Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-01-20
OranperilIe Cnrresnondence.
ORANGEvILLE, Jan. 18th, 1863.

ORANGEvILLE, Jan. 18th, 1869.
EDITOR CHRONICLE:-Not having
noticed a communication from this
place for a long time, we thought it
would not be amiss to write you a
short communication giving you the
few news items wehave at hand. We
will first speak of the great moral
improvement in our village since its
Incorporation, which we deem n full
compensation for all expense of time
andmoney. In all past time u village
has been made a general resort for the
TOuJhS of the surrounding country to
~congregate and haYeagrand spree such
as prize fights, riots, gambling and last
but not least, the destruction of any
quantityof benziRe, of thelowestq quail
ty. This practice wasgenerally carried
onto the greatest extent OF and during
the week of holidays. But we are
happyto say that during the holidays
Just past, there was no fighting, no
quareling no drunken men on the
streets, nor any other low vulgartrans-
actions such as has been committed in
daysgoneb by. Now we attribute this all
TO the healthy influence of certain
ordinance passed by Il village Coun-
ell. But we are sorry that some
citizens who ought to take an active
part in improving u village, pull
very strongly in the opposite direction,
and / presume this is natural-we do
not all see alike. We have been
highly censured for filming persons
who persist in driving faster than a
walk over the iron bridge in the in
corporation. But the censuring only
caused the ordinance to be more
vigorously enforced. The bridge is n
very fine place for fast men to show
off their faster horses. The bridge is
one hundred foot span and it is Ger
tainly cheap at five cents per foot, for
such an exhibition with such fine
facilities for observation. Yet persons
who do not like the price need only
slacken their speed to a walk, in
which case they pass over free.
/ noticed in last weeks CHRONICLE
that some little error occurred in the
of the death of Mr.. Ump-
He was passing over the
trestle work beyond the bridge over
the Pymatuning Creek when the
western bound train struck him. The
engineer gave the usual signal but it
seems Mr.. CmpholtZ did not hear it.
was a violent SNOW storm pre-
vailing at the time, and he carried an !
umbrella in front of him so as to ,
avoid the storm, and by this reason I
was struck by the approaching en-
CINE, and instantly killed. His body
was thrown into the Pymatuning
Creek. Immediate search was made !
for the body, but it was not recovered
until Tuesday morning (he having :
been killed on Monday forenoon.5 !
Mr.. CmphOltZ was Il fine appearing i
man, a student of Oberlin Col 2
.ege, by profession a writing master. =
Such accidents ought to admonish .
persons not to walk on the railroad |
rack, it being n very dangerous oD-
at anytime. Eli Hayes whom ]
you mentioned as having his limb ;
lmputated from injury by fall from :
cars, is doing finely. He is re- I
kind attention, and will O
Don be able to return to his home. [ 7
anne near forgetting to tell you that q
We secured the services of +. W. Mes Z"
erschmidth, your townsman and our g
ounty surveyor, to survey and make J.
map of our village, which we must
ay he did in a very superior style, .
nd we would recommend him to :
he patronage of others wishing like 4
e~rvices, to be an adept in his profess f;
ion. Business is brisk in this part of a
he country. The Messers. Shafer {
re preparing to build a large Touring ;
lill in the spring, an institution very d
luch needed here. Hoping when 1 u
gain write to you l may have a n
reater variety of news. n
Very Respectfully. MORTIMER. Il