Freedom Township (part 3 of 8)

In the evening I crossed the line and saw a hunter riding an old horse, to the tail of which was tied a large deer. I followed a trail and came to a Mr. Robbins, of Bloom township, where I staid all night. Early next morning I started for Mr. Frankfather's at Bloom Center, found my old friend, Joseph Shelia, and made my home with him, and went to chopping to get a pair of boots. Mr. Shelia, and I rode through the woods to Risden and Rome (now Fostoria) for an ax. We found a few, but as they wouldn't trust either of us, we had to return without it. Then I went back to Hancock county, got my ax and was rich. I took a job of a Mr. Buisey to chop seven acres, for which he gave me a rifle and some second-hand clothing. I finished my job March 24, when the mercury was 20 degrees below zero, that winter being still known as the "hard winter."

I began work for Mr. Solether April 1 ; snow and ice on the ground, and sleighing. He gave me a watch. While working there Mr. Jonathan Stull came into the clearing. He had a bag on his shoulder with a peck of corn that he had got from a Mr. Daniel Milburn. Mr. Stull was much depressed and discouraged on account of the hard winter. He talked on Adventism, as the Millerites said the end of the world was at hand. Mr. Stull said he prayed for it every day. as he had seen all the trouble he wanted to see. He said he had eight head of horses, and all had died; 28 head of cattle and 260 head of hogs, and all were dead. I had to pass Mr. Stull's cabin often. He told me they had been married 12 years and that they had 10 children, all of whom were almost nude. Not one had a full suit of clothes. They hadn't a bed or a window in the house.

He was the owner of a three-quarter section of good land. "There," said Mr. Stull, "I have one peck of ears of corn in this sack, and when I take it home and grind it in the hand mill and mix if with water, bake it and eat it with my wife and ten children, God knows where the next will come from. They must starve." He wept like a child. (Mr. Stull was the founder of Jerry City).

Mr. Dewese said that during that winter nearly all the wild hogs perished from cold. Later Mr. Dewese worked for Mr. Whitacre two weeks, for which he received $3.25. Continuing he says:

I then went to Milton Center and cleared five acres for James Hutchinson for a pair of two-year-old steers. In July I went to James Bloom, and worked for Bloom and Henderson Carothers, helping to cut 45 acres of wheat and cut and haul 100 tons of tame prairie hay, for which I received one pair of boots and 50 cents in money - a sum total in money for the year of $3.75. In the beginning of the year 1843 I went to Ralph Keeler's to work for my board, and to go to school in the old log school house at Weston. Mr. Keeler took sick, and as I had to take care of

The teacher, Mr. Jesse Osborne, of New York State, received 25 cents a day or five dollars a month. The scholars were Miss Mary Taylor, George Lewis, Thomas and William Taylor, Samuel McAfee, Olmstead, Amelia and Melicent Keeler. The teacher was paid by the parents, there being no school fund at that time.

Mr. Taylor lost about 45 head of cattle, Mr. Keeler 75 head, while the Salsburys, Sargents, Ellsworths and Greens lost about the same proportion during that terrible winter, never to be forgotten by the old settlers. Many had to move out of the "Black Swamp" before spring. So ended my first year as a pioneer.

In March 1851 Mr. Dewese entered the land which now forms a portion of the Dewese estate. On this he built a log house and began to make for himself a home.

On November 3, 1853, Mr. Dewese was married to Miss Sarah Green, who was born August 17, 1829, in Liverpool, England, and came to this country with her parents in 1834.

Mr. Dewese was a whole-souled, public spirited man, whose ambition was honorable citizenship and financial independence. He was an upright citizen, a kind neighbor, a devoted husband and a loving parent.

The hospitality of the Dewese home was known far and wide, and Mr. Dewese found great pleasure in entertaining his many friends at his fireside and sumptuous table.

The corner stone of the first court house in Bowling Green was laid July 4, 1868. The cost of the building was about $23,000 and Norton Reed was th<3 contractor.

Joseph B. Newton

ON the morning of April 10, 1905, there passed away from earthly scenes one who had long been a prominent factor in Wood county history - Captain Joseph B. Newton.

Captain Newton was born in Chenango county, N. Y., in 1837, and with his parents came to Ohio in 1840, locating in Center township, and later on moving to Bowling Green. While a young man, he taught school and was corporation clerk of Bowling Green. At the outbreak of the War of the Rebellion Mr. Newton volunteered in Co. A, 14th 0. V. I., and won promotion by faithful and efficient service to Corporal, Sergeant Major, Second Lieutenant, Adjutant and Captain. He never was absent from his command but once on account of sickness. He was with the army in Sherman's march to the sea, and in the final review at Washington at the close of the war - literally starting at the beginning of the war and holding out through all the dangers and vicissitudes in camp and field, in skirmish and battle, to the end.

After the war he returned to Bowling Green. He was elected auditor of Wood county for two terms. Owing to a change in the terms of county officers, Mr. Newton served nearly five years as county auditor. Some time afterward while engaged in farming he became interested in the glass industries of Bowling Green and Indiana, holding prominent positions in the management of that industry. He served as Secretary of the Wood County Fair Company, and at the time of his death was a member and president pro tern of the City Council of

Captain Newton and Miss Maggie Black were married in 1868, and his wife and three sons and one daughter survive him. The funeral services took place at the family residence and were conducted by Rev. Thos. Barkdull, of Toledo, who had been a friend of the Captain from his early boyhood. He spoke feelingly of his associations and recollections of the dead. These services were attended by the city officials, members of council. Grand Army members, county officials and a large number of personal friends. The pall bearers were C. W. Evers, J. D. Bolles, A. E. Royee, f. L. Hankey, J. E. Merry and M. L. Case. Under the Grand Army ritual the remains of Captain Newton were placed in beautiful Oak Grove cemetery.

One who for a number of years was closely and intimately associated with him, claims that a more even tempered, serene, patient character is seldom to be found. Under the most trying ordeals in official life, calm, patient, self-possessed, he was ever unruffled - ordeals that would exasperate and confuse any one loss masterful.

In his business relations he was thoroughly methodical and systematic. He inspired confidence among all who came within his influence, and was affable and courteous to all. Whoever sought his counsel in perplexity, whether rich or poor, high or low in station, his advice was freely given, and often too at the expense of both time and money on his part.

He gave a patient, respectful hearing to all, and it was this trait in the man that to a large extent brought about the high esteem in which he was regarded by his fellow men. In the discharge of his duties as auditor there were many trying circumstances. At many meetings of the commissioners, when diverse interests were in clash before the board Newton was ever calm and unruffled and throughout all he was unswerved, selfpoised, fearless, confident in his well studied and matured judgment.

He was ever ready to help his fellowman, and it is of such material that good citizenship is made, whether in the domestic and social circle or in the wider arena of civic duty. - Cor. of Wood Co. Democrat.

Nathaniel H. Callard

IN the death of Nathaniel H. Callard, there passed away a man who was identified with the growth of Wood county and the prosperity of the Maumee Valley for nearly half a century.

Mr. Callard was born in Devonshire, England, February 3, 1819, where he grew to manhood's estate, leaving England and coming to America in 1848. He resided several years in Detroit and Toledo, finally making his home in Perrysburg in 18531, where he resided until his death, January 5, 1900.

In 1854, when the cholera raged with such violence that it seemed to baffle all medical skill, when scarcely a family escaped from the dread pestilence, when the fortitude of the bravest was tested in this crucible of disease and death, Mr. Callard, with unflinching devotion, gave his energy and skill unreservedly to his fellow citizens stricken with the plague. For the time he abandoned bis business, and day and night found him ministering comfort to the sick and dying and providing necessities wherever needed. In that time of gloom his services were in constant demand and no appeal was ever made to him in vain.

addition to this the loss of his wife by death in the same year greatly increased the burden of his afflictions, leaving him with three motherless children. In 1861 he chose a second wife, Miss Ellen Mc- Naughton, who proved a devoted mother to his children.

During the early years of the war he was an editorial writer on the Perrysburg Journal and directed the policy of that paper. He was an enthusiastic supporter of Hon. James M. Ashley and advocated the vigorous prosecution of the war for the preservation of the Union, and was a strong adherent to the principles of the Republican party as advocated by the leaders of that period.

In 1875 he established the Buckeye Granger in Perrysburg, a weekly paper, advocating the principles of the Patrons of Industry, and for six years that paper was conducted with signal ability, wielding an influence for good throughout Northwestern Ohio. Subsequently he was a frequent contributor to many newspapers in Toledo and Wood county. He was a close political student and as a writer be was concise, forceful and logical.

In his political views of men and measures, he was thoroughly independent. If he favored any measure of public policy, he did so irrespective of any political party. The only question with him, in regard to any political issue, was ''Is it right; or wrong; is it just or unjust ?" His sympathies were ever with the people. Whatever would benefit his fellow citizens received bis active support. He was free in the expression of his opinion. There was no subterfuge in his make-up. In all his relations with his fellow man he was courteous and affable. He was ever generous to a fault. His cheery smile and hearty greeting were genuine, coming from a heart overflowing with sympathy for all. The funeral services were largely attended by Perrysburg citizens and many from a distance. The services were in charge of Rev. D. Stecker, pastor of the M. E. church, assisted by Rev. G. A.

Thus ended the earthly career of one who in spite of most discouraging business reverses always remained cheerful and hopeful, whose long life proved a benison to his fellow men - a man of sterling integrity - a broad-minded, openhearted, generous, consistent Christian gentleman. - F. J. 0.

