Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-07-01

on the tlme Delng connned 70 ms Deos camo
up on Sunday to visit his sister, Mrs. Lee
Kerstetter. His health is very bad.
.....wm. Jones, of Ridgeville, was in town
ON Saturday. W .f
....F. M. Brubaker spent part of last
week in the country putting up some farm
buildings for Wesley Durham. ,.5.
Mrs. R. @. Emery and Mrs. II. E. Ice
visited in the country Saturday night and
Sunday with the family of George March.
....Mr. Hank Andrews is ready for plas-
tering, Faurote q Babcock of Napoleon are
the plasterers, they have had great deal of
work to do here this summer.
....Mrs. R. @. Emery, who has been spend
ing some weeks with friends at Ridgeville,
came home few days ago accompanied by
Mr.. James Emery and family.
.... Misses Ada Brubaker and Mary Len
hart drove to Liberty Center on Saturday,
returning on Sunday; they visited the fami-
lies of John Sidlinger, Sr., and Jr.
John Reed, of Napoleon, was up here
several days last week in the interest of his
fruit tree business. While at the home of J..
]. Lewis, tried his hand at haymaking. Joe
says it was for supper.
las Andy Tuttle was endeavoring to hit
board with hatchet the other day he mis-
sed the board and hit his nose, but as Andy
is particularly good natured he did not say
anything but bore it like hero, but thought
he lost the best part of his nose.
Long q Tuttle are putting some inn
provements in their are-house-putting in
an elevator and making it more convenient
for the handling of grain; have also purchas-
ed an engine and will soon be thoroughly
prepared for shelling corn and handling
grain. ,..,... ....-..... .-......... ....
ia few days ago Mr.. E. W. Brubaker re-
turned from Hillsdale, Mich, where he had
been spending some days with, friends, also
in attendance of the commencement exer-
cises of the College, occurring there june
18th, it being his old Alma Mater, having
graduated in class '&. a.......
"A few days ago three new monuments
were put up in the Brey cemetery, the worl
of Mr.. R. W. Hartman, of Napoleon. The,
are considered fine pieces of workmanship
One was for the grave of Mr.. John Ice ant
one for Mrs. Michael Feeney and child, ani
one for old Mr.. and Mrs. Feeney.
John Shupe is giving his house com
plete overhauling and repairing roofing
sidino naw uindows nainfinu inaide anC
out; is painting the outside pale green will
trimmings of dark bronze green, and whei
completed will have one of the finest looking
residences in town. The house of Mr.. Agile
is also nearing completion.
| ...A serious accident occurred to VIM.
Barr about noon to-day, resulting in a brok
en- limb. AS he was driving along the blui
near Florida with colt, it became frighten
ed and dragged the buggy over the bluff wit
Mr.. Barr in it, who is entirely paralyzed i
his lower limbs, breaking his leg near tn
thigh. A nephew was with him who receives
some bruises. The horse was not hurt at oil
It is indeed serious misfortune for MI
Barr, as he has been entirely disabled in tn
use of his lower limbs for many years. TIL
sympathy of many friends is with him il
this afiiiction. l'" a
IA large number of our citizens attend
ed the ceremonies of the monument unveil
ing at Defiance June 22nd. An immens
crowd was in attendance; many business an
private houses were handsomely and taste
fnlIu dacorofad. a ruu,har of ofraaf bo,,rar
inscribed with the names of battles tough
and won in which Defiance county soldier
were engaged in days long past and gone
but when were the battles of Prussian Live
Pills and Defiance County Fair fought
Defiance County done nobly in her efforts t
entertain her visiting crowds. The monu
ment is fine piece of artistic workmanship
surmounted by the figure of soldier at pa
rade rest. It is surrounded by suitabl
grounds enclosed by an elegant iron fence
The exercises of the afternoon were inter
esting and listened to with much attentio
by the vast audience.
IA great curiosity was seen at the resi-
dence of Mrs. E. Jones, last week, being
perfect double Gala lily, the first of the kin
ever coming under her knowledge, and sh
has had large experience in Horticulture, hay
ing been engaged in it for many years. Sh
has preserved the specimen. She has larg
and choice collection of plants and flowers
some of them very rare; she has about 80 We
rieties of roses, and last spring started ros
hedge, which ere long will prove, a thing Q
great beauty. She has over 600 set gerani
4 ums, some of them very choice and rich, ais
a great many varieties of cactus, some 0
them very rare and not often found outsid
Of city greenhouses; notably, a very fin
partridge breast cactus. One of her cacttl
plants is loaded with lovely blooms. Sh
has also a large collection of begonias, fus
chias, calladiums and others, too numerou
| to mention. lYalG III 3aal 'JH fgti!i rrHE 81.
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