The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-14

the Caucus to choose delegates tonight
Mrs Fannie B. Ward arrived home
on Monday.
Robert Burns" tonight in ole
School Hall, by Hon. J. J. Burns.
The gipsy horse traders did a land.
Office business in town on Tuesday.
Democratic Convention next Satur.
day. Every township should be fully
represented.
The "boys" of Battery A, o. V. L.
A, are holding their annual reunion
at West Twin Lake.
Miss Flora Parsons went to Cleve.
land on Saturday to spend week Wis
iting friends in the city.
A. III. Stillman, of Little Rock, Ark.
is visiting Ravenna friends. He seems
much pleased with his new home.
DIR. ID. II. Jennings spent Sunday
with his Ravenna friends. His health
| is much improved since his trip to the
Northwest.
Mrs. Albert Herman and daughter
are visiting relatives and friends at
Gilbertsville, N. ", expecting to be
absent a month or more.
Mrs. s. r. Sturtevant and daughter
returned on Tuesday from all eight
weeks visit to Dakota and other points
in the West.
Mrs. w. q. Lacey and daughter Lot
tie are visiting relatives in Cleveland
and Madison, expecting to be absent
until Sept. lst.
Tonight ex Commissioners Burns will
deliver his lecture, " Robert Burns and
His Writings" This being the last
lecture, let none fail to hear it.
The town was packed with people
who came TO attend the lawn fete given
for the benefit of the City Band in
Court House Park, Saturday evening.
1t was very pleasant affair.
o. l.. Green, who has been engaged
at work on a new school building at
Kingsville, Ashtabula county, for sew
eral months past, is at home on short
visit.
The difference between Blaine and
VanNess is this, Blaine is after the
peoples votes and VanNess is after
their money; which will be the most
successful, we leave you to guess, but
we will stake our money on VanNess.
Mrs. Samuel Squire and her adopted
sons, Byron and Cecil, from Oberlin,
Mrs. Jennie Phelps, of Cleveland, and
Mrs. Osborn. of Chardon, Geauga Co.,
spent the past week with Mr.. and
Mrs. DR.. G. l.. Belden.
The nights of late have been very
cool and more like late September than
early August weather. Reports from
Michigan say that frosts were general
throughout that State Friday night,
doing much damage to garden stuff.
When you are thinking of some
thing good to eat, just remember those
big Black Spanish Watermelons Van
Ness sold you last year; he will soon
have more of the same kind, and
knock the bottom out of the price.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. Harden, of Kent,
have received this week from Mrs. D
V. Dawley, of Ravenna, life size
portrait of their father. Those wish.
ing to get work done will find it te
their interest to examine this perfect
likeness.
Over two hundred and twenty five
ticketS were sold at the P, c. & T: de
pot, for the Disciple picnic at the Glens
last Friday. Quite number went by
private conveyance. 1t was a success.
in every way, and all voted it among
the most enjoyable excursions of the
season.
Mr.. G.. s. Crane, formerly of Youngs
town, has leased the store room in TIN
Ney Building, on West Main street
and will open therein, next Friday
August Is. Five and Ten Cent Store
His goods are all strictly new, ant
contain no remnants. Give him call
The August meeting of the HOrti
cultural Society will be held on Wed
nesday, the 20th inst, at the residenc
of Mr.. R. M. Risk, in Brimfield. Es
say by Miss Matte 4. Bartlett AM
recitation by Miss Ella Pitkin. Al
are cordially invited.
ANDREW WILSON, Sec'y.
On Thursday next OakwoOd S.
will hold their annual picnic in tn
pleasant Parmele Grove. Sup't Smit
extends a cordial invitation to a
friends of the School to join them, an
help to make the day one of pleasur
to the little ones, of which its mem
bership is mostly composed.
!. The Universalist Sunday Schools {
Ravenna, Brimtield and Kent wi
have picnic at High Bridge Gler
Cuyahoga Falls, on Friday, Angus
22nd. Round trip tickets via P. G.
Il. r., r., from Ravenna, Adults soc
youth under Is. 35c., children undt
!, IL, 25c. All are cordially invited.
Mr.. e. A. Gilbert visited the NJ
tional Convention of Photographic
held in Cincinnati the last of July an
r first OF August, where he met with
q ready sale of his Automatic Retoucht
. which took the lead of all instrumen
designed for the purpose. One of I'll
instruments was sold to a distinguish
ed London Photogragher.
The Portage County Teachers Il
8 stitute commenced its session in Hie
e School Building at 10 o'clock MOnd,
y morning. There was a larger atten
# ance than was anticipated the hr
|. two days, and the Institute promis
tI ha op., Of .rroot iOfarast and nrn6