Seth Hunt Fairchild

ONE of the oldest members of the Wood county Bar Association at the time of his death, was Seth H. Fairchild, beloved and respected by all who knew him. He had been in feeble health for a number of years, before he passed into the Unseen. The funeral took place from the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Stanley Thurstin, and was largely attended by the citizens of Bowling Green. The remains were interred in Oak Grove cemetery beside those of his wife who had preceded him a decade before.

Mr. Fairchild was one of the old pioneer lawyers of Northwestern Ohio. He possessed a number of quaint ways, and was of a methodical manner in the conduct of his affairs. He could properly be termed a gentleman of the old school, courteous and friendly in manner. He was the dean of the Wood county bar, being the oldest member in point of age.

Mr. Fairchild resided in McComb previous to his moving to Bowling Green. He owned a large grist mill there, and served that place as mayor and justice of the peace for many years.

applied himself strictly to the practice of law, attaining a good practice. He also served Center township as justice of the peace for several terms. On account of poor health, he was obliged to give up his profession, after which he lived a quiet life alone in his home on Prospect street.

"In the removal of brother Fairchild our association recognizes the loss of a member largely entitled to our respect and esteem, and a prominent link in the chain uniting the old with the more modern practice of our profession in this state.

"Brother Fairchild, in his courteous demeanor towards the members of the bar, as well as in his high appreciation of the principles of equity, was a model which the younger members of the profession would do well to imitate; and we can all see much to admire in the simplicity and strict integritv of his character." - C. W. E.

Alfred M. Russell

AFTER many months of paralytic suffering, Alfred M. Russell passed away at his residence in Bowling Green, on Tuesday morning, June 13, 1899, leaving a wife and two children - Charles H. Russell and Mrs. Frank Reed - together with a host of friends in Wood county.

Mr. Russell was born March 7, 1S35, and was the youngest of a family of ten children. He was educated at Antioch and Oberlin, after which he spent a number of years as a school teacher. At the breaking out of the Civil war he enlisted as a member of Co. G, 14th 0. V. I., and was made first lieutenant. He was discharged at the end of three months on account of injuries received, and re-enlisted as a private in Co. C, 68th 0. V. L, in 1863, and was made sergeantmajor. He was discharged from the service in 1866, and soon after located in Bowling Green, where he continued to reside, with the exception of a few years spent at Perry sburg.

He has filled various positions of trust and responsibility having been twice elected county treasurer and having served several terms as deputy county treasurer and deputy county auditor.

The deceased enjoyed a wide acquaintance throughout the county and was honored and esteemed by all who knew him as an upright citizen and public official. He was a member of Phoenix Lodge F. & A. M., of Perrysburg, and of Crystal Chapter R. A. M., of Bowling Green, and was also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.

The funeral was held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, at the Presbyterian church. The services were under the direction of the Masonic fraternity, of which Mr. Russell was a prominent member. Rev. Adams, of Perrysburg, assisted by Rev. Dillon, had charge of the church services. The remains were interred in Oak Grove cemetery.

Hon. E. W. Poe

AT the age of 52 years, stricken with apoplexy, Hon Ebenezer WT. Poe, one of Wood county's worthy sons, passed away at his home 691 Bryden road, Columbus. The summons of the dread Messenger came Sunday morning, June 19, 1898, at 11 o'clock.

He was stricken early Saturday evening, while down town with some friends, and never regained consciousness. He was conveyed to his home in an ambulance, where he was given the most skilful medical attendance, but all to no avail and he passed away peacefully as stated above, without being able to recognize any of his family, all of whom surrounded his bedside.

Mr. Poe was a self-made man in all that the term implies. He was born and reared on a farm near Van Buren, in Hancock county, and in his boyhood days was fitted for the sturdy responsibilities of life by hard work on the farm. He made the best of every opportunity that presented itself for advancement, and his efforts were crowned with success.

terms as auditor of state, in which position he acquitted himself commendably. At the time of his death he was a member of the board of trustees of the Boys' Industrial Home at Lancaster.

Mr. Poe was a member of the Masonic fraternity and of several other secret societies, and he numbered his friends by the score in all parts of the state. He was of a genial disposition, simple and unostentatious in his manners and a true and trusted friend. His taking off in

The funeral was held from the residence the following Tuesday afternoon. Eev. Macafee, of the Broad street M. E. church, of which Mr. Poe was a member, conducted the services at the house. The Masonic fraternity had charge of the services at the grave. The interment was made at Green Lawn, the beautiful Columbus cemetery.

Hon. George Laskey

HON. GEORGE LASKEY, one of the prominent pioneer citizens of the Maumee Valley, after many months of paralytic suffering, passed away at his home in Toledo, August 11, 1899, and in this final ending there passed from earth the soul of a grand man, a devoted father and a whole-souled public-spirited citizen. He was honest, energetic, upright in every phase of life - a man of sterling integrity who enjoyed the unshaken confidence of all who knew him.

Hon. George Laskey was born in Devonshire, England, near the town of Bristol, August 23, 1824. His parents, George and Ann (Southard) Laskey, came to this country in 1833, landing in New York. Coming to Ohio, they settled in Lucas county, then a wild, uncultivated state, and proceeded to make a home among the early pioneers of Ohio.

world for himself. Going to Grand Rapids, Ohio, he accepted a position as clerk in the store of Francis Hinsdale. Industrious, energetic, reliable and thoroughly honorable in his relations to his employer, he showed while still a boy the sterling qualities that Avere so marked in his later life, and at the end of nine years' time was admitted to a partnership in the firm, which made a marked success. In 1851, five years after young Laskey had become identified with the firm, Mr. Hinsdale died and Mr. Laskey continued to carry on the extensive business, looking after Mrs. Hinsdale's interests in connection with his own. Later he and his brother bought out Mrs. Hinsdale and the firm name was changed to Laskey Bros. Being energetic, wideawake young men, possessed of more than ordinary business ability, they became the most popular merchants of Grand Rapids and won many friends. In 1866 they sold out and retired from the mercantile business, becoming interested in real estate.

After retiring from his mercantile career, Mr. Laskey became interested in agricultural pursuits, having previously purchased large tracts of land in Wood, Henry, Putnam and Lucas counties. At the time of his death, he owned several thousand acres in these counties, most of which is laid out in fine farms and under a high state of cultivation. This venture proved markedly successful and he continued in the occupation until September, 1877, when he removed to Toledo.

In 185'J Mr. Laskey was elected to the Ohio state senate, to represent the six counties of Lucas, Wood, Hancock. Henry, Fulton and Putnam, serving a term of two years. While in the senate he was one of the committee on railroads, and chairman of the committee on ditches and roads, doing more than any other man in Ohio toward inaugurating the drainage system that has reclaimed so many acres of wet land. He had always taken an active part in the drainage system and in all public affairs, being an important factor in the growth and improvement of the community in which he made his home. He served as commissioner of Wood county for six years. Mr. Laskev and Antoinette Howard were united in marriage January 1, 1848. The union was a happy one and was blessed by six children, four sons and two daughters. For many years they attended the Congregational church of Toledo, and were among its most active members.

The Hood Family

The Hood family comprised five sons and one daughter. They were natives of Midlothian county, Scotland, and after landing in the city of Montreal, came to Ohio in 1851, settling in the village of Perrysburg. They had all been well educated, and in all their personal and public services have shown the highest characteristics of integrity and public spirit.

The writer located in Perrysburg in 1853 and is familiar with their life record, and its services from that time to the period when five members of this worthy family has passed away, and two others who had been allied with them by marriage.

In 1853 when I came to Perrysburg dames and William Hood were owners of the brick building on Front street, Perrysburg, which subsequently was purchased by the corporation of Perrysburg, and has been used since then as a council room and engine house. The partners had a large miscellaneous stock of goods and were then doing a profitable business.

Thomas Atkins, an Englishman, and his son, at that time kept a saloon and grocery. The older man was taken down by an attack of cholera in its worst form. He died in a short time and his son immediately followed.

The Hoods performed the kind duties af humanity for them and as an administrator of the Atkins estate, managed it tii rough the action of Asher Cook, who then was probate judge, so that the Atkins children in England participated in their fathers estate, instead of its being held by those who had asserted a claim to it in this country.

Another instance in which the Hoods we're useful in the cholera time was that of a poor inebriate Scotchman named John Anderson. He was a working blacksmith for Mr. Lawrence and made his home on the river bank in a dilapi-

Information was brought me as a member of the committee of the M. E. church which together with a similar committee of the Presbyterian church, was charged with the duty of visiting the sick and the dying, and to aid them all to the best of our ability.

I at once went to the house where he was lying alone without food, and in an exceedingly dirty condition, as he had merged into the second stage of that terrible disease. I obtained a change of under-clothing for him from Mr. William Hood, also some medicine from Dr. Smith and with incessant labor the poor inebriate was restored to health.

In this and other cases the Hoods performed good service for the public. Shortly after this event William Hood removed to Bowling Green and as the second merchant in that' place became a leading factor in its mercantile affairs, and subsequently when the change of county seat from Perrysburg to Bowling Green was rife, he became one of the most active, resolute and liberal factors in the -accomplishment of the removal.

He was a leading factor in the construction of the Tontogany and Bowling Green railway, and the citizens of Bowling Green placed the name "William Hood" on their first locomotive. He died many years ago.

James Hood's services in aid of the old plank road brought to light the ways and methods by which selfish partisans then as well as now, saddled the taxpayers with unjust and unscrupulous burdens. He left Perrysburg and removed to the Hull Prairie farm in 1856, where he subsequently died.

