Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-12-02
Florida News.

I'D. W. Long made business trip to To-
ledo to-day.
Behold how great an adept j. W. Long
has become in top spinning.
80. Report says A. p. Myers will move his
family to Florida this week.
Thanksgiving turkey and chicken were
pretty generally partaken of by the townspeo-
pie,
Mrs. II. T.. Ice has gone to Cecil for q
two weeks visit with the family of Capt. JOS
eph Ice.
Sam. Kinney, of Cecil, Paulding Co.,
came down on Thursday last, spending the
intervening time with friends here.
The infant son of Lee Kerstetter is very
low from an abscess on its back resulting
from ruptured vein.
IA day or so ago Willet Jones shot a
white owl that measured it, and 10 inches
from tip to tip of wings.
Miss Martha Roberts, after ten days
visit with her parents at West Hope, return
ed on Friday.
Thanksgiving services at the M. L.
Church were conducted by Rev. M. G. Howey
There was general attendance.
Mrs. Hester Krotzer spent the past
week in the country with the family of her
son, G. W. Krotzer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bordner spent the
past week at Montpelier, Williams Co., with
their daughter, Mrs. Henry Frickie.
....M Misses Mary and Carrie Sigg, of Napo-
leon, spent the past week with friends in
Florida; they expect to return home to-day.
Ben. Champion and wife and Mrs. Riff
tle went to Defiance to-day. Will visit Mrs.
Champions uncle, Dan. Karsner, who is lying
very low with consumption.
Spelling schools have been inaugurated
here by Del. Durbin, teacher. Quite an in
terest is manifested, but some have an idea
that it is just a place to go for sport. which it
might prove profitable to divest themselves
of.
Last week H. L. Miller, of Defiance,
took from here about $500 weight of poultry
purchased for them by W. s. Brubaker. For
the past four or five weeks have averaged
more than 1000 weight per week. People
are beginning to realize that there is profit in
poultry raising.
The Nations Thanksgiving day has
come and gone. The past year has been one
OF great bounty. In running up the past
year. although all has not been sunshine and
agreeable, yet all have much to be thankful
for. "Give thanks unto the Lord, all We peo-
pie, for He is good. His bounty hath been
great, and His mercy endureth forever"
THE Signal package for Florida was
most certainly pied last week, as it was made
up OF dates of Oct. 18th, 28th and Nov. 4th
with some of Nov. oath for responsibility.
However, Signal patrons were all Signaled
around on Saturday correctly. The editor or
parsonage known as printers ID must have
become befuddled DER Thanksgiving antici-
pations.
IA very serious loss befell Joseph Lowry
on Tuesday night, Nov. 23d, in the complete
destruction by fire of his barn and contents,
together with two horses, one calf and two
hogs. The barn was all in flames when dis
covered about O'Clock a. M, and the horses
had perished when discovered by Mr.. Low
cry. The barn was filled from floor to roof
with farm implements and products,
A large amount of hay, and two
or three hundred bushels of wheat
were burned. There was an insurance
of $4OO on barn and $2)) on contents. Loss
about $l7O0; there was an insurance of 800
on one of the horses belonging to Mr.. Lowry's
son, Mr.. j. H. Lowry Supposed to be incen-
diary.
BARNEY McGuIRE.
Florida, O., Nov. 81.