The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-01-01
TIE DEM0eRITIc PREssI
EAvEsNA. rHUEsDAx. JAN. l. 1874.

MORE bread and less taxes is the cry
g sof the laboring men.
CALEB CUsHfsa has been appointed
Minister to Spain in place of Dan
= Slckles resigned, and has signifed his
acceptance Of the appointment. :
xi7e3A VAST fonsisting Of one or two
drachms of b, drochIoric acid in about
four ounces Of water has been recon-
mended as sure cure in eases OF chap
8 ped hands.
R1Er Is to retain his increased Sala-
Tlsryi OF $4,000 per year, and the per-
xsAquisites Of s77,00 additional, as Con-
eress has made no effort to induce
him fo return his forward pay.
ON Tuesday Of last week, judge
Hagar. Democrat, of San Francisco,
was elected United States Senator
from California for the short term
.ss, TIE jury in the case Of Ex-Mayor
AnsOakey Hall, of New York, indicted
1asfoF WilfuiIy negIecting the perform
assce Of eficial duty, returned YER
dict Of acquittal.
Inn Is estimated that Texas cattle
dealers have taken $8.O0O,000 into
9a.fheir state from cattle transactions in
Kansas thisyear.
A coIoRED preacher in translating
IS 10 his hearers the sentence. AThe
harvest is over, the season is ended,
And thy soul is not saved, " put in ''De
corn has been cribbed, dere amt any
more work, and de debbil is still fooiin'
wild dis community"
Last year it was said that Horace
Greeley would play the mischief with
lthe finances. Poor Uncle Horace has
passed on, and we should like to
know who il is that 'plays the mis-
clief with the finances now
.ass NV HEN Grant appoints ssBoss" Shep-
herd, the ering' master. Governor Of
the District of Columbia Salary-grab-
Der, Credit Mobilier Bingham, Minis
ter. to Japan, and Williams Chief JUS
- tice, there can be no doubt of his
= sincerity IN favoring civil serxice re-
foFn
80 THE statement again comes from
Madrid that the Spanish Government
viii demand the restitution of the
Yireinius and insist on roparation
sae for damages done to its dignity or
something by our conduct in the Vir-
s ginius transaction.
ba9s1 a FEARFUL storm visited the section
near Wilmington, N. c., on the night
Of the 25th nit, blowing down num-
81 her of small houses, uprooting trees,
Proslfating fences, sc.
.sise Mosr of the cotton and w0olen fac
g tories about Philadelphia are in full
operation. though at reduced wages.
Congressman and public officials are
aa1 abe, only ones who receive additional
81 compensation in the midst Of the gem
eral panic.
iris rnmored at Washington that
Minister Schenck is coon to return
and assume Richardson's place as Sec
retary of the Treasury, and that Rich
ardson is to be transferred toSchenck's s
present position of Minister to Eng
a..land.
sasai CATfkRISE STORY, formerly laun-
dress in the Reform School at Wash
lington, sues superintendent Howe, of
that institution for breach of promise
laying damages at $4,000, She al
1eges that be seduced her about year
ago under promise of marriage, and
= that 3 child has been born to her as
the result of that crime.
- SENATOR'S Edmunds aud Thurman
ere preparing bankrupt bill, to be
presented to the Senate Immediately
affer the recess. A canvass of aIarge
part of the Senate leads those who
haYe made it to conclude that the
House bill repeating the present act
will not pass, but that modification
expunging the Objectionable portions
OF the involuntary clause, will be
agreed TO.
-. SOME of the Grant organs profess to
believe that the President was and is
opposed to the salary swindle. And
yet he has not covered back into the
Treasury dollar of his share of the
plumber which his signature placed in
his Golfers.
IS A TAX on Tea and Coffee, while
GovernmentBonds are exempted from
taxation, won't be popular, If the
poor man, the laboring man, and the
s. mechsnic, with reduced wages, and
work hard to get at that, are required
to pay tax on Tea and Coffee to meet
the requirements of Government
reckiessly and extravagantly admins
satered, ia their moments of thoughtful-
ness they viii argue themselves into
the belief that Government Bonds,
which are mostly held by monied men
whoproft greatly on their Investment,
s should be taxed
reported Loss Of the yirsinius.
When tho United States steamer
Ossipee was boarded soon after her
-sie arrival here, the absence Of the steam
ae Vireinias, which vessel the former
was commissioned to bring into port,