Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-05-25

Mention.
HOLGA-E, May 25.-(SpeciaD. A
party given by Miss Ida Bard last
Thursday evening was an enjoyable
affair and one which did much toward
awakening Holgate's young society
from its dormant condition. That Hol-
gate is alarmingly low In the social
scale Is a glaring fact and If q needed
reform Is not soon effected in her So
cial realm, thus lethargy continuing,
we will unconsciously merge into q
barbarious existence. II is to he hoped
that ther will be many such occasions
as the ps y In mention, and that Hol-
gates social element will soon regain
lhe high standard once characterizlng
the same.
Miss Alice Franz, VINO has been at
tending school at Ada, is home for the
summer.
L. s. Hillahold, F. H. Voigt and son,
Fred, were in Toledo last Friday and
made a purchase Of two high grade
wheels.
DR.. Bert Cole, who has completed
postgraduate course in Philadelphia
Medical school, visited his father here
last week. He will resume his practice
at Grand Rapids, this State.
1t is reported and seems to be we'll
founded, that considerable quantity
of iron was found in the corporation
gas and oil well by the persons en-
gagged In cleaning il. The question is,
how did this iron get there and was
the well plugged? A large quantity of
oil has been pumped from the we'll.
Prof. e. B. Linde has fitted up the
room above the Commercial bank and
has concluded to stay Holgate.
Henry German, of lery, was in
town last Saturday.
Samuel Hershberger f. in the Ridge
carried on business here Saturday last.
n. w. Brayer was over to the Maui
NEE river fishing last Saturday.
John Zacharias, who met with a
serious accident at the "fatal saw" in
Shelly's stave factory some two weeks
SINCE will lose an eye and have his face
otherwise disfigured. This saw, which
is complicated affair, justly deserves
the name 1.-The Fatal Saw" IT'S
braking while in rapid motion nearly
caused the death of Jerry Burke some
S"O yOnio dSONWullo CutS. I1elIuUcIS-
er, who runsthe saw for number of
years, was Killed by 1t.
Mr.. BY Tanner, of Continental, is
employed by D. P. Young in his bar
ber shop.
Guy Cole drove to Grand Rapids last
Sunday.
Henry Eyer and Miss Anna Sherer
were in Napoleon last Saturday, Miss
Sherer attending the teachers exami-
nation.
Miss Fannie Bennett, of Defiance,
was the guest of Miss Della Harris the
forepart of the week.
Rev. Hawkins preached in the
Presbyterian church last Sunday MORN
ing and evening.
Experienced oil and gas men seem
of the opinion that there is an unde-
veloped field of oil in this immediate
vicinity and we have reason to believe
it only remains to be fairly tested to
prove the truth of these gentlemens'
predictions.
e. o. Leese, ofthe Times, visited his
father in Defiance last Sunday.
Miss Rose Call, of Findlay, returned
home Tuesday after a couple weeks
visit with friends here.
Miss Dottie Mann, of Napoleon,
visited with relations here this week.
John Pender, Of Grand Rapids, John
nietrick, Jr., of Defiance, Charles
Schwab. of Napoleon, and DR.. Walters,
of New Bavaria, was in town this week.
Henry Kecheley, of Grand Rapids,
is employed in H. M. Eger's grocery.
Memorial Day will be fittingly OBJ
served here by the G.. A. RS. Rev.
Lilly, of Hicksville, will probably be
the chief orator of the day.
Ell. M. Eyer was in Piqua three days
of this week representing Holgate K.
of P. lodge, No. 271, at the meeting of
the Grand Lodge there.
A young man by the name of Dills
from Striker was arrested last Saturday
for drunkenness and bad conduct on the
street. He was released Monday,
promising to pay his fine of SIS as soon
as he reached home.
Dennis Quinlan and Edd Fast met
with serious accident last week while
driving fiery horse which became
frightened. Dennis was confined to
his bed for several days while Edd 10
doing a job of limping.
|" A number of Holgate cyclers were in
Napoleon Sunday.
At last the inisial steps are being
taken toward improving our streets.
Surveyor Schwab was in town Mon
day helping locate sewer and furnish
ing nescessary advice as to extent of
fall of same, etc.
Two years ago Mayor Townsend put
a stop to Sunday ball-playing and
stop that was effective for time, but
for past number ofSundays the COM
mons, South of the B. & 0. railroad, i,
has been the scene ofnoisy, peace-dis-
turbing ball games and if the nuisance
is not stopped, the same state of affairs
will exist that did two years ago when
the mayor, through the request of Sun
day observing people, issued an edict
prohibiting ball-playing on Sunday
within our corporation limits.
Joseph Kimmick is out again after a
bad attack of mumps.
Henry Bessling, one of Holgate's
heavy land owners, will move to town
in the Fall.
A wind of high velocity struck Hol-
gate about $50 o'clock Tuesday morn
| ing and did considerable damage to
property, blowing mud against build
ings and destroying large number of
trees. Mrs. Margratt was seriously in
jured by being caught between the
timbers of q woodshed, which was COM
pletely demolished. The wind for a
time reached a velocity which gave
cause for alarm and forced realization
on Holgate people of the nature of a
cyclone. A rumbling as of distant
thunder was distinctly heard and for a
while a cycioue seemed imminent.
Mr.. Fred Wahl was in Toledo Mon
day on business.
The School Board met Monday,night
but did no business relating to the
hiring of teachers for the coming year