The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-09-09

The new Cleveland Opera House
was dedicated on Monday evening.
The fat men hold cenv ention at
Putin Bay to-day and tomorrow.
1T is announced that the Bank of
California will resume business on the
Goth inst. s
JUDGE RANNEY addressed q Demo-
cratic meeting at Akron, on Thursday
evening last. His speech occupied
three hours in its delivery, and was
one of the ablest OF the campaign.
The Governor of New York has
been petitisned to pardon Edward S.
Stokes convicted on charge of shoot
ing James Fisk, Jr.
SOME of the printers in the Leader
and Herald Offices at Cleveland quit
work last week owing to . "contrac-
ton" of prices of composition from
forty to thirty-five cents.
A VIOLENT typhoon recently occur
red in the Chinese seas, wrecking sew
eral ships. Great damage was also
done in japan, and many lives were
lost, 15 .Ir-
A PARTY of twenty-five gentlemen.
from Virgins, headed by General
Fitzhsgh Lee, are visiting the North,
with a view to securing immigration
to that State. saa ~ a
RECENT heavy rains in Iowa have
seriously damaged railroads and tele-
graphs. Near New Jefferson cattle
train went through bridge Thursday
night. Twelve cars were smashed
and nearly all the cattle killed. No
men were seriously injured.
On Thursday last Michael Kern, Of
Washington, who was kicked in the
abdomen by his wife few days be-
fore died of mis- injuries. That woman
didn't adopt the modern contracted
style of dress or she could never have
performed that feat. - :
OK Saturday last hot-air balloons
tic named VIM. Dagle, connected with
Sells Circus made an ascension after
the performance at Jackson, Mich,
and in descending he jumped out
when some distance above the ground,
and aIighted in mill pond, and, be
ing unable to swim, was drowned.
Ir they are unable to maintain spe-
Gle payments in California where they
have never recognized the "National
lies" aud where they produce O,O00,-
600 of gold year from their mines,
how is it expected that resumption
can take place and be kept up in the
other States where for fourteen years
the specie basis has been entirely dis
carded?
EpMuNDs and the Republican man.
ayers in Washington are assessing the
female Government employees to raise
a corruption fund 10 be used in Ohio.
This is the first time that such an out
rage was ever perpetrated. If the
poor women do not surreader q por-
ton of their paltry salaries, they will,
of course, pass under the ban. A fine
party to advocate the policy Of con-
traction and hard money.
The "inability to obtain coin" is the
reason assigned for the suspension of
specie payments by the California
sbusted" banks. That may be assign
ed as a very cogent reason why the
Treasury and the National Banks can't
resume.
ON the first page we publish SO
much of Senator Thurman's speech at
Cleveland as relates to the school
question and Catholic interference, and
ask for it careful and candid perusal.
The Senator completely knocks the
stuffing out of that Radical scarecrow.
TIE Radical papers assert that the
busted Bank of California was csp-
concern. Isn't it q little
strange that the Teyal" Grant Admin
istration should be transferring gold
by the millions to sustain such An ms
.itntion?