mrs. Samuel Hendrickson, of Jamaica, L. I., has been in town during the past week called here by the sickness of her mother, Mrs. Everitt. --The new skating rink was formally opened last evening. Excellent music was furnished by the LeRoy Band. --Mrs. J. W. Colgrove, of Prospect, Oneida Co., N. Y., died on the 7th inst. Mrs. Colgrove was for many years a resident of Painesville and was a sister of Mrs. Catharine Doty. --Mr. Frank Blackmore, of this city and Miss Nora V. Anderson, of Fremont, were married last Wed, in Fremont. --Mrs. H. M. Perkins, of Cleveland, died very suddenly on Nov. 14. She had been about shopping the day before and had an attack of neuralgia. She had intense pain until Friday when p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as the pain went to her heart and she died. of Nov. 26, 1884: --Mr. John Austin, of Madison, Sheriff elect of Ladies Lake Co., has taken up his abode with Sheriff Burns, Carrie Miss Barrett and will act as his deputy till the first Brown, Lydia, Miss Monday in Jan., when he will be installed as Colgrove, Emma Mrs. Sheriff. Sheriff Barrett will move into his house Fuller, George Mrs. on Mentor avenue. Griswold, Caroline Real Estate Transfers Heldon, J. M. Mrs. Concord Jerome, Mariah Harvey, Jacob Kiser, Esther L. Miss Doty, Rhoda Knapp, Hattie Miss Madison Mahoney, Ella J. Holcomb, Marcus – heirs Parmer, Minnie Miss Thompson, Isabella K. Ryan, P. J. Mrs. Silvis, I. J. Smiley, Lizzie Mrs. Sherrer, Elizabeth Tuttle, F. W. Mrs. Stocking, W. H. Lemmons Fannie Mrs. Stocking, Albert M. Wallace, Patrick, Mrs. Stocking, Mercy A. Gentlemen Perry Gary, C. E. Mr. Peterson, Cyrus Lawler, James Mr. Armstrong, Henry Miner, D. W. Mr. Brown, John Raymio, Sig Antonius Brown, John Henry Rice, Horace G. Lapham, Geo. G. Spaulding, Levi Barkalow Tool, H. Mr. Whiting, A. J.

198 © J. Stebbins 2020 Nov. 27, 1884 Common Pleas Court Whitney, Arlin A. Northard Samuel Kirk, Job B. Orton, Frederick Keener Martin Painesville Gray, Ira Streator, W. S Pryor, T. W. Fitzgerald, Michael Webster, Albyron Warren, Bishop E. Kirtland Hanscom, Lewis Harris, Riley H. Mentor Parker, Green Parker, Eleazer Green, Herbert F. Woodford, David Hammond, Mark Radcliff, Margaret Radcliff, Thomas Radcliff, Robert Green, Sarah E. Morgan, Youngs L. Willoughby Goucher, John French, Julius E. Covert, Elizabeth Moore, Orra Death of Former Resident Death of S. B. Lockwood Ex-Tax Commission David P. Hull died Nov. 20 at Lieut. Stanley B. Lockwood, who had been an his home, 601 Milwaukee street, Milwaukee, invalid for many years, died suddenly last Sunday Wis. His is survived by his wife and four sitting in his chair. He was the youngest son of daughters. Three years ago, he suffered a stroke the late Stanley Lockwood, and was born in of paralysis from which he had never recovered. Painesville, which has always been his home in Born in Painesville, O., 1817, Mr. Hull received a 1840. During the rebellion, he was with the common school education and graduated from Second Ohio Cavalry, and received the the Cincinnati Law College in 1840. He left the commission of Second Lieutenant. He also legal profession in 1842 and engaged in the real served in the 105th O.V.I. Before the close of the estate business. He came to Milwaukee in 1851. war, he received a severe sunstroke which was In 1854 and for some time he was associated in the primary cause of his long illness and final the banking business with James Kneeland. He death. He leaves a wife, a brother, Mr. John S. was in the Wisconsin assembly for one year. He Lockwood; and a sister, Mrs. Louisa Malin.

199 © J. Stebbins 2020 Nov. 27, 1884 --Miss Emma Murray spends part of was a tax commissioner of the city, retaining this Thanksgiving week in Cleveland with the family office until the resigned due to his illness. of her brother, Will. --Dr. J. P. Robinson is in poor health, as also is Grandma Garfield. The latter was much affected by the recent death of her daughter, Mrs. Larrabee, and keeps her bed at present. --Miss Emily Griswold has been visiting sisters in Madison, and expects to spend the winter in Mentor with Mrs. Warren Dickey. --Mrs. Helen Pardee, has been spending time with her mother, Mrs. Harriet Dickey. --Mrs. Fisk will keep her home near the Center and has borne the terrible affliction of her husband’s death with Christian composure. --The masquerade party given Tuesday eve by

Misses Florence Rose and Emily Corning was a Willoughby Plains great success. --Miss Sarah Richmond begins her school today. --About ten weeks ago, wedding invitations were --Miss Mary Griswold teaches on the lake shore issued to Lake Co. relatives to attend the north of Willoughby. wedding of Miss Ella Moore, only daughter of Mentor Henry C. Moore, of Oskaloosa, Iowa, with --Mrs. William Mills, with her little son, passed William M. Needham, a promising lawyer of that through here last week on her way from New city. We received in the mail, the sad intelligence York to San Francisco, intending to spend the of the death of Mr. Needham from typhoid fever winter there. after an illness of but a few days. Mr. Henry --Mr. Thomas Radcliffe is in charge of the winter Moore will be remembered as the youngest son school in the John Warren district in south of Mr. Isaac More and one of Lake County’s boys. Mentor.

