The Tribune Telegraph, Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio
Wednesday, February 24, 1897
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IN SHORT METER
OUR NEWS SONG OF THIS WEEK MAY BE SUNG WITH OR WITHOUT HORNS AND FIDDLES.
BRIEF CHAPTERS FROM THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF LIFE WRITTEN FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT.
When Sheriff Ashworth reached Franklin, Indiana, last week he found a man under arrest there by the name of John Cochran. He was just the size of the John Cochran wanted, and had a scar on his neck, as does the man wanted, but he was not the right man and was released.
Last Wednesday night a great lot of rocks fell from the cliffs at the lower end of the Fourth Ward, but did no particular damage.
Marshal Ohlinger took Wm. McElroy to the Cincinnati work house last Thursday. It will take him about five months to work out the fine and costs.
A heavy roll fell on the foot of Frank Gottfried, at the rolling mill last Thursday and crushed it.
Martin Ebersbach has leased the Vorhes mine, on Second street at the head of Linn street, and will take house coal from it. They will also make an opening into the same vein of coal near the Catholic church, opposite the Elberfeld residence.
The Hocking Valley railroad company has secured the contract of taking 1000 car loads of square timber out of here the coming summer, there being 25 sticks in a car load. The timber will be brought here by river and shipped to Europe.
Meagher County, Montana, has been divided and Townsend has been made the county seat of the new county. Dolph Schreiber, a former Pomeroy boy, has been made one of the commissioners of the new county. He gets $8 per day for his services and 15 cents per mile. He lives at Diamond City, 30 miles from Townsend. A 30 day sitting of the commissioners is about to commence to arrange for a court house, jail and other necessary matters for the new county.
W. G. Downie has gone out of the flour and feed business for the present and will drive a wagon for the new Pomeroy steam laundry.
In a recent K & M freight wreck at Dyesville there were 2400 bushels of rye.
M. E. Rathburn and F. A. Bean, of Rutland, have bought the McHale grocery at Gallipolis.
Bishop Vincent will preach and administer confirmation in Grace Church on Tuesday evening, March 2d. Service will begin at 7 o'clock, standard time. For the accommodation of persons in Middleport who may wish to attend, the commuter will make a special trip, leaving Walnut street at 6:15.
Two or three Pennsylvania oil men were in town last week looking up leases.
Buck Ringold, the darkey with the Mills Opera Troupe, won the cake at the cake walk at Bauer's hall last Thursday night.
Born, to Will Stewart and wife, of the Second Ward, a daughter, last Thursday.
The ground hogs in this neighborhood made a mistake in coming out February 2d. They are getting served up at the saloons.
Miss Nellie Crew, of Allegheny city, Pa., arrived here, over the O. R. R., last Thursday, with her sick sister, Miss Bertha, who has been under the doctor's care for the past week, suffering from a severe attack of la grippe, also an abscess in the head.
B. Baer left Friday night for Pittsburg with a fine lot of cattle. Isaac Baer left Saturday night with a big shipment of hogs.
Rev. Turnbull held services at the M. E. Church Sunday evening in the absence of Rev. Sparks, who is still in poor health. Rev. Geo. Heber Jones, the missionary, preached his farewell sermon at the German M. E. Church the same evening. Himself and wife leave to-day for Cincinnati to visit a few days before he returns to his missionary labors at Seoul, Korea. Mrs. Jones will remain here until fall when she will join her husband in the Hermit Kingdom.
Geo. Longlotz, as will be seen in our advertising columns, will shortly move back to Pomeroy from Cincinnati and go into his old business.
John Schilling was here from Logansport, Indiana, to attend his grandmother's funeral Sunday.
Some money was scattered among the working people of the Pomeroy Bend Saturday. The rolling mill, the Charter Oak and the Hartford and Liverpool furnaces paid their men that day.
Born, to Henry Pfarr and wife, of Monkey Run, a daughter, Friday.
About 35 Knights of Pythias attended services at the Presbyterian Church in a body Sunday morning in celebration of the XXXIV Pythian period of the institution of that order. Rev. Turnbull, the pastor, preached an appropriate sermon for the occasion.
