The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-03-17
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.avENNA. THURSDAY. MAR. II. 1881.
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THE Wisconsin Legislature, on last
Thursday, elected Senator Angus
Cameron, of Madison, to the. unex-
pired term of the late Senator Carpen-
ter.
Hon. LEVI p. MORTON, of New
York, has been appointed by Presi-
dent Garfield as Ministerto France,
to succeed Gen. Noyes. So one Ohio
man steps down and out.
The Senate of Illinois has passed a
bill to empower the Governor to ap,
point public administrator in each
county, to hold office for foHr years.
The Army of the Tennessee, which
meets ut Cincinnati next month, will
unveiI statue o: Gen. James b. Nc
Pherson, which will subsequently, be
placed in position at Clyde. ..
ADAM FoREPACGH, the Snowman,
has offered a prize of $4,000 TO the
handsomest woman that can be found
to adorn his street procession for thir-
ty weeks during the coming season.
The Union Pacific Read reports its
gross earnings for the year at S22, 455,-
134, and surplus of S13, 2O4,4 ,4l6. A
dividend of Ia per cent. was declared,
and the old board of officers re elected.
: THE debt of Tennessee is S26, ,OO0,-
600. Rhe Republican members of the
Legislature favor its settlement at 60
cents and per cent. interest, or par
and A per cent.
The Colorado admirers OF President
Garfield have presented him with
silver brick, on which are engraved
these words: "Ths money of the
Constitution"
FEARS are expressed that the great
Worlds Fair of 1888 will be failure
for the lack of funds and interest.
Grant is said TO be discouraged, and
disposed to give up the enterprise.
On Saturday morning the rattan
works at Wakefisld, Mass, were par
TALLY burned, causing loss of $780,
600, and throwing eight hundred peo-
pie out of work.
BY the burning of a stable in the
rear of Bernse Sc Wallis store, on
South Howard street, Akron, at 3: 30
O'Clock Saturday morning, five horses
were roasted alive, four belonging 10
Louis Heller, and one to d. NJ. Fogg.
FOURTEEN of the counterfelters who
have been flooding the country with
spurious bills and bonds, were arrest
ed and imprisoned in New York on
Friday. and the officers of the Secret
Service of the Treasury Department
are in hot pursuit of the rest of the
gang.
IT seems that Governor Foster is a
little miffad because he didn't secure
q place in Garfield's Cabinet. A Fos-
teria correspondent of the Cleveland
Leader has it on good authority that
the Governor will withdraw from pol
itics at The close of his Gsbernatorial
term. How very sad.
GENERAL GARFIELD i'm his inaugural
address made reference TO all subjects
which he regarded to be of public iu-
ierest and Importance, bus he did not
so much as aIlude to the matter OF
Chinese emigration, or define his po-
si.ion on the subject of protection.
THOMAS l.. JAMES. the new POsfmas
ter General, served five years ap
premiership at the printing business
and afterwards became an editor. He
is universally recognized as one Of
CART eid's most competent Cabinet
officers.
IT is announced from Paris that
"DeLesseps says the Panama Canal
will certainly be flushed by 1888, al
the estimated cost of 5l2, 100000 francs
The work will require from 5000 to
10000 workmsn in the most busy por-
tions eff the work, who will be recruit
ed from the colered population of Co.
lombia and the West Indies"
PRESIDENT GARFIELD did the right
thing i'm nominating Senator Thurman
to be a member of the international
Monetary Conference to meet in the
city of Paris on the 10Th of April
next. His colleagues on the Commits.
sion are ex-Secretary Evarts and ex
Senator Howe. The United States
will be ably represented in that body