The Cedarville Herald, Volume 24, Numbers 1-26

at k sacrifice. m e x t e n t s m > aim mmwi *$» m otbtr firm. WIHWWW! paw# TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR. NO. 9. CEDARVULE. OHIO, FEBRUARY 16. 1901. When this itom k m4rk«d by *8 Index, it denotes that -your suuauip-' two w overdue and a prompt payment is desired. PRICE $1.00 A YEAR. O B C X C i . Does Your Shirt Fit You? Ii it don t and you w an t one or two or ha lf a dozen th a t will fit you, come in and leave your measure for some? of Loeb & Co’s. Custom Made Shirts. W e are showing Spring samples .from now until further notice, " I . £ . Davis, , j y w r i l i s j h e i * J l .S" ^ ^ R E M E M B E R We still continue to make su its tha t suit th e people and seH the right kind o f furnishings. EXTEND LIMITS. BY THE WAY m Opera House 1 9 0 1 One being a |Prof. Hein, a finest Violin [.re guaranteed ?ats. g C E R FdR .e&Z isjoj Breakfast ro sft, fe a lth F Jo t ir ' \ a j ^ e ^ > ' B R E A D / , S t . L ouis , H a jnouncements \ W. J . Sanderson, 11:00 a. ’ 111., "The nee ofProfeeeion and febgiou." stly claim to be the er 111'Springfield, as :ieas than all other the city combined, re can and do under* cade Shoo House, .Springfield, Ohio* me of my steep and 7 with neuralgia and {ilcs* Paid Pilia and me.M— Mm. Pearl Hch. waning » party of ! down to the home . Jamie McClellan "d *« oyster sqppejl a Tate hour, after Se»*ant,evening, ris waatbe guejifcef in for several day* |b , taui/t *rt snivel*., Dale .Collins in re* cof some horses and As on hand, COPS. . - ' I Sitfjric *f* *p.1l *.*,SJ tf f »**£. ■ ■*$»*.wm,***# »*»**■ dyd will pleas**call in we need the moft*; Barr A Boyd, Council SIiouM Taka Action on Extending Oiir limits Thereby liaising Our Valuation^ Per^acbt Comments and Observation of ; Things and EventsAround Us, 'There shtiuM be some uction taken by the council and citizens toward e.\- \ tending o u r limits. nn>l taking in tin, residents that are now "living off the edge of the corporation limits, Hot only Would these people *have tli * -pleasure o f ' town privileges to a greater exteut than, they ale now eti- foying, !')in they Would have the bene­ fits,of fi,improtection, something that is Very much needed in ;tTnit,.section’- of tbe town. We think indeed thej-o people whutd m.t luveauy .objections Kidwtfig t,;keiT“i(rto- .tire oof-porntion iisaimidy they have the benefit of*.» -many town privileges, and certainly would'gladly come in, as.it will In o f Untold value' to _ the corporation. The tax duplicate will be raised sev- •era! thousand dollars and. fifteen or tweuty. families be added to the cor­ poration by this addition. •Consider for a moment to what ex ten t the corporation can extend its privileges. Ah ordinance passed some months ago,i forbids the taking o f the fire engine or any of the fire apparatus outside the, corporation' limits. To think that your house should catch fire and the engine and equipment' not be nlloWed to go over the limits, when you are only a few rods from the line,, would" be some- thing terrible to relate, and we hope ; nfevet to hove cause to o-ecord such a case. . . To those who JhrtVe nit interest in the town, wo \yill hear 110 objections, .1but those ehrouic kickers add grum*. bier will, o f course, bo hen'rd from. Itds lor tho interest of the public that this addition be made,-1and Ave believe we will 'be backed by the [irOpcrty owners in the corporation,- for it \vill be to each others Advantage, and uo one would be injured in the least. . 1 ,We expect to .bear of the. council taking same- definite action in this matter-at-their nex t meeting. l;e House Burns. ‘The huge icehouse of Ed Schmidt’s at Xenia, partially, burned Monday night. The fire was discovered about ten o’clock. Before tbe department ' arrived the flames had covered tbe en­ tire, roof rif the building next to the railroad and were working their way towards the remainder oTthe building, tbs Wind being* in this direction. One part of the building was nearly filled with ice which was totally destroyed’. The building “was insured for $8200, contents 11500, but this will not cover the! loss. ' ' , ^ —A t Cooper's you will fitid a lull - xfidneomplele liue .ofgroceries,“Hverv thing of the best quality. The Old and The New We have an accumulation of stock that has stayed too long. We ars VERY anxious to make i t move from our'ahow-’s-eftsesfl and to clear out, we will make concessions in price