Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-21
LACONDA NOTES.



INEIN HI~rnIN Nu. :.
De-. -. IN43, the following advertise
mrmt appeared in the Springfield RcplLhIic:
Improved water pnwcr 1" sell or lraN"
for a number Of years. lag"nda mills.
miles east of Springfield. O., with a never
failing supply Of water; consists Of flour
mil. With four run of stone. q saw mill,
wnuIen factory. and seven dwellings. TIL"
proprietor is de~irouS to sell ur lease this
property for Such number of years aS will
u>tif, IN" expenditure Of the money nee
t>>arl to secure the advantage of
the surplus water now going /"
waste. Here Is an opening for
A company willing Ia save the outlay Of
S2O. 600 already incurred, and max" such
further improvements as may be profitable,
leaving the whole in good repair at the end
of the. lease JEREMIAH WAKpER.
In answer to the above the following also
appeared in the issue of April :. lS44:
LAGuNpA MILLS.
The subscriber. from ChilIicuthc. Ohio.
Whrr, he has been engaged in the Touring
business. has taken the Warier property.
at I.agnmda and will continue the business
in all its branches, Cash at all times paid
tor wheat. CHEHSTIAN hEliN"ER.
That Bering only run the gri>t mill about
two Years j. proven by the following ad-
vrrtiScnrnt. appearing also i'll the R,plHiiC
Of July l., 1896:
LNGoNnA Mill.
The subscribers having rented l.agonda
Mill for a term uf years, respectfully IN
form the public that they will put the mill
in operation on or before july 20. They
have put in pair of French hurrS and a
set Of new boiling cloths, and are making
other improvements.
JoHN LANNAN.
JACOB WINGER.
4 correspondent visiting this mill De
rrluhpr H. 1850. writes thus: \ visit to the
I.agunda Touring mill richly paid Us. MI.
VIM. F. Cochran. an intelligent Scotchman.
has about completed the putting in Of pat
rnt VrnIIlating boiling machine, which bids
fair tu rrVOlutunlZr the business. By tins
machine. which constitutes all OF the mill
hut the grinding apparatus, and which costs
hut s.. 900, the inventor claims he can make
20 ppr cent. of flour out of common Otfal.
One hundred barrels of the best
flour can Ia made every TWEEN
tv-four hours. This mill changed
hands frequently, and for many years did
very large business.
Among the many different millerS
having charge of it, were the
late Henry Shugh, and Jacob Bauer, who
j. still one Of I.agundaS business men. As
before stated. the old mill was torn down
by J. T. Warder, in 1867. and from that
date the Lagonda flour mill ceased Ia exist.
NAV %. 1854. Buck creek became a rag
ing torrent and swept away the railroad
bridge, Just above LagOnda, and
the old wagon bridge at the
shop. The latter was swept away lust at
noon. while the shop men were going Ia
dinner, leaving a portion Of them to satisfy
their apprtGtrS H. best they could. there bt-
img hut IN. one bridge nj that time. while
now there are four. For a time it was
Thought the machine shop (thrn a small
frame structure spanning the creek must
yird To the flood, hut the firm. then con
>i>ting of B. II. Wardrr and John ".
Brokaw. saved all but some three or four
hundred dollars worth of property which
WAS swept away.
The following prices were current here
April IL. lN46: Beans, s. per buShel: po-
tatnc>. 81 and b cents per buShel; wheat
81 cents per bu>hel; corn. - cents buShel:
oats. - and Ii cents per hu>hrl: green
apples. : I,rr buNhcl: coffee Q and 10 cents
per pound: sugar, : and ceut> per pound:
butter l2', cents per pound; flour $40
per barrel; eggs. and ; cents per dozen.
Ia an old lIlc Of the RETUEIIC. We mnd
the following relating To the campaign Of
1874. when Henry Clay and FrrlinghuyScm
ran for presidents on the WAig ticket. II
stated that on the evening Of Sept. 2S, lSl4.
McSsr> Tnrlrrt and Smal!wuud spoke at thU
Iagnnda school hOnSe.
oct -. 1916. there was also a meeting
in laguuda school house. addressed 10y
M,>>r>. Williams aud NiuaL
In 1855 Judge James =. ilalScy. VII"
for many years owned and lived where
Ross Mitchell now lives. ran for representa-
tive of Clark county To the legislature, but
WAS beaten 10y John II. LittIer.
The old house recently torn down tn give
place to the >trrct-car stables, and
for many years occupied 10y Charlie Thrash
rr. DECREASED. was one of the first houses
built in Lagnnda. About the years lS4j
and 10 Il. II. Wardrr and John Brokaw
converted il into a match factory. and did
thriving business for 4 time.
The house tom down this spring. last oc
cupied by oscar | Underwood. and the one
removed from back Of ihr old warehouse,
were also the oldest landmarks Of l.agonda.
They were built 10y Jeremiah Warder in all
early day for his mill hands to occupy.
Congressional candidates. beware. The