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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20
RAPIDS CoRREsPoNDENcE.
RAPIDS. Aug. 10th. 1874.

RAPIDS, Aug. 10th, 1874.
FRIEND HARRIS II send you, per
request, items. Twenty-Five days age
we had our last rain, and that is why
we are so dry. Cows refuse to deal out
but half rations to the factory pota-
toes and corn suffering for the want OF
rain; farmers driving stock to the riv-
er for water.
j. L. Crafts has purchased his former
blacksmith shop of T. Wilcox. Con-
sideration, $500. A change the people
can appreciate, for we all know jeff.
can shoe horses equal to the best, if not
better. Young Wilcox will be found
at the Doctors store, where he has a
new and choice stock of groceries,
smiling one of his sweetest smiles
when he has customer. M. Cooney,
a short walk southwark, has dry goods
and groceries, and says he wont be un-
dersold; SO the prospect is that per-
son can get 90 worth for IS cents.
How long it will last, depends on
which can buy cigars and burning oil
the cheapest. cents for good cigars,
123 cents for oil, at this date.
The Troy boys were to play a match
game of base ball with the Hiram club
last week, on the Rapids grounds.
They were prompt on time, but were
much surprised to find that some of
the Hiram boys had grown to be No.
| base-ballists in the last year, and af-
ter many excuses, and little playing,
they concluded to go to Burton and
practice while before they played the
match.
w. F. Pinney has moved to the CEN
ter, for the purpose of getting his son
to school. He occupies widow Smiths
house. "
Our district school closes this week.
Miss Farr, the teacher, seems to be the
right one in the right place. AS a
teacher, she is a success. p.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20
COUNTY
Democratic Convention.

The Democratic Electors of Portage County
are requested to meet in convention by dele
gates at Citizens Hail, in Ravenna, on
Saturday. August ssd, 1874,
for the purpose Of choosing four delegates TO
represents the County in the Democratic State
Convention to be held IN Columbus on the 26th
inst. and to transact such other business as may
come before the meeting.
Each township viii be entitled to four dele
gates in said County Con sention-
,It Is hoped that every township in the county
will be represented.
By order Of the Executive Committee
s. D. NORTON. Chairman.
Ravenna. August 4. 1874.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20

AN ecclesiastic scandal is limited at
in Chicago which it is aaid will eclipse
anything yet known in the social cir
cles of that wicked city.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20


PROBABLE MURDER.-Some days
since a party of two persons, whose
names are given as Charles Cain and
Edward O'Hara, of Newburg, came
into our city. Early this week a ru-
NOR was afoat that the younger of
the party, O'Hara, had been murdered
for his money, of which he is said to
have had from $40 to $40. His late
companion, Cain, was supposed to be
the criminal, and he has since been
awaiting trial.
Cams story is that he and the young
man quarrelled when they parted
company, after which ne knows moth
ing OF his late companion. AT that
time they were some distance from
this city in the country.
a family by the name of Sloan, re-
siding about one and one-half miles
north of this city, report finding a
vest aud coat in some brush near their
residence. These articles are not yet
identified as belonging to the young
man.
Last evening our Ere Department
tookt the city Steamer to the large pond
of water formed in the stone quarry
in the vicinity aud worked all night
pumping out the water and making
search for the body, but no clue was
obtained.
To-day we learn that an old well
has been filled within fewadays near
where the clothes were found, and il
is proposed that the well shall be re-
opened. This will be doue to-day.
Should the we'll circumstance solve
the mystery of this disappearance,
other parties than Cain may be found
implicated.-Allianee Monitor.
Since the above was in type we
learn that young Cain has been dis
charged.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20

GEsERAL Grant has declined an in
viitation to deliver the inaugural ad-
dress at the dedication of the monu-
ment to Abraham Liucoln, at Spring
field, Illinois, on the 18th of October
nextI ialea
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20
DEMOCRATIC
Congressional Convention /!