Henry Hood, another of these five brothers, was a practical agriculturist. His personal record of integrity, of public usefulness, and of liberal views in both politics and in religion commanded the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens at large in Middleton township. He was elected trustee and treasurer of .Middleton township during several terms, and at all times he was favorable to public improvements when they were honestly conducted.

Henry Hood, together with David Whitney, John Ulrich, James Eobertson and some others were instrumental in the establishment of the Wood County Fair, which became a source of much good to the agriculturist and the citizens generally of Wood county. It has been merged with the Bowling Green Fair, the results - and- influence of which are now felt by the citizens of adjoining counties.

At the time of his death it was found that Henry Hood had bequeathed a fund for the purchase of a lot on the Prairie, and the erection of a church, that under the control of trustees should be held in perpetuity regardless of sectarianism, for public worship.

The Ironside Murder

WILLIAM IRONSIDE was killed at the head of Station island. Two men named Griffin, Orrin and Ben, had a kind of fish hut for catching cat fish, both drinking men and hard cases. William Ironside was a half, breed from Canada where he had been educated in a mission school. He was engaged in trapping around the island. The Griffins saw him lifting his trap and supposed that he was taking fish from their lines. They were somewhat intoxicated at the time and began to threaten him and finally chased and struck him with a boat oar. After a hard fight Ironside was killed. The Griffins were sent to penitentiary for the murder. This took place in 1835. Ironside was harmless, intelligent and peaceable.

Hon. Asher Cook

IjS Richland county, Ohio, on May 3, 1823, the subject of this sketch first saw the light of day. In his early child- .hood his parents came to Perrysburg. The father was a stone mason and plasterer. The son, Asher, with a meagre education obtained from the common school of that day, learned his father's trade and for a short time followed it. Later lie worked with the force of laborers employed in the construction of the Maumee and Western Reserve turnpike, which at that time was the main line of overland transportation from the east to the .Maumee Valley. Still later he worked as a common laborer in the construction of the Mad River railroad. Not content with the lot of a common laborer he changed his occupation to that of a sailor under Capt. W. H. Wetmore then engaged in lake traffic. When that popular captain took command of a steamer, Asher Cook went with him as wheelsman.

But nature and his studious habits endowed him for a wider field of usefulness. In spite ef poverty and the absolute necessity for constant and severe toil, he finally secured a most thorough knowledge of the common and some of the higher branches of learning. He had a special liking for the study of different languages, and hecame quite proficient in Latin, French, Spanish and German. He engaged in the study of law under Hon. Willard V. Way, one of the strong pioneer lawyers of that day, and in 1849 lie was admitted to practice. It was not long until he took a leading position at the bar of Northwestern Ohio, lie met on equal terms with his former preceptor, and held his own with such men as John S. Spink, James Murray, Samuel M. Young, Morrison R. Waite and other noted lawyers of that time. When Mr. Waite became Chief Justice of the United States, he said, "In knowledge and understanding of the fundamental principles of law, Asher Cook has no equal in the Maumee Valley."

Soon after his admission to the bar, he was elected prosecuting attorney of Wood county, and in 1851 was elected probate judge. He was married in 1853 to Amanda Hall, sister of Augustus and Manning Hall, pioneer merchants of Perrysburg. His wife died during the cholera epidemic in 1854. Soon afterward Judge Cook spent a year in Europe, studying in Paris and in Heidelburg. On returning to Perrysburg he took up the practice of his profession, and in 1858 married Sophia A. Hitchcock, daughter of W. J. Hitchcock, a prominent merchant of Perrysburg.

Originally Judge Cook was a Democrat, and took an active part in politics. On account of his pronounced anti-slavery sentiments, he could not consistently continue with that party. He was the leading spirit in a meeting held at Portage, Wood county, and at which resolutions were adopted embodying the identical principles afterward announced in the Pittsburg platform. He was a member of that famous Pittsburg convention, out of which the Republican party had its birth as a national organization, and which has cut so large a figure in the political history of the United States.

In the early part of the Rebellion Judge Cook raised and commanded a company of the 21st Regiment 0. V. I., and later commanded Company F in the 144th Regiment 0. V. I. He was a member of the convention that first nominated Gen. Grant for the Presidency. He was elected, in 1873, a member of the convention to revise the constitution of Ohio, and was made chair- man of the committee on education in thai convention. With his wife, he spent n year in 1879 in traveling in Great Britain and continental Europe. In 1883, he repeated the trip, extending his travels, however, so as to include Egypt and Palestine. Whether in private conversation or in public address, it was a pleasure to hear him recount the many interesting reminiscences with which his memory was stored.

His strength of mind, his scholarly attainments, his varied experience, his genial courtesy, his unquestioned integrity secured to him an unusual influence with courts and juries, and won the profound respect and esteem of his brethren at the bar as well as that of all who knew him. In his daily life he exemplified all that is best in the teachings of -Masonry of which fraternity he was a hnal member. Tn his intercourse with his fellowmen he was public spirited, and was ever ready to aid any movement adapted to the mental and moral advancement of the community. His domestic and social life was one of svmpathetic tenderness. He was unassuming. His character was a strong fibre - fear- 1< ss. progressive, typical of that army of pioneers, whose purposes carried out transformed this valley from a wildern >s into a garden.

Amelia Wilkison Perrin

WHKN" a child she ram.' with her father, Jacob Wilkison. to Orleans before the war of 1812. Eater the old settlement of Orleans was abandoned as unsuitable for a town, when a removal was made to Perrysburg, then an unbroken forest, and she afterwards saw the town in all its stag.- of growth up to 3 v Identified with this Yallev during her long, useful life she could not be persuaded to Leave it and make her home elsewhere.

Site was married to Jonathan Perrin, and together they did their share in helping to build the town of Perrysburg. Mrs. Perrin kept fully abreast with the times. She was ever alive and interested in the topics of the day. and was well informed in all that pertained to the history of the country. She was descended from Revolutionary stock, and was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

She was loyal to her country. Her time, her strength and means, and above all. her son. Wilkison D. Perrin. were given to the saving of the government in tlie Civil War. Her son gave his life in battle just before the close of the war. and although bowed with grief at his fall, she rejoiced in the final triumph of our arms.

The sw.»rd of John Paul Jones, the naval commander, now rests in the library of the naval department at Washington. It was presented to Jones by Theodosia Burr, the daughter of Aaron Burr.

Mrs. Mary A. Skinner, formerly Miss Spatford. who died, aged SS. at West Unity, was bora in the old block house at Fori Meigs. September 7. 1819. Her girlhood home was the old Exchange Hotel in Perrysburg. and there sh married.

The old Mission House on the Maumee river, above Waterville. was built in 1822. Tt was a massive log frame about 60 feet in length and 16 feet wide, and stories high. By many repairs that have been made since its erection, it is in a fair state of preservation, as a memorable relic of the past.

Charles W. Evers

Johnson White, the pioneer ferryman on (he Maumee river between Waterville and Miltonville had two daughters, Margaret and Celinda. The Whites, who erossed the Cumberland Mountains from Virginia into Tennessee, shortly after the war of 1812 were of English and Welsh stock. Mrs. White was a Fuller. Tt is not known in what year they came to the Maumee, but the records show that Mr. White served as one of the judges at the first election in Middleton township, November 17, 1832.

About the year 1835, John Evers, a carpenter and cabinet maker, who had recently located on the Maumee, and Celinda White were married. The Evers side was of German extraction. The family moved from Maryland to Western Pennsylvania where John's mother died, leaving three daughters and four sons. His mother, in her childhood, had been In ken captive by the Indians, with whom she lived for seven years. From Pennsylvania the family moved to Wayne County. Ohio, and John was later apprenticed to learn a trade, after which he came to the Maumee to grow up with the country.

His son, Charles W., the subject of this sketch, was born at Miltonville, July 22, 1837. A couple of years later the family moved to Plain township where Mr. Evers had bought a 40-acre tract of land of Neptune Nearing in section 34, for whicli he hewed out and framed the timber and inclosed a 30x40 foot barn. The shingles were made from a white oak tree standing almost on the identical spot where a big oil well is now located. Mr. Nearing, who came from Otsego, was an excellent citizen, and by this trade got a new barn and a new neighbor.

Neighbors were scattered wide apart in Plain township. Lee Moore lived in a cabin on what is now South Main street. Where Weston is now, Thomas Taylor lived, on the sinuous woods trail over ridges and across swales. Between Moore and Taylor, 9 miles, lived five families, Daniel Eldridge, about two miles east of Taylor's; on the Hollister land two miles from Eldridge lived an Irish family named Gatehouse, and two and one-half miles from there was Nearing and joining farms with him was Evers ; next east a mile was the Missionary, Pev. Isaac Van Tassel, on what is since known as the Leonard place. From there to Moore's there was no cabin. The St. Johns and Edgertons came on the ridge later.

In a biographical sketch of the life and character of Mr. Evers, by one who knew him well, we compile the following extracts from the Toledo Post and the Wood County Democrat: the carpenter's trade, which, with attending- school and school teaching, occluded his time until the war broke out. lie was a good carpenter, a successful teacher ami a brave soldier. He early main Tested a studious disposition, and making the most of such advantages acquired a good common school education and for a time engaged with marked success as a public school teacher.

At the age of 19 he made a trip to the West, intending to locate there, but later returned to Ohio and entered Ober- I i ii College. At the breaking out of the Civil War he laid aside his books, donned the uniform of a Union soldier, having enlisted in the Second Kentucky Infantry in which he served three years, taking part in the battles of Perryville, Shi luh, Murfreesborough and Chickamauga. In the battle at the latter place he received a severe bullet wound in the leg, was taken prisoner and starved three months in the rebel pens, and was paroled just in time to obtain proper surgical treatment that saved his wounded leg from being amputated.

