The Rochester Sentinel 1879 Published every Saturday by BITTERS & DANIELS Saturday, January 4, 1879 LOCAL and MISCELLANEOUS Mrs. G. I. MILLER is occupying her new millinery room. Wm. NEWCOMB again owns a farm in Richland Township, having recently purchased the HOLMAN place for $4,500. Frank ZARTMAN, Harry ARMANTROUT and their country cousins from Denver, attended the Rip Van Winkle show Monday night. Adam AULT and John CATES will start for Texas next Monday, to view the country and prospect generally. The mercantile and professional business of our place is represented at present by A. STRONG & SON, dry goods, groceries and hardware; C. H. BERRY, dry goods and groceries; Milo BRIGHT, drugs and books; A. ONSTOTT, tinware; F. DILLON, carriage and wagon maker and general blacksmithing; A. A. GAST and VALENTINE & STARR, boots and shoes; A. STANTON, chairs; O. CRONWELL, furniture; Dr. A. JOHNSTON, and Dr. C. F. HARTER, physicians; Mrs. H. VALENTINE, milliner; . Our village is surrounded by well-cultivated and high-productive farms, owned, controlled and tilled by an industrious and intelligent class of farmers. Among the older, most successful and substantial I would name D. WHITTENBERGER, J. H. DAY, J. N. ROBINSON, J. BRIGHT, T. J. McCLANAHAN, H. W. BALL, H. BLACK, E. STRONG, Dan. DANIELS, J. A. BOWER, S. TOWNSEND, Wm. BITTERS, J. E. SLAYBAUGH, I. PONTIOUS, P. RADER, J. HOFFMAN, S. MILLER, J. WHITTENBERGER, Wm. WHITTENBERGER, Jr., A. CURTIS, A. GRINDLE, H. PRESSNALL, H. BRYANT, Wm. BRIGHT, M. RICHARDSON, Wm. THOMPSON, M. MIDDLETON. And now occurs to my mind the names of several who were once citizens of our place and vicinity, but have sought other homes. There is J. J. STRONG, Talladego, Ala.; A. B. BALL, Warsaw, Ind.; G. W. BALL, Red Cloud, Neb.; I. ADAMSON, Oswego, Kan.; S. H. HOOD, Osage, Kan.; W. T. CUTSHALL, Huntington, Ind. --Akron correspondent to the Northern Indianian. The severe cold weather has interfered with the regular running of many roads, but our I. P. & C. has been on time every day. The worst difficulty experienced on this road is the freezing up of the water tanks. BOOK STORE BUILDING BURNED “The corner book store,” occupied by RANNELLS & PLANK, and owned by Mrs. MANN, is no more. Last Sunday afternoon while Ed. CHINN, Robert KEITH and Charley PLANK were in the room they accidently discovered the building to be on fire. By hard work and plenty of nerve, Chris. HOOVER and his followers adjusted some carpets over the south end of Mrs. MANN’s residence, and managed to save it. The book store was quickly rushed into the street by the excited crowd, and most of it safely removed to the corner room in the old Continental building. The building was insured for all it was worth, and . stock belonging to RANNELLS & PLANK is also well insured . removed to the room formerly occupied by Mrs. G. I. MILLER. DIED - One after another the old pioneer citizens of this county are passing away. This week we chronicle the death of James H. McQUERN which took place at his residence, five miles southeast of Rochester, on Monday morning. The deceased was a native of South Carolina and became a citizen of this county as early as 1840. He has been for many years a devout member of the Presbyterian church, and a very