Ridgeville Items. Ed. Northwest: Mr. Joseph Stockford, an old resident of this township, departed this life on Thursday the 5th inst. The deceased had been for some time a sufferer from an affection of the liver, which in connection with other troubles caused a severance of the brittle thread of life. He leaves a wife and five grown up cbildren to mourn his departure. The funeral services took place on Saturday at the Corners, under the direction of Rev. N. S. Worden.