Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-02-27
FROM WEST MILLGRovE.
WEST MILL GROVE Wood County o
E.,hruort- 18Th 1874

WEST Mill GROVE Wood County o |
February lS;h, 1874 !
EDITOR JoURNAL:-Mr. j. L. Bliesn,
of Urbana, Ohio, delivered lectures in the
Congregational church Of this place on
the evenings of the oh, 10Th and llth
inst. TIE subject of the first and cond
lecture was "Thc .bbath School," and
that of the third, "The Temperance
Cause" The discourses were able and
impressive. The audience each evening,
though rot large, was attentive and, it is
to be hoped, benefited.
One Of the largesto letters that ever
came to this office was receive, d by your
friend y. f. L." the other day. 1t COM
prised eleven pages Of manuscript.
There was grand fox hunt west of
this village on the 10th inst. Reynard
didn't tind time to rest that day. | h 'pe
for the benefit of the fox hunters and the
encouragement of poultry raisers in gen
eral, that the government may soon give
a bounty of two dollars for rhe scalp of
e lch fox killed. Last week, Mr.. VIM
Hewlaud sold his property in this place
to Mr.. A Foster, one Of our merchants,
for 81, 900. 1t is rumored that Mr.. Hew-
land intends to locate in Michigan. Ii he
does we loose one Of our best citizens.
Strange sounds, supposed by nearly all
living in this section to have been caused
by an earthquake, were heard at II
o'clock A. NJ, Sunday the 18th inst. The
heavy, subterranean noise continued al
most without intermission, upwards of an
hour and seemed to proceed from the
southwest.
On the eve of the 18th inst. temperance
meeting was held in the NJ. E Clurch in
our town. Mr.. j. r. Phillips was chosen
Chairman, and A. g. Russelle, Secretary
of the meeting pro tenn constitution,
w. c. Burdick, J. r. Phillips, q. l..
he cham AMI d. Yates, was then read
and adoptt d finally, with some amend
ments. Thirty two persons present then
aft xcd their names 70 the constitution OF
the society, styled-"The Mill Grow,
Temperance Union" The following are
the names of the Off GERS elected for the
first term-three months: j. II. Phillips,
l'rest., G.. l.. Ketcham, Vice Prtst.. A
| G.. RuSsclle, Soc'y. and w. q. Bardck,
| Treas. After some miscellaneous busi-
ness the Society adjourned to meet in
same place on the eve. of NJ r h 3rd 1874
/ In the JOURNAL of the 18Th, "A 5 ID
| scriber," VINO | suppose resides in this
locality, undertakes briefly to correct some
of the statements made, ia former Issue.
! by your correspondent, j. Edd of this
place. | wish briefly to correct some Of
! the statements mad b "A Subscriber" :"
! Firstly there are now two places where
| int, Xicaling drin are sold IA short time
ago there were three such places in this
/ village. THAT establishment" of which
| j. Edd. was "sole clerk, Is such an one
as You viii lind in other towns and cities
where pure wines and liquors for medic.
inal purposes-a public necessity-are
! sold.
Secondly-U will try and be Jrief) "On
such u day " j. Ed'. assures you thu
| there W, re seventeen men drGnk in our
! town. | assure you that there were at
least twenty-seYen men drunk on that
day here. N. B.-They were not all resi-
dents Of this village.
Thirdly-Our town has always heen
considered decent, and in point of; moral
ity compared favOrably with 9th towns
of its size in the county. until lately.
! If our temperate, peaceable, law-abi-'
| ding ciIiZans would commence inthe right
place our town would soon rank among
the first, ''in point of morality" of the
towns in this county or any other
county.
Tie spring birds-robins and blue
birds-hale made their appearance.
| GOODSPEED.