The Democrats Of the 18th Congressional Dis
trfct Of Ohio represented by their delegates,
will meet in Convention at Warren. TrumbuIl
Co, on
Thursday September 10, 1874.
70 select candidate for member of the Federal
Congress from said District, and for the trans
action Of such other business as may come be-
fore said Convention.
The several counties are entitled to delegates
in said Contention as follows.
6eauga a-----.---..---.-.-------- ----
Lake --....--.s...-.-'..-.--.- -.--......-.-.--.
tof64Se .--..--.s.--...s
1fIialDlIh A
1905 D. C. GOODMAN
tsa Chm. 18th Congressional Dist, Com.
Ravenna. Ohio, August 17th, 1874.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20

The Alliance papers announce that
Greiner, Sourbeck q Co., Bankers,
who suspended some two months ago,
have arranged with their depositors
and others, aud again resumed busi-
ness.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20
This is one Of the latest c0nundrums

This is one of the latest conundrums
outs: 4rf ssz~ ~, go S. s
Ia what capacity was General Gar
field acting when he appeared before
the Board of Public Works, of the
District of Columbia and earned that
$4,000 in, a quarter of an hour by urg-
ing the DeGolyer swindling pavement
contract? Was it as parson, pettifog-
ger, patriot, or chairman of the Com
nittee on appropriations?
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20

In the war of races which has been
in progress in Mississippi the Radicals
all over the country espouse the cause
of the negro against their own race,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20
THE MARKETS +.

RAYENNA, Aug. 10. 1874.
FLOUR Ranges from Sc %, for Xxx Red,
to 81 90 for xxx White. Demand steady.
WHEAT-NO. 1, 81 10; No.s, 81 90.
CoRN-sheIled brings soc q 81 90;
OATS-40 q 45c; old, So q 6Oc.
RYE-No- brings 80 q 9Oc;
BAfsLEI-s0c. a 81 %.
HAY-selIfng at SIG a $40; according to
quality.
LARD-City rendered 1sc; country 121&c.
SMOKED MEATS-City Sugar Cured nams
selling at l7c; Country
Shoulders. City cured selling at s@1ec. Dried
Beef selling at zoe.
PoULTRY-Moderate supply in the market
Chickens, dressed, buyers pay 100 125k cts; un-
dressed &c ;rurkies. live Sc;
BUTrER-1s@20c and in good demand.
CHEESE Factory, new, ret;tilS, 15c.
EGGS buyers pay 1s35c per doz
POTArOES-Purcha pay Soc
BEANS-Choicc hand picked in good dem ie
at 81 % per bu. Medium 81 70.
ONIONS per bushel 81 Is.
HOPS-50c.
SAGERetailS at SOC @70c.
VINEGAR-Pure cider, retaiiS SOC per gal
TALLOW-Buyers pay SC.
HIDES-Green, trimmed 59kc. untrimmed AZ
FBATHERS-Retafl at 81 90.
WHITE IIME-S1 so per bbl.
WATER LINES rs
7 fSALT-Coarse sells at s. rs; fine So co.
sWOoD-Stoye So O092 so; feet wood s. 90
q So so per cord.
SUGARS
Coffee A sells for. .12kc
EAera = 1Oc
Granulated . :. Observation-Disclosures. .121<c
Pulverized g OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .14c
Crushed .14c
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20
Tnr Democrats of the 81,

The Democrats OF the sixth Con-
gressional District have nominated
Frank Ii. Hurd as their candidate for
Representative. Mr.. Hurd is young
man of ability; a tried and true DEM
ocrat, and one of the finest orators in
that district, and is decidenly popular.
He will make his pondrous opponent
"get up and get" We hope he may
be elected.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20


Tho Escape of Marshal B4zaine.
Marshal Bazaine who was condemn
ed to death by the French Government
for infldelity during the Franco-Prus-
sian wal, hut whose sentence was COM
muted to imprisonment for life on the
Isle of ST. Marguerite, made his es-
cape from imprisonment short time
ago. The manner of his escape is set
down to the credit of Madam Bazaine,
a yonng woman whom he married in
Mexico. The story has a touch of ro-
nance in it, and is detailed as Follows: !:
The apartments occupied by Mar
shal Bazaine opened upon a terrace
which was built upon lofty and pre-
cipitous cliff oVerhanging the sea. A
sentry was posted oRlhe terrace with
orders to watch the prisoners every
movement. During Sunday evening,
the Marshall walked upon the terrace
with Colonel Villette, his aid-de-camp.
At ten O'Clock he retired as usual ap-
parently TO sleep, but before day
break had effected his escape. He
must have crossed the terrace in the
dead of night and eluding the sentinel,
gained the edge of the precipice and
thence, by means of q. knotted rope,.
he descended to the sea. He evident
" slipped during the descentand tore
his hands, as a rope was found stained
with blood in several places. Under
the cliff in hired boat were Bazaine's
wife and cousin. They received him
as he reached the water and Madame
Bazaine taking the oars herself, rowed
to 3 strange steamer which had been
lying off the Island since the previous
evening. They reached the vessel in
safety, were taken on board, and ahe
steamer then put, out to sea. 1t is
thought they have landed at Genoa,
as the steamer proceeded in that di-
recHon. The first news of the affair
came TO Grasses the nearest place on
the coast, and the. magistrates of the
town Immediately sent officers in eve
ry direction in search of the fugitive.
There was great eommotion in Mar
settles when the facts became known,
and an investigation was opened.
Colonel Villette, who was walking
with the Marshall on the evening of
his escape, was discovered there and
imprisoned. The commaRdant of the
fort of Sainte Marguerite was placed
under arrest, and General Lewall has
gone to the island to investigate the
affair. There is a great excitement in
Paris in consequence of intelligence
that Marshal Bazaine had escaped from
the island of Saint Marguerite Sunday
night. The journals of Paris declare
that the governmen will act promptly
and energeticaily in Furnishing all who
connived at his escape.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20
For Con. Against Con

