Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-03-20
LAKE COUNTY.
PAIIESVlLLE.

MEN who drink usually succeed-card-
| aman seed.
| Eggs are not like railroad uckets-i. e.
good until used.
THE duty on paper-to pay your su b.
scriptions promptly.
FRESH fish are being offered for sale in
| limited quantities.
SPRING goods are beginning to be dis
played by the merchants.
! 'SwEET SIXTEEN" is a much better
| game than that of 'titteen.''
STRANGEl Everybody will laugh about
a boii-except the man who has it.
MIR. JOHN SHERMAN has comm menced
building a new house, on State Street.
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newsy and original, Only $3.50 year.
THE storm signals were ordered up on
| Tuesday last but the storm tailed to keep
| its engagement.
| A MAN after his own heart is in poor
| business. He ought to be alter some fair
ones heart.
WE present this week a large number OF
interesting letters from our out-of-town
| correspondents.
| THE Congressional fight has not yet
| reached Lake County. When it does
| there will be fun.
IN view of the recent weather it may
fairly be presumed that the peach crop is
| getting ready to fail.
| OCCASIONALLY an 0nLeFpflSinS out H.
ljudicIous peach tree can be found show.
ing signs Of blOssoming.
IT IS strange but true that women do
not cultivate men OF letters nearly so as
siduously as they do men of money.
| THERE are number of new advertise
| ments IN this issue which our readers
may find it TO their advantage to read.
| REMEMB BER the Mendelssohn concert
his-Friday-evcning. Proceeds for the
benefit OF the Temperance Reading Rooms.
SAILORS predict late opening of navi-
CATION. What reasons they have )for doing
| so is something that ''no fellah can find
| out"
For job printing call at the JOURNAL
office. Prices as low as is consistent with
good work. Satisfaction always guaran-
| teed.
ALWAYS read the advertisements. They
are the latest announcements from the
| most enterprising business men in a
town.
For several days this week PainesvIlle
experienced butter famine-not
pound OF good butter being for sale any.
where.
OVER two hundred seats were reserved
for the Mendelssohn Concertbefore Tues
day evening-the sale only commencing
the dav before.
DURING The past week quite large quan.
titles of inferior Ice have been secured
and housed. Dealers evidently deem bad
ice better than no ice.
LAST Friday some adroit thief stole
crock OF butter from farmers wagon
while the latter was looking Tor the best
place ut which to sell it.
WHILE engaged in hauling logs, In Per-
ry, on Saturday last. Lewis Davis WAS
unfortunate enough to have one fall and
strike him breaking an ankle joint.
THE supply ofmaple sugar seems to be
small, this spring. Comparatively little |
Is brought into market and that which is
offered is not of the best quality.
MAN never knows what sublime |
fool he can make of himself until he is |
elected to Office. Proof: the course of |
certain members OF our City Council.
WHEN ladies meet, they always greet
with kisses heard across the street; but |
men. more mild. don't get so wild, they |
meet, then part, when both hayes smiled"
WE heard gentleman remark. one
day this week, .sWe are having unusual
and remarkable weather lately" Such |
au original observation is worthy OF re-
cord.
A. p. SANFORD has been again put i'm
charge of the telegraph and signal service |
station, at Fairport. for this year. No
better or more competent man could be
found.
A LARGE lot OF old papers are for sale at
the JOURNAL office. They consist of ex-
changes and are just the thing for putting
under carpets or en- shelves. Only 81.
per hundred.
LECTURER Baxter failed to put in an
appearance before the Grange on Satur-
day last. The meeting was therefore
mainly devoted to general discus sion of
Agricultural topics.
A FEW days since q horse belonging 20
Mr.. b. Steckwell broke from his fasten-
ing near the Avenue Nurseries and ran
Ito town. The buggy was badly broken
but no other damage was done.
WHAT'S the matter with Painesville
Repubiicansf There is not Blaine club,
nor sherman club, nor Grant club,
nor an any body's club N the town. Such
remissness is absolutely inexcusable.
WE are requested to announce that the
Wiiloughby Examination of teachers will
not interfere with the regular examina.
ton to be held at the High School build
ing in Painesvilie on the last Saturday oil
the month.
MARCH and November ought to be
kicked out of the calender. A snow
storm on Tuesday, a thaw on Wednesday
and general mixture of all kinds of un-
pleasant weather at all times have been
| the prevailing sy mptoms during the past
week.
s. K. STAGE reports that an erudite and
esteemed contemporary is in error in stat
ing that he has disposed of his ice. He
yet has over one hundred tons on hand
with which to cool the parcL ed and fever
ed palates OF humanity-when it comes
warm weather.
AN erudite and esteem ed contemporary
chronicles the fact that Mr.. James Nc
Cue. of the old Paine farm, on the Lake
shore. recently sold two is month old
hogs which weighed 1910 ponnds and a
two year old sheep which kicked the
beam at 282 pounds.
AT the coming election the corporation
Will elect Mayor, three Councifmen.
Treasurer, Clerk, Marshal and
Cemetery Trustee. The township will
also elect three Trustees. a Treasurer, IA
a n A nd
Justice of the Peace.
LAST Wednesday was st. Patrick's
day. In Painesville, as thr oughout the
| country, no formal celebration was at
| tempted. In the evenin z, here, were, how
ever, supper and entertainment at the
81. Mary's School House and during the
day the usual services at the church.
ON SATURDAY, April Sd, Mr.. W L. Cham.
berlain, OF Hudson, is to deliver q lie cture
before the Lake County Pomona g range
ing. This lecture was delivered in jan
| uary at the State University and was
highly spoken OF by those who heard it.
On Friday last another early settler
died In the person OF Mrs. Emeline FL
| field. of Fairport, aged 80 years. As long
ago as 1924 she kept the old American
House, then standing at the foot of Main
street. The funeral was held on Tues
day last. Rev. Geo. K. Merrill, OF the Con-
gregational Church. officiating.
On lonuay evening, Mafcn ZSJn, tne
Iron Moulder's Union, No. 65., will give u
| social dance at Childs Hall. Duncau's
band will furnish the music. NJ. j. He'd
| derman, w. +. Nayior, d. f. Manning,
Geo. ii. Leonard and }. Fl. Manning, ap-
pear on the invitations as Managers. A
grand time may be anticipated.
1 DwELLERs near the upper end Of Men,
tor Avenue were startled, the other even
ing. by cries supposed to be "murder,"
| Later Developments showed that the
sounds were only child yelling ssoh!
mother! motherv as his irate maternal
predecessor chastised him for an offense
which shall be nameless here forever
more.
COMMITTEE MEETING.
Henry Fassett, of Ashtabula, Chairman
of the Republican Committee OF the 10th
Ohio Congressional District has called a
meeting of his fellow conspirators to be
held at the Stockwell House in this place
lon Wednesday OF next week, March oath.
The boom may therefore be considered as
started.
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