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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-04
SUEEIELD.

Correspondence.
The only scarcity in this place at
present is that of school teachers.
More than half of our schools are
empty, and to use Wall street express
sion, there's a "corner" in school
marm's. You can find any amount of
young people of both sexes who haye
taught before and would be very will
ing to teach again, but have failed to
get certificates at the teacheas examih-
alton. 1 know several young men
who failed at Ravenna and went to
Stark or Summit county and had no
trouble to get certificates. I was out
yesterday trying to find teacher, l
met young man who told me that he
had been teaching for the last two
years. He taught too terms and went
to school two terms since his last ex-
animation, but failed this spring, and
thinks there is 'ring" formed be-
tween the examiners and some literary
institution that will not name. An
other, young lady, got her questions
at home and studying every day since
her examination, she is sure her ans
wers were correct, and still she failed.
Now, if those gentlemen examiners
have any knowledge of rural life, they
must know that in township sub
districts, boys between the ages of Il
and q years are working in the fields,
girls of the same ages are employed in
the house, and the scholars of the
summer term are children from six
to to twelve years old, going through
a primary course of education. In the
name of common sense, what is the
use of SO much rieidity in the examin-
alton of teachers for such young chill
dren, if it is not for clique, pomposity,
and bosh? It would also be we'll if
the gentlemen above mention would
consider that local directors get no
remuneration for their time or trou-
bic, and when they are obliged to
leave their work and run through the
country in search of teachers, all
through the capricious display, or
whatever you may call it, of teachers
examiners, they begin to wish these
gentlemen in limbo, and think our
state school law a humbug. L could
have choice from dozen good, NOR
al and competent teachers before
night if it was not for the above mem
toned obstacles thrown purposely in
our way. I would be very sorry to
write one word detrimental to the
examiners, though I have not the
honor of knowing any of them, but
we in the country would like to have
what we consider wrong redressed,
and l think it is right that they should
know The state of public feeling on
these matters, and tho only means of
exposing our wrongs is through the
press. ROVER.
sumeld, O., May 28th, 1874, ]
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-04

A BIG HAUL.-On Thursday and
Friday last, a number of detectives
belonging to the United States Secret
Service, arrested eleven persons at
Cincinnati, charged with being engag-
ed in inflating the /" irredeemable pa
per currency of the country in an
illegal way. Among those arrested
is a saloon keeper, named George
Stoppelkamp, who is worth property
valued at $4,000. He is charged with
selling counterfeit fifty cent fractional
currency. The counterfeits are said
to be splendid ones, and have been
passed upon bankers. The parties
were required to give bonds in the
sum of $500 each, to appear before
the Commissioner on Tuesday, Stop
pelkamp alone complying with the
order, the others going to jail.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-04


The following extract from Senator
Thurman's speech in the Senate will
give the reader very clear and COR
rect view of that gentleman's position
on the Currency question; and, we
seriously doubt whether the few pa
pers of the Senator's own party, that
are constantly pitching into him will
succeed in convincing any considera-
BILE portion of the Democracy that he
is uRfaithful to his trust, or misrepre-
sents the sentiments and interests OF
the people:
81 repeat that while am opposed
10 any harsh measure to resume specie
payments, while / am opposed to the
contraction of the currency, while l
am most anxious that we shall pro-
ceed so cautiously that we shall do as
little injury as possible to the business
interests of the country, and especial
Iy to the debtor class of the country,
and not make them pay more than
they contracted TO pay-while am
anxious for that, I am unwilling to
embark this country in overtrading
and speculation, which have already
brought such difficulties upon US and
increased the Indebtedness of the
country so far that no man can fore
what will be the end.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-04
LandMonopIy.

