The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-06-28


RAvENNA, THURSDAY. JUNE 2S, 1877
oENERALN NEWS ITEMS.
Macauley is at Louisville preparing
his theater for the CO ming season.
Mayor Ely, of New York has agreed
to accept donations for the Mt. Carmel
sufferers,
The Canadian Steamer, Prince Ar
thur, was burned, at Portage du Fort,
Canada, on the 18th INST. Insured.
Boston celebrated the 1O2nd anni-
versary of Banker Hill ON the 18th, by
keeping holiday.
st. Louis has contributed over eley-
en- hundred dollars for the Mt. Car
mel sufferers.
The Secretary of War has extended
to August 18th the leave of absence of
General Newton.
The Detroit Post and ailyTribune
have consolidated. The new paper
will be called the Post-Tribune.
A German named Chris Salgerbied,
committed suicide by throwing him
self under the wheels of a passenger
train atCrown Point, Ind. .,on the 18th.
r. G. Mosby, q mail carrier at Rich
mond has been arrested for purloining
from registered letters. MOsby is
highly connected.
DURING the past week q common
loss has been felt In the death of three
eminent men, ID. ID. Pratt, John Pet
tit and j. 8, C. Abbott.
Mr.. HAYES is summerlng at the Sol
diers' Home. 1t would be appropri-
ate for his Finance Minister 10 sum-
mer at the Home of the Friendless.-
Enquirer,
O.R-Vinton,an old and respected citi-
zen of Burlington Iowa, fell while at
tempting 10 jump on street car, the
wheels passing over and breaking his
neck.
Robert Coulter, one of the wound
cd of the Mt. Carmel tornado, died on
the 18th. Others are still in q preca-
ricus condition. A relief fund amOnt-
ing to $1,000 has been received.
The FirstNationalBank of St.Louis,
which has been thought the firmest in
the country, has closed its doors, al
leging as a reason the stringency of
the times.
Two or three hundred employees of
Pamil s. Booths silk mills have struck
for higher wages, and the strikers,
male and female, march through the
streets.
III. A. Blood, Of Boston, has com.
menced suit for libel against theFitch-
burg Sentinel, for undue severity in
its reflections on his recent failure, lay
ing damages at 100000.
Fred. Douglass has revisited his old
home and master after forty years
absence. He gave the colored folks
some good advice about making and
keeping money.
A disastrous fire occurred at Bur.
lington, Iowa, on the 10Th inst, num-
Der of large business houses being de-
stroyed. Loss estimated at $675.OOO
Insurance, s15O,OOO.
Jos. o. Glanville, Collector in the
freight depot of the Northern Central
Railroad Company, has been missing
since the 18th. He is also Vice-Presi-
dent of the Peabody savings institute.
His accounts are pronounced correct.
The Superintendent of PublicPrint-
ing at Washington announces that
there are more printers there unem-
ployed than he can give work to, and
that it is useless for others to go thith-
er in expectation of procuring work,
A club-room called the Republican
League was opened at Washington on
the1Sth. A gambler furnished the
money to fit the rooms up, and Ex.
Congressman E. e. Ingersoll, BROTH
er of the blasphemous Bob, has charge
oft.
The body of a middle aged man,
dressed in fine suit of black, was
found in the Ohio river near Roches-
ter, Penn, on the 18th. The name, J.
p. Wallace was found on the pants
lining.
Edward e. Waller, 8 prominent real
estate dealer, of Chicago, has filed a
petition in bankruptcy. Secured liza
biIities, S22O,OO0 unsecured, SI72,OOO
assets, 139. COO. in stock and real estate
of nominal value.
The action Of Judge Hilton IN re-
fusing to receive the family of Mr..
Joseph Seligman, Hebrew, at the
Grand Union Hotel, Saratoga is being
severely commented on by the He.
brews Of New York City, and chris
tian people elsewhere.
A reunion of the veterans of 1872
was held in Paris, Ky, on the 18th.
Forty-two were present, their ages
ranging between eighty one and nine
ty four years. The Secretary announc-
ed that during the last year thirty
four had passed the battle field of life.
The strike of the canal boatman on
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, for
81 per ton freightage on coal, is gen.
eral. A number of boatmen have re-
solved to tie up their boats at the
eight mile level. and hermit m loodod