The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-07-20
THERE is no prospect of an immedi.

THERE is no prospect of an immedi-
ate adjournment of Congress.
THE star route trials are still drag
ging their slow length along.
The Cincinnati Commercial calls
the Stalwarts "The going to the Lordy
party"
The bill extending the charter of
National Banks has received the sig
nature of the President, and become
law. ........
THE Republicans of the Fourteenth
District in convention at Ashland,
nominated r. A. Horr for Congