The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-09-08
A Pleasant Affair.

4 FI0080mt Affair."
/ Last Friday evening, Sept. 2, til
relatives and friends of Otis ID. King
bury and wife, to the number of abol
l' seventy, made them pleasant call ,
!, their residence on Cleveland Avenue
it being the fifteenth anniversary {
= their marriage. The presents on tn
occasion We're numerous and valuable
including sixty pieces of table ware
. toilet set, and fine plate glass miro,
= The tables were spread from the wei
filled baskets brought in by the guest
and the party sat down to a splendi,
q supper which was highly enjoyed b.
all. The fun and merrymaking wa
kept up till the wee sma hours, whel
the company departed for their re
spective homes bearing with them tn
heartfelt thanks of the happy pair.
,i Delays are dangerous; so don't defe
till too late securing seats for Uncl'
Toms Cabin at the Opera House mex
Tuesday evening.
} ]. F. Whitney, Esq, of Buffalo
Prairie, Ill, is visiting friends at hi:
old home IN RSotstown. We had the
pleasure of meeting him at the Pioneer
picnic at Kent, on Thursday last, and
were rejOiced to see that time had
dealt gently with him.
1t is the best show, and came the
nearest TO performing all it advertised
of any minstrel company that has
been here in a long time. The music
was supurb, the singing good, the
dancing splendid, and there was the
absence OF the rough and tumble farce
that spoils so many minstrel shows
[Middletown, N. Y, Press, Mar. 3.
The Annual exhibition of the Ma
honing and Shenango Valley Fair
Association will be held on the Asso-
citation Grounds near the city of
Youngstown, on the Goth, 2lst, 22d and
23rd inst. The premiums offered are
most liberal, amounting to $1,000, aud
the officers are determined to make
the coming Fair excel any heretofore
held. We acknowledge the receipt of
a Complimentary from the Secretary.
About 2 !: 20 O'Clock on Tuesday af-
ternoon fire was discovered, i'll the
roof of the south wareroom of Mr.. II.
X. VanMeter, at the crossing of the G.
& P. Railroad in this village. When
discover ed the flames were pretty well
under way, but the alarm soon brought
out the Fire department and the fire
was suppressed before it had done any
considerable damage. The fire is sup
posed to have been caused from a spark
from a passing locomotive. 1t was a
narrow escape from a big conhagra-
ton.
On "Wednesday Morning we were fa-
vored with a call from AL. r. Chiffon,
Assistant Agent of Anthony & Ellis
Ideal Uncle Toms Cabin Company,
who is in town making arrangements
for the appearance of that snperb troupe
at the Opera House next Tueseay eve
ming. This company enjoys the rep
of giving the best representa-
lion of this stirring and popular drama
ever placed upon the stage. They will
doubtless be greeted with full house
A jury in the Probate Court on Sat
lrday awarded to Mrs. Elizabeth
$1,000 for an acre of land in
Ot No. Is, in the northeast part of
Ravenna Village. and a roadway there
o of % rods in length, sought to be
by the Couscil of Raven
la Village for gravel for road purposes.
rhe jury also awarded to Mrs. Harriet
S65, for q strip of land about
% rods in length for roadway to same.
The September meeting of the Hor-
iculturai Society will be held on
the 14th inst, at the res {
dence of L. B. Pierce, in Tallmadge,
Our miles from Kent. Essays will be {
by G. l.. Bartlett and C. c.
Gardiner. A full attendance is request
i. ANDREW WILSON,