We have been unable to obtain the
vote on the question of license, though
for license generally runs behind for
the new constitution.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20

THE doctrine of the prohibitionists
is that they have the right to regulate
other men stomachs and appetites by
law.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20

THEDemocratie Congressional Con-
vention of the Sixth District fairly
and squarely endorsed Senator Thur
man.
THE Democratic of the 18th Con-
gressionaI District will hold their
Convention at Alliance on the Sth OF
September.
THE DmFERENcE.-Boss Shepherd.
of Washington, is in good health
while Boss Tweed, late of New York.
is not. And yet the Radicals hate Re-
publican thieves.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20

THE following are the majorities in
the County, SO far as we are able to
obtain them up to the hour of going
to press (Wednesday noon).
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20

Reports from various portions ofthe
State indicate that there will be 3
large majority against the new Con-
stitution, and probably majority for
License, though it is too early to form
an intelligent conclusion upon the sub
ieet.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20
The NORTHERN OHIO FAIRI

Citizens of Ravenna and vicinity, who expect
to attend the great Fair in Cleveland, OBJ
tain Guide to the Fair and Grounds by send
ing postage stamp and address to
L. c.. HAYNES & co.
LA Superior st.
CLEVELAND. OHIO.
Requests for the book should be sent in early.
They will be mailed about September 10th,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20

MARRIED.
RUGG GBEs-W WARNER-In Brimfeid, Aug 16,
1874, by c. H. Chapman. Esq, Mr.. D. T. Rug
giles and Miss L. Warner, all of Brimfeld,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20

On Tuesday, in Ravenna, passed off
without any excitement. The vote,
though several hundred short of a full
vote, was larger than was anticipated,
considering the little interest that had
been manifested IN the contest up to
the day of election. The whole vote
cast was 5ss. The following is the re-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20

THURSDAY. AUG. 90. 1874.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-04


Vice-President " ilson, it Is said,
Il engaged to : Philadelphia lady
whom be first knew when he was
. shoemaker. She belongs,
course, the upper ted.
A young fellow of Redwood Falls,
Mimi, last week, prevailed upon =
damsel there to marry him on-the
sly. The young man went-to- his
home, and the young lady to hers,
and there she declares she viii stay,
having repented Of her folly.
1t ia " ell that the he~art-strines
can relax and contract. There's
Mrs. Weaver, Of Peoria. She tried
to throw herself. into her husbands
grave, tainted away, and went wild.
That was five months ago, and the
other day she married q red-eyed
lightning-rod man.
The wedding presents to Mrs.
Sartoris, or Miss Nellie, as she Is
still called by the attaches OF the
White House, have been packed
and sent to New York, and will be
forwarded to England by the next
steamer, in care of Hon. Robert c.
Schenck, our Minister to England.
And what II the English swells
do refuse to recognize the wife Of q
civil engineer, and the door of the
Queens drawing room be closed
upon her. She did not marry the
swells, neither did she cleave unto
the door-knob Of q royal reception
room. Let her be happy with her
husband, and what boots it to Mrs.
Sartoris whether the snobspatronize
or ignore her? Damn snobs, any
way.-Micdgo Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-04

