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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-06

THE strength of nation is in the
quality of its men and women, and the
safety of our Republic rests on the in
teIligence and public spirit of its citi-
zens. Who can say that the Chinese
imported into the country add aught
to its strength or safety? They come
not as the Germans, Irish, English,
Scotch and other foreigners come, with
the purpose of making their homes
among us, becoming citizens, and de-
string TO perpetuate our free institu-
tions. On the contrary, they come to
make what they can and send or carry
it away, and do not intend to even
leave their bones to manure our soil
They are an alien race, who will not
adopt our civilization or habits, aud
WHO can no more mix with our people
than oil aud water can amalgamaLe.
The Celestial Empire has population
of 400, ,000, 900, and can send to our
shores sufficient number of them to
Oyerrun two or three States and drive
out our more intelligent and producing
people, thus effectually destroying the
States, and the doctrine that the Gov
ernment has no moral or constitutions
al right to avert such calamity, is
absurd, mOnstrous.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-06
RAvESNA. THURSDAY. APR. 6. 1889,
The Press for $3.50 a Year
IN csdctLnce.

THE Ohio House has passed bill
Offering bounty of fifty cents piece
for night owl scalps.
THE fat boy in Harris's Museum in
ly. He weighed 730 pounds, and was
21 years old. His name was David
Davare, formerly from Illinois.
THE Republican managers have for
years been promising to do great work
for the temperance cause, and they
have gone and went and done it by
passing the Pond bill and now the all
is blue with curses all along the line.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-06
PILES! PILES! PILES!
= Sure Cure Found at Last. No
One Need Suffer.

4 sure cure for Blind, Bleeding Itch
ing and liberated Piles has been dis
covered by DR. William, IAN Indian
remedy called DIR. Williams Indian
Ointment. A single box has cured the
worst chronic cases Of % Or 30 years
standing No one need suffer five
minutes after applying this wonderful
soothing medicine. Lotions, instTu-
ments and electuarieS do more harm
than good. Williams Ointment alb
serbs tie tumors, ailays the intense
itching, OparticularIy ut night after
getting warm III bed acts as II poul-
tice, gives instant and painless relief
aud is prepared only for Piles, itching
of the private parts, and for nothing
else.
Read what the Hon.J NJ Coffin berry,
Of Cleveland, says about DR.. Williams $
Indian Pile Ointment: | have used
scores Of Pile Cures, and il affords me
pleasure 10 say that have never found
anything which gave such immediate
and permanent relief as DR. William 5
Indian Ointment.
For sale by all druggists or mailed on
receipt of price. 5 90.
HENRY X co. PrOprietOrs,
81 Vesey ST. New York,
For sale by Belding d Armstrong.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-06

A New York telegram of the 81 inst,
says: Cornelius j. Vanderbilt, broth
er of VIM. II. Vanderbilt, shot him
self at Glenham Hotel, Fifth Avenue,
this afternoon at 2 O'Clock, and died
from the effects of the wound at 6
O'Clock From the time of the shoot
ing until death he was unconicious.
Many friends of the dead man and
members of his family We're present
when he passed away. The motive
for the act given by his friends is that
it is the result of mental arrangement
brought on by years of suffering from
epileptic fits. No other reason could
be given. as his financial affairs were
said to be in most prosperous cOndi-
ton.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-06
THE MARKETS.