.Returning home badly disabled, he was elected sheriff in 1864, and discharging his official duties to the entire acceptance of the public was honored by re-election two years later.

His wife was the daughter of James M. Bronson, of Eagleville, where she was born, December 20, 1842. Her entire I i f e was spent in Wood county, where her death occurred May 15, 1907. Of this union there are three living children, Mrs. J. A. Murray, of Manchester, 0. ; Mrs. May Evers Boss, of San Antonio, Texas, and John Evers, now a practicing physician of Flint, Michigan.

Mrs. Evers was a woman of rare culture and fine literary attainments, and many glowing and well deserved tributes were bestowed upon her worth of character by the literary societies with which she w;is an active participant.

Air. Evers' experience as sheriff was rather rough and he had several narrow escapes for his life. Once while enroute lor Perrysburg on a train, with a desperate character he had arrested, the fellow, though handcuffed, suddenly made a spring and jumped through the car window as the train was pulling out of Tontogany. Mr. Evers sprang after him and was thrown so violently upon a pile of ties lying by the track, he received severe injuries upon the head and breast. .Notwithstanding this, on his recovery from the shock he gave chase and after running his man for some distance across the country overhauled him. While bringing him back to town on the railroad track, the fellow, yet handcuffed, suddenly with both hands struck Mr. Evers a violent blow over the head and knocked him senseless. As soon as he had sufficiently recovered Mr. Evers with revolver in hand again gave chase and after tiring several shots again halted his man. Greatly fatigued, the sheriff and prisoner, both bleeding from bruises, sank down for a rest within a few feet of each other. In the meantime a posse of men from Tontogany had started after them, and when they came upon the two men and saw Mr. Evers in his bruised and bleeding condition, it was only by threats from Mr. Evers that they were prevented from lynching the prisoner. The fellow was lodged in jail that night, and afterwards convicted and sent to the penitentiary.

Another time Marcellus Eugate and Wm. Wagstaff, two prisoners in jail made a desperate attempt to escape. As Sheriff Evers entered the corridor adjoining the prison cells to lock up the two men for the night, Eugate struck him ;i terrible blow with a stick of stove wood, at the same time throwing a handful of ashes in his face. Luckily, as was her custom, Mrs. Elvers stood by the door and immediately locked the jail door and firmly informed the prisoners -lif would not unlock the door under any circumstances. On taking in the situation the prisoners made no further attack and were locked in their cells. Mr. Elvers was badly though not dangerously hurt.

At another time by his watchfulness, he frustrated a jail full of prisoners from making their escape, whose plans were similar to the one just related. Mr. Elvers was a keen discerner of character and had remarkable faculties in detecting criminals.

Pursuing a natural bent for journalism Mr. Evers acquired a half interest with Robert M. Travis in the Wood Uounty Sentinel and moved to Rowling Green in 1870. assuming editorial management oi the paper with marked ability. Upon thi' death o\' Mr. Travis Mr. Evers became sole owner of the paper. Desiring to engage in the real estate business which offered a line opening, he sold the Sentinel to M. 1'. Brewer, but when the county seat contest was inaugurated he with Dr. A. J. Manville, E. \V. Merry and M. P. Brewer founded the News for the purpose of championing the claims of Bowling Green as the logical seat of county government. The News having served its purpose was merged with the Sentinel, and Mr. Evers continued in active journalistic work till L884, when he sold out to A. YY. Rudolph, he having conducted the paper for the lour previous years alone.

It is conceded that to Mr, Evers was largely due the moulding ol' public sentiment which culminated in the building of the county infirmary, the inauguration

His latest historical work was the souvenir history of Et. Meigs which was written for the occasion of the dedication of the Fort Meigs monument.

years, this busy, active and useful life came to an end at Robinwood Hospital in Toledo. For nearly two years he had been in declining health, and three weeks before his death he submitted to a surgical operation for a chronic ailment.

Although the operation was pronounced a success, yet in his weakened condition lu was unable to withstand the shock, and his vitality gradually waned till death ensued.

On the following Sunday the remains of this brave soldier and esteemed citizen were taken to the G. A. R. rooms in the City Hall, of Bowling Green, where for several hours they were viewed by hundreds of his old friends and neighbors. The body reposed in a solid oak casket, surrounded and covered with a profusion of beautiful floral tokens, a regulation U. S. flag, an expressive esteem from the trustees of the Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association, being entwined among the flowers.

The funeral services were held in the G. A. R. rooms at 2 o'clock, under the direction of Wiley Post G. A. R., the full ritualistic service of that patriotic order being observed.

Dr. E. E. Rogers, pastor of the Presbyterian church, conducted the burial service o( the church, and Rev. T. X. Barkdull of Toledo, a lifelong friend of Mr. Evers, paid a touching tribute to his memory. Appropriate vocal selee-

Tributes to His Memory Judge Baldwin says: "He was a man oi pare capability, keen perception, indomitable courage, and irresistible will. "1 know of no person whose life labor has left a deeper impress upon every phase of public concern to the entire people of Wood county titan that of Mr. !'..ri>. During what may be called the constructive period of the county's history. he was especially active, and much of the prosjvrity and general welfare of our people may be directly traced to the adoption of policies originating with him. "At times he was nusur - .. and at times criticised for his advanced position upon public and civic questions, but almost invariably the correctness of his foresight and the wisdom of his mature judgment were completely demonstrated. It is no disparagement that he encountered much opposition and s subjected to occasional censur do man with whom all the people always agree, ever says or does anything that endures. He was in the broadest sense a philanthropist - whose disinterested efforts for the public weal will be more appreciated as the years go by." The Bowling Green Sentinel says: "'When the ritual.- service of

NYilej Post was concluded, when die three perfectly timed volleys rang from the rirles of Company II and the clarion toned notes of Musician Harry - sounded "Taps" at the grave of i . \\\ Evers, Sunday afternoon, the last sad rites were brought to a close for a man - ~:rength of character and patriotic devotion to the best interests fowling Green and Wood county wrought so much good to the community during the past forty years." I'iie Wood County Democrat sa; . - "He was always a true friend, and any difference of opinion on political or other questions had not the slightest effect on the harmony of our personal rela- A:ul this fact brings his death e to us as a personal los>.

municipal and political life, can not fail to prove an incentive to those who are conversant with the story of his career from boyhood to manhood.

"He was ever active, courageous, pro- _ ss e. Honest in purpose, industrious in endeavor, no labor however arduous, no obstacle however seemingly insurmountable appalled him.

characteristic cannot over in silence. He never made a statement., either verbal or written, unl< ss truth could be substantiated by incontrovertible proof. In this regard i. scrupulously careful and exact, and when once he made an assertion it was undeniable and could be relied upon."

A Fitting Tribute m the Democrat of Aug. 6, 1" A? an expression oi appreciation of great interest in and effective work accomplished for the Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association, the trustees of that organization at a S] meeting held at Fort Meigs last Friday afternoon, unanimously adopted the following Memorial and Kesolutions : manly bearing has so endeared himself to our entire membership than has he. He possessed positive views regarding matters which he had investigated, yet he so maintained them as not to forfeit the respect and regard of those from whom lie differed.

"Possessing a cultured mind and being well informed regarding historical matters, particularly those connected with the Manmee YTalley, his services in behalf of this association in making a record of the military events, and of pioneer trials and achievements in this section have been of great value. Owing to his enfeebled bodily condition much of this work was accomplished at the cost of great physical suffering, yet with an enthusiasm which told of his

"Resolved, That on behalf of the Manmee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association this Board extends to his family its sincere sympathies. Be it further

"Resolved, That this Memorial be spread upon the records of this board, and that a copy of the same be offered for publication, and also that a copy be sent to his family.

Source changes here: from Many Incidents and Reminiscences of the Early History of Wood County, Together with Some of the Historic Events of the Maumee Valley Contained in This Pioneer Scrap-book, Have Been Collected from the Papers and Material of the Late C.W. Evers As Gathered, by Evers, C. W. (Charles W.), published 1910; 39,825 words in this source stream.

Freedom Township

IN the year 1833, Isaac Cable and his three sons, Silas, Benjamin and Jonathan, also Michael Miller and Michael Myers, from near Canton, Stark county, Ohio, settled at New Eochester. Almost at the same time a party of settlers, among whom were Henry Nailer, Michael N. Myers, Christian Shelley, Ashael Powers, Henry Hahn, and several others came in from Lorain county and settled at Pemberville and above on the north fork of the river.

Most of the lands below the forks had been bought up by speculators, but most r of the settlers at that time, could get good lands near the river at government price, $1.25 per acre. Wood county was at that time in the Delaware land district. The Pembers came the next year. James Pember had previously married the daughter of Ashael Powers, which circumstance, no doubt, was the cause

Pof his locating in Wood county, as his father-in-law was the chief landed proprietor of what is now Pemberville. They encountered untold hardships at first, and indeed for a long time, chills, shaking ague and intermittent fevers visited them each year, and at times there were not enough persons in the settlement to take care of the sick. But still they hoped for a better day, and kept courage and faith.

Late in the fall of 1834, there were barely enough able abodied men to raise a log school house at the Forks. At this raising, a petition was drawn up and signed, asking the commissioners for a separate township organization. Mr. Hiram Pember, who now lives in Pemberville, and whom we hope may be spared many years yet, gave the township its name.

