The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-05-09

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RAvEMNA, fHURsDAY. MAY 0. 1873
A FIRE in San Salvador on the 4th
of April destroyed property valued at
s3O0O00.
ALL il quiet ON the. Bosphorus, and
the late news Indicates that all 10 love-
ly hetween the Bull and the Bear.
THE Ohio Democratic State Central
Comnittse IL to meet at Columbus on
the 16ih inst, to make arrangements
for holding the next State Convention.
On Friday last the members Of the
Syndicate voted to take an additional
five million dolIarQ Of the four and q
half percent. bonds, making thus far,
$sO.U0O 900 taken under the second
contract.
HAYES has bought Of Stephen
B. Packard, OF Louisiana. by nomina-
ting him for United States Counsul
1t Liverpool, 90 he is not likely to fol.
low the example of McLin and Dem
mis-.
ON the 9Th of April bill passed the
Ohio Legislature reducing the pay of
Assessors to $500 per day. On FRI
day . bill was introduced to restore
the per diem to $3.50, the old COM
pensati0n.
JOHN MoRRrsEY died at Saratoga at
30 p. m, on Wednesday, the 1st
inst, He was attended at his death
by q Catholic priest, whose hand he
held when he breathed his last. His
wife and servants were present. He
was conscious to the end.
TIE soldiers of 1872 are not so near
ly extinct ~ was generally supposed.
Since the passage of pension law for
their benefit at least six thousand of
them, or their widows, haye been
found to have still q local habitation
aud q name.
The Washington correspondent of
the Cleveland Leader says q large
number-a majority in fact-of the
Republicans in Congress will vote
with the Democrats to reopen the
controversy on the Presidential ques-
ton.
MAT WEAVER, cashier of the Citi-
zen's National Bank of Urbana, has re.
Gently absconded, leaving that bank in
the lurch about 100000, and owing q
number of his coDfiding friends sever.
al thousands. His defalcation is the
result of gambling in grain.
If 1t be true, ss asserted by the gold
worshipers, that we haye alheady
reached resumption of specie pay
ments-that the difference between
paper and gold and silver is substan-
TALLY wiped out-why do they 80 per-
sistently and bitterly oppose the repeal
of the resumption act?
The Ohio Senate passed the general
appropriation bill on Friday last, aud
although they increased the amount
voted by the House nearly S2OO,Cc0,
still they save the people 5000, 600, the
amount being that much less than was
appropriated by the last Republican
Legislature for expenses of the State
Government.
THERE seems to be disagreement
between the two Houses of Congress
in regard to the repeal of the Bank
rupt Law, and much doubt is express
ed in regard to its repeal. Well, as
long a. the Radical financial policy is
permitted to stand and fill the country
with bankrupts, there should be some
means provided by which they may
relieve themselves from the burthens
that are crushing them.
CLAREr punch was freely INDUCED
in at the dinner over which Mrs.
Rutherford B. Hayes presided on .
Delaware Bay steamer recently, and
nov there is no longer any Mrs. Ru-
therford B. Hayes Temperance Socie-
ty ct Washington, the Society having
held an indignation meeting and re-
solved to drop her name from the
roll - an honorary member and to
change the name of the organization.
'Tis sad, indeed.
THE policy of John Sherman and
the resumptionists is to retire the
greenbacks and give the entire con-
troll OF the currency into the hands OF
the National Banks. That simply
means . contraction of the currency
to the amount of the legal tender
notes, or it means the increase Of the
interest account Of the people twelve
or fifteen million dollars annually.
Are the people prepared to submit?
Judge r. q. Ashburn.
We are informed the name of Judge
Ashburn will be presented to the next
Democratic State Convention for nom-
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