The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-05-10

After the performance on the square
Saturday afternoon. the Atwatef Band
gave the offices of the REPUBLICAN,
the PRESS, and Mayor Holcomb each
fine serenade. Speaking for ourselves
we can say the favor was appreciated
and we cordially invite the boys to
come again.
At the Methodist Episcopal Church,
this city, the pastor, Rev. Earl ID.
Holtz, will preach next Sabbath morn
ing on the Philosophy and Pleasure of
living, and in the evening he will de-
liver the fifth sermon in the series on
the Old Doctrines Subject, "The
Eternal Fixedness of Character"
At the match for the championship
of the County, held on the grounds of
the Kent Gun Club, on Friday last,
there were fifteen contestants, most of
them being members of the Kent Club.
The badge was won by 8. d. West, by
score of 10 out of 25. Owing to the
strong wind which prevailed, no very
good scores could be made. In the
afternoon several sweepstakes matches
were shot. There was good attend
ance of spectators.
Sylvester Sawyer, of Akron, died
Monday morning, of consumption.
He was born in Brimfeld, and was the
last survivor of large family. He
and Miss Melisse Harter were married
July 4. 1s73,e She died the first of the
following December. October 5, 1877,
he and Miss Caris, daughter of Mr..
Michael Carts. of Ravenna, were mar
ried. She and two children survive
to mourn the death of kind husband
and father. The funeral services were
held in the Ravenna Universalist
Church, Wednesday, at 1890 a. M,
Rev. Andrew Wilson officiating.
E. F. Cannon, on Friday last, re,
signed bis position as Marshal, giving
as reason. that the pay of the Office
is not sufficient to support man,
while he was expected to be on duty
constantly. Ed. has made good Of
ficer and we regret that he finds it
necessary to resign. We are informed
that he has accepted a position as
conductor on the Woodland Avenue
street railway, in Cleveland.
The legislature passed law, at its
late session, making it unlawful to
catch black bsss between May 1st and
June 18th, in certain waters in the
State. We have been asked several
times whether the lakes in this vicin-
ity are included in the act, but as we
have been unable to obtain aseopy of
the law, we are unable to answer The
fish and game warden should be posted
on the laws which he is supposed to
enforce, and we ref ,r those interested
to him.
There was good attendance at the
Prohibition Convention held in the
Town Hall on Saturday last, and the
meeting was in every way satisfactory.
Seven delegates were chosen to the
StatC IHT60 10 In6
District Convention, which meets in
Warren today. Some speeches were
on the program and the speakers were
on hand, but the convention became
engaged in an interesting discussion
of the woman's suffrage question and
SO much time was consumed with it |
that the speeches were omitted.
Mr.. Simeon Parsons, of Rootstown,
came to town last Saturday, driving q |
colt with another horse. He stopped |
at T. F. Thompson's. and jumped out |
to hitch his team when the colt turned |
and kicked, striking him in the breast |
and knocking him under another
horse that was hitched close by, where |
he landed on his shoulder. The team |
then started up Main street, but were
captured before any damage was done |
Fortunately Mr.. Parsons injuries are
not serious, though he still carries his |
arm in sling.