--It is reported that Mr. James Robinson has Concord purchased the Bishop place in west Mentor, -- A surprise party was given to Mr. & Mrs. Sidney recently owned by Austin Blackman. Winchell on their 25th wedding anniversary. --Mr. Joseph Rudolph has gone west on business, Guests came from their own neighborhood, and Mrs. Rudolph with her children is with relatives Chardon, LeRoy and Painesville –about 130 in all. in Pittsburgh. --Mr. & Mrs. Mark Doolittle, Jr. have a son. --Mr. Robert Moffett has sold his Mentor home Willoughby to Abel Rexford and intends returning to --L. D. Burbanks has moved into his new house Cleveland. on River Street. --Mrs. Helen Pardee, of Akron, is visiting her --Rev. D. K. Flickinger is in London, Eng., and mother, Mrs. Harriet Dickey. expects to spend the winter there. --Mrs. Elizabeth Pratt is receiving a visit from her --Mr. Wilber, the watchmaker, is convalescing daughter, Mrs. Dr. Bostwick, of Saginaw, Mich. from a long illness of bronchitis. --Miss Jennie King, who has been teaching in --S. S. Ferris has returned from Michigan. Hudson, is at home for the Thanksgiving week. --Mrs. Sarah Blossom, nee Wells, is in town on a --Miss Kittie Burridge is making her home with visit to her parental home. her sister, Mrs. Dr. Hawley and attending high --John A. Dodd, of this place, died of pneumonia school in your city. on the 18th inst., age 75 yrs. He came to this

200 © J. Stebbins 2020 Nov. 27, 1884 --Mr. W. Tilley and his cousin, a Mr. Wilson, leave country from Ireland in 1841, and three years this week for Chardon, where they will attend later he settled with his family at Pleasant Valley school this winter. and put up a woolen factory taking his son, --Mrs. S. Tillotson and Mrs. J. Strong spent the Thomas, in partnership. A few years ago, they Sabbath in Cleveland. had a reverse in their business and filed --Charlie Dayton has commenced a term of bankruptcy. Thomas Dodd for the past two years school in the Garrett district. has been Township Assessor. The remains of the --Mr. Arthur Phelps, of Leroy, commences a term deceased were deposited in the Village of school in Footville this week. Cemetery. --Miss Emma Spencer is spending a few weeks --John Ward, who worked for T. W. Morley, in with her sister in Claridon. Mentor, has been raised to the command of a --Dr. N. Smith, of Kansas, is spending a few days Canal boat in England. in this vicinity. --E. W. Bond and family will observe --Mr. W. Jones, of Cleveland, spent last week Thanksgiving Day at the house of his son, Frank, with his brother-in-law, Mr. Sanford Tillotson. in DeLand, Florida. --Mr. Vogel and Mr. Wm. Cashen have been --Sat., a lad 15 yrs. old, Leon Crawford, was at the repairing their buildings. Lake hunting when he loaded his gun, using grass --Mr. T. Jackson, of Jefferson, spent a day or two for wadding. When the gun discharged, it burst, with his parents this week previous to starting shattering the boy’s left arm badly so that it will for the west, where he and a partner, Mr. H. need to be amputated near the elbow. Thurber, are to take up a soldier’s claim, and also to try their hand at selling a patent wagon wheel. Perry --Over 75 carloads of onions have been shipped Madison from Perry Station this fall. James McVitty has --Mr. & Mrs. Thomas King, of Cleveland, were in nearly 2,000 barrels stored for future shipment. town last week. --Mr. Geo. W. Orcott and Miss Stattie Thompson --Cady & McGugan, proprietors of the flouring were married last Wed. mill have dissolved partnership. Mr. McGugan --The household goods of Herbert P. Haskell goes to Rock Creek to engage in business and Mr. were forwarded last week to Ovid, Clinton Co., Cady continues the business here. Mich. Geo. G. Lapham expects to move this --The sawmill of F. E. Gill, which was burned last week to Wayland, Allegan Co., Mich. Lyman G. summer, has been rebuilt. Manchester has moved to Girard, Crawford Co., Kansas, and last week the wife and daughter of Married th L. D. Gaylord left her to join Mr. G. and his two On Nov. 20 , Mr. Chas. Watrous and Miss Lottie sons, in Beloit, Mitchell Co. Kansas. Downs, both of Chardon. South Madison Died rd --Mr. Harrison Harvey, of Modoc. Co., Cal., is --In Richmond (Painesville township), Nov. 23 , visiting relatives in this section. after an illness of 4 weeks, Mrs. Mary, widow of --Miss Lillie Phelps, of Thompson, and H. P. Gill, the late Geo. Everett, age 82. She had been a of Madison were married last Wed. resident of Richmond for more than 50 yrs. South Thompson For Sale --Miss Myrtie Sidley is very sick with cankerous Two steers and a heifer. H. Wilson, Concord sore throat. --Miss Bessie Folsom will attend school in Rock The Estate of Robert A. Moodey Creek this winter. Robert C. Moodey is the adm. of Robert A. Moodey, dec. late of Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio.

201 © J. Stebbins 2020 Nov. 27, 1884 p. 2 col. 1 The jury in the case of William Fitsimmons vs the Pennsylvania R. R. Co., on trial in Youngstown, rendered a verdict for the plaintiff of $27,359.93. --The desks of many members, when Congress convened last Monday, were ornamented with beautiful bouquets from admiring friends. p. 3 & 4 are Supplements with Political speeches, etc. p. 5 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as Dec. 4, 1884 Thursday of Dec. 3, 1884: p. 1 col. 8 State and Neighborhood --Middlefield is rejoicing over the arrival of street lamps. --Ferd Weiss, of Akron, was killed while walking on railroad track. --Charles Maus, age 85, a resident of New Lisbon, cut his throat with a pair of scissors. --Dr. Wm. M. Eames, a distinguished physician of Ashtabula, died last Tuesday. --John R. Zimmerman, of Salem, died of heart disease so quietly in bed that it did not awaken Local Brevities his wife. --Mrs. C. H. Greer has returned from her visit to --The flouring mill of J. C. Blackburn, near Brockport, N. Y. Wellsville, was destroyed by fire last Wed. --Frank Collins and family, of Painesville, have --Mrs. W. O. Pearson, wife of the rector of St. been visiting relatives in Burton. James Episcopal Church, Wooster, died suddenly --The auction sale of property on the Wm. Friday morning. She leaves three little children. Durand farm was postponed to Dec. 6th at 10 --John Ash, after an absence of 23 yrs. returned o’clock. to his home in Dayton, and surprised his mother, --Messrs. C. E. Doolittle, of Hamilton, Ontario, who had mourned over his supposed death. and H. M. Doolittle, of Cleveland, spent Sunday --Rev. D. E. Clark, son of Rev. R. Clark, of Lenox, with Painesville friends. died at Providence, R. I., last Tues. His remains --Mr. Geo. G. Lapham, of Perry, left Tuesday for were brought to Lenox and buried on Friday. Wayland, Mich., where he will live on a farm he --Jacob Sheeler, a tobacco dealer, of purchased. Middletown, suicided last week. --Mrs. Charles G. Boalt, of Washington St., --Warren Chronicle: A man by the name of Henry entertained a large party of family friends for Lowrey, a well-to-do mechanic, thinking he Thanksgiving. would do better in the west, departed for --Mrs. C. E. Doolittle and Mr. C. S. Wilcox, of Missouri, leaving his piece of real estate on Pratt Hamilton, Ontario, and Mr. A. Wilcox, of street, in Niles in charge of his friend, Thomas Cleveland, were at the family homestead Skally. Years rolled by, and after 17 yrs., it was Thanksgiving Day. believed Lowrey was dead. So, in 1871, proof --Mrs. Dr. Samuel Mathews and daughters was established in probate court and Skally entertained a small party of their young friends appointed adm. He proceeded to settle the on Thanksgiving at their State St. residence. estate by selling the real estate. The land was sold and the estate was partially settled, when after 30 yrs. Lowrey returned to claim his rights.

