The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-02-02
Don't neglect the Grand Opening al

Opening at the Buffalo Store, next
Saturday.
I. The Portage County Battalion of
s the G. A. R. was organized at the q.
A. R. Hall on Tuesday.
I. Call and see the new goods at ire
Buffalo Store. Every body invited to
: the Grand Opening.
Burton Peck died at his residence,
one mile east of the Center of Shalers.
vile, Tuesday morning. of diabetes.
c Miss Josie Sisson, with " Little Mug
c get is charming little artistic. She
has beautiful voice, sings remarkably
!, well, and became an immediate favor
9 ite.-GChicago Evening Post.
Two loads ofjolly sleighriders, from
! Brimfield. made their friends John p.
I Jones and wife visit Tuesday eve.
ming. 1t is not necessary to say they
all enjoyed themselves immensely.
A sleigh load of young people went
to Randolph Friday evening They
acknowledge that the weather was a
little frosty.
| The fourth annual meeting of the
Eastern Ohio Short. Horn Breeders
Association will be held at Alliance,
next Wednesday, February sth. John |
Pow, of Salem, deliyers the opening
address.
G. &. Fuller, of Nelson, recently sold i
twelve head of fine Ayrshire cattle to
Mundy Bros, of Ell Paso. Texas, and
Mr.. Cornelius Baldwin one Friesian
bull to the same parties Il CARROTS.
vile Journal.
| Warm the bits, or hold them in wa.
ter and draw the frost, before putting
them into a horses mouth, in cold
weather. Ifyou think this is not nee
essary try touching your tongue to
cold iron and be convinced.
Today, (Thursdsy) is Candlemas.
day, and the winter is half gone. So
far it has been comparatively mild and
pleasant, and we hope when the festive
grounding comes forth this noon, to
forecast the weather for the next six
| weeks, he will let us off as easy as
possible.
The total eclipse of the moon occur
red Saturday evening" AS per an
nouncement, and was an impressive,
beautiful sight. Not cloud appeared
in the heavens to interfere with the Wis
ion, and an uninterrupted view of the
eclipse was afforded from the time the
moon became visible until she emerg-
ed entirely from the shadow. People
whs did not witness the event have
themselves to blame
Kent had another incendiary fire
last Thursday night. About ii o'clock
an unoccupied dwelling house, near {
the upper bridge, was discovered in t
flames. The water works were appa-
rently on their good behavior this time I
and the fire department did good work {
in protecting surrounding property. l
The loss on the building is estimated g
at $500. t
A leap year sleighride party of IL
couples from Kent, partook of the
hospitalities of mine host at the Etna
House, Monday evening. The fair
escorts made it a leap year affair in :
fact as we'll as in name by promptly
and gracefully paying the bills. There
was also party of "a little folks frem
the same place, and third one of six !
couples from Hiram, who helped to d
enlIven the occasion.
The public will be gratified to learn
that the Guild will conduct the second i,
series of Home College Entertain =.
ments, in tine Methodist Episcopal :,
Church, commencing, probably, Tues:
day evening. Feb 28th, and continue =
for three weeks, giving one popular :
entertainment each week. A full pro- =.
gram will be announced next week.
All who had the pleasure of attending
the first series of our Home College
Entertainments, will hail with glad
ness the coming of this second series. .
THE following figures are given as s
the average selling price and cost of {
each book used in our com mon schools:
Spoilers sell for 19 cents cost cents; 1
readers 54 cents, cost IA cents; arith- f
metics 3s3 cents, cost II cents; geog- 6
raphies ST. OF, cost 35 cents; grammars
76 cents, cost 10 cents; histories SLY, G
cost 262 cents. |
Evidently there is a bonanza in the
school book business. when it Is taken
into consideration that single Gin 6
cinnati firm publishes nearly so per ,
cent. of the books used in the State
A Youngstown special to the Plain
Dealer, of the Goth ult., says: A ter
rible explosion of dynamite is reported
from the limestone quarries, about ten
miles from this city on the line of the $
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie. The foreman
of the company placed twenty sticks
of dynamite on stove in shanty ia
which five Italians were lounging.
An explosion occurred andthe shanty s
was blown to pieces. Masters was
picked up some twenty feet away. {
Life was extinct, his body being hor>
ribly mangled. All the Italians were
more or less injured, nearly all having
their legs and arms broken. Two, it
is expected, will die. The accident
was caused by Mssters failing to obey
orders in regard to the dynamite.
The meeting of the Western Reserve
Sugar Makers, which was held in Gar,
rettsville January 18th and 10th, was
we'll attended by those interested in
the maple product F. A. Derthick,
State Dairy and Food Commissioner,
read paper on Food Adulteration
and the laws relating thereto" and