The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-07-01
LEFFIHGWELL & HOLDEN.

|LEFF|HGWELL { HOLDEN.
E. N. Roberts and wife spent Sunday in Ak
| ron with his brother, John W. Robe rts.
| DR.. A. NJ. Sherman, of Kent. was in town
yesterday.
The walls of the Carbon plant are all up, and
| the inside piers completed. Workmen are now
| engaged on the roof, and the furnaces will be
constructed next.
| W E. Goodrich left for Chicago last evening.
in the interests of the Jordan & Goodrich Shoe
Company.
| The Jordan & Goodrich Shoe Company will
organize this evening.
| leak in the water mains on Lake street oc-
| cupied the attention of city plumber Jensen,
yesterday
Mrs. c. w. Garfield and son Claude. of Char
| don, are visiting at the home of her mother
Mrs. G. j, Fowler, on Vine street.
| Ten B. s. o. heavy consolidation engines have
| been put on the P. & w. division.
| David Cruise took the P. & w. for Fort Scott,
| Kansas. Sunday night, where he goes as section
foreman on the Missouri Pacific. He was a for
mer boss on the r. P. & F., at Burton.
The VapHouten agents have been dispensing
| free cocoa at the groceries, the past few days.
Mrs. A. H. Sti1lman of Little Rock. Arkansas,
| arrived Tuesday morning, to spend the Summer
here and with friends in the East,
Mr.. John Kirk and daughter Anna returned
Tuesday, from two weeks visit at Animosa,
Iowa. and other Western points.
P. o. Wood has purchased lot from R. Doig
adjoining his residence lot on South Prospect
Street and will Immediately commence the cree
tion of a residence thereon. to he completed for
occupancy by the / st Of October.
Mrs. C. j. Wood will be at home to her friends
Wednesday afternoons.
Mrs, L. s. Ward went to Pittsburgh last Sat-
urday. to be absent one week.
Miss Patterson and Miss Hill, of Cleveland,
have been visiting Mrs. L. s. Ward for the past
ten days.
Mrs d. M. Thompson. of Spokane Falls,
Washington. who has been visiting at II, A.
Beavers and R. d. Kelly's. left for Buffalo last
week.
Childrens Day was observed at the Universal
ist Church and 0akwood Chapel last Sunday.
E. W. Maxson. Esq, is now located in Phenix
|
The Shoe Factory. Quaker Mills, and several
other manufactures, were closed Monday, for
the inspection of their boilers.
George Rogers has resumed work on his new
house on North Chestnut street.
The lumber for the North Chestnut street su-
burban sidewalk is all on the ground. and a por-
ton of the walk in front of A. J. Harts residence
laid.
Mrs. R. S. Metzger, nee Bertha Grundel, of
Cleveland. and her sister. Mrs Van Horn. wife
of Rev. j. NJ. Van Horn. of Warren. spent Sun
day with their father. Theodore Grundel.
Miss Sarah Poe. stenographer for the Hackney
Hammer Company. of CT eveland. spent Sunday
| with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. W. L. Poe
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. WigIey, of Chicago, are
| visiting at the beautiful Highland Home" of
her father. Theodore Clark.
Mrs. A. M. Seibel and little daughter Marie
| went to Edinburgh. Saturday. to spend few
| days with her parents.
Charles B. Leonard and Fred. M. Paltzgrofr.
Quaker Mill salesmen, are home on their sum
mer vacation.
| Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Darrow are receiving the
congratulations of their friends over the advent
OF fine 10 pound baby girl, born to them Sum-
day forenoon. Brother Darrow may be excused
if he gets local or two mixed this week.
| Business at the Eagle Glass Works continues
| good, and arrangements are now being made
| to put in steam crimper. The goods are
moving right along, and this industry contin-
| tinues to advance toward the summit of pros
perity.
| William Grinnell, Ravenna; W, W. Patton.
Kent; d. G. Goldman, Ravenna; D. M. Marsh.
all, Kent, have been appointed members of the
County Election Board under the Australian
| Ballot Law. The first two are Republicans
and the last two are Democrats
John Jones is in possession of his horse that
strayed from him recently. the animal having
been found in Hudson last Wednesday.
The Brick and Tile Company have their new
tile machine in position, and are putting III
another kiln.
H. H. Stevens, of Cleveland, is in the city,
Frank Spencer who recently came from Nash
ua, N H.. to enter the employ of the Jordan 4
Goodrich Company. in the culling department
was arrested this morning. en- the affidavit of C
Ii. Weeks, fellow employe. charged with in
sanity. 1t was claimed that he was laborin!
, under slight form of mental alteration il
thinking that his fellow workmen were tryin,
to deprive him of his situation. He is an ex
cellent workman. and a very valuable man t.
the Company. He had hearing before Judg
Ingell, soon afterward. and the matter wa
continued for the present.
b William TRULY, Superintendent, and L.
: Baker General Roadmaster of the P Il W. Di
: vision of the B. s. o were in Ravenna Satur
{ day, and located the Boiler Works switch an
d coal yards for Parker, one of Ravenna IS dealers
fixing the site between Walnut and Prospec
! streets, Work has been commenced on tn
n switch.
a Fred.A. Russell, of Pittsburgh, stopped O
to visit his parents Tuesday, while en- route fo
d Nantucket, where he will spend his annual va
d cation. remaining three weeks. His cousin
Miss Emily Russell, of Rootstown, accompanie
# him. on his departure this morning, and wi
remain on the island two months,
d A piece of wooden key was recently found b
y Janitor McManus in the lock to the door lead
d ing to the cell room of the old Jail 1t had bee
d broken off, evidently, in the attempt to use i
1t and had worked up under the spring, so this
d had the inmates only known it, a jack -klife {
y any similar instrument would have speedil
It liberated them from this room into the halwa
between it and the living apartments of tt
e Sheriff. where escape from the building woul
n have beeu comparatively easy. The theory
l. that some one from the outside was responsible
for the business, although one of the cress bal
e of the iron door was cut and displaced sufi
e ciently to suggest the possibility of inside m;
% nipulation. Ignorance was a safe jailor tn;
time, as is often the case,