The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-12-04

The wind is blowing perfect gale
this morning. Loose blinds, signs,
fences, sc. are being scattered about
rather promiscously.
THE HOOsae tunnel was opened on
the 9th nit
VICTORIA C. Woodruff is lecturing
in Northern Ohio,
Boss" TWEED has been taken to
Blaekwelps Island.
A resident of Waterbury, Conn,
was frozen to death week before last.
THE RothchiIds announce Russian
) per cent loan of $75,OO0OO0.
MISS MARY INGE, ofDemapolis, Ala,
has made a quilt with 1900 pieces in
it.
BONE Youngstown young ladies
have decided to wear nothing but
calico at the balls this winter.
THE state of Indiana is to have a
new State House, the estimated cost
of the sob" being s2,OOO,OOO.
AN Iowa Court has decided that
slaughtering cattle on Sunday is a
'swork of fnecessityD if not of mercy.
IA STATE Grange of the Patrons of
Husbandry has been organized in
Georgia.
Senator Casserly of California, has
resigned his seat as United States
Senators
TwEEvE buildings were destroyed
by fire at Parker's Landing on Friday
night. Loss $4,000.
THE Hon. NJ. r. Waite, of Toledo
is prominently spoken of as the sue
cessor of Chief-Justice Chase.
The "Cardiff Giant" has been pur-
chased by a New Orleans man for So,
and he wouldn't-a cared-if he had got
it for half the money.
1HE IfId1 Ot 1uCO0ONC a. WIN NOt
embezzling about 100000 of the mon
eys of the Treasury of Clark county
is progressing at Springfield.
GOVERNOR MOVES left for Washing
ton on Friday. Since the people of
Ohio have repudiated him he looks to
Grant for position.
SENATOR Timothy o. Howe author
ICES the statement that he is not can
didate for the Chief-J usticeship, and
could not accept if appointed.
THE telegraph announces the starv.
ing TO death of Andrew Stratton, aged
twenty.one, and his daughter, aged
two years, at Brighton, New Jersey,
a few days ago.
A VOLCANO is reported to have bro
ken out in the Pinto Mountains, ten
miles from Eureka, Nevada, and that
dense volumes of smoke are issuing
from it's crater.
Mr.. DAVIS, of California, found a
box containing $4,000 in gold, and he
became so excited over it that he drop
ped dead. People should beware how
they find $4,000.
MoBEsoF THEAf.-On Wednesday of
last week two of the pals of "Boss"
Tweed, James II. IngersoH, and John
d. harrington, Jr., were convicted of
forgery upon the county of New York
during the Ring rule. The former
was sentenced to five years and the
latter to eighteen months imprison-
meht. lli y ,lE 70
ABOUT 500 boats with capacity of
from s2,50Oto, $500 bu. each are ice
bound in the Erie Canal near Utica.
The total amount of grain on the canal
to last week Wednesday was 1,5S1 ,459
bushels of wheat, 1,08o,919 bushels of
corn, 470,072 bushels of oats, 341 Al
bushels barley, S9,257 bushels of
rye, and 1904 bushels of peas, making
a total of 3,576,632 bushels.
THEpublic debt statement shows an
increase ofover 100000 during the
month of November. The Radical
papers were wont to refer to these
statements when they showed a re-
duction of the debt as. substantial evil
denee the wise financial policy of
the administration. What do they
say now when we have $9,000000 of
an increase?
A little ''irregularity'' has been dis.
covered in the transactions of another
administration pet, Anson j. Crane,
of Burlington, Assistant Collector of
Internal Revenue for the Third Dis
triet of Vermont, who has been declar-
ed a defanlter to the amount of $27,-
600. He claims that Jewitt former
collector. embezzIed the funds.
EX-SENATOR YATES, of Illinois, died
quite suddenly in st. Louis on Thurs
day. He was man of considerable
ability, but was rather too much Civ
en- to social life. He was the s'War
Governor" of Illinois, and made quite
a. reputation in that capacity. During
his term in the Senate he held the rank
of 'sthe mestrpopular of fellows" and
when he undertook to make himself
felt upon public question.he was a
power.
THE State of Arkansas has been re-
voludonize. The Democrats have
now a majority of twenty-five in the
Last year the Republi-
cans had thirty-tWo majority. The
Indications a,.n ,,nrrr thnt nrnrrr Sonfh