The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-01-29
sAAUELD. HARRIS EDITOR AND PusL1sHr..
HAvENxA. THURsDAY. JAN. 80. 1880
GEN. GRANT was honored by an Of
fetal banquet at the Palace Hotel,
Havana. last Friday night.

fetal banquet at the Palace Hotel,
Havana. last Friday night.
In the midst of all the Republican
gasconade about the outrage in Maine
in counting them out, it should not be
& forgotten that q majority of the votes
of the State were against them.
The miners OF Ohio will hold q
State Convention at Mansfield, Feb
ruary Sd, 1880, to discuss and settle
various questions which have been
the subject of dispute between opera
tors and their employees. ~ a.a"
It is rumored that the Chicago ex-
tension of the Atlantic & Great West
ern will start from West Salem, but it
is certainly only a rumor, as the new
owners have other important matters
to consider before this.
g. ,ATToRNEY-GENERAL NASH, of Ohio,
has given his opinion that County Re-
corders have no right to refuse any
/. one access to the county records, and
that the public have a right to full
and free access to them.
Twenty thousand marriages took
place in Ohio during the past year,
and the number will be largely in
creased this year when the miscegena-
tiea Legislature removes all the OBJ
stacles in the way of full and free
mingling of the races.
The current expenses of the Colum-
bus Insane Asylum for the year end
ing November Is, 1879, were $44,377.-
Al less than the preceding year; and
yet the miscegenation Legislature
want to and probably will reorganize
the institution and put it back into
the old rut.
REPUBLICANS talk as if they had
great respect for the opinions of the
higher Courts, but when the Supreme
Court of Florida decided that the
Hayes Elector had never been legally
chosen, they simply ignored the decis-
ion and proceeded with the theft by
which Hayes was made President.
THE Herald interviews a number of
"infiuential' cOlored men in Cleve-
land as to their views on the subject of
miscegenation. Each expresses him
self unqualifiedly in favor thereof: 1t
gladdens the heart of Our African
Brother whenever a white daughter
nurtures tender feelings for a descend
ant of Ham. 1t is pretty matter to
Plain Dealer.
The people of New York city, are
getting up considerable interest in the
project of a Worlds Fair to be held
there in 1883 to commemorate the GEN.
tennial anniversary of the close of the
war of the Revolution and the recog-
milton Of the Independence of the
United States of America by Great
Britain in 1888.
An appalling mine explosion oc-
Cured in Staffordshire, England, on
the 2lst, by which. eighty miners were
killed. The noise of the explosion
was heard Tor miles around, creating
the greatest CONSERVATION. After the
nature of the disaster was known
among the families of the miners, the
scene at the mouth of the mine was
agonizing beyond description.
The present Republican Legislature
is following up the practice of its pre-.
decessors in adjourning over every
three weeks from Friday to Tuesday,
and really not getting 10 work for a
day or two thereafter. When the
wicked Democrats did the same thing
the Radical papers were filled with
bitter denunciations of the practice.
If they intend to preserve their con-
sistency they should speak out loud
and plain. t.f.
The capacity of the rail mills of the
United States, is taxed to the utmost
to supply the demand, and new mills
are being constructed.-[ [Ex.
During the years of the panic the
building of too many railroads was as
serted to be the principal cause of all
our troubles, while now it is the chief
evidence of the return of enduring
prosperity.