good citizen. His remains were laid to rest in the Hoover grave yard on the last day of the year, the burial services being conducted by Rev. N. L. LORD, assisted by Rev. A. M. WORK. Mr. McQuern had attained his 63d year. -Mrs. [Rachel] ADAMSON, an aged and respected lady at Akron, died at her home one day last week. She was generally known as “Grandma” ADAMSON.1 LOCAL and MISCELLANEOUS The busiest place in town is at Frank ERNSPERGER’s new store. He has moved his entire stock of dry goods, boots, shoes, carpets, groceries and everything that was in the mammoth church store, to the room second door north of the bank, formerly occupied by ERNSPERGER & JACKSON. A few cases of scarlet fever in town. The worst case is that of a child of Marshal REID. Charley BEERY and lady of Akron attended Mr. and Mrs. Chas. JACKSON’s silver wedding Monday night. William CARTER, the ice man, has recovered from his severe illness so as to be able to be about again. John G. STRADLEY, of Iowa, formerly of this place, was recently married to a charming lady “out west.” . The masquerade ball, given under the auspices of the orchestra, at OPERA HALL New Year’s eve, was largely attended, and enjoyed by many spectators as well as the dancers. A wholesale liquor store is now doing business in this place. Fred BOSENBERG is the proprietor, and he keeps his stock in the corner room of the Cornelius building. LINCOLN BRIEFS by WARD “Mother earth is wrapped in her snowy robes of white.” . But we have other proofs that winter has fairly commenced, viz: so many young men filling the vacant side of their bed with what they please to term warmers. For instance, W. H. DAY, on Christmas eve took in a warmer, Miss Julia SUTTON, daughter of Dr. E. H. SUTTON. 1 See Jean C. & Wendell C. Tombaugh, Fulton County Indiana Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. 1, p. 390: Rachel ADAMSON, wife of Moses ADAMSON, died Dec. 27, 1878, ae 66y-12d. At the Evangelical Parsonage, Rochester, Ind., January 1st, 1879, by D. J. PONTIUS, Mr. William J. GREEN and Elizabeth LIPART, both of this county . DELINQUENT TAX LIST (Wayne Township) Is’h BALL & Jn CARROLL, James W. BEATTIE, Henry W. BAILEY, Wm. H. BAILEY, Jacob BOYER, Michael CANFIEL, Nelson CADWALLADER, Joseph CUNNINGHAM, Mary E. CLARK et al, John DEMPSEY, John FITZGERALD, James GILL, Thomas HARRIGAN, Patrick I. HARRIGAN, Lewis KISTLER, L. C. KISTLER, John F. KLECKNER, Alonzo KISTLER, S. LOOFBOROUGH, Wm. H. LAMBERT, Edgar S. LONG, Christian LONG, William H. MILLER, Francis T. McLOCHLIN, Daniel H. RUSH, Thomas M. REED, John SMITH, James SEARCH Est., Alexander STEWART, M. A. TEEGARDEN et al, James H. WALTERS. (Union Township) Philip ANDERSON, Lewis J. BROWN, John BASHORE, John BOWE, Mary E. BARNEY, Isaac BROOKER, Jacob BOYER, Merriam SMITH CHASE, D. D. DYKEMAN, Newell GLEASON, Jacob GERSON, Jerusha LIGHT, John SKELTON, James SPEARS, Wm. STURGEON Est., Waldo W. WILLIAMS, James S. WRIGHT Est., James H. WALTERS, Elizabeth WRIGHT, David YELTON. (Aubbeenaubbee Township) Jacob BRUCE, Jr., Louisa BRUGH, Hyman BUNN, Mary J. CULVER, Francis CAMPBELL, Amelia CROMLEY, Charles DODD, Aaron DEIMER, Albert V. DURR, Solomon FREESE, Newell GLEASON, James HAY, Jr., Michael HETZNER, David LIGHT, Moses P. MEREDITH, Job & H. S. MEREDITH, Samuel MOWRER, George MORGAN, Elizabeth PHELPS, Charles RITTER, Nancy RARRICK, Wm. S. SCHOFIELD, Enoch STURGEON Est., James SMITH, P. D. WIDEMAN, David YELTON, Lewis W. ZOOK, Frederick E. ZECHIEL. (Liberty Township) Eli AUSMAN, Lucinda BRYAN, G. W. BLAKEMORE, Levi BUCK, Jesse L. BRYAN, Mark COOK, James C. DILL, Mary E. HECKERTHORN, S. E. & J. A. HOWLAND, Andrew HATTERY, Jas. Monroe KNIGHT, Theodore MARSHALL, Daniel J. POWNALL, Sylvanus POWNALL, John PENCE, Isaac REED, S. H. REED, George M. SMITH, John SUTPHEN, Joseph SUTPHEN, John STALNACKER, Levi SNELL, Peter SMITH, S. VANBLARICUM, Jr., Nelson WAYMIRE. (Rochester Township) Hugh BOWMAN, Mary BARCUS, Henrietta BURSON, I. W. & Emma BROWN, Peter M. CONGER, Jennette CAMPBELL, John B. COLLINS, Andrew CUBBERLY Est., Sylvanus COLE, John CLAYTON, Wm. L. CARR, Mary M. CUMMINS, Emery DAGGETT, Jerome EDMINSTER, Owen S. EBI, Mary GERSON heirs, Mary JULIAN, Wm. KIRKENDALL, Henry KISINGER, Geo. W. LEAR Est., Wm. H. B. LAWRENCE, Eli LAWRENCE, Henry McMILLLEN, Luman SMITH Est., Emanuel SHERROW, Robt. M. SRADER, Rebecca SWISHER, Chas. H. SMITH, A. L. & J. B. SHAFFER, Wallace TRUE Est., Saml. W. TRACY, Elizabeth TRACY, TRAVELERS INS. CO., VanTRUMP & CALKINS, Barnett WATT, Sr., A. S. WARD, Chas. WALLIS, Hannah WALLACE, John YOUNT. (Richland Township) Runion ARMSTRONG, Sarah M. BEEBER, Daniel CRIPLIVER, Andrew CORBET, James CALHOUN, Robert DIVELBISS, W. A. DAVIS, Solomon FLORY, Lewis GRAEBER, Sarah GRAEBER, Rebecca HOOVER, Joseph JACKSON, Reuben KENNEDY, J. M. KLINGER, Edward KINTZ, M. F. LEACH, John METZGER, James L. McCOY, Sardis B. NYE, Henry PETERS Est., John PERSCHBACHER, Eli ROGERS, Eliza ROGERS, James RAY, W. STURGEON Est., Dennis UHL, Joseph ZINK, Jr., Rebecca ZERBE. (Henry Township) Catharine AULT, Levi BURCH, Milo BRIGHT, Chas. BROKAW, Constant BOWEN, Hepzibah BRIGHT, Augustus CASE, Wm. COPLEN, John HART, James HARTMAN, Cevilla HARSH, Sophrona LEACH, Solomon MELVIN, Sarah MOORE, F. M. MACK, W. C. MOORE, Catharine McCOY, Paul SCHINDLER, David SHAFER Est., Jesse SHAMP, Elizabeth STINSON, Jas. K. STINSON, Virgil SHAFER, Philip SHORT, Wm. WOOD Est., James WALLING. (Newcastle Township) Nathan BYBEE, W. C. BARNETT, Asa COPLEN, Issrael DEBOLT Est., Jesse E. EMMONS, W. H. HAMLETT, C. M. & W. HILL, Melona KESSLER, Rosella KESSLER, Elizabeth KESSLER, W. H. LEACH, M. F. LEACH, Clariss MEREDITH, James S. MOW, Judy Ann McMANNUS, Elizabeth NORRIS, Eubebia PERKINS, George WEIDNER. (Town of Rochester) Merritt T. COLE, John CLAYTON, E. B. CHINN, Elnora J. CALKINS, Mary J. DAWSON Est., Emma DAWSON, John A. EDWARDS, John FISHER, D. S. GOULD, Jacob GERSON, Christian HOOVER, Simon HARTMAN, Mary C. KIRKENDALL, Hiram A. LYON, Jacob LOY, George W. MYERS, Elizabeth MYERS, Mary C. MYERS, Amanda L. MACKEY, David R. MARTIN, Sarah R. NEFF, Jonathan ROSS, Susan REITER, Susan RANNELLS, Levi & Harvey ROSE, Melissa STURGEON Est., Enoch STURGEON Est., Ann D. SHRYOCK, STEPHENS & BOZARTH, Ira STEM, B. F. SHIELDS, Chas. H. SMITH, George W. STOCKTON, Herman TOBEN, Isabel E. WARREN et al, Margaret WILSON, TALLY & FLYNN, McDOUGLE & POWNALL, W. T. McDOUGLE, Charles TRUE, Margaret WILSON. (Town of Akron) Asmah L. ANDERSON, Eldred BLAIN, John CUTSHALL, Virgil SHAFER, Elizabeth VALENTINE.