Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-01-24

OUR citizens cannot but be pleased to
learn that Robert Kidd. A. NJ. author of
"Kidd's vocal Culture' and .'Kidd's Rhe
torical Reader" has been engaged to give
an eloeutionary entertainment in this
place, sometime during next month. The
entertainment will be one of the course,
or series, provided by the ladies of the
NJ. f. Church. Prof. Kidd is well known
as a teacher of Elocution and also as a
public reader. and his abilities are said to
be of the highest order.
By postal card from \. d. Pratt we
learn that the International Sunday
School Lessons are discussed every Sat-
urday noon in Union meeting at the room
of the 7. NJ. c. A.. of Cleveland. The ex-
ercises are conducted BIZ the city pastors
and prominent Sunday School laymen.
The subject each Saturday is the lesson
for the next day Everyone is cordially
invited TO be present and special invita-
ton is extended to those strangers who
may happen to be stopping in the city.
SOME weeks since, as it appears, George
Gilbert separated from his wife, or she
from him aud the two have been living
apart. On Tuesday evening George con-
cluded to attempt an interview and for
that purpose visited the kitchen of the
Cowles House when his quondam help
meet was at work. He was, however, final
ly dissuaded from any lengthy interview
through the argument of a"potato masher''
skillfully welded by a female whose fore
fathers dwelt on Afric's golden sands.
The physician who dressed the wounds,
reports his patient as likely to be restored
to he alth in about ten days.
THE young man whose failure to CON-
NIT suicide, we noted last week, tried the
experiment again on Saturday night last
but prompt application of the stomach
pump brought him back to the sorrows OF
a wicked world again. In professional
poiut of view, we feel much obliged to the
young man for the persiste nee he is exhib-
iting and are beginning to feel quite con-
fident that he may possibly succeed in be-
coming the subject of a very fair local no.
tice. Personally, however, some one
ought to remind him that if he is striving
for a sensation, he may come to experience
a sensation not as pleasant as it might be.
DURING the past week the contract for
cutting the stone for the new Methodist
Church was completed and the contrac-
tors, Messrs. Snider and Wilhelm. to-
gether with all their workmen, returned
to their homes in Akron. All further
work will be suspended until spring. On
Wednesday evening the Trustees OF the
Church gave an oyster supper to the men
employed and at which many Of those
most interested In the building OF the
Church were also present. We believe
that it Is the intention of either Mr.. Sni-
der or Mr.. Wilhelm to return for a short
time In the spring, to superintcnd the lay
ing OF certain portions of the stone that
has been cut this fall and winter.
THERE is some prospect that change
will be made in the room now occupied by
the Post Office. The nightly-and daily
too, for the matter of that-loafers that
make 1t their place of resort, are becom-
ing too great nuisance for even the COM
bined good nature of Mr.. Gray and Mr..
Scofield We have heard it suggested
that q partition be put up, perhaps two
thirds Of the length of the room back from
Main Street and door be cut through to
give another entrance upon St. Clair St.
In this way the front part could still be
used as a news room while the Post Office
in the rear would be quite as accessible as
now and yet afford no iounging place for
those who are accustomed to congregate
in the place now.