that will do it. Many things In—* Pint,, ' , ; \ ... Rinfcs, Chains, - Charms, Novelties* ’ will be le t go a t ofte-fo tirfch t o c n o d u u f t h o c o s t to us, These are high grade goods, but we’ve bad them too long. They musfgo. , j *m 0DOBS Will please the most fastidious. We have something to fit the taste wild purse 0fave?yoi% KcC-LLOM, ttB .Jw e ls r , 1CetlarvJii#, Ohio, LAST LEnER COUNTY eGRIST. UNDER BOND. OF Ingersoll’s Written from the Nether . World to Friends Lelt Behind. While conversing with nun of our county, commdinners a nHon time luck, .the tjubject of elecirie roads and their irt-latloiH to the towa "counJtU e.tmwup. rl« ju st rcumrke.1 tluatc was 4 si)r,ry day,- for Greene, -County when the Osborn ' town council tried to buck the ,D. S. & U. r’nud. Tho company Iia*l intend jd to place.their -power hou,sc, d e bar <and equipment lit Osborn, but when tin* eonncll or that plats.»liuutulit they had •tl;»luiDd dteis! ito-l. cotihln t gi-,t along without; ii)i{ iowo. the dpiopiitr/just moved up tile. U’.ndC it.t-rndt- dist.>uc>*. 1tut. hubs thou*plant at-Millwtn, in ‘Clark On In Uniactioui «»*■ the town enu'lieii *4” O.-sborn, Greene -County. wa«, j u a t cheated but ’ of somethin;* near $200,000 on her tax duplicate. He went on to say farther that councils should be generous with a company that is incorporated and transacting business. and not like the companies not incorporated. They will agree to do nothing only what they say they will,and make mi promises only what can he fulfilled. . 7 . ' t f t r There is a traveling man who conies to this town ..who has more business than any bank in town. .H e -is so busy that he hasn’t time to putjbis pencil in His pockets so he wears it behind his right ear. And he has a fine ear for that purpose/ I t is bo roomy. We* first thought- he was John D. Rockefeller, tbe Standard Qll magnate, but we find out W is onjy a cracker runner. / , , r t f - _ ' 1 * We know a party wbor worked steady for several months tins fall lirid winter aud saved up a nice lot of. money, .He Bbot crap about thirty minutes and he >yas ‘‘busted." Com- n\ent unnecessary. t t t •- . Electric railroads biiog the princi­ ple theme for conversation, we hoard rather au amusing story related the first of the-week. in regard to one of our business men, as he seemed to b'e taking,jsuch an active part in the work. Prom all outward appearances one would think that he was sincere in the work, but according to tbe re port he is decidedly against such pub­ lic improvement from ^be fact that he thinks it will , kill the town and thereby injure his business. There are two roads projected to pass Ids farm and he, wants neither for he thinks it will damage hia place, so he selects the company which he find# does does not intend to build a road, because the promoter -can’t even get out of his own city, and thereby gives to them all the support possible in order to keep out a road that is will­ ing to go under bond .that they will build a road and have j t in operation by a certain, date. I t is this bond that makes this gentlemen take such an interest in the aflkir, for he knows if that company gets a franchise they will build a mad, which he does not want for he says it will kill his host ness. Poor pian, he has our heart­ felt sympathy in this affair, and .we speak in hefriilfdf tlir ”citizens.' *Pos­ sibly he could be brought around all right if another'telephone company could manage to go. down an alley Ms residence, and drop a V spot into this man’s greedy fingers, 3 > * FakcO to G s ta Quorum. An effort wasmade to get a quorum at the meeting of irie #Acnife •council last Tuesday- The purpose was to give the Martin franchise' ordinance itasecond reading, The indifference of the aC0hueil to the enterprise of a Xenia mars and to the true interests of Xenia is hard to understand — Xenia Herald. Evidently the members of the Xenia council refchll the electric light situa­ tion Atow years Ago. Tim true rder­ a te of Xenia is ‘‘his waller accord* to past experiences,. D kai ; I'ltnwjw: 1 will endeavor to ; write y'otivih*» letter ‘I promised be : lore leaving New Turk, Sani Jones ininlVerreiiily told tin' truth-, for ju.-l as ho predicted,‘anti I loiM-if sewetly' expected, I noV in lmiles - gmne straight through on >t fi/vr'withmiMi snip, 1 amVituoir »o> J hot cinder writing/this It-itvr with a piece o/Slate gmlgep from lit-- failing wJih my tri­ dent, A "(ridt-nr," ymi know, is onev *)l tlu» Imiiiy Jo*k)-n4 l,*t1e pitdit*)r'ks like Xel*tnu** u->'d i«» earry al>out with hip) at the seiidit.