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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-05-26
/. Pleasant Family Gathering.

| Last Friday afternoon the children
and relatives of Mr.. Robert Reed, an
old and respected citizen, paid their
aged kinsman kindly greeting at the
residence of Mr.. Joshua Minerd, a
grand son of Mr.. Reed 10y marriage. 1t
was the occasion of the eighty second
anniversary of Mr.. Reeds birthday.
All of his surviving children except
Mrs. Aldula &. Richardson. of Cory
Pa, were in attendance. The children
present were Mrs. Mary Ann MOffett,
of Michigan; Mrs. Alkaline Moore, of
Geauga county Mrs. BENZ. +. Boosin-
ger, MessTs. Samuel II. aud Martin V.
Reed, OF Ravenna. Thirteen grand
children and five great grandchildren
We're also present. The time was spent
in exchanging congrat,iiasions, reiat-
ing the incidents OF the early times
country, and in having good social
time generally. The children present.
ed their aged parent n substantial and
comfortable suit of clothes throughout,
and bis grand daughters gave him an
elegant piecework quilt, the work OF
their own hands, as n testimonial of
their esteem and affection. After a
few hours of social enjoyment the
company gathered around the festive
board spread with a bountiful repast,
to which all did ample justice. 1t was
indeed Il pleasant and joyous occasion,
"A. Il 4 lN~y
those present while life shall last.
May our venerable friend livet to enjoy
many more like kindly greetings, and
when his " summons comes to join the
innumerabIec caravan that moves iO the
cold relms of shade may he be able
to wrap the drapery of his couch about
him and lie down to pleasant dreams" 7"
[The above article was written by us
exclusively for the columns of the
PRESS, but in some mysterious man.
ner it found its way into the Republi-
can Democrat as Il local editorial, the
day before our paper WAS Issued. Will
some one please rise and expiain?]
The reason Byron hated a iumpy
woman was that be couldn't bear to
see good thing cat tshori.-ET, No;
ii was because l,eprcferred sweetness
long drawn 0Iit::-Ihiladeiphtn Ne,os.
Wrong. II was simply his bias =
Lendcr--Y \ Yes, and it gered him terri
bly,. "a a ~ au ,A;
Tickets now on hand at &. & p.
Depot for over L 000 principal Western
points, which will be sold as low rs
any competing iine.; Trains making
quick time and close connections.
w. ID. ARMsrRGNG,
Ticket Age mt. &. ~ L. X. r.
Ravenna Ohio
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-05-26

DeLisle's Pink of Purity.
For the teeth. 1t cleans them, gives
a natural whiteness, delightfully."- per-
fumes the breath and costs but p cts.
l. I. Seymour sells It. -. e-.e
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-05-26

Improve Your StOcki
TWILL keep at my stable, in the west part Of
L Rootstown, u finc cTHOROUGHBRED DUR
HAM BULL, two years old. and weighing 1900
poun.ls to which the attention of farmers de-
string to improve their stock, is invited.
DANIEL BOGUE.
Rootssovn, Nay IA. lssl. seA-sws
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-05-26

Rev. DIR. Cone, President of Buchtel
College, will presch in the Universal
ist Church next Sunday forenoon and
evening, in exchange with the pastor,
who will go to Bainbridge and Auburn,
Geauga county, where DIR. Cone
breaches occasionally.
The Republican Committee of this
county have called convention of that
party to be held at Citizens Hall i'm this
village, on Saturday, June 4th, for the
purpose Of choosing delegates to the
Republican State Convention to meet
in Cleveland June sth. eai
On Sunday evening as Mr.. Frank
Cone and family, of Kent, was return
ing home, when about q mile from this
village one of his horses became fright
ened and shied, tipping over the car
riage and throwing out its occupants.
Besides few scratches upon the face
of one of the children no one was in
jured. fl.5e.
Burglars seem to be operating pretty
extensively all over the country. On
Thursday night the houses of G. A.
Thayer, F. III. Snow and f. S. Hutch
insop, of Garrettsville, were entered
and ransacked. At the latter place
they were driven off and pursued, but
without avail. The shotgun policy is
the only efrctive remedy for the great
and growing evil.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-05-26

