The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-12-05

1.-Two E0co /W PAsOU ~ 4 OeSS
y ddUance.
9 THIRTY men are thrown out of en-
ployment by the Tallmadge fire of last
Friday night.
10 AKRON is to have no street lamps,
either coal oil or gas, this winter. And
do they love darkness rather than
hght7"
OLD SINE CAMERON thinks Grant is
3 the coming man, and licks his wither-
ed chops in anticipation thereof.
. The Iowa City Press says. that an
old lady aged 6S, living at Pleasant
Valley, is cutting a complete set of
teeth, above and below.
The Cleveland Loan Exhibition
closed permanently on Satu rday.
The next great doin's in the Forest
City will be over the big bridge.
RoBERr HELLER, the magician, died
at the Continental Hotel, Philadelphia,
on Wednesday uight of last week,
after q brief illness.
THE Sewer-pipe Works of Sperry,
Richie & Co., at Tallmadge, were de.
stroyed by fire on the evening of the
10Th ult. Loss 100000; insured for
$4,000.
The reducible debt of the State of
Ohio now aggregates S6,476, sos. 80. of
which sum 81 or, GAO. 80 will fall due
June 30th, 1881, aud the remainder,
$2,4OO,O 900 falls due in 1856.
The city of Cleveland has a debt of
$S,4OO.O0O. IT was mostly contracted
during the days of imitation, and the
idea of the gold-bugs is that it is just
as easy to pay it in hard-pan times.
The Montgomery (Alabama) Ad.
vance is Democratic paper. Its edi-
tor is James A. Scott, colored man,
and good work he did during the late
contest for the Democratic ticket.
Over two millions of acres of new
lands were taken up in Kansas by set
tiers during the year ending Juoe,
1878. Surely, " Westward the star of
empire takes its way"
The Legislature of Georgia re-elect-
cd Senator Gordon almost unanimous
ly. He received every vote in the Sem
ate and all but five in the Hou &C, those
five being Independents.
The Cleveland Herald and some of
the other Republican papers are sug-
gesting the name of Majah Mckinley
as the candidate of their party for
Governor next fall. So, it seems Hon.
Charles Foster is not likely to haye
the track all to himself. -.
Hew CONVENIENT it will be, to be
sure! Resumption is to take place on
the LIST of January, little less than a
month from now, and then If any one
who has 'worthless,' dishonest rags
and wants to convert them into gilt.
tering gold he can just pack them up
and 60 to Washington or New York,
the only places where they are pay
able.
On Friday morning last, DIR. Heyl
who was on trial at Zanesville for
body-snatching, asked leave to with
draw his plea of not guilty and enter.
ed . plea of guilty to the four indict-
meDts against him. Evidence has been
obtained against him showing that he
has been engaged in the business for
some time, and that some seventy
bodies have been shipped by him to q
prominent Eastern medical institute.
The fact that Governor Hampton re.
eeived lO0, GOO majority at the late elec.
ton in South Carolina is urged by the
Radical politicians as evidence that
the result in that State was brought
about by fraud and Intimidation. But
then they should remember that there
was no Republican ticket in the field
and Hampton's majority was substan
tially the entire vote cast.
OVER in Warren the Republicans
are all torn mp on the Postmaster
question. The term of Mr.. e. R.Wise
the present Incumbent, expires il
March next, and they cay, as he hal
held the Office two terms, he should
step aside and give some other fellow
. chance. The following is list o
those who are anxious to serve thu
government, 80 far as heard from
f. r. Wise, T. NJ. Abel, William Hap
good, James G. Brooks, F. Kinsman
Jr., Thomas A. Brieriey, Frank Mack
ley, Homer q. Reid, Jared n. Green