The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-01-06


V. 1. viii be held at Mansfield to-mor-
,ow.
The New, Lisbon papers complain
hat the boys and girls make court
house of their post Office.
The mokes" of Cleveland, balled
the seventh anniversary of emancipa-
lion, last Monday evening.
CLEVELAND has been chosen as the
place for holding the next reunion of
the Army of the Cumberland.
On Tuesday of last week a young
man named Barker, charged with Sc
duction, was shot and killed by his
victim, Miss Elizabeth McQuigg.
The Buckeye State says they have
q place i'll New Lisbon called "Sleep
HILL" Is that the residence of the ed
itor of that place?
The people of West Salem are NOV
ing in the matter of the establishment
of Agricultural Works in that enter
prising place.
The Hubbard Journal says that the
dockets of the two Justices of that
place show an average of twenty law
suits per week, during the last month.
The surviving members of the Nine
ty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry will
hold their fifth annual reunion at Ma
rion, January IL.
On Christmas night a German
named Louis Widan, shot himself in
a boarding house. in Cleveland
Cause-a dissipated lite. l
The safe of the Akron (O.) Steam
Forge Company was broken open dur
ing last Wednesday night. but only
ten dollars had been left to pay the
burglars for'loss of sleep.
AN unknown man, aged about 60
years, was killed by being run over
by train near Letonia, last Monday.
He was walking towards the advanc-
ing locomotive when first discovered.
A MAN in Canton has sworn his life
against an Oyster. He must be tim
id sort of fellow. We don't claim
to be very bodied, but we are not
afraid of dozen oysters anyhow.
A FARMER living near East Liver
pool had "a sheep killed by dogs few
nights ago, and has brought suit
against the owners of the dogs for
damages.
A RAILROAD employe in Alliance,
having been arrested and put in the.
lookup for disorderly conduct, a
number of his companions cut short
his captivity by breaking down the
door and setting him at liberty.
Mrs. BAscoMB, wife of Ashley Bas-
comb, of Greene, and mother-in-law
of G. a. Harrington, of Warren,
dropped dead ON Saturday evening
last, while going from the house to the
burn. She was 70 years of age.
MRS. MARGARET BRAwDY, an elder
ly lady residing in East Liverpool,
died from a stroke of apoplexy on
Thursday morning last. She had
been in the enjoyment of her usual
health up to the hour of her death.
THE Town Council of Norwalk,
Ohio, have passed an ordinance for
submitting to the vote of the people
proposition to issue not to exceed $75,-
900 in bonds, at per cent. interest, to
provide water-works, the vote to be
taken February 7.
- AT Youngstown, Ohio, last Mon
day morning, an old lady named
Hoag was found dead at the foot of
the stairs in her house. In her hand
was some money, and it was supposed
she had gone up stairs after this and
was returning when her death took
place.
Rev. w. 3. HIGBY, of Minerva, the
Disciple minister who has for some
weeks been under the ban for alleged
imprudent conduct with a daughter of
member of his church. was tried last
week in that place, before church
court organized for the purpose, and
acquitted.
A PARTY of four young ladies and
two boys broke the ice of pond on
which they were sliding, at Akron,
Ohio, last Wednesday, when they all
went down into three feet OF water
A party of five lads went through the
ice on the same pond, the same eve.
ming. Cold baths, but no drowning.
The Toledo Commercial, of Friday
says: "The jury engaged in the tri-
al of Philip Steinmetz have been kept
in close confinement since Tuesday
morning, sleeping on the floor of the
courtroom and eating at the Jail, con-
stantly guarded by the Sheriff or his
deputies. Three of the jurors are
over seventy years OF age
A MAN named William Lilley at
tempted to buy goods with forged
notes at Akron, Ohio, last Wednesday.
On being arrested he crammed one of
the notes for one hundred and forty-
five dollars in his mouth with a quid
of tobacco, but the Marshal forced
open his month, and the false note
came out in company with a.set of
teeth, also false.
AT a meeting Of the corporators of
the p. Y. y P. r, r.. held at Paines7
vile on the l4th inst, a resolution was
passed to the effect that books be
opened TO receive subscriptions to the
capital stock, at the Office of A. Will
cox, in Painesville, ON the l7th day Of
January, and at the Office of Wick
Brothers, in Youngstown, on the 25th
of January.