An All Wool Black Cashmere
at 4Oc per Yard!
Well worth looking at. Also, better grades.
ranging from so cts. to 81 90.
BUNTINGS and LAWNS
In Great Variety.
A FINE STOCK OF
Check, Figured and Striped
PiGues and Nainsooks,
Victoria Lawns, Tarlatans, Lin
ems, Chambras, Dress Ginghams,
Plain and BrOcade Silks and
Satins.
A fine stock HAMBURGH EDG-
INGS and INSERTINGS, very low.
Torchon. valencennes, Vrrmecella,
Spanish, and good variety of LACES
and EDGINGS, rich and cheap.
MAGIC RUFFLING,
.GIMPS,
FRINGES, and fine line of
RIBBONS.
HANDKERCHIEFS of all descrip-
tiOns, very cheap.
LACE CURTAINS from 121sc up.
LAMBERQUINS,
NAPKINS,
TOWELS,
DOYLIES,
QUILTS,
Berneslv. Bleached and Turkey Red
DAMASK and LINENS, very cheap.
Look at our stock of NEW DRESS
BUTTONS--thcv are handsome.
A fine stock of GENTS, LADIES'
and CHILDREN'S GLOVES and
HOSIERY.
PAISLEY, CASHMERE Il SHET
LAND SHAWLS.
WHITE and COLORED SKIRTS.
LADIES UNDERWEAR.
CORSETS and BUSTERS, good
and cheap.
A big stock of COTTONADES,
frem 121s", up.
CASSIMERES and KY. JEANS.
A full line of DOMESTIC GOODS
TICKINGS, AT
COTTCNS, PRICES
DENNIS. THAT
SHTRTINGS. WILL
GINGHAMS, PLEASE
PRINTS, SC, you.
PARASOLS and UMBRELLAS,
LADIES, MISSES and chill
DREN'S SHOES.
SUMMER HATS.
TABLE OIL CLOTHS.
WINDOW SHADES.
A fine stock of MOTIONS, all cheap.
We have fresh stock of STAPLE
GROCERIES.
CHOICE TEAS AND COFFEES
A SPECIALITY. BgCome and try
them.
DAIRY SALT, &C., sc.
We shall endeavor at all times to
keen what the public demands, and
EVERYTHING MUST BE SOLD
AT REASONABLE PRICES.
NO BIG PROFITS here 10 cover
losses. No bad debts, for we don't
intend to have them.
REM EMBER THE PLACE.
REMEMBER EVERYTHING is
NEW.
REMEMBER WE HAVE LOW
EXPENSES, AND 1T WILL BE
LOW PRICES!
And il will pay you to call and give
us q norton of yOur patrOnaoe. at
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-05-26
DEMOCRATIC PRESS.
THURSDAY. MAY ae. 1881.

CEMETERY GATES open from SEVEN A. y.
an sEvks p. n. until further notice.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-05-26

Ella R.. only daughter of Geo. w.
and Elizabeth Severance, died Tuesday
morning, May II, 1881. after sickness
of only little more than three days.
She was born in Shalersville, October
4. 1862. In 1873, with her parents, she
removed to Ravenna, where she has
since resided. Ella was q cheerful,
good girl, and her amiable qualities of
disposition aud character had endeared
her TO many, aud her sudden departure
is sad affiictiOn to her parents, four
brothers, and a large circle of relatives
and friends. Though young she had
suffered much from ill health, yet she
had endured all patiently and seemed
disposed to put the best Interpretation
upon life's experience. and now that
she is gone many pleasant memories
are cherished. The funeral services.
held at the residence Of her parents on
Lincoln Avenue, Wednesday after
noon. conducted by Rev. Andrew
Wilson, were very largely attended
by symparhizing friends and neigh
bOrs.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-05-26

ton, from old age, on Saturday, the
18th inst. He was formerly a resident
of Randolph.
An exchange says: Many people
should be more grateful to the editor
for what he does not notice than for
that which he does notice, for to them
his sifence at times is more than gold
en-" True, true, too true.
AN exchange says: Gloves, either
ground or whole, strewn in cupboard
whore ants are bad, are said to Danish
them. The cloves should be removed
every little while, as they lose their
istrength.
The plans and specifications for the
improvements i'm the Court House have
been received at the Auditors Office
and printed copies of the specifications
are now ready for distribution to these
who desire to figure and bid upon the
work.
Charles F. Evans, wife and son spent
few days during the past week visit
ing Ravenna friends. Charlie is a ma
4 tive of Ravenna. He has been en-
pIoyed for ssme time as agent of the
Merchants Dispatch at Toledo, and
now goes to Springfield, O., in the
same capacity.
L. III. Bean, of LeavenwOrth, Kas.,
has been spending some days i'm visit.
ing his old Ravenna home and friends
On Monday he sold his sorrel trotting
mare to G. III. Corning for $500, and
presented to the youngest son Of his
brother, A. H. Bean, a three-year-Old
poney. He expects to return to hii
Wssten homa In about threa Weska
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-11
A DEMOCRATIC LEADER.