*, ■Ei/erybody Inis one, and it ucke.- .< fellow fee! like he is a t a P o.m ii-c. em u .............. When l wim on I'lfiii I did not he-' lieve in tied ,, for I had traveled.in .Kansas, 'aud did not think there could he two. place* so much alike, hut I had notjiacn here three minutes until .I believed with till my heart. I t is much more genuine and realistic than anticipated, but I think I will like it when X get acclimated. Just now my feet are blistered from walk­ ing a.rhot pavements, •and I am dab bling them in the river Styx to cool them oil. I Was talking to, Moses a while ago, aud he says they will soon be calloused, and then I will he- “ hunki dora.” He has read my “ Mistakes of Moses,’’ and laughingly admits that he made a good many” when he was new in the business. He is &jovial old sucker, . mid I rather like him. Hv told me on the-dead— everything is “ on the dead” here— that he did uo f .wnte the Pentateuch," but knowB who did.. '• There mo lota of- people here, and Strangers arrive daily, but if you are coming, try to make the'tup in full or winter, and even then you need .not bring anything hut a light' summer suit! You need not bring overcoat, umbrella or skates, •but you niight bring along a pultn leaf- fan or two,, for an “ imaginary," “ mythical-," “ fig­ urative,” “allegorical" and an “ unor­ thodox” hell this is the hotest one I ever got into. But say! Jt got here just iu time to strike a snap. Henry Ward Beecher had just been retired on account ofage, and Mephistophelea appointed me as boss over the Xew York colony, the largest one here. I have a lovely new trident with cute little spear points, and the devil has promised to get me a Jong red tail and* a pair of home like his when he goes to the city next week. He seems to have taken a fancy to me. There are ministers here of every denomination,4nd several.campmeet- ihgs are iu progress down the river* I have shaken bunds with Torn Paine and Voltaire, and we had quite a * pleasant chat together. They ridd they* had been watching tny career, and Were expecting me daily. Beb Franklin called on me this morning. He has stopped inventing stoves, and is organizing a stock com patty tor the manufacture of ice. . OY course the “ trusts” are down Here, too, Solomon and Brigham Young have all the women cornered. The politicians are organizing-to de­ feat the present administration and elect a new devil. They^ want me to enter the race, hu t I declined, beinga neW man here. However, Jas. G. Blaine is talking of ^running, and Should he decide to listen to the peti tious of his many friends, I guess it will be my duty to- make the nomb dating speech.* You know I nomi­ nated him for Presideot'.once, and did it up in good shape, Judas laeariat and Ananias are quite popular, and Jay Gould is also running well .on account of his money. .. I Wishyou could send me the papers. 1 would like to see what they are say*, lag ab»as me, *1 garcf they print long articles of praise ar,d denuncia­ tion* and enough pictures; ot me to start ft rogue's -gallery, and all the preachers Will fell how Jt ImppeneJ, and the spiritualists will commune with my spirit. I wish the whole lot were down here, and 1 don’t think they would be so gey,- We need rain the worst Crops nre almost failure. News Items GatliefOd Around the Differ* ent-County OFfices.r-Whot is Be­ ing boiie hi the Different • Courts. Mrs, Bhailer a« executor of die F. JN. Shafi'er (.-state has 'brouglit a bill of S2Q0 for services .rendered' by the hde F . N. Shutter against the estate of Alaiilda Ihijile. ' Mi\ Lewis tit. John who succeeded Mr. Shaffer as execu­ tor, contests the claim spd the case was heard before, Judge Dean; Tues­ day. ( 'huh Kyle represents Mrs. Shaffer. 1 , " Judge Heap, Thursday heard the case of .Michear Donnelly who- is charged with procuring liquor for mi habitual' drunkard, AlAv Aid Johan, j - * pQf-' both . parlies residing iu Yellow Springs. Donnelly was loutnl guilty. Attorney Dakin filed a niotioh for a trial. Calloliati’s wife- was the priu cipal in having the case prosecuted. Hannah M., Owens through her utlorney, J . A, Cook, has -filed it petition in the Court of Common Plena, iir which; Elmer Owens, other-, wise Elmer Pratt,' and the Hoovcu tfc Allison Cordage Co, are defendants. The plaintiff claims-that her husband makes good wages nnd has abandoned her and the two children. She asks that the Cordage Co, may be ordered to pay property now in its hands, to her as alimony. - . ’ * • . ’■I The report of the date -Brinton. Baker,, which, was* filed in Probate Court s I ic W b , that the personal prop* erty amounts to $14,201. There was 40 shares of Cincinnati and Xenia railroad stock winch sold for $5.808,12 nnd 4 ahar.