The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-12-01
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PINK-EYEs is prevailing among the
horses Of Cleveland.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR, it is expected,
will move into The White House to-
day.
AREN'T the Republicans proud of
the party that little repudiatOr carries
around in his pocket?
IT is expected that General Grant
will visit the Atlanta Exposition some
time this month.
GRANTIsM, Conklingism, and Stal.
wartism don't seem 10 be as dead as
some people thought a few months
ago.
IT ia stated that oyer one thousand
horses are sick with "pink eye" in
Pittsburgh, and the disease is becom-
ing more fatal.
THE school lands of Texas are esti-
mated to be worth SI0O,OOO,OOO; sum
equal to the school lands of all the
other States combined.
CoNGREss convenes next Monday.
and there will come a warm contest
for the Speakership of the House.
The candidates are numerous.
ACCORDING te the census figures OF
1880, the entire settled area Of the
United States is ], ,569. $40 square mlles,
or ,6O4 524, 500 acres.
IT is reported from New York that
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln is in that city
in such state OF destitutien and pov.
erty as to be forced to appeal to the
public for charity.
IT 10 announced that Blaine will
positively retire and deYote hfs atten-
tion to private business that he will
not run for Governor, Congress, nor
accept foreign mission.
BooKwALTER, OF Ohio, and Astor,
of New York, have both found thar
the bari in American politics is no.
always winning card.-Rep. Ex.
G. Foster, of Ohio, thinks otherwise
New YORK contributed S23S, ,734 to
the fund for the relief of the Michigan
sufferers. The Governor of Michigan
states that half million additional
will be needed.
AKRON is putting on metropolitan
airs. Highway robberies are of fire.
Quent occurrence there. Three within
the short space of one week is putting
on too many airs for a town of its size,
SECRETARY FOLGER contemplaies
Investing our " UncIe..Sam's..' SURF Ius
in buying up bonds, and thus knock
Banks. Can't q stop be put to that
basiness?
If ScoyiIle desires to provo his eli
ent insane, he must pat stop to his
saying that there are a great many
people that think Henry Ward Beech
er is badly cranked socially, and have
no doubt that Mrs Tilion told the
truth, and that he lied about it.
If Baldwin and Nugent, of Newark,
and Bcnyon and Weeks, of Boston,
who have managed 10 get away with
some S3,O00,000 of other peoples
money, could get into Congress, they
might form a coalition with RepubIi-
cans.
Coalition is now the rallying cry
OF the Republicans in Congress. They
stand with open arms ready TO receive
anybody, from pr0fessed repudiator
10 train rObber, and will agree TO
"wback up literally in The division
of the speils.-ISi. Paul Globe.
The total cost thus far of taking the
census is stated at S3,S6O,06S, The
appropriations are inadequate to meet
the expense, and Congress will be
called upon for a further approp tion
of $40. 900 to meet the deficiency.
If Judge Lynch Is TO run the busl
ness of furnishing alleged criminals
isn't it about time that our cour
houses aud jails should be razed, oul
judiciary abdicate, and the whole. bu
siness of protecting life and property
given over into the hands of the mob
1t would save a vast amount of need
less expense.
The report o the acting Attorney
General of the United States, in re-
gard to the Star Route frauds, disclose.
an amount of corruption that hal
nsver been equalled in any country
not even excepting the most rotter
period of French politics under Ma.
poIeon III. PeculatieD, perjury, NAL
feasance, reputation, and finally as
sassination. have combined to make
the party of great moral ideas a stencil
in the public nostrils.
THERE are no tones SO sweet as the
ones which reach US through the cob
webs of memory which step reverent-
ly aside to make room for the voice of
our mother Glad, foolish tears arise
as we see her again in the old wood
shed making our trembling form ia
niliar with the slipper, telling us in
soft, cid lullaby tones, "Iil learn you
to go swimming-I1l warm your skin.
You won't come home with your hair
all wet againi" And as we crawl out
under the currsnt busheswe resolve
that next time our hair shall be well
dried. But we cannot forget the dear
nnina tuGarEn A A RrHIIR