Identifier: HistoricalCollectionsOfOhio1891V2 (find matches)
Title: Historical Collections of Ohio: An Encyclopedia of the State ; History Both General and Local, Geography with Descriptions of Its Counties, Cities and Villages, Its Agricultural, Manufacturing, Mining and Business Development, Sketches of Eminent and Interesting Characters, Etc., with Notes of a Tour over It in 1886 V 2
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Howe, Henry, 1816-1893
Subjects: Ohio -- Biography Ohio -- History Ohio -- Local History Ohio -- Description and travel
Publisher: Columbus : Henry Howe & Son

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h human beings hadbeen living for thousands of years inthe companionship of animals, therewas between the two an inseparablegulf, preventing the mind of the onefrom closely communicating with themind of the other. Whether it be sobetween animals of different kinds orof the same kind is a question.Beklevue is peculiarly located. It is in Huron and Sandusky counties, parton and part off the Western Reserve, and has a corner also of Erie and Senecacounties. The town is in the midst of a fine agricultural district, which produceslarge quantities of cereals and fruits, enriching the people of the surroundingcountry and making the town a prosperous and wealthy centre. It is sixty-fivemiles west of Cleveland, about ninety-five miles north of Columbus and forty-five miles east of Toledo, and about midway between Buffalo and Chicago on the Nickel-plate Railroad, being the terminus of two grand divisions of that line,whose company has here established round-houses and repair-shops. It has three
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236 HURON COUNTY. lines of railways, the L. S. & M. S., W. & L. E. and N. Y. C. & St. L. (or Nickel-plate.) Newspapers : Gazette, neutral, Stoner & Callahan, publishers;Local Neivs, neutral, Geo. E. Wood, editor and publisher. Churches: 2 Con-gregational, 1 Methodist Episcopal, 1 Reformed, 1 Catholic, 1 Evangelical, 1Lutheran and 1 Episcopal. Banks : Bellevue, Bourdett Wood, president, E. J.Sheffield, cashier. City Officers, 1888 : Mayor, John U. Mayne; Clerk, W. H.Dimick; Marshal, J. P. Kroner; Treasurer, Abishai Woodward. Populationin 1880, 2,169. School census, 1888, 854; E. F. Warner, school super-intendent. Manufactures and Employees.—Joseph Erdrich, cooperage, 25 hands; FremontCultivator Co., agricultural implements, 61 ; McLaughlin & Co., flour, etc., 13 ;Gross and Weber, planing mill, 6.— Ohio State Report, 1888. Capital investedin industrial establishments, $156,000. Value of annual product, $538,000. — Ohio Labor Statistics, 1887. United States cens

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