Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-01-02
FROM oRRvILLE.
ORRyIIIE. Dec. 90, 70.

date remin6 US that another very
eventful year is rapidly drawing to
a close. With US it has been a year
with which we, on the whole, may
feel that it has been one of consid-
cradle advancement. 7 Our village
shows a very creditable mark of i'm.
provement within the last twelve
months. Many noble structures
have been erected, and the traces of
the October fire are pretty nearly
obliterated. Another such sea-
son and OrrviIle. viii have made a
step of progress agreeable to be-
hold. -q-... q -.'s .--iIsl-l.l
The Pennsylvania and the Cleve-
land Mt. Vernon and Delaware
Companies did a commendable job
in the passenger station just com
pleted at this point, but why they
wish to hold their employees in the
occupancy of the old building, shiv-
ering through miserable existence,
is query to me which remains in
explicable. The telegraph office is
the only part of the new building
vet occupied. The telegraphers
afe considerable elated over the fact
of having the best Office on tie lire
of the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne d Chi
cago road, fully equipped with all
the latest Improvements in batteries
and machinery now in use, and feel
thankful for such very comfortable
quarters during this singing cold
weather. .....- - p.
Our city fathers have purchased
small, second hand engine, with
which they expect to have the vii,
lage protected from destructive con-
fagration. In a place where water
is as scarce as it is here water
engine is of about as much account
as the fifth wheel to a wagon. In
Chicago where they have a lake, a
lake tunnel, rivers and artesian
wells in abundance, they have b ad
three extinguisher engines on trial,
and at a recent meeting of the
Board Mayor Medill recommended
that fourteen more of these engines
be purchased, thus giving them pref
erence oyer the water engines. They
have recently been put on trial in
New York with highly satisfactory
results. But here we are fooline
away our time and a large amount
of money to have no security when
done. The money required to put
our water engine on any kind of :
protecting basis, with large con
tinual expense, would secure us {
large extinguisher engine and two
dozen hand engines which require
very little additional expense to bt
always in readiness, and would bt
ten times as effective as the old rat
trap we have on hand now. The re
4 suit of this will be we will pay
dearly for our whistle by a confa
grafton which will show to the peo
pie the utter inadequacy of the lit
tie water engine to arrest the pro
gress of a fire. I hope such may
not be the case, but the probabiftie:
are strongly against US. H4h
At a large meeting of the stock
holders of. the Wheeling and Lake
Erie Railroad, held at this place las
Tuesday, Joseph Bell and c. d
Hubbard, of Wheeling; Joel Wood
of Belmont county; Nathan Hussey
of Jefferson; VIM. Adair, of Car
rol; Simon Better, of Tuscarawas
T. W. Chapman, of Stark: W. NJ
Orr, of Wayne: Judge C. E. Penne
well of Norwalk; F. G. Lockwood
of Erie, and W. T. West and Judg,
A. w. Hendry, of Sandusky, wer'
elected Directors, and organized by
-electing Joel Wood President
Other important business was trans
acted, and the prospects for the ear
ly completion of the Wheeling ant
Lake Erie road are highly favora
BILE. .li.. 4al-.-s. ..-..
A change of time on both road
takes effect to day. The change il
so slig ght as to be scarcely noticea
BILE excepting in the east bount
train in the morning which is hal
an hour earlier than before.
The morning train from Millers
burg makes connections both way
as usual. WAYNE.
The story of an English Govern
ment having sent a notice to tn,
Russian Government concerning tn,
movements of Russian troops il
Asia, has been confirmed by anothe
dispatch, but the character of tn,
notice is just the reverse of tn
statement. The first report sait
England would interfere if Russia
marched its troops into the countr.
between Khiva and Afghanistan
Now it is said England announced
its purpose not to interfere in sucl
a case, but only to prevent the Rus
slams crossing the Afghan border
That is a distinction with yer,
great difference. s '.. t
The Science of Health repeats
what we all ought to heed when i
says: The more man bHndles uE
to keep from colds the more he may
Some persons do nothing but watct
against exposures, and keep them