The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-05-18

cattle and hog feed, may be had at n
P, Catlin's Flour & Feed store.
The scaffolding has been removed
from the tower of the Court House
revealing that structure in all it's ele
gance.
i G. E. Twitt has been appointed
agent for the Davis Sewing Machine
in Ravenna. His office is in the room.
of Miss Jackson, in Opera Block. Ths
Davisi the best machine in use.
The yonng man Luther w. McGahar
who lost his foot some three months
ago, has accepted position as book
keeper in the Office of John M. Bruce
an ice dealer of Pittsburg.
THE Ravenna creditors of Basye's
Indian Picnic and Barbecue party. by
sending J. c. Menary ahead to West
Salem to look after their interests, sue
ceeded in obtaining 81 cents on the
dollar of their claims, and it took about
all the receipts of the concern to meet
that. 1t is unquestionably the biggest
bug of the hum order, and downright
fraud travelling.
The Portage County Teachers Asso-
citation will meet at the Union School
Building in Palmyra next Saturday,
at 10: 80 a. m. The exercises will con-
sist of an Inaugural address, by J. j.
Jackson, Reading by Mr.. Witherstay,
Address on the Requisites of good
Moral Character, by DIR. D. d. Pickett,
and Query Box.
The addition to the Atlantic Mills is
"a x 40 ft. and of the same hight of the
main building. The bins require 49,
900 feet of lumber for their construc-
ton and will have a capacity of 1000
bushels. 1t is the intention to raise
the top part of the frame this week.
On Wednesday morning while a
number of boys were playing ball on
the School grounds. Curtis Lynn, aged
Is years, came in collision with anoth-
er boy and was knocked down and
rendered insensible. 1t is feared that
the bone near the corner of one of his
eyes is fractured.
The old and popular firm of Wait,
Dewey & Co., has been dissolved by
the retirement of Mr.. ID. Dewey, who
removes to Geneva, Ohio, to enter into
business there. The business of the
old house will be continued at the old
stand by Messrs. e. R. & A. F. Wait.
1t is one of the most substantial jewell
ry houses in Northern Ohio.
We are glad to learn that G. J. STAN
ford has decided to continue in the
furniture business, and is now filling
up his store with a large stock of fine
and medium Furniture of the latest
designs. We would advise those in
want of furniture and crockery to look
his stock over before buying, know
ing that he can satisfy the wants and
tastes of his patrons in Atwater, and
surrounding country.
Mr.. l.. G. Sutten, who represents the
Cleveland Publishing Co., has in
charge the canvass of our city for their
Household Guide and Family History
for Portage County. We trust our cit
izens will give him careful hearing.
Just such a work as this is needed, lie.
the history of our forefathers, that it
may be handed down to posterity cor
rectly. We hope the publishers will
receive at the hands of our citizens the
same courtesy and encouragement they
received from our neighbering coun-
ties.
The immediate construction of the
Pittsburg, Youngstown & Chicago R.
R. is said to he now fully assured, a
contract having been lately entered
into between its representatives and
the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
G., and the Pittsburg & Western Rail-
road Co., for the construction of the
line from New Castle, Pa, to Akron,
to be completed by the lst of Septern-
ber. The name of the P. Y. & G. is
changed to that of Pittsburg, Cleve-
land & Toledo Railroad.
An exchange advocates the placing
of small flags, instead of flowers, upon
soldiers graves on Decoration Day and
that the day should become one for
renewal of flags rather than for strew-
ing floral emblems. Among the rea-
sons given for the proposed change is
that "the flag he fought for" is the only
single correct emblem for a soldiers
grave, and the one EN- blem is enough.
AS flowers are likely to be scarce this
is timely suggestion.
IT is said eggs will keep good a year
if put away in the following manner :
Pour gallon of water ON a pound of
quicklime in a jar; let it remain about
fervescence; !. procure eggs as fresh as
possible and drop them into the jar
gently. Place the jar where the eggs
can be taken out without removing it.
THE duties of the genuine dyed-in-
wool, simon-pure editor are multifari-
Gus and multitudinous. His work is
not only to "do little writin'," as ia
sometimes supposed, but to Gull, to
CLEAN, to select, to discriminate, to de-
eide, to fOresee, to observe, to grasp, to
explain, to elucIdate, to initiate, to boil
down, 3" to be, to do, and to suffer, -
and several hundred other verbs, with
large number of districts yet to hear
SUICIDE.-Daniel Stocker, an old
and esteemed citizen of Ravenna.
committed suicide by cutting his throat
with a razor, at his residence on West
Main street, about quarter before
nine o'clock, Wednesday morning,
May 18th. He has been subject to
spells of mental arrangement for some