-s of Little Miami which brought $8,167.75 ' • . J MAUSUOK LICENSES, Walter Kliue 23, and Miss. Grace Wooden, Xenia. Rev. Gekeler per­ formed the ceremony. r . : IlEAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. D. G. Lichliter to Board of Educa­ tion of Biuh <p., .41 of an acre in Bath tp., $20.50. „*■■• '• 1 Joseph and John Strnyer to Chas, titrayer, lot in Byron, $1. .Levi and Susan V. Borton to Jo seph F , and Jane C. Ford, 31 acrea in Xenia tp., $2,200. Lrevi M. and Susan M. Borton to Agdes C. Nichols, 31 acre# in Xenia lp„ $1200. Lewis.and Belle Buolmnn to Mary E . Boohnao, lot in Clifton, $450. _ _ kind* ft Welt old hoy, if you are ever down- this way, «lrop itf* Youis very truly, RO»T. G. IN^RREOW.. Jonathan Hamer to Chas, A Har­ per, 38.72 acres iii Beavercreek tp., $1,548, Casper B, and Pearl C. Hamer to Hofner O. Hudson, 72.77 acres iu Xenia tp., $4,366,20, ' Robt. F , Linton to Belle Barlow, 60.81 poles of land in Bpring Valley^ tp*, $L Masons Lay Cofnerstono. The Court House Building Com# mission granted tho Masonic fraternity the privilege o f laying the cornerstone for the new court house several weeks ago. The commission have been asked to revoke, their arrangements and grant the same to the ex-spldlefs, suilors and marines of Greene County on the grounds that they are the representatives of the loyalty of the people, to the government, and tb t supremacy of the law. Probate Judge* J . N, Dean, ad* dressed the commission in behalf of the soldiers. ■The commission has not *4 yet revoked their former grant. Petitions are being circulated ovar the county seeking signers, opposing the grant of the commission, nod ask­ ing that body to grunt tho privilege to the soldiers who covet tho honor. The petitions Will be presented at the next rneetingf a t which . time some action will be taken in the matter. * Isaac Weymouth. Placed Under, Peace Bond to the Amount of $400*. tiomo little (■tfoitenient,. was caused Wednesday evening when ike Wey­ mouth went home under the influ­ ence of liquor ami began abusing aiid mistreating .his good old-mother. The act Was committed about half-past six. Mrs. Weymouth’ went to the home of MarsfiiU John Grindie, which isllu t a Bhort distauce frojn the scene of trouble, aud asked that her sou, Ike*, be arrrested as he had driven her from hqme and threatened her life, Mar. shal Griudie was soon on tl/e scene and fouud Ike lying on ' the floor and when lie entered .lie was asked what business he had |be re ., In Marshal Grindle’s attempt to arrest Weym >uth there was quite a scuffle, and things 'jJookdd dangerous as the prisoner had an open knifeJn his hand, and threatened .to kill the officer. With the assistance of F in ­ ley Grihdle, he was brought to. thei station and placed behind the bars," In the fracus Marshal Grindle had his thumb cut but not seriously. A preliminary hearing was helfi in Mayor Wolford’s court Thursday afternoon, and some five witnesses were examined^ ' Mrs. Weymouth swore hef'her life against the prisoner, and consequeutly his hearing was wheather or n o t. to put him under a peace- bond, - Mayor Wolford placed his bopd nt ,$400, but the prisoner failed to get bondsmen and lie w « b -. taken to the county jail, Thursday evening, APremature Breakfast. There is a thrifty wife in this town, or shall we say one who likes to stliy in bed ns long ns possible in the morn­ ing, who before retiriug'baB made it a rule to place kindling and coal iu-tho kitchen stove, cut the ham or bacon, as the wise may be, place in skillet on the stove,griud coffee, put it in the pot, so that in. the morniug when eyes' are heavy with sleep, all she will have to (In is to touch a match to the kindling sit down and see breakfast cook, This Yule was carried out Wednes­ day uight ns Usual, but 16! on going Into the -kitchen an hour later, she found the fire going, the meat frying aud the coffee boiling away iu a most business-like manner. Was she mad? Well. But nothing Joath, being a very economical woman, she gave all hands warmed over meat