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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-03-05
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MoETREAIs March 1.-A fearful ae-
cident occurred on the Great Western
Railway Saturday night The Sarnia
accommodation train left London at
6. 80 p. m. and consisted Of empty
tank cars, baggage and second-class
cars and coach; When seven miles
west of London the coach took Gre in
the saloon at the forward end, Il is
supposed by the falling OF the lamp
The Ere was not discovered until the.
interior Of the saloon Vas pletely
filed with flames, which, spread
through the coach almost Instantly.
The passengers were compelled ito
jump from the rear platform aud
through the windows q. r. sss.fss
The train WAS stopped as quickly as
possible, bnt before they could be ex-'
tricated eight persons were fatally suf-
located and burned, Those dentiiedi
were Miss Harriet Dunn, pf Komoka !;
sA[fss H1rEisS Of Petrolia Master
Burnhann, of PetrOlia Mex Ell lar. school
teacher Of s hrQy !; Annie ScartlifE,
child e5 A of1cka "a Indian woman
and, an infant..asss.s5 sessl 80 siass;
Those seriously. hurt are 7. i. SB.
Horsans Of. Simcoe m, q; Robins0ns of
Waterford !. M. C. Gargen, az Strait
roy ]. c. Breath WICK, Of London.
Those less serieRsly y injured are NJ O..
1Iellars of Lobe; u Il Hay. of Toron-
toss Martha Donaldson, of fIsomoka;; "A 4.
Blessing, Of StrathroY; Mrs. Ryan, of
London; Miss SpiFaras OF London; %.
TT Orton, Of s Strathrcys Miss Laurence,
of Petrolia. Such Of the Snjured as
were unable to proceed to their homes
have been made 40 comfortable as
possible at the hotels in Komoka an q
London. .ge.s 8. = y 9
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-03-05


The House COMMITTEES on the Judi
ciary in Congress, TO whom was re-
-ferred me petition ask ing for recog-
nifion ef God in the constitution of
tue United States, report that they
find upon examining the debates Of
the trainers of the Constitution that
this subject was fully considered by
them, and that in that Convention
they decided that as this country was
to be the home of the oppressed of all
notions of the earth, whether Christian
or pagan, it was deemed essential to
avoid a unjsn of Church and State,
and inexpedient to put anything into
the Constitution which might be con-
pstrned asa aeference to any religious
creed or doctrine.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-03-05
war Among the Rosss.s1s s.


On Friday the u. s. senate by a
vote of 27ito II confirmed the noini-
nation Of William q. simmons. Ben.
Buffers candidate, to be COLLECTORS of
Customs at Boston. This isnot at all
satisfactory to the loyal people Of the
"hub."s. The nomination was opposed
by both the Senators from that State.
The result is a grand triumph for But
Ter, who has succeeded III bottling his
enemies this time. The BostonlsI our-
nal speaking of the confirmation,
says: haa 288
"The answer comes to us from
Washington that we must have Butler
and Butler men whether we want
them or not. The Republican party
of Massachusetts will not stand the
evil and disgrace sought to be, wheth-
er intentional or not, inflicted on us at
Washington a.t3til aitt
= Rhe Daily 4lUertiSer says: 8SThis
is an invasion on ourrights for which
no precedent will be founding political
history of this country, AN outrage
which cannot be many times repeated
without destroying not only the polit-
ieal party which toIefates it, butt the
harmony Of the State as surely. 'Aiis
. Il
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-03-05
our. salarz-arabblng Presldea..t.. !. !.

) r !
The Washington correspondents of
the Troy Times has something to say
about President Grants real estate
speculations which ought ttoenceurage
those who have been backsliding in
their admiration of the General. He
pays $4,000 for his new house lot ID
Washington, and the house is to- cost
with, the lotnear 100000, It is .un-
derstood that the. President, when he
IS released from official duties, will
divide his time betwe cen his three res
fdences-on the st. Louis farm, at the
sea shore at Long Branch and in
Washington. He will retire from
public service IN very comfortable cir
cnhistances. Ie has been, since he
entered the army in 1851, one of the
l0ekiest of men, and IN this respect
his history is cuiioas and interesting
Yy5to a certain date his life was nm
luck AnHifeFfnlv so. Everything he
undertook proved a failure, till he
w as actually q poor man when he en-
tered the army. Since then his course
has been almost invariably successful
ASA man OF business. His invest
ments have all been made with great
wisdom, with the soles exception of
the small venture in the Seneca Stone
Company and even that concern is
looking up of late. His Investments
at Long Branch, and especially. near
ST.. Louis, have ttlrnsd out well. St.
Louis people say that his farm in that
vicinity viii alone make him large
fortune, SO rapid is the increase in its
valQe.-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-03-05

