Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-09-26
MILTON CENTER ITEMS.

ED. JOURNAL Last Thursday evening
there was a Republican meeting here
There was goodly number in attendance
aud good time in general The meeting
was addressed by Major Swigart. Charley
Foster has hosts Uf friends in this neigh.
borhood, and is daily making more. Sew
eral leading Democrats have declared
openly that they were in favor OF Char
| ley.
Since my last the cracksmen have done
| something in their line. The lirst stole
Mr.. A. Hostler's horse, some 10 days ago.
The officers had lively chase ofter the
thief. When near Defiance they were so
close after him that he threw the saddle
from the horse and took to the corn fields
and woods thereby got far enough ahead
OF his pursuers to trade off the stolen
horse for one of his own. Mr.. Iostler
getting his horse back stopped pursuit,
and as far us know the thief il yet at
large. The man first won the confidence
OF Mr.. Hostler by going to him and saying
hat he wished to buy farm, and as
Mr.. II. has a farm for sale he thought
that was his chance. The man thereby
got weeks boarding OF Mr.. H., besides
putting him to all this trouble.
Shortly af er this Mr.. VIM. Mulaly
discovered that his safe, which he keeps
in his mill, had been picked and 5000 IN
cash and $500 in bonds stolen. The en-
trance to the safe was made by the outside
door being unlocked and then by smashing
the inside door with 4 crowbar. Mr.. VI.
has no definale clue, but has been gone
since but TO what purpose is not yet
known.
About this time or little later, while
Mr.. Joseph Hill was absent to church,
his house was entered by some one and
several things in the shape OF provisions
were carried off.
One more. On last Friday evening
there was an old farmer in town from down
east He was an Englishman and while
here he fell in with another Engishman,
the latter being stranger here. They
got 10 drinking and finally got pretty full,
when the man from down east began to
brag ON his horse, which he had hitched
outside. lie finally asked his new made
friend 10 get on the horse aud try him.
The stranger got on, rode off, aud forgot
to ride back. Milton against the world.
Last week the Diciples of tlns place
held their yearly meeting. There was II
large number here from other places.
There was a good attendance and good
OiNSi oii AhlOuBh tliS ilSCllllb.
Two little boys of Filson Hutchinson
while trying to burn humble bees nest
got the straw stack on fire, burning the
straw stack, stable, hencuop and corncrib.
Mr.. Hutchinson was not at home at the
time and you can bet that there was some
tall squealing among the women folks
But they flew around and got the horses
out. BY this you will see that there
will be II barn raising in that locality
soon, when we expect TO get something
good to eat.
Mr.. George Bower has put up neat
little building to be used as a barber
shop and meat market, both OF which
are needed here.
Mr.. A. Louy is putting the roof on his
new brick. Mr.. Nufer has his building
enclosed. Mr.. Thomas Wiley is raising
his frame at this time.
Corn cutting and wheat sowing are
about over for this year, and potato dig
ging is nearly here. AT the price they
are now, 25 cents, they are hardly worth
digging. MARK LACY.
Sept. 90, 1879.