The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-11-29

s. G. Lucas, clerk 1913 so
G. w. King, sheriff $50 33
N. 7. McTague. coroner n IS
J. A Teal, county constable 90
]. R. Montgomery, constable % 90
o. F. Sears, deputy sheriff 1856 90
W. G. Tisdel, in his report on Nor
row county, shows that the whole
amount of illegal fees drawn by the
officials of the year was $40. 65, while,
OF the other hand, the county in In
debt to the treasurer in the amount of
$S4 As.
Xenis. o., Nov. 25. A young man
giving his name as William Witzen-
bacher and his home as Bellecenter, o.
is believed to be a swindler by Q large
number of persons in Xenia and Greene
county, from whom ne took subscrip.
tions for the Ladies' Home Journal and
the Saturday Evening Post. posing n
a salaried representative of the Curtis
Publishing company. he left herr
owing q board bill of about $25 to DIR.
T. J. Savage.
The latter wrote to the Curtis Pub
fishing Co. and received word tha
the man was not in their employ, al
though such a person had writer
them for terms, and that no subscrip
tions had been turned in by him from
Green County. He took a large lis
of subscriptions in Xenis and man,
of his customers have not yet sus
pected anything wrong.
Lima. Ohio. November 28.-Crimina
prosecution, though no warrants hav
yet been served, has been institutes
lsgainst +. o. Olson. General Manage
of the Sandusky Southwestern Electri
Railway. which passed into the hand
of a receiver in Wapakoneta two week
lago.
The action has been fled In Jus
tice's Court here. o. s. Amstut
makes the charge as prosecuting viii
ness, alleging that Olson on March /
lcommitted fraud in that he obtaine
from him a promissory note for $45C
signed by himself and father. G. Q
Amstutz, in consideration of whic
he was to have six shares of the capits
stock of the Sandusky Southwestern
which were represented TO be wort
Ipar. The relator in behalf Of th
J state then states that Olson on Marc
s4th sold the note to the Commercil
Bank of Bluffton. Ohio.
Mr.. Olson is said to be in the Eal
arranging financial affairs of the CON
pany with view Of taking up th
paper of complaining money lender
. who forced the receivership. Attach,
of the offices of Mr.. Olson state tn,
| he will be enabled to float his secur
! ties and complete the road bstwes
here and Bellefontaine and betwee
; Wspaxoneta and Kenton.
: Kenton, O., November 2s.-Tl
, molders at the Champion Iron Con
| pany's factory went ON a strike toda
on account of . reduction in wages
8 from 10 to 25 cents day. Preside
l q. J. Carter. Of the company. says Il
: shops will be non-union hereafter.
Columbus, O., Nov. 2s.-The exec,
r tive committee of the Ohio Sta
Liquor league has been called for
meeting here next Wednesday for t
purpose of discussing future liquor le
islation as favored by the liquor inte
ests and opposed by the Anti-Salo
: league.
o One proposition for consideration
Z the opposition of the expected attem
g to increase the Dow tax next legisl
It tive session from $3.50 to $500 q year.
A The incorporation Of the Mac
cheek Gave Company of this city
!, Columbus Wednesday with r. NJ. F,
wider and K. B. Piatt, of West Lipt
y ty, and W. r. Niven. John NJ. Hal
- lilton, E. NJ. Hamilton and W.
= Haviland, of Bellefontaine, as inc
70 porators, indicates that the cave
- which the company is interested. viii
"A cave is located near West Liberty. N
Al be made a pleasure resort and spur
y the q. B. & n. electric railway cC
Al structed from West Liberty to the