The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-05-06
.RAvENNA. THURSDAY. MAY. 1859
NEWS ITEMS.

PAssED.-The bill allowing the tax
ing of eight per cent. interest upoI
special contract, has passed boil
branches of the Legislature. I. doe
not go into effect unit. the 1st of Oc
tober next, unless the effort which ii
now being made to pass law for it
taking effect Immediately shall sue
ceed.
THE rebel General Robert E. Lee
visited the White House on Saturday
and had an interview with President
Grant.
JOHN S. HAYWOOD, an old and
wealthy citizen and one of the largest
landholders in Illinois, died at Hills.
boro, in that State, on Monday morn,
ing.
GOLD was quoted in New York on
Monday at 1885,, Ho, no, and up she
rises, in spite of Schenck's bill for
preserving the public credit"
A PRIZE fight near Newport, KY,
was nipped i the bud on Saturday
evening. The officers caught the par
ties Gin the very act" and arrested
them all. A good thing.
A GIRL named Reilly, Ii years old,
while passing along the road between
New Haven and Orangetown, Conn.
On fIo a1,a1;,o. n g +l,a 0e+l> IA 800
assaulted by negro, who dragged her
into a wood and violated her person.
The fiend escaped.
2 The Skating Rink on the corner of
2lst and Race streets, Philadelphia,
used for the Odd Fellows ball OH the
26th ultimo, was destroyed by fire on
the night of 29th. The building was
one of the largest in the country, the
dancing floor accommodating 5000
persons with ease. Loss $4,000. The
fire was accidental,
THE old freight depot of the Ger
Inantown and Philadelphia Railroad,
at Philadelphia, was burned on the
night of the 29th ult. Loss heavy in
cars and freight. The Surrounding
buildings were much damaged.
GILBERT RoBINsoN, a jeweler, was
found murdered in his store, at Rye,
N. Y, on Wednesday night. April
9th. His skull had been crushed in
with gun barrel, and he had been
robbed of S70O. No arrests.
JUDGE NEHEMIAH JOHNSON, of Gen.
trcville, Ind, while ON visit to his
father in Cambridge City, one day last
week, swallowed a dose of aconite,
supposing it to be tincture of gem
tan, and, in less than thirty minutes,
was corpse.
The conyicts at the Sing Sing prison
IN. " chair shop attacked keeper
on the 30th ult., and beat him severe
.ly. Cause not known.
HAwINs BROTHERS cotton factory
at Buttenkill, N. Y, was destroyed by
fire on the morning of the 1st inst
Loss $4,000; insured for $4,000. A
dwelling house adjoining was also de-
stroyed.
DURING the month of April there
was redeemed of the funded debt OF
=the State of Ohio the amount of S134
S0l 86. This sum was paid in green,
backs" of course, though the debt was
contracted in specie. But this is not
reputation, oh, no. This debt is on.
ly the debt of the little province Of
Ohio!
DURING the week ending Saturday
night 8S1 emigrants arrived. at Colum-
bus who propose to settle as follows;
. In Ohio, 1I5; Missouri 1888; Illinois
III; Indiana go; Kentucky, 4e; Ten
nessee, 23s Wisconsin, 126; Minneso.
ia, 81 Michigan, Al /; Kansas, so; Ne,
braska, 81. ,zj 9rs4
The printers of New Haven, Conn
are on strike for higher prices, de.
manding from 40to 45 cents per thou,
sand ems, which the employers refuse
to pay. @
A telegram from Augusta, Ga, o
the 1st inst, reports the health 0
Alexander III. Stevens as much i'm
proved.
.. MCDONALD, Marshal of Sharpsbure
Kentucky, shot and killed a negr
named Thatcher, at Mt. Sterling,
few evenings since. The negro ha
been arrested for stealing from Fore
paugh's circus, and was shot while a
tempting to escape.
IT is said that Gen. Lee in his intel
view with the President on Saturda
expressed approval of negro suffrag
Is he after an appointment?
59a A RIOT occurred at Brownsville
Tennessee on the fst instant, in whic
one white men and two negroes wei
killed, and one white man Wounds
The affair grew out of a negro threa
ening to kill white man named She
b
man, who approached the negro in
crowd, and asked him about it, wht
another negro took it up, and gene
al melee occurred.
- A HEAVY storm blew down n hou
and carried away some awnings la
Saturday evening in New York cit
IT was expected that the last rail {
the Pacific Railroad would be laid {
Friday or Saturday, and that gre
work is now probably an accomplis
ed fact. al
There was quite snow storm
New York on Monday night, and
the morning ofTuesday De hills we
covered with snow as in winter.
.s, BENT DTAKE, alias Bentley was ;
rested in Wooster, Mass, OH Mond
charged with obtaining $12,500, of I
First National Bank of st. Clairsvi
In this State