1t is said that the Star Line Of
steamers will put OF q number Of
barges in the Missouri River trade
this season. We hope this is true,
for there viii be Q world Of grain to
come out of Kansas, Nebraska, and
that portion of Missouri that skirts
the river. We furthermore hope
that the Star Line will have the
good sense to make . l0sc rate.
Wheat and corn are both sure to be
plenty and cheap during the coming
fall and winter, and consequently
every care must be taken not to add
to the farmers burden by levying
too high q transportation tax. st.
Louis wants all the grain she can
& this year, and we appeal to
our boats and railways to give Us
. hard pan rate for the next twelve
months and make up in big loads
what Is lacked In rate. 1t viii be
better for the Star Line to carry full
barges down at q low rate than one
fourth of . load at . high rate, tor
the success of this line Il in the fu-
ture ; and II the newspaper sue
coed in convincing the public that
the Star Lines barges are bringing
enormous quantities Of grain In
bulk out Of the Missouri, the line
will be sure to get enormous guam
titles to carry, and 1.-THE rate Is kept
low no competition viii b invited.
We might further suggest with pro-
priety that Il Il II the intention Of
the Star. Line to tow barges and
vigorously solicit bulk grain to fill
them, the sooner that hct b adver-
Used all through the regions tribu-
tary to the river the better It win
be for the business Of the line.-N.
Louis Democrat.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-04


And now il Is stated that Lieut..
Col. Fred. d. Grant Is to be married
In October.
Nothing, 1t IL said, contributes so
much to the emusic Of the future'
as matrimony.
Brides are now wearing high
necked waists and long sleeves.
Excessive modesty 1T the eleventh
hour.
It is reported that the novelist
"Ouida," viii 60 to New Zealand,
to marry q gentleman at Canter-
bury.
Oregon comes proudly to the front
with . girl who refused eight o6en
Of marriage in two days, and would
have done even better than that
had there been time.
The warden of the Utah prison is
said to have five wives, with child
rem by four of them. He has q
written contract with two Of these
wives, binding them to support
themselves and their children.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-04

AS will be seen by an article on
aMissouri River Barges," repub-
lished in another column, from the
st. Louis Democrat, there is q good
prospect that the barge experiment
will be tried during the present sea-
SOL, The cheapest transportation
route for the great grain region in
the Missouri Valley, will always be
the all water route. If the barge ex-
pertinent shall prove q success, as
we have every reason to an
ticipate, the bulk of u wheat
and corn for export, will
find its way to the seabcard market
through the Missouri river. 1t is
gratifying to observe that st. Louis
Is awakening to the Importance OF
the early solution Of the barge prob
lem. If the Star steamboat line
shall, as is intlmated by our St.
Louis contemporary; establish q line
of grain barges between OMAHA
and st. Louis, they will encounter
no difficulty in procuring all the
grain they can carry during the
present season..
Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-04

AccoRDIN0 to the Washington
G1romsose public business has suffer-
ed for . week past, every member
Of the Cabinet giving his entire
time to Senators and membrrs Of
CONGRESS, who have had something
70 ay, before they return hoMe, on
every conceivable subject, more es-
pecially the one &C retention In Of
dee OF their constituents, which u
rather difficult to handle, in view Of
the fact that the said members have
insisted that everybody must be
diGeharged.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-04

THE decision rendered by Judge
Dillon In the two railway land tax
cases, VIII put at least a quarter of
q million Of dollars in cash into the
local and State Treasures in Ne
braska. Much Of the credit for
working up the legal bearings OF the
case are due to Judge Briggs, whose
elaborate arguments before the Cir
cult Court are commended on all
handa
Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-04

THE spirit Of reform Is abroad.
The Georgia Democracy, in State
Convention assembled, declare in
their address to the people, that the
presence and participation Of politi-
cal ~aspirants, at primaries and nomi-
mating conventions, Is unwise and
impolific. That custom was inau-
gurated by the Democracy, and 1t is
hut proper that Democrats should
be the first to repudiate it.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-04

WHILE Henry Ward Beecher
keeps mute as the harp on Tara's
walls Miss Laura Cuppy Smith OF
Omaha renown has let loose her
tongue to tell the people of Boston
about Beecher's bad habits, and
how all the first society Of "Ply-
MOUTH are doing ditto, and then
she points q moral to this tale by
an appeal In behalf Of the ennOb-
ling practice of "free love-"
Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-04

Tn Iowa Republican platform Is
very. emphatic in relation to paying
national debt, not only according to
the letter but also according to the
.r,r;t of the laws under which debt
w. incurred. They declare that
the absence of any expressed pro-
vision to the contrary, the obliga-
lions Of the government, when Is
sued and placed npon the markets
OF the world, are payable in the
worlds currency, to wit, specie.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-04

