The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-12-02
The sands eff 1886 are nearly run ou

1851.
Prof. Charles Durham is spending a
few days in town.
Christmas three weeks from next
Saturday.
The store windows begin to look gay.
The holidays are coming.
The Rink has been doing fair bus
mess this season.
There was quite a crowd of people in
town on Saturday.
Changes of weather are of frequent
occurrence these days.
Most of our places of business were
closed on Thanksgiving day.
Gen, T. w. Sanderson, of Youngs-
town, was in town last Friday.
DR.. H. &. Goldman was confined to
the house by sickness, last week.
Bavenna Schools took vacation
from Wednesday until Monday.
Miss Jennie Watkins left Monday
night for Cincinnati, via n Y d y,
A, 8. Curtiss and wife, of Charles
town, left for Florida Tuesday to spend
the winter.
Mogadore has newspaper, The
Electric Light" the first number OF
which appeared last week.
Mrs. E. A. Scripture has well Sc
lected and elegant stock of holiday
goods. Call aud see them.
HI, w. Riddle aud family ate turkey
with his brother John, at Akron, on
Thanksgiving day.
Earl Streator and wife, of Amherst,
O.. are visiting relatives and friends in
Portage county.
Ravenna business places keep open
evenings until after the holidays, when
six o'clock closing will be resumed.
Positive Closing Out Sale of Furni'
ture, Crockery, Silverware, Lamps &c.
Secure bargains early, at Geo. E. Fair
child's.
Many a man who imagines that he
is a big electric light, finds out, to his
sorrow that he is only a little tailow
dip.
Diphtheria in an aggravated form is
raging in Clinton, Summit Co., and
Canal Fulton, Stark Co. with terribly
fatal results.
w. A. Lacey, of Cleveland, visited
his parents, on Lincoln Ave-, over
Thanksgiving, returning Monday eve-
ming.
Miss Nellie Munson, one of the pub
lie school teachers in Cleveland, was
the guest of Mr., and Mrs. Harvey
Waterman last week.
J. Schoenfeld, the clothier, is max
ing things lively in the clothing busi-
ness at Kent. Read his advertisement
and see his goods.
Ell. Day, of Cleveland. was in the
city Friday, on business connected
with the appropriation case of the P
G. & T. r. r. Co. VS. Day, Williams
& Co.
Positive closing out sale of Furni-
ture, crockery, silverware, lamps &c.
Secure bargains early at
GEO. E, FAIRCHILD's. &.
Pryor & Sons, at the Atlantic Mills.
are prepared to do all kinds of cnstom
grinding. They have recently placed
new corn cracker in the establish
ment. Give them trial.
On Tuesday night barn belonging
to Alex. Vair, in the Beech Woods
district, was destroyed by fire. with all
its contents, hay, grain and four
horses. This origin of the fire is not
known. Insured for 81, 100.
The annual meeting of the Farmers
Institute for this county will be held
at the Opera House, Ravenna, Dec.
sth and 9th. The speakers announced
are Messrs. Ronham, Talcott, Brown
and Terry.
On Tuesday last Mr.. Otto Sontum
| and Mrs. Sarah Ruffie were united in
marriage, Rev. Andrew Wilson per
forming the ceremony. The happy
pair left by the evening train for Pitts
burgh Gesundheit!
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PRESS.
Letters remaining in the Postoffs
at Ravenna. Nov. 3Oth,
Mess. Beans & Elsass, Mr.. William
Dunbar, J. Dilworth, Miss Nettit
Roush, Mr.. Joseph Roal, E. E. Sted
man, Miss Hattie Wells.
A project is ON foot to establish tw'
new counties. one having Alliance ant
and the other Massillen for the county
seat AS majority of the votes il
each of the counties sought to be dis
membered is necessary to accomplish
this, it is not probable that the schem
will be successful.
Last Sunday forenoon Rev. Andrew
Wilson preached a sermon on tn
question Has the human race, as
race, any satisfactory reasons for bein
thankful for existence" There was
full congregation. and the sermon wa
so acceptable that many have request
ed Mr.. Wilson to repeat it next Sun
day evening, and he will comply wit
the request.
At a recent camp meeting an elc
quert exhorter said: 1.-THE wheels {