The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-01-21

A FREfeHT train a., tba w. e.
ald Massachusetts, R. r. was tbroa,'
from the track the 18th inst. y Will !
passing over bridge between Atbal
and Royalton. Nine cars :; were 10
stfoyed ey ed IAN and d. the bridge badly dam
aged. Conductor Webber 3 and md anotb.
er man were slightly injured.
"A FRIieHFEFUL ]. p explosion of burning
nuia occurred at Harrisburg, Penn,
on TIE night Of the 10Th instant. by
EEmign Eil 2 young lady, Miss Kate Ru-
pert, had her person terrible burned
from rom forehead to foot, ..sd-.x
GEoReEs BAILEY, colored sailor
who has been ON trial. at Princess
AHne sfprj the murder of the captain
and mate ofifhe schooner Brave. vvas
cenEicted on Tuesday, the 18th inst.
aud Wednesday was sentenced tn
be- hanged. His three comrades in
crime, Rounds, Wilson and Wills. are
nljah nnder sentence of death the
aayofatheir execution being fixed for
thei5th of March, 81 80
,alxiule' baggage of woman arrested
iaoI,avenpoft on the 18th inst iett5o,trl for
passing counterfeit money, over $4,000
in spurious cnrreicy was found. She
was'agehti iSSf eastern counterfeiters9 Z
pC1lDwELIs' jcwTteslry store Which Viii Nv was
Destroyed by fire IN Philadelphia was.
one Of the most magnificent establish
msnts in the United State. TRe safes.
cohtaihing the fine watches, diamonds
&ey have been taken out of the ruins,
and their contents found well pre-
served. : RS 'ii3 g ,'z9 81 Y
LAT eg4als,lhe the recent term of the Court of
Common % lu Pleas for Wayne county,
Charles Tointon, indicted for man.
slaughter, in killing Gardner smith at
9 singing school in Canaan township
In October last, was tried and acquit-
Ted; The prosecuting attorney, entered
e ''oue Prosequi in the case of Samuel
Fetzer, accused as an accomplice Of IF
Tointon in the killing of Smith.
EHERE- has been no liquor sold in
Ferrysville, Ashland county, for six
teen years. A man attempted toes
tapl1sh lager beer saloon there re-
Gently, whereupon the ladies of that
place demolished the ranch They
were tried for riot, but could not be
convicted. TAI so4..s So
nHE Wayne County Democrat saws:
sIwoasseciats physicians of Wooster
attended six childsbiiths inone even
iqg last week. Query-how long. at
that rate; wilIit be before Wooster is
Seityofit the second-class? You bet.n
2THE tried and true Democracy of
Wayne county, to the number of some
six hundred, of both sexes; celebrated
the 54th anniversary Of the battle of
New Orleans by2a grand festival at
wooster. Oh i3 95jslFta thG o.
JUSTICE SwAYNE has ordered the
naturalization fraud cases in this State
to be continued, to await the deter
m1irration Of like cases in the State of
New York, which. have been carried
upto the Supreme Court of the United
States. 49,
UNDER the Presidents recent proc
liatmration itmrat of amnesty, . the District
Gourt at Washington has ordered the
discontinuance of the criminal prose
egtilons y therein, against Davis and
Breckinridge. ,e5s
gs gsFERRLBLE land slides have occurred
IN different parts of Mexico, involving
considerable loss of life. Greeks have
appeared where, previously there was
nothing but barren districts. There
We're continuous rumblings9 qof the
eafth.9 fsa5i1g9.i if Hio.a 81 bfesas ol
loTHEi Wholesale firms Of Chicago last
year made ereturns of sales amounting
to $3.50, 600 600, and the cattle brokers
sales asii0dntihg to $38, 100000 It is
estimated that the incomes of the citii4
ZEN? ,? taxable and untaxable, exceeds
$6A50O, ,OOO.i eesR figo 2 9al1 All
THE Union Pacific Railroad viii
reach its thousandth mfle-post from fl m
Omaha,in the valley of the Weber,
before this month closes. Salt Lake is
to be reached by the first Of April
and the junction with the other Pacific
end effected by the first of May. i'1
'THoM1s M, KEx died at Cincinnati
on the 18th insts of pulmonary con
sumption. He was Judge Advocate
on the staff of General Mcclellan du-
the war, and was an, able lawyer. He
was the Democratic candidate for Su-
prerne 9 Judge in 1866 and 1867. His
death will be deeply lamented by his
many thousand friends IN this and
other. States. -3fa.
sJeGEN. MCCLELLAN has declined the
Presidency of the University of Cali
foraiai 1t is said that he now holds
positions which gives him from $15,-
600 to,Sls, 900 a year. 7!ia7 eiqatF4
a FARMEE from Missouri drove in
to Quincy, Ill, the other day, with
load Of hogs, and, while waiting for
his turn to unload, went into a tavern
near by for drink. Upon returning
soon afterward he found that some
one had, in his absence, sold out his
team, hogs and all. pocketed the pro-
ceeds, and disappeared.
The Lega-lTender Act.