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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-02-22
A Haunted House in Allegheny
City.

The usual quiet which has prevailed
in Allegheny for some time has been
considerably disturbed the last few
days by the report of the existenceof a
tFhauuted house" in the eastern part of
the city.
The noises occurred for two months
between the hours of Z and s, and the
remaining months about four O'Clock
In the morning. One evening the oc-
cupant heard a knock at the door
which leads from the hall into the
kitchen, but when the door was open
ed he found that no person was there.
He closed the door, but had no soon
er taken his seat than another knock
was heard. He inquired who was
there, when voice representing a
female answered, "Me." He next ask
ed, "What do you want? when the
answer, II want to come in" was re-
ceived. He then walked to the door
and opened it when he heard soft foot
steps glide up the stairs, but could see
no form. He then rushed up stairs
and searched the rooms, but found
that no person was near.
AT another time lady visitor rush
ed into the kitchen, pale as sheet,
and was unable to speak for some
time. After recoverieg somewhat
from her fright, she stated lit was
about o'clock) that she had come to
visit. When she entered the hall,
and was walking to the door leading
into the sitting-room, some person
pushed her violently against the wall,
held her there for moment, and then
fed up stairs. The search for the per-
son, however, proved fruitless. At
another time he was visited by his
hrother-in-law. One evening, while
he was lying awake in bed, he felt a
hand as cold asa corpse touch his face.
He jumped out of bed, struch a light,
but saw no person around. Being
afraid to go to bed again. he reclined
on sofa, but before many minutes
the sofa rocked like cradle.
The most wonderful occurrence re-
mains to be told. One night very
singular noise was heard. When the
parents arose strange sight present.
ed itself. The child, who was lying
in the cradle was naked, all the bed
clothes having been scattered about
the floor, and the clothes taken off the
child and also scattered here and there
Another time. while he was up stairs,
he heard crash down stairs, as if a
person had very heavy ak, and with
it was striking tho table with all his
might. He rushed down stairs when
singular to relate, he discovered moth
ing unusual, and not the faintest noise
was heard. He was astonished, how
ever, to hear the same noise, but not
quite 30 loud, from the very spot up
stairs which he had left. He then
Went up stairs with revolver in his
possession. when he heard light foot
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-02-22
What it is.

Hon. S. s. Cox has finally got at the
pedigree of the word Syndicate" In
his speech against the whitewashing
report of the Ways and Means Com
mittee, in the House, the other day,
he exhumed the eminently satisfacto-
ry account of this remarkable nonde-
script given by Sir John Vaudeville
in his famous Travels in Cathay.
"While passing many contrees," writes
Sir John, "both by land and sea, I
cherched on the Chinese wall a strange
animal of the lizard kind. He was
known in ancient books as chamel-
con. When the sun did shine he took
various colors; sometimes it wore
golden hue and sometimes it had .
green back. I caught him by means
of a steele mirror, which so bedazzled
his eyne that he was easily caught. I
bring him home as straunge beaste.
1t is called by the native scindocats
In other words, syndicate is one of
those things of which it is strinkingly
said that now you see it and now you
don't.'n hitE iil 4t HH' 20" .be'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-02-22
Years of Cold in Europe.

The recent severe cold weather in
Europe has called forth the following
facts, which appeared in the Journal
des Debats:
In 359 A. D., the Euxine was frozen
over.
In sos the rivers of England were
frozen over for two months.
In 55S the Black Sea was covered
with ice for 20 days, and in 1853 the
ice was 30 feet thick.
In S2I the EIbe, the Danube, and
the Seine were ffozen during four
weeks.
In 1881 the Mediterranean was en-
tircly frozen.
Ia 1z05 famerlane made an incur
eicn into China, and lost his men, hor-
sea, and camels by the excessive cold.
Ia 1870 Paris experienced so great
cold that the city was depopulated,
end the animals fed on corpses in the
streets.
Ia 1882, at Paris, snow fell during
forty days and forty nights incessant-
II.
In 1869, in France and Germany,
wine was frozen so hard that it was
cut in blocks and sold by weight.
In 1870 the intense cold lasted three
months, and all the fruit trees of Pro-
vence and LanGuedoc were destroyed.
In 1907 provisions and fuel became
90 scarce on account of cold in Paris
that small bundle of kindling-brush
coat DO cents The cattle froze in their
SAILS, and the seine could be crossed
by heavy carts.
The year 1870 was one of intense
cold all over Europe, and mass could
not be said for many weeks in certain
provinces, because the wine could not
be kept in fluid state.
In 1735, in Chinese Tartary, the
thermometer fell ninety-seven degrees
below zero-Fahrenheit.
1740 was winter of such rigor in
Russia that an ice palace was con-
structed at st. st. Petersburg 81 feet
long and IL feet wide. Six ice can
non were mounted on the walls, and
two mortars for bombs. The cannon
held balls of six pounds weight, were
charged with power, and discharged,
so that the ball pierced board two
inches thick at a distance of sixty feet.
The cannon did not burst, though its
walls were less than ten inches in
thickness.
1765 was a year of intense cold, also
17SS. Since that year the cold has
never been SO great in Paris until this
very year of 1871, when, for the first
time in century Jack Frost came
again to the tune of 81 below zero GEN.
tigrade.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-02-22

