Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-08-06
OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS
The Gun Club Will Go-Loss
of a Prominent Business
Man.
An Eloquent Sermon-Personal Cos.
sip.

HoLGATE, o., Aug. 4th, 1884,
| Special. REV. F. Ell. Bullard, oil
Delphos, preached at the Presbyterian
church in this place last Sunday, Rev.
Hawkins filling the pulpit at Delphos.
Mr.. 'Bullard is the young gentleman
who occupied the Presbyterian pulpit
in Holgate some two years since, who
won for himself many friends during
his stay here. He is an exceptionally
good speaker and has faculty rare In
one of his age Of holding the attention
of his audience for an Unlimited time.
His text in the morning was Paul's
Epstle to Timothy, 5 chapter, IL verse;
In the evening his sermon was preached
from Genesis, 81 chapter, 10 verse. The
church has large seating capacity but
proved inadequate to accommodate the
large concourse of people who were
eager to hear the evenings sermon.
Contractor Burge, of Toledo, the
gentleman who does the mason work
on the school house, was in the city
Saturday.
The singing done by the Holgate
musical union spoke volumes for the or
ganization and is deserving of special
mention. The union consists of some
35 members, and under the instruc-
tion of Mr.. J. G. Davis, an experienced
musical director, has been brought up
to standard that is credit to our
city.
G. w. Fisher transacted legal busi-
ness in Ottawa last Saturday.
Messrs Ell. G. Groschner. III. Bostle-
man, F. Norden and W. Tietjen, of
Napoleon, spent Sunday with F. Fl.
and I'll. Voight. ,,-.. ,...a
John Horning, Of New Bavaria,
did business in our city on Saturday
last.
Miss Lulu Coover, a graduate of the
Napoleon high school, has secured q
summer school in this vicinity.
Fred. Corte, a representative of q
Chicago boot and shoe firm, spent
Saturday and Sunday in Holgate.
I'll. J. Gardner, superintendent of the
Deshler schools, visited here Satur-
day.
Miss Barbara Hall, of Defiance, was
the guest of Miss Ola Baringer last
week.
Mrs. w. Stout, of Findlay, is making
an extended visit with Mrs. J. M.
Stout.
Mrs. III. Knapp. after lingering
illness, is convalescent.
Holgate has experienced a building
boom this summer that compares
favorably with that of Oklahoma. Fif-
teen frame dwellings of modern archi-
lecture and 2 two-story bricks have
been erected besides the school build
ing, the construction of which has be-
gun.
The Holgate cunning club has been
denied the right of shooting within the
corporation limits. The members
don't understand why they should be
prohibited from carrying on their
sport, there being no danger connected
with it. k$
John Kehn and his two sisters, of
Lemoyne, this state, are the guests Of
FL. Voigt.
The Misses l.. Parker and r. Van
horn, of Napoleon, called on friends in
Holgate Saturday,. 81,
Mrs. Curtis, Of Shelby, o., is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. J, G. Davis.
Rumor has it that we will soon lose
one ofour most enterprising business
men in the person of j. G. Davis. The
loss in Mr.. Davis departure will
be keenly felt In this community and
more particularly SO by the Holgate
musical union. He will make Shelby,
o., his future home, continuing in the
furniture business.
I EC. III. Eyer, of Texas, O., is spending
a couple weeks with his children In
this city.
Holgate is largely represented at the
g. A. r. encampment In Detroit,