THE Grangers are already suffering
from dead beats.0 In gWyandot
county recently some hundreds of
trusting Grangers were induced to
deposit funds with a would-be agent
of the order who promised to return
six pounds of coffee for every dollar
received by him. Six pounds of cof-
fee for dollarI The temptation was
too great The trusting ones bitl The
sharper It'll His victims now carry
small srsenals in their pockets. ToEe-
do Democrat
Our Granger friends will do well to
be on the look out for such characters.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-03-05

A Reporter Of the Cincinnati En-
Qstirer has interEis ed Governor Al
len on the subject of redistrieling the
State for Congressional representa- :
ton, and the Governor pfonounees
most ernphatioaily fernenst the meas
ure. He admits that the Republicans
in their superintendent made most
viIlainous work oft, but thinks that
no good would come OF doing the
work over again that if it we're done,
we would send two sets Of Congress-
men from the Stateone from the
new districts and one ifrDm the old.
and Congress deciding between them
would give the seats TO tie Radicals,
thus practically annullins2 the whole
WV1A'94 & tHef ~ ugigaa v0a d1fH
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-03-05


Doctor Hood, medical referee at the
Pension Office. is also the family ply
sician of General Butierand Secretary
DeIano, and tits somewhat reaarka-
Bile that when he was telegraphed to
Minnesota and Ohio to attend the
wife of one and the son of the other.
the fees mileage, ETC., etc, were paid
out of the contingent fund.-. Another
discovery, has been madetin. the same
department to theHefect that of the
$4,000 charged to- the Government
for mileage and travelling, the Com
missioner, whose business is in the
Office and not out of it, has, spent over
$4,000 for travelling. The editor of
the Washington Capital pronounees
all this and much more Scommon
stealing and infamous for which he
will doubtless be stigmatized as dis
loyal to the Administration. saag
aIH a. "a fE N.s HhE1
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-03-05
Remarksble Inelaent. I.

From private letter recently re-
Following remarkable inoident, Some
four years sineeia young man was ar
rested in Palmyra for deliberately
numbering a young lady to whom he
was paying suit, because she rejected
him. 6 Bail was refused autli hen was
in the county iail.H From
some cause or other his trial hadsbeen
continued from time to time until
about three weeks since, when II came
Off Strange to say, when the jury
announced their verdict. guilty, the
young man dropped dead upon che
spot.--6 6a2ldtfa 1eRaeSSeeaRsao saoe9 81 q
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-03-05
MARRIED.

EDWARDs-BRowN.-on the aad of Februa-
ry, 1874, by orrin Stevens. J. p, at his resi-
denee, in Palmyra. Mr.. John Edwards and
Miss Anna Brown. both of Edinburgh,
-BIsHoP.-In Mantua, February
nth. 1874. by A. n. Farr, J.P, at his resi-
dence. Mr.. Henry A. Fletcher and Miss MolIie
L. Bishop, both of Hiram, Portage county, O.
HoRR-GREENe-At the residence of o. Y.
Sean, in this village. Fetruary S5th, 1874, by
Rev. George Darsie. Mr. William A. Horr and
r Miss Lila Green, alIof this yillage N s
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-03-05

!, IN THE F1EILo.- The Prohibidonists
are the first in the field with State
ticket aAteathe Convention held in
mt. Vernon on Thursday last they
nominated the following candidates
B Secretary of State, JohnlR. Buchtel,
of Snmmit County Glerk5of, the Su-
preme Conrt; S.iB. Foster, of Logan !;
School Commissioners, B. nj. Weddell,
Of Montgomery; Board fof Public
. Works. E. G. Collins of Hooking !;
Supreme Judge, G. T.. Stewart of
LIorainsil aes ha aue
lathe platform indorsed the women's
whiskey war and female suffrage.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-03-05
Mr.. HoRroN's absurd single dis

Mr.. HoRToN's absurd single dis
trict proposition failed IN the Consti-
tutional Convention yesterday by
vote of 80 to 80. How men who be-
lieved IN allowing Hamilton County
to select men from Cuyahoga to rep
resent her in the General Assembly
could be unwilling that man living.
in the First Ward of Cincinnati should
represent the people living in the
Fifth Ward s1fpasseth our under
standing. The proposition met 3 de-
served fate.---EBqairer
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-03-05

