The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-03-02

with liabilities of over 100000.
ARMS, WARNER & Co., of Mineral
Ridge have made an assignment, with
liabilities considerably in excess of
assets.
The annual reunion of the Army of
the Potomac is to be held at Philadel-
phia June 9th.
THE Perkins horse-nail works at
Providence. II. I. were burned on
Friday morning. Loss $4,000.
The man Gotlieb Hettinger who
was shot in saloon row in Cleveland
on Tuesday night of last week, died
on Thursday.
One striking fact has been develop
ed in the Ring trials, at St. Louis, and
that is that the Radicals furnish all the
prisoners, and the Democrats the ju-
rors to try them.-Ea.
OK the afternoon of the 24th ult.,
the jury in the Babcock case on trial
in st. Louis returned into Court with
a verdict of not guilty.
BEEcHER informed the Plymouth
Council that his recent trial had cost
him S11S,OOO. That's rather an ex-
pensive luxury.
ON the 22d ult., Frank Thomaa, a
lad aged ID years, committed suicide
by hanging. at his fathers residence I'm
Philadelphia.
On Sunday last Rev. f. G. Langley
while preaching in theA[ission Church,
corner of Nassau and Oakland streets.
Rrookly, fell dead in the pulpit fIoLn
heart disease.
Two yonne boys were smothered to
death at Topeka, Kansas, on Saturday
by the caving in Of sand bank under
which they were playing.
Isaac HAKTER, SEN, of the firm OF
Isaac Harter & Son, Savings Deposit
Bank, Canton, died at his residence i'm
that city, Sunday morning. lie was
tO DusihCoS UP " tiC hOui
of closing the Bank. Saturday eve:
ing.
The coIored people of the United
States are to hold a convention al
Nashville, fer political purposes, on
the 9TH of April. Its object is, doubt
less, to suggest to the Radicals what
their colored brethren demand at their
hands.
The Republican newspapers are
charging the worthlessness of the pres
ent Ohio Legislature to the dilatory
measures of the Democratic minority.
Republican minorities never helped
to prolong a session i'm this way; oh,
MOI
OK Thursday evening, while the
Harlan Bros. and Yioletta, the wife
of one of them, were going through
the trapez performance at the Park
Theater, Brooklyn, the brothers fell to
the stage. a distance of fifteen feet aud
one of them was probably fatally in
jured.
LAST week Wednesday nj ght a fire
in Lemars, Iowa, destroyed a large
building occupied by four families. A
woman and three small children were
buried i'm the ruins. and when found
were burned to crisp. The husband
is now raving maniac.
The large tin ware factory OF the
Lalance &c Grogian manufacturing
company, at Woodhaven, l., T., burned
on the morning of the 2lst ult. The
loss of building, machinery, etc., is es-
at 100000, partly incurred.
About $50 men have been thrown out
O; work by the fire.
a DISPATCH from Wisner, Neb., OF
the 24th ult., says: Seventeen double
mule teams, with sixty-eight men,
well equipped, left here to-day for the
Black Hills via tie Elkhorn Valley
route, which is without doubt the best
route Tor parties going with teams.
Parties are arriving daily. Another
train will start inside of ten days, and
smaller bands start daily afoot, hauling
Every thing necessary to
outfit is to be had here at reasonable
rates."
THE Radical convention of Indiana
in their platform declared themselves
in favor of the repeal of the Isesump-
non Act, and then followed up that
declaration by nominating Godlove
s. Orth for Governor, who as 3 mem-
ber of Congress, but little over Il
year ago voted for that same Resump-
ton Act. That is fair specimen of
The consistency of that party. Like
Inc Paddy's flea. you put your finger |
on them and they aren't there.
UPoN the reception in Washington
If kilograms, The afternoon of the 9th, !
the acquiital of Gen. Bab- |
;Ock, President Grant, through his son. |
Col. Grant, Immediately tenicredMrs.
Babcock his sincere congratulations. |
Grant felt highly elated
,yer the result, for it was strongly |
Urged by the counsel for Babcock that |
he Presiden. was on trial. But really |
t seems as though Mrs. Babcock
hould have extended her congratula-
ions to the President for lis fortu-
late escape.
The difference between the Demo-
rats and their Radical opposers on
ne currency question is simply this
The former believe the Government
houId make and issue the money of
he country, while the latter believe
hat the privilege of making and con-
rsling the currency should be granted
D a priviIed few. 1t is the same fight