and second­ hand Coffee, Cause: A tafdy live coal lay in the ashes and warmed itself iuto a blazq. NEWS TID-BITS From Many Sources, Gleaned From Our Exchanges ’ An occasion of interest was that of' the celebration on Saturday of the 82d birthday of Aunt Mary Osborn, widow of the late Wesley Osborn, of Cedarvillei _ The celebration took place a t the. home of Deputy Sheriff Tarbox and family with whom Mrs. Osborn makes her home. I t was a complete, surprise tor her and she could not account for the sudden ap­ pearance of so1many of her friends and relatives u util sho was shown the day of the month;- wheu it" dawned upon her that Sunday was her birth­ day, thft\pccasion being ,celebrated a day iu advance. About thirty-five gathered around the table on which a bounteous repast had Jbcen spread and none enjoyed it more than did the aged lady in whose honor it was given. Rev. lu rre li gave a little talk and offered prayer and altogether it proved a very happy day for all concerned.-— Xenia Gazette. -—( p ^—r . ; A $1 bill, hearing only a stamp and no Wrapper was recently sent through, the mails irom Ghicagp, The bill ns a wrapper for a written communi­ cation on a card, and was sewed to the card. Ou“tlio outside of the bill was pasted a bit of white paper bear­ ing a 2c stamp and the ■address, Question was raised as to the right oi sending money in this manner, bu t the bill i n . the* end was allowed to go on its way.—Globe Democrat. Thomas Jeffersonnf Rip Van Winkle* For years American theatre gderif have associated “Rip Van Winkle” with Joseph Jefferson Until oue thinks and speaks of tbe man and the char- acterjiAone amLthe-aame. - Now the public has the opportunity o f seeing and listening to this old and thorough­ ly. American stage production in an eu* tircly new light. The presentation- by; Thomas Jefferson and his company is of special interest oh account of the exceptional cast. Thomas Jefferson, who takes the psrt of Rip, ia certainly most successful. He has evidently taken his father for his model, but where could he Hud another so perfect? When he comes mi the stage it Seems as if the elder Jefferon himself were there. Hia voice is that of hia father, nnd his laUgh recalls old associations with dear old Rip. His characteriza­ tion leaves nothing to be desired and if fce is not his father lie is ns good as it is possible for any one else to be* This clever company will present “ Rip Va‘n Winkle” in Xenia February 21st. $6000 la Checks. Some time ago caneled checks.to the amount ot $6000. was forwarded from the Xenia postoulec to Cedar- villc, addressed in large ’ type to'the Exchange Bank, Cedarville. For tome reason or another the checks becft'fie lost and for several mouths have been missing, Li»peetO)*a. were put on the, case but failed to locate them, However one day lust week the mining • package turned t i p / ’ I t had been-located the day previous1,a t S t Louis. The only cause assigned that they had fallen behind some of the Car furniture and had been over!; looked. PROCEEDINGS Of the town Council—ALively Time at the Monday Evening Session.—Balp road at a Standstill. ■ A t the council meeting Monday ov*- enipg-.the spefetators enjoyed a rather lively time,'as there was considerable amusement on the part of setae o f the - members. Mayor Wolford called th& meeting to Srjer, all members answer­ ing to roll call. The usual anioUnt of business was transacted, and bUJa ta the amount-of- over $200 were nllowetL , There was oue bill which when pre­ sented'Caused considerable discussion, and when-it c’aine to a vote it was de­ feated. Messrs W. H.' Iliff and Jacob Lott pu t in a bill for a livery rig, horse feed and their dinners -which amounted to $2.25, -The fiprae. and’/ buggy Was used by them to pinko a . trip to Springfield sometime ago toin- vestigate Mr. Harry Frey’s standing. Mr, J . H . Andrew objected to the bill op tbe grounds that the gentle- *- men were not u. committee authorized by counciLijut a self-oo-nstituted com­ mittee, and for this reason, the council according to the statutes had no featott.. to allow the bill. The ordinances for granting a fran­ chise to the two"electric' roads had a * reading, as did the ordinance pnjkib- iting,card tackers, bill-posters, etc. - A Remonstrance is being signed aguinst the running of the Rural Mail Route .through here. Nearly every­ body within the Hustcad P. O. dis­ trict have sigued. When signing the petition for the ' Rural Route it seems nearly all were not ■ aware' that the Route would discontinue tho P.