The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-02-04
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best series OF Essays on "Agriculture
and its Importance as compared with
other pursuits" aati
The Essays are to be prepared and
~ handed to the editor of this paper dur.
ing the year 1876, and are to be re-
tanned by him until the end of the
year, when he and the donor, with
such computent persons as they may
J. select will render the award.
He is to publish. whenever, he
thinks advisable, from the articles
furnished. tsa 49, ~ za'a1"H'
The Essays to be not less than 20 in
number and each to be not less than
one column of ordinary news type in
the Press. -UaE-. E.-f fta-o imof .
As will be seen by a careful study
of the words defining the subject,
there will be, room for something
more than the history and processes
or farming. ;a-L 'aj 81 %J.r.e,s s-eI =
There is an invitation to compare
the claims of the different classes of
labor, aud to fix the position to which
D. the farmer is entitled, not only in the
social scale, but i'm the distribution OF
political power. 10 fsya 2'i ie.i.'i
Should there be no creditable effort,
q or no competition, the judges may
withhold an award, at their discretion
asid MoULroN has got through swearing
in the Tilton- Beecher case.n LDnu .
." iKAL1KUtA has at last gone home
where he belongs. "Let us haye
peace" ""I 9fii .HT.-aa 80 ;..iv. a.. .
,i.ix CIRCUMSTANCES are being circulated
in Mahoning county against the for
nation of the proposed .'Chiidren's
Home" ....oTs 49,. -, e.,
ri Irdsr announced that Washington
&C. I'll. has q Dramatic Society. Are
they reproducing the Crusade farce 2
--s THE Patrons of Husbandry are to
hold National Convention at Cleve-
land on the 11th Of March. zi"7"
a5, The public debt statement for Jan
uary shows an increase of our "Na-
,tional blessing" in the sum Of 81, ,397,
$40.
A BILL has passed the Legislature
: of this State abolishing second trial
of cases in Courts of Common Pleas.
mn ThE legislatures of West Virginia,
Minneseta and Wisconsin, at last ad-
vices, were still wrestling with the
Senatorial questions. ''t' a'j i'
--an The Office of the Adams Express
,n Company, at New York, isreported to
have been robbed on Saturday, Janu-
.ary .29th, of State bonds to the amount
,, of $4,000. l. ,
-11- -HARPER's WEEKLY, a Republican
. Journal of ability denounces the Lou
=. isiana affair as an. outrage, and says
that the Administration by approving
it has made itself responsible therefor.
~ The Supreme .CouTt Of Michigan
has decided thatno ceremony is neces-
sary to make a marriage contract legal.
The consent OF the parties and the
q .ackno wledged relation of husband and
Fl wife are sufficient. 43I .5. .t..
THE American Express Company's
Office at Utica, n, Y. was entered at
an early hous Saturday morning. by
FIVE masked and armed men, who
bound and gagged the watchman and
then carried off the bag containing the
night train packages. The loss is be-
lieved to be small. Isn't there a de-
mand for federal soldiers in that To-
cality? i. "#' -' Ao'i" o.,
-si WHILE the balloting for United
States Seuator, in the Tennessee Leg
,islatare, Roderick Random Butler, a
Radical Congressman from that State
!. telegraphed to Nashville as follows:
d. "For Coda sake, =, don't send Andy.
10 That's trltaf ace, all sag. from Grant
3down.ni They are rot as we'll pleased
% over the event of Andy''s election as;
some of them pretend, ...-- ~
, -,n'i CREDIT-MoBILIERs, Pacific Mail
Smonepolies, corruption, military inter.
10 ference with the local affairs Of the
9 States and general demoralizatien of
the people, are the natural ontgrowth
- of the"paternsl"system of government
'i imposed on this country by 1.-The Re-
publican party. By their. fruits shall
q ye know them. tIsigt vls .H.
The Minnesota House of Repre-
sentatives have passed a resolution
calling on Hon. William King. Radi--
cal Congressman from that State, and
former Postmaster of the National
House of Representatives, to appear
before the Congressional Committee
Investigating the Pacific Mail subsidy
business, and state his connection with
that great scandal. and thereby vindi-
cate himself; or. falling therein, to re-
sign his office of Congressman from
that State. ,.,'.t.-.'
81: The Prohibitionists of Connecticut
held their State Convention at Middle
10 town on Tuesday of last week and
,s nominated the following State ticket:
4J For Governor Henry, D. Smith, OF
nSoufhington. .IJs.I aei 10 Gtuos.
osn,L Lieutenant, Governor = Jessee, d.
Baldwin, of Middletown. .- bgq
iinI Secretary of State-R- z. ,Cowles, of
< New Haven. l..rfn All .. .,s..s- -,-,