1t is almost impossible to appreciate
the evils of the land monopoly system,
as it exists in Great Britain. Seventy
five men own nearly half the whole
land in Scotland, s country about
equal in area to the State of Indiana,
in which reside three or four millions
of people. Among these lucky seven
ty-hve are the following:
"Duke of Sutherland, acreage l,176,-
STA, valuation f57, ,I47; Earl OF Bread
albane and Trustees, acreage S,55S
valuation 857, ,292 Duke of Buccleugh
acreage 432, ,347, valuation eIS4,142
Earl of Seafield, acreage 305, ,S9I, valu-
alton E7lS84; Duke of Richmond
acreage 269, ,26S, valuation f60,379
Earl of Fife, acreage 262.Sl5, valuation
E72, ,3l2; the Duke of Athole, acreage
1S4, ,975, valuation E40,75S Duke OF
Argyll, acreage 175, ia, valuation ELL.
1872; Earl OF DaIhousie, acreage 1873,
76O, valuation E59,051 Duke OF Mon.
trose, acreage IO3, 76O, valuation f23,-
099; MARQUEE of Butte, acreage 1920
valuation f47.772; Duke of Portland
acreage, les, ,456, valuation Ell .527
Duke OF Hamilton, acreage 1894,
valuation flI4,063. In Aberdeen
shire there are five estates of over 40,
600 acres; Argyllshire, II, etc. The
Queens Balmoral estate is set down
at 25350 acres, of the gross annual val
ue of e., ,392 26s. The Prince of Wales
has an estate at Balater containing g.
$40 acres, of the annual value of ESIs
r."
This is not owing to any natural
distribution of property. On the con-
trary, it is the result of cunning legis.
latioA upon the part of the favored
and wealthy few, who, by intrigue and
force, obtained the reins of power and
used it for their own aggrandizement
and then of their descendants. The
law of primogeniture, eniailing landed
property upon the eldest heir, is one
of the causes of this shocking inequaTi-
ty in the social condition OF the ma
ton. To strike it down should be
the first great agitatian of the British
Repub blicans. Ali their other measur-
es put together are not equal in inn
portance TO this. 1t is extraordinary
that such system should be permit.
ted to exist without revolution. In
the United States we have no laws OF
primogenIture, but, ut,ueyertheless, there
is strong and steady tendency to.
ward the gathering OF the land into
the hands of the few, which ought tc
be prevented in time by direct legis.
latlon. 1t is much easier TO repress a
budding evil than to eradicate it after
it has taken deep root-Enqutaer.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-04
member q the board of public works.

~
Member Of the Board of Public works.
The following article in reference
to the candidate for the Board of Pub
lie Works we copy from the Newark
Advocate Of May %. Mr.. Riley was
formerly a resident of Aurora, this
county, and, we believe, native of
that township. What is said of him
by the Advocate is well merited, and
his old friends in this section will be
pleased to see him on our ticket this
fall, and will most cheerfHIIy labor
for his success:
With a desire fer a successful issue,
we make the announcement that our
fellow toWnsman, Col. Isaac B. Riley,
will be candidate for nomination at
the coming Democratic State Conven-
ton for member of the Board of Pub
lie Works, for which position it will
be remembered he was nominated two
years ago at Cleveland, and shared
the fate Of the rest of the ticket. In
making this announcement we can
truthfuIIy add that it is rarely the case
that candidate named in connection
with any Office combines in such an
eminent degree the qualification and
practical experience that especially fit
Colonel Riley for the requirements OF
the position. In his avocation of civil
engineer he has acquired an enviable
reputation for professional ability. In
this capacity he has been during the
past twenty years prominently con-
nected with many of the important
public werks of this country. and has
also enjoyed an opportunity for OBJ
servations as to the construction aud
management of kindred enterprises in
Europe, furnishing him an unusually
varied and valuable experience. AS
q Democrat he is earnest and reliable,
with decided and vigorous opinions
on current political topics and an
abiding faith in the party of the peo-
pie as an instrument Of genuine re-
form, and through which must come
any substantial correction of existing
abuses. We sincerely believe that his
nomination and election will intro
dnce into the Board of Public Works
an element that can not fail to be ben
eficial.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-04

