The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-02-25

lately gained BY the colored Metho- I
dist Church of this city, were bap- |
tised in the efn.ili' race. QA large crowd
was present and much itierriment was !
caused among the lockers on by the
falling of the aged Pastor into the
water while holding in his arms COLI
ored lady OF huge proportions g fair
fat and forty" The laughter excited !
the ire of the Reverend gentlemen,
and he indulged in some rather per-
FsonaE and sexere> remarks to-thc scof-
fers.-Ahfoa City Times.
A You've Man, IN TRoUBLE.-SOmc
two years SINCE a4young man well to
1 do in the world, and we'll connected.
/ waited upon, wooed and won a fair
! damsel, who he transplanted to. his cot
tage home in.Akrou. In this case the
/ course of true love ran smooth, and
nearly two years passed when, like
] dutiful wife, she presented him few
!. days since with pair of lovely little
ones, who bid fair to- be an overflow
! ing well-spring, OF pleasure in their
1 home but alas for the DEGREES of fate,
a new Riehmond has appeared upon
the stage in the shape of fair young
buxom lass, who makes oath that the
husband of the young wife, the father
of the twins lad so far worked upon
her feelings that she had granted him
certain privileges which had resulted
in placing her in very unpleasant sit
uation. in fact that. she was about to
become a mother, and the father of
the yet unborn child was tile aforesaid
newly married man. Of course this
story is denied; but the law must take
its course, and one day last week the
treacherous gent was ruthlessly torn
from the arms of his fair wife and the
care of his two acherubs and taken to
a neghboring township, where he will
. be compelled to explain the reason
why things are thus,-Akroa CITY
Times q q z--E22-A
} THE case of J. o. Converse VS.. 1Et-
ma Insurance Company, tried before
T. w. Porter, Esq, Of this, place on
the Sd inst, is of interest TO publish
ers of newspapers In Ohio as itoset-
ties the important question whether a
foreign insurance company can evade
the requirement of the law, to publish
its annual statement. The action was
broasKt to- recover S32,25, aie amount
due the Plaintiff for publishing the
statement of the Company for 1867
, with interest, which Mr., Bennett, the
Western Manager; had refused to pay,
on the ground that the publication was
unauthorized and unnecessary. Itap.
T peared at the trial that the publication
I had been deferred from time to time
; by order of Mr.. Bennett, until the fall
. of 1867, when the local agents, Messrs
Nichols s. Parsons, for their own pro.
lection and the credit of the Company
\ they represented, caused it to be pub
: lished pin. the Democrat. The Court
= rendered judgment for the sum above
:; stated and costs, and the whole amount
has since been paid. The trial was
ably conducted by NJ. C. Canfeld fol
the Plaintiff, and Garfield g. Bostwicf
for the Defendant.-Gedug Demo
: cydt. - ssa i;'a =" 'i,ida it
TERRh1BEE Aoc1nESF At B6RfoS.-
p The citizens Of Burton were startled
. by another terrible accident on Mon
aY-eVeRlag -af last@Week. We az.
indebtede to Mr., Geo. W.. Jaques, o
: that place, for the following particu
= lars; uAu
, About 8 O'Clock of the evening
. above mentioned, Mr.. Joseph E. John
v son, accompanied by Henry Wood, o
= Newbury, went into the back loom o
the7store of M. c. Beard, for the pur
pose filing can with nansexplasiv'
asf 4 burning fluid. Mr.. johnson set tn
can upon a barrel, which, was abou
one-third filled with rum, and, whil,
filling the can, the fluid ran over up
on the barrel head. Mr. johnson
> took UP piece Of chaese-saGking, and
% wiping up as much of the fluid as h,
= could with the cloth, set fire to th'
balance, in order to entirely clean tn,
. barrel. The. fire had nearly gone ou
= = when he stepped forward, with q lanl
= = in his left hand, and the cloth in hi
- right, and stopped over to extinguisl
/ little flame that was burning arount
II small card that was tackled on to tn
barrel head, when when the barFel ar ekplade'
: with great force, the head coming il
4 contact with the right side OF hi
IS heatl throwing hlm to the faor witt
n great violence, breaking his neck, ant
bruising his face. He was immediate
n ly takon up, and medical aid called
II and every effert made to restore him
1t but in vain. a.' "a qua. a..--e..... .e5r'
-, | >I6--l.g g5J1 H,f i,if III. 5Ea! O p
- SDr. McGraw, the attending physi
- " clan, gave it as his opinion, that tn
: upper part Of the hIsqrFel hIsqtr4Fell aF chamber
- being filled with gas, and esGapiH;
from the vent hole in the bilge, AM
Is raising and being attracted by tn
Oh heat on the head of the; barrel, cam
le in contact with the light which h
y held in his hand, thereby, causing I'll
"a explosion. ssig,sita775 -. 81 g 5a5. ...
IN Mr.. Johnson was about 35 years 9
=, age, was an highly respected and YER
~ ~ amiable gentleman, and his melan
!. - choly death hascast gloom over th
!. !. entire community, who deeply sym
~ pathize with his heart=strickeR wifi
= and family. HisfAneral was attOade'
" on Friday last, by a large concourse Q
90 Hsorrowing peoplc.-Geauga Democrat
W. rone,of To lnarr, fhnt Hon Z