The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-13

THE election passed off very quietly
The stay at-hOme vote was large, very
many voters manifesting but little in.
crest in tie Te.s.t.
The coal dealers are busy.
Linen busters and straw hats ara
about played out.
The base ball boom is about over fol
This season.
Look at new goods at Miss l.. c.
Jackson's.
Youngstown has $50 school child
rem.
All sorts of furniture is now made
out of paper.
The weatherwise are predicting an
open winter. So mote il be.
The stove and coal dealers are wear
ing pleasant cOuntenances.
The recent cold snap has rendered
crate fires luxury.
The woman question-To hoop OF
not to hoop?
The Randolph Fair takes place next
Friday and Saturday.
New Hats this week, at Miss L. G.
Jackson's Opera Block kMillinery Store.
The festive mosquitoes have settled
their last bills and retired to winter
quarters.
Grant T. Goodman and wife, of Mead.
vile, Pa. are visiting friends in Ra-
VIENNA.
The season of picnics and excursions
is about over and that of parties End
balls comes on apace.
A new line of feathers may be found
at Miss l.. G. Jackson's. They are all
the so.
The Kentites are again talking uI
the subject of waterwOrks. The cos,
is estimated at O,OOO.
The recent copious rains have bright
ened up the face of nature and the
ph 'zes of our granger ,,1enrs as we'll
The Portage County Sunday School
Union will hold its next Convention
atCharlestown, Wednesday and Thurs.
day, October rs and 27.
The small pox scare in Ravenna Is
at an end. There have no new cases
developed and no danger is now felt Of
It's spreading beyond the family in
which it originated.
The Court House improvement il
assuming grand and lofty appear
ance. but if the workmen don't hurry
up Jack Frost will nip their fingers
before the walls are up.
Treasurer Smith has been making
some notable improvements at his new
place, corner of Oak and Prospect
streets-putting down two artificial
stone walks, grading the lot. &c.
We had a very pleasant call on Mon.
day from our friend Will. r. Day, Esq.
of Canton, who is spending a short
time with his Ravenna friends. for the
restoration of his health.
J. Park Alexanner has sued T. w.
Cornell, President of the Akron Gas
Works, for libel, claiming O,OOO
damages 1t all grew out of politics,
aud it is said more of it is coming.
The Trustees of Western Reserve
College, through Upson. Ford and
Baird, have filed petition in Summit
Common PIess tn change the name OF
ton: institution % ga Gilbert College
c. the Western Ulivers ity."
We are under obligations to our
Democratic friend NJ. ]. Belts for late
copies of Atlanta, Ga, papers. He is
attending the great International Cot
ton Exposition which opened in that
city on Wednesday of last week, rep
resenting the Coates Lock-lever Rake
works of Alliance.
Col. y. G. Scoville, of Cleveland, was
in town on Thursday last. We OBJ.
serve that the Colonel was in Wash
ington on Monday, looking after the
disposition of certain offices in North.
ern Ohio. He is a pronounced stalwart
and is after the scalps Of the lf-breeds
of the Forest City.
The pastor of the Universalist
Church, next Sunday evening, by
special request, will preach from Isaiah
2Sth, 20: " For the bed is shorter than
that a man can stretch himself on it ;
and the covering narrower than that
he can wrap himself in it,"
The October meeting of the Horti.
cultural Society will be held on We'd
nesday, the 18th inst, at the residence
of Lafayette Smith, at the Center OF
Shalersville. Essays will be presented
by c. C. Gardner and Geo. J. Streetor,
A full attendance is requested.
ANDREW WILSON, Sec'y.
Mr.. D. G. Collins threshed Mr.. VIM
Wooden's this falls wheat crop, which
yielded 35 bushels to the acre. The
largest yield of oats he has thresheu
this fall was 20 bushels to the acre
Who can beat it =?
The Ladies Aid Society of Grace
Church will meet Friday afternoon OF
this week at the residence of Mrs. H
X. VanMeter. All are cordially in
vited. Come early, as there Is work
Mrs. d. l.. ROCKWELL, Pres.
MRS. HI. d. SEYMOUR, Sec'y.
Our young friend Joe. .Brocklow who
has been for several years employed in
the jewelry establishment of Wait
Dewey & Co., left on Wednesday morn
ing for the East. He expects to locat'
at Providence, r. L. The best wishe
of his many friends go with him.
The remains of Julius Woodruff
who died at Beuna Vista, COL, las
week, reached Ravenna Monday fore
noon and were laid to rest in Mapl
Grove Cemetery. His funeral tool
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