Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-17
PERSONAL NOTES.

Rev. Helwig has rented the handsome
Peel residence on the corner of Factory and
Pleasant streets, and will occupy it as soor
as MIR. Peel and family leave for California
Otto Sleicher, a well-known young man
of this city where he has resided many
years, has bought out job printing estab
lishment in Cincinnati, and is doing well in
the queen city. Mr.. Sleicher has had an
adventurous career since he left Springfield,
having travelled two years in the advance
department of Coles circus. He may COM
mence the issue of weekly paper soon.
1t is probable that Mr. and Mrs. Hamlin
and daughter, and Mrs. Giyens, will leave
next spring for ten years residence in
Europe. Mr.. and Mrs. Hamlin are anxious
to give their daughter the advantages of a
European education, and are undecided
whether to choose Bonn OH the Rhine, or
Dresden. The educational facilities in both
these places are unrivalled. Mr.. Hamlin
is now arranging his business affairs with a
view to the change in residence.
J. Warren Keifer, who is to be married
next week to Miss Lowry, of Ripley, Ohio.
is in this city at present. Mr.. Keifer will
take his wife directly to his western home,
near Superior, Kunckolls county, Nebraska.
Everyone in Springfield knows Warren
Keifer. He attended the Springfield High
school for time and afterwards completed
his education at Antioch college, in Yellow
Springs. and the Ohio State university, in
Columbus. Having his education complet-
ed, his fathers influence could have easily
procured him fine business or professional
opening. but no; he said that he preferred
to carve out fortune and fame for himself
in the far west. His father had cattle
ranch of 1000 acres in Nebraska, and on
this ranch Warren went, TO learn the cattle
raising business. Many young men brought
up amid the luxuries of city life, would
soon have wearied of life in the far west
Not so with Warren. He applied
himself diligently TO learn the cattle
raising business and soon became so
proficient that he was competent to direct
the affairs of a large ranch. He now has
charge of a great ranch near Superior, and
he is the postmaster of Flora, a postoffice
established some time since near the ranch.
1t will be remembered that at the time
the postoffice was established the Cincin-
natl Times-Stdr had long romantic story
to the effect that General Keifer had had a
postoffice established at Flora so that it
would be possible for his son to conduct a
correspondence with the maiden of his
choice in Ohio. Just how much truth there
was in the story do not know, but it was
well told, and of course il went the rounds
of the press. Warren says that young
man has no chances in the East any more
and advises all young men with grit and a
certain amount of capital to go West. The
West evidently agrees with him, for he is
in magnificent health and spirits.
Miss Anna Miller leaves next month on a
visit to her sister, Miss Marie, of Blairs-
vile, Pa. The two young ladies will then
give number of recitals together in vari-
Gus cities. in Pennsylvania. Miss Marie
Miller is having gratifying success in Blairs-
vile as pianist.
Armand Griffith has just completed one
of the prettiest clock devices ever thought
of. He first painted the picture of Ger
man landscape with clock tower in the
foreground. He then cut out the part OF
the tower where the face of the clock was
represented, and put real clock back OF
the picture so that its face took the place OF
the stock face in the picture. A deep frame
makes receptacle for the clock. and the
whole makes beautiful and curious orna-
ment for a wall. The clock has deep
toned striking apparatus resembling chimes
which has a muffled sound when coming
from behind the picture.