The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-01-30
THE DEMOCRATIC PRESS.
sAMuELD. HARRIS EDITOR AND PUBLISHER

80. The Press for $3.50 a YeG,;
IN adcGnce. ti
-, HAYES has signed the new Pension
bill and the same is now law.
i5j IT is claimed that the new Pension
Bill which has passed Congress will
& take from tho Treasury Sl5O, ,0OO,O 600.
''D1 The Arkansas Legislature on Sat
urday last elected Hon. J. D. Walker.
of Washington County, U. S. Senator
The Missouri Insane Asylum, at ST.
Joseph, was destroyed by fire Satur-
day afternoon. There were. 26O in.
mates, but it is thought all were
saved.
The principal charge made against
Governor Bishop is that he has in
dulged in q too; free exercise of the
pardoning power. Yet Governor
Young in the same length of time
granted more pardons than has Bishop.
MRS, ANDERSON, the great pedes-
trienne, has accomplished the unparal-
leled task of walking 2,7O0 quarter
miles in 200 consecutive quarter
hours, and now the world Is wiser,
better and happier.
THE Senate Committee on Patents
has reported against the Sarven pat
ent carriage wheel. Tho patent has
been renewed three times already, and
has yielded tho patentee, over all ex-
penses, $125,OOO. Glye the Commit
tee credit.
UNDER the bill passed by the House
of Representatives, the compensation
of the Auditor, Clerk, Probate Judge,
Sheriff and Treasurer of this county
are reduced five per cent. from the
amounts now allowed those officers by
the existing law.
4 The State Auditor recommends 10
County Auditors that after the day
preceding the second Monday of
April, 1879, no claims for damages to
sheep by dogs can be received and
considered as applying upon the col
lections upon the duplicate of 1873
then goes into practical effect.
The Republicans of Illinois and
Wisconsin have manifested their ha-
tired of the salary-grab by electing
John A. Logan and Matt. Carpenter
to represent those States in the q. S.
Senate. They both voted for the
measure and received and hung on to
the plunder, back-pay and all.
The virtuous Gilbert o. Shove who
started out so freely to contest the seat
Of Amos Townsend, of Cuyahoga
county, in Congress on the ground of
fraud and bribery in procuring his
election, has been appointed Mail
agent IN the Chicago and Rock Island
Railroad, by our civil service reform
administration.
The Little Rock, (Arkansas) Ga
zette says: "Pinchback, who is edit
ing a newspaper in Louisiana, says
that the first effort at the disfra nchise-
ment of the cOlored voters will come
from the north, and that the negroes
may yet be led TO vote the Democrat
ic ticket in order to .preserye their
rights.
The Democratic Central Committee
of Stark county recently held meet
ing at Canton, at which it was resolv-
ed to substitute the sy stem of delegate
convention in making county nomi-
nations, instead of the popular vote
system that has been in vogue there
for many years past. The vote in IA
vor of the change was unanimous.
The jury in the Palm murder case
tried at Mansfield last week returned
a verdict at eight O'Clock Friday morn
ing of mot guilty" Loud applause
upon the rendering of the verdict in
dicated the public sentiment towards
tho defendant. He was re.arrested on
q charge of shooting with intent to
kill, and placed under 81 900 bail to
appear ana answer.
The rush for the Government four
per cent. bonds still continues. The
money lenders manifest an anxiety to
get their funds beyond the reach of |
the tax-gatherer, and prefer to get
four per cent. for its use rather than |
invest it in active pursuits where it
would help give employment to labor.
IL it to be wondered at that business |
failures still continue and that the
army of tramps and beggars are on the |
increase
On the First of January there was
nearly S47, 100000 of double interest
in possession of Ohm Sherman's
pet banks, of which amount the First
National of New York held over $19,-
DOC, GOO and two other New York
banks s13,OOO.OOO more. That these
privileges cost the People half mill
ion of dollars in ninety days does not
rouble our energetic Finance Minis
er he is laying up nice corruption
und to be used in his Presidential
in 1880.