At the following December session, the commissioners, Guy Nearing, James Wilkinson and John Pray, and John C. Spink, Auditor, heard the petition, and ordered the townslii]i set off in a separate organization, and that an election be held at the house of Michael N. Myers, the first Monday of the following April. Freedom at that time was a part of Perrysburg towiiship. It is in date of organization, tlie sixth township in the coimty.

Troy and Montgomery townships were organized at the same time, and held their first election on the same day. - C. W. Evers in Log Cabin Sketches.

The Pioneer An Athlete

UNCLE GUY NEARING took a subcontract from Contractor Beebe, on the Miami and Erie Canal. Contractor Beebe drew the money and appropriated it to his own use. He failed to pay Nearing, who was thereby ruined, having mortgaged his property. While his canal work was going on he became involved in a difficulty with some of the canal men, and while passing up the river with a team he was attacked by seven Irishmen with clubs. He whipped five of them, but had seven of his ribs broken and dislocati'd from the backbone, from the effects of which he died about a year after, in 1840. Before being taken down with the fever at Providence, he had nuide great preparation to take part in the big Harrison gathering at Fort Meigs. He had a buckeye log cut on Girt/s Island above Napoleon. The log was of large size and 50 feet long, which he sjnt to Fort Meigs.

Bitten By A Snake

IX tl)e year LS-iU, Antliony Ewing, a young lad, was bitten by a snake, and was badly poisoned. Doctor Conant of Maumee, was sent for, who came up to Waterville, and called for a guide to take him across the river over the Rapids. Noah Reed, then a boy, mounted a pony and brought the Doctor over. The boy was most terribly swollen and spotted, and Dr. Conant failed to give any relief. About this time an old Indian came over from the Indian village opposite. The Indian proposed to cure the lad for a gallon of whisky, and his proposition Avas readily agreed to. The Indian soon began to gather some herbs, and administered his restorative to the boy. The cure was a sttccess. But the Indian concealed his operations in eifecting the cure from the white medicine man. Dr. Conant afterwards gave the Indian three gallons of whisky for his recipe.

The Maumee River

THE glory of the Maumee with its pirogues, boatmen and fur traders; its Indian hunters and trappers with their canoes, peltries, pappooses and squaws, is a thing of the past. Even the sturgeon, muscalonge and ponderous catfisli of other days arc gone, and the waters of the old river, whose name is rich in Indian romance and historic lore - on whose banks the honor of our nation's flag and the fate of the great northwest liung in tlie balance, amid the clash of arms and roar of cannon, is now polluted and muddy from vast black alluvial deposits sent in by the interminable cordon and net work of artificial water courses and ditches tributary to its channel. It is no longer its natural self. It is a destructive, raging, mad torrent to-day; to-morrow its naked rocks and unsightly, slimy bed scarce deserve the name of river.

Schap-Book Simon Kenton

Not far from this town is Rush Lake, and not far from that is the head waters of the Scioto and Mad rivers. Near by, too, the Auglaize, the head source of the Maumee, starts on its tortuous course to Lake Erie. It was on a high peak on this divide where Wayne's faithful scouts lay secreted and discovered the massing of the Indian forces under Little Turtle, to crush Mad Anthony, then marching his army to the Maumee country, as he had previously done to St. Clair. The wily chieftain, however, never got an opportunity to ambush Wayne, nor ever caught him napping.

heart ne'er felt a fear." The iron nerve of this remarkable man during the soul trying adventures of 40 years' experience among hostile Indians in the wilds of Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio, would suffice for a regiment of ordinary heroes. During his captivity among the Indians, he was made to run the gauntlet eight times, and three times he was tied to the stake for torture by fire. At this very little town, Wappatomica, he was once condemned to die. His face was painted black, and he had resigned himself to his fate. He sat tied hand and foot on the ground in the council house, surrounded by his savage persecutors, a dejected, friendless being. He understood not a word of what his fiendish captors said, but knew the dreadful import of their proceedings. At that time a white man came in from a distant expedition with some scalps and learned of the preparation for the torture of a white prisoner. He addressed the prisoner in English and asked him his name. When he heard Kenton's name he fell upon his neck and cried aloud. It was the

He and Kenton had been fast friends and scouts together in the Dunmore war. The Indian wamors looked on the scene with amazement. What a theme for an artist's brush the portrayal of that scene would afford, or what a startling stage scene. Girty, who was a bloodthirsty enemy of the whites, rose to his feet, and in the most earnest appeal to the savages in behalf of the prisoner, an old friend and brother whom he had not seen for many snows, succeeded in getting up a division of sentiment and saved the life of the prisoner, though a portion of the savages were crazy mad for the torture to go on. This is the only instance recorded of Girty in which he showed mercy to a prisoner. In a few days thereafter Kenton was again condemned and sent to Sandusky for execution, but this time a British agent saved his life. It seems a little strange that the old hero should leave Kentucky in after life and settle down in the very village where his narrow escape from a horrid death occurred 40 years before. Perhaps this very fortunate escape made him regard tlie spot with a kindly feeling.

November 8, 1900, a monument was unveiled at Mansfield, Ohio, in honor of "Johnny Appleseed," whose unselfish character made him so true to his mission of planting nurseries and sowing the seeds of medicinal herbs in Ohio.

The Pioxeer Shocking Suicide

Soon after James Pembers arrival in 1836 in Freedom township, he purchased a tract of land from a man named Benjamin Waite, paying him for it $600, which sum proved to be the only perceivable cause for the uian's suicide.

Xo sooner had Waite l)econie possessed of the money, tliau lie was seized with the insane belief that he was pursued by robbers. He counted and recounted his money. He grew to distrust his wife. She was no longer a safe guardian of his i^elf. Avaricious spirits and wood demons luuinted his footsteps in the forests, and red-hauded pirates haunted his fitful slundjers in apparitions more dreadful than the "si)ectre Ijridegroom.''

(Iloominess and nudanclioly gradually took the place of a once cheerful mind. On other matters he seemed right enough. But that he should be i'ol)l)ed he was certain, and notlung coiiM dissipate the delusion from his mind, and hnally he lost confidence in all cai-thly tilings except his dog.

It was in this state of mind that he and his wife staitt'd back to Lorain county where they Jiad come from. The first night out they stopped at Sherwood's tavern at Grt'cn Creek, Sandusky county, still pursued by robbers, as he thought. In the night, his wife missed him, and began to feel mieasy on account of his absence, but he returned and told her that he had been out to hide his money. As soon as it was light in the morning, she went with him to get it. He went nearly a mile as she thought, into the thick woods, as direct as if he had been following a path, where they found the dog tied to a bush with his master's necktu'. Xear by under a root he dug up the mon(y. ^^'hat seemed still stranger than all, was the fact of the night s being exceedingly dark and his being wholly unfamiliar with the woods. The next night they reached \'ermillion liver, where they stopped at a tavern again. His wife lay awake and watched him for a time. He seemed to be resting well and finally overcome with weariness, she fell into a light sleep, only to be startled in a short time with a heavy fall on the floor, in the room where they slept. She instantly perceived that his phu-c in bed was vacant, and hastened to get a light. She found him lying on the floor, red with his own blood and with what little strength and life yet remained, he was still dealing himself deathly stabs with a butcher knife. One almost imagines the poor victim in the sajne state of mind as Foe, in Lenore:

In li<() luigland was the most ad- \anced of ;ill the ages in constitutional liberty, Init when Ave Avent to war "For Xo Taxation Without Eepresentation" and created a new nation, we reached a higher plane in the advance of civilization.

Jn the latter ])art of the Eighties a bill was introduced into congress and pushed to a vote. This bill provided means for erecting monuments to perpetuate the menujry of Perry's victory, Ft. Meigs, Ft. j\Iiami, Ft. Industry and the battle of Fallen Timber. This bill was finally stricken from tlu' appropriations bill.

WE have do data, at hand to give any account of volunteers, if any, J'roni Wood county during the Mexican war. a.< tlu' county was then sparsely settled, there Ijcing a population of not over lo.OOt) prohably in the entire county. But in the war of the rebellion, and that of the war with Spain she gave abundajit e\idence of her pah'iotisui and loyalty.

In tlie War of the Rebellion, thousands of her sons enlisted in the various regiments, and hundreds gave their lives in the defence of their country. Her l)rave Ijoys were distrilnited in the 14th,

-^Ist, 4i»tli. ."iotb, ruth. (iUli, l-^d, lOOth, l;)lst, llltii, 123d, 144th. isrnh. 18Gth, and 189tli regiments of Ohio A'olunteer Infantry. Aside from these Wood county had its representatives in cavalry, artiHery, battery aiul naval service, while many of hei- sons wei-e enlisted in regiinejit< from otliei- states. Then when the county had l)een well strij)})ed of its ahle-l)o(lie(l men, hundreds more, known as the "s(piiiTel huntt'rs" of 1S()2, hastened to the ivlief of ('incinnati when threatened by the invasion of Kirby Smith and his rebel legions.

Then in the war with S[);iin in 1898, Wood county furnished 222 nun in Companies H and K of the 2d Ohio Regiment. The Ijoys entered the service in April. 1898, and were mustered out in February. 1899, retui'iiing liome without a nuin missing.

