The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-03
ORCHARDS DAMAGED
BY SLEET STORM
New Paris Telephone Com
pany Suffers Heavily From
Wire Damage.

NEW PARIS, O.. Feb 3.-The sleet
storm of Friday night entailed great
loss to telephone and telegraph lines
in this community as we'll as to the
owners of orchards, where large
numbers of young trees were felled
or badly broken by the weight OF
the sleet. One stretch of the New
Paris Telephone company's line on the
road between the farms of James H.
Davis and Martha Murray was put
entirely out of commission, every pole
being down. The stretch is over a
mile long. Near Orangeburg, east of
here, the Bell telephone line is also
down. and 1t is dangerous to drive
along the road, because Of the brok-
en- wires, branches, etc. 1t is be-
leved it will take a month with good
weather to put the line in good shape,
though Manager Fortney and large
force of men have worked day and
night since the storm tao clear the
lines of debris and get them off the
public highways.
Mrs. Ed Weyman went to Richmond
Saturday, ell route to her home in
Middleton, O., after a weeks visit
here
MTS. AHlld buI I'LL spent ouHudJ
with Mrs O. Leftwick in Richmond.
John l.. Akin of Richmond spent
Sunday here with his wife and little
daughter. Mrs. Akin returned home
Monday.
Miss Evelyn Northrop ives the guest
of the Misses Timmons near Braffets-
Vile during the week end.
Everett King of Denver, is the guest
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
f. King
Miss Mayme Smith of Richmond
spent Sunday with local friends.
Misses Osa Cordell and Norma New
bern spent Sunday with Miss Ber-
nice Newbern. Mrs. H. D.. Branden-
burg and Mrs. J. e. WIND and son
We're afternoon guests.
Paul Lehman of Richmond spent
Saturday and Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs George Lehman.
Mir. and Mrs. George Thurston en-
tertained William Reicherts of Chi
cago and Miss Pearl Halter at sup
per Sunday evening.
MI and Mrs. Earl Mitchell and
daughter Of williamsburg spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Gar
rettson.
Mrs Martha Murray went to Hag-
erstown yesterday TO visit her son
and family.
Despit prompt medical attention and
rigid quarantine, another case of scar
let fever has developed after it was
believed the epidemis had stopped.
Claude Collins, son of MI and Mrs.
Fl. d. Collins, is the victim.
Mr. and Mrs G. r. Mcclure and
daughter spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. n. ]. Mcclure.
Nrc WIND and SON Robert
OF Springboro. O.. spent the week end
with Mr.. and Mrs. Z. v Stamback
near Gettysburg.
Mrs. Emily Morrow returned Mon
day to her home in Greenville after a
few days visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Miller Mr.. Miller's condition
remains unchanged, except that he
grows weaker each succeeding day.
Charles Barton of Frankfort. Ind,
is the guest OF his brothers, a. and
Nelson Barton.
welcome change in the schedule
of the Ohio Electric Railway com.
pany vas put into effect Sunday. in
that all cars after S a. IN. will leave
the local station on the stroke or the
hour and the car viii remain at New
Westville for the accommodation OF
passengers, Who heretofore have been
forced to wait there without shelter
This schedule Is in effect up TO p. m
when the car makes the trip back to
New Paris, so Richmond visitors in
the evening will have to wait in the
cold until the car goes west. 1t is
hoped to have a better schedule soon
but local patrons are glad to have this
small concession. A petition was cir
culated praying for change and bet
ter accommodations as to waiting room
at New Westville, and the above was
the result.
Mr.. and Mrs Venoman Reid spent
Sunday in Eaton.
George Lehman spent Sunday in
Eaton.
Mrs. Earl Richards and son Robert
left today for their home in Column