The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-05-19
NErGHBoRHooD NEWS.

WARREN is going to organize a
Driving Park Association.
THE erection of the new furnace in
Warren is progressing rapidly.
D1PTHER1A and scarlet fever, in ma
lignant forms, prevail at Niles, and a
number of deaths have occurred du-
ring the past few weeks.
The Alderny..cheese factory, in New
Lyme, Ashtabula county, is working
the milk of over one thousand cows,
and daily making 30 to 40 cheese of
so pounds each. 81
THE Youngstown Courier is appre-
hensive of general strike among the
coal miners of the Mahoning Valley
region, because of 4 " drop i'll wages.
SAD.-Op Friday last, two little
children of Mrs. Porter, of Lowell,
Mahoning county, were playing to-
gether, and being overheard by that
lady using some bad language they
had picked up from neighboring chill
dren, she took small, twig or chip,
and struck one of them lightly with
it, when the child fell dead on the
spot. 1t was afterwards ascertained
that the child was choked, at that mo-
ment, by a mass of worms that came
up to its throat.
OK the afternoon of Sunday, May
1st, five ladies were immersed at Hub
bard, OH profession of their faith, by
Rev. E. Jenkins, pastor of the Welsh
Baptist Church. This makes thirty
persons who have been immersed and
received into that church since the oath
of October last.
AN association for mutual protection
and insurance against horse thieves,
has been organized in Coitsville.
SEVERAL gentlemen of Youngstown
have pledged their city for the raising
of three hundred thousand dollars for
the construction of the P. Y. .& p. r.
R., provided the citizens of Paines-
vile will secure, between Youngs-
town and Painesville, five hundred
thousand dollars. rfggf.
On last Wednesday afternoon, as a
coal train was going up the steep
grade at Niles, a wheel of one of the
cars broke, and the three forward cars
were precipitated down the embank-
ment, dragging the tender with them,
and tearing up a couple of joints of
rails. Two brakesmen who had
charge Of the wrecked cars saved
themselves by jumping. III
A YOUNG lady left Columbus last
Saturday to enter a convent in Gin
cinnati. The demonstrations of grief
at the depot as she parted from her
friends attracted the attention of all
people in the neighborhood. 1t was
virtual death, and the parting was
final. ..t#7sli.
SPEND your money where you make
it. Buy your goods at home, not
abroad, when you can do just as well.
Encourage your home mechanics and
merchants. Let each be for the other,
and all for the public improvement at
home.
A FINE horse worth some two hun
dred dollars, belonging to John Negus
who lives near the railroad short
distance east of Salem, was killed by
q passing train few nights since.
Mr.. NegHs has heretofore met with
several similar losses. .=z5F=,
JAG COB McCoNNER, a miner of iron
ore, was badly injured in the neigh
borhood of Franklin Square, last week
bv the caving of a bank upon him,
crushing his limbs severely, and in
juring him, as was first thought, fatal
ly, but there is now prospect of his
recovery.
JOHN w. SATTERTHwATT of Salem,
is the owner of o Bible nearly three
hundred years old, having been print
ed in IS5S.-Step6encille Gazette.
How's that for figures.
THE allowance made to the Sheriff
by the Commissioners of Belmont
county, for the execution of Thomas
Carr, was $500.
THE people of Minerva, Stark coun-
ty, vote on the 18th inst. whether they
will have new school house built, at
a cost of $4,000. r
A PEDDLAR representing to sell per-
fumery, visited o house in Hubbard
few weeks ago, when all were absent
except the lady Of the house, and un-
corking several bottles of perfumery
at last handed one containing chloro-
form, from which the lady inhaled to
a state of Inconsistencies, during
which time the peddlar raRsacked the
house,
Steamer Burned at LaCrssss. also RAIL