The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-04-09
GARRETTsvILLE.


APRIL eth. The caucuses have been more
srgely attended this year than usual. C. n. tt
rane, an old and very useful member of the VI
'oard of Education, refused to allow his n sme
D be used in that connection for another term.
t matters not who succeeds him; the new
member will find himself rafting around not :
title in the chair. which has been SO ably filed
~ Mr.. Crane. for this reason if for no other; it
axes time to qualify in order to be first class
member of Board of Education.
Over $780, 600 have been paid in this town alone
5he present season for maple products. 1t is
believed that the figures, if they
were all collated, of cash and trade, the sum
would be over $4,000. But it is not convenient
to collate for the whole business, and we choose
to be modest in our estimates. No mathemati-
ci an is profound enough to calculate the total
debts all this money thus set atloat will ply. A
I've dollar note often cancels half q score of
debts in single day.
gentleman presented himself last year as
an applicant for the position in our schools
mad9 vacant by the withdrawal of Mr.. Merrill |
to accept 3 position which had been tandered |
him in the avenna schools. The Board of Ed |
ucation toll the stranger. who appeared to be |
lifted for the position, that every person occu-
pying the position he was applying for, that
in the right way, has found the position to be
stepping stone to something good Several
have gone from that position to the first place
in important schools. Moreover. the Board
gave the man to understand that that very fact
must be acco ounted past of the com pensation for
the service. The gentleman accepted the po
sition with that view of the question. at the
end, or in fact, before the end Of seven months
the call came to him from Brooklyn, Cuyahoga
county, to step up.'' and the Board scarcely
has the hardihood to say mo sir,'' though in
| some respects they are left stranded.
The school district here includ the incor-
| porated village, which is u miles square 1x115
miles being taken from Nelson and XXI n miles
| being taken from Hiram to make up the village
| and afterward the township of Garrettsviile
| To this. some territory is attached from Free
dom, Nelson and Hiram to compile the dis
| tr1ct. 1t fas recently trans spired that several
| families have supposed themselves in the dis
trlct, whose names not on the duplicate as
such. They have been enumerated as being in
the district and in that way the per capita tax
has worked some good to the Garrettsville
schools but whatever school tax they have paid
has gone to The benefit of the respective town.
ships in which they live This has been huge
oke on the Garrett; VILE district. yet rather too
serious for joke. after all, but it has worked
quite an advantage to the wallet of the tax
payer, at least to the tune of two or three mills
instead OF six or seven mills on the dollar
If a load OF wood finds it's way into the village
there is q lively skirmish to determine into
] whose door yard it shall be pitched. Give u.
one week of fair weather and all this will BIT
changed. In all prot ability, before the sum
mer is over there will be considerable squealinG
for rain.
= j. f. Morris, for four years Superintendent
OF the GarIettsville schools more recently o
the GreenVille. Pa schools. has recently beer
reelected Superintendent of the Gresnvill,
schools fer two years, at salary increased t.
i 81, ,4J0 per ear.
: Arthur 4. Crane has recently purchased
large farm north of the ceuter of Nelson, not
however. because he wanted it. by any means
, II j. B. Barnard is elected councilman, ant
Frank Mott. Mayor, today. it is very likely tina
, Silver street will never more be such mut
, hole as 1t now is There is feeling abroad tina
we must have better roads, or "bust''
The County Commissioners have been exam
lining the stone bridge near the Touring mill
with view to Improvements. This bridg
was put up in the winter of 1850 by Uncl
4 Alfred Kellogg. of Reechwoods Uncle CharIi
: Goodell was the bossing commits ioner then
|
= yesterday was pretty lively here. Some locke
upon it as an opportunity to sock in an opening
n wedge into this hide-bound temperance town
# and rallied to the support of F. F. Mott til
l. druggist, more or less in the liquor bushes:
Il rendering his place quite resort. Of cours
" u he was elected Mayor by large majority owe
n all. 1t was confidently expected by many tha
m MNTNN a11o ia, ~.
o easily win the race, as he is abundantly quail
e ned, IS man of extraordinary good commo
e sense, and is a temperance man. Motifs friend
- were in pickle, but their hope was that Nj
: Steele, on the Prohibition ticket would diver
e enough votes from Mcconnell to ensure Mott
n election However, as Mott was elected by
y majority of 26 over all, and plurality of 49, h
3. was all tie time on safe grounds-very saf
Many look upon him being the openin
- wedge to the resumption of the liquor busine:
: here.
lie Ed. Knapp, stauch Democrat, our rece1
10 popular postmaster, easily came in on the HON
5 stretch, ahead of Billy Goodsell, on the Asses
orship. Mr.. Goodsell is the land assessor, an
D his election as personal property assessor woul
DC NGly uttlllS So dl lne caucus, y. |. 1rue
le dali, who has been assessor many years. had
Id take back seat for once. The victory of
to Democrat in this hide-bound Republican tow
1t and this, too, when pitted against such an EN-
nently popular man as Billy Goodsell is, max
"a the eyes start from their sockets Who know
a but Edmund Knapp is another opening wedge
ID The Prohibition vote ran from 16 to a9, II
1t latter number being the vote for Mr.. Steel
y There was an unusual amount of scratchir
ie this year, and the election as whole was qui
~ a funny affair."
n. (Another Correspondent Election passed {
60 very quiet here, and the following persons r
I'd ceived the highest number of votes; For Ma
h, or, E. F. Mott; Councilmen S. NJ Luther,
- X Conkling, ]. B. Barnard; Clerk, w. L A
y ger Treasurer J. S. Tilden; Assessor, Edmur
Knapp.
,s ). 5. Mellott has rendered his resignation
is teacher in the high school, and has accepted
e. like position in the Brooklyn, Cuyahoga count
rs schools.-Judge A. A. Thayer, of Canton,
~ visiting his brother w. D. 1hayer, of this plac
y Mrs. King died at the home of her son Fran
- the 9th inst.-Mrs. Frank Graham has returne
# from Vermont where she has been visiting HI
of mother for the last few months-Crane Bro
G. have bought over IS 900 gallons of syrup durir
lie the last season.
Marriage Licenses.