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Shelby Independent News:  14 January 1875, Vol. 7, No. 12

S.S. Bloom, Editor and Proprietor

In the case of Jacob Rhinehart against Thomas B. Petit -- a verdict of two hundred dollars were rendered by the Jury in favor of Rhinehart.

A four-year-old daughter of Mr. Jno. Saviers had her arm broken on Saturday last.  A little boy merely pushed her from a chair.  Drs. Mack and Myers set the arm, and the little sufferer is now doing well.

Dr. J.M. McLaughlin was last week sworn in as coroner of Richland County, in place of Dr. Race, whose term of office had expired.

Mrs. Rebecca Wentz, widow of Jacob Wentz, Sr., deceased, died near Blain, Pa., on December 31st., 1874, aged 75 years, 8 months and 11 days.  The deceased was the mother of fourteen children -- six sons and eight daughters -- all living.  It has often been our lot to surround that family table, when not one link of the chain was broken -- a patriarchal scene indeed.

The Trauger family of Plymouth Township, held a reunion on January 5th., the anniversary of the Golden Wedding of father and mother Trauger.  A more estimable family than the Traugers, can scarcely be found anywhere.

At a regular meeting of Shelby Cornet Band, Monday evening, January 11th., 1875, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year:  President, C.W. Sipe;  Secretary, F.W. Mattoon;  Treasurer, H.E. McMillin;  Leader, E.F. Smith;  Business Manager, H.B. Kingsley;  Finance Committee, R.D. Stober, C.P. Leiter and Geo. Bowman.

The Board of Directors of the Buckeye Mutual Fire Insurance Co., met on Saturday last, and re-elected the following officers:  S.S. Bloom, President;  H.E. McMillen, Vice-President;  S.F. Stambaugh, Secretary;  Thomas Mickey, Treasurer;  R.J. Rutter, General Agent;  D.I. Foust, D. Billow and R.D. Stober, Executive Committee.

Mr. Benj. Markley, an old citizen of this place, died suddenly on last Wednesday morning.  His wife was absent at the time, on a visit to her daughter at Chicago Junction.  Being suddenly taken ill, one of his neighbors went for assistance;  but upon his return found him dead.  Mr. M. was a quiet, hard-working citizen, highly esteemed by his neighbors and friends.  He was aged about sixty years.

DIED, December 28th., 1874, at the residence of her father, Mr. David Livensparger in Sharon Township, Mrs. Sarah Mundey, aged 47 years, 5 months and 24 days.  Sister Mundey was a member of the Lutheran Church in Shelby.  She suffered much for many years.  During the last year of her life she was confined to her bed.  Amid all her afflictions she was supported by an unwavering faith in her Redeemer.  The funeral sermon was preached by Rev. D.I. Foust, her pastor, December 30th., at her father's house, after which her body was laid to rest in Oakland Cemetery, followed to the place of burial by a large number of friends.  Thus passed away, one, though poor in worldly goods, yet rich in the bright prospects of unfading treasures in heaven.

MARRIED, At the Lutheran parsonage, January 11th., 1875, by Rev. D.I. Foust, Mr. William D. Owings and Miss Louisa M. Deardorf, both of Shelby, Ohio.

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We are indebted to Maj. W.S. Bradford, Clerk of Courts, and his courteous assistant Capt. Farber, for a list of Justices of the Peace now in office in the various Townships of Richland County ... C.C. Laser & M.M. Barber, Jackson Twp.;  Joe Hastings and A.E. Wigton, Monroe Twp.;  Miles Spaulding, James R. Gass and James A. Boggs, Troy Twp.;  John B. Ward and Henry Cotter, Mifflin Twp.;  Caleb Bevier and W.W. Drennan, Plymouth Twp.;  John Fox, Joe P. Hunter and A.W. Crevelling, Bloominggrove Twp.;  Jas. S. Crall, Fred W. Wagner and Isaac Gass, Madison Twp.;  W.B. Hammet and Peter Weigle, Washington Twp.;  John Wigton and Thomas B. Andrews, Worthington Twp.;  John W. Kirk and Milo Starr, Butler Twp.;  John Sprague and C.P. Leiter, Sharon Twp.;  Ruben Evarts, C.V. Morrow and N.O. Smith, Jefferson Twp.;  J.M. Crabbs and James Furguson, Weller Twp.;  C.R. Marshall and Thomas Sanders, Springfield Twp.;  E.C. Parsons and H.T. Hodges, Cass Twp.;  Andrew T. Gatton, Crestline, Sandusky Twp.

The Richland County Teachers' Association, which met at Shiloh on December 28 - 31st., elected the following officers for the ensuing year ... President, Prof. John Simpson of Mansfield;  Vice-President, Z.J. Clark of Bellville;  Secretary, G.W. Williams, of Lexington;  Treasurer, J.W. Kinsel;  Executive Committee, W.B. Wilson of Lexington, V.F. Tucker of Shelby and L.N. Clayberg of Adario.  Prof. R.D. Marsh of Mt. Vernon, DeWolf of Toledo, and Hon. T.W. Harvey were the principal lecturers.  The institute seems to have been a very pleasant and profitable one.  The people of Shiloh have elicited great praise for their generous hospitality extended to the teachers of the County, during their stay in their midst.

Mr. David L. Lowrie has sold his interest in the Center Mills to Mr. F. Todd formerly of Bellevue, Ohio, and retires from the business.  It is the intention of the new firm of Gilbert & Todd, to omit nothing that will tend to sustain the well known reputation of the Mill;  to do a fair and square business, in order to deserve the general patronage of Shelby and vicinity.

John B. Matson and Dr. I.A. Myers of this place, have caused to be placed in the center of their family burial lot, in our Cemetery, a fine Quincy Granite Monument.  The Monument is a low massive one, and of such monumental architecture, seldom seen displayed in the best of Cemeteries.  The monument was erected by the Mansfield Granite Works, E.M. Wolff & Co., Proprietors.

JACKSON TWP., January 11th., 1875 -- At a spelling school in No. 5, three sleighs were racing to pass each other.  One of them, driving a sled with a double team, ran over a daughter of Mr. J.W. Huffman, aged about 16, dragging her over two rods.  The parties stopped, took her out from under the sled and took her home.  She had been walking at the side of the road, to get out of the way, and it was because they were thus racing, that the accident occurred.  It is only because of this accident was not more serious, that the law is not now enforced against the guilty parties.

We only this week learned that on New Years eve, at Victorine Mott's dwelling, while a number of young men were "shooting New Years" as is the German custom, a son of Mr. John Yeager accidentally discharged his pistol, mangling his left hand terribly.  Dr. Myers amputated two fingers.  An iron bolt, used as a ramrod, in the pistol, used at the time for loading it, hit a son of Jos. Keller's right under the eye, penetrating about an inch.  His eyesight is returning.  It is now thought both will recover.