202 © J. Stebbins 2020 Dec. 4, 1884 Mr. & Mrs. David Burridge, on Thanksgiving Day --Mrs. B. G. Wilkerson, who has been in the evening. hospital at Cleveland for the past four months, has so far recovered her health that she left for her home in Sedalia, Missouri, today. --Mr. Harry A. Thomson reached home Sat. after 8 months in Dakota. He harvested an immense crop of grain and vegetables. --Conductor W. H. Young left Thursday for Vera Cruz, Mexico, where he expects to remain two months visiting relatives. Mr. W. G. Hawkins takes charge of Mr. Young’s train in his absence. --Richard Newton, the druggist of Cleveland, who was arrested some months ago, has been found guilty of arson of the drugstore of Campbell & Newton. Strickland and Campbell are yet to be tried for the same offense. p. 5 col. 3 --Mrs. J. W. Cook, of Perry, who has been in the South for two months past seeking health writes that the climate is delightful. Her coughing spells have stopped and her cough is pretty much gone. She is at Monteagle Springs and the sick are going there from all parts.

Hotel Change Messrs. Brennan & Gregory have disposed of their interest in the Cowles House to Mr. E. T. Booth, of the Stockwell House. Mr. D. E. Gregory will be general manager of the Cowles House. Mr. Brennan expects to spend the winter in New Orleans. Real Estate Transfers Madison Kellogg, John Murphy, B. H, Concord Vorce, David Woodworth, Lois A. Painesville Lamunyan, T. W. Little, Alvin Warner, Field D. Wilson, Z. S.

Malin-Burridge Mr. Geo. E. Malin and Miss Elizabeth M. Burridge were married at the home of the bride’s parents,

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Dec. 4, 1884 In Memoriam Mrs. Ellen M. Casterline died Nov. 28, 1884. She was born at Jefferson, married in 1860 to Mr. Z. F. Casterline, lived mostly in this place and in Meadville, Pa. She leaves two daughters and a sister, Mrs. N. O. Lee, of this city.

Willoughby --Miss Hattie Gunn is housekeeper for her father, Mr. A. W Gunn, and on Thanksgiving eve, was the recipient of a surprise party. --Charles Clark, of Cleveland, visited his parental home, the residence of Nathan Clark, for Thanksgiving dinner. --Leon Crawford, the boy whose arm was so badly injured by the bursting of a gun while hunting last week, had his hand amputated just above the wrist. It is believed his arm will have to be cut off near the shoulder. --Miss Ina Larn has become a bride. The bridegroom is unknown to us. --C. D. Tryon’s new house is nearly finished. --Deacon Barnes Davis, an old resident, on Thanksgiving died of hepatization of the lungs, age 76 yrs. He was a deacon of the Presbyterian Church for many years. --E. W. Viall, son of J. V. Viall Esq., is visiting his parents. Mr. Viall resides in Oshkosh, Wis. --Miss Emma Ellen has returned from Emporia, Kan. --Mrs. L. D. Austin has returned to Toledo. --Mr. & Mrs. J. A. Rogers, a druggist at Ashtabula, were the guests of Mr. & Mrs. R. C. Bates on Thanksgiving Day. --S. V. Harkness and friends are on the way to visit the New Orleans World Exposition. They went in Harkness’ steam yacht, Twilight, through the Ohio canal, Ohio and Mississippi rivers. They will return by way of the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean to New York, then by canal to Lake Erie and return home July 1st.

Mentor --Mr. Will Kerr was married Thursday, Nov. 27, to Miss Lean Worcester at the home of the bride’s

mother in Oberlin. Mr. & Mrs. Kerr came to their future home in Mentor, Thursday evening.

204 © J. Stebbins 2020 Dec. 4, 1884 --Mr. Herbert Harris, of Cleveland, spent --Mr. Carver, from Mitchell’s Mills, is putting up Thanksgiving at home. a very handsome residence on the Avenue --Mr. Wright Lyman, of Chicago, was visiting at opposite the old Komar place. Mr. Eugene Case the home of his father, Mr. G. W. Lyman, last has the contract for the building. week. --George Mather was badly hurt in the hand last --Dr. Saumul Smead is making extensive week by a revolver. improvements upon his house on East Main street. LeRoy --Mr. Chas. Gunther is about to open a stock of --Wm. Wright is on the sick list. confectionery at his old stand. --Stephen Nighman’s children have the --Last Friday evening Miss Lottie Hall entertined whooping cough. a large number of her friends at her home of --School started this week at the Center. Mr. West Main St. Rust, of Concord, teacher. --Dennis Sheridan has improved his house with a Mentor Headlands coat of paint. --Miss Addie Owen returned home last Wed. --Reuben Smith, of Geneva, is visiting friends in from Fremont. town. --Several scholars of our street are attending --There was a gathering of friends Thanksgiving school in Black Brook where they will remain in Day at D. A. Scribner’s. the charge of their former teacher, James --Miss Mary Davis, only remaining daughter of Hutchinson, the coming winter. Rees Davis, died of consumption last week Tues., --Mr. John Brook returned home recently from age 30. Kansas City where he has been engaged the past season making brick. He reports that his sister, Mrs. D. F. Brooks, of Kansas City, is improving in health.

