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e NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS f The Bellville Weekly - 09 March 1877 |
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Source: The Bellville Weekly, 09 March 1877, Vol. V, No. 49 (source document held by Bellville / Jefferson Township Historical Museum) |
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ASA GATTON has made an Assignment to his
brother JEREMIAH. Those street lamps recently put up were manufactured by GEORGE I. CLARK. Rev. W.W. ANDERSON will preach next Sabbath on "The Necessity of the Atonement". Thanks to Mr. W. HUNTSMAN for his two year's subscription. There will be a school exhibition at Hannawalt's School-house, next Tuesday evening. All those indebted to G.S. & R.W. BELL, please take notice that all claims must be settled before the first day of April, 1877. -- G.W. & R.W. BELL. The Universalist Ladies Sewing Society will meet Thursday afternoon, March 15th., at the residence of HENRY GLOSSER. Sociable in the evening at Mrs. D.W. ZENT. All are invited. Come and have a good time. -- FLORENCE STEVENS. FOR RENT -- A large Store and Wareroom. Enquiries of J.C. POTTS. L. SCHAFER, our enterprising butcher, has erected a fine marble-top counter in his shop. WM. ARMSTRONG, son-in-law of T. MOORE, has moved to Newark. He is in the employ of the B.&O. R.R. Social at J.P. WALSH's this (Thursday) evening. MOLLIE KAUFFMAN from Lexington has rented the Bellville Bakery. She is an excellent baker, and we hope may succeed. The sale of Mrs. TRUCKENMILLER's property will take place on the street Saturday afternoon. IMPORTANT NOTICE -- Saturday March 24th. is the day fixed upon for planting trees in the school-yard. Let every family interested in our schools, hunt up a nice sugar tree in the meantime to set out on that day. -- L.S. GURNEY and Others. A new watering trough has been placed by the side of the State Road, this side of GEO. BOWER's. Such conveniences cheer many a traveler on their way. A house and lot for sale cheap. Inquire of A.H. REDDING, Esq. Mr. O. HOWARD has enlarged the second story of his Planing Mill, to accommodate WM. LANEHART with better manufacturing facilities in the furniture business. RECEIPTS ON SUBSCRIPTION. O. HAWLEY, Bellville, O., $1.25; D. ZENT, Bellville, O., $1.25; M. ZIMMERS, Bellville, O., $1.25; SARAH IRONS, Albion, Ind., $1.25; Miss ALICE BERRY, Kingston Centre, O., ??; WM. HUNTSMAN, Darlington, O., $2.50; JAS. NIMAN, Bellville, O., $2.00; G.C. BLANFORD, Hayesville, O., $1.35; Mrs. ROSANA WATSON, Darlington, O., $1.25; J.L. GARBER, Bellville, O., $1.25; DANIEL SHROWEDER, Bellville, O., $1.50; MOSES WALTERS, Hiawatha, Kan., $1.35; B.F. WOODRUFF, Bellville, O., $3.00. NEW SUNDAY-SCHOOL. A Sabbath School was organized on Sunday last in District No. 5 (Red Brush School-house), under very favorable circumstances. On account of present epidemics, very few children were present. But the attendance of young men and women was general, and the spirit manifested excellent. A committee was appointed to nominate officers, consisting of Miss GRACE BUZZARD, SAMUEL DURBIN and ALBERT LANEHART. The committee reported as follows: Sup't -- Mr. DORA GARBER; Ass't -- Mr. JOHN GATTON; Sec'y -- Miss EMMA BUZZARD; Treas. -- Mr. ALFRED GATTON; Librarian -- Miss BELLE DURBIN. Remarks were made by Mr. JOHN SIPE and A.H. CONDICT. The collection for the wants of the school amounted to $16.40, which will be increased no doubt if needful. The time agreed upon for meeting was two o'clock until further notice. The following are the names of those who received the prize at the close of the last term of writing school: DELLA B. FAUS, EMMA DONEL, SCHUYLER ZENT and CHENY CUNNINGHAM. DEATH OF NANCY DAUGHERTY. CORONER'S INQUEST. The Coroner arrived on Thursday afternoon, and the following jury was selected: Doctors A.I. BEACH, J.C. LEE, STOFER, SMITH, WADDELL and J.C. POTTS. Several witnesses were examined at the house of ASA GATTON on