- Q, here.'—Hustcad Cor.' Yellow Springs New s,. An exchange very sensibly says: “ I expect some day to see the pres­ en t system ot buying nnd Belling eggs by tho dozen give way entirely to the better systemtof** trading in them by weight. Until oiie: has weighed a lot o f eggs by way of experiment, he would not believe how much differ­ ence there is in the weight o f eggs* I have eggs weighed iu ray -place every once in a while for my own sat- isfaefion/and they vary ~all the way from 14 ounces to 24 ounces each. • “ • ■ * . O— . „•* When Kansas gets left in the mat­ te r o f stories of big crops, - the re­ mainder of the world will have to in­ vent some very large stories. A satt example, we give the following: “The watermelon crop in some lo calities,” says the Belvidere corrcs- pendent of the- Kiowa County Signal, “ isno t very promising. One patch near this city will produce very fair melons if timely rains set in and the coyotes will stop eating them. One of our citizens brought in a melon that had been plugged before i t was, ripe. He brought the melons in just to show what his prospects were. for fair sized mclone. He cut the fru it in halves giving half tc*Mr. Owens and half to H . 0 . Parcells, Mr. Owens is using his as a bushel rteas Ure and Mr. Parcells converted liis in­ to a washtuV^-Gardcn and Farm. . Tho successful farmer of tfie'future must farm fewer acres and grow more per acre. Rotation of crops and di­ versified farming end stock raising me the plans to he adopted for laying the best foundation for the success of the future farmer, and, as it costs no more to raise a well bred animal than it does to raise a scrub, better sell of the inferior stock; mod sn the future raise none b u t the Very best to con sitae the crops raitod. Fewer ani miffs in number and better ones to consume the grain and gross raised on ‘feWOr acres is the to ad to success in k Whitclaw.Reid on Cuba • A t the third-annual Lincoln-Lay dinner of the/Republican Club, in New* Ydrlf, 'Tuesday night,' -White- • law Reid was one of .the speakers, His address was mostly devoted to the present status in Cuba'. ,1 He said; “ Is the flag to be withdrawn from • Cuba?1 I t is pot one of our'new pos­ sessions,’ but our responsibility for it is embedded iii successive and solemn declarations by almost every adminis­ tration since Madison. “There is no eagefne&s to annex the island. Rather, there is a dread of such a connection, lest it. lead'to state*- hood, and so prove the entering wedge for n transformation-of our Continental Republic, which would inevitably work its ruin. But the duty Of pro­ tection remains, Under the protec­ torate the island could have as much freedom as anyv State in the Union, but it would not be likely to have more. I t could not treat with Spain, ' about the Cuban debt, or with France about the Panama Canal. Its foreign Relation would, and i.s custom houses might, remain under tbe guidance o f - the protecting' power. Does that break the. Gongressionl promise to leave the government and coiitrol o f the island to its people, “ Have not the government and control of Vermont been left to its people? Must Cuba, though thor­ oughly dependent upon us for pro­ tection and safely, nevertheless have more freedom^ thrust upon it than Vermont or Massachusetts. or New York? Our Congress is capable, sometimes of extraordinary things, but it is hardly capable of that ” Death of Elizabeth NetoU, Misij Elizabeth Nesbit died a t fife o’clock Saturday of pneumonia a t her home, BIGSouth Fourth street. She had been poorly for tome time, hut was taken ill about two weeks agowith lagrippd which developed into pnett- mmia. , Miss Nesbit was' horn iii“Chekbt district. South Carolina, in 1832 and , came to. Monmouth in 1367, She was a sister ofJames Nesbit and Miss* Maifie Nesbit of this city nnd $ . H . Nesbit of Loa Angeles, Cal*" Tho funeral was held a t the home a t 10 o’clock Monday, Feb, 4th, and the services were conducted by Hr.W , T, Campbell.,, MlssNeshit was a mem­ ber of the Reformed Presbyterian church in Cedafville, Ohio, and rs wined her membership in that detata* inafiou nftfer. ooming here, hut while , able wan a. regular attendant a t the m 1.4 J - fhetodays o f m a l l margih* ahd sharp 1 competition.*—'Che Farm erbi Gnide, —Monmouth (111) Review I, \ i f ' ' i r ' r f W £ 4 ' X , **