The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-01-12
GovERNoR's MEssAGE-W We pub
Iish the annual Message of Goyernor


Hayes on the fourth page of this issue. |
1t is brief, and confined exclusively to |
the discussion of matters of State |
policy, and contains many excellent |
suggestions, which should receive the
attention of the Legislature. We
commend this message to the careful |
pcrusal of our readers.
THE Legislature has been in session |
over week, but we find among its
reported proceedings very little of
interest to the general reader.
A BILL has passed both branches of
the Ohio Legislature and become al
law, to provide for the appointment
Of guardians of habitual drunkards. |
A BILL has been passed in the Leg
istature, and is now law, amending
the 164th section of the Criminal Code,
so as to allow Juries in criminal cases
TO separate before case is fiuaily sub
mitted to them. 5
TzERE is little of importance or in
terest in the European war news.
The boInbardment of Paris continues
with vigor ond effect. eassl -
THE colored cadet Smith is being
tried at West Point by court martial
on charges and specifications. for con-
duct unbecoming an officer and gem
tleman. .ass'a sssse1
A FIRE occurred at Oberlin on FRI
day morning, which destroyed propa
erty of the value of $4,000 to $12, 900
Q II is supposed to have been the work
of an incendiary. g.
IT has been estimated that the loss
of life in the Crimean, the American
civil, the Prusso-Austrian and the
Italian wars, amounted to l,700O0o
) men. asa as fsea ~
Z blIr is proposed to give General
Schenck complimentary dinner at
Washington on the eve of his depart
ure for Europe. asS4 ess1a plHg r q,
The colored people have issued a
call for State Convention to be held
at Columbus on the 18th inst. =
A MAN named Jerry johnson, was
drowned in beer vat, at Deerfeld,
Warren county, Ohio, on last Sunday
evening. mx
H5 TEE, Northeastern Ohio Teachers
Association, is to be held at the High
School Building, in Akron, on Satur-
day, the 14th, at which time the officer
of the Association for the present
oear will be chosen. Il
THE birth-day of the Poet Burns
a. occurs on, the 25th Iinst.,s the Scotch OF
8 the, cities are making preparations tor
celebrating the day with grand and
appropriate ceremonies. IN 81 g
ii THE amount of coin inothe U. S,
q Treasury at the close of business OIL
Friday was sl00J J269, 900, including
$27, ,OOO, 600 in coin certificates. And
they cali that splendid financiering to
& tax the people to enable the Secretary
of the Treasury to keep over $780,
100000 locked up in the vaults of the
: Treasury, unemployed
2 An Omaha man bought a piano il
s9 I,hicago, and after getting it home he
ID wrote back, blowing up the firm thai
s sold it to him, because he had hunted
all over il, and couldn't find any key
I hole to wind the confounded thing
up so it would play. Here is rura
simplicity for you. The key hole
81 should be forwarded by mail.
Ar the Woman's Convention
in Akron, a young lady said !" Fo
uAlly, collectively, better than woman
her sex, if they, like her, would ute
their real sentiments. She was NOR
anxious for mans elevation and i'm
provement than woman's, and so wa
every true woman. -
9 ati The South African brilliants ar
scientifically pronounced to be no
genuine. A London jeweler ha
4, found them to be Jumps of translucen
quartz, aud therebyawon the eterna
Il hatred of such as, making haste to b
% rich, were gathering bushels of then
A.. e6 Attempt to Escape. ae sssft
Well CHICAGO, january 6.-There' was
sa desperate attempt tonight on the pai
- of portion of the prisoners in th
county Jail to escape. They were dis
ID discovered before their plans wer
ncompleteds There are one hundre
osi and twenty prisoners in jail. Gan
.5sbleton, who was mirdere a few day
ago, had but day or two befor
= drawn 5000 from his bank, and thi
- was an inducement for the murder.
No REDUCTION OF THE DEBT N Ex
YEAR.-By diDt of cunning manipi
lation of figures, and by fraudulent
concealing new Indebtedness, Bou
well has been able to show q seemin,
= but deeeitful and merely nominal ~
duction of the public debt. He eaI
not carry on this fraud another yea
however, and he, very. strongly int
s. mates, the probability that the publ
expenditures next year will excee
the receipts, and as consequence, IL
monstrous debt will take new growi
and exceed even itspresent enormor
msgnitude.-.N orthscest. agia .iiea
The Georgia Claimants.
-if The Georgia claimants to seats j
the Senate and House have been not
!. fed to appear before the Committe
en- the Judiciary on Saturday in ord
to be heard. Among them are lie
schei v. johnson and A. Fl. Stephen
elected By the Legislature before Il
passage of the last reconstruction al
but who wiA not appear. This d
clination on their part reduces t
number of claimants to five. - ssss
Nevada. = @.s-'
SAN tFRANcIsco. January At
legislature of Nevada was organic
Yesterday. In the House thare a
ntwenty-three Democrats, twenty-o1
Republicans and two Independent
Robert E. Lowery, Democrat, w