The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-06-08
NEWS ITEMS.

THE wheat harvest has begun in
Southern Illinois, and earlier than ever
before known. The yield is said to be
abundant.
DURING a heavy storm at Lonsdale,
r. l., on Sunday afternoon, the house
of Alfred Pierson was struck by
lightning, killing one person and pros
trating several others.
The Haytien journals publish a pro-
test of the people, addressed to the
President, against annexation to the
United States.
SEVEN persons were convicted and
sentenced to the penitentiary at the
last session of the Criminal Court of
Cuyahoga county.
SAN DOMINGO dispatches represent
the country as agitated. Baez is taking
great military precaution, having re-
ceived arms from New York. The
revolutionists are also preparing for
struggle.
JAMES RAYNE has been convicted in
the Court of Common Pleas of Ma
honing county of shooting N. S. Par
melee with intent to kill, at Youngs-
town recently. He was sentenced to
twenty years in the penitentiary.
The Army of the James is to hold
its next reunion in New York on the
10Th of July. Major General Terry
will deliver the address, and Colonel
John Hay will read the poem.
A WESTERN PAPER says when Grant
inaugurates his system of civil ser
vice reform it is expected that the
first question asked candidates for
admission will be, " What is the best
time ever made by Dexter?'
A DESPATCH from Rittston, Pa, of
the I'd inst, says Nineteen hundred
and seventy-five dollars have been
subscribed to the fund for the relief
of the widows and orphans of the
victims of the late disaster.
The STATESMAN says: A Federal
ofice-holder in Cincinnati is to be re-
moved for supporting General Noyes
against Ben Wade for the Radical
nomination for Governor. Rare old
Ben is the Grant candidate.
A MAN named John Hamley, while
engaged in oiling shaft to the engine
in the works of the Averill Paint
Company, in Newburgh, on Thursday
last, was caught in the machinery and
so badly crushed and mangled as to
cause his death.
A STRIKE among the colored labor
ers at Washington occurred the first
of this month, and the police force
was called out to suppress the riot
| Whether the colored troops sustained
their reputation for deeds of noble
daring, the dispatches do not state
"Let us have peace"
UNDER the head of "The Bars
Down" the Raleigh On. c. Sentinel
(Democratic) states that eleven color
ed Republicans and two whites pub
lish cards in the Carolina Spectator
Withdrawing from the Radical party.
The Rutherford Tiadicdtor announces
&c daily accessions to the conservative
ranks of honest Republicans"
A COLLISION occurred between the
HensiG and the bark Rhed, on the 31st
ult., about three hundred miles from
New York, outside of Sandy Hook,
which resulted in the instant sinking
of the latter and drowning OF eight
men. Five men and two mates saved
themselves by jumping on board the
HenSid.
Quick TIME.-A trial of speed took
place at sandusky, on Wednesday of
| last week between George Stahls
horse aud Charley Ziepple's mare for
a purse of $l50. The horses trotted
from Sandusky to Monroeville and
back, distance of thirty-two miles.
The mare won the race by three-quar-
ters of mile. Time, two hours and
| twelve minutes, ef rs
The Cincinnati Commercial disloy-
ally stalieises telegram announcing
that at jollification at Annapolis on
Tuesday of last week, Exposure in
the heat produced a severe headache
to the President, by reason of which
he was forced to retire.
The Statesman assures us that Gen
i eral Ewing who was the competitor
of General McCook for the nomina-
ton for Governor, heartily supports
the successful candidate. We have no
doubt of that fact and that in the can
vass he will do effective work for the
ticket.