The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-02-26

The Republicans of youngstown
haye organized Blaine Club in that
city.
MONDAY was observed i'm Washing.
ton as the anniversary of Washington's
birthday.
THE total number of petitioners for
a local option law up to Saturday was
46,5OO.
GEN. Tom. EWING is reported to
have made 100000 in recent Colo
RADIO mining venture. That's better
than being Governor of Ohio. :.
The Conkling-Grant men swept
New York in the election of delegates
to the State Convention. George
William Curtis was defeated.
The Legislature which was to have
completed its work in thirty days has
tabled a resolution to adjourn ON the
31st of March.
AN incendiary fire al Batesvilie, Ar
kausas, on Friday morning destroyed
the business portion of the town. The
loss is estimated at $62,64O; insurance
$36, 800.
The State officers to be elected next
fall are, Secretary of State, Supreme
Judge, Members of the Board of Pub
lie Works, School COMMISSIONERS and
Clerk of the Supreme Court.
The total value of imports during
the year 1879 was $5I3. .745, ,74S during
1867 was $43I, ,SI2 .4S3. The value of
domestic exports in 1879 was $754-
$50. 75J value of exports i'm 1878 was
$729,O23, ,23s.
The grain elevator OF T. Gilman u
Co., at Atlantic, Iowa, was burned on
Thursday last with sixty thousand
bushels of corn therein and sixiy
thousand bushels more stored in an
adjacent crib.
A TRAIN consisting of baggage car,
coal car and two coaches, on the Belle
vuc and Southwestern Road jumped
from trestle sixteen feet high, on
Thursday last, seriously injuring some
ten persons, three of whom died of
their wounds.
The Wisconsin Republicans have
called their State Convention for the
election of delegates to Chicago for
the 9Th of May. The managers of the
party in that State incline towards
Blaine, and hope that, by delaying so
long the Grant simeon will have blown
over, and that delegation represent
ing the true sentiments of the party
will be chosen.
SEVEN Louisiana Senators have been
arraigned for contempt in signing
memorial to Congress denouncing
their fellow-members as having been
elected by fraud. Six of the seven
declared that they had never read the
memorial which they signed, and the
seventh pronounced his signature a
forgery.
The supporters of James 6. Blaine
in Crawford county, Pa, held mass
meeting at Meadville on Saturday at
which speeches were made and reso-
lutions adopted denouncing the action
of the Pennsylvania State Convention
instructing the delegates to vote as
unit and for Grant, as being anti-Re-.
publican and opposed to the wishes of
the majority of the Republicans of
that district, and demanding that the
district delegates disregard the in
structions to vote for Grant.
SHEKMAN's chances for the Presi-
Dental nomination by the Chicago
Convention seems to be exceedingly
slim and to be diminishing every day.
Grant and Blaine appear to be sweep
ing everything before them. This is
strange considering the fact that the
Republican leaders claim that the
great financier has saved the country
from dishOnor and the people are in
debted to him for returning prosper
ity and all their success in business.
1t goes to show that Republicans, as
well as Republics, are ungrateful.