Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-12-14
MECHANiCSBuRC.

MECH ANICsBURG. Dec. 1.-THE East
End Teachers Association met Saturday
afternoon al l:S0 o'clock. and was called Ia
order by the President. +. ). Fuson.
W. Ii. >ldchuttnm was elected secretary.
The programme carried out was a. follows
An anthem by class conducted by Miss
Mlllie owen. entitled It's Thou. q Joyous
Lark By request of the music class, the
regular programme at this juncture was
changed and Prof. Fuson conducted a very
interesting lesson in the Use Of dictionaries.
Then the class rendered a song entitled
The Crystal Hunters" The question of
township supervision was then taken up.
and. after very able paper by L. q. Me
Conkey upon the subject. II was discussed
by NeoSrS. Swisher Ware, ireland, Side
bottom. Wood Mahan and Fuson. At this
juncture Mr.. Ireland proposed the question
that committee of fiye be appointed Ia
draft resolutions to present to the society al
its next regular meeting. preparatory 10
sending the same 10 the legislators sent
from our county and district. said resolu-
tinns asking that the subject of town
ship supervision be made mandatory
aS well aS optional. The commit
tee appointed were +. +. Ireland
Jos. Swisher. T. g. McConkey. Miss Cor
nell. and Miss Bunker. The next question
taken up was. What can be done for com
position work in the school'' Discussion
was opened by Miss Mamie Cornell followed
by Miss Ida Bunker Miss Hattie Bennett.
Miss Matte Connel. and Miss Webb. Miss
Matte Morris rendered in an admirable
manner ''Hiawatha. Miss Josie Wood
ward opened the discussion of the question
"How can | excite an unusual interest IN my
SCHOOL, She was followed in discussion
by Miss Flack. Miss Newcomb, and Nh
Fred. Neer. BY motion the constitution
was ~ amended that the society shall meet
the second Saturday of each month instead
of the first and thus they adjourned.
There We're eighty teachers in attendance.
and a good. lively and responsive time was
had. ". H. SIDEBorToM. Sec.
ChaS. Williams. a colored man, was
taken into custody Friday evening on a
charge of trying TO shoot a conduct. on the
{. {. c. Il |. railroad. for an att .mpt 10
eject him from his train after his pass had
expired. His trial was called Saturday
evening. and. no one appearing
against him. he was released. -
A j. Stone. Of Mutual. hurt his foot Fri
day. by stepping on a nail.-CulhertSon
4 Barr viii sell the 18th inst. gray mare
taken on an execution issued against ChaS
Hunt.-Rice's Opera Company, in Gilbert
n Suliyan's ''Mikado" will play Tuesday,
Dee l.. The publication of this on the Il.
came to Us by the mistake of some one else.
C. Mitchell shipped Saturday six cars
of cattle. the finest perhaps that ever left
NechanicshuTg. One car averaged ]. .s2O
pounds. Some of the b-hoys antedated
the holidays by getting gloriously drunk.
~ much so as not to be able to find their
way home-Bigelow Rodgers has bought
the property of =. J. Burnham, situated on
Race estreet.-Smith's hay press is at Ellis
Boutton's today. The lecture by Mother
Stewart is comtermanded by the W. c. I.
Tt. II. Hunter shipped two cars Of
corn Saturday y-Rev. Elliott preached
Yesterday from Prov. ls:I0.-MiSs Ida
Crouch. of West Jefferson, is the guest of
Mr.. !. {. HOrney.-S. III. Bradford Is out
again after an illness of about a week.
Miss Anna Baxter is visiting Miss Donnell.
of Springfield. and will spend the holidays
there.-T. J. Glendening was in trbana
SATURDAY on blisinesS.-Mi-s Matte Lowe
il conyaleScing from a protracted spell Of
fever and is able TO be out agan.-D. W.
Shepherd was in Springfield Saturday.
G b. Raudebaugh spent Sunday at home.
He il yet an emplOye at the Springfield
shnIs.-Hotel arrivals: W. l. Rehmem.
H. 4 Cambre. c. \. Wood, A. ID. Palmer.
Clark Hubbard.