Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-11-01
Making Soda Ash at Columbia Chemi-
cal Companys Plant.
Especial Correspondence)

Barberton, Nov Halloween was
the uuetest of it's kind in years. Little
disorder is reported and very few
, practical Jokes were noticed, except
in one or two instances. buggy
was found standing serenely on the
roof of Rev. E. II. Jones residence,
and one or two other equally strange
sights were seen, but that was all.
But one special policeman was on
duty beside the regular force, and no
trouble was experienced.
A halloween party was held at the
home of Miss Nellie Chapman. There
were pumpkins in all sorts of dsguises
but the decorations generally were
of holly. About thirty merrymakers
were present and brought with them
s weird, ghosty tales of spooks, grave
{ wards, midnight, wind. rain and desc
s lation, which they told in sepulchrai
s whispers while the groups grew
s smaller and smaller as the listeners
s huddled together for protection Re-
freshments were served, and the party
5 voted huge success.
A merry party Of Akron people went
to Prices hotel by special ear over the
A. & G. +. Il. r., where they took
= supper and celebrated halloween. The
party consisted of number Of Akron's
. young lawyers and their friends.
The following bona fide freak cleo
tion bet is recorded: NJ. Helper and
VIM. Humbert have long bantered
each other over political convictions,
Mr. Helper Is positively certain that
Mckinley will be elected, and Mr.
uumbert is equally confident of Mr..
Rryan's success. So the following
bet was made: II Mckinley is elected,
l Mr. Uumbert will wheel Mr. Helper
= in "A wheelbnrrow from the Barberton
Inn to the Colonial Hotel ana return,
nccompanicd by n brass band. lf
BRYAN is elected the positions OF pas
senger and motive power viii he re-
verscd TIL bet will be paid on Nov.
9th. at pm.
A horse, attached to n buggy, fell
K into Il deep ditch last night at the up
per end of town, where excavations
have been made by the Water Works
company. The driver whose name
could not be learned, succeeded In
iberating the animal with the aid OF
bystanders, after nearly an hours
: work. The damage was very slight,
The Soda Ash Is now running with
70 n force of about iifty men. Tuesday
night the first lot of the finished prod
D. uct was made, although several for
mcr attempts had been unsuccessful
10 on account of the lack of facilities
= II is expected that he daily output OF
|. the factory ana the number of men
employed, viii he steadily increased
n Two young men We're picked up by
~ the police about midnight on charge
I. of suspicion. Had they not been I'M
willing to answer questions, they
= would not have been molestcd, ms they
70 were Immediately relensd as soon ms
they gave an account of themselves
II seems the boys, who reside in Union
town, have been working In Akron
and yesterday decided to so out wes
p. and seek their fortunes. They got
= ns far as Barberton, aud after theh
, little experience with the police, di
vertcd their courses from tn inviting
T., and boundless prarles toward tn,
NJ setting sun, and decided that Union
n town was good enough for them, The,
went home this morning
Il. ID. Fulton and III. A. h rench of tn,
1c c., A. & c., toow dinner at the Nationa
b. yesterday, the guests of Il. NJ. Buel,
~ Theer will be II Thank offering at tn
NJ. II. church this afternoon, followe,
this evening by reception TO the ney
" pastor, Rev. X. Nj, Yoder. Mrs. Il. i
Baker Mrs Donnelly and Mr.. T. /
Van Ness will sing.
y Measurements were taken this morI
,H ing for the new fiat TO he built o
Second st., by T.. Karshner 1t wi
cover two lots and furnish rsidencC
for -four families,
o. las. Sheehan was fined 81 and cost
in this morning by Mayor Mcnamara f
lntoixcation.