The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-07-15
The DEMOCRATIC PRESS
RAVENNA, "WEDNESDAY, July 15.Is9l

The Ravenna Gun Club will go to Allianc
tomorrow to shoot the first of a series ofmatche
with the Alliance Club
Remember. Rumbaugh & Chapman have tn,
exclusive sale of the Ravenna made shoes.
"Roc' Olmstead came home last week. ant
has since been confined to the house by severe
| sickness.
Mr. P. II. Code of Youngstown was the gues
of his cousin. Mrs. Bion Boosinger, few day:
last week
s. G Evans. wife and child. of Black Hills
are guests Of his brother, j. II. Evans, County
Treasurer.
Hires Extract for Root Beer, only 10 cents
Will make five gallons. Violin strings cents
each, HOPE NOVELTY STORE
W. L. Poe has retired from the Clothing bus
iness, in favor of Messrs Turner s Goodrich. OF
Geneva. O.. who have taken possession.
The Brimfeld Grange will hold an Ice Cream
Festival at the Center, Saturday evening OF
next week. July 25th,
A party of eight Ravenna boys are campin g
at Sandy Lake.
The Horticultural Society is holding its July
meeting today. at Muzzy pond. the guests OF o.
G. Risdon and A. T. Smith.
Sylvester Hurlburt, of Freedom, aged II years.
got up about midnight. on Monday night. went
about fifty rods, to his neighbor's, Royal Pardy,
jumped into his well and was drowned, 1t is
supposed he was laboring under mental abera-
tion caused by failing health.
The Boiler works siding is about in.
Work is progressing rapidly at the Carbon
works.
Mrs. B. P. Converse and daughter. of SanAn-
tonic, Texas, are expected this week for visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Krake.
Mr., and Mrs. R. H. Pratt and Mrs. Robinette.
of Cleveland spent Sunday with Treasurer
Evans and family. Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Wright,
of Oshkosh. Wis.,, are also guests of the family.
C. F. Merits and wife. with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Byers and daughter, are visiting the family of
his brother E. P. Merits and Mrs. Lucy Byers.
party of twenty-five or more couples of
young people from Ravenna and Kent, have
engaged the pavilion at the Sandy Lake
Resort, and arranged for pleasant dance next
Friday evening. Lantz's Orchestra, of Akron.
will furnish the music.
The additions and improvements to the resi-
dence of J. II. Dussell. Esq, on Freedom ST.,
are completed. making it commodious and
handsome dwelling,
"Grandpa" E. r. Taylor is receiving the con-
graduation of his friends, upon the birth of
daughter to MIR. and Mrs. G. f. Slaughter, Of
Chicago, on Wednesday last
Charlie Cox, lad of about 16 years. son of
Thos. Cox, who lives on North Walnut street.
was seen to fall suddenly to the ground last
Wednesday evening, just east of Krake's gro
Gerry. He was taken ho me on litter and next
morning was able to be out again. The attack
was brought on by yoverloading his stomach.
The Y. p. Christian Unions of Ravenna. Kent
Brin field and Akron, held large and very in
teresting meeting last Sunday, at p. m. in the
Universalist Church of Kent. This is one of the
truly excellent organizations, and is doing a
large amount of Christian work. The next
union meeting will be held in Ravenna, Sep
tember 1Sth,
After next Sunday forenoon there will not be
any regular services in the Universalist Church
unit the last Sunday in August The pastor
will take greatly needed rest and both Church
and Sunday School will have vacation. The
pastor expects to be absent part of the time in
Pennsylvania.
The old Jail cells have been entirely removed
and the work of filing up the ground floor to
the required height of % inches commenced
This makes three courses of flooring that have
been pat down since the jail was built. and
should prisoner attempt to mine his way to
liberty he would encounter first y stone ho)r
then course Of broken stone and cement, then
two more courses of thick stone. one above the
other, and finally the deep foundation of broken
stone under all.
c. H Goodman left last week for Colorado
Springs. Col, where he will assist our late fel-
low citizen, Capt. 1. f. Wilcox. now of that city
in transferring real estate, mercantile bro
kerage business, loans. insurance. &c. We are
sorry to lose Clint, he has always been at the
front in everything conducting to the prosperity
and social pleasures ofhis native city. We un-
derstand that his family remain in Ravenna
for the present. We congratulate Colorado
Springs upon their acquisition of the firm oi
Wilcox s. Goodman, and wish the new firm all
manner of success.
THE Toledo Bee is one of the best representa-
tive newspapers in Ohio for news and the cur
rent thought of the times. Its editorials are the
we'll expressed thoughts of the sound thinker
| and no one looks through its columns in vain fol
an expression, one way or the other on every
subject of interest or concern to the public.
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Monday, to instruct the Clerk of Courts of tina
County in the mysteries of the record keeping
system, which obtains in but three Counties o
the State. Portage among the number. The sys
TEN is attracting attention the Commonwealth
over. for its superiority over the ones in use. AM
Clerk Seaton has had many letters of inquiry il
reference to the subject. On his way back he re
yivified his tired faculties in the refreshing at
mosphere of the Democratic State Convention a
Cleveland.
VIM, Grinnell, member State Board of Equal
ization. returned to Columbus this mornings ,atte
a four days absence, the Board having adjourne
its Iabors in Difference to the wish of its Demo
cratic members to attend the State convention
Try pair of Shoes made at the Ravenna fac
tory. Sold only by Rumbaugh u Chapman.
A section of the city ordinance provides for;
license of $500 per day for transient dealersa an
under its provisions. Messrs, Turner & Goodrich
the Geneva firm who bought out w. L. Poe
clothing business, were arrested on complain
Monday. The defendants tbereupon made
proposition, that if the case were withdraw
they would leave town, as they did not care
! stay where they were not welcome. The ca
was accordingly dismissed, and we suppose {
two gentlemen will bid adieu to Ravenna.
Elias Harmon, who lives at Augerburg. b
confessed to having stolen ring worth $lGO. a
some other valuables. from the residence of M
Watrous, who lives at the same place. The goo
belonged to her daughts sr, Mrs.
The thief committed the deed while the fam
was away He afterward sold the ring for % c
No arrest as yet.
The Ravenna Shoe Factory make the b
81 so and So 90 Mems Shoes in the m arlket. eql
to any 81 90 and 50. so shoe sold anywhere I
a pair. at Rumbaugh & Chapman's.
Miss Rhoda Twitt. of Cleveland. is spendin
couple weeks with her parents. on North Che
nut street.
Last Friday Mr.. Timothy Taylor. who Ii
near Pepin Lake. took a load of wool to
Gledhill factory. on Cleveland Avenue Th
were about 20 teams in line and while the
in front of him was being unloaded he stood
the ground beside his wagon. Suddenly
team in front of him commenced backing. &
before he could realize his danger he v
ammed into the wheel against which he v
leaning, squeezing him tearfully. For a t
minutes it was feared that his injuries wo
prove fatal, but he is now considered out of