The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-11-08
OEERFIELD.
Correspondence

Our Town Hall has been engaged by Messrs.
Crosby and Gettingham to hold Dancing parties
on Wednesday evening of each week during
the winter providing the enterprise is patron
ized. Admission, s5 cents per couple. Last
night is couples assembled to :" shake the light
fantastic toc,'' and drive dull care away. After
dancing, the party retired to the Bartlett Hotel
where they sat down to a table well stored with
good thing capable of making ali present happy
lime host is equal to any .emergency in catering
to the wants OF parties and the travelling pub
lie.
On November 18th, Linus Reed, administrator
| OF George Weber, deceased, will sell all the
personal property, consisting of horses, cattle
sheep, hogs, wheat. oats, corn, potatoes agricui-
tural implements, &C.
November aOth the personal property of Or
| son Diver. deceased. will be sold by Hoff-
man, Administrators. The property consists of
| horses cattle, sheep, farming implements, &c
On Tuesday evening, MIR Isaac Wilson, mer-
chant had a half barrel of stock ale taken. Re
ceivins it trom Cleveland, he had it placed in
the woodshed adjoining his house. Some OF the
boys. as most boys do, toek in the situation and
| reported. Thereupon said ale was confscated
| AS centraband. and used accordingly, Report
| says there to be a case before Justice of the
Peace, wherein 13 boys are interested. if not
| settled in iull and paid by Saturday Better
| look a little out and don't covet drink other
mems ale in future,
The Lake Erie, Alliance & Wheeling Rail
Road has come to a stand still at last Cause.
eighteen thousand dollars accrued interest un-
paid on three hundred thousand dollars in bonGs
| &c On Monday evening of last week, W. u.
| {. Teeters. of Alliance. was instructed by Mr.
Clinton b. Fisk. OF New York. trustee Of the
bondholders of said Road, to take charge OF the
| Road with all its property. This action was
| in consequence Of u movement to have Receiv-
| er appointed. The result will he the stock
holders interest in the road will be entirely
cancelled. the creditors, of course. are the pre-
fered class-but they are very few But what
are called preferred creditors? With all the
examples that have been in projecting railroads
yet people will take stock. and when taken and
paid then they will be fieeced like sheep. out OF
all. OriginatOrs of such projects are fit subjects
for u term of years inside the walls Of the Pen
itentiary. We are told by way of palliation
that the present loss to u lew will in the end
prove gain to the many. The promises to pay
with Kellogg Il Co.. turned out like pie crust
They were made to be broken Oh, consistency
thou art q jewel, not possessed by any Of Tho
officers of the L. E. A. " w. II. K. Co Mex
week will give You report of the financial con
dition OF the Go,
On Sabbath evening we had the pleasure o
pastor Hartzelman. The subject being previ
ous.y announced the house was crowded ant
attentive. Text. End chapter of Hebrews. 6t
verse: What is man that Thou art mindful o
him, or the son OF man, that Thou vlsiteth him.
The subject drawn from the text was what be
. came of the spirit after death? which was ex
planned in u mastery manner. His illustra
tions were pointed and concise; his delineation
grand. powerful and Instructive. He speaks a
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on high. Pastor Hanselman is doing goo
work, lie sees the work committed to his car
, prosper in his hands. being the means of callin
many from darkness to light and from the powe
of sin up to the living God. We have hear
many Choirs in this country. but never in ou
judgment. any superior. il equal, to the Disci
pie Church choir Of Deerield, Tor harmony
good time. vocal and Instrumental. Organ PIE
sided by Bro III. Meriman; Chorister, BIC
Adam McGowan.
Bro. Gardner's Singing Glass meets on Tues
day and Saturday evenings, not Friday evening
as previously announced. Scholars well salts
fed, speaking favor.lbiy of the instructive CO
pacity.
Our Winter School commences on Monday
the 18th inst. having engaged Mr.. Myers, iror
Atwater, for the FERN From reputation he
, fully competent. Thirty nine scholars are en-
rolled in DcerHeld Center district.
Our attention was called to The stone qiarr
of Lewis Slack, in the southeast part of ou
, village. We were surprised at the amount Q
work being done in getting out stone, of a quail
ity that eN.eis any in the State, superior t
BereaOr Independence Stone, being light dra
not impaired or damaged by weather. The Onl
obstacle is it costs much TO uncover them, be
ing about twenty feet OF clay and sand over til
stone When uncovered. stone Of any size ca
be taken out Persons intending to erect fame
buildings should call before ordering elseM her,
and compare quality and prices. OMEGA.