The Akron Beacon, q Republican
paper, but edited by a gentleman
thoroughly acquainted with the South
says of the Civil Rights Bill:
'.The effect of the measure North
will scarcely be felt. The coIored pop
uiatiOn here is so generally recognized
that the new rights conferred by this
will not be regarded as important
But in the South the effect will be felt
and for time will be damaging to
some of the States. The chief obiec-
ton lies in the proposed mixture in
common schools. The danger is that
the bill will operate practically to de-
stroy the free school systems.
In the State of Mississippi a civil
rights bill, fully as strong as this one
in every particular but its relation to
common schools has been in force for
a year or more and no one complains
of it, but even the colored members of
the Legislature did not ask for mixed
schools. They saw that mixture
would be damaging to both races. A
few of the more radical wanted sequal-
ity" enforced, but the sensible ones
did not. It may be that wise counsel
will continue to prevail and that the
cOlored people will not avail them
selves of the privileges their ardent
supporters in Congress seek to confer
but the danger is in the passage of
such law they would regard II as
their duty to ask for its literal fulfill
ment, in which case the schools would
be closed. The whites for years to
come will be the taxpayers of that
section, and as their race prejudices
are strong they will not consent to
mixture of their children with the
blacks in the manRer proposed. The
result will be that private schools will
be established the revenues of the
common schools withdrawn and the
State systems, now So successfully
conducted, will be destroyed. This
we strongly fear will be one of the
results of this measure and very un-
fortunate one to the colored people of
the country"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-04
temperance versus rotaI Abstinence.

Temperance Versus Total Abstinence.
From the N. Y. Observer, May 4, 1874.
The editor of the Christian AdUo-
cate, (Methodist) Rev. DR.. Curry. in
an editorial on the temperance move
ment, after stating that his advocacy
of total abstinence has been consistent
and thorough for many years, re-
marks:
tsWe have given some attention to
the biblical aspects of the wine and
LIQUOR question, and have not been
convinced that either in the Old OF
New Testament total abstinence from
alcohol is specifically eDjoined. Our
reading and observation have satisfied
us that there are states and conditions
of the system, shsrt of actual sickness,
in which jndicious use of alcoholic
liquors may be beneficial; and GER
tainlywe are not prepared to denounce
as sinners all who atany time or place,
in the exercise of their honest judg-
ment, and, we will add, of their right
full Christian liberty, use in modera-
ton such beverages. To their own
Master must they stand or fall.
On the other hand he says: some
needs not to be a physiologist, nor a
physician, nor chemist, nor learn
ed biblical critic, to be convinced ol
the evil effects of the use ct alcoholic
drinks, and the consequent necessity
and duty of seeking to guard against
theIn.v
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-04
Eai,orIal Sac convention.

The editors of Ohio, to the number
of abeut forty, held State Cony4n-
ton at Columbus on Friday The
members of the press were welcomed
by General ComIey, of the Ohio State
Journal, in a neat and appropriate adj
dress, which was responded to on be-
half OF the Association by Mr.. Bas-
comb of the Canton Rep. Sc Rep.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
President-J. NJ. Comley,
Vice Prelidents-James A. Estell
and s. N. LacOurt-
Secretaries-David S. Fisher and
G, e. NJ. Jennings
Treasurer-L. Harper
Executive Committee-A. J. Mack.
C. Nichols and w. T. Bacon.
The Committee on RESOLUTIONS re-
ported a series favoring the same sys-
tenn in reference to postage as that
recommended by the Association last
year. The report of the committee
was discussed bat not adopted. The
following substitute, introduced by
Mr.. Irvine, of the ZanesVille Signal,
was agreed to:
aResoEred, That this Association ap-
proves of the bill for postal reguia-
tions for newspapers now pending in
the United States Senate, which has
| just passed the House of Representa-
tiVes, providing for free exchanges
and free delivery of newspapers with
in the county where published.
II was decided to hold the next
meeting of the Association in Column
bus on the 9th and 2sth of May, 1875,
and w. d. Bickham, Of the Dayton
Journal was chosen Orator, and A.
McGregor, of the Stark county Demo
crat, Poet, for the occasion:
In the evening, the local press OF
the Capital City gave banquet at the
American House, at which toasts.
speeches and recitations formed the
entertainment.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-04
The Right Sentiment.

