Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-12-02
County News.
Liberty CenterItems.

Mr.. A. Y. Bryan, our Oldest dry goods
merchant, evidences continued prosperity by
his smiling countenance whenever called up
on or when met upon the street.
Mr.. Lish Viers, of whom mention was
made some time ago, has mooved himself
and family back to his farm in Fulton coun-
ty. Well, Lish is good fellow and Liberty
can tally one Democratic vote less next
spring.
THE coal famine has partially let up by
the arrival of several car loads of both hard
and soft coal, and those who a week ago
we're applying epithets to the coal dealers of
Toledo scarcely proper for use in prayer
meeting, now wear smiling countenances and
rub their hands with glee.
Our village is offering good pork
market to farmers this winter. Mr.. Glenn
Woodward, with his able assistant Andy Pen
mock, and what Andy don't know about hogs
Is not worth knowing, and Messrs. Lahee and
Babcock, are buying and shipping hogs from
this point. Several car loads have already
been shipped and still more coming.
.... The School Board ''still hold the fort, I"
and seem determined that I'VE three and no
more" shall control the affairs of the Union
School District.
The President says he 'don't care d--n
what they, the people, do, he won't do any
thing; that for all he cares they may stick it
into" --- place unpleasant to mention,
and one which would be very inconvenient to
many.S In the meantime the building is rap
idly approaching completion, and all the cit
izens will have to do will be to walk up and
pay the taxes, ask no questions and only
:'d--n themselves to avoid being id"
IA few winters ago an iron clad Prohi-
bition ordinance was born in this village. 1t
was begotten by one Hubbard" the Mayor,
and Johnny" stood godfather at the christ
ening. Unfortunately it was born without
sincerity on the part of its parents which
made its beginning very feeble, and being
nourished mainly by wind, its growthproved
miserable abortion. 1t was, in fact, little
better than still birth from the beginning,
and the Council seeing this "sat down on it,
with weight of to 2. and crushed out of its
sickly form what little life it had, and left
| the corpse 'too dead to skin," and all we can
| now do is to exercise charity toward the dead,
for it was homeless while living and will con-
| tinue so now. After Hubbard and Johnny
have 'blowed off, and got through abusing
the individual members of the Council, they
will, no doubt, feel better, and one can then
| again return to his first love, the greenback
| idea, and the other to selling groceries, an
| occupation which has proved much more
remunerative to him than his attempt to die
tate to the Council what course they had bet
ter take or talk of hanging them in effgy fol
not carrying out his idea.
49,. The old saw mill is being torn dowr
and removed and must henceforth be classet
with the things of the past. But Liberty does
not loose anything by it, as G. A. Henrick:
has erected new one in connection with his
factory at the old stand and is doing gooG
work. In addition to the factory and saw
mill he has feed or cross mill and turns ou
not only dressed lumber but dressed corn
oats and rye, ready for feed. This is not JUS
new venture, but a new man in the place
Mr.. Goodwin, the former proprietor, having
left us some time ago for the wilds of Woot
county. TYRo.
| Liberty Center, Nov. Goth.