Newspaper History

THE first newspa})er published in A\'ood county was the ]\Iiami of the Lake, .lessup W. Scott, editor. The first numljer of this paper was issued Decembt'r 11. 1833, and the paper continued to l)e j)ublished under this mime imtil tlie 18th of August. 1838, when tlie 7iame was changed to The Ohio Whig and continued under this name until the first of .lune, 1844, when the name was changed to the Fort Meigs Keveille aiul under this uanu' it was published till the 10th of ^larcJi. 18r)3, and was then changed to the Perrysburg -lournal. It was started as a Whig paper and so continued until the fall of 1854, Avhen the Republican party drove the old Whig party from the field. Tlu' Journal became an advocate

The next ])aper issued in Wood county was the Wood County Packet. This |iaj)i'r was Democratic in politics, and it was said to have been ably conducted during the brief ])eriod while it existed. It was stalled in the year 1838 or 1839, and closed in the year 1841, or immediately after the memorable hard-cider and coon-skin campaign.

Soon after another Democratic j)aper started at Perrysburg al)out the year 1845, but there remains nothing from which its history can be learned.

In the year A.D., 1853, Albert D. A\'right commenced the publication of the Xorth AVestern Democrat, a Democratic pajHT. as its nanu' indicates. The first issue of this i)a|)er was on the 22d of May. 1852. and ^li-. Wright continued ihe puhlical ion until his death by choh'ra in the summer of 1854.

publication continued till the 22d of January, 1855, when the name was changed to the Maumee Valley Democrat, and continued to be published under that name until September 3, 1857, when the name was again changed and from that time to the 7th of October, 1858, it was published under the name of The Democrat, when for want of support its publication ceased.

In the year 1862 the Independent was started at Perrysburg, and continued to be published when it was removed to Toledo and the name changed to the Democratic Eecord.

The Buckeye Granger, a paper as its name sufficiently indicates, was started at Perrysburg on the 10th of November, 1874, for the purpose of advocating the principles and advancing the interests of the "Grangers." It was neutral in politics, but finally became the Democratic organ of the county, continuing as such until its collapse.

The contest between Perrysburg and Bowling Green in the year 1866, over the removal of the county seat, called into existence the Advocate at Bowling Green, the publication of which was discontinued a short time after the election in the above named year. In January, 1867 the first number of the Sentinel was issued and subsequently the name was changed to the Wood County Sentinel. This paper from the beginning advocated the principles of the Republican party.

In the fall of 1874, J. D. Baker commenced the publication of the Wood County Democrat, but discontinued after about four months, and sold the press to Bowling Green parties, who began the pu1)Iication of the Wood County News, in May, 1875, and which paper had a lively existence until in November, after the election, and at the age of six months the News office was merged with the Wood County Sentinel, and was

The New Baltimore Enterprise was commenced in March, 1875, and its successor, the Wood County Democrat was issued in December, 1878, by D. E. & B. L. Peters. In 1880 it passed into the hands of Wm, B. and Russell T. Dobson; in July, 1889, Henry Holterman took the paper and in September, 1890, Henry S. Chapin became the proprietor, and continues its publication up to the present time. D. C. Van Voorhis became connected with the paper in 1892, and is still with the paper. The Democrat was published as a daily in the campaigns of 1894 and 1896. It has a wide circulation throughout the county.

Other papers that have had a brief existence in Bowling Green, were the Bowling Green Journal, The Wood County Republican, The Bowling Green News, Wood County Agitator, The Reporter, The Wood County Gazette, The Daily Gazette, The Wood County News, The Wood County Free Press,

Besides these other papers in the county are The North Baltimore Times, successor to the Bairdstown Times, The Bloomdale Derrick, Wood County Tribune, Evening Tribune, Weston News, Weston Avalanche, The Free Press, The Weston Reporter, The Weston Herald, Pemberville Independent, Pemberville Brick Block, Pemberville Reporter, Wood County Index, Pemberville Leader, Pemberville Presbyterian, Farm and Fireside, Grand Rapids Triumph, The Cygnet Globe, The Cygnet Gusher, The Christian Review, Tontogany Weekly Herald, The Weekly Graphic, The Bradner News, Prairie Depot Observer, and The Bradner Advocate.

Sceap-Book A Horrible Tragedy

ME. HUTCHINSON'S first work as Constable in Milton township was summoning a jury to hold an inquest over the body of a man by the name of Simmons, who was killed by his wife in the spring of 1836, and who lived on a place in the northeast corner of Jackson township, at that time a part (^f Milton. Mr. Simmons had moved there with his family against the wishes of his wife. She disliked the dismal situation as it then was, and in brooding over her condition her mind probably became deranged. Several times she made the attempt to run away, but each time was brought back by her husband. She at last, as she afterwards expressea it, resolved "to get rid of her husband" and go back to her old home, and therefore watched her opportunity. One Sunday morning Mr. Simmons rose early, built a fire, and then laid down to rest for a while on a bed containing his three children and went to sleep. His wife, evidently perceiving a good time to carry out her purpose, arose, took a broad-ax from under her bed and with one blow literally cut his head off. The jury summoned found a verdict in accordance with the foregoing facts, and Mrs. Simmons was afterwards taken to an asylum, wliere, after lingering some time, death ]mt to rest the crazed brain.

Willard V. Way

ME. EVERS, in 1875, gave an extended sketch of Willard V. Way, who died at his home in Perrysburg in the latter part of August of that year, at the age of 68. Mr. Evers says: Mr. Way was born in Otsego county, New York, in 1807, and was a graduate of Union College, after which he read law for a time, when he removed to Painesville, Ohio, finished his law studies and located in Perrysburg in the year 1834. Mr. Way was an attorney by profession and though not an eloquent jury lawyer he attained the reputation of being an excellent and safe counselor. He held several county offices, among others that of Auditor and in every position he occupied he showed both care and ability. He was at an earlier day a politician of consider;! l)lo foresieht and sagacitv and

On the authority of Mr. Michael Hays, an early Democratic associate of Mr. Way, the latter was a leader in the party and a convention had been called at which Mr. Way was a candidate for the State Senate. The convention folks from the river were coming out in a two horse wagon and had stopped at the Strickland place to "take something."

About this time John C. Spink, the leading Whig spirit of the county, drove up and asked Mr. Hays to get in his buggy and ride out with him. Mr. Hays said to Spink, "What are you going out to a Democratic Convention for?" "To raise the devil," said Spink, and sure enough, remarks Mr. Hays, he did raise the devil. Way got mad at the way things went and was further irritated at his defeat, by what he considered unfair means in the Senatorial Convention. Mr. Hays says that he was never more surprised than when a few days after Way rode along 1»y liis place in company with Asher Cook wlio \v;is tlini reading law with liini and cidled ]Iavs to him and said with niiicli warmth of feeling, "Hays, I have huilt iij) the Demoeratic part}' in Wood county and now so help me G - d I will tear it down."' In later years he acted with tlic Tvepid^lican party.

It is estimated tliat liis real estate alone is worth $80, 000 and his estate is estimated at $ir)0,000 to $175,000. He was of a literary turn of mind and took a great interest in educational matters and the pioneer history of tlie Valley. He ".vrote and ])id)lished in pamphlet form a history of the "]\Iichigan War," an amusing and ratlicr interesting aceonnt of the Stale boundary line eontest.

Jn his will the Union Sehool of Perrysburg in perpetuity is given $."),000, the interest of which is to go toward defraying the College expense of some well reeonnnended graduate of said schools.

His homestead and six villagt' lots are left in custody of his wife, so long as she lives, then it goes to the town for a public park. $l.j,000 is set apart as a |)er])etual fund, the interest only of which can ])e used in the support of the library. All the rest of the proceeds of the estate may be used in the purchase of a lot and the construction of a suitable building and the ])urchase of hooks as and in such mannei- as the town Council may think best, but for ]io other jmrpose.

The Woodbury House

IX a letter to the Wood County Republican, C. W. Evers, at the request of the editor, gave the following facts regarding the Woodbury House, correcting the many prevalent errors regarding it. ^[r. Evers says:

The village of Woodbury was surveyed and platted by Hiram Davis, a pioneer surveyor of ^Vood county, ]\Iay 4, 1837, for John Thompson, Henry B. Gibson and Jal)ez B. Larwell. The location was at a point where the east and west line dividing Liberty and Hcni-y townships. Wood county, intersects the Fiiullay pike. Two years prior to the sur\-ey or in 1835, a postoffice had been established, kept in a log store room by Jose])h Tliompson. After the survey (icneral Thoin])son built the frame house which has becji the theme of so many stories uncanny and otherwise. After (ienei-al Thompson's dream of a city growing up there had been dissipated l)y a few wet, sickly seasons, the house stood vacant at times for want of a tenant, and seems to liave only l)een occu])ied l)y some chance comer who liad no other jdace. to go. Xow you know how soon a liouse of this sort will, deservedly perhaps, get a bad name - get "haunted," etc. Some time in the 60's, it burned to the ground, no doubt by design of some one to abate a nuisance. The postoffice was moved about in the settlement still retaining the name "Woodl)ury" until 1876, when it was di'opped from the rolls and is now only a I'cuiiniscence.

So f;ii- as can be verified 1)v historical records or by Indian traditicm, thi' ^liami tribe of Indians were the original "pioneers" of the Maumee A'alley. They wi're always true to the coivlidence reposed in them, and in their chiefs, from tinu' inini.iiiorial, v.'v're second in ability to I'.oir' ()'' t!r ir time.

A Night With Indians

I in February of the year 1838, his uncle. John Duhbs, lived in a cabin in Jackson township, and he lived with him, Ijcinga small boy at tliat time. A lad named Simmons about my age also lived there.

