The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-17

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OK Saturday gold went up to 11s
premium in New York.
Ice formed in Central Kentucky on
Friday night last. ...ts,-s ,.fs
SEVERAL States vote for Members
of Congress on Tuesday. November 8.
THE widow of Daniel Webster, now
quite aged and in feeble health, is liv-
ing at New Rochelle, N. Y.
THE money that's good when a debt
is made, should be qually SO when the
debt comes to be paid, nbr 4s.f 20
THE Cincinnati Enquirer says MIL
ton SayIer win contest the election Of
Butterworth in the First District. N
IT is said that G eneral Sherman does
not attach much Importance to the In
dian troubles. .-..-.-.-
,THK total deaths from yellow fever
in New Orleans, up to Saturday noon,
amounts to 3.340; total cases reported
u,4O9. ss.i - sag kIa ~iss-a bsisF !;
CAREFUL estimate shows that TO-
coo persons have died in the South
during the reign of the yellow fever
plague o. '''e'i 80 -i.' 7-.
The receipts of National Bank notes
for redemption by the Treasury De-
partment on the 7th amounted to over
SSQl01.ot S3SQl01.otONnr otNr .i.snt aAi ..s. lrs ,aa -.s
The New York Times don't seem to
regard the result of the late election in
this State asa Republican victory
worth Growing over.
IT is asserted that it cost the Ma
tfonal Republican Campaign Com
niittee $10NG0O to carry the State Of
Colorado.
IPis rumored the Congressional seat
of James Tyler, of the First Vermont
District, will be contested by A. NJ.
Dickey, Democratic candidate. 5
THE Republicans are in an actual
minority of 10000 in Ohio, and yet
they crow over what they call their
victory.
A BosToN telegram of the 18th says:
'The most severe storm tor Is years
prevailed along the coast yesterday.
The damage to shipping is immense
and there was some loss of iife.'
GEN. WILEY was brave soldier, is
an able, honest and worthy man, but
Sherman's money and Republican
roorbacks elected the 'hot coffee can
didate to Congress- Ashland Press.
The Enquirer reporter had an in
terview with Senator Thurman on
Saturday and the Senator said there
was not the least foundation for the
report that he had had an attack of
paralysis. "Hi. So i-..i -i.i '1
THERE seems to be some hope that |
the end of the great scourge Of yellow |
fever that has cursed the Southern |
country SO long and SO severly is ap-
proaching its end. An abatement of
the disea Sc at Memphis and Vicks-
burgh is reported. 20
THERE are positive indications of a
general Indian outbreak, and old
Western men and army officers agree
that. notwithstanding the lateness of
the season, we are on the eve ofa gen.
eral war with the tribes that are how
ering in the West. 5-:.sa II. ~
iABERLIN dispatch of the 10th saye,:
The National Gazette publishes the
following sensational news = An sgi.
tation has begun in Russia to compel
the Gar to 'abdicate, 1t isi reported
the -Czarowitz will preside over acom- I
mission to draft Constitution II
WITH the Nationals and Democrats
combined the bullionists are in mi
nority of more than $4,000. And the
Nationals and Democrats are almost
identical on the finance question. Still
the Republicans insist that the Rag
baby is dead and John Sherman en-
dorsed. .......
In the ten cotton states last year
there were 100000 acres of land nn-
der cotton cultivation, which prOduc-
ed 4, ,4S5, ,423 bales of cotton, and dur
ing the twelve months ending Ia
3Oth "a OFF, June, 1877, unmanu-
faeturede cotton, valued at $17l, u.s. .
sos, and cotton manufactures of all
kinds, valued at $IO,9Ol ,3ll, were ex- bs
ported .si-s-t ,
oEURoPE trembles on the verge of
another war. Russia and England
are merely maintaining an armed truce
and possibility is fast developing into
probability of a general war that will
extend from the Adriatic to the Hima-
layas. The Eastern people are not
fashioning their spears, into pruning
hooks.
HERElis new recipe: To get figsj !
from thisties, reduce one ton OF thist-i
les to seventy-fve pounds of potash.
Then sell your potash for cash. Then
take Your cash and buy figs. Wee give
this in place of a chrome, as all our
Subscribers are prompt in paying SUBJ,
scriptions and deserve something ex
tra.2fEx.
GIDEON J. Pillow died of congestion
at his plantation near Helena, Arkan-
sas, on Tuesday oflast week. He was
one of the distinguished men of the
country, a General in the Mexican
war, a prominent Confederate officer
In the late war, and high-toned poll
tician. ."eb H ii-
An Authority on Black Eye.E
HAIRY Hill, the famous "Sp0rt," ls