The great diamond, weighing one
hundred aud fifty-four carats, which
has been found at the Cape, and Is
now on its way to England, is already
furnished with its legend. 1t is said
to have been found in the wall of one
of the native huts, where poor Irish
adventurer had received hospitality
for the night, and being surprised at
the light shining amid the darkness,
he had, upon examination, found it to
proceed from clump of earth of
which the wall was built. OF course
the clump was soon detached by the
visitor, and this new Koh-i-noor, with
many other smaller diamonds, found
within. t-..s ..;..ti. ......., ,..... - 9. -.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-02-22

CANINE RAvAeEs ON THE SHEEP
FoLD.-Oficial reports show in Ohio
an annual loss of $3,00,000o in sheep
killed by dogs, and nearly $l,000,000
injurles-al loss equivalent to 81, ,000, ,CC0
pounds of wool, or tax Of two per
cent. upon the total sum invested in
sheep in this State. 1t is said that in
two years, from 1868 to 1870, Illihois
sank from the sixth to the ninth rank
among the States in the number and
value of it's sheep, and this great fall
ing off Is attributed to proportionate
increase in the number of dogs, and
the lack of proper legislation to. pre-
vent their ravages among the sheep.
The legislature of Maryland is consid-
ering the same subject. The returns
from five counties report over LOO
sheep killed in one year by dogs. asYiE
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-02-22
Ravenna union school.

YTHHE Fall Term of the Ravenna Onion School
Il will commence September II, and continue
II weeks. :
The Second Term will commence January 2,
1S72, and continue 10 weeks.
The Third Term will commence April O. 1872
and continue IL week..
The school will be under the superintendent
of S. G. Barnard. and each department win be
school in this vicinity furnishes greater facilities
than this for attaining thorough knowledge of
all branches usually taught in our best schools
and seniinariea.
Foreign pupils are received nc the following
rates OF tuition: For term OF 10 weeks In the
High School, Is; In the Grammar School e; in
the other Schools @. Tuition bills must In All
cases be paid ia advance.
Any desired infofciAtfon IN relation to the
School may be obtained OFFS G. BAkrARp Su-
pertntendent, OF the undersiSnel.
G. B. STOWE
Prea't Board os Edueation.
N. B: Teachers Meeting a. High school ruom
Thursday and Friday, September 18th anS eth
1871, at 10 O'Clock, A. N.
Ravenna, Aug. -, 1871.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-02-22

steps. & II sons person was walking
aro1nd the room. He could, as Oh
every other occasion only hear sounds,
but could not see anything.
The above are only some Of the
main incidents that have taken place
there. Sometimes it would be con-
tinual rappings, sometimes talking or
whispering, groaning, walking, etc.
Some old residents in the vicinity
state that the house has been haunted
for twenty years past. Sometimes q
year would elapse and nothing unusu-
al would occur. It is also said that
that there have been large number
of deaths in the house.-Phtladelphia
Telegraph.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-02-22

A vigorous panic was recently cre-
ated on board the vessel Glenawney,
when in the straits of Malacca, by the
escape of large and ferocious pam
ther from his cage. The angry beast
darted hither and thither among the
300 frightened and screaming passen-
gers, who dispersed in the greatest
haste, leaving the middle deck to the
undivided possession of the panther.
A rifle finally stopped his career, and
then it was found that, strangely
enough, only one man had been seri-
ously clawed.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-02-22
The late DIR. Marshal Hail, of Eng.

