The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-03-01
BELFORT BUDGET.

- '--S Lively AlNllS
Village
Peter Heyard S improving very
slowly,
J. c. Vernier IS laid up with the sore
throat.
Jerry Knder busy awing slabs i'll
his woods.
The saw-mill las shut down for
short time.
Mr., Thomas Wisebone. of Malvern.
is in the village.
Robert McGaftc is going to move to
New Lisbon soon.
Henry L. Berlin visited Jacob Berlin.
in Canton, Sunday.
Frederick 6. Kiser intends to move
to Paris in two weeks.
John SawyeI intends to beautify his
farm with new house.
Alfred Juilliard, OF Louisville, visited
the Bachelors over Sunday.
John Oyster, of Canton, will move OH
his farm here in a few weeks.
Louis Eriez intends to sell out and
remove to st. Marys, California.
Shull Bros. are busy saving lumber
on their farm on the State road
David Flory, Esq, in April will occu-
py the house where Mayor Kiser now
resides.
II. L. Berlin was in Mapleton. Rob
ertsville and Paris last Wednesday on
business.
Some Of the Belfort toughs had
bulldog fight on Sunday. Good way
to pass a Sunday.
Frank \. Keuble intends to 90 to
Indiana next month to engage in the
real estate business.
Mrs. B. 7. Berlin, of near Louisville.
visited her daughter, Mrs. J, c. Vel.
nier, last Wednesday.
The Pleasant View literary society
kicked the bucket last Tuesday even
ing, never to rise again.
Oliver Brumbaugh, of Possumtown,
was in town Monday evening and got
done up by our debaters.
The Belfort school has 30 scholars
enrolled, and is doing finely under the
management of John McKimm.
Some of our farmers tapped their
maple trees last week and say that the
sap run very good for few days.
The eccentric of the saw-mill engine
was hurled through the air one day
last week and came very nearly hitting
some of the employees.
Marcus Metzgar has the contract to
furnish the Empire Tile Co., of Louis
vile, their tire'clay. He will commence
hauling in few days.
CIem Matthews, of Centerville, vii.
move to our village ere long. He will
occupy the house on the corner OF
Washington and Slamdickry streets.
The Belfort Debating Club met Mon
day evening and discussed the question,
Resolved, that pride has caused more
misery than intemperance." 1t was
well handled by our prominent de
| baters.
The contract for building the new
school house in Belfort was given out
last Saturday, Jacob ShengIe, being
the lowest bidder, got the job for 81 500
to begin work as soon as the weather
permits.
The fox chase advertised by II. l..
Berlin and E. l.. Metzgar, which was to
have taken place last Saturday did not
come off on account of the rain and
mud. They say they will give one next
December.
The literaries in the adjoining dis
tricts have closed for the winter. The
Maple Groves will give an entertain
ment two weeks from Friday avening
and Centreville one four weeks from
Friday night, and Pleasant View dead
The citizens of Belfort and vicinity
are going to circulate petition ask
ing our government for a postohice
here. Well, Belfort has enough inhabi-
tants to support an office, and we ought
to have one by all means as we have it
vely unhandy for our mails, we have to
go to Louisville or Osnaburg, that is
too far, We think by a little exertion
we can get one. We want everybody
to join in and help us through.