Mrs. B. Baer and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Joseph Baer, left for Chicago Monday afternoon.
Chas. Campbell, a young colored man of Thomas Fork, had one of his big toes amputated last week. It had been frozen and injured the bone.
Geo. Reuter has received 33 more headstones for dead Meigs county soldiers.
On account of the death of Sidney A. Stewart at Long Bottom Sunday, the Auditors office was closed from Monday morning till today at noon.
Mrs. Winters and son Edward and
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Miss Ella Murdock, of Ironton, visited relatives here a few days last week, returning home Monday morning.
Miss Clara Koester is now employed at Miss Blazer's millinery emporium.
The following two marriage licenses have been issued in the past week: G. R. Michael and Lizzie M. Whaley, Ellsworth I. Kelley and Isabella H. Holcomb.
The parlor car on the C. H. V. & T. railway has been removed. It did not pay.
Ten car loads of cedar poles for the long distance telephone line came in over the Hocking Valley road last week.
Miss Addie Curtis, of Jackson, and Miss Curtis, of Marietta, are guests of Mrs. Thos. Turnbull.
Mrs. L. T. Pilchard entertains the Shakespeare Club next Tuesday afternoon at the home of her mother, Mrs. Young, in Syracuse.
Miss Grace Horton entertained the Whist club in a very charming manner last Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Oppenheimer will entertain the club next Friday evening.
Judge Stanberry is at home from Cincinnati.
Mrs. D. A. Russell entertained last week with one of the largest luncheons and card parties of the season. This was one of the prettiest affairs as the house is so large and well adapted to the entertaining of a large number. The guest list included many from Gallipolis and Middleport, some fifty people in all. Mrs. Dunbar, of Gallipolis, Mrs. Homer Grant, of Middleport, and Mrs. Abe Horwitz were the fortunate prize winners.
Many Pomeroy society women attended the luncheon and card party given by Mrs. Downing and Mrs. B. Downing, Jr., at Mrs. Downing's home in Middleport, last Thursday. Prizes were won by Mrs. Talbot and Mrs. John Reuter, Middleport, and Mrs. Will Downie, of Pomeroy.
Mrs. Talbot, of Middleport, has issued invitations for a luncheon and card party for next Thursday at her home.
Mrs. C. D. Reed is giving a large luncheon and card party to-day (Wednesday.)
Everett Shaver, son of J. W. Shaver, has accepted a position in Bichman's jewelry store.
Rev. Sparks expects to be able to fill his pulpit next Sunday morning and evening.
A little child of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Roush is seriously ill from pneumonia.
John V. Webb, who had his leg broken January 28, had a starch cast put on the break yesterday so that he can sit up and enjoy the sights of the flood.
Peter Meier, of Naylor's Run, has a young mastiff dog which weighs 110 pounds.
Mrs. Mary Flanegin, of Syracuse, widow of a former brakeman on the C. H. V. & T. Railway, drew the gold watch at the Opera House Saturday night.
CERTIFICATES GRANTED
Months
Blanche Howe, Pomeroy 36
*Celia Finlaw, Pomeroy 12
*Elsie Bradfield, Harrisonville 12
Mrs. Lulu M. Poindexter, Dexter 12
David Salser, Syracuse 24
Charles C. French, Harrisonville 12
H. D. Caldwell, Syracuse 24
Frank McClure, Harrisonville 12
Robt. G. Lewis, Darwin 24
D. J. Folden, Dexter 36
William Amos, Apple Grove 12
*Ray D. Thomson, Hemlock Grove 12
J. F. Hannum, Long Bottom 36
Charles S. Sayre, Plants 12
*Grade for two years, but lacked the necessary experience.
EAST END
The rain Sunday night did a great deal of damage to this part of town. The wall in front of Jno. Roedel's new house has partially fallen. The property of councilman Robbins was badly damaged by the water from the hill. While every one suffered more [or] less from the torrents of water sweeping down from the hill. Measures to secure proper drainage should be taken promptly.