The late DR.. Marshal Hall, of Eng
land, said: "If / were seriously i'll
of consumption, would live out day
and night, except in rainy weather or
midwinter; then 1 would sleep in an
unplastered log house. Physic has
no nutriment, gaspings for air cannot
cure you, monkey capers in gymna-
sium cannot cure you. and stimulants
cannot cure. What consumptives
want is pure air, not physic-pure air,
not medicated air-plenty of meat and
bread" s4
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-02-22

To Cashiers: ga New York ply.
sician believes that hundreds of per.
sons have contracted the smallpox
through the use of fractional currency
which has been handled by those af-
flicted with the disease, and says that
nothing can be more favorable for
spreading this or any other contagion
than paper charged with gum aud
dirt, as fractional currency almost In,
variably is" d oi 3FiQ at ~ ssa4ano-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-02-22

A young lady at Council Bluffs be-
ing informed by her "fellar" that he
intended to cease his attentions, cow
hided him around the room, and as he
sprung through the open window, told
him, with parting lick, that that
would teach him to be more careful
for the future not to trifle with gen.
tie and loving heart.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-02-22

Shall we ever meet again
In 4tle woodland by the seae
viii the moment bringing pain
To the heart, and to the brain,
Come again to thee and me?
Shall We hear again the moaning
OF the ocean TO the shore,
Like the ever low intoning
OF . ceiebrRnt Lenore,-
Shall we ever meet again?
All me, that Joy should borreW
A thorn to wounA the heart
From the pale red rose of sorrow.
Adfeui for we must part
We may never meet again
In the woodland by the sea;
But the song. and the refrain,
Which we sang beside the main,
VIII be ever dear TO me
There il no sun that shineth
But hath its spot OF shade;
The brightest day declineth,
And sweetest roses fade.
We may never meet again.
All me. that Love should borrow
A thorn to wound the heart
From the pale red rose of sorrow
Adieui for we must part.
EDWARD CAPERN.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-02-22

The cash value of the farms of
the United States, according to
the returns OF 1871, was $9,261, ,775,-
l2I; of farm products. $2,475,602, ,729,
and of live stock, ST, ,525, ,27l, ia. There
were 267, ,730,95I bushels of wheat pro-
dueed, and 700, ,76S, ,204 bushels of fcorn.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-02-22

Whatever is highest and holiest is
tinged with melancholy. The eye of
genius has always plaintive expires.
sion, and its natural language is pa
thos. A. prophet Is sadder than other
men; and He who was greater Than
all prophets, was "a man of sorrow
aud acquainted with grief" Ataia 'iA'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-02-22

A public man in this country was
once accused of drunkenness, and one
Of his friends was veiy indignant.
Some one suggested that public
persons were always lied about.
aOh, / don't care for lies" he said,
.'but the trouble with this story is,
they prove itp .,g ~ go..sto.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-02-22
JOHN McCLUN,

General Insurance Agent, represents the fol
lowing reliable companies:
AMERICAN. Chicago. ILL.,; GREAT WEsTERN
York: LYCoM1Sa. Muncy, Pa; NoRfHwEs
ERN MUTUAL LIFE, Milwaukee. Wis; COM
MoNwEALTH LIFE ms. Co., New York
Office with g. W. Coffin. In Phcnix Block
over Second National Bank, Ravenna, Ohio.
Feb: 9. lss1. I2s-tf:
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and Durability.
GARRETTSVILLE HOUSE
Isaac Parker q Son, Prop'rs

11c IIT = ~ - SOE'7
TIME Prcprietore having leased the above
Il house, pcctfnily informs their friends and
The public generally, thas he has Y0juSenated
the GerFettsviiie Houee, and 10 prepared 60 sup
ply the table with the best the market effords,
at low prices. Persons Waiting GRrrettsville
even for q day, viii nnd ebis House home
Omnibusses leave this house for all day and
night trains, 157-tf
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-02-22
RAvEnMA WAFER ounE.

RAvEnNA WATER oURE.
q. W. STRONG, M D.,
Late of Water Cure of Cleveland,)
PR oR RIETO Q r.
Location BeautifuI-Terrns moderate. Send for
circular giving full details
April6, 1871, f36-fy.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-02-22
y. 9oUCEHlE1,
HOMHOPATHY.
aSE4S "a Sa So o,sos,U as sssrsss s:srgss: Econ
J. GOUCHER, NJ. ..