F"
THR Civil Rights Bill appears to
coYer more ground than we had sup-
posed. A negro named Nickles was
recently awarded 500 damages BY q
Detroit court, for being refused q seat
at the dinner table Of the steamer Jay
Cooke. + appeared in evidence that
NickIes took d seat at the Captain's 8
table, and that be was courteously re-
qne1tsd to take seat at another table,
az the seat he then occupied had been
reserved fora lady. The same request
had often been made Of white men
and had always been cheerfuIly oom-
piled with. Bnt the negro refused to
change his seat and was not served
until the second table.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-03-05

.lol Great diatress is said to prevail
among tie operatives III Lynn, Mass.
The o4erseers Of the poor say that
5 nuch destitution was never knoNn be-
fore that people came for relief this
week who were actually starving, and
yet could scarcely humble their self
respect sufficiently to reveal their con-
dition. The large firms in Lynn have
suffered very little from the panic, the
whole weight having fallen upon the
Workmen they felt obliged to dismiss.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-03-05

-. =. 3
THE bill for the compulsory educa-
ton Of the children of the State OF
Illinois has been passed by the House
Of Representatives. According to its
pr0vfaishk children between the ages
Of aud IL mnst be sent to school for
three months of the year, and six
& feekso OF the schooling must be con-
tfnuous Poverty cannot be. pleaded
as an excuse for failure to comply
with Che law, as all the books neces-
sary =.ilI be supplied by the State, and
clothes viii be given to destitute
children. Parents or guardians who
neglect to obey the law win subject
themselves to prosecution and to fines
Tor thirteen weeks, rising from 81 to
s. fof each week of such neglect.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-03-05

ing the forenoon and afternoon ses-
siOns Committee on Resolutions
was appointed, and State Central
Committee, consisting of one from
each Congressional District, was elect
Atthe evening session the platform
wasreported and adopted unanimaus-
ly. The following are the main
MINI $3.50 szz if - ss sfss
Ihe first declares the primary OBJ
jeet of free republican government is
proper protection of persons and
property, and that few and simple
laws, fait6fdily adni mustered, win best
secure this end asslss
The second declares in favor of po-
litieal reform, and to that end demands
honesty, economy and purity in OFF,
clal ifea aai,sI aox hisI .hiaes sf
The third repudiates the doctrine
that to the victors belong the spoils
and favors the true system of civil
service reform, making honesty and
20 II y tA4O y s-l tsaAN- ~Ae1N---S -
lie employment. Ees
The fourth opposes protective tar
Il, and demands fres iron, steel, salt,
lumber and woolep fabrics, and tariff
for revenue only, ssa 5as sa
The fifth declares all corporations
subject to legislative control, Federal
ana State, according to the source of
the charters of these corporations,a and
declares that srailroads should pay
their. full and just share of taxes, and
be entitled to only jnst and reasonable
interest on the money invested.
&. The sixth favorsia free banking sys-
tenn under the National laws.
The seventh opposes further land
grants, and declares the pnblie domain
shOhld be reserved for actual settlers.
f The eighth denounces the pretended
REPEAT of the salary grab, after the
members had drawn and kept their
back pay, and the exempting of the
President from the operations of the
Irepeal, al great a fraud as the original
/ bilis declares that nothing but unqual-
lifed repeal will satisfy thepeoples
The ninth condemns the Offices OF
State Printer and Binder, and the
snaintenance of party organs by party
patronage as unnecessary, and declares
that work should be letfo the lowest
public bidder. y - 3ssn
The tenth regards the election of SO
many santi-menopolists to the Legis-
Ilatnrasas an evidence of the justice OF
their cause. 8fae
r The elevehth denounces Tammany,
the Credit Mobielier and other frauds
committed by botbe of the existing
Ipolitical parties, showing the necessi-
ty for Organization for correspondent
faction Of united effort, and cordially
Invites all men, Of whatever calling,
Ilbusiness, trade or vocation, to join
them in removing the evils that atfiict
the country. s
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-03-05
.Mrs..ealnss rs..JudEe purell.

asstA washington dispatch says Mrs.
M yra Clarke Gaines, of New Orleans,
has been before a subcommittee of
the HouseJ judiciary Committee in the
case of Judge Durell, and that her
testimony IS regarded as of such a
character as to require the prompt pre-
sentation of articles of Impeachment.
Mrs. Gaines, it seems, had a CONVEX
sation about DnreII with her lawyer,
Stone, who said:d "1e IDurell will
ysit upon your eases, and decide in
your favor, upon certain conditions,
which are that Sheriff Parker retains
in his hands $2l, COO for making streets
iRthe property litigatedi for by the
Union Company, the heirs of CodaIier
and Davenport and Mrs. Gaines. Du-
rell can garrange it if you give him
$4,000. Nine thousand dollars you
can have; the remainderis to be given
to the aboYe-named heirs, and every
other lot in two squares designated is
also to be given to DureII.2 Subse-
quently, at the house of Norton, as
signee in. bankruptcy, Mrs. Gaines
met Durell, who, when asked why he
could not sit in her case, referred her
to Norton. Meeting that oficial he
said to Mrs. Gaines that if she would
consent to tho proposition made to
her the day before, .Judge Durell
would sit in her case.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-03-05
sahiHator cihIaIndIIssr.' 81 ,lIs n d Miohiran