Silver Wedding On the 24th inst., a pleasant company assemblerd at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Warren Brown, in Perry, to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. Mr. & Mrs. Brown were decoyed from their house and on their return, found a magnificent lamp, trimmed and burning, suspended from their parlor ceiling, while upon the center table rested a beautiful silver tea set. -- Married South Thompson --At the home of the bride’s mother, Mr. Will W. --School commences at Tillotson’s Corner Kerr, of Mentor, and Miss Leona M. Worcester, Tuesday. Mrs. M. Webb, of Trumbull, as teacher. of Oberlin, OhZo.(no date given) --Mr. & Mrs. Web have moved into part of Mr. --Thanksgiving evening, at the home of the Tom Cottom’s house for the winter. bride’s parents on Erie street, Mr. Geo. E. Maliln --Miss Tillotson, of Painesville, is spending a few and Miss Elizabeth M. Burridge, both of days at her cousin’s, Mr. J. Strong. Painesville. --Mr. & Mrs. E. W. Jackson has a baby girl and Died Eugene Skinner has a boy. --In Painesville, Nov. 28, after a long illness, Ellen Madison L., wife of Z. F. Casterline, age 50 yrs.

205 © J. Stebbins 2020 Dec. 4, 1884 --Mrs. Mahala Prentiss, age 84, died Monday at her home in LeRoy of congestion of the lungs.

For Sale or Lease p. 2 col. 4 Unionville Painesville property. I have too much land. --Fred Goddard, who was home for a short time, J. Lovett has returned to New Lyme Institute where he For Sale will graduate in June. Farm on the Middle Ridge, Perry, O. 55 acres. --Will Soper has given up his position behind the F. M. Swift, Perry, Ohio counter at Mr. Hardy’s. The Estate of Stanley B. Lockwood --Mrs. Woodworth, of Cleveland, is visitnig her M. M. Seymour is the adm. of Stanley B. sister, Mrs. Bonnelll, of this place. Lockwood, late of Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio. --We have a new landlord in town. Mr. Taylor from Rocky River has purchaed the Webster Hotel. He plans to fit it up as a grand summer Dec. 11, 1884 Thursday resort for city people. A Mr. Case, from Geneva, p. 1 col. 8 State and Neighborhood has moved into Mr. Eddy’s house. --Stanley Griffiths, who shot his father in Salem a --Dr. Tower and his new wife are getting settled year ago, pleaded guilty to manslaughter. in their plesant home,. --Wm. Miller, of Piqua, pared his finger to test his knife, and is now dying of blood poisoning. Geauga County --Ashtabula has 78 insane persons, 53 confined --Last week, James F. Ross was arrested in at Newburgh and the balance at Kingsville MIddlefied on a charge of forgery and taken to infirmary. Flint, Mich., where he formerly resided. Ross --Capt. Deneal, one of the oldest navigators of with his family came to Middlefield last May, and the lakes, died in East Toledo last week. He was he has spent his time preaching and working as born in 1794, and had sailed all over the world. a carpenter. p. 2 col 1 A statue erected to the memory of the --J. J. Rose, has been appointed Postmaster at late Henry Chisholm, of Cleveland, was unveiled Middlefield, vice Henry Thompson removed. in Lake View Cemetery Sat. in the presence of --Mrs. Knapp, of Geneva, is the guest of her 1500 Rolling Mill employees. daughter, Mrs. Dr. Bennett. P .2 col. 1 Thompson --C. C. Moseley’s fine resdience makes a good show. --Darius Murphy has built a commodious dwelling just over the line into Montville. --Parson Valentine has a boy this time. --Bessie, wife of Ralph Pomeroy, and daughter of Nelson Snedekor, age 28, died. The funeral was on Dec. 5th. She was buried in the new cemetery.

Concord --Mrs. Mahala Prentiss, widow of John Prentiss, died at her home in LeRoy, Dec. 1st, age 84 yrs. In the year 1817, when 17 yrs. old, she came from New Hampshire in a party of seventeen,

206 © J. Stebbins 2020 Dec. 11, 1884 Died including her father’s family. They arrived in In St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 29, 1884, of typhoid LeRoy Dec. 4th after a journey of 44 days. She is fever, John A. Encell, only son of Rev. John Encell, the last of the company. Eighteen years ago, she formerly of Painesville, age 26 yrs. He leaves his fell and broke her hip, from which she never parents and an only sister. His boyhood was recovered and has been confined to the house spent in Painesville, his last years in Cleveland, most of the time ever since. She could move only recenlty moved to St. Paul. His illness was about the house with crutches. She was the short and due to a violent cold. The funeral was mother of 8 children; 4 of whom are dead. held at the home of G. W. Barton, of Mentor Ave. --Kitty Lace burned herself badly while she and her sister were lifting a boiler of hot water from p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as the stove, she made a mistep and fell and the hot of Dec. 10, 1884: water spilled onto her burning her right leg Ladies badly. Burrows, C. E. Miss --Mr. & Mrs. Truman Rust have a baby girl which Curry, Ellen Miss weighs only two pounds. Carrigan, Mary Miss Jones, Maggie Miss Madison Kerby, Elizabeth Miss --Mr. Henry Walding, of Painesville, was in town Lapham, Ann Mrs. last week. Maiden, Lizzie Mrs. --Mr. & Mrs. T. Royal O’Grady and Mr. Frank McCarthy, M. A. Mrs. Collister are visiting at the home of Mr. William Morley, Alice K. Miss Collilster on River street. Murphy, Hannah Miss --A surprise party was given Miss Eva Veits at her Morgan, Kittie Miss home on the Middle Ridge last Tuesday. Price, Mary Mrs. -- A reception in the honor of the marriage of Mr. Ryan, Anne Miss & Mrs. F. W. Cook was given at the resicence of Skillthorp, H. Mrs. Mr. M. B. Cook, last Wed. Spaulding, J. T. Mrs. Thompson, M. Mrs. Willoughby Plains Valentine, L. Miss --Mr. Arthur Griswold and family are moving into Wilson, Miss Mr. Hart’s house. Gentlemen --The Farmers’ Club met at the house of Mr. & Cawley, Doninick Mrs. G. C. Newton to celebrate their 30th Clapp, Charlet wedding anniversary on Dec. 3rd. Sixty people sat Decker, Mark down for dinner. Mr. & Mrs. B. S. Upham, of Ely, Charley Kirtland, met with the Club and stayed overnight, Husselton, Geo. W, also Mr. & Mrs. Gardner, of Nottingham. Hill, Samuel Harwick, Jay LeRoy Joles, N. --Mr. Alton Williams and Miss Freelove Greene Manley, Everet were married Thanksgiving Day. Meiner, D W. --Wm. Davies, eldest son of Rees Davies, and Spaulding, W. J. Miss Annie Davies, of Painesville, were married Turner, Eugene last week Wed. Woolf, J. Alex --Dell Williams and family, of Mich., are visiting West, A. L. relatives in town.