The Democracy of Licking County,
in their Convention on the Esd ult.,
among other things resolved that
"We arc in favor of the largest lib
erty consistent with the public well
fare, and we maintain the right of
every citizen to the full enjoyment of
his own opinions, and to the govern
ment of his own actions aud pursuits
without restraint, so that he does not
interfere with the equal rights of 9TH
ers; and we are therefore opposed to
all sumptuary laws and invasions of
private rights"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-04

Iris claimed that the Civil Rights,
Negro Equality bill viii do the busi-
ness for the Radical party inTennessee.
Two years ago they elected seven Of
the ten members OF Congress, and
this Yearit is said they will elect but
one. Aint there any Ku-Klux down
there whom our Republican Presi-
dent can send the army to hunt?
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-04

These six States have not have half
as many negroes as there are in Ohio.
Their schools will be affected but a
triAe, but it will be serious matter
in the West and South, where the me-
gro population is heavy. If New
England had had negroes to any ex-
tent they would have been the last to
have adopted this bill, for there is no
part of the country where the So
called prejudices of color are stronger
than with our Yankee sisters. New
England is like Artemus Ward, when
he gravely proposed during the war
to sacrifice, if necessaryto carry it ols
the blood of all his wife's relations.
In his late address to the colorcd peo-
pie of Tennessee Parson Brownlow
said:
Let them also remember that this
is not question as to whether we
shall have mixed schools, but whether
we shall have any system of public
instruction at all. For it is not in the
power of forty Congresses to estab-
lish this mixed school system in
Tennessee. If the Civil Rights bin
should pass without the mixed school
feature being stricken out, the whole
school fabric in Tennessee will at once
fall 10 the ground as it will deserves
to do. Then the expenses of the edu-
cation of their children, if they are
educated at all, will be borne by them.
selves, aud not by the white people,
as they now are"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-04

Ar an amateur game OF bass ball at
Hartford, Conn, on Saturday three
players were injured and the game
ended with the fifth inning. One had
a finger backed, another his jaw brok-
en- and sir teeth knocked out, and the
third received q severe cut in the
head which threatens a fatal result.
That is a delightful ar,usement.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-04

The Choctaw and Chickasaw In
dians Of the Kansas reservation main
tain a very well regulated Territorial
Government, and have established
schools for the education of their
children, but they are not filed with
admiration and love for the negroes
and refuse to admit them to any sort
of equality To bring them TO terms
in this respect abill has been passed
to compel them.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-04

TIE Pittsburgh Court of Common
Pleas has decided that there was error
III the proceedings of the Mayor in
case against the crusaders, and revers-
ed the Judgement and ordered the
fines to be refunded.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-04

Ir1s DoEE.-On Monday the Pres
ident sent to the Senate the name Of
William A. Richardson's as Judge Of
the Court Of Claims, and of General
Benjamin F. Bristow, of Kentucky
as Secretary of the Treasury, in place
of Richardson, resigned,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-04

REPoETs from Oregon indicate
that the election in that state on Mon
day resulted in the re-eleetion of La
fayette F. Grover, Democrat for Coy
ernor. m m re.f
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-04

IT should be borne in mind that the
Legislature Of this State has passed
a law fxinga fine of from Eve to fifty
dollars for pointing any kind of fire.
arms at person, whether loaded or
not. The law is a good one and
should be enforced, for, as the old
lady we'll remarked, gun is a dam
gerous instrument, even without lock,
cock, stock or barrel.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-04

THREE Commissioners of BarnwsIl
county, South Carolina, have been
convicted Or corruption and sentenced
respectively 10 ten, nine, and thirteen
years in4he penitentiary.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-04
New England at work on our schools.


The friends of the Common School
system can not but be indignant at the
outrage which Congress is about to
perpetrate. A division of the School
Fund among the religious sects would
scarcely be more Injurious to their in
terests than the requirement that me-
gro public schools shall be abolished
and that negroes shall attend the pub
lie schools with the whites. The out
rage is causeless and unprovoked.
Here in Ohio we have a school system
that every black has been satisfied
with, so far as we know In school
districts where the negro youth are
less than ten they attend the district
schools. If there are more than ten
the School Trustees must establish a
separate school for them. In all the
large cities there are negro schools,
managed by negroes and taught by
negroes. This is all to be broken up,
and the negroes, against their wish,
are to be forced into educational asse-
citation with the whites in order to
carry out an idea of negro equality.
From the day this infamous law pass
es the House of Representatives and
is signed by the President, the public
schools will detoriate and go down.
Hundreds of thousands of children
will be Withdrawn and sent to select
schools, and there will be a formida-
BILE agitation to abandon the public
school system altogether. The selfish
ness and injustice of New England
are well demonstrated by this measure
she has voted to put upon the West
and South. Here is the record of the
total negro population in her midst
by the census of 1870:
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-04