RAVENNA, April 5, 1882.
FLOUR FEED. CORRECTED BY N. p CATLIN.
FLOUR-New Process, Sc 90; Pastry 81 IS
per sack: O. Ks1 rs.
FEED-Bran, 81 20 per 100 lbs; Middlings
$3.50; Chop. s170; Corn Meal. 81 60; Oil Meal
New, Process. $l.25, Old. $3.50; Cotton Seed
Meal, $1.75
WHBAT-S1.3 .35 @ )
COR&-sEeled brings Soc; ears, I5c.
OAE5--52 cts.
RIN-No. brings Soc
BARLEI-None in market
IiAY-soiling at &1o g $l2; according TO
quality Ready sale
EEEF--Per cwt., 81 CO.
uOGS-Dressed, $S 90. per owt.
LAKD-City rendered l5%.
SMOKED MEATS-City sugar Cured Hams
selling at i4o; Country 1850.
Shoulders, City cured selling at &c. Dried
Beef selling at 1856.
POULrRY-Small supply in the market
Chickens, dressed, buyers pay II cents; live 1c
Gurhiss. dressed, 10c.. live &c,
BUTTGR-25e.
hf!aE--Boxed -aD--s.; Retails. 10 @ 1se.
EGGs-buyers pay 14e per doz.
POTATOES-S1.1 q $40
DRIED APPLES-6G.
BEANS-Choice handpicked In good demand
a t $3 co per bu. Medium 81 rs.
VINEGAR-Fure cider retails a0c per gal
TALLOW-Buyers pay 5Hc.
HIDES-GrecG, trimr, ID. Mol, IKE. NO 3A c
EEATIiERS-Best retail at IT,.
WHITE LIME-$1 05 per Dbl.
WATER IIME--$1 rs
| SALT-Coarso sells ut Il 409$1 30; ane 81 60.
WOoD-stove 81 5OdS2 00;a feet wood 20 Ot
q So 80 pei cord.
| SUGARS
Coaee 4 sells for Observation-Disclosures, 10C
| EStfG y "
| Granulated ........................... liz
| PulveriZed NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 121a(
| Crushed IS Observation-Disclosures. .12Ht
| Brown Observation-Disclosures O. 10t
| MOLASsEs-
New Orleans. sells for......... go a To-
| White Drip SYRUP. ............ 75'
| tIloGen Drip g ...... ........... 75
! SEEDS
Glow Seed, prime, buyers pay ......5 90
| Timothy ..........................2 75
heu Iop .-----.s-'-.-... co
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-06
A Oak ota Biizzard.-Pc0pO Or m
TO Death.

CHICAGO, March 30.-A st. Paul
special says: Since Saturdays bliz-
Zard reports have been received show
ing loss of life on the frontier. The
facts are generally concealed, but it is
certain there has been much suffering
and many deaths. The blizzard ex-
tended from Southern Dakota tn Man.
itoba and reports come from all along
the railroad lines. one man was found
frozen to death on the prairie near st.
Vincent and two near breckenridge.
Several isolated families had narrow
escapes. A lieutenant, name unknown,
starting on a furlough from Et. Sissel-
ton, Oak, died from exposure Thurs
day. He was going to Germany. A
stage driver named Howard was found
dead near Lake Wahbaw, half mile
from home. Mrs. Long and her ten
year-old son Albert, We're found dead
near Goodwin, Oak. They were going
to see a sick neighbor. 1t is reported
that fifteen land explorers. who started
from Aberdeen aud WatertOwn, are
missing since Monday, aud only two
of their ponies have been found.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-06
THE PONDTAX BILL.
Its ConstitutisnaIity Questioned.

Ats SuOstAOHcu'
On the 23rd ult., while the so called
Pond Bill which has passed the Legis-
lature was under consideration before
the Judiciary Committee of the House,
Judge Hoadley, of Cincinnati, one of
the ablest lawyers of the State, appear
ed before the Committee to make an
argument against the constitutionality
of the bill. He began by reading the
thirteenth section of the Pond bill,
which divides the receipts from the
taxation of saloons between two funds.
He said this section showed the bill to
be a general revenue bill. He then
read from Supreme Court decisions to
prove that general revenue law
should be based upon a uniform rule
as required by the Constitution. The
Pond bill did not propose an assess
ment, but it did propose fine, Ii
cense, or tax. In his opinion it was
al license, and if it were such it falls
within the constitutional inhibition.
The sale OF malt and vinous liquors is
not prohibited, but this bill imposes q
license upon it, and this license is i'm
posed before anyone can engage i'll the
business in question. 1t gives him 8
permission, it licenses him, and it is
contrary to the Constitution. If it is
fine it imposes punishment before
the crime is committed, and without q
trial. If it is tax it is an onerous
one 1t is double tax upon a business
which already pays from twenty five
to fifty million dollars year tax in
the State of Ohio, and it is based upon
a principle that destroys all uniformi
ty of taxation. He then made strong
argument on the point of the uniform
ity of the tax proposed by the PonC
| Bill, reading from several authorities
to sustain this opinion. The decisions
from the United States Supreme COur
set forth that license to sell goods
was tax Oh said goods. In both il
was decided that license tax, prelim
mary to the sale of goods, was a tax
and in this case it was a double tax
To his three clients i'll the room it i'm
posed tax in violation of the constl
tuti0nal rule, and it was sort of pol
tax at that. This bill, he said, az
shown by the highest courts of the
country, is but subterfuge; il is bu
license under another name; an at
tempt TO tax calling which really
taxes the property.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-06
LEGAL NOTICE.