207 © J. Stebbins 2020 Dec. 11, 1884 --H. D. Hunt, of Warren; Clinton Coolman, of Local Brevities Ravenna; Ralph K. Paige, of Painesville; and --Miss Helen Ford, of Burton, has been visiting David Page, of Akron; have made arrangements Painesville friends. for a trip to Washington next March. --Mr. H. Bliss Steele is visiting his paretns, Mr. & --Mr. Geo. E. Kile, has accepted a position, which Mrs. H. Steele. necessitates his moving from Painesville, so he is --Capt. & Mrs. J. F. Green, of Cleveland, were in selling out his large stock of boots and shoes. town over the Sabbath. --The new Excelsior Roller Skating rink, on St. --Mr. & Mrs. J. J. Wilson have gone to Clair St., of Messrs, McClure Bros. & Judd, McLeansborough, Ill., to spend the winter. opened a few days ago and is a grand success. -Mr. J. N. Downer left Tuesday for the east to visit his sons. A Voter for Sixty-Four Years --Mr. D. L. Pope, of Welshfield, had a struggle Mr. Eber D. Howe, who founded the Painesville with an elk the other day and was severely Telegraph in 1822, has voted at 17 Presidential injured. elections. --Mr. & Mrs. Isaac H. Reynolds, of Cleveland, are Common Pleas Court the guests of Mr. & Mrs. W. A. Coleman, of Erie street. --Mr. James Shelby, who left for the west in company with Mr. J. L. Parmly, was at last accounts in Colorado. --Mr. & Mrs. D. Conley, of St. Clair street, left town on Monday to visit friends in Minnesota. --Oil has been struck on the Pierce farm, four miles from Warren. --The first accident of the new skating rink happeded Sat. when Mr. S. K. Stage fractured one of his arms. --The Painesville Band is playing at the new skating rink about three nights a weeks. --There will be an oyster supper at the residence of James Doty, (Hiram Whitney Hotel) in Mentor, on Dec. 18th. --Mr. J. L. Parmly is now in Los Angeles and will be there for some time. --Col. David Russell, who has been spending the past season with friends in the west, is again in his rooms at the Cowles House. --The death of Mr. John Bowhall occurred last Thursday, age 86. Mr. Bowhall was a resident of Painesville for many years.

208 © J. Stebbins 2020 Dec. 11, 1884 over the waywardness of a son, son-in-law, and Married daughter, who were leading dissipated lives. At the home of the bride on Jackson street, Dec. --Mrs. James Patterson, of Millersburgh, was 3, 1884, Will R. Davies, of LeRoy an Annie, bitten by a rattlesnake 30 yrs. ago and has on the daughter, of Mr. & Mrs. D. T. Davies. anniversary of the bite, felt the effects of it. She is now in a dying condition. She is the mother of For Sale 23 children. A large fine wool buck for Sale. H. M. Manchester --H. W. Murray, of Auburn, Geauga Co., died of Land for Sale Bright’s disease Wed. of last week. He was shot From five to fifty acres land in Concord, well- at the battle of Gettysburgh, the ball entering -- watered and well-timbered. Wm. Huntoon, the left eye, leaving him totally blind. Concord, Ohio. --Ashtabula Telegraph: John Andrews, a Probate Notice carpenter, fractured his leg in a fall from Franklin’s house last Tuesday……B. M. Blood, of Kingsville, returned Tuesday from hunting in Pennsylvania.

p. 2 col. 3 Mary E. Howe writes a letter to the Telegraph from Table Rock, Neb., Dec. 8, 1884. She mentions her nephew, Dr. H. S. Pepoon, who is a homeopathic physican, now practicing in Lewiston, Fulton. Co., Ill. His brother, Will A. Pepoon, is engaged in the stock business in Nebraska and Dakota. Eddie Howe is a

sophomore at the Nebraska State University,

standing high in all his classes. Dec. 18, 1884 Thursday Concord Center p. 1 col. 8 State and Neighborhood To Miss Anna Corlett was awarded the prize for --Wm. E. Green, treasurer of Sandusky Co., has the best recitation, to Fred King the prize for the been declared insane and taken to the Asylum at best declamation, and to Miss Frankie French Columbus. was awarded the school prize. The following --Capt. Josiah Barber, a prominent citizen of ladies and gentlemen took part in the contest: Cleveland, died suddenly of dropsy last week. He Haskell, Martha was 59 yrs. of age. Murray, Nellie, --Luth Cathlin, over 100 yrs. old, cast his 20th Leutey, Jennie Presidential ballot at Montrose, Pa. Murray, Ellen --David Myers, a prominent businessman of Morse, Emma Dayton, suicided last week due to melancholy. Manly, Nevetta --James Hunter, the first male child born in Merrill, Correll Steubenville, died at Ashland Thursday. He was Fitch, Edwin born Sept. 18, 1798. Morse, Horace --The hay packing establishment of J. T. Evans Rogers, Edward, burned in Delaware, Ohio. Bond, Philo --The only sister of Mr. John Gould, of Aurora, Tuttle, Roy agricultural editor of the Cleveland Herald, was Murray, George married last week to Mr. Wm. Smith, of Kent. --James Shuratte, a prominent citizen of Urbana, committed suicide last week. The cause was grief