Mrs. Mary Ann Partlow an aged lady living on Kerr's Run was found dead in bed Saturday morning. A small grand child slept with her and her death was not discovered until she was called to breakfast.
Wm. McFadden an old resident of this city, whose wife died recently, is very sick at the home of his daughter Mrs. Fred Bearhs.
Doug Merritt who has been very sick with lung fever is improving slowly.
Mrs. James Merritt is suffering from grippe.
Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Major of Middleport, were the guests of her brother Tom Curtis Sunday.
A horse belonging to L. D. Davis died Friday.
A new brick crossing is being laid from the corner across to Pilchard's Store. A new brick pavement has just been completed in front of this building.
Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Hysell and little son returned Saturday from a visit to friends in the valley.
Walter Malone has moved his family to Enterprise.
Sarah Parson has returned from a two weeks visit to Middleport friends.
HOCKING TIME CHANGES
A new C. H. V. & T. Railway time table went into effect Sunday. The Columbus trains reach here now at 12:20 p. m. and at 8 p. m. They leave here at 10:15 a. m. and 3:10 p. m. This makes the departures a little later and the arrivals a little earlier.
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IT'S A FLOOD!
THERE SEEMS TO BE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT THIS TIME.
THE OHIO ON A SECOND RAMPAGE IN THE TEARFUL MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
THE OLD THEORY THAT IT TAKES SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS TO MAKE WATER KNOCKED GALLEY WEST.
It seems that February is bound to give us a flood this year after all. The first effort just caused a few cold chills to chase each other up and down the spines of our people, but now they have whole flocks of them.
The latter part of last week in commenced to rain and just kept it up, coming down in deluges. That seems to be the way to make a flood, snow or no snow. Sunday morning the marks showed 19 feet here and swelling slightly. Monday morning there was 26 feet and rising 12 inches an hour. At 8 o'clock it dropped to 9 inches per hour and kept up that rate nearly all day. At dark Monday evening the marks showed 37 feet, being an average for all day of about 11 inches per hour. In the meantime it kept raining all the time about like it must have done in the days of Mr. Noah's flood.
When our people saw that it would not stop raining and that the river kept rising right along they became thoroughly alarmed and began moving their goods out of the Front street cellars. It was an all night job and was not done too soon.
The Hope Salt Company people concluded to be on the safe side and proceeded to load their salt into barges, working all Monday night. They have two barges, on of bulk and one of barrels.
Yesterday morning the marks showed 45 feet, a rise of about 8 feet for the night. This filled the cellars half full along the front and brought it to within five feet of the floors in some of the stores. By that time, however, the rise had fallen to 4 inches per hour and hope of no serious results revived accordingly. It began to look like we would escape a soaking. At that time the water had gotten into the Hocking Valley yards and shut off travel at the Charter Oak Coal Works, at Minersville and some places above.
BAD NEWS
At nine a. m. bad news began to come in. The first telegram was from Parkersburg. It came by the Ohio River Railroad wire and stated that the marks showed 29 feet and 11 inches there and rising 1 inch per hour, with all side streams falling. This was not so bad. The next cam from Wheeling and was worse. It stated that the river was 18 feet and 9 inches there and rising 7 inches per hour. This was followed by a socdolager from Pittsburgh, viz: River 21 1/2 feet and rising 6 inches per hour. This looks like the water is bound to get into the Front street business houses.
The people in the most danger here are the salt manufacturers. There are 2 barge loads in the salt house at the Pomeroy furnace, 2 barge loads of bulk and barrels at Hope, 40,000 bushels of bulk at the Buckeye, 40,000 barrels at Coalridge, 20,000 of bulk and 1000 barrels at Excelsior, three barges at the Kanawha Works and two barges at White Rock. Most of that was loaded in barges during the day.
BULLETINS
Parkersburg, Feb. 23, 9:40 a. m. - Ohio here twenty-nine feet and six inches and stationary. Kanawha not rising. Upper waters, Pittsburg 24 feet, rising eight inches per hour.
BULLETIN NO. 2
Pittsburgh, Feb. 23 - Noon - River 26 feet and rising 6 inches per hour.