cffefs hfs professional services
The roctuf studied the uiA A.hcel eyeses5 0isll
Pros. Valentine Mott =, r., of Eevr Z 3qse Ctss
and ersjuepe1 IN s3se fejtsssi CHSesSejsy al
New York. "a. CSC 2sroatu ~. ana aiss Efot,s-
atcsl In the E.e me Ear lHnrzssy sf fhs& cstS
I1e has alec is-ra iaaeisel ssa,ksha Of fso3 D.
L. SMITH. 81 f.tsir.sFp.
The lsOcser praetse<.I slse 1l3 scsesl s.stesa
for twenty yea lie thsss ., edtes s0sssscpaiN
exeSSsiScIy- 5he ssOetos hss fsa c0Hsides s:'ts
hospital eSpeTiepee, rad tairss nee seaBe
prsstice in sire fS.fssstsa Of Ss3NtHe.
lie Is located ~ axsenNs, feftAge eoaR&s. o.,
on the Ces.esah1 q ritssisafsa T. ess htrrsi
miles rottb pf ALLIANCE st - ttsfs lssiEs ke se
,be Great Neescf7 -FS, Aea sire Cl~seisas y0zA.
Zbe lscct1F has his efsse ss his Feeidesce osR-
aer of - eAmose ssld GssiAs Aisse4s.
OFFICE I10UZs-ESszs .. ns.. - p %.
3. GOUCHEft, 81. D.
Ravenna. Jan. 81. is71. 17s-y.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-02-22
EXPERIENCED CUTTER
Alliance Carriage Works.

Alliance Carriage Works.
HAyINq purchased the chops formerly oc-
IL eupicd BY " Alser A Lee o. . Cartilage
Factory, corner of Market and Libefty streets,
Alliance, Ohio, sui p,e3asetl 20 do say and all
work IN the Carriage Ltxe- with neatneas and
despatch have hne stock of
FINISHED WORK ON HAND,
which will sell 81 tie 1owest possible figures,
and will guarantee IL equal to any work done
in Ohio in
Style,
Finish
and Durability.
Thankful for the very liberal patronage re-
ceived during the past 1ve yeara hope by bust
and honest dealing, 10 merit 3 continuance OF the
same.
Repairing, Painting and Trimming,
done TO order. and as good rs the best All
work warranted as represented.
Call and see for yourselves.
j. ID. CARRINGTON
of the late Grsa Of Carrie 4 Carrin gton
Alliance, o., Aug. IS, 1871, is5-sm.
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ATTACHMENT:

Samuel Beardsley. Plaintiff Before Elihu Fish
T, NJ wnheim. Defendant. Tp. Portase Of ss1S' Co.
On the 27th day of January, A. d. 1874 said
Justice ISSUED an order OF attachments In the
above action for the sum of SIS 5S.
SAMUEL BEARDSLEY.
Edinburg, Jan. 81, ls7S. IsO-sw
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-02-22

CLEvEBAND o PITrsBURa RAILROAD
On and after Nov. 1fsis, 1871 Trains Will leave
stations daily. (Sundsys ezospted } as follows:
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-02-22
GEORGE SADLER. M. D..

GEORGE SADLER, NJ. D.,
Physfcinn and Surgeon, Eavcnna. Ohio
Oflice<ith w. u. Thomas, Esq, Umpire Block;
Residence on Walnut, second door sortn oi
Main street. 36-tf.
ETNA HOUSE,
e. MUssER, Proprietor, west side Public
Square, Rayenna, Ohio 65-u
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-06-13

Mr.. Sumner says that Mr.. Stanton on his
death bed assured him thar Gen. Grant could
not "goyem this country" There is no doubt
that Mr.. Stanton's dying words are correctly
reported; whether they expressed the opinion
which he formed and held while in the full
vigor of his faculties is another question But
admitting that they did, and that this opinion
was correct, is it a serious disparagemcut 10
General Grant? We do not think so, nor, we
are confident, will the American people so re-
gard it. Mr.. Stanton, man of great ability
and sincere patriotism, of wonderful talent for
organization and executive force was naturally
arbitrary; he believed that the country needed
10 be governed by somebody, and the essential
qualifications Of a president. according to his
views, may have been capacity and willingness
TO govern it. He made an admirable war min
lister, but he would have been, there can be no
doubt, deplOrable failure as president, if he
had been raised to that Office in peaceful times
because he would have thought it his duty 10
govern, and the people OF this country
cannot and will not be governed by
any man. They choose TO govern them
selves, which is their natural right, as
serted aud guaranteed by the constitu-
ton. General Grant has never desired
nor pretended to govern this country.
lie has distinctly and repeatedly disayowed
any such conception of his duty. He has de-
clared that he will sec that the laws are faith
fully executed, and that he will have no policy
10 enforce against the will Of the people. The
government Of the United States is, in the Ian
gnaee Of our own Bill OF Rights, IA government
Of laws and not Of men,"
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-06-13