209 © J. Stebbins 2020 Dec. 18, 1884 Turner, L. Mrs. More from New Market Sawyer, Nina Miss Mr. Homer Hine has found more historical items Taylor, May Miss about the town of New Market and a Town Platt Gentlemen by A. Tappah dated at Harperstown, Dec. 16, Dickerson & Co., F. B. 1803. He also found the original map of Hunter, Hernry Champion (now Painesville), by A. Tappan, 1805. Milton, J. G. He found an interesting little account book Miller, Doragan which belonged to James Keeny which he Malo, Will originally bought from Abram Skinner Jr. in Palmer, Willard which he lists items that he has given to each of Ray, Fred his daughters: Phebe, Jemima, and Rebecca. Rider, H. J. Entries in the book made by Capt. Skinner have Shephad, Eugene the first one dated Aug. 12, 1796, and the last Wallace, Michael one dated April 11, 1824. Local Brevities Oyster Supper --Mrs. Samuel Curtiss of Fargo, Dakota, is visiting An oyster supper will be given at the residence Painesville friends. of Arthur Hubbard and the proceeds applied to --Mr. Frank H. Briggs, of Kenyon College is home the payment of the organ. for the holidays. --Mrs. H. W. Payne is home from a 5 week visit Ad: Christmas and Crockery, China and to friends in Iowa. Glassware. L. A. Trumbull --Mrs. Helen F. Palmer is spending a few days at the Palmer homestead, corner of State and Erie Ad: Barnes & Searl, 76 Main Street. The place to streets. buy your drugs and groceries. --Mrs. Boardman Lane, of Waterloo, N. Y., will be staying some weeks and visiting. Open Letter --Mrs. Lamar Loveland, Madison, committed A. P. Baldwin expects to retire from the jewelry suicide Sat. by hanging herself to a stick placed business. He will sell out the remainer of his over her bedroom door. Cause, poor health. stock at public auction on Dec. 11th. --Mr. E. D. Barber, formerly of this county, now of Wahpeton, Dakota, in a letter dated Dec. 13, p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O as 1884, says “we have had no cold weather yet this of Dec. 17, 1884: winter.” Ladies --Miss Helen Ford, of Burton, is the guest of her Brennan, Ettie Miss cousin, Mrs. Hugh Sanford, Burke, Nellie E. Miss --Manager Reynolds of the Valley Road has Bush, H. W. Mrs. issued an edict that no more shopping Barnum, Jennie Mrs. excursions will be run over the Valley. Now let Curry, Ellen Miss the Lake Shore and Nickel Plate managers follow Corlett, Alice M. suit and protect the businessmen of the towns Cannan, Emma Miss along the lines of their roads. Fairon, Louise, Miss --Dr. Eben J. Cutler, of Cleveland, and Miss Edna Foote, Little Miss M. Stratton, of Madison, were married, Dec. th Homar, May Miss 11 , 1884. Miss Stratton has been a great Harris, Millie Miss favorite in Painesville society. Nixon, William Mrs.

210 © J. Stebbins 2020 Dec. 18, 1884 --Burleigh Brown broke his wrist while playing Dwelling Burned “hide and seek.” Judge Bissel’s house on Mentor Ave. was burned --The Disciple Church of this place resolved to by an incendiary on Tuesday night. The property have no more Church Social. was owned by Mr. Ed. L. Page, of Cleveland, and was occupied by Mrs. Kendrick and daughter, Mentor who were absent at the time of the fire. --Miss Mary Tarball, of Madison, is the guest of Mrs. E. T. C. Alfrich for a short time. --Mr. Frank Griswold has accepted a postion as --Frank Corning and Dan Haddan have opened a civil enginer on a new road projected in the meat market in the old Loomis store and fresh Argentine Republic. beef can be bought of them all winter. --Mrs. Gordon Gray, of Fargo, Dakota, has been What a Painesville Boy is Doing the guest of her cousins, Prof. & Mrs. J. D. Luse, From the Coffeyville, Kansas, Journal, about during the past week. She used to live in Eugene Osborn (son of Hon. S. S. Osborne): Painesville. Anyone desiring to see some of the finest short --Mr. Joseph Rudolph declares his intention of horn stock should visit the farm of our forming a home in Mississippi where he is at enterprising townsman, Maj. E. A. Osborn, which present on business. joins the city limits on the north and west. --Mr. Edmund Johnson and family have gone to Probably no man has done more to build up the Florida for the winter as has been their custom town than he has. He has a number of fine farms for several winters past. in this vicinity. LeRoy Voted in Madison Sixty-Eight Years --The many friends of Mrs. Carrie Ostrander, nee E. M. Bissell writes that his father, Edward Markell, will be glad to learn that she is Bissell, has done better than Mr. Howe. He has recovering after a long and severe run of typhoid voted at 18 Presidential elections. Madison fever. --The saw mill known as the A. J. Warner Mill, Geauga County now owned by Horace Steele has been rented --Thomas Dow, age 73, and his brother Burton, for a term of years by I. Phelps, Esq, who has put age 88, of Claridon, were robbed Tuesday up a new dam besides other repairs. evening by four masked men. Earlier in the Madison evening, a valuable horse, buggy and harness --Mr. Francis Hendry left last Tuesday for had been stolen from Luther Griffin, in Michigan to secure orders for the Wheel Hambden, probably the same parties. Company. --Burr Canfield and wife celebrated their golden --Mrs. A. P. Teachout left last Wed., for a few wedding anniversary on Sat. weeks’ visit in New York City. --Jacob Hollis, who is about 80 years of age, had --Last Wed. morning, at the home of Mr. Samuel several ribs broken the other day by his horse Stratton, Miss Edna Stratton married Dr. Eben J. running away. Cutler, of Cleveland. They took the train for --C. M. Hays, now of Detroit, was in town last Washington, D. C. week. Concord --T. E. Hopewell, of the firm of Hubbard & Willoughby Hopewell, proprietors of the chair factory, had --Lon Crawford, the boy who was injured by the his shirt caught on the boring machine last week bursting of his gun, is getting well. and a hole bored into his right arm pentrating to a depth of about 3 inches in a diagonal direction.