Strange to say there is some dis
cussion, just now, as to how the SEN
ate failed to elect a president pro
tenn. The fact is, Vice President
Arthur refused to vacate the pre-
siding officers chair that such an
election might be held. BY prece-
dent the election could have gone
to Senator Bayard, Conkling and
Platt having left the body Demo-
cratic. 1t is possible, however, that
MIR. Arthur would have permitted
the election to take place, had
the Democrats assented to the
election of Senator Harris, OF
Tennessee, who had sustained Conk-
ling in his fight against the presi
dent. The Atlanta Constitution
has engaged in a senseless attack
upon Senator Bayard, alleging that
he was engaged in. an arrangement
for defeating the election. Since
Senator Joseph. Brown, of Georgia,
is aspiring to be the Democratic
leader in the senate it may be that
the Constitution took its cue from
this irrepressible and willy politi-
clan. Senator Bayard does not try
to be a leader, nature having mad.
him a man commanding simply re-
spect and confidence and esteem, be-
cause of his exalted character and
his Integrity and ability. Senator
Brown is a man of great ability
and he would like to be a "boss,"
like COnkling, and he will be one if
possible. The one has been a lifelong
Democrat, devoted by faith to the
principles he enunciates; the other
does not belong exactly to that
race of men, nor to that species of
animals which does not change color
of skin nor cast spots. He has
changed, and having changed once
he may change again; at least it
would do well for these time-serv-
ing Democrats in the senate to do a
little serious thinking before deliver
ing themselves over body and soul
to Joe Brown. His political record
by no means authorizes such Demo-
Gratis as figure in the senate to be-
come his chattel property, to be
hauled around at will to Mr.. Conk-
ling's back door, or perhaps to Sena-
tor Mahone's outhouses. Joe Brown
is trying 10 make the next senator
from Georgia, and when he does so,
and has somebody of his own
instead of Ben Hill in the
senate, Georgians may mark the pre-
that they will thereafter
hear something "drap."
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-11
A ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

For surveying three hundred leagues of land.
Under the provisions of an act entitled ian
act TO provide for designating and setting apart
three hundred leagues of land out Of the unap-
propriated public domain for the benefit of the
unorganlzed counties OF the state, and to pro-
vide for the survey sand location Of the same
approved March %, 1881, bids will be received
until 12 NJ, on Tuesday, September l, 1881, for
Tor surveying into league tracts, where practi-
cable, the above three hundred leagues of land
out OF any Of the unappropriated public domain
within the state or any Of the reserves made by
the act OF the legislature, approved July IL,
The bids shall specify at what price per league
the surveying will be done and shall be accom-
panied with the written guarantee OF two res
ponsible persons, that the bidder, II successful,
will within twenty days, execute the necessary
bonds.
The contractor will be required to record in
| well bound book or books the field notes and
maps of surveys made and return the same I'M
der oath to the general land office, and furnish
each county or district surveyor within whose
territory surveys are made, copy OF the field
notes and maps OF such surveys as may be made
in his said territory
The lands to be surveyed will be selected and
| the surveying done under the supervision OF a
commissioner to be appointed by the governor:
Two corners Of each survey shall be marked
and established on the ground, and the lines,
II in timber, shall be distinctly marked. The
anterior corners OF blocks, in no case to exceed
two leagues square shall be marked with monu-
ments, ofthe most durable material accessible,
six feet high. All surveys must be connected
with well known corners or natural objects.
The work must be completed and the maps
and field notes filed as provided above on or be-
| fore September /, 1882
The contractor will be required to enter into
written contract and such bond as the board
shall prescribe, not less than double the
amount OF the bid. No payments will be MADE
until the work is completed and the field notes
and maps filed as provided.
Bids must be scaled and endorsed "Proposal
for surveying three hundred leagues OF lands
and filed with the comptroller at Austin, Texas
The right to reject any and all bids is reserved
o. NJ. ROBERTS
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-11
UNIVERSITY LOCATION RESPECT
AND REVERENCE FOR THE FAITH
ERS.

