The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-05-03
GARRETTsVILLE

County Surveyor j. Cole has been here the
mast week to assist in establishing the grade Of
certain streets. preparatory to paving and mac
adamizing the same,
An enthusiastic railroad meeting OF our bus
iness men was held at the Opera House last
week Thursday to consider what could be done
to induce the new E. &. Co. to make our town
and Hiram objective points in its route from
Fairport to Steubenville. j. Richie OF Cleve-
land, and c. P. Ripple. of La, representing the
r. &. Co.. were present to present Its pfospeces
and respond to questions which were asKeo'
committee consisting of Messrs- F..J. Daniels.
A. E. crane. B. Mcconnell, j. W. Root ano
Frank Blair was appointed by the Mayor. to
further investigate and induce our citizens to
assist in the project if thought advisable.
The maple product in this section was ABOUT
two.thirds of last years crop.
a few evenings ago. as Mr, and Mrs. Free
man. who live about mile and quarter SOU
of Hiram Center. were returning home from
visit to our town, while on Forest ST., tnelr
horse became frightened. jumped ana KlcKeo'
overturning the buggy and throwing It's occu-
nants to the ground. Mr.. Freeman pluckliy
clung to the reins and no further damage was
done beyond breaking both shafts and the dash
board.
A ten and a-half pound daughter has come TO
brighten the homo of our merchant =. crane
Our neighboring township of Nelson, after
trying for one year to get along Wlthout q hlgn
school, has wisely come to the conclusion tnas
Ignorance is not always bliss, and It's boaro OF
education have voted to re-establish the Scnool
We will add that there never was any evidence
that msjGrity of her citizens were IN IaVof VI
its abolition but the vote taken directly on that
qu estion showed to the contrary. The members
of the Board who voted TO abolish the sc-ooi
with but one exception have stepped down ana
out. The vote stood to in favor OF the scnool-
Citizens" article in the last PRESS has been
so fully answered in other articles that little
more need be said. Whether the encomlnms
which he SO lavishly bestows on bImself-lt
possibly may be-and others, be true or false, Is
ent irely immaterial, We will willingly grant
that he, and those that he eulogises. were angels
sweet up to the time those infamous proceed
ipgs complained of were concocted and at
emuted TO be carried out. but what if they were?
Does that make an infamy any lessf Does it
not rather. make it the more odious? Citizen
has a laborious task TO convince the people Of
Garrettsville that mis- cause had any excuse for
existence, when all the Councilmen. and one of
them brother-in-law of the insurance agent
set emphatically and solidly down on IL
Our Board of Education is now wrestling
with the problem of hiring teachers. 1t has
several good teachers which it will retain if it
cam The Board last year had the good fortune
to secure Superintendent Northrop for two
years He is without question the ablest and
most scholarly Superintendent that our schools
ever had. The Principal of the High School.
Mr., TAFT, of BraceviIle. has given most excel
lent satisfaction. and we hope the Board will be
able to secure him for another year.
Before this reaches your readers our new
Council will have organized. Without any dis
courtesy TO previous ones, without. doubt Gar
rettsville never has had a set of men better
qualified to attend to her businesssafairs. The
new members, Messrs. Mott. Root and Byron
Udall, are among our foremost. leading bust
ness men. honorable, energetic and successful
in their own affairs. we have no doubt but they
will be equally successful in attending to the
business of our village. The other members.
Messrs. Conklin, Luther and Barnard. have
been successively re elected to this position.
W hen this can be done in critical village as is
our towp it is conclusive that they are good
ones.
Barber, oil santa Barbara, CAL, witnessed the
great Naval Review. at New York, from the
deck of one of the U. S. war ships.
A Mr.. Pinney. of Cleveland. delivered polit-
ieal Prohibition address at the Congregational
Church last Sunday evening