T YDIA NJ. PROSSER, Willy G. Shirtliff Lew
~ is A. Shlrtlif, who is supposed to reside in
saginaw, Saginaw County, Michi gan. Lizzie A.
Shirtiih, and Asa G. Shirtlif will take notice
thai - petition was filed against them on the
nth day of December, \ ID. 1s'I, in the Court of
Common Pleas within and for the County of Por-
tage and State OF Ohio by Lewis l.. Bradley and
AdtlIne II. Bradley, and is now pending, where
IN said Lewis l.. bradley and Alkaline IT, Brad
ley demand partition Of the following described
real estate, to wit: !eing On lot No sc in the
south division OF lots i'll the Township of Raven
ma, County nf Portage and State of Ohio and
bounded on the east by the east line of said lot
No Sc, ON the south by the south line of said
lot on the west by land of Mortimer Il. Cutler,
and on the north by land formerly owned by the
late cJohn Cutler, supposed 10 contain Sc acres
OF land. Said defendant Lewis A. Shirtliif is
required to answer or before the third Satur-
day after six weeks from the 23d day of March,
y. ID. 1882 And at the next Term Of said Court
said Lewis L Bradley and Adaline II. Bradley
Will apply for an order that partition may be
made Of said premises.
Dated this 18th day nf March. A, d 1882.
LEWIS l.. BRADLEY, and
ADAI1NE II. BRADLEY.
7O8-6w BY S. ID. NORTON. their Attorney
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-06

"Jackson represented the benefcent
Jegersonian philosophy, tohich pre-
ferS that nothing shall be done by the
General Government ,ohich the local
authorities are competent to do, and
nothing by any governmental po,oe'
aohich individuals can do for them
SeloeS. SAMUEL j. TILDEN.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-06
Chinese Bill vetoed.

President Arthur returned the Chi
nese bill TO the Senate on Tuesday, ac-
companied with message stating his
reasons for not approving the same.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-06
MARRIED

JONES-FERGUSON.- the 1st of April 1882
by Isaac Russell. Esq at the residence of R
Jennings. in Kent Mr.. William L, Jones,
of Palmyra, and Miss Ida E. Ferguson, OF
Kent
I'll HAWLEY-FRENCH.-At the brides parents.
March Goth, 1882, by c. A. Merwin. j. P. Mr..
Charles f. Hawley and Miss Clarinda B,
French. all of Palmyra. o.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-06

Is taxation without protection just
and proper?
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-06
To Nervous Sufferers-The Great Europe
an Remedy-Dr. j. b. Simpsons Specific


DIR. J. B. SIMPSONS SPECIFIC MEDICINE is
positive cure for SPermutOrrhea, Impotency,
Weakness, and all diseases resulting from Self
Abuse. as Nervous Debility. Irritability, Men
tai Anxiety, Languor, Lassitude. DepressionoA
spirits and Functional Derangements OF the
Nervous System generally, Pains in Back or
Side, Loss of Memory, Premature Old Age and
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-06

D. n. FURRY.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1882-03-23
Foreign a9ezaa ..

BERLIN, Marchl5.-The lrtsrgieV. be-
tween the Emperor and Bismarck on Sum
day was for the purpose Of discussing the
Russian question, The skobelo1H affair is
regarded as settled, but great WtstchfuIness
i required. Bismarck longslnee arranged
the combinations for every even quality.
LONDDG, March Is. = The Times editors
ally says: "A war between Austria and
Russia is always possibility, bur II pres
ent there Ii not, we trust, serious peril.
The establishment OF the serviaiI kingdom
under. AUSTRIAN l.sfaieea i u
guarantee Of peace: nor is the Slavonic
storm likely yer to break upon Germany.
We have reasons TO believe that Bismarck.
has no fears in that direction. He neither
expects an attack. nor intends tf, strike.
Emperor William received m autograph
letter from the tEzar on the anniversary OF
the assassination Of his father, Alexander
J., which deeply affeelsd the GerlIean rnou-
arrh zzz
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1882-03-23
seRge@me RIasoa Sentenced.

NEW YoRK, March 1.-The finding Of
the court-u1artial In the case OF Sergeant
Mason, who shot at Gutteau last SeDtem-
Der, was made public yesterday by an or
der issued by General Hancock from head
quarters Of the Department of the East, at
Governors Island. The court-martial
finds him guilty and pronounces sentence
aa follows: s'To be diahonorably discharg-
ed from the service of the United States.
with loss OF all pay and allowance now
due, or TO become due to him, and then to
be confined at hard labor In such peniten-
tiary a. the proper authorities may direct,
for eight years" .."~
The order Issued yesterday states that
the finding has been approved and that
sentence will be duly executed.
The penitentiary at Albany is .designa~
ted rs the place OF Mason's confinement.
He is now at Washington and will be held
there until further orders.
The selection Of Albany as the place Of
Mason's'confuement Is subject to approval
of the Secretary OF War.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1882-03-23
The Curae Df Gaae Sesalaaao

