The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-01-01
Republic Department.
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Republic. ohio, JapRary !, 1871.

The monthly meeting Of Seip!,
township Sabbath School Union vii
be held ct the Methodist Church EEK
Sabbath evening.
PEoGRAANE-
l. Opening address, by Pruf. ]. F
Richard.
= What should Il Sunday Schoo
teacher know. Opened by Prot. B. p
Hall and Prof. J.. ". sniff.
3. Experiences of Sunday Sehoo
workers and friends. By call o.
President
Good T6esie as usUal.
a mite society Is to b= started fol
the purpose OF raising funds to defray
the expenses o. pulpit fixtures and
carpeting for the Methodist Church
a very worthy object The first meet
ing viii be held at the house OF Mrs.
y. E Childs, next Saturday evening.
The Christmas tree festival at the
Baptist Church, on Thursday evening
passed of very pleasantly. The house
was filed to the utmost capacity OF
standing room, with a gOOd-humored
audience, who listened with pleasure
TO music, declamstiOns and songs, by
the children, under the management
of Miss A. NJ. Platte, the efficient
Superintendent OF the school. Prof.
B. b. Hall gave brief but very appro-
pirate address. Then came the dis
tribution Of the presents, by Miss
Platte and Miss Crawford. Many
ehildren'S hearts were made glad aud
older ones made merry by the many
tokens Of esteem from cold Santa
Claus" some of which were valuable,
others amusing. The writer hereof
was kindly remem bered, having been
the recipient OF an artic,s which to
some families in 4 certain contingency
might be very useful, which
in the language applied {, = certain
agricultural Implement. is a ''eom-
bined machine" being 10th a rattle
and a trhistle. The tree was neatly
trimmed and illuminated with
Chinese lanterns aud was a very
ereditaLie 20 the managers Of the AZ
fair.
The H. & L. Co. dance at the Town
Hail, Christmas night is said to have
been well attended. About $50 wa.
added'tO the treasury Of the COM
paDy.
Several cases Of "benZHe" occurred
the same night-A ton common oc-
currence OF late in connection with
these gatherings. The Mayors court
was in session the next morning,
making a small addition to the treas
Ury Of tfie corporation.
John a. SiuIIh, of this township
received MI Ugly woand in the right
hand one dsy last wesk, by getting in
contact with q circular wood saw.
The Grange movement appears to
bsvcry fzvOrably eiusldered ny the
most enteFpfisinR farmers OF tliis
township aud ARRANGEMENTS are be-
ing made 10 Urgan'zs soon. We sup
pose that Us town chaps will be Oblig-
ed to stand back and sing in the Ian
guage Ofthe poet:
"I want to be a Granger
And with the Grsngers stand,
4 horny handed farmer
With haystack in my hand
Beneath the tail tomato tree.
III swing the glittering hoe:
And smite the wild potato bug
Skipping DER the snow"
Ofeourse the f&mers' wives and
daughters will become patrons OF
husbandry, and the farmers and their
sons will try to win favor with their
"Goddesses."
The attachment cases sgainst n. C.
Eaton & Co, mentioned last week
were all continued till the Esd of
January.
Carpenters are putting the shelving,
counters and front into Hemingway
new store room.
Several of the b p. & G. Railroad
officials were here on Monday looking
after the depot matter. Mr. Hamp-
shire, the right-of-way agent remain
ed over till evening and stated the de-
mand of the company to a meeting Of
the citizens at the Township Clerks
Office. The subscription was raised TO
$, 800 and D. d. Ogden and J. L. Cole
appointed "A committee to attend TO
the canvass Of the township and as
sisting committees were appointed in
each school district. As the work has
commenced in earnest there is not
much doubt OF its success.
We expect 10 rejoice on New Years
day over the fact that trains are run
ming through Republic, and that II Is
q regular station.
As the time table il now arrAngede
two passenger trains viii meet here
at 1:40 A. NJ. No side track has at
this writing, Tuesday mOrning) been
put in, but il the committee succeeds
with the subscription It will be laid
before Thursday.
Republic Lodge, No 10, I. o. o. +.
elected officers on Saturday evening
as follows:
n. G.-Wm. Smith.
V. G.-P. H. Griffin.
Sec'y.--J. "A. Mcclure.
P. S.-W. \. Mills.
Treas.-F. A. Lumbar.
Two more weddings Last week a
follows
MARRIED.
STEN-RUMFIELD- the residences
Of Mr.. John Dana, Republic, o., Dec.
9th 1873, by Rev. A. L. s. Bateman,
Mr. john F. Stern, OF Ashland eoun-
ty, Ohio, and Mary F. RumfieId, Of
Republic. !
WoLLESsLAGLE-GOOD-By Rev.