The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-01-04

Miss Gertrude Jones is singing in the Disci-
pie church.
Miss Fannie Dawley, of Cleveland. was the
guest of Miss Annie Riddle the past week.
Miss Jennie Banks is visiting Miss Downs, in
Akron
F. P. Chapman spent New Years with his
brother, w. B. chapman, in Mansfield.
Two cases of chicken pox are reported on
East Bowery street.
2J ohm Richardson came home from Toledo,
Saturday, for the New Years vacation.
EMrs. G. w. Gockel returned Monday eve
ming from weeks visit with Cleveland friends.
Mrs. Sophia Lappin, an inmate of the Co.
Infirmary, died last week, aged 90 years. She
went there four years ago from Kent.
Miss Emma Andre. who has been making
three months visit with friends and relatives in
Union City, Ind, returned home last week.
Misses Mary Twitt. of Akron. and Hattie
Twitt of Cleveland. spent New Years at their
home on North Chestnut ST.
The Congregational parsonage has been sold
to Mrs. o. S. Philpott, who will be given pos
session about April ist A new parsonage will
be built on the church lot as soon as possible.
Perry Sapp, of Jewell City, K ansas, is making
a three weeks visit with relatives in Ravenna
and vicinity. This is his first visit TO hS native
county in 20 years.
| The Ravenna Grange, at its regular meeting
last Saturday, elected the following officers
! Master-C. L. Bartlett Overseer, S. P. Jen-
nings; Sec, Smith Sanford Treas. Orrin Ste
vens; Lecturer, Chas. H Sapp.
Miss KING has opened Studio in the Rid
die Block. Room 19. where she holds classes in
Oil. Water Colors and Crayon, on Thursday
and Friday afternoons of each week, commenc-
ing at 1870 o'clock. Visitors will be cordially
received.
Rev. James A. Brown responded to the toast,
{" The College and Clergy" at the Northern
Association of the Alumni of Kenyon College,
last Monday, at the Stllman House. Cleveland
in the absence of Bishop Leonard, to whom
the response was regularly assigned.
The employees Of F. P. Chapman had very
pleasant surprise in waiting for him at his place
of business on his return from New Years
visit in Mansfield Monday evening. On re-
suming his duties at his desk, he found an ele-
CANT office chair, which had been placed in
waiting for him by the boys.
Guy Fem. pioneer resident of Brimield
died at his home last Friday. from humorous
trouble. which had confined him to the house
the last six or seven years. His funeral was
held from the Brimield M. E. Church at one
o'clock Monday, Rev. J. A. Brown of this city,
4 officiating. The deceased was IS years of age
The remains were inferred in the Brimfield
Center burial ground.
In the face of the closing down of Quaker
Mills by the greedy American Cereal Trust and
the abandonment of the Diamond Glass Works
by the United Glass Combine, our citizens can
take great comfort in the means adopted by
which their places will be more than filled by
the new industries thus secured.
The bonding of municipalities for such pur-
poses may be wrong. considered as general
proposition, and such undoubtedly is the case
Indeed, other view has been entertained by
the graf majority of our citizens But in the
light of the almost universal methods of this
kind pursued successfully the State over, the
end will certainly justify the means in our grow.
ing city. Ravenna cannot afford to stagnate
simply to educate her neighbors in constitution
al morals. Selfpreservation APPLIES first of all
The point is, that the laws should be SO GER
tain in wording and operation, that it would bt
as impossible for ANY town or other municipa
subdivision of the State to bond itself for such
, purposes. as for one now to compel another tc
pay his neighbors taxes But when we were
forced !" to do or die, we chose to live. Tha
is all there is of it.