Thursday evening. Adjourned until Friday morning at 9 o'clock, when the post mortem commenced and continued until noon. The stomach was the only organ that exhibited any considerable difficulty. It was much congested, and was with its contents put into a glass jar and sealed up, and is preserved for a critical analysis. In the afternoon the jury met at the Township Room. The hearing continued through Friday, Saturday, and until Monday evening, when the following verdict was rendered: "That the deceased came to her death from poisoning; but whether it was administered by herself, or another, could not be determined by the jury from the evidence produced." Miss DAUGHERTY's father arrived Friday morning. The funeral took place Saturday. The body was interred at the church near KANAGA's, three miles east from here. the deceased had stated to several persons that she and OLIVER HISKY were married. During the eight or nine hours of intense suffering, the most that she said that gave any light on her condition was that she awakened strangling, and that OLIVER said "take a drink" and that soon after he left. On the evening of Feb. 22nd. he was seen in company with her at GATTON's gate; he was on the outside, she on the inside. He made an effort to get something from her hand. She had stated that the license for their marriage had been got at Mt. Vernon. Mr. GATTON wrote down there to see. He got word that it was not so, and made it known to NANCY. It is possible that the whole affair may have been a sham devised and executed by unprincipled parties. She told conflicting stories. On Wednesday evening about dusk, as Mrs. GATTON was going to the pump for water, she saw some persons standing at the gate. She returned to the house and told Miss DAUGHERTY that she thought OLIVER was at the gate if she wished to see him. She went out, and when she returned said that it was him, and that he had gone away, but would return after a while. WM. COLE testified, that on this same evening at about the time specified, that he passed Mr. HISKY, and saw rather indistinctly dome one hitching up a horse to a buggy. That he went on, going to Knox's School House to a Lyceum; that O. HISKY overtook him about three-fourths of a mile on the road. He got in and rode with him to the Lyceum. They remained there until it was out; asked if he could ride home with him. After hesitating a little said he might. When they arrived at HISKEY's, COLE helped unhitch; left young HISKY rubbing down his horse. Mrs. HISKY testified that she heard OLIVER come in to the house; did no hear him speak but knew his walk. Also heard him at various times the rest of the night; knew by his peculiar snoring or hard breathing. Diligent --arch has been made about where the poison, which is supposed to have been arsenic, was procured. The Drug Store in this place and Mansfield have been searched without success. It was proven that she had procured half an ounce of laudanum on the 22nd. of Feb. Could not find out what had come of it. A package of one hundred grains of arsenic and corn meal was produced from a drawer in Mr. E. HISKEY's bureau in which he kept his papers and cash. He said he bought it years ago. That drawer was locked; the key was kept in another drawer which was not locked. Young HISKY has been going with the girl, and is more or less responsible for her death. There is considerable mystery about the whole affair. After the verdict was given, O. HISKY, who had been under arrest, was released. MARRIED, February 28th., 1877, in Lexington, Ohio, by Rev. GEO. W. WALKER, Mr.. FREDERICK BAKER and Miss WILHELMINA ALLER. MARRIED, Near Bellville, March 1st., 1877, by Rev. GEO. W. WALKER, Mr. E.D. WALKER and Miss MARY E. BIXLER. MARRIED, At the residence of the bride's parents in Springfield Township, Feb. 27th., 1877, by Rev. Mr. FENNER, Mr. ELZEY A. ASHBAUGH and Miss AMANDA M. EVARTS, only daughter of SOLOMON and LUCY E. EVARTS. |
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