Tlu're was an Indian slianty on liis uncle's land occupied l)y four Indians, [ t\A'o men and two squaws: tlie men were brothers: John and Bol) were their names : the old S([uaw was the mother of the two men. the young squaw was Bob"s wife. She was young and handsoiru'. and Bol) was. very ])roud of his wife. John was always nuul at Bob because he had a wife and he, John, had none, 'i'he day preceding the night iji (pu'stion, it had snowed about eight inches dee]) and tiu'ned very cold.

:\Ir. Dubbs says : " About 9 o'clock at night the Indian family came to our cabin and asked for admittance, for they were very cold. I'ncle John opened the door. I can look back through the mists of time and see those Indians walk in with their blankets around them and with their knives in their belts. The men were over six feet tall and built in proportion. They took their seats around the fire place while we occupied the back part of the cabin. All was quiet for a little while. A man l)y the name of Rowan had a notion store and kept whisky a])out one mile from our cabin. The Indians had been there and procured a jug of whisky, of which they had partaken quite freely. When they began to thaw out the whisky began to take effect, and caused the spirit of Cain to rise in John, so he wanted to slav his brother, for he hated him because he had a wife. All at once the stillness was broken by Indian John jjouncing upon Bob with all the fierceness of a tiger, grappling him by the throat and felling him to the floor, smashing Ibe chair on which he was sitting: tiicn the squaws took sides with Bob; they were all in a pile before the fire. The fight was fierce, but Bob soon cried murder I lie said John has a knifi' and will kill me.

Uncle dolm Hnhhs no soonei' ln'anl this than be ordered us to open the door, which we did: then he sprang and caught Big John l)y tlu' legs and lumblcd him heels over lu'ad cmt of the cabin. Uncle -lohn lit on top of him. and told him if he didn't lav still he would kill h.im in a minute. I'ncle John held him by the hands and told Simmons and me to run to the stable and bring his plow lines, which we did quick as we could in the dark. Soon Big .lohn was thoroughly hound from lu'ad to foot.

Then Uncle John began lo feel that he Avas nu)narch once more and ihat the red man had no business his rights to dispute: he told Simmons and me to go and bring sonu' straw which we did. and he rolled Big John in the straw, and said, now lay thei-e and freeze' until you can behave yourself. The cold soon made John beg hard to he let loosv : be said "nu^ be good Injin, lite no more." When he was i)unished enough Uncle dohn let him loose aiul sent tlu'iu home to their shanty.

It being now about twt'hc o'clock, and the excitement (d' the evening hei:ig over, we retired to rest. We had not been in hml mort' than trie hour when the dogs l)egan to bar'k and soon the piteous cries of some one was heard at tlie door pleading to be let in. Uncle John's ])atience being pretty well exhausted he yelled at the top of his voice for them to go home and not bother him any more. But the cries continued more ])itiful, saying John has

By this time the whole house was aroused again, and Uncle John got up and struck a light and opened the door, and there stood the young and once beautiful squaw with her face literally cut to pieces. She was covered with blood from head to foot, and nearly frozen, the cold causing her wounds to bleed very profusely. Uncle John and the girls warmed some water and washed and dressed the wounds the best they could. I think there were about four or five bad cuts on her face and head. She soon felt better, and said she guess John

Soon as it was daylight Uncle John took the squaw and started to the shanty to see the slaughter there which he expected to find, but to his surprise he found the old squaw, John and Bob all laying with their feet toward the fire sound asleep. He woke them up and told John what he had done, and how he had broken his promise, and now they must leave his place, and never come back, which orders they promptly obeyed, and we never saw this Indian family any more.

The Black Swamp

YEARS ago, when the tide of emigration was strongly settling to the then Western States of Michigan, Illinois and Iowa, no locality, says the Toledo Blade, was better known or more dreaded than the "Black Swamp." The limits of this "Swamp" were never very well defined, l)ut the largest part of it is embraced in Wood county. At the time when this "Black Swamp" was enjoying its reign of terror, prior to the construction of Western Reserve & Maumee Stone Road, movers passing from the East to the West found tlio greatest difficulty in going from the Portage river, at Woodville, to till' ^launiee river, at Perrysburg. While all of this distance was not properly "Swamp," two or three stone ridges rising out of tlic mud and water to cheer tlu' weary traveler, the greater portion of ihc fiflcrn mile? was emphatically a "Swam])," covci-cd with water

Old settlers relate many amusing incidents connected with travel through the "Swamp" in those days, and the hardships endured by "movers" can probably never be too strongly colored. "Taverns" were located along the line of the traveled road in great numbers, not more than one-half a mile or a mile apart. It is related as a fact that "movers" would frequently travel hard each day for three days in succession and put up at the same "tavern" each night. It was called "Black Swamp" because the soil was l)lack, and it was exceedingly difficult to ]iass through it, because this black soil, or loam, was of great depth and thoroughly impregnated with lime, forming a tough, waxy mud which would adhere to the wheels of wagons with great tenacity.

But things have changed, and that which years ago was regarded as a great curse, is to-day esteemed the greatest l)lessing. Clearing up the land and ditching it, ha? redeemed the "Black Swam|»," and tlie soil to-day is unsurpassed for ])roduetivcuess. It is easily tilled and yields tlic largest crops of grain and the best samples of fruits. The "Black Swamp" farmers see no evidences of the once dreaded "Swamp," except in the deep, rich, black loam into which their plows sink and which yields such abundant returns for the husbandman's labors. Artificial drainage has accomplished what natural drainage has failed to effect, and the "Black Swamp" to-day, where properly under-drained and provided with ditches, will stand a drought or a flood better than any other section of Ohio. The land is much stronger than it possibly could have been but for the level surface of the earth, which gave it the appearance of a vast "Black Swamp."

Hull'S Surrender

It was late in May, 1812, when General Hull arrived at our camp at Dayton, and Governor Meigs relinquished command. A few days after we were on the march for Detroit. The road was a difficult one to travel, but by the aid of efficient guides, and the protection of Divine Providence we arrived safely at our destination, after much suffering and many stoppages on the way. For nearly two months after our arrival, we engaged in the performance of no extraordinary military duty the general routine of camp life being the order from day to day. In August the British and Indians arrived, and soon after the scene occurred which produced such indignation at the time, and about which histories do not agree. My company, belonging to Cass' regiment, was surrendered with all the Ohio volunteers. Miller's regulars, and a large force of militia. I shall never forget the scenes which then transpired. My opinion of General Hull's conduct, formed at the time (and events since have not changed it) was, that General Hull was an imbecile - not a traitor or a coward but an imbecile, caused by the excessive use of ardent spirits. He was a constant and heavy drinker. On the day before the surrender, his son, Captain Abraham F. Hull, came among my men in a beastly state of intoxication. On the day of the surrender I saw General Hull frequently. His face about the chin and mouth was covered with tobacco Juice, and I thought, in common with other officers, that the General was under the influence of liquor. His personal appearance indicated that he had been drinking. The general was surrounded, in camp by a military family, the members of which were fond of high living, wines, liquors, etc. I know us poor volunteers wondered how they could keep up such luxuries, but our surgeon relieved my mind by informing me one day that Hull's officers drew all the liquors from the hospital stores, on continued com- ])laint of illness, Hidl's surgeon (one of the party) certifying to the requisitions. When the news of the surrender was known to the troops, they were scarcely able to restrain their indignation. Hundreds of horrible oaths and threats ascended, whicli I hope has not been set down by the "Recording Angel." Mc- Arthur broke his sword, as did other officers. General Hull was repeatedly insulted to his face, and soon hid himself away. The members of his military family, especially the General's son Abraham, received some pretty tall abuse from us Ohioans. After the surrender and before the enemy had entered, many officers, myself among the number, implored Colonel Fii)(ll;iv to take command of the

AiiK'ric-aii forces, ami resist tlie enem}', but hr declined. (_*olonel Jas. Miller was importuned the same as Findlay, but lie was unwilling to assume the responsibilit}', saying- as near as I can recollect, "Matters have gone too far, but had General Hull signified to me his intention of surrendering, I would have assumed command, and defended the fort to the last." ^lilk'r would liavc done so and so would McAi-tluu' had he heeji in the fort.

Some littli' tini(^ affei- Hull had ordered the white flag, August 16, 1812, Colonel Isaac Brock, the British commander, entered the fort attended bv his staff and several Indian chiefs. The American troops were ordered to the parade ground and there piled up their muskets, swords. [)islols, knives, cartridge boxes, etc. A heavy guard was placed over us, and we were then sent to the "citadel" where we were kept until released on parole. Hull and the regular officers were sent to Quehec.

A Madman'S Frenzy

IX the old Pcrrysburg jail when the insane patients of Wood county were confined in it, a stalwart middle-aged num with dark hair and beard was confined in the first cell near the entry to the crazy department, and few who ever saw him in his crazy frenzy with that demoniac expression of the eye which at times seemed to emit fire while his mouth was choaked with foam, will have forgotten it. He was one of the most dangerous men ever put under lock and key. When in a frenzy his ' rage knew no bounds and his strength seemed almost superhuman and he exerted both to the direst extent on any obji'ct willii)! his grasp.

On (jue occasion he dragged a young dog through the bars of the cell door, crushed its head on the l)rick floor and licked up the blood. C. C. Baird, who was then Deputy Sheriff and jailer, assisted by the best man he could select, undertook the dangerous job of entering his cell. iMr. Baird sot his head seriously hurt with an iron vessel with which Cross assailed them, roaring the meanwliiU' like a lion.