A citizen of Dallas, writing to the
Dallas Herald upon the subject OF
the state university, regrets the
apathy which exists among voters
in regard to the university question
He applies this lack of interest es-
pecially to Dallas and to other cities,
and argues the Importance of the
subject in question. The writer
says:
.'It is not emphatically true to-day
of the city of Dallas, than which
there is not a more enlightened and
progressive city in Texas; for how
many of the intelligent and educated
men of Dallas, on this Sabbath
morning, when they are supposed
to be giving themselves up to the
improvement of the mind and the
cultivation of the heart and soul,
have considered for one moment the
most suitable location for a state
university, whose munificent endow-
ment fund, started by the old set
tiers of Texas, win, in ten years, if
properly located, be thronging with
students from every county in the
state, andfrom contiguous states and
from the republic of Mexico? How
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-11
THE JUDICIAL AMENDMENT.

What the STATESMAN said yester-
day as to the assertions of the TeIe-
phone about the proposed amend.
ments to the judiciary article of the
constitution, was upon the hypothe-
sis that the Telephone was correct in
treating the provision of the pro-
posed amendment in reference TO
the place of holding the supreme
court as an innovation upon the
terms of the constitution as it now
reads on that subject, and the Tele-
phones position was shown to be
untenable even in that view. We
now come to the consideration of
the correctness of the hypothesis it.
SELF Section 3, of article 5, of the
present constitution concludes with
these words: "The supreme court
shall sit for the transaction of busl-
ness from the first Monday in Octo-
Der to the last Saturday in June OF
eceTy gear, at the seat of govern
ment, and at not more than two
other places in the state" thus Ieav-
ing the question as to whether the
court should sit at any other place
or places than at the capital for leg
islative direction. The legislature,
not the constitution, fixed the
other places and terms. The
proposed a"orrtiment in lieu
of this section leaves the
provision as to place and terms
OF the court unchanged. The Ian
guage Is Dearly, and the sense exact.
ly, Identical with the law as it exists
The clause of the proposed amend
ment reads: "The supreme court
shall sit for the transaction OF
business from the first Monday
III October i'll each year until
the last Saturday in June OF
the nert gear, at the capital and two
other places, or at the capital only,
II the legislature shall hereafter so
provide" Our italics show plainly
the need of verbal change. The
present text requires the court to
run its sessions backward in point
of time; that is from October to June
ece'y gear The real object and the
supreme necessity of the change OF
the Judicial article of the constitu-
ton is too well known among well
Informed minds to require COM
ment. The Overcrowded dockets and
immense amount of money and
property tied up by litigation has
called aloud for remedy. The
amendments proposed give it an in
creased number of judges, with AIDE.
quate power to dispatch the bust
ness. 1t matters not where the peo-
pies causes are decided, so they be
correctly decided within reasonable
time. But we only intended to say
now that the proposed amendment
make no real change as to where
the court shall hold its sessions, but
leave that with the legislature
where it now rests.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-11

The Jasper Ne,os-B Boy, IN discuss
ing the university location, says
GAS we have stated on several Occa-
sions prior to this, we are decidedly
in favor of Austin as the location OF
the state university. 1t is almost
needless for us to state reasons-for
we could hardly hope to state any
new ones, or any better one than
have been repeatedly given by pa
pers and correspondents all over the
state. Suffice it to say, no more
beautiful and appropriate place
could possibly be found for its loca-
ton, than the lovely and picturesque
eminence known as college or uni
versity hill, embraced within the
forty acres, lying just north of the
capitol, and set apart by the fathers
of our grand republic, specially as
the location for such an institution.
Besides many other advantages that
Austin has, as the capital of the
state, over any other city, for the
location of such an enterprise, is
one stated by Governor Lubbock:
The ultimate concentration here of
the state libraries, state museums
and institutions of that character
Certainly these viii be very superior
advantages that could be offered by
no other city in the state"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-11
MIR. MACK's WRITTEN SPEECH.

