The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-11


asFridaY. Eighteen. of the twenty dis.
stricts were represented, either by the
regular committeeman or by proxy
A vote vas taken on the question OF
postponing the holding of the State
Convention till the 18th of August
and the motion to postpone was car
irfed by a vote Of 16 for to 2 against if.
We think the Committee has acted
wisely in this matter. as the question
of the adoption or rejection Of the
new Constitution should not be made
q party issue, but every one should be
.len free to vote for or against il as his
own unbiased Judgment may dictate,
and this is9 che feeling of all our
friends with whom we have talked
upon the subject
faI1ft4 Za-LlEz = a--sssg.-.zz GO
oTHKs new Courthouse of Jefferson
county, at SteubenvilIe, was dcdicat-
sel ON Monday. M 8sssls4
THERE arc how upwards of sixty
cases under the Adair law pending in
the supreme Court of the State
Of the Sd inst. the Legislature of
New Hampshire elected Mr.. Weston.
Democrat, Governor of that State.
Ox the Sd inst. Col. Tom. Scott was
elected President of the Pennsylvania
Railroad company.
THE 18th Regiment D. v. L, will
hold its re-union at Wooster on the
4th Of July. ~
HT it thought that Hon. Hugh j.
Jewett viii be elected President of the
Erie Railway. 7ga
The McCoDnellsville ordinance was
defeated at Leetonia on the 23d .ult,
BY q majority Of 81 votes, BIB ballots
being cast. - .es
On Sunday night Young married
woman named VondemBerg was ere
mated alive in Cincinnati, caused by
the attempt to kindle fire with ker-
osine. .e
THE good news that the present
season viii the most bountiful. in all
kinds of fruit, that Ohio has had for
years, comes from all directions.
The next Mahening County Fair
will be held in Garfield, on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, October
9Th, 7th and 8th.
Or the seventy-eight indictments
returned by the grand jury of Colum-
biana county at their recent session,
seventy were for violations Of the
liquor laws. ~
YoUNGsTowN is to have German
newspaper, the first number of which
will be issued about the first of July.
Henry Cent?, late of Cleveland. is to
be the editor and publisher
The Annual Reunion of the Seventh
Twenty Ninth and One Hundred and
Third o. ". J., will be held in Paines-
vile, July, Sd, 4th and 9TH. They
will pitch their tents on the grounds
Of Gen. J. s. Easement.
IT is now thought Congress will
not be able to adjourn beforeJuly 18th.
The joint resolution fixes the day of
adjournment on the I'D of Jnne.s
On Monday afternoon the bill for
the admission of Colorado as State
was passed by the House of Repre-
sentatives, under a suspension of the
rules by . vote of 170yesss to 65 nays.
aTHE Prohibitionists of the 18th Con-
gressionaI District held their nomina-
ling Convention week before last at
Alliance, and nominated Rev. Louis
Paine, of LimaviHe, as their candidate
for Congress- - kfsfur3rf
FHE appointment of the new Secre-
tary OF the Treasury, Briatow, appears
to give very general satisfaction. That
Of the Judge of the Court of Claims,
Richardson, very general dissatisfac-
tion-s8la siill a
The Mahoning County News says:
John Ewing, a cattle dealer residing
at North jackson, this county, has
made an assignment. His liabilities
are said to be about $25,000. We are
informed that some of our citizens are
losers in eonsid eFable sums. Cause of
failuEe-too much 'fWard scrip
"A WEEK ago last Friday night the
house of Mr.. R-J ones, attn Newtonyille
Muskingum county, was destroyed by
fire while Mr.. and Mrs. Jones were
at q sick neighbor's, and three of their
children perished in the flames. One
of their fonF children, boy about ii
years old, barely made his escape.
ALLIANCE is lamenting over the
suspension of the banking house of
Greiner, Sonrbeck & Co, which took
place on Thursday last. The amount
Of their liabilities or of their: assets or
the condition of their affairs is not
known, but statement of their con-
dition is being prepared for the bene-
ftof the public.
On Monday Ben Butler made an eff
fort to obtain the suspension of the
rules of the House and take the Sem
ateCivil Rights bill from the Speakers
table and refer il to the Judiciary
Committee, with leave to report at
any time. The vote was less than the
necessary two-thirds, being 1876 to Sc
nays = Ha s5s.
THE town of Tampico, Illinois, was
almost entirely destroyed by terri
bic tornado which visited it on Satur-
day night. Twenty houses were to-
tally destroyed, and every house in
town more or less damaged. Two ell
eyators containing 1880 bushels of