The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-05-01
nAvENsA. THURSDAY. MAY i. 1879.

RAvENNA. THURSDAY. May L. 1873.
IT is expected the new postal cards
will go into effect to-day.
CARL ScHURz sailed for Europe on
the 9th ult.
BEN. BUTLER believes that the civil
service reform is failure. 1t does
look that way.
AN explosion of benzine in Chi
y. cago dyeing establishment on Satur-
q day fatally scalded child of the pro-
prietor.
THE Memphis Life and General In
surance Bank suspended on Saturday
morning. Liabilities 1875, 900, which,
it is said, are fully secured by assets.
Two hundred employees of the
United States Watch Company, at
itWest End, n. j., have struck in con-
sequence of non-payment of wages.
PRESIDENT Grant and party are on
the wing; on Monday they were in
- Denver. Grant can afford to travel
on s50,000a year.
,sa AT the election in Quincy, Illinois,
on the 2Ist, the Democrats elected
their entire city ticket, and all the al
dermen.,
na The House bill providing for the
formation of societies for the preven-
tion OF cruelty to animals passed the
- Senate on Thursday last, and is now q
'law.sis 4s-
A SPECIAL to the Memphis, Tenn,
y Avalanche, says the town of Mora
via, Ark, was nearly. destroyed by
Il fire ON Thursday. Loss estimated at
= $4,000. 'iTl'iise ita - illhae5 Il
TIE village of Stanton, Tennessee,
ON the Memphis s. Louisville Rail-
d road, Yves destroyed by fire Saturday
siLossI estimated at $l50,OO0. Il No par.
u ticulars. e aeb0l6 bsIlool6-ib5f. %
I . The Brewer branch of the heirs to
. anHolland estate worth $4,000 600.
met in Trenton, N. j., last Friday
= !, The lawyers say the. heirs will soon
4 enter, into possession of the estate.
sb g.A1DIsPATcH from Portsmouth Ohio,
dated the 18th. ult., says: A fire at
= Oak Hill on Saturday destroyed the
iastore and warehouse belonging to
Madison Furnace. Loss 1900. No
Insurance.. al ..sy9aio ifE 9ve5a
!. IwEsTY, THOUSAND coal miners in
'ixLeieestershire,g England, have struck
for higher wages. The advance in
Coal and in the coast of living were
ss the cause. az a.t.a....-,'' ii.
Il The District Court. at ,Ironton. this
e State has affirmed q Judgment for
2 5000 for damages in Iavor OF Mrs.
Lewis against Thomas Evans for SELL
q ing liquor to her husband. A p
q TIE Liverpool papers of the 14th
!, nlt. contain the particulars of fire in
ID Gay street of that city, whereby one
as Scharahl was burned to death, and an
entire family named Edwards, con-
sisting of six persons, were suffocated.
58ailTHE heirs of the Townley Chase es-
tate OF England, who reside in this
Z State, were called to meet at the Beck
j. ell House in Dayton, on Monday last.
Ito take stops toward securing the
property.
-. A DISASTROUS frost on the coast OF
South Carolina on Saturday morning,
did great damage to the growing
crops. Much of the cotton will have
to be replanted. and the injury to ear
ly vegetables will be irreparablc.-
Frost as late in the season has not oc-
i, Cured in that region in fifty years.
IS In is reported that train, consist
ing Of eight, four-mule wagons, with
Government supplies. was captured
3 ,afew days ago by the Indians on Cole
0 Greek, sixty-five miles from Denni-
ison, Texas, and four of the eight men
with the train Killed and two others
wounded s3s.., -,,a.
ay The Atlantic National Bank No. II,
2 Nassan street, N. Y. has '.gone up the
y spout, owing to the Cashier having
used the funds OF its depositors in
Iii improbable stock speculations. The
y deficit, independent of the capital and
s surplus, is found to amount of 1904,
is8000.o It is thought the depositors will
! he able to realize about fifty cents on
the dollar of their deposites out OF
:. - the assets Of the Bank. ~
.da THE strike among the coal miners
In the Tascarawas Valley has termi-
mated. The striking miners, after
having been idle since the first of Jan.
nary, have returned to their work at 9
uniform, basis Of of 95 cents a ton.l
Id This striking has been rather an ex,
4n pensivep business-for had they re.
ri eeivsd the advance they demanded, i
would not in five years have compen
sated for what they have lost by being
naout Unemployment for months. The,
en were receiving $l00 per ton, demand
'po ed TO- and now come down to 2!
III cents'oda tdfa9 ie3sll o. liel ala
/; 4of ri Destructive Fire at Fort Scott. I; {
mo A IRE occurred at Fort Scott, Kan
y sas, on the night of the 23d ult., which
, destroyed over thirty buildings il
{ the business portion of the city. Th'
- Il 7,r,;l1;0sra uopa rr,ostlv old xuoodar