The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-27

in the county.
HIM. BuRNs1DE, brother Of Gen.
A. =. Burnside, committed suicide at
FairIand, Indiana, on the morning of
the 10th inst, by hanging himself DUR
ing temporary fit of insanity.
The Water-W orks at Salem, Ohio,
owned by L. B. Silver, were burned
ON wednesday evening, the 18th inst; /;
supposed to be the work Of an incen-
diary
HENRY WILSON, alias Jeremiah
Coldbaith, has declared decidedly
against Grant for third term. He
thinks Grant has no idea of being
again candidate.
THE Northern OHIO Brass Band
Association will hold their Annual
Musical Festival and Convention on
the Fair Grounds at Warren, COM
mencing on Tuesday next and contin-
uing two days.
AN Italian named Casarace Racho,
Jumped from a coal train while under
motion, at crossing in Youngstown
a few days ago, lighting head fore
most upon some timbers, breaking his
neck.
The Radical State Convention of
Pennsylvania, which met at Harris
burgh on the 10Th inst. went back on
Grant for the third term and pro-
nouneed In favor of Hartrauft for the
Presidency.
The County removalists of Ma
honing county, have nominated
county ticket without regard to party,
bat the Radical Central Committee
don't seem inclined to stand to any
such arrangement, and have called a
nominating Convention of that party
to meet at Garfield on Saturday. Sept.
18th.
AT the village of Ludlow, Ky-s on
Thursday last, while the baseball club
of the place was playing a practice
game, tho ball was knocked by the
man at the bat and sent with terrible
velocity, striking little lad named
Walter Brown who was looking on in
the left breast, causing his death in
ten minutes.
WILL those editors who are blating
about the whisky influence in securing
vote in favor of the new constitution
in certain localities, tell the public how
much the corruption fund raised by
the monopolists had to do IN securing
their influence and efforts to defeat
that instrument?
ALREADY. many of the papers that
fought against the new constitution
are ciamoring to have the Legislature
submit amendments to the old one.
OF course it won't cost anything for
our solons to devote three or four
weeks time to the preparation of such
amendments And then they are re-
quired to be published for six months
in at least one paper in each county.
and column or two of that kind of
advertising is inexpensivel Oh, no,
there is no joberY in all this.
ON Thursday last George G. Har-
ding, editor of the Indianapolis, In
diana, Herald, shot five times at Sol.
Moritz, a prominent merchant, on the
streets of indianapolis, two of the
shots hitting him-one shattering the
left elbow and the other passing
through the lung and lodging in the
chest. The two had been warns
friends. and the shooting was caused
bv the improper intimacy of Moritz
with the daughter of Harding, who
had confessed the crime to her father
and, stung with remorse, committed
suicide by taking opium.
THE Enquirer says Garfield is ''pun-
ished.1 The Republicans OF the Nine
teenth District nominated him for
Congress. If there was any odium
attaching 10 the passage of the in
crease of salary law, Garfield earned
the head and front of it. If the Credit
MobiIier business was disgracefal or
dishonest. Garfield was q stoakholder
in il. ii the Shepherd swindling ring
in washington was dIsreputable,, Gar
acid recieved 5000 for acting in the
DeGoIyer pavement case. This isthe
way in which public robbers are ''pnn-
ished1 by the Republican party. The
marty ID almost certain to punish
Grant with third term. The RepubS
lican party fs most pleasing punisher
of ill-aoers. It offers premiums upon
public stealing.