BULLETIN NO. 3
Charleston, W. Va., Feb. 23 - Kanawha River higher than 1884. Charleston flooded. Water 5 feet deep in Kanawha & Michigan depot. People riding all over the city in skiffs.
BULLETIN NO. 4
Point Pleasant, W. Va., 3 p. m. - River 47 feet and rising 3 inches per hour. The town flooded.
BULLETIN NO. 5
Parkersburg, W. Va., 3:41 p. m. - river 31 feet and rising one inch per hour. About 4 feet more expected.
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BULLETIN NO. 6
Pittsburgh, Feb. 23, 4:20 p. m. - River 28 feet and rising slowly. 29 feet expected.
MOVING OUT LIVELY
By the middle of the afternoon Tuesday merchants were moving out lively along the front, having come to the conclusion that the water was going to get into their stores. Every one that wanted to work could find plenty to do.
GONE TO PRESS
Tuesday evening it looked like the Tribune-Telegraph office was about to be flooded and the forms were closed and the paper went to press. We hope to be able to tell the rest of the story next week.
TERRIFIC RAIN STORM
OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN 48 HOURS - CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE ABOUT TOWN
Sunday and Sunday night brought the heaviest rain storm seen in many years, accompanied by vivid lightning and heavy thunder. There was an incessant roar of thunder for several hours Sunday night. The rainfall for the 48 hours ending Monday morning was over three inches, half of that amount falling Sunday night. The heavy downpour did considerable damage about town. Henry Priode's livery stable, Huber's saloon and J. A. Daugherty's curiosity shop on Second street, were flooded. Water was several feet deep in Davis' stable, near the planing mill. The culvert at the lower side of the show grounds became clogged and backed up the water into the basement of Abe Priode's house, and the cellar of the Schmidt residence was flooded. It came within two inches of getting into the basement of Chas. Bengel's residence on Union Avenue. Down at the mouth of a little stream at German Avenue in the Fourth Ward the Hocking Valley track was washed out so that trains could not pass over the place that day. Rocks fell down in a dozen places from the face of the cliffs from the lower end of town to Kerr's Run. At the latter place a great section of high stone wall in front of Schwegman & Roeder's fell into the street.
NOTES
There is no complaint about empty cisterns now. A 700 barrel cistern at Bradbury's dairy was filled and ran over.
One of Abe Priode's boys had a fine game rooster drowned.
The rolling mill was drowned out Monday, the pits being full of water.
A 12 foot wall slipped into Councilman Robbins' kitchen Sunday night.
Thomas Fork was higher Monday morning than ever known, and Leading Creek simply tore things by the roots. The K. and M. Railroad was badly crippled by washouts and flooded tracks. Schwartzwalder's nursery was nearly all washed out.
Commissioner Frank Dye reports that Scipio Township was just simply flooded.
A heavy wall in the rear of the old Anthony Russell residence on Kerr's Run, occupied by Walter Malone, fell in against the house Monday morning.
A Chester township man reports that Shade River was running from hill to hill Monday and cleaned out every thing on the lowlands.
A house belonging to Emory Aultman at Welchtown was injured by a slip.
More slips are reported over the country than were ever known at one time.
Clerk Smith's cellar was full enough of water Monday to float the Great Eastern, and the trouble was he could not get it out any faster than it found its way in.
Loff Jacob's cellar on Lincoln Hill was filled with something Kentuckians don't drink Monday morning.
Dr. Schaefer's property near the fair grounds was almost drowned out. He had to cut a ditch across the fair grounds to save his place from being ruined.
There will be another heavy draft on the bridge fund to repair bridges.
A big slip at Sliding Hill Monday delayed Ohio River trains several hours. A gang of men worked there all day in the rain to clear away the obstructions as fast as they rolled down.
A section of wall at the old Dabney furnace fell into the street Monday.
There is a big slip on Naylor's Run near Geo. Bauer's barn.
A big slice of Lincoln Hill is sliding into Monkey Run from near C. F. Smith's.
