The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-11-26
ATWATER.

Atwater, Nov. 24-Mr. Leach, who
graded the Quaker Hill for S2S9.0 90
says he did $4,000 worth of work.
Stung for $111.O0.
F. G. Needham, grain merchant,
took in more wheat last week than
any week previous since locating
here.
The patrons of the Cooperative
Cheese factory held meeting We'd
nesday evening at Thompson's Corner
was settled.
Elishua Whittlesey and hired man
have husked 1000 bushels of corn and
have 800 or more yet to shuck.
Miss Emma Hicklin will have lit
erary program Wednesday evening at
Deer Creek school.
Thieves broke the lock on wild
ow's corn crib near Limaville and car
ried off 20 bushels Of corn.
Mrs. Jamison was called to Cleve-
land Saturday, where she is nursing
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Ed Thompson.
The Atwater Savings bank have
found it necessary to purchase a
$275.0O adding machine for their Of
flee.
Miss Clara Douthitt's school at
Science Hill held literary exercises
Friday afternoon.
Leslie Kump taught the Thompson's
Corners school the past week, Miss
Stratton being sick.
George Houk, Mr.. and Mrs. Kratzer,
Mrs. Alice Whittlesey and Mrs. Jake
Slabaugh and daughter, patronized
Alliance merchants Saturday between
the a. m. and 4:90 p. m. trains.
"Uncle Josh" the man shot by a
hunter Monday returned Wednesday
behind a white horse. This probably
was a precaution as a preventative of
the absorption of further charges of
shot from careless hunters. Though
Uncle Josh" wears conspicuously a
badge showing him to be an old sold
ier yet that last charge came near
rafting him, and no wonder as it
was something no doubt like striking
the pike between two skirmish lines,
! that walk he took Monday morning
out from Atwater to Science Hill.
Henry Hick has a bunch of lambs
that are called tops" by stock men.
That means, translated, they will
bring top prices. He took first prem
! ium with them at Randolph fair. Hen
ry Hudson will take them along with
some fancy ones he has to Chicago
Fat Stock show next week.
Sam Fox was in Canton recently
consulting Judge G. G. Bow. Sam
claims the Lexington trustees on
grading the hill by his house cut five
feet off his lot and he's after dam
ages.
Mrs. Lish Whittlesey entertained sc
members of the w. s. A. Thursday al
luncheon at 100 each for benefit OF
| the order 1t was a big menu for the
money. A novel answer to roll call
was each member in turn ~ give
some good work done by the associ-
alton in past year.
Burt Butler, of northern Minnesota
was visitor here last week. He left
Atwater 40 years ago when there were
but three houses west of the French
harness shop, now the Woolf house
Riley Johnston and Ed Whittlesey
homes. Mr.. Buffers son-in-law was
killed by a deer hunter in the wilds
OF north Minnesota this fall. He had
intended building camp fire and was
on one knee breaking twigs for kind
ling, when the hunter hearing the
noise of the breaking branches
thought it deer and shot in the dl'
rection. The ball hit the young MAI
In small of the back. He lived but &
few hours.
George Lozier has sold his farm
formerly the Sam Clapsaddle place, Il
| Mr. Oesch. of East AtWater, for $700l
or 800 an acre. Mr.. Lozier, owing t.
i'll health, will move to Alliance.