211 © J. Stebbins 2020 Dec. 18, 1884 Mentor Headlands p. 2 col. 1 The Washington Monument is to be st --The sailors that have arrived home recently are dedicated on Feb. 21 . Capt. D. R. Ingraham, Capt. A. Snell, George --Wm. Ayers, age 80, one of the oldet settlers of Graham and Henry Ingraham. Bryan, died suddenly Thursday. --Dec. 10, there was a wedding at the home of --The Lapeer Co., Michigan, poor house was th Mr. & Mrs. James Parker, over at the Brook. Their burned on the night of the 18 . daughter, Ann, married Mr. Charles Tear, of --John Niles, of Salineville, was found frozen to North Mentor. The center of attraction was the death near his home after an evening spree. bride herself, who by her ever friendly, modest --The present White House Coachman, Mr. and unassuming bearing, has won for herself the Albert Hawkins, who has held the position since admiration of all who know her. From what we the inauguration of Gen. Grant, has been re- personally know of Mr. Tear, we are assued that engaged by President elect Cleveland. his wife’s future welfare will rest safely --Mary Noles, of Wadsworth, while walking on entrusted to his care. the railroad track was killed. She leaves an Card of Thanks husband and seven children. Will and Elgia Post print a card of thanks to the friends who so kindly assisted them in their great p. 3 Letters uncalled for at the Painesville P. O. as sorrow. of Dec. 24, 1884: Married Ladies --At the bride’s home, Dec. 11, 1884, Dr. Eben J. Baker, E. A. Mrs. Cutler, of Cleveland, and Miss Edna M. Stratton, Belden, Leona of Madison. Culver, Henry Mrs. --Dec. 10, 1884, at the home of the bride’s Calwell, Eino Mrs. parents, Charlie M. Tear and Ann M. Parker, both Crow, Jane E. of North Madison. Frink, Frank Mrs. Died Fenton, Stella --Dec. 7, 1884, of membranous croup, Dottie, Fenton, Flora E. little daughter of Will F. and Elgia Post, age 2 yrs., French, H. Mrs. 2 mos., and 5 days. Hale, F. Miss Kane, Alice C. Mrs. Lawson, Wm. P. Mrs. Dec. 25, 1884 Thursday Mellott, Alice Miss p. 1 col. 8 State and Neighborhood Laphan, Henry Mrs. --There is to be a fox chase in Warren on New Morgan, Mary Miss Year’s Day. Miller, Mary Mrs. --It is reported that the hair of Isaac Taylor, of Potter, Sallie O. Miss Rainsboro, suddenly turned from grey to red. Scott, Lina B. --Abel D. Miller, of Bristol, has sued Dr. A. J. Seeley, Sarah Mrs. Brockett, of the same place, for lack of diligence, Thayer, Sarah Mrs. care and skill in treating his hip during the winter Wilson, Etti M. of 1872. He claims he has been made a cripple Wilcox, A. T. Mrs. for life and asks $10,000 damages. Gentlemen --Ashtabula Telegraph During these dull times, it Andrews. Frank M. is a pleasure to know of a company rushed with Braden, Wm. orders. The Carriage Bow Works are at present Brown, Ira four months behind in orders and the Garrett, Relen establishment is in full operation 15 hrs. per day.

212 © J. Stebbins 2020 Dec. 25, 1884 --The funeral of Perry Harrington, of Geneva, Harris, Alfred who was so brutally murdered last Wed., was Hodges, L. H. largely attended Sunday. Mrs. Harrington due to Kingston, Paul the shock was not able to attend her husband’s Mayer, W. W. funeral. Dr. Palmer removed two bullets from Park F. F. the body. Howells, J. --Congressman D. R. Paige, of Akron, married nd Sullivan, Tim B. Miss Eva B. Leek, of Cleveland, Dec. 22 . The Spieg, L. Mr. wedding took place at the home of the bride, 981 Tillinghast, F. L Euclid Ave. Mr. Paige is a frequent visitor at the Warren, Martin Paige homestead in Cleveland. The couple left the same moring for Washington, D. C. Local Brevities --W. W. Branch Jr., Esq. has decided to locate in --Miss Alice Barnes, of Hiram College, is home Charleston, West Virginia, and engage in the spending the holidays. lumber business. He has machinery already on --Miss Mitchelson, of Tariffville, Conn., is the the ground and his brother is in charge. guest of Mrs. J. L. Frisbie, of St. Clair street. A Beautiful Picture --James Shook, a Lake Shore brakeman, fell Mr. P. Kleeberger has just finished one of the under the cars near Toledo Sunday and was finest life size crayon portraits we have ever killed. seen, of the late Mrs. I. W. Hathaway, of --Mrs. Daniel Warner and little grandson have Chardon. returned from Kimball, Dakota, to spend the Common Pleas Court winter at the old homestead. --Case of Ohio against James McCrone was found --B. F. Caswell, a young man of Geneva, has guilty of manslaughter. pleaded guilty to sending unlawful matter --State vs George Green for robbing, jury trial, through th emails and was fined $500 and costs, verdict, not guilty. which his father paid. --Frank Woodworth, of Madison, age 17, who Real Estate Transfers has been serving a term in the Cleveland work Madison house, has been declared insane and taken to Webster, Susan the asylum at Newburgh. Taylor, Harriet E. --The fifth wedding anniversary of Mr. & Mrs. I. Center Susan B. S. Sawdey, of North Madison, occurred last week Hutchinson, C. G. Tuesday. Burns, Fanny --Mr. B. S. Upham and daughter, Mrs. Louise Burns, Gilbert Carpenter, of Kirtland, left Tuesday for Frank Jr., Henry Georgetown, Madison Co., N. Y., to visit the only Buell, B. G. brother of Mr. Upham. Lapham, Alonzo LeRoy Hill, Lillis J. Satafford, B. L Ray, ,David H. Radcliffe, C. T. Jepson, S. H. Perry Lockwood, Clestia -- Lockwood, Garrett E Whiting Arline A.

213 © J. Stebbins 2020 Dec. 25, 1884 Hodgson, David. Whiting, Andrew J. Ackey, C. C. Painesville Cottrell, Ann M. Pratt, Benj. F. Clement, G. W. Pratt, Robert Hanson, Wm. Eddy, Rebecca H. Lyman, Pluma E. Receiving New Years Gore, Cheser, L. The following ladies will be receiving at the Pepoon Augustus Temperance Room on New Years Day. All Rogers, Cornelia M. gentlemen, young and old are invited to call Hawley, Emma B. upon them. They will find bright smiles and well- Gibbs, Sarah filled tables. Reception from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Imberry, Herman Murray John H. Briton, John H. Johnson, Catharine A. Hayward, Nancy M. Chapman, Ann M. Patrerson, Louvilla F. Morgan, Catharine Inersoll, Wm. Nichols, Alonzo Ingersoll, Charlotte J. Kirtland Sperry Jr., Daniel S. Sperry, Mary A. Brown, Marcellus A. Erwin, John Mentor Bissell, Cynthia D. Robinson, John P. Robinson, James T. Megley, Wm. Rider, Zera Lamb, Betsey E. Lambe, Bertha E. Lamb, Della D. Warren, John Warren, Benjamin P. Willoughby Wilber, J. H. Gibbons, Frank Wilber, Susan Ferguson, A. D. Ferguson, H. L. Harrison, James Dickey, Harriet M.

