The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-11-11

Judge of Seneca county. The Sene-
cas- are marrying people.
The "noble fghtists intend to
celebrate their emancipation on the
first of January.
The value of the new buildings
erected in Akron the present year, is
estimated at S500,O0O.
The price of apples in Michigan has
nearly doubled. on account of the in
jury to the crop, from the recent frosts
and SHOWS.
TIE Free Masons of Connecticut
design erecting monument over the
remains of the late Thomas II. Sey-
mour.
A CONTEMPORARY very pointedly re-
marks that 'evcry cord of wood Civ
ell to the poor will be so much fuel
saved from use in the next world"
Pork is $4,000 barrel in Hayti.-
Either the quality af pork must be
very good, or the value of the Haytien
currency very low.
A LAWSUIT was recently tried in
Lawrence county, over the ownership
of hog valued at five dollars. The
costs in the case amounted to two hun
dred dollars. A profitable business
MICHIGAN, say the papers, is visited
by long, black worm, which destroys
the. foliage. They make no mention,
however, of that other copper colored
worm, which infests every State, and
destroys erery-age.
A TERRIBLE outrage was committed
recently, by some negroes upon a
white lady, near Homer, La. Two of
the negroes have been put to death,
and a third has fed. q large reward
being offered for his apprehension.
On leaving his Office at 2 o'clock in
the morning; lately, Mr. Bruce, one of
the editors of the Nashville Union,
fell down flight of stairs and broke
his arm.
Two ships-the Strathspey and
Franklin Thayer-bound from San
Francisco to England, with cargoes of
wheat, were struck by cyclones in
September. The Stratspey went
down, but the crew were rescued by
bark after exposure in an open boat
for seven days. The Thayer put into
Honolulu, leaking badly and with her
cargo ruined.
A FIGHT recently occurred in Ham
: ilton county, Texas, between party
of whites and band of Indians, in
which seven of the latter were killed
Two ofthe whites were wounded, one
!. it was thought, mortally. After the
fight one of the red SKIING was discov-
cred to be "squaW,"' " and it is report
ed that she was by far the most val
liant OF the entire band.
A fire occurred at Kendallville
Ind, on Monday, destroying proper
, ty in the business portions of The
town valued at $4,000, on which
: there was insurance to the amount O.
$4,000.
1 The trial of Daniel Walsh, for the
d murder of his wife, was concluded il
t the Supreme Court at Chicago OF
. Monday evening, the jury returning
e a verdict of guilty. The punishment
e is hanging.
7 Cattle are dying in numbers a
: Pieffer's distillery near Cincinnati, oc
e casioning rumor in the city of the
plague malady appearing. With bu
one exception it is confined to still
: fed cattle.
q SEAT CoNTEsTED.-Hon. j. W. New
! man of Portsmouth, will contest tn,
9 claim of Glover to a seat in the Hous,
a of Representative from Scioto coun
p ty, and his friehds say they will prov,
: that he received a maj ajority of the lega
" voters given in that county at the lat
o election.
e LIE GRAND BYINGToN, an account O
1t whose death is going the rounds o
,, the papers, is not the LIE Grand BY
ington who was formerly membe
of the Legislature of this. State, ant
who filled the ehaip editorial of tn
" "BuckeEe Democrat" published il
l. this village many years ago, but he
o. phew of that gentleman.