Tins season so far has been remarkable for
violent meteorological phenomena. Destructive
tornadoes, causing much loss of properfy and
some loss of life. have visited Iowa Kansas
Missouri, Illinois and Ohio. Fresbets have made
terrible havoc IN some parts Of New England.
aud we have mention this morning of 4 violent
storm Of wind and rain, which did considerable
mischief in Lancaster and Fitcbburr and od-
joining towns. This unusual activity the clio.
ments is not confined TO this country; foods and
storms have been as severe and destructive in
Europe and in Asia. Correspondence from
Austria tells Of heavy rain, such as few living
can remember, deserving in fact the rame
Of tremendous waterspour which fell inces
sanity for more than thirty hours in the western
part Of Bohemia, laying under water whole dis
trieis lately smiling with the promise Of an
abundant harvest. Two railways are said TO
have been almost destroyed, their embank.
menls being washed away for miles. tun-
nels hlled up and bridges destroyed. Entire viii
lagos have been demolished, and their sites swept
Clean OF every trace Of habitatons, and the city
OF Prague suffered great damage, and narrowly
escaped much more terrible disaster. MANY
persons were drowned by the foods or killed
by the wreck Of houses or bridges and vor,
many more were financially ruined thei,
houses, crops and cattle, being swept away A
terrible marine disasteri is reported from Madras
India, where furious hurricane droye ashor,
and hopeessly wrecked every vessel Of the lare,
mercantile fleet lying in the open roadslead
Thirty ships and many smaller craft were thu
DESTROYED Eighteen Europeans and an M
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-06-13

The New York Evening Post has free trade
con the brain" to an alarming extent. No mat
ter what direction its thoughts may take, it is
sure 10 bring mp at free trade. All its arguments
on every political topic arc made TO support free
trade. 1t wonders Indignantly, that anybody,
looking at the actual condition of the nation,
its wants, its difficulties, and its dangers" can
refuse to become a free trader. 1t thinks every
political platform vague, mean, and worthless,
which fails TO affirm absolute free trade. Well,
free trade would substitute English manufac-
lures for cur own, close Our shops, deprive our
wOrkmen of their business; and it would in
crease the business of importers. But, the pres
ent managing editor of the Post, we suspect, is
free trade idealist, one of those who arc des-
perately in earnest to bring on the millennium
before the world shall be in a condition to re-
ceive it. The illusions of this idealism, are
more powerful in the minds they beset than
some other free trade influences, because they
are not sordid; but they are mere illusions all
ha san,a
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-06-13

same equal and exact attention TO the rich and
the poor, and the high and the low. Bits of
personal gossip, (some not even respecting the
privacy Of his famly,) mean and vulgar in the
extreme, are relied upon 10 weaken this man be-
fore the people. An enlightened public would
sustain private citizen in the prosecution of
such ISLANDERS, but the president of the United
States can only appeal to the deliberate iudg-
ment of the people. Their verdict will be, Wen
done good and faithful servant
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-06-13

A VIRAGo.-An extraordinary scene occurred
on Wednesday, in the fourth cOurt-martial, dur
ing the trial ola woman named Augustine Chit
ion. During the lighting in Paris this fury was
seen in the streets, her hands STEPPED in blood,
and Boosting that she had killed two soldiers.
On the entry of the troops she was taken pris-
oner and placed against the wall TO be shot but
on her saying that she tended the wounded, the
troops spared her life. On the trial, an officer,
who was charged with her defence, pleaded that
her mind was deranged. 81 am not mad" she
exclaimed, "and protest against the words. /
have suffered too much1in prison, and demand
to be put to deathl But your turn will come
also; the men of the Versailles were
too great towards TO kill me, but
you will all be shot like dogsl Vive la
communeP At these words the public rushed
on her, and the guard had to intervene for her
protection, and dragged her away, still crying
out, give la cOmmunei a bas les Versaas!"
and without her bonnet or shawl, which had
been torn from her in the struggle The court
eventually condemned her to twenty years hard
labor The woman was then brought back to
court, and, on hearing her sentence read, she
again burst out in a tone of mOckery; "The
towards, they do not darel BAIL am thirty
i've, and in twenty years | shall be only hity-
five, and still good for something. But il is
only matter to laugh att a change of govern
meDt, and shall be out at once, and that will
not be long. Vye la commune GdiigndRi.