The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-05-06

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Spring fever is becoming epidemic
Now bring ont the straw hats ant
linen busters. !.
Gen. Ewing has our thanks for Con
gressioral documents.
DIR. D. r. Jennings spent Saturday
and Sunday visiting his Ravenns
friends. ~ 94Iis<S
Warm IN the sun, rsfreshiug IN the
breeze, glows in The stars, and bios
SONS on the trees.
I,makes vast difference whether
man is going to sell his property OIL
list it for taxation. O0t ~
The Court of Common Pleas com
menced its session on Monday, with
Judge Spear on the bench.
The change in the weather since last
week is much for the better. OEd
" Prob" seems to be getting down TO
business.
Grand Opening of the new Billiard
Room, Bowling Alley and Shooting
Gallery on Saturday morning next,
May 8th. se
Arrangements are being made by
the Committee appointed last year, for
the appropriate observance OF Deco
ration Day in Ravenna. -, 2.
A. I'll. Bean s. Co., the butchers have
removed their meat market to the ele-
CANT room they have fitted up for their
business in the old Exchange building.
1t is into the west rooms of his
block that Mr.. B. Little is moving his
stock, instead of the east, as we inad :
vertently announced last week.
Geo. w. Barrett has purchased the
Billiard tables and fixtures of j. b.
King in the Etna Block and took pos
session of the room on Tuesday n0rn~
ing.
We had very pleasant call on Nom
day morning from W.P. Davis, OF
Akron, formerly q resident of Edin-
burgh, in this county. He is a genial
gentleman.
Rufus P. Spalding, of st. Louis, son
of the late Ebenezer Spalding, and a
native of Rayenna, spent couple OF
days in town the latter part of last
week. :
Quite brisk furry of. snow visited
US on Friday morning, and the day
was dark and dreary. Supposed to be
a wave from right off the Sherman
Convention at Columbus. a.
The new Billiard Room. Bowling
Alley and Shooting Gallery in M.
Gretzinger's new brick block, on South
Chestnut street, will be opened to the
public next Saturday.
We had a pleasant call on Tuesday
from George Sengard, the artist, who
resides at present in Brooklin, near
Cleveland Besides being fret class
artist he is an accomplished gentleman.
There was heavy freeze on Friday
night last, but the general opinion is
that the fruit crop is not materially
injured. Some of the-farmers think
that wheat that had jointed was badly
damaged.
On the 26ih ult., Mr.. j. T. Wiliiems,
of Brimfield, sold the wool purchased
by him this spring, amounting TO TO-
600 pounds to Messrs. Broadhead s.
Son, OF Jamestown. N. Y, at 42114
cents per pound.
w. B. Shattuc, General Passenger
and Ticket Agent of the New York,
Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad re-
moved his Office on the 1st of May, to
Cleveland, to which place all commu-
nications to him should hereafter be
addressed. ai f.3a .G
The editor of the PRESS, and Messrs.
d. &. CooIman, E. p. Hatfield, 1. II.
Phelps and F. Fl. johnson left on
Wednesday morning to attend the
Democratic State Convention, which
meets at Columbus to-day.
The Boston Clothing House contin-
ues to offer decided bargains to its
customers, who are constantly increas-
ing in numbers. Read their new ad-
vertisement and examine their large
stock and be convinced.
Mrs. Nancy Cox, former resident
of this village, died of congestion, at
Bedford on Thursday last, aged 66
years. Her remains were brought
here on Saturday and deposited in the
public vault.
Last Saturday Will Dodge, while
engaged in chopping wood for A. A.
Harris, Jr., made misstroke with the
ak aud struck his right foot on the in
side, cutting q large cash the size of
the ak, cutting off the tendons of the
great toe and taking out piece of the
bone of the foot Rep Dem. .5..i
The open-air concert of the City
Band last Saturday evening, as usual,
brought crowd of people, showing
the high appreciation in which that
fine organization is held Their music
was charming. Our people should
remember that it costs much time and
money to sustain a good band and
should contribute liberaily to that end.
Frank E. Armstrong, eldest son of
J. f. Armstrong, who has for the last
five years officiated as telegraph ope-
rator and ticket agent of the A. & G..
w. r. r., in this place, has been called
to position in the General Freight
Denarfment Of the NJ " Pa ,& O. r. r.