The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-22

S. 6. Eldridge has sold SO acres Of
land at Shalersville Center to DIR. Geo.
NJ. Proctor for So. per acre.
If you are in search of Spring Cloth
ing don't fail to examine the large and
elegant stock Of P. Flath, No. 8, ,Phenix
Block.
Silas H. Eldridge, Of Mantua Sta
ton, was in town ON Tuesday. He is
working up very fine business at that
p ace.
Mr.. Geo. f. Fairchild has been East
about two weeks on business mostly
connected with the Crown Flint Glass
Company.
The Deerfield Agricultural Society
propose to hold free Fair on the pub
lie square in that town, the latter part
of April.
Mrs, Whittlesey Collins, of st. Jo-
seph, Mich. was in town last week
visiting friends, the guest of her cousin
Mrs. Judge Conant.
The patrons of the mill at New Mil
ford will be pleased to learn that the
proprietors have secured the services
of Mr.. Winans, the former experienced
and efficient miller.
The job of building school house
in district No. 2. Ravenna, was award
ed to &. e. Davis and H. l.. Searl, by
the Board of Education, at their meet
ing on Saturday for $785 As.
The creeks and rivers throughout
Ohio have been on a big bum, but as
it was cold water high the prohibit
tionists will not ask the Poker Pond
Legislature to meddle with it.
Since the failure of the blizzard of
Prof. Virgins for the 9th inst, the
prophet has taken down his bills for
the storm predicted for March 1lth,
which is just as likely to happen all
the same.
Maj. D. e. Goldman returned from
his trip down the Ohio to Cincinnati
Thursday evening, and it is asad story
he tells of the devastation and destruc-
ton wrought in and around the Queen
City by the angry floods.
Another dancing class has been or
ganized here under the tuition of Prof.
Durand, of Philadelphia, Pa, who
gives course of six lessons and ball
to close, The first meeting',of the class
was held at Philharmonic Hall last
Thursday evening.
The work of removing the old house
on Will. Hoicomb's lot on Cedar street
has been commenced. A fine new res
idence is to occupy.the site. the work
on which will be begun as soon as the
weather is favorable. Messrs. II. L.
Searl and G. E. Davis have the job.
Greasing the throat and breast with
hogs lard and turpentine and dieting
on roasted onions, is a sovereign rural
semedys for and preventive of sore
throat or illness of croupy, diphthe-
retical or pneumonia type.
The weather since the big floods is
not regarded as very favorable to the
wheat in the ground. Owing to the
severe freezing and the unprotected
conditian Of the crop, it has rather a
sickly appearance, and sfavorable
change will have to occur soon to in
spire hope of a good crop the coming
harvest.
The relatives of young Joseph Bar
ker, who left home here surreptitiOusly
several years ago on oceount of ill
treatment at the hands of his STEP
mother, received a letter from him a
few days ago from Montana, where he
writes that he is in the employ of the
Pacific Railroad Company and is doing
well. His friends here had not heard
from him for several years before and
had supposed him dead.
Drinking over the counter is among
the lost arts in this neck o. woods these
days. Since our late term of Court
the dealers in the ardent no longer
deal out their eau de Uie " to be drank
on the premises where sold," and the
result is that those bibulously inclined
are driven to the necessity of resortina
to the pocket saloon, and supply them
selves with little bottlee containing
half dozen or more potations, which
| they manage to imbibe in an incredi
bic short space OF time. All this is
doubtless, i'll the interest of REFORM
DIR. Franklin B. Hough, formerly o
Lowville, N. Y, Commissioner O
Forestry, in the Agricultural Depar t.
ment at Washington, was in town OF
Friday and Saturday last, the guest o
f. P Brainerd, Esq. Having accepte,
an invitation TO address the Minnesot
Legislature upon the subject of ire
culture, he was OH his way thither t
fill the appointment. In the Summe
of 1881 he was appointed by Govern
ment to visit Europe in the interest G
his department, and travelled througI
England, France, Spain, Germany
} Italy and Russia gathering informs
ton OH the subject. He has written
= number of large and valuable books o
the subject of the cultivation and pre-
servation of forests, and Ia doubles
r the most thoroughly posted man upo
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