214 © J. Stebbins 2020 Dec. 25, 1884 Chas. H. Beardslee, of Cleveland. In 186l, to Miss Geneva – Terrible Tragedy Clementine M. Carrier, of Enfield, N. H., who A man entered the home of Mr. & Mrs. Perry with three sons, survives him. Harrington last Wed. evening with a Mentor handkerchief tied over his face. He had a --Clark Hendryx returned from Hiram College last revolver and demanded their money. They week and our Oberlin students Misses Fannie complied. While Mr. Harrington was in the next and Lillias Morley and Nettie Munson together room getting the money, Mrs. H told the robber with T. D. Morley and Edward Munson are she recognized him as Mr. Lewis Webster, who expected home this week for vacation. threshed for them last fall. He shot her, both --Mr. & Mrs. Will Hopkins spent a portion of last bullets hitting her arm. He then shot Mr. H. week in LeRoy with relatives. putting a bullet in his back and in his head. Mrs. --Mr. George Daniels was married a few days ago H. managed to crawl away and found people to a New Mexico lady. Mr. Daniels is one of our returning from the spelling school. Mr. Mentor boys, who went west several years ago, Harrington was 51 yrs. old and leaves a family of and has located in Sirocco, New Mexico. children, six who live at home, but were away on --Perry Worcester spent last week with his the night of the robbery. parents in Oberlin. --Rev. C. R. Richmond died last Friday after an illness of several weeks. Willoughby --A cooper shop just north of the town, --Alfred Rutland, whose foot was run over by the belonging to Mr. A. Berndroth, was burned down cars of the Nickel Plate Railway, died last week last Wed. from the injuries, age 26 yrs. He was the son of Concord A. F. Rutland, of this village. --Rev. Martin Briggs, of Almeda, Cal., formerly a --Miss Penny, of Norwalk, O., is visiting the family Concord boy, preached at the M. E. Church last of Rev. F. M. Hall. Sunday. --Mr. & Mrs. Brindle went to Batavia, Mich., last --Fred Austin is visiting the family of his uncle, week to attend the funeral of her mother. Mr. George Clapp. --Mrs. G. W. Clement entertained Mr. & Mrs. --Mrs. Truman Rust’s baby died Sunday night. Munson, Mr. & Mrs. Sawyer, Mr. & Mrs. Johnson, and Mr. & Mrs. Parmelee, all of Death of Dr. Beardslee Mentor, Friday evening. Dr. Henry C. Beardslee died at his home on Erie --Edward Gibbons was in town on a visit to his street after a long illness, Dec. 20th, age 77 yrs. father and mother last week. His funeral address is printed. He was born into --Miss Jennie Rutland, a sister of the late Alfred a physician’s house in 1807. He graduated from Rutland, deceased, is very sick. Yale College in 1826 along with such men as Judge Hitchcock and Prof. Cowles, of Oberlin; South Thompson Prof. Barrows, of Oberlin; Pres. Sturtevant, of --Mr. Enos Warner’s family have over 1,000 Illinois College, and Elizur Wright, the first pounds of dried apples. authority in the country on life insurance --While Mr. Vogle was on a trip to Cleveland a statistics. In 1829, he had his medical diploma. few days ago, someone took a grist of 10 bushels His location in Montville, Conn., gave him long of oats and six of corn from the mill, belonging to rides and a wide circuit. In May, 1845, he came Mrs. Ann Sidley. At last report it had not been to Painesville. Dr. Beardslee was married twice: found. In 1833 to Miss Harriet Hawley, of Monroe, --Miss Julia Burke, of Cleveland, and Miss Mary J. Conn.; of their 5 children, two remain, Mrs. Sidley, of Painesville, are home for the holidays. Maria H. Prescott, of Jamaica Plains, Mass., and

215 © J. Stebbins 2020 Dec. 25, 1884 Unionville --Mrs. Leonard, of Austinburg, has returned --Miss Mate Hoag, who is attending school at the home after spending a few weeks with her Ladies’ Seminary in Painesville, is home for a daughter, Mrs. Frank Nye. vacation. --Rumor says that Mr. Tom Carraher, of --Mrs. Hiram Saxton, who has been sick for some Nebraska, formerly of this place, has disposed of time, is improving. his interest in the mercantile business he was --Rev. & Mrs. Bonnell anticipate spending engaged in at Madison, Neb. Christmas at Mr. Bonnell’s parents’ home in --The relatives and friends of Mrs. Sanford Cleveland. Tillotson surprised her last Thursday, on her birthday, by coming with baskets of provisions Married (heading is printed as “Died”) rd and presents. Dec. 23 , Mr. John W. Webster and Miss Hattie --Mr. William Jackson, one of our oldest pioneers L. Talmadge, both of Painesville. and now nearly 81 yrs. of age, has taken a job with Mr. A. Burroughs to chop logs and clear ten End of Year 1884 acres of land, and fit it for wheat next fall. He has always been a hardworking man and brought up a large family of children. --Mr. Tom Cottom and several relatives and friends attended the funeral of Mr. C’s sister, Mrs. Sarah Pease, of Chardon, but formerly of this place. She was the 4th one of 14 children to die and meet her parents on the further shore.

LeRoy --A 7-month-old Durham calf owned by O. W. Basquin, bought from the stock of Joseph Woods, of Madison, weighs, 608 lbs. --Mrs. William Tear, whose health has been poor for some time, is slowly improving. --Mrs. Austin Bates is staying with her daughter, Mrs. E. A. Wheeler, of Painesville, who is very sick. --Mr. Philips, of Painesville, has purchased and lately moved onto the place in LeRoy formerly owned by M. W. Foshay.

Madison --Mr. Herbert Harris, of Cleveland, was in town last week. --Mr. Robert Gill, who is studying at Denison University, is stopping with his brother, the editor of the Index, a few days on his way home. --Mrs. Albert Pancost, of Cleveland, is visiting with her parents, Mr. & Mrs. R. Freeman. --Miss Stella Hammond is visiting her parents, Mr. & Mrs. William Hammond.

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