The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-23
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THE miners of the Mahoning Valley
have decided not to go on strike at
present.
THE electrical storm of Friday night
extended as far west as Ogden and east
to Boston.
THE plurality of Patterson, Demo-
crat, over Beaver, Republican, for
Governor at the late election in Penn
sylvania, is 40,202.
THE Ohio Auditors were in session
in Columbus on Tuesday to prepare
for raid on the Legislature at its
coming session.
SCARLET FEVER prevails in the Inn
becile Asylum. at Columbus. The
medical department has trested sixty /,
cases, mostly of a mild form.
"BoBn ISGERsoLL is out for Gen
eral Sherman for President. but the
people will prefer statesman rather
than a soldier for the position.
BY the explosion of powder mill
near Guayaquil, Central America, on
Monday, ten persons were killed, and
a church and several houses near by
were destroyed.
BY the explosion of dynamite in the
works of Berryport, Wales, Friday
morning, three girls and two men were
instantly killed, and several others Sc.
riously wounded.
AN exchange says: "Guiteau was
thought to be cheeky until the Doc
tors, who helped him to kill Garfield,
sent in their bills"
THE Democratic party has again be-
come the party of Thomas Jefferson !;
the less debt the better, the less taxa
tion the better, the less government
the better.
GOVERNOR FOSTER asks the people
to render thanks to Almighty God for
our unexampled prosperity. 'Tis well
that the Governor has at last found out
that the credit is not wholly due to
John Sherman and the Republican
party.
JUDGE HAMILTON has sustained the
appeal Of E. d. Sawyer from the de-
cision of the Canvassers of Cuya-
hoga County, and decided that he, and
not Hugh Buckley, was elected Sheriff
at the last October election.
THE German Empire has about a.
O00,0O0 acres of forest, valued at $780,
100000, and appropriates $500, 900 every
year to increase and maintain the
growth of the trees. These are official
figures, just out.
PIG-IRoN" KELLY, of Pennsyl-
vania, wants General Arthur to rec
ommend to Congress sweeping re-
duction of the internal revenue tax.
Something must be done to furnish an
excuse for maintaining the present
oppressive tariff taxes in the interest
of the monopolists.
THE Republicans are again stricken
with grief. Upon the canvassing of
the vote the Secretary of State of Mis-
sissippi decided that Van H. Manning,
and not J. r. Chalmers, was elected 30
Congress from the Second Mississippi
District. So, the Hero of Fort Pill
low" was little previous in dispatch
ing to Beast Butler -" Both in
Shakeu'
THE Warren Tribune says: "When
the Hon. Jay A. Hubbell was Chair
man OF the Republican Committee in
1850, and collected assessments to aid
i'm electing Gen. Garfield, the Garfield
Republicans made no objections, and
Gen. Garfield himself approved the
work"
Just so. And when Brady, Dorsey,
and the rest of the Star Route thieves
contributed of their ill-gotten gains to
carry the country for Garfield in 1880,
the same "Garfield Republicans made
no objections, and Gen. Garfield him.
self approved the work" But what
does that signify? Does that in either
case justify the act?
THE Supreme Court of Pennsylva-
vania on Monday redered decision in
favor of the Standard Oil Company Of
Ohio, which ends the long litigation
between the Com mmonwealth and that
Company concerning taxes and penal
ties of over 500, 900 claimed to be due
the State by the latter.