Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-01
CAST Up BIZ THE WEEK.

Local Events. and the People of Spring
feld-What They Are, and What They
Do.
Mrs. C. C. Taylor visited in Sandusky last
week.
Mr.. Henry Hershmsn, of Park City, Utah,
WAS in the city during the week, the guest Of
Mr.. A. Aron.
Charles Nourse presents the country with
additional population fine boy. And
Tom Parker makes pair OF If, by adding a
fine girl. Then comes C. W. Driscol with
another boy.
hr. Frank K. Delp, stenographer aud pri-
vate secretary of superintendent Van Tassel,
Ohio Southern, was called to his home in
Philadelphia ON Monday by the death Of his
father.
The case of Thornton vs. c., c., C. & |. R.
R., for 81, ,o0u damages, was postponed until
tomorrow.
Henry Helps, formerly of this city, was
timely rescued from fatal suffocsti ton by gas
while repairing the water-moter in the Epis-
copal Church, at Urbana last week
The commissioners of this county have sc-
cepted the contract to board and work the
state prisoners at the Dayton work-house
Tne rate fixed for board and crothing is forty
cents per diem. ct which the Dayton Dem
ocrat says: "a moments consideration will
show that this will be paying thing for
Dayton. The average cost of food per capita
per diem is but fourteen cents, while fo- the
small amount of clothing which the prisoners
require, will be more than paid for by the
work they will do. The sheriff. for boarding
and clothing his prisoners, receives but thirty
five cents per capita.
The Urbasa camp-meeting will begin Au-
gust Z, and held over two Sundays.
Engineer Chas Connell, of the Pan Ham
die, who was killed near Selma last Sunday,
was buried at Massillon, Thursday.
Hon. Peter Brady, Treasurer of the State,
called upon his niece, Mrs. John Kinnane, on
Sunday last
The Ohio State Journal, of Thursday, says:
Mayor Constantine of Springfield is after a
federal appointment-one big enough to take
him away from the Champion City"
The Women's Missionary Society report
that 1891 families were visited in this city
during the last year, and of that number 746
families did not attend church regularly; 7l2
children did not attend Sundsy-school. Six
ty bibles and testaments were donated, and
eleven persons refused to accept the gift OF
bible.
The Wtmens Christian Temperance Union
is engaged in rendering aid to families under
the curse of rum, and holding prayer meet
ings in the Jail, in connection with which, ac-
cording to the direction of the Flower Mis-
sion" boquets are regularly presented to the
prisoners with cards attached upon which are
written appropriate texts of the Scripture.
The last issue o. the American Law Jour
nal las an interesting paper from the pen of
VIM. NJ Rocket, Esq, OF this city, on the
subject of: Waiver OF Trial by Jury in
Criminal Prosecutions"
The Oliver Chilled Pl0w Works, Of South
Bend, Ind. are about 10 be removed from that
,ity, and the agent for the company is now
ooking for location. 1t would be a big
hing tor Springfield to make some effort to
lave the Works located here. Judge Brand
Ter, of our city, and long time friend OF
he Oliver Chilled Plow Co., of South Bend,
nd, wrote the managers week ago, calling
heir attention to Springfield as very desir-
bile location for their line, and suggested
hat it might pay them to invest gate its