The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-05-22

day.
s.ISDIAN attacks on the line of tn,
the Northern Pacific Railroad are an
ticfpated.
Z. Il. Cox, prominent and respect
ed CITIZEN OF Zanesville, and father o
Hon. 8. 5. Cox, late member of Con
gress,. died in that city on Sunday
last zas.s--... 80
d. DIEHL, from York, Pa. shot and
mortally wounded Robert E. Blair, 8
painter, at Nashua, n. H., on Monday
afternoon, Diehl was arrested.
DONALDSON, the aeronaut, made al
ascension at Reading, Pa, on the cv-
ening OF. the 18th inst. in balloon
made Of brown paper, and landed
safelys y sf9f $50 -Asz5ta -s-hi
"A ABLocK containing four stores, on
Meeting htreet, Charleston, s.. c., was
destroyed by fire ON Sunday night
Loss $4,000. #a7so ~
.JoHS w. WlLLIAMs, a mulaito, has
appointed B cadet at West Point
fromithe Fortress Monroe district OF
Virginia. lsa 1na R2H&
"A MAN named Joseph B. Horst took
lodgings on the track of the Hooking
Valley Railroad at Columbus, Sunday
night, and q freight train passed over
him. He sleeps the sleep that knows
no waking 5a4toe - ;ss5.i5f.
IT is reported that the Bender fam.
ily,g Fan account of whose bloody work
III Kansas we copy ON the first page,
have been captured in Texas, and thai
theyIwiIl be taken back TO the scene
ofitheir horrible deeds. 5.-l4si -9a
TIE Loyalty of the Springfield (Ill.)
Post G.. A. R.dwIll be called iIbaues-
tionu by the faithful 1t is reported
that as their meeting to make arrange
ments for Decoration Day, il was un-.
derstood that the graves OF 800 Union
and 300 Confederate soldiers are to be
decorated alike. z Tas5 -h7f'ils
"A DISPATCH from Poughkeepsie, N.
Y, dated the 18th inst, says: sit is
reported that gallery at Sing Sing
prison fell to-day, carrying down a
number OF, prisoners. One was killed
and several seriously injured. No
particulars Tonight. w .s2t
On Sunday night. a fire broke out
car-shops ofthe O.. B. 81 Q. II. X. Co.,
at Aurora, Illinois, destroying eight
wooden buiidings,sa q large quantity OF
lnmberf threei Pullman cars, several
passenger coaches, and some unfin-
ished work in the shops, belonging to
the railroad company, besides two
private residences. Loss estimated al
A coLoRED Catholic Church, the
first established west of the .Missis-
sippi, was dedicated at St. Louis last
Sunday. 1.-The Bishop and fourteen
other prominent clergymen partici-
pated in the; services, Over twenty
Irish, German, Bohemian, colored and
temperance societies marched in the
procession, with regalia, banners and
bands of music, and nearly ten thou
sand people were present. 5a bs
THE' Supreme Court of Missouri
has decided that women have no right
to vote under the 14th amendment,
and that that amendment does moi
abridge the power of Tie State to limit
the right of suffrage to the male in
habitants., The amendment was in
tended. say the Missouri judges, to
compel the former slave States To give
freedmen the right of suffrage, and
make them equal with other citizens
before tire law. cote BED G5ei
"A RIOT occurred at the White
House, summer resort near Read
ing, Penn, on the evening of the 18th,
at which q young man named James
Halen was shot dead, David Walters
was shot in the neck, and VIM. Bru-
ner in the right cheek. The shooting
was done at close quarters by SUBJ
boss engaged on the contract on the
Befks County Railroad, named John
Peoples. Shortly after the occurrence
the police arrested the murderer
Peoples alleges that he committed the
deed in self-defense.
PRoBApILIT1Es.-It is thought to bt
quite certain that the Credit Mobilier
Convention, now in session at Column
bus, will nominate Governor Noyes
for reelection on the first ballot, and
that Hart has the poll in the race foi
Lieutenant Governor, although his
nomination is not considered quite as
certain. 1t is probable that resolu-
ton, viii be adopted denouncing the
congressman who voted for til elm
crease of salary bill, and also one ex-
pressing the fullest confidence and ap-
proyal of the Administrator of Gen.
Grant, who signed the bill and gave il
the force of law; thereby adding
100000 to his Golfers. That would
be consistent, very. ss
!. CHAsE's tSUCCEssoR.-A Washing
ton special says: ail @
The friends of Roscoe Conkling as
serti that he has only TO say the word
to get the appointment OF Chief-Jus-
tice, but that he cannot sacrifice his
prospects for the Presidency three
years hence by shelving himself Oh
the bench. Conkling is probably tht
most personally unpopular man in the
Republican party, and has about a.
much show for the Presidency as he
has of getting TO heaven. ..,s
ITs MAKE UP.-The occupations OF
the members of the constitutional
convention now in session, are given
as follows: SiAty-three lawyers, thir-
teen farmers, six doctors of Medicine,
five merchants, three bankers, two
printers, two cleagymen, two mer-