Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-02-25
A Thrifty Town.
OKoInyA. q. Feb. %, 1S: 6

OKoLoNA, y. Feb. Z3, 1876.
Ed. N NoRrHwEsT:,-Seeirg thet communica-
tioDs occasionally al pear in your columns
from different ps.ts cs the county, venture
to sepd you few items from Okolona. This
place, as is showu on the county map, is 9
STATEN on the w. st. L. & P. railway about
five and one-half miles west of Napoleon,
and near the Defiance county lioe. 1t has a
population of about 1C0 souls, all counted
occupys about five acres of ground, and is
altogether rather a din;nutive towh. But,
while it does not loom up in point of size
and populat on, Clolo IA is not to be despis-
ed, and is by no means an insignificant place,
in proof of which it is but ne cess ary to make
showing of tbs vol ,me of business trans
acted at the pl1ce during the past year as
shown by the books Of the accommodating
agent of the WaEash R. R Co.:
During 1926 there were shipped from this
point go car losds of 81 ain and IS car loads
of stock, and du1;og toe menth of Japusry,
1856, 20 COR loads cf sic ck, maLjpg total of
IS car loads CT stock; which a; an average of
O,0O0 pounds to The car world give total
weight of 1,5C0, % pounds, this ct 81 cents a
pound makts tjs handsome sum of $54, 800
distributed from this point for st eek al
Add to tas val 'e of tie elein, and GO, 600 doz-
en- of eggs tiatwere shipped from this point
last yeaf, and you will fud our little place
doing volume Of b: :.i1sss that agere gates
81 co a yeee. 1bis aver le showing is
the result of the erer ey end g It pliss of the
business men of The place.
J. II. Benien, &c ,eial re,cl'. ,dise and
grain dealer, has foi yeas been the ba TX
bone of the town, and the honors ere now di-
vided between him and tue fi.m of heit N IN
& Scbi ,sse, answ finn, havieg bsen in
business as gene al mer. haois fr ore year,
and are rspIly Increasing in favor.
In the person Of J. H. Benien, Okol ona has
the honor of showing Democratic Post
master, who held his Office during repeated
terms of Republican administrations, and
the feet ought to be paraded as an example
of Republican libs ality and pleaded in
justification CT the holding OF the offices by
a horde of Replbl:cers under Demo cratic
administration. But Suppress the fact toat
Hon. John Sherman wrote to promi lent
Republican CT the cou i;y es i,g him to
recommend sone sol aole Repnblc- n for
the place. It was not done, for the reason
that Okoiona d,du't contail single Repub-
lican, and consequently enjoyed Democrat
ic postmaster.
',,&s he ot Lea laI
'Hanoverian Settlement" which extends
north into Ful:cn eoonty and west jnto De-
fance county, and embraces as finely improv-
ed and well cultivated farms as can be found
in the state. ~
That the Clutch" of this settlement are
frugal and industrious people is e,idenced
by the splendid farms they possess-the fruits
of hard labor, early and late, as most Of
them came to this country with no capital ex-
cept stout frame and willing hands.
The Settlement" is decidedly Democratic
in politics, as it numbers in three townships
over 700 votes, it is factor in the politics of
Henry county not to be despised, and has its
representatives in the offices in the persons
of Treasurer Holterman, Commissioner Rohrs
and Auditor Evers, and that they are dis
charging their duties in a capable and proper
manner no one will deny. Although, as is
shown by some resolutions adopted in the
Court House a few weeks ago, the stand Com
missioner Rohrs has taken in reference to
the improvement Of the Bryan pike is Great
ing violent opposition in some sections of
the county, which eliminated in the adoption
af the aforesaid resolutions.
OKoL.ONA.