Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-06-27
FROM oRRvILLE.
ORRvILLE, June %, -.

oRRNlLLE, June %, ~
EDS. REPUBLICAN:-The railroad
fever is predominant, and the all
ment is much more welcome than
the smallpox. In consequence of
the near approach of the time for
definitely locating the line of the
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
our moving spirits have opened up
new campaign for furthering the
project with splendid prospects of
success. A meeting was held at
Evans Hall, Friday evening and
the subscriptions were advanced
from $4,000 to $43, 900, leaving ST.,
600 yet to be raised to complete our
quota. The full amount required
will likely be secured this week.
The project of Strengthening the
Pittsburg, Ft. WAYNE d Chicago
Road by a cut off from here west
ward, which has occasioned quite a
furry throughout the country, is
now under deep consideration. The
assistant and chief engineer of the
Pennsylvania company nave been
over part of the proposed route,
and they find some very serious OBJ
stacles in the way of the road. Ce-
dar Valley, in this county, is an
enormous difficult point to get over.
However, since the building of the
Pacific and other lines oil road in
this country through seemingly i'm
possible and impracticable places,
we should not look upon Cedar Val
ley as a very great impediment af
ter all. One thing seems to be pret
ty sure-the road is not likely to be
built unless the citizens along the
route take a substantial interest in
it. The company is very anxious
to avoid the heavy grades by which
the size of the freight trains could
be doubled, and to find route
which will shorten the distance
from here to Crestline or 10 miles.
The past week has been filed
with accidents resulting fatally. On
Saturday night drunken man at
Leetonia put himself in his little
bed on the railroad track and he
do so again. The man who sold
him the whiskey has lost customer
A boy at Wooster attempted to
jump on a passing Express train,
but by the time the wheels had
passed over his body he was left in
g horribly mutilated condition. A
drunken fellow living at Fairview
concluded he would jump off the
express train under full headway
while passing that station, on Fri
day evening, and thus save a walk
of four miles from Orrville. But
the ground came up too fast and
met him before he thought he was
half way down, and, like the books,
he will never smile again. The mail
train coming westward on Saturday
morning killed man east of Roch
ester, Pa. Another whiskey case
no doubt. s
The express train going west
Sunday morning knocked a man off
the track near Loudonvillle, injur-
ing him severely. ID
The Grocery store of S. d. Tan
ner & Co. was entered by burglars
on Monday night of this week and
robbed of not less than $500 in cash.
The thieves gained admission
through the cellar, and by boring a
hole through the door at the top of
the stairway large enough to get an
arm though to turn the lock. The
safe was drilled and chiseled in a
manner which would indicate a
knowledge of such business. Some
of the boring tools were left behind
No person slept in the building,
hence no discovery.
The walls of the new passenger
station will be completed early this
week.
The Doncaster House is being
thoroughly cleansed and will be re-
opened soon. ..i. BE-.
|. Harry Beidler has been seriously
ill during the past two weeks, and
is not improving very fast.
Wheat and wool have downward
tendency in the markets. a
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