PENSIONS
The following Pensions allowed through J. F. Downings agency since last report: Joshua B. Rice, Hemlock Grove Meigs Co., Ohio Co. B 140th O.V.I. Original Invalid Pension $6 per month from July 30th 1896 date of his application.
Mrs. Mary Henderson Middleport, Ohio, widow of John G. Henderson, Co. I 122nd O.V.I. Original Invalid Pension $8 per month, from Nov. 1st 1896 date of her application also receiving the arrearages of her dead Husband, about $480 total amount between $550 and $600 will be paid to Mrs. Henderson.
Jasper Russell Middleport Ohio, Co. F 192 Reg. O.V.I., increase from $14 to $24 per month, with arrearages from Nov. 4th, 1896, the date of his examination.
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DEATH OF ENGINEER EPH. AUMILLER
At eight o'clock Sunday morning, Engineer Ephraim Aumiller, of the steamboat Jessie, answered his last stopping bell and safely moored his craft in the have of the great beyond. His death took place at his home at Racine, after a brief illness, surrounded by the members of his family.
Deceased was probably as well known in river circles as any steam-boatman in Meigs County. He was born on Horse Cave Creek, in this county, in 1833, and was on the river before he was twenty years of age. During his 44 years of service he navigated the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri Rivers from mouth to source.
His reputation has always been that of a first-class engineer, shrewd, carefull and far-seeing, and through all the years of his service no man was ever injured in any way by the fault of the engineer. He had a chief engineer's license forty years old, and a pilot's and master's license. Nearly 20 years ago he was Captain of the steamer W. H. Harrison, running between Parkersburg and Gallipolis.
At the time of Cleveland's first term he was appointed postmaster at Racine and for the time being retired from the river, but again succumbed to the allurements of river life and went back to his first love.
He was taken sick in the engine room of the Jessie just a week before his death.
He leaves a wife and several grown-up children.
DEATHS
HIRAM HANING,
an old soldier of Scipio township, died last Thursday and was buried Saturday from the Freewill Baptist Church at Downington, Rev. E. N. Long officiating. Deceased was 57 years of age.
SIDNEY A. STEWART,
of Long Bottom, died Sunday after a long illness. He was 66 years of age, and was a prominent citizen of Olive township. We expect to give a more extended notice of his life next week.
MARTIN ADAMS,
probably the oldest citizen of Portland, died last Saturday. He was over 90 years of age. The funeral took place Monday. Mr. Adams was the father of Mrs. John Carriens, of Mason city.
MRS. MARY PARTLOW,
an old lady of the First Ward, died last Friday evening at the age of about 70 years. Deceased leaves four children, viz: James Partlow, of Chester township, Adam Partlow, of Greenfield, Ohio, and Wm. Partlow and Mrs. Isaiah Griffith, of Kerr's Run. The funeral took place Monday afternoon.
MRS. JACOBINA KATHERINE KUNNATZ,
mentioned last week as being dangerously ill at her home on Monkey Run, died February 19, aged a few days less than 93 years. Deceased was born in Neulusheim, Baden, Germany, February 28, 1804, and has been a resident of Pomeroy for the past 46 years. Her husband, George Henry Kunnatz, died in 1834. Deceased leaves but one living daughter, Mrs. Margaret Schilling, of this city. She leaves seven living grandchildren, among whom are Geo. Schilling, of Chicago, John Schilling, of Logansport, Indiana, and Mrs. F. W. Steinbauer and Miss Katie Schilling, of this city. There are 22 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. The funeral took place at St. John's Church in the Second Ward Sunday afternoon, Rev. Weisswasser officiating.
THE F. AND H. CLUB DANCE
The Pomeroy Fishing and Hunting Club, an organization for the purposes which its name would imply, was organized in this city April 10th, 1896, and during the past season the members have had many pleasant outings. Monday evening the club varied the programme and gave a ball. It was one of the most pleasant social affairs held here this season.
The rain poured in torrents all evening and before the ball was over, the river was over the streets in several portions of the city. This of course cut the crowd attending, down considerably. The Hetzel orchestra furnished the music.
