The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-07-24


ricane of wind hurled stones with
such force as to break, batter and
destroy nearly everything exposed
to its fury. AT Newark, Ohio, it is
stated that thousands of birds were
killed, apple orchards were stripped
of fruit, whole blocks of buildings
and church steeples
blown down. AT Glenville, o., hail
stones 6 inches in circumference
were picked up, and one party
gathered twenty-five pounds of hail
and made up batch of ice-cream
with it.
Miss Ida Kelly, of Logan, is visit
ing her relatives, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Ward, in this place.
Mrs. Mary Murphy, of Irish
Ridge, has gone to spend couple
of months with her son Pat, at Lo-
gan.
Miss Sallie Martin, eldest daugh-
ter of our host of the Will House,
went to Logan on Saturday to visit
relatives.
Messrs. John Cooley, of Logan,
and John Fiddler, of Columbus, are
on a visit to their father-in-law, Mr..
Jacob Sanger, who is lying very
low.
vINToN COUNTY FAIR.
The managers have decided to
hold the Fair at this place, Sept.
Goth and 3Oth and October 1st. In
fixing the dates, interference with
the times set for other fairs in this
part of the State has been avoided
as far as possible, and we antici-
pate large attendance and a big
display from other counties as we'll
as our own.
S'iS W.
A hail storm on Saturday even
ing passed over this place but did
no damage.
The colored camp meeting will
commence at Junction City, Fri
day, August Goth, under the aus
pices of the A. NJ. T.. Church. EXcur-
sion trains will be run from Zanes-
vile, Circleville, Newark, Shawnee,
Corning and Columbus, on Sunday,
August 90. Eminent preachers will
be present.
a fire broke out in the printing
Office of the Corning Times about
twelve O'clock Saturday night, but
as the citizens responded quickly
to the alarm, the fire was ex-
tinguished with a loss of only fifty
dollars.
Perry county's new court house
is estimated to cost S94,416,l7.
The prospects are that the new
court house will not be heated by
steam heaters, but will be kept
warm by the aid of base burner
stoves.
w. III. Hull has been awarded the
contract of carrying the mail to
and from the postoffice and rail
road trains, for the ensuing year.
Pickaway County.
Democrat and Watchman
Miss Dell Wilder returned from
her visit to Logan, last Monday.
I. N. Abernethy, Esq, has with
drawn from the field, as a candi-
didate for Common Pleas Judge, as
will be seen by his card published
in this paper. This leaves Judge
Courtright as the only candidate
from this county.
Mrs. Mary A. Grow and grand
daughter, Miss Minnie Grow, OF
Logan, Ohio, are visiting relatives
in the vicinity of st. Paul, this
county.
The Aldelphi News says the
wool firm of N. Spencer & Co., COM
posed of Nelson Spencer, George
Rose, Sol Reigel, Jr, and M. F.
Purtee, operating in the country
adjacent to Adelphi, bought and
shipped this season, 10000 pounds
of wool, $4,000 more than
last season. They paid % to
30c., their purchases amounting to
over $25,O00. Mr.. Spencer, in talk
with the editor of the NeVs, said
"Washington township, in Hooking
county produces as much wool as
any other two townships in this
neighborhood. We get much more
wool from Hooking than from any
of the adjoining counties. In that
county are located some of the
largest sheep raisers in Ohio. Fol
instance, there are Uriah Linton
Guthrie Bros, II. ii. West, Hense
Bros, and the Beerys. Vintor
ranks next to Hooking. We bought
$50 fieeces from one man in the lat