The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-01-01

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DIARIES FOR 1880, al F. H. STILES
ST. will buy a very nice Butter Disn
at WAIT, DEWEY s. Co. y
"HAPPY NEW YEARp Make it
doubly so by purchasing q nice pres
ent at Wait, Dewey & Co.'S. w
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A happy New-Year. 'a''s
Mu-fr-ra-sn-Well who can tell
The ice crop promises to be abund-
ant. i'r. .7-l as,
The artic wave struck this region on
Christmas.
John F. Byers sells the best engines
made In the State.
The severe cold the past week has
increased the demand for fuel.
The days are now beginning to
lengthen.
Old Probs has hopeless task in try
ing to keep track of the weather.
The ice men begin to sing. "Shall
we gather at the river ?"
If variety is the spice of life, why
all this grumbling at the weather.
The world is better now. Every
body has sworn off and turned over a
new leaf.
The @. D. Z. dance at Niles Christ
mas eve, is reported to have been q
grand success.
Andy johnson, the colored walkist,
can 60 like smoke, "deed be can"
The "moke" made the boys smoke.
Report says that some of our Ra-
VIENNA boys got badly scooped at the
Garrettsville pedestrian match.
The rains came Sunday night, last
ing all day Monday, and swept away
the last Yestige of our sleighing.
An occasional letter from our friend
c. II. Crafts, at Lincoln, Nebraska,
will be acceptable and may be ex-
pected.
The Davis Sewing Machine Agency
commenced the work of removing its
effect to Cleveland the beginning of
the week.
Alliance people speak very highly
of the music furnished by Humphreys
Orchestra, Christmas night, st College
Hall.
j. W. Holcomb, of Cornell Univer-
slty, and Charley Durham, of Ann
Arbor, are spending the holidays
among their Ravenna friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman s. Ward will
celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of
their marriage by party of their
friends at the Etna House Tomorrow
night. s'i-i'-.H a'l-s4- saF
Persons desiring to purchase good
engines will do well to cali Oh John +.
Byers. He can furnish the very best
made.
The many friends OF Mr.. A. d. Orr,
of Kent, will regret to learn that his
health is in precarious condition.
Next Sunday evening the Pastor of
the Universalist Church will lecture
on How the Standing and Falling
Armies are Recruited.n
| We haye received full report of
the Catholic Fair which closed -on the
Doth ult., but it came to hand too late
for publication in this issue. .yss {
Mr.. 81. 8. johnson. raceived tele-
gram from Nelson on Monday evening
announcing the serious illness of his
venerable father, Alanson John son,
who is about SO years of age.
r. r. Anderson has purchased the
grocery and saloon stock of Moses
Bean and leased the old stand on
Chestnut street. Mr.. Bean is eompell-
ed to discontinue business in conse-
quence of poor health. 4.
A church scandal of mastodonian
proportions is tearing our neighboring
town of Kent all to pieces. Yet,
flushed and still remains the Kent
paper. Oh, why art thou silent9 Rice
up and explain. le15
Charley Bowman has returned from
cole Varginia" where has been to
visit sick brother. Strange as it may
seem Charley was neither shot, cut,
whipped or poisoned, and still he was
In the presence of the Fire-eaters as
the Republicans delight to call them.
Hen. r. p. SPALDING and wife, and
Miss Louisa Sumner, of Cleveland,
spent Christmas in Ravenna, the guests
of Geo. E. Fairchild. We met the
Judge on the street and were pleased
to see that, though an octogenarisn, he
was looking as vigorous, hale and
hearty as most men of half his years.
For Holiday presents nothing in
the market will please the young Ia
dies better than our new style Neck
Chains and Lockets. They are cheap
WAIT, DEWEY & Co.
Santa Claus has unloaded an i'm
mense stock of goods for the holidays
at Wait. Dewey s. Co.'S. Give them a
call. You can't fail to find what will
give complete satisfaction.