The membership of the club is as follows: Joseph Andrew, President; Peter Stark, Vice President and Treasurer; W. J. Stewart, Secretary; Felix English, John Hotchkiss and Ed. Graber. The club numbered twenty members at the organization, but the others have either removed from the city or dropped their membership.
HOUSE BURNED
A vacant house belonging to H. C. Fish, of this city, was burned on his Olive township farm last Friday night. It was a good house. He had no insurance on it. About 40 bushels of wheat were in the house and were lost.
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THE RIVER!
Capt. Frank Summers went out Friday as engineer on the Jessie, in place of Eph. Aumiller, who was at his home at Racine dangerously ill.
Capt. James Summers, aged 66 years, brother of Engineer Frank Summers, of this city, was run down by a street car at Gallipolis last Wednesday evening. His right are was broken and he was badly bruised about the face.
The new marine law which makes it a punishable offense for steamboatmen to drink while on duty is being vigorously enforced by the U. S. local inspectors. These officers have the power to revoke the license of any man infringing the law. As a consequence, and it is a wise provision, steam vessels in future will be navigated only by temperate crews, but the law will also have the effect of banishing the bar-room from steamers, thus removing another feature of old time river travel.
The river men, who have been wanting the Upper Ohio dammed to give a navigable stage of water the year round, seem to be in the way of getting their wish without waiting for a congressional appropriation for that purpose. A dispatch from East Liverpool, O., says that the highest hill for 200 miles below Pittsburg is moving out into the Ohio river at that point. It is of solid clay, and like the country editor, has come to stay.
A corps of United States engineers will view the condemned piers on March 1. Their removal must be made before March 1 of next year.
Last year the several steamboats trading on the Ohio carried 2,376,659 passengers without a single fatality, a record that has never been equaled elsewhere in the country.
Capt. Nye came down ahead of his boat Monday and spent a few hours with his family.
THE BURNING OF THE JOHN D. LEWIS
The towboat, John D. Lewis, owned by Capt. J. F. Beatty, of Paducah, Kentucky, burned to the water's edge last Wednesday morning, February 17, at Livingston's Point, three miles above Louisville. the boat was values at $36,000; insurance $5,000.
RIVER OBSTRUCTIONS
The work of improving the Ohio River has taken a new turn, and one that will cause general satisfaction among river and coal men. Notice has been issued to the effect that the Secretary of War will require the removal of some piers of the bridges in the vicinity of Bellaire. The piers condemned are at the Steubenville and Bellaire Bridges.
The channel pier of the Steubenville Bridge will be removed, so as to lengthen the channel span, and the pier on the West Virginia side of the Bellaire Bridge will likewise be removed for similar reasons. These piers have caused many accidents to steamboats and coal fleets, especially the pier at the latter bridge, and many a man has lost a fortune by the loss of floating property being carried against these obstructions.
PAY DAYS AT ROLLING MILL
The following notice has been posted at the works of The Pomeroy Iron & Steel Co.:
Commencing March 1st, this Company will compute employees' time from the 1st to 15th inclusive, and from the 16th to the last day inclusive, of each month and will pay twice per month, instead of every two weeks. This will bring pay days for the balance of the year on the following dates: March 6th and 20th, April 10th and 24th, May 8th and 22d, June 5th and 19th, July 10th and 24th, August 7th and 21st, Sept. 4th and 25th, Oct. 9th and 23d, Nov 6th and 20th, Dec. 4th and 25th.
REVIVAL AT MILLWOOD
Rev. E. L. Meadows, M. E. pastor at Millwood, W. Va., closed one of the greatest revivals of religion ever known in that town. The town was shaken from center to circumference by the spirit manifested in the meeting. The church now has one or more representatives in every family in the place except one or two. There were 65 converted who joined the church on probation, and 17 came in by letter. Up to the time of this meeting there were two speak easies in the place. They now have discontinued operations and one of the proprietors has gone into the church. Some Pomeroy liquor dealers have been making inquiry for their former customers at Millwood. What has become of them is above stated.