1
Senator Chandler, Of Michigan has
BFodgnt suit against the Detroit Free
/ Press for libel ii charging him with
drnnkenneas. laying the damages at
$100 D0os He places rather . high es-
timate upon Sensational character % II
be sonId be bought at his real value
and aeld at his own estimate the seller
bwonld make = grand speculation Z
81 " s5 Hs111<L = zz4e-<-sIiio6
azlsH EiR are several principles con
Injected With flle subject Of the cnrren-
cy upon w WHich the Democratic party
ITai. There should be thing cfrcula-
iltgd ot petf0rffl the fnnctfons of mon
sev which is not legal feIidor for all
debts, public and private. el1a fets5
Eolz The G6vernna eit isse Elf should is-
sde Chat cnrfency, instead Of delegats
ling the fight to an association or to
/ an Individual. It might. as well give
\ to them its power to declare war or
to regulate eofnnerce, as its power to
tscoin money, y which are placed in the
4 CONSTITUTION in the same section, and
I all stand upon equal terms. .lgs
8. Those who have money to lend
should not be the issuers Of It. slissa
+ 4. AS the law creating tfie National
Bank system authorizes It's total re-
peal or moo ihcalion at any time; at
the pleasure Of Congress, It Is the du-
fty Of lllat body to take from the banks
Ptheir power to issue money, and con-
fine them simple to their legitimate
business as banks of deposit a1d ex-
change. No banks should Eeceive de-
1 posts which had n ot, iii the hands of
fthe Treasurer st Washington, a sum
equaTin United States bonds, thus
giving the creditors a suficieht seeufi-
20 g ef7s Ft1f4Ue As@At4sis 10 HiAfi issult4 /
s. rho United States should keep
its money in its own Treasury, and
have no financial i relations with any
bank or individual whatso oever. hei5
Those wh0 advocate either q gren-
back or q specie currency ought to
agree npon theae propositions.-.Enq.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-03-05

The following table shows the
amount collected by Internal Revenue
department during the year 1878
For spirituous liquors : -$52 099 81 IS
Tobacco -. .-........... 81 5S5 3ds 90
Fermented liquors :. ....s ss.s.9. :. 1924 s3T "a
All other sources. .ss > :. IL la64 SAB IS
The total revenue collected on. spir-
ituous and fefmented liquors from
1853 to 1873 inclusive, was aipo2-
Spirituous liquor. .....-..... S3SS 237 9fs II
fermcnted liquor. 81 8 6s,zzg 731 So
Total s45O. .5i7,6s6 O2
Whatever may be said about the
users of the weed and the imbibers,
they cannot baeharged W h7 not,con-
tributing thef fun share sf axes to-
the support III l5ls GfgYle i ne Ior
here it is shown lat they paidi4a the
year 1873 S95, ,700,6I2 7I.nlIs7 ittnot a
little singul lar that our. mo del Governs
ment should obtain SO large a portion
of its material support from thee fol-
lies, vices and sins ofaits people ?
sEsf af#IEI .Hlsa f-ffR Wra4 I0fTE-frle
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-03-05

IKE WoRx ACCOMPLISHMENT dis
psteh from Cincinnati dated the I'd
inst. sayss
"A summary OF the temperance move
JIerlk in Ohio to-day, from sixty Ohio
ViIlakss and towns, shows eleven.
towre in which liquor-selling has
& bean entirely stopped, and over forty
. ID which from five to twenty-six
places selling liquors have been closed.
{ The work everywhere is going on
vigorously.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-03-05
4nEI RadicailpaFtS are eoings bal

- TIE Radical party are going back
Oh the hian and broth er."s " Col Boil
Harlan, the celored politician Of Cln-
cinnati, has been remozsd afromoathe
positiona Special "A gent of the Post
Once Department, at 900 q year,
and George B. Johnson, the husband
OF Mrs Presid lent Grant ap-
pointed to filltne vacancy. oThere is
said Co. bee e06sid eraB1e indignation
among the coiored people about Gin
cinnati over this action.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-03-05