Mr.. Mack has replied to the
STATESMAN, through the columns
of the Houston Post, denying that
he made sweeping charges as to the
immoral conduct of state officials,
and explaining that he did not in
clude certain ones. Here is what he
said:
II do not think that contact with
the officials and great men, so-called,
of our state, as asserted by the
champions of Austin, would conduce
much to the moral or intellectual
advancement of the youth of the
land. Nor do L believe that an I'M
Outstanding of the habits of the OF
ficials would afford a good example
for imitation, for instance, it would
be rather demoraliZing for them to
see the secretary of the board of
education keeping a jug of whisky
in his public Office for the purpose
of Influencing legislation on the
subject of education and where
public officials, without shame or re-
spect for public opinion, have worn
the paths smooth from their offices
to the bar-rooms and dram shops of
the city"
Since the honorable gentleman
eats his own words the STATESMAN
gives them exactly as he has made
them in the sci speech represented
all over the state. In his reply to
the STATESMAN he leads to the re-
ference that he was misrepresented
by it. His slanderous remarks
were just as much a gainst
Messrs. Lubbock, McLeary, Brown,
Bowman and others as though
they had been mentioned by
name. Attention was called di-
rectly to but one person, and his
case was instanced simply in the
nature of an illustration. Mr.. Mack
made no exception, leaving the
inference that every state officer
was a whisky soaker. The state
officers on duty at the capital
are the governor, attorney general
comptroller, treasurer, commits
sioner of the general land office, Sec
Rotary of state, adjutant general
and commissioner of statistics and
history. All these men are and have
been sober and faithful public
servants, and Mr.. Mack's re-
marks are wholly untrue as applied
to them. These men hold state of
fees for two years. Clerks in the
different departments may adopt
bad habits, unbecoming any en-
ployee of the government, but such
when discovered. is usually
followed with dismissal.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-11

JAY GOULD has been gobbling up
railways centering at st. Louis.
Then he took into his gutta-percha
nav the great st. Louis bridge; and
now he has taken cat one fell swoop"
controlling interest in the great
national stock yards, ON the Illinois
side of the river. He may be said
to be in favor of st. Louis, and this
is saying much for the future great
meas of the place. Gould is doing
with money what Reavis failed to ac-
complish with CAB; and yet the lat
ter may be credited with leading
the former to take a look at the
Future Great"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-11
RESCUED FROM DEATH.

William j. COughlin. of Somerville,
Massachusetts,, says: ''In the fall of 1875
l was taken with BLEEDING or THE
LUNGS, followed by a severe cough. L
lost my appetite and flesh and was con-
fined to my bed. In 1877 L was admitted
to the hospital. The doctors said had a
hole in my lung as big as a half dollar.
At one time a report was around that 1
was dead. gave up hope, but a friend
told me of DIR. WILLIAM HALLS BALSAM
FOR THE LUNGS. | got bottle, when to
my surprise, l commenced to feel better,
and to-day / feel better than for three
years past.
with diseased lungs will take DIR. WILL
LIAM HALLS BALsAM, and be convinced
that CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED. /
can positively say it has done more good
than all the other medicines have taken
sence my Sickness" jy31 eod&w
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-11

ATToRNEy-GENERAL McVEAer
has got his back up against the
whole dynamite family, and not
only Grove and Rosa are to be ar
rested, buthe is going to takein every
manufacturer and machinist and
merchant aud shipper who handles
the internal machines. They are
t, getting just as much exercised about
explosives in America and Europe
more so than in Russia, for while
the Russian authorities are paying
no attention to Hartmann and not
asking for his delivery McVeagh as
serts he is going to send him back to
st. Petersburg. McVeagh is ac-
tive because Blaine does not care to
be known in such movements
against the dynamiteists.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-11

Persons of sedentary habits, often
suffer with kidney affections. Irritat-
ing medicines and overwork are fruitful
causes OF diseases of the kidneys. Suffer
ers from this weakening and dangerous
disease would maintain the strength of
the digestive organs and improve the
quality of the blood by persistent use
of Simmons Liver Regulator, taken three
times a day. This will restore the kid
neys TO their wonted health and vigor.
q have been troubled with liver COM
plant, kidney disease and bad blood for
a long time. 1 have used about ten bot
ties of Simmons Liver Regulator, and it
has done me more good than all the medi-
cines ever took. would not be with
out it. If you desire you can publish
this. Yours truly,
"GEO. n. PRATT,
U. s. Deputy Collector, Sec. DIST. Ga"
au1O-1td1tw
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-11

ESTRAY NOTICE-Taken up by j. II. Bur.
Lditt, and estrayed before Fritz Tegener, JUS
tice of the peace, Travis county, July ID, 1881
one sorrel mare, about 1418 hands high, about
9 years old, two hind feet white, and branded
TIL (connected) on left shoulder and H on left
jaw; also bay mare, about years old, about
Gle over it) on right shoulder; also bay mare,
little roam on hips, about or 8 years old,
about Az hands high, and branded F ] on left
about 10 or ~ years old, branded three times
with figure crossed at top by upper part OF
letter T, placed one above the other, on left
shoulder, and counter branded 81 ON right shout
der. Appraised at $500 each.
au3,w3tf FRANK Brown, elk, C. C. Travis Co.