The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-07-01


are on deck.
A thing of beauty is a jawy forever
sometimes.
A new floor has been laid in the
Postoffice.
Capt. Pryor is able to be on the
streets again.
Crops have improved wonderfully
since the recent rains.
A good deal of clover was cut last
week, just in time to get wet.
Farmers have begun to gather their
grass crop, which is reported rather
light.
e. Y. Lacey was called to Meadville
Pa, last Friday, Oh professional busi-
ness.
Do you celebrate the 3rd or 5th
You pays your money and takes your
choice.
The recent copious rains brought
smiles upon the faces of our farmer
friends.
Business is trifie dull in town just
now, but correspondingly lively in the
rural districts.
Oats are heading rapidly. and give
promise of good crop, but very short
straw.
This is the time of year when nearly
every body, except the printer, takes
d vacation.
Prof. Chas. Durham is spending his
summer vacation with his parents and
friends in Ravenna.
E. F. Doty, of this city, died at
O'Clock yesterday "wednesday morn
ing, of typhoid fever. after AN illness
of ten days.
d. E. Wells is reported more COM
Portable. and hopes are entertained for
his speedy recovery.
H. g. Frazer has placed new steps
and walk in front of his hardware es-
tablishment.
Our readers are not particularly in
terested in the movements of the
demi monde, We reckon.
The grocery stores are filling up
with evidences of patriotism, in the
shape of fireworks.
1t is said that those showmen who
practice eating glass are subject to
panes in their stomachs.
Fifty-six tickets were sold at Raven
na for Akron and Barnum's "shew," )"
on Wednesday of last week.
Will. Beckley, Geo. Waggoner and
Rob. Day, students at Ann Arbor, are
at home for the summer vacation.
There was most too much mud last
week for bieyclists, but they are again
"on deck" these pleasant days.
J. B. Dickson, of Wellsvills, Ohio,
in the employ of the Penn, Ii. r. Co.,
was in town on Thursday of last week.
1t is said the new depot to be built
by the G. & P. read at this place will
be among the very best ON the line.
A wreck on the N. Y. P. & o. at
Windham delayed trains several hours
on Monday last.
Mr.. Geo. Winolds, of Cleveland, and
Miss Lizzie Stoolmiller, of Clinton, o.
are guests of G. E. Twitt and wife.
Merits & Riddle shipped two fine
hearses on Monday, one to Bay City,
Mich, and the other to Bellevue, o.
The exhibition of the fine work of
the domestic at the rooms in Lit
ties building, this week is well worth
seeing. It is free to all.
A Basket Picnic and Dance will be
held at Sandy Lake, Monday, July 5th,
to which all are invited. Good music
will be in attendance.
The Solid Comfort" fishing party
are now camping on the muzzy
banks of Messy Lake." and are en-
jOying themselves true to name.
Our young friend Howard. formerly
the popular clark at the Etna House,
cow of Salem, O., made US pleasant
call on Monday.
Every farmer excepting one, resid =
ing along the line of the water main
leading from Crystal Lake to the city,
is supplied with water from the works.
A lone fisherman, who has tried his
luck several times this season, esti-
mates the cost of fish caught at about
70 cents per pound. How much did
yours cost ?
The stone crossing on Main street.
between the Second National Bank
and the Exchange corners has been
lOI0iu1 anu ~ AZ o uCCluCu
ment.
Under the readjustment of the sala-
ries of P. Ms holding Presidential ap-
graded on q basis of gross
receipts, Ravenns gets an advance of
$l0O-the former sum being ST., 700.
VanNess, having paid the Dow tax, g.,
is prepared ~ Lut up your remedies
without the trouble and expense OF
physician's prescription
A Festival and Dance will be held
at the Town Hall. in Brimfield, on
Monday evening next July 9Th. A
good time is guaranteed to all who
attend.
The small boy still climbs the cherry
tree and falls ont disIOcatinp ioints