sT. Louis, March l4.-Gent Beckvitla,
Of the Connissary Department, who has
charge Of the distribution Of Government
rations from this city to the aooaed dis
tricts on the lower Missisaippi river, has
received the following dispatch from J s.
Loud, dated Memphis:
ssJust arrived here. FoUfatI Pemiscott
county, Me-, In distressing condition, be-
ing almost entirely submerged. and about
one thousand people eonpletely destitute.
Supplies are being distributed and viii last
until about March, e5tIl.. Mort. should be
sent. The people will be II just as bad a
condition when the water gees down. The
Government, TO prevent starvation, should
care FOR thena at least until the lat Of May.
About dfty people are destitute, at Hatl,a-.
way, Tenn, $50 at T'iptonvil1e, 200 at
1Hale's Point, Tenc., and 100 at Bayfield,
Point, and $50 In the yicinityof 0sceola.
Ark. Some stores have been received, but
not sufficient.
Captain Lee telegraptss:: My dispatch
Of the 9th inst. falls short of the actual
destitistion and magnitude ae the oyer
dow.n
]. Captain Lee has been directed BY Gent
Beckwith to take charge Of the little steam
er Anita, which left here yesterday and 70.
proceed at once TO pick up parties Of desti-
tute people in the flooded listricts and
take them 70 dry land and shelter " here
they can be fed In comfort and health.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1882-03-23
After SHaRaaeFera.

Nav Y oRK, March IA decisive ac-
ton has been determined upon by Jay
Gould to punish those who have beensctr-
culating false stories for the purpose Of de-
flaming him and destroying his credit.
The nlatter.has been placed III the hands OF
David Dudley Field, who is working up
the evidence against the letractors and
when sufficient proof has been obtained %
convict, It being now certain that the
authors OF the false rn1nors have been ira
ced, it has been determined by Gould to
prosecute them TO the extent Of the law.
What evidence has been obtained BY the
lawyers Is at present kept secret, but will
be developed in duestime ct the courts.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1882-03-23
abs50e e I'D sion

CHICAGO, March IA Washington
special says: There #tas been . division
among the stalaafts, aud shenceforward
the President intends torun his own ma
chine and build ~ empire Of his own.
Having offered the Supreme Court position
to CoE1kling and Edntlnde.<the President
says he has now paid his political obliga-
tIons II them and ss.ill 10 further court
them.
A Sva1Tart ex-senator says that trouble
is brewing and a decided split in the Stall
wart flies is coming.
Conkling pressed Clarence Seward FOR
the place he refused, and this nomination
was seconded BY Ill the New York judges
except one, Judge Blatchford liu1aelf
asked for Stewards appointment.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1882-03-23
The Garfield Leetor Laid ae CoEak~
AiNg's Door

NEW YORK., March t0.--The Post to-
morrow will contain several replies to the
attacks made upon the memory of the late
President by recent publications of the
superb Roscoe. The letter o. Garfield con-
cerninn RosenCrAns was addressed to Gov
ern0r Chase. II was preserved among his
papers. and those papers were inherited by
his daughter, Kate Chase Sprague. Now,
bv what way did it find Its way into the
New York SUM- The merits Of the COW
troyersy aroused by the letter need not be.
entered into, but the manner Of it's Dubli-
cation would seem to show that deiiher-
ate attempt has been made 60 blacken the
memory Of Garfield and diEcredit Garfield
ism, thence it is important to know how
that publication was procured. The de-
tense made Of the letter by Garfield's
friends III Washington is that the facts set
forth were true, that the letter was conf
Dental and addressed to personal friend;
that it made no appeal to anybody in au-
thority over Rosencrans, but was precisely
such letter rs thousands Of army officers
were constantly writing home to other
friends, under seal Of strict privacy. These
defenders Of Garfield's memory assert it fs
not anything to charge the want Of pa
triotism upon him for writing what seems
on ts face to be a patriotic letter. it is
sufficient to notice that the manner of the
publication Of the subjects 1t to suspicion
of having been aimed at the memory OF
the dead man by malignant personal
enemy.
CHICAGO, March 10.-There are some
curious facts connected with the publica-
tion Of the Garfield ~Rosencrans letter that
should be borne In mind that the letter
first saW light in New York Sup whose
editor is a warm personal friend Of C0nk-
ling, The brother Of the ex-senator is @
stcCkholder in the paper and it has uni
Iormly defended che conduct OF Conkling.
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5TE--.sTz5zzE= l. A434 l54s - - 81
aRsnaga - Lot @ e e.


