The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-02-26


ex-senator Wigfall, Of Texas.
A can has been issuea for ; State
Mass Temperance Convention 70 be
held i'm Columbus on Wednesday
March 18th.
IT Is the opinion at Omaha that the
Indian outrages on the border are not
likely e eliminate in general war;
Iris rnmored in Washington that
secrefsrY FEah viii succeed Schemes
in The London Mission, aud that Ban
croft viii shortly retire from Bsrlin-
TIE Kansas Senate has passed =
Joint resolution to submit thesq question
Or female suffrage 70 q vote Of the
ps5pls Of the state.
G0vnRnoD Allen has accepted an iT-
&itation 20 be present at the ceisbra-
tion Of st. Patrick's Day IN Toledo, on
the 14Eh of March.
Tn COMMITTEES in Congress, 70
whom The petitions Of the q God in
tho Constitution party were referred
has throwa cold water on the scheme,
and he 81 dFocates Of this Interpolation
may ~ well give up the idea
Irfa reported that > new epidemic
or eohlaeious disease, has broken ont
among ths horses of New York and
sarroun5iBg cities.
sTHk negroes Of Virginia are begtn-
ming 10 weary of voting for the rar-
pet-baggera and are insisting on their
right 20 hold Office.
tia said that General Grant is Of
the epinion that the carpet-bag ele-
rrsiIt has not contributed much 10 the
coed 81 the Rspublican party in the
South. Therein he greatly errs, for
that element and federal bayonets are
the very life and soul Of that party.
Iris reported that three hundred
fab ernasn on cakes OF ice have been
driven by the wind from me mouth
Sfths Saginaw River into the bay i've
miles from land They are said to be
fn-greaa HRspense.
Two hundred aud eighty thousand
persona are starving In the districts Of
Tirpoot and BoglipOor, and in the
Presidency Of Bengal half million
poople will die Of hunger. 30 says .
dispatch from Calcutta.
THE iadies are continuing their raid
On runs, and the movement is spread-
ing Ia al diTections- As jet we have
heard 6f no effort having been made
to inaugurate the great reform in this
place. II tbs work is not begup soon
we fear our people will be out Of
fashion ana clear behind the times.
"A prominent Railroad Company
sent Governor allen 3 season pass,
which he Immediately returned with
4 polite note a. follows: "Respect-
fully retnrned, with thanks for kind
consideration, but the Governor does
net think that it comports with his
position TO accept favors of this kind" /"
Ar Large meeting OF citizens at
Dayton, O., last Saturday evening,
steps were taken to organize South
srn Ohio Fair Association to hold an
exposition tfsFenext fall. The capital
stock a1nonnta to sl00,O0G-
OK Saturday morning Robert E.
Hflup, q well known citizen of Cleye-
land. was found dead in his bed at the
City Hotel in that city. He had taken
an overdose of laudanum, asis believ-
ed for the purpose of ending bis life.
BE was formerly Assistant superin-
tenaent Of the G. G. So G. Railroad and
lafsly he has beel in the employ OF
MeNairy, Clahin q Co
THe Bfandon lMiss.,) RepublicaB
gives rs al insight into the character
ofthe dibtinguished Pease, newly cleo
ted Senator from that State. A CO.
Temporary having asked that he be
extended the consideration that he
fs entitled to- the Republicaa retorts
that's sls5.
r. III he receives the T" consideration
which he deserves, at the hands of all
honesE meu. he will be Kicked out Of
thD Senate aud landed in the peniten-
tiarF. where he should have been sent
long aR0 for his swindIing operations
in maph aud school fuFnituFe. M
II il announced tlat B. Z. Bruce,
tie new negro Senator from Missis-
sippi. was born slave in Prince ed.
wards county, Va, and that he at
tended school at OberIin and acquired
An ordinary knowledge o. grammar,
which is thought bs RadieaIiam to be
quite sufHcient 70 qualify him for the
high and responsible position OF u. s
Senator.
THx Louisiana tnfanny is cit last con
fessed even by the immedizte organs
ef Grant. ssl. ms
FFrom the New York Times, Feb. II s
a State being in the hands of mel
not legally chosen TO Office, who Oh
tafned possession by an illegal decres
or q Federal Judge, backed by ths
military force Of the United States.1
TarRE is prospect Of trouble be
tween the elements comprising th'
Radical party. Fred. Douglass dom
IKE the prospective treatment Q
Pinchbaek By the leaders Of the part
in Congress, and threatens to bolt
He says he has .sstood By the Repub
iIcsn party simply because the partl
has stood By the negro Radicalisn
can hardly afford TO lose SO importan
and powerful an ally.
VIZ we're told that the people wouIs
have honest elections in Pennsylva
mia after the adoption Of their nev
constitution; that the rule Of the cor
ruptionints and rings Rould be at al
end. But now comes the news tha
At the election for mayor at Phiiadel
v.f,;o taet wnaIr Gfolraiev the Radfca