The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-09-15
cL1fpnes FROM our EXCHANGES.

cLIfPINGs FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
The 9Th Ohio Cavalry hold their re-
union at Garrettsgiae on Tuesday
Oct. 4fh.
THE census shows the present pop
ulation of Cleveland to be 92.985
against 43 4I7 in I86O-an increase of
a, sos in ten years That viii do.
IT is said that there are 100000 acres
of grapes in Ohio, mostly of the ca
tawba variety, and they are manufac-
tured into wine.
In Canton recently Leonard Sands
fastened mis- horse, and while engaged
in conversation with friend, handed
the horse piece of an apple, when,
instead of taking thea apple alone, he,
bit off one of Mr.. SIS fingers atthe1
first joint a. f9a6szn .5.teo.a ID
THr Youngstown Register says that
a merchant named Couison was att
lacked and horse-whipped in his store
on Monday of last wsek, by a Miss.
Elizabeth MeCurdy. Cause of griev-
ance not stated. idsea eflt-i slas@ -
On Thursday last the dwelling
house of Mr.. Henry Wagner, near
Powers Corners, was burned. The
fire is supposed to have originated in
defect in fue.5 There was $4,000
insurance. on the building,-Warren
Chronicle.
ONE day last week Mrs. Borden,
of Saybrook, Ashtabula county, left
in the care of a-neighbor named Hem
ry Stoyer, two children, one a babe
of nine months, the other four years
old, for safe keeping for few hours.
since which time the mother has not
! made her appearance. 1t is supposed
she has gone to Michigan in company
| with her husband. The children were
sem. to the County Intfrmary.
In Pittsburgh, on last Saturday
night, Belgian iron worker recently
brought there TO superintend an iron
mill, was, murdered, his head being
beaten to ajelly. lie was found near
his own house. His murderers are
unknown.
"A BARN owned, by Joe Dick, IL
Thompson township, was burned one
day last week while threshing, The
fire canght by some of the machinery
becoming heated. The fire spread so
rapidly that nothing was saved, not
even the machine. elf ea ~ 3 a4aa
|ia ON last Thursday week, a threshing
machine whilst running in the barn
of the late N. Pollock, of Robinson
Township Pennsylvania, took fire
and young man blythe name of Reed
in the excitement jumped on the feed
board to.extinguish the fire, slipped
into the cylinder and was drawn tn
up toihis hips, and in that condition
was, with the machine, barn and
house, literally consumed by the fire.
Ar Orrvilie the switching is done
with two mules and on lasf Monday
as the driver was STOPPING to raise the
4 swingle tree, one of the animals let
drive both hind feet striking The man
4 full in the face, who was at the proper
4 distance to receive the full force of
4 the blow. The mule had been newly
= shod. The mans face was terribly
crushed and he lay insensible for some
ten minutes. Hopes are, entertained
of his recovery.-4dliance Democrat.
! On Tuesday nights train, under
conductor Boyer, westward bound, a
young man by the name of Valley
showed demonstrations of fight with
knife in hand, It appears from testi-
mony that the train was stopped and
Valley put off a short distance east
of Srausbuig, and that the boys took
the precaution to put him off the track
as he was Intoxicated. On. the fol
lowing morning one of. the freight
trains going west picked him up, still
} alive, but badly injured. three of the
ribs on is right side being broken
He expired shortly afterwards. The
supposition is that he. was struck by
| some other passing train.-A AHiance
Democrat. ig5
HORRIBLE MUTILATIoN. - DIN
Wednesday morning the remains of 8
man were found on the track of the
B. & O.. Il. 7. Central Ohio Division
near Coal Dale.i The body. had been
most horribly mutilated by trains
passing over the road during the
: night, SO that it, was difficult at first
sight to tell what it was that had beer
, killed, and in gathering them up. il
was found necessary to use shovel
The Coroner was notified of, the fact
: and at once proceeded to, the spot
l empanneled jury, took charge of the
7 remains, and, in the afternoon the
: facts of the case SO. far as, could ,bt
9 elected, were laid before the jury
]. Nothing defnite. was ascertained il
Y regard to the identity of the man, OIL
: the nature of the fatal accident
}. Zaaesui1le Signal a'otliEi d1lt3
THE Ohio Statesman says: :" Ger
> many contains population of forty
) five millions. Yet Germany fall
short, in its geographical area, by $50
), 600 acres the amount of public land
voted by the last Radical Senate t