The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-11-12

on saturday.
Money one-halfper cent day is the
prosperity promised to result from the
radical triumph.
The fish oil and glue factory of Pen
Gus, West & Co., was totally destroyed
by fire on the morning of the 7th inst
Loss $4,000, no insurance. The fire
is supposed to have been the work OF
| an incendiarv. -
Kate Johnson, the mdFdefess, was
sentenced at Buffalo on the 7th inst. to
be hung December 18th.
On the 7th inst, four white men and
q. negro attempted to cross the river in
a leaky skif at Madison, Ind. When
within about fifty yards of the Indi-
ana shore the boat filed with water and
sank. One of the white men, Edward
Broad, and the negro were drowned.
The other three escaped by swimming
ashore. .o1iGeg- 10 $50 hiloz g XIII All
$4,000 cases of shoes were shipped
from Boston in single week recently
T-thelargest shipment ever made from
that city in the same length of time.
81 The issues of the Paris Mint during
the reign Of Napoleon III, u UP to the
-commence cement of 1867, amounted in
value as follows Copper, S II, $3.50, 600;
silver $52,076,59 gold, 1854, ,744.SS3
making total of SLIPS, 1861, 1856. =
Is A young English woman, daughter aa
of a clergyman, and possessing $780,
600 in her own right, has married her
fathers coachman.
A boy in Prussia had his leg ampu-
tated neatly at the knee by a stroke
of lightning. "a .,ca, .4;s..
A Mississippi lady recently shot
and killed a truly loyal negro. who
attempted to commit rape upon her.
: Scotch plaids are said to be the prop
er thing for. ladies walking suits this
winter. .a!lm> 3 n D5eisrIGi a978t ~
q On last Tuesday morning week, an
engine on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad exploded near eiaypool sta
tion''and killed the engineer, fireman
and one bfakesinah..h a42nf T!iIaE
:. One hundred and nine dwelling
houses have beefi erected in StubenLI
vile during the present season. iasg
Z, .
q Iowa has taken to matchmaking, IN and al
go 600 gallons win be! made this season
in il the the, vicinity Z Of Burlington.
2 4 AAl,bP boarding keeper in in SPRING
fieldls lss Mass, is. said to, be in the habit
when zen her fbboarders, neglect to, pay
promptly, Of placing; an extra fork by =
their plates, as a silent intination to
fork. over f,.:',,. -: - ''''' -
Iowa has l22 Lodges ofOdd-felloys
witt, 9 membership of 5000, of which
,O55 were irfi initiated i last year. a..
! The Rhiladelphial Age says that over
four thousand new. buildings, estima-
the to haYe,eost $4,000, 200, have been
pptup In that city during the months
from january Ito October i. fga VIE,
In ltheyear 1857 Great Britain imG.
ported G31,00O,o00 worth , of wheat.
This year tits estimated they will on,
ly need fI5, $4,000 worth. 1oIoa -H-fo1
Yankee schoolnarri1n, at North Port,
1ahaIfia hoe oro &C sro,. ;<If ,,,olo ~
candy -colored infant. ii Il tsdt--s.a3
Massachusetts = charges 50 !aah each T to
every man who votes. If the voter
1oes not pay the money into the State
Treasury about a month pr previous s1zis5 to
he election, he is deprived 3 Of fl his bal
oti Such is the. eRepublican form M
if Government in Massachusetts. |
And the people of that .Seate propose
o plant Massachusetts ideas in South
a IT, Il 4.