Ne no nor dsire any contributions vhafevef
iitEsxy o. poetical character; and We
vfu not undertake to preserve, or 70 rsfurn
hnns, in any case vhatev9. Oar sesn
bancisntly large to more than supply our
IHnitsi spacs in that dirsstion-
n.Al NAuro or wRrrKR. in full, must In sach
- svuy 60 accompany any communica-
ese.d vhst nature soever. This IL not in
tsnAsi fcr publication, bat for eur own nsas-
eaefSca and = proof of god faith-
en- ounrx FRIKxDs 70 win always b
,anssd 10 hsr IRON. on Ill matters connected
via crops, country politics, and on any sub
- vhaAsvs II general interest 70 the pso-
- e sgr 6tste. Any information connect
n WITH IL sssctaon- and relating 70 foods,
ser<l0tA &c, viii Be Gladly received. Al
- esannnAf stions. however, must Be
: ~ opaadhas; and ley mast, in III cases,
vxitssn upon one sids Of ths shset only.
POLITICAL
Ar Arvoe uonaGxHFs Of candidates for ~
-vhssher nsAs BY sslf or friends, and
~k1w n NOTICES or -eowmunications 70 The
Haitor. ne (undl nominstiops are made)
dnply personal, and VIII be chs1esd = ID
vsEtansmsnts-
Ausnmuuicstions should b addreessd q
RnosEwATER, Editor and Puhlishsr' Draw
. IA. -o~vcr
n a. sftsf OctobG twenty-Arst, lS7zs In
It, arrul.tiou of the JAIL BEE II assumed
~ Mr.. Edwin Davis, to whose order all sub
eriptsons not paid At the ofSos Win Be payable
- nv whom III receipts for subscriptions VII
Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-04

Over five million dollars in cur
rency surrendered by suspended
national banks, is now available to
bankers who wish to establish banks
of circulation. Providing always
that they have the necessary U. s.
bonds to deposit as security.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-04

TruRrY THOUSAND of the smaller
Try postmasters, who heretofore had
to waits whole year for the adjust
ment Of their salaries, will hence
forth receive their pay quarterly
under the new postal law.
II, during the year, the income
Of their Offices increases, they
viii be entitled to y cores
ponding advance in salary. If the
business diminishes the Govern
ment gets the benefit of it, as it
very properly should.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-04

FREE banking based on specie re-
sumption is the motto of Iowa Re-
publicans, and that will be the
motto Of Nebraska Republicans
when they speak through their con-
yenton in August.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-04


ACCORDING to the Iowa State
Register, the Iowa Republican Con-
vention, held at Des Moines, Wed
nesday, was one of the largest and
most enthusiastic conventions held
in that State for many years. "There
was q full and crowded attendance,
nearly twice as many delegates be-
ing present as in the State Conven-
ton of last year, and fully three
times as many as there were in the
Anti-Monop State Convention Of
last week. The proceedings were
enthusiastic and spirited in all Of
their features, while in not q single
instance or incident was there the
least evidence Of discord or want OF
harmony"
Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-04

JUDGE DILLON, Of the United
States Circuit Court, has finally
rendered a decision in the Union
Pacific land tax injunction case.
This decision affirms the right OF
any State or county to tax the lands
for which patents have been issued
to the company. On the other
hand, Judge Dillon DEGREES that
lands for which ne patents have
been issued to the company are ex-
empt from local or State taxation
This Is Q very important decision,
especially to the counties within the
ten-mile limit of the Union Pacific
land grant. A more extended re-
view of this decision is, however,
deferred owing to pressure OF other
matter upon our columns.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-04


TnE Grand Island Times whose ed
itor has access to prominent railway
authorities, predicts the early disco
luton Of the Iowa pool. According
to the Times negotiations are now
In progress which look toward end
ing the transfer business at Omaha.
Itis confidently expected that the
Iowa roads which have heretofore
consplFsd together to the great inju-
n az Omaha and the entire State,
will, in = short time run their trains
acrnD the bridge into Omaha and
thU md . vexAtious annoyance to
pnsneen and avoid delays to al
lks1Ght which may be shipped Into
a through this State.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-04

Down the valley of death march
ed the six hundred. We mean the
six hundred heroic clerks who have
iust been discharged by the Depart
ments ut Washington.