The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-03
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NEWS ITEMS.

viii be held at Toledo, on Monday,
Tuesday, wv ednesday, Thursday and
Friday, tic 21st, 22d, 23d, oath and
25th instant.
THE Vermont election came off ON
Tuesday, the 1st inst. We have no
definite returns, and take, very little
interest in the result. The State has
undoubtedly gone Republican. The.
Radicals claim a gain of from 1000 to
10000. T,.-ss..r II arsu -re1r .
sPREsrDENTi JUAIEZ,s of Mexico, de-
MES that the States of Sonora and ST.
nalva are to be sold to the United
States:
SENATOR MORGAN, of New York,
says no understanding, exists, to his
knowledge, relative to calling Sep
tember session of Congress. ,-f c.-.f
The tailor shops of John Converse
and Andrew, ,Lipperby at Schazticoke,
N. Y, were burned last Saturday
morning J. loss $4,000. .r III lus
A MAN by the name of Gray jumped
off the Portland steamer off Cape Cod
on the morning of the 29th ult., and
was drowned. -..a i.t' -s.-'H-a,
.'- THE Alaska arrived at New Y ork on
the 29th ult., with Panama dates to
the Goth, and S5Oo,OOo in treasure.
There was a fire on the 9th, which de-
stroyed thirty-five buildings and much
other property. A fire at Maripol, a
town on the sea of Azof consumed
$50 houses. l bgaest g#s-+ .-.ar
On SATURDAY last, as tug was
passing down the river at Cleveland, a
spark from her smoke stack fell upon
the waste of oil floating in the river,
and literally the old Cuyahoga was on
fire. Fortunately the flames were ex-
tinguished before any considerable
damage was done. riilreau ;.l} n
The fifty-fifth anniversary of Perry's
victory is to- be celebrated at Putin
Bay ON the 10th inst, by the following
survivors: Usher Parsons, Surgeon,
and the only cominis officer of
Of :. the flagship laurence; Stephen
Champlin, commander of the AaTel,
who fired the first'and last gun in that
memorable battle, now of Buffalo,
New York /; John Norris, of, the Cal
edosSa, now of Petersburg, KY, and
DREW. I. Tallafero, of the Somers,
nowof Cincinnati. And others are ex-
pected to be present. All the suryi-
vors of the War of 1872 and 1913 are
cordially and earnestly requested to
participate, 9 The groves of Putin
Bay are ample to Accommodate all
comers, and the hotels, of the island
will feed all who go unsupplied.
THE people of our .neighboring
county of Geaugai are ,agitating the
question of a removal of the county
seat of that county A large and en-
thusiastic meeting was held at Auburn
ON the 18th ult., (which, among other
things, a resolution was adopted re-
questing the Commissioners not ito
make any appropriation for rebuild
ing the county buildings until the peo-
pie have voted on the question of the
removal of the countyEseat. ai dfos
ON MONDAY the oath ult., the Sher-
iff of Twigs county. Georgia, had oc-
icasion with a posse to, arrest several
negroes engaged in a riot the week
previous? One negro, attempting to
escape, was killed., but the rest gave
thenselve up. "A great many others,
not engaged in the riot, gave them
selves UP, being .apprehensive that the
whites, intended to kill them. They
stated that one Jeff. Long, a negro,
was their district commander, and
they were under his orders, he being
an officer of the Loyal League. aar-
RECENT disclosures in relation to
some insurance companies in Jersey
City, prove them to be frauds and bo-
gus concerns The names. fofarthese
bogus concerts were Mariners, Mer-
chants, Mechanics, Firemens' and the
First National. Agents are said to be
in every: State in the Union. The
concerns have been closed. several
days. la man by the name of Logan,
assisted by relatives named Candee,
were the, prime movers of these COM
panies, but namesaof respectable per-
Sons were used as presidents and other
officers Of the companies: 80 ~
II Hon! FRANCIS GRANGER, Postmaster
General under Fillmore, died on Fri
day at Cambridge ~, -, ~, II .. -
The gas metre in the basement of
the U. S. mint at Philadelphia ex-
Hploded on; the morning Of the 3Oth ult.,
blowing out the windows on. the floor
above. Two men were seriously in
jurea. The fire was put out without
serious damage to the building. l.i'
a Two MEN, Robert Allen and, Mat
thew Riley, engaged in tearing down
a building known as Boal Street Ter
race, Cincinnati, on Saturday were in
lstantly killed by the building falling
upon them.ain .apl-uH n,.,a.ii-at
'3i ~ No. FURTHER rayageg of the cattle
plague ,haYe been reported at Cincin-
matt, and it is hoped that every trace
of the disease win soon be eradicated.
y. PRESIDENT JOHNSON has definitely
stated that he is in favor of. the cleo
Ition Of Seymour and Blair. ffH i.sE
IL. GGfEENERAL GAR1RALDi has resigned
his seat in the National Parliament.
INFORMATION. has been received at
New Y ork that a movement has been
icommeneed, with a view to unite the
United States, England and Russia in
a grand expedition to solve the prob