The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-01-06

cember shows a decrease during the
month of S., ,699, 400
THE timber lands Of Ohio decreased
fr I'M 9, ,749, 1893 acres in 1870 to 5,ll',3lo
acres in 1877, decrease in seven gears
of over 500 900 acres.
CHICAGO killed 1 1OO, 100000 pounds
of hogs this season. And yet there
haf been remarkable growth in the
population Of that city.
HAMILTON County, Ohio, last year
produced 11,73s.2 .27O proof gallons Of
distilled spirits, an increase Of AGO.
600 gallons over the preceding year.
Whsw! what guzzlcrs.
A grand mass meeting of the Ohio
State Temperance Conference is to be
held in Columbus on Wednesday and
Thursdsy OF next week, for the pur-
pose of forcing the Legislature to
adopt q Locsl Option" law.
TIE colered people are to hold
National Convention at Washington
on the day preceding Garfeld's inau-
guration. That means business, and
tho man of Mentor might as well pre-
pare TO come ommediately down.
The First Methodist Church builc.
ing of Canton was destroyed by fire
about noon on Sunday during services
while many of the members were Oh
their knees taking communion. The
fire caught from a defective hue. Es
timated loss, from $4,000 to 100000
The Superintendent of the Census
gives the population OF the Uni ed
States at 90 I52 559. So it is manifest
We are nation with big number OF
people, whether they spell it with a
big N CT not.
A FEW of the friends OF Gen Grant
in Philadelphia have made him pres
ent of 100000, and while there are
thousands of poor, needy and sick in
the "City of BrOtherly Lore" who
are left neglected and in want, they
call this a great act of beneyOlance and
charity.
ALTHOUGH the tax on beer is but 81
a barrel, it gives a revenue OF l.000f
600 year. We produce $500. .OOO,OOO
drinks of this cheering beverage ev-
cry twelve months, or 10 drinks for
each man, woman and child in the
United States.
Ex GOVERNOR SCoTT has been COM
mitted without bail 10 answer charge
Of murder in the first degree, in kill
jng young Drury at Napoleon, Ohio.
nn Christmas. There will be another
hearing before The Court, and an at
tempt to admit Scott to bail.
By the provisions of string ent an
ti-dueIing bill introduced in the South
Carolina Legislature, person killing
a iother in due, or wounding him
SO that he dies within six months, is
10 suffer death, and person carrying
a challenge, or being present at duel
is 10 be Imprisoned in the penitentiary
IOr Two years anu Hucu.
A COURT MARTIAL in the case of
WHITAKER, the colored cadet, has been
ordered to convene at West Point, JAN
18th. Had the fellow been a white
boy he would have been sent adrift
from the institution long ago upon the
proof against him. But the Republi-
can administration does make q dis
tinction on account of race, color and
previous condition.
henry BERGH advises hogging in
every State of the Union, as we'll as
by the National Government, in place
OF imprisonment. He says: There
are 1900 criminals in our State Pris-
ons, and $4,000 more in our jails and
penitentiaries, of whom New York
City alone supplies $1,000. The GRIM
inal classes cost S6,0O0.OOO year in
New York, and there is one church TO
every 1000 citizens, and a rum shop 10
every seventy five"
Mississippi and Tennessee have each
founded State University for the ed
ucatiou of the colored race. In
number of the Southern States color
ed children are admitted to the COM
mon schools. South Carolina elected
four colcred men 10 the House of
Representatives. Still, the Republi
cans of the North. who are doing
nothing to reward the colored men for
their services, keep up their constant
cIstter about Southern intimidation
and abuse of the negro.
AMONG other new industries start
ing up in New Orleans, is a new cot
ton mill to cost about $150,0O0, with
5000 spindles, 62 carders, and 800
looms, to give employment 10 800
hands; a new ice factory,to cost some
q ing like $50, 900. and to give employ
mcnt to about Is hands, turning out
25 900 tens OF ice annually and n bag
ging factory. with 100000 of capital.
TO give employment TO about 200 hands
Here are three enterprises requiring
100000 capital, that when completed
will give employment to upwards of
500 persons, and distribute 100000
yearly in the shape of wages, and the
Pirtyune, from which this informa-
ton is obtained, says there is fair
prospect Of the building of another
cotton mill there.