Hox. JoHS EDeAR THoMPsoN, Presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, died at his residence in
Philadelphia on the night Of the 9th
uIt.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-04

THE Grand jury Of Cuyahoga coun-
ty, returned over 800 indictments
against about 200 persons, Tor viola
tions of the liquor laws, at their late
session. lOW's that for high
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-04

ADMrRAL SEM.GEs, the pirate, of
the AIabama, has been amnestied and
all his political disabilities removed.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-04

The Nineteenth National Reunion
and Concerts of the North American
Saenger Bund, will be held at Cleve-
land. Ohio, June 22d, .23d, 24fh, 25th,
26th. and 9th. To insure the success
of this Fest, the citizens of Cleveland
have nobly come to the front with
contributions to the amount of sixty
thousand dollars. The hall viii be
located ON Euclid Avenue, the most
beautiful street IN the Union. It will
have q stage capacity of 1900, orches-
ira 15O, and seating accommodation
for an audience oi I0,000 persons. The
celebrated Prima Donna, Mile Lucca,
the renowned Baritone, Adolph Sost.
and the Trombone SoIoist, Fred Letsch
will be among the chief attractions.
The orchestra, numbering $50 of the
best musicians in the country, will be
under the direction of that eminent
leader, Mr.. Carl Bergman, of New
York, The Chorouses will number
1860 voices. Arrangements have been
made with all the Railroad Companies
and Steamboat lines. to bring visitors
to and from this grand musical enter
tainment at half fare rates. During
the week of festivities, grand excur-
sions on the Lake win be given, and
picnies on the grounds of the North
een Ohio Fair Association.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-04
Wonderful but True.

Drs. A. Hammond and AIcATaster. office No 14s
broadway, Cleveland, o., are eiecting re
mafkablc cures in the treatment of ConStitu
tional and Surgical Diseases, CANCERS = ''N'l
or no charges incurred. Epilepsy and all Chron-
ie Diseases cured after all other tleatmens .,..s
failed. II you are afflicted o1lt and see them
once hours A, N, to F.M, S94-tt
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-04

ARKANsAs affairs are to be stirred
up again. A committee Of Congress
is to do the business.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-04
THE MARKETS.

hANENNA, June ., INA.
FLOUR = Ranges from 50 co. for Xxx Red,
to SO GO for xxx White Demand steady.
wHEAT-No. 1, 81 55; No. 2, 81 90
CORN-Shelled brings soc q 81 90;
oATS-55 a 6Oc.
RYE-No. 1 brings so q 9Oc;
BUGKWHEAT-Seed Per bushel, 81 So
HAY-Selling at SIG a $40; according 10
quality.
LARD-City render ed lie; country 121<e.
BEEF-Sells at Sc 90 q $s 90 per hundred.
SMOKED MEATS-City Sugar Cured Hams
selling at I5c; Country cured 10 q 12c;
Shoulders, City cured selling at s@1ec. Dried
Beef selling at 1sc.
POULTRY-Moderate supply in the market
Chickens dressed, buyers pay 12h cts; undress-
ed SC Turkies. live Sc;
BUTTER-2O92sc and in good demand.
CHEESE-Factory, new, retails, Ice.
EGGS buyers pay 1276c per doz.
Purchasers pay $1.15 q %
DRIED APPLES-Buyers A pay10 C.
BEANS-Choice hand picked in good demand
at 50 25 perbu. Medium 81 70.
ONIONS per bushel. .$1.5O @$1.75
HOPS-50c.
SAGE-Retails at SOC 970c.
VINEGH HR-Pure cider, retafIs soc per gal.
TALLOW-Buyers pay &c.
HIDES-Green, trimmed 5 &c. untrimmed AZ
FEATHERS-Retail at 81 90.
WHITE LIAIE-S1 60 per Dbl.
WATER LIME-$2 10 9$s 90.
SALT-Coarse sells at IS 90; fine So 25
WOOD-Stove 50 0O92 so; feet wood s. 90
a So so per cord.
SuGARs-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-04
BUY IN
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A. TEACHoUT " CO., 6a Michigan street,
keep constantly ON hand - large stock from 10
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them, and also be sure OF getting irSt quality
OF goods. Remember the number, Ga Michigan
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