Rn IT is astonishing to learn that there
as sgreatl tdangear of the Republican
smajorityiiI i'm Congress passing a Ma
tional ltdueation bill, which virtually
takes from the States the entire con-
troll which they have heretofore exer-
aoised over. the public schools, vesting'
ii in the Federal aIGoYernment. G If this
is passed we don'tssee that anything
can be gain6dby keeping up State
forms and organizations any longer.
When the heitelegraphs, the railroads
and the schools are run in Washings
tony the States had better close up, II
D ih5W ssgou g9H hlEWoi gFW b
1imoo s5U9s 19bE9ie 8 Wss 9d iiinn
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-03-05

Kansas the question Of woman
safrn0s is to be submitted to the peO-
ple. and the ladies win have the right
finley can influences votes enough
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-03-05

We cannot say that q perusal of
those Journals which moat accurately
rsfiecE opihi iona and embody the de-
tires Il the Westeru faruiers offers any
eneoufagement to the advocates of
new party.
We have lirst the point blank decla-
ratios of tie National Grange that it
ia unadvisabIe TO found new party
composed Of the Patrons of Husband
nv: that If is their duty within the
Grange to discuss such questions as
the finances, transportation, and the
cost and character of the adminfstra-
ton of public affairs, and that every
member of the order should work
within tlHu party 60 which he Hrs con-
scientiouslY attached himself to se-
cure the enunciats0n of sound princi-
pIes and the nomiuation of good men,
then labor with equal zeal TO bring
abouf the triumph of those PRINCIPLES
and th election OF their Representa-
tfves. Sounder political doclrine it
would be dificalf 10 put f0rth.s.s If
the Grange should yield to the advice
of the Chicago IglbaRe and enter
politics as q distinct political organ
ization, the result would of course be
internal dissensions ae fatal as those.
which were inaugurated in the Illinois
farmers Association by the infFoduc-
ton into The Decater platform of the
resolution fepudiating all existing
political ORGANIZATIONS. The resolu-
ton was barely carried after an. acri-
monious debate, aud it killed the AS
i socfatiori. Aealn. should the Patrons
enter the neId with a. grange party
they " w6uid count the odlafn aud de-
| feat which ID Amerlca viii certainly
attend upon q movement conducted
/ by a secret society. I4astlY, grantin z
1.-THE Grange can cast say LOCO, 900
| votes Of the Z, 1000, 900 which, viii be,
cast for President IN 1876, and. that
/ thfee-fifths Of these votes are detached
from the Republican party, they wifi
only have thrown away 1,0U0,O 600 votes
without afTecting the f1naf result. But
III those 6O0, 600 Republican Patrons
demand ip the councils OF their party
4 the reforms they affect to desiee, they
are sure to receive attention, and if,
as we believe they WA, the farmers
decline again to support the RepObli-
can party against the rejuVenated
/ Democracy which marches under the
flag Of Free Trade and Farmers
Rights, by joining the Democracy they
make the assurance of the triumph OF
-TShss s1s.51s 7s11s9as5s ma Stsad5ns
/ o,rorau- 81 tie 7rasarte fna md ia fngfts
slrsl issua declares aa INST hif6 par
i tpi a slunecassa 81 It, could only be
I 6omfuonesd i5f men belou gftlg to- or re-
ieected Ibg the exfsffnk paftiesz4men
I too. y hoi would not have sks iseimu-
I lus of aaisren6s TO principle safofd-
"a by pnftv dis6fpllns bEhe Patrons,
4 6avslt ltls vFrifer, = n q enahfl in future
lnasn gghoss fntsafisy can be atrusted,
ana he EXPRESSES his conviction that
/ neitherd ef 4he existing parties will
dare refuse 80 decssd to this jest de-
mAnds The fnrmere;m continues the
artfbIe, will demand q fair represents
ktion In the aisfrthutiOh 6f Offices Be-
/ yond this the Edfn1ev declares the
GRange cannot co. ossEVel ewoulds'o il
eaxys with moderatiou oand Justice,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-03-05

THE Democratic party promised the
people refoRm and fefrenelment. dre1
dncti0h OF expenditures and eense4
ouent rednctioh Of taxation. The
General a Approp priation bill has already
baen reported from theol Einaneiat
COMMITTEES Of the House. ana jastifes
s4ery expects ton OF retrenchmeht.
The amouh 20 prsated is SIs515,-
39S.40 The amouHtappropriate last
year sEastS ST, ,s39s4 s43 so that there, is
d saving IN taxes To the people of 81, I
A062, Al. Ths people cgrtainIy have
ne reason to complains of such man
ageuaent. So 1easa lslw ,g1liidIs