The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-13

The Union ball team, of Columbus,
defeated the West Mansfield team at
that place Saturday by score Of s to
A.
i A. l. Wright, the Lawrence Block
real estate agent, today sold for Mrs
Violet A Emery the property corner
Chillicothe and Stanley for 81, 00O
The National Anchor Company has
been incorporated at Lima with cap
ital stock of $40. 900. c. J. McCune.
of this city and. o. f. Ramssyer, of
Lims. we'll known here. are among
the incorporators. The company will
do general manufacturing business.
There are now four in the family of
President of the Service Board. C. G.
Kennedy. The fourth member of the
family arrived SATURDAY. morning at
one O'Clock She Is an eight pound
girl and together with her mother is
doing nicely.-Urbana Times Citizen.
Of the Lakeview men who took the
rural mail carriers examination dur
ing July Geo. A. Carpenter received
the highest grade, Forest Lorton. Sec
ond; o. F. Clayton, third; ]. H
Griffith, fourth and Sherman Barr,
fifth.
Uncle John Rsusenberger visited at
the home of his SON, j. A. Rausenber
ger, over in Shelby county, last week.
While there his son threshed the oats
from forty four acres. Six teams did
the hauling aud the work was done in
half day the result, 1867 bushels.
DeGraff Journal
Grant wooley, who mas been attend
ing county fairs for years. is here to-
day enroute from Van Vert to his Ur
bana home. 1.-The crowds are at the
fair said Mr.. Wooley this morning.
''but the money is not. The receipts
of every fair man have fallen off 80
per cent, at least. this season.
The annual meeting of the Logan
County Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union will be held in Quincy
in the third week of September. The
Supsrintendents of Departments are
requested to prepare their reports; also
local unions to send dues to County
Treasurer, Mrs. Andre, of Bellefon-
taine.
Entrance money received In the races
at the Logan County Fair amounted
to 81, los. 90, the receipts of the grand
stand were 1856. 40 and the total purses
for the races amounted to s., 400. The
racing department Of the association
actually cost $63s 90 aud was the
cheapest and best attraction on the
ground.
Robert E. Brooks, local deputy and
the past president of Logan Lodge No.
80 Pathfnders. has been honored by
the appointment to the Office of district
manager of the order of the counties of
Logan, Champaign, Shelby, Auglaizs
and Marion. Among bis duties will be
the making of occasional visits to the
lodges in these five counties and the
appointment of local deputies.
A regular slaughter of squirrels is
being made by hunters all over Ohio,
according to State Game Warden Por-
ter6eld
Squirrels are unusually plentiful this
season. but at the rate they are being
shot there will be few left at the close
of the SEASON.
Warden Porterfeld thinks the squir-
rel should be better protected than it is
by the present game laws.
Some time ago the James Lsffel com
psny of Springfield completed $10.
00O water wheel for the Japanese gov
ernment. 1t has just been learned that
the wheel was on one of the ships re-
Gently sunk by the Russians. and that
| it now lies at the bottom of the sea.
The government of Japan has cabled
for another wheel to be made from the
same pattern. and offers special in
ducemsnts to have it completed in six
weeks.
The improvements made in the ce-
ment paving about the public square
did not hold and the ruts are now al
most as bad as at first. There is a
way to repair these streets and it
should be discovered and put in prsc-
tice. 1t is most disagreeable to drivers
of vehicles to have their conveyances
! tossed about by these ugly ruts- The
Service Board members should try, try.
again if their first effort at repairing
cement streets does not prove success
full
At the home of Mrs. Margaret Allen,
East Chillicothe avenue, Friday. the
members of the Diamond Whist club
met. arranged plans for the winter
sessions, and elected the following Of
fcers:
Mrs. E. J. Howenstine, president
Mrs. l. Wissler, vice president: Mrs.
R. F. Tremain, treasurer; and Mrs.
James Herman, secretary. Mrs How
enstine will entertain the membsrs of
the club at Silver Lake park next Tues
day afternoon