The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-12-31
THE DEMOCRATIC PRESsI
EAxEnNA. rHUEsDAK.DEO. s1s 1874.
The Ohio Legislature adjourned on

IHE OnlO AegisfaAuES auJOuEHeu OH
the morning of the 24th till the 18th
% = and will probably transact little or no
.. : business till after New-Ye day.
THE Woman Suffrage Association
is to hold its seventh annual Conven-
tion at Washington City ON the 14th
s. of January.
b9g gCoNeREss adjourned on the 24th
inst, till the 5th of January to give
3. members an opportunity to enjoy
s their holiday spree.
Mr.. Ross has offered a reward of
5000 for the return Of his abducted
son. alp
-ss,.l ,TWEETY miners were killed by an
~ explosion in the BignaII Hill Colliery,
North Stafordshire, England, on the
'ssi 24th inst. 2 as
os 55fisAN express train was thrown dewn
an en1bankmeAt into canal on the
9l9 oath inst, near Woodstock, England,
lef and thirty persons were drowned.
e.a oao Or the 22d inst, while Judge Nc
- Clure was holding court at Akron he:
.sssswas taken dangerously ill and court
-9l was adjourned over till Monday. fa
rrsassrAI FIRE at Clinton. Summit county
nsss the night of the 22d inst, destroy.
la9.e Cd nearly the whole business part of
.,.. ..9' the town. The loss is estimated at
a about $4,000 81 nsqa Essa s "a
q JTDeE w. F. STeSE, late Of the
IT, Js. Supreme Court of Ohio, died in Oak
land, California, on Wednesday, the
23d inst, of consumption. la
ii ia WAsHIEGToE special says the
no widest rumors are ahoat in that city
naa regarding the situation atNewO Orleans,
but nothing reliable this far,
-isaIa The barns of FL. A. Ensign near
B5a Ithica, New York, were set on fire on
no Monday morning and destroyed.
sia Twenty cows were bnrned. ala
.Ieas lTHE indebtedness of the District of
of Eolumbia only amounts to some
e. twenty-five millions, more or less.
500 BrLLs te reduce letter postage to
one cent and to repeal the law requir-
ing prepayment Of hostage on Bewspa-
pers have been introduced this session.
-nssssA. O.P. NICHOLSON of Tennessee, to.
~ whom Gen1 Cass wrote his letter in
favor of squatter sovereignty, is mem
So fiones among others, as 8 candidate
p forthe United States Senate. Dan si
ss 58i a4 j fGsff sst 1ONa tt mos 81
aisa THE next Congress will be called
1 upon to decide soms twenty-O -One elec-l
u tion cases, not counting any that may
6oocome from Louisiana. Thirteen of
90 the contestants are Republicans and
eight are Democrats. SOFA - IL
ea AN Indianapolis gentleman recently
recovered a verdict of $500 against
his mother-in-law for alternating his
wife's affections. That is rating the
wife's affections or the mother-in- laws
The debt eof the State of Ohio ia
only half as much as the bonded debt
of the city of, Pittsburgh, while the
.zB debt Of the city Of Philadelphia Isl
la three times as much as all the debts
s.. OF Ohio; State, county, city, town
and township combined. Ean4a 4
TIE late decision of the Supreme
Court of Indiana in regard to the edu-
cation of negroes in the public schools
was simply an affirmation that a law
passed by q Republican Legislature
which provided for the separate edn-
cation. of the races was constitutional.
The Republican papers which are de-
nouAcing the Court for its action
might as we'll make note of this fact.
THE furniture factory of H. Schroeder.
20 & Co., at BatesVille, Ind, with several
adjacent dwellings was destroyed by
'f fire on Sunday. Loss on the factory
100000; on dwellings $4,000. Near
vi ly all the people in the town depended
on the factory for living and its de-
struction will cause great distress.
- GRAET says, repeal the legal tender
M clause It would have been repealed
long since if he had not packed the
~ Supreme Court to keep it in force. He
3, now tells us, its repeal is one of the
t'two or three things which seem to
me as absolutely necessary to a return
to specie payment, the first great re-
quisite in return to prosperity"
SENATOR MORTON has given notice,
sI that he will call up his resolution pro-
asaposing an amendment to the Constitu-
tstionio of the United States on the first
Z" day after the holiday recess. The
amendment provides for q change in
si the manner of electing the President
sandfVice President. -
THE GAINESVILLE Times, Republican,
8, gives striking example of the Radi-
cal system of taxation. A match fac
tory recently started in that city had
to refuse an order for thousand gross
of matches, being unable to raise the
81, 400 necessary to pay the stamp, tax
upon them before they could be de-
esa hYered. The enormous tax upon this
article, which is an indispensable
household necessity, ought to be re-
moved or greatly modified, 49, 81,
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Mr.. GRANT faYors the calling of a
Constitutional ConYention in Ionisi-