New YoaK, March IA Washington
special says: The House committee On for
eign affairs win begin the work. Of The
Chilli Peruvian investigation tomorrow In
earnest. Shepherd has been notified that
he must at that time, and It Is.
lieved that be will come and tell all he
knows.
Senator Hill remarked to a friend to-day
that his life vas al behind him and that
he. was siaply waiting for the end. He5Is
temporarily easier but his friends have ne
hopes for permanent Illlnr !. 4
transpires that Hill himself has not had
much faith from the start. ofsa permanent
cure, since cancer has been commonly >
fatal disease Ia his family.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1882-03-23
'N'Re NEfsSiasippf DeKsages

NEW ORLEANS, March l0.-The New
Orleans, Chicago & Sc. Louis Railroads arr
again submerged and impossible, in the
neighborhood OF Waller Valley. The Mis-.
sissippi overflow has assumed alarming
proportions, inundating all that section OF
country. "~
An arrival from Red river reports 25o
people below Alexandria living on RATS
aud in deplorablc condition.
The Bayten Sara levee is still giving
way rapidly. 1t is all green earth and
crumbles away as fast as the water pushes
against it. The gap is 900 feet wide, and
the water as it goes through is about 10 feet
deep, but Is rapidly digging deeper and
spreading lar and wide over the country.
1t will overflow part of this parish.
All west Of Baton Rouge and portions
Of Assumption, st. Mary. Iberia and Ter
rebone, the richest sugar district in LOU
isiana, will also be overhowod. False
River and Gossettc county will soon be in
undated. The loss OF property and the
suffering Of the people will be terrible, the
State engineer says, unless the attempt j.
successful to stop the creyasse.
The people Of Bayou Sara are making 8
brave fight against the food. AL the stores
are closed and every man is at work on the
leVees which protect the place, while
draining machine In working against the
fearful pressure.
CHATTANOOGA, March l0.-1he heavy
rains in Northern Alabama have caused:
The Tennessee river to overflow and weak
en- the railroad embankments. There are
three washouts on the Memphis & Charles
toll railroad near Tuscumbia. Orders have
Deen received to stop the sale Of tickets to
points west Of that city for >36 hours. The
necessary repairs to the roads can be made
In eight Or ten hours after the water sub
sides.
NEW ORLEANS, March 10.--A Bayou
Sara special says: This crevasse will flood
every place OH the river from Waterloo to
vincent plantation, about sixteen miles,
Ten places In AL, causing the loss Of about
2,oO hogsheads Of sugar, besides q great
loss of stock and other property.
MEMPHIS, March 1O.-The riverzis an
inch lower tonight at Little Rock. Lieut..
'edder, U. S. A., says of the food: II do
not see how anything SO appalling could
pe exaggerated. The river is higher than
IL has ever been before.''
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1882-03-23
rhe mississippi Forty gE1lee xvide.

MEMPHIS, March 13.-Th he river declined
two inches. here to-day and now marks
thirtv-five feet and seven inehee on the
gauge.
Great distress is reported among the in
habitantg OF New Madrid and Pemiscott
counties In Missouri, Lake and Dyer coun~
ties, Tennessee, and Mississippi county,
Ark. Pemiscote county, ID wreck and
been submerged for three Govern-
ment aid will be necessary for the inhabi-
tants of these counties until May 1st.
Commissioners Mangum and Heming-
way to-day each distributed $4,000 addi~
tional rations furnished by the Govern-
fnent for.ttie relief Of the sufferers In Ar
kansas and Mississippi.
Three breaks are reported on the line Of
the Chicago, st. Louis q New Orleans
railroad one near Grand Junction, one
near Michigan City, where Wolf river
crosses the road, and another farther down.
4 The officers and passengers of the steana-
er aCity of Baton Rouge" which arrived
here to-day from New Orleans, say the
condition Of things along the whole length
OF the river=is pieiableslsa the extreme.
Tire river, they say has vera width
Of forty miles all the way from Cairo
down, and with the exception Of aon1e
SIXTY miles above and below Vicksburg,
the levees are either washed away OF Gov
cred with water and Of no practical bene-
fit. Thousands Of people have been driven
from their homes, and nearly all their live.
stock has. .beeno or will be starved or drown
ed.
Jackson, Miss, March 13.-Reports
from the overdowed districts are most ltl IN !
favorable. The Governor leaves to-Enor-
row for the scene OF trouble and viii rem
der a1lald possible.
Col. Hemingway, nov at Memphis, isl
making every effort TO relieve the suffer ler--II
ers of that section.
WIN. shivers, sentenced to Be hanged at
Yazoe City tomorrow, has been respited
for thirty days.