The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-23
NEWS ITEMS.
GOLD closed as 1874 ON Monday.

GOLD closed as 1875 on Monday.
AN American and Merchants Un-
ion Express Car was burned near
Cleveland, on Thursday morning last.
involving loss of $4,000. The ori-
gen of the fire is unknown.
On Tuesday of last week Daniel
Potter, Sen.. an old and respected cit
izen of Stubenville, was killed by be-
ing run over by the mail train OH the
C. & p. r. II. near the the town of
Mingo.
On Sunday night of last week the
residences of five citizens of Wooster
were entered by sneak thieves, who
stole butter, canned fruit, coffee, &C.,
&c. and got off without detection.
Mr.. E. Worley, a clerk in Jacobs
Hardware Stere in Wooster, few
days ago, while leaning out of the
doorway of the second story to catch
a rope by which goods are hoisted,
fell to the ground below severely in
juring himself by the fail.
NEAR Sandy Greek, Alabama, few
days ago, a difficulty occurred between
two negroes named Jerry Cox and
Simon Allen, i'll which the former
was shot and instantly killed. The
affair originated in Cox's intimacy
with Aliens wife, and the Ku Klux
had nothing to do with it.
A passenger train on the Central
N. Y. Railroad ran into stock train
at Lyons on the afternoon of the 17th
by which the engine and coaches of
the passenger train were badly
smashed up, and several persons Sc
riously, though none fatally, injured.
There was Jail delivery at Colum-
bus on Saturday night. Ten prison
ers, all that were confined in the Jail,
made their escape.
JUDGE Dent, the Conservative can
didate for Governor of Mississippi,
opened the canvass at Corinth on Sat-
urday. His election is regarded as
certain, Notwithstanding he has to
encounter the opposition of the Ad-
ministration, which will do all in it's
power to compass his defeat.
BoTu branches of the Wyoming
Legislature are unanimously Demo-
cratic. The Democrats elected their
Congressional Delegate by 800 to 1900
majority, carrying every county in
the territory.
The Government detectives are on
the track of the parties in New York
who it is alleged, have been offering
spurious bonds to the revenue officers
of that city, to secure the removal OF
whisky from the warehouses. The
amount is estimated on good authority
at nearly S1,O000O0. The liquor, as &
consequence, has escaped duty.
Pat Wildick, confined for highway
robbery at Portage City, Wisconsin
was taken from Jail on Friday nigh
bya party of masked persons, ant
hung. This makes two murders ant
two lynching cases within the las
week in that village and vicinity.
The election i'll West Virginia take
place on the 2Sth of October, when
new Legislature is to be elected. Th'
chief question at issue is that of tn
enfranchisement of the white peopl
of the State, The Wheeling Iatelli
1enccr the most influential Radica
paper of the State is in favor of doin;
away with the policy of prescription
The people are getting weary of tn
rule of the negroes and carpet-bag
gers.
On Thursday last, negro name
Albert Nichols, killed his wife an
mother-in-law in Washington, b
chopping their heads to pieces with
hatchet. The cries of the victim
brought the officers to the spot an
the murderer was arrested in tn
midst of his boody work.
CMM1ssIoNER Delano speaks at
Radical meeting in Harrisburgh ne1
Saturday. He will be absent tw
weeks, but his salary will not be docl
ed, though every cl ERIK under hin
who is absent few minutes in bus
ness hours. or is late to his duties,
made to sacrifice his pay pro rata.
misunderstanding to the Rad
col idea. LOYALTY to the GOVernmen