At another time he got a new hat belonging to another patient, in his cell and refust'd to let it be taken out. It took the strength of two men to force the door open which he held with all his strength, until of a sudden he let loose when both came i}i nearly falling on their knees. Cross instantly grappled one of the men, pushing him over the iron bedstead against the wa|l while the other seized hold of the mad nuin's throat with an iron grip. His eyes ]irotruded from their sockets and his tongue from his mouth, and his face grow bhu-k l)efore he released his grasp on the man, which he finally did citinpletely exhausted, after which he was docile as was iuAai-iablv the case when overiiowered.

Cross seemed to pass through three stages or paroxysms of insanity. During the first he was ferocious, noisy and dangei'ous, sleepless and moving nearly all the time like a caged bt'ast, muttering constantly to himself, more especially repeating in a disconnected way a portion of the multi])lication fable, but no matter what the inimbers multiplied he always got around to the same product, 27. He dwelt especially on numbers 9 and 27. During this time he ate nothing.

The Harrison Well Sckap-Book

and these spells lasted sometimes for a number of days. At such times he would break all the glass from the window if he could get a stick to reach through the bars, and push his bedding out no matter how cold the weather.

The next stage was a long, almost deathlike sleep, from which it was nearly impossible to arouse him. Then followed a wakeful stupor in which he was sullen and cross, and in which he remained for some time, and during which time he had a ravenous appetite. From this he would come to his natural self, in which he was agreeable, talkative, and a pitiful being to behold. His pale, emaciated, imploring look would excite sympathy in the coldest heart. At such times he was frequently allowed to spend an hour or so in the open air in a back yard inclosed by a high fence. This of course was somewhat risky, as his spells of frenzy did not recur regularly. One afternoon Mr. Baird requested him to come in, which ordinarily he did with the submissiveness of a child, but this time he told Baird to go to h - 1. Mr. Baird was powerless to compel him to do so, nor dare he leave a moment for the safety of his family. Cross was already frothing at the mouth. In the dungeon part of the jail among the prisoners was a powerfully built Irishman

Charged with robbery. Baird closed the front doors and called Shady out. Cross closed in with him the moment he came into the yard. It was the struggle between two giants. Cross was, before his troubles and disease, the best wrestler in Wood county, and was struggling with all the fury and wild energy of a mad man. Shady, who was not a whit his inferior in size or strength, was nerved by the hideous appearance of his antagonist. After a terrific struggle of some minutes, Cross threw Shady, but the Irishman proved stronger when down than on his feet even, and turned Cross

The cause of his insanity is something of a mystery as is usually the case. About 30 years before he was a hale, hearty young man and we believe in the employ of E. W. Kelly, on his farm near Millgrove and not far from where the Cross people lived. It was thought that he injured himself while wrestling one night at a spelling school. He was

Where he was the terror of the institution, and from which place he was sent back to Wood county as incurable, and was confined in a cell in jail from the time of Sheriff: Guyer's term until the establishment of the Wood county infirmary, to which he was removed in 1867. Here he was kept in the same manner until the Northwestern Asylum near Toledo was established, when he was removed there and put under care of Dr. Wright, who sent him out a well man. And he has been back to visit some of his relatives, and is now at work in Michigan, or perhaps at the Asylum, for wages.

Wright, we hear, discovered the cause of his insanity to be in the derangement of his stomach, and by watching closely the approach of his paroxysms and administering powerful cathartics followed by other treatment, succeeded in breaking the force of his attacks until he finally showed no further bad symptoms. This would seem to be strong proof of the astonishing and sympathetic relation of the brain and stomach, and is one of the most remarkable recoveries we have ever heard of.

In his 20 years of prison life, confinement, exposure and abuse of health and the reversal of all laws of health, he had endured that which would have killed 99 men in every hundred. He is to-day to all appearances, a well man of sound mind. - From Evers' Log Cabin Sketches.

Noted Bear Hunt

1^' the Sontiiid in 1881, Wm. E. Carothers gives an interesting account of a strenuous bear bunt in December, 1854, with Jim RoAvLmd. In three days they had captured and killed two bears weighing over 400 pounds each. After letting their dogs rest a day, they started on the last day's hunt which is thus described l)y Carothers:

We started early in the morning, and for a time the dogs left iis far in the rear, 1)ut we could discover traces of frequent fierce conflicts, and a little after noon -the dogs Avere crowding the game hard. The bear's feet Ave re so torn and lacerated on the bottoms, that he left blood in every track. We Avere now approaching the Jackson prairie or swamp, the skirts of Avhicb Avere covered with Avind-fall and dense brush and thickets, all bent over every Avhich Avay by the lodged snoAv. Into this old bruin plunged. It Avas next to impossible for a man to get through this place. When Ave at last reached the o]X'n space be- Aond wt' canu' in full view of the dogs and game in a savage contest. Bruin Avas on a log that lay up from the ground, mopping and striking at the dogs, Avhicli Ave re closed up in a circle all around him. It Avas one of the most Avild, exciting, sporting scenes a hunter could Avish to see. The dogs would either pull the bear off the log or cause him to jump from it, Avhen they Avould all attack him and the snoAV would fly in clouds. The fierce groAA'ls and groans of rage of the bear could be heard above the din raised l»y the dogs, Avhich Avas deafening.

rally and l)roke from his blood-thirsty tormentors, hut within a fcAV rods had again taken to a log. Rowland and I liad rushed up Avith all possible haste. - lim. Avho Avas Avatching Avith great anxiety, expecting every moment to see a dog killed, suddenly stopped and leveled his rifle, and Ave saw the bear tmnble off to the far side of the log. Every dog bounced him instantly. Jim began reloading; l)ut Avhat was our consternation when Ave heard one of the dogs giving a terrible cry of distress and saw the shaggy, bhu'k l)east standing on his hind legs, with one of the best dogs in his deadly end)race, Avhile with one paw he was beating and cri^ipling the dogs Avith frightful ferocity. I rushed up within feet unnoticed by the bear, and shot liim in the head, killing him instantly. The dogs all laid hold of the beast with terrible vengeance and fully satiated their wrath for all the trouble and cuffs and bites they had suffered. I took off my hat and yelled loud and long, and ne\'er felt better in my life; and though Ibe weatlier was pretty cold I seemed to be faii'ly meliing and .the steam rose from my liead in wreatlis bigb as the tri'e tops.

We were, dogs and all, pretty Avell used up: tbe poor ])rutes lay doAvn and licked tbeir bbxHiy feet, and had hard work to get bome : they would lay down and whin<' and wag their tails as if in the greatest distress. This bear Avas a fine tliree-year-old, and Aveiglied about 400 pounds.

Althougli I have done some hunting ' since, that Avas my last bear hunt and it Avas about the last of RoAvland's hunting. He told me years after that he never got over the effects of that chase - that it Avas more than flesh and bone could endure. Jim was almost a man of iron. Closely knit, compact, largeboned, l)road-chested, actiA'e as a deer, strong and with an endurance in his vounger davs almost incredible, he had few tMjuals as a woodsman aiul hunter; lorts to the verv IV'wcst and [)lainest. 1 can now tliink of one otlier, his brother, '1 he cares incident to a hixurions state Bob Kowhnid. oT living, the turmoil of l)nsiness, the Providence seemed to liavr allot te(l frivolities of fashion, the struggle for soeach man bis proper sphere in the great cial supi-emacy, wvw unknown to those universe, and tliis class of men - tbe early })i()neers. Tbcy lived more for pioneers of the Black Swamp, bravely eacb otlier tliau people do now. but tbcv and faithfully fultilled. their mission. were only llie loiT-i-uniiers of a liigber The law-of necessitv gauged, all their com- civilization.

A Ghastly Crime

OX the night of the lUth of October, 1881, Carl Bach, a farmer of Clifton township, most savagely murdered his wife, which was the culmination of a long period of domestic discord. On the morning of the 11th, the murderer \oluntarily walked to Bowling Green and surrendered himself to the sheriff.

The Sentinel of October 1"2, 188;], says when the coroner reached the scene of the murder, in the middle of the room in a pool of 1)1 ood, lay the body of a woman, covered with a sheet. The iloor, walls and ceiling were smeared and bespattered with l)lood ; giblets of liesli, tufts of hair, brains and lingers were scattered over the floor.

On lifting the bloody sheet from the body the sight was still more shocking. The back part of the woman's head was all hacked to a jelly. The left shoulder had been nearly severed by one terrific Idow. The side of the head was cut open from the mouth back. An arm was nearly cut off and several fingers were severed on one of the hands. Such a horrible butchery it would be hard to paint in the imagination. The woman when llrst attacked lay in bed with her six-year-old child, and to her struo-gles to avoid the inurderous blows and get free, is partly attributable liei- strangely mangled condition, and tbe blood marks of her bands on tbe wall. She was doubtless dead befcu'e the infuriate(l murdei'iT ceased hacking her body.

With his thi-ee children, aged 1:1. 1 I and (i years, lie sle])t until iiinrning in an adjoining room and very early in the morning he took the children to the house of a neighbor, Mr. Ileinzie, about a mile distant. He told what he had done - that he had killed his wife and that he must go to Bowling (ireen and give himself u}). and requested Mr. Heinzie to take care of the children aiul left with him also a sum of nioni'y for the burial of his wife. Mr. Fleiiizie was startled at his strange conduct and disl)elieved his shocking story, but told some of the neigbliors and togethei' they went to the house and found their woi'sl fears more than confirmed.

On the .-)th of February. ISS'.'. Bach was indicted for wilful murdei". The trial took place in .hme, ISS-j. and on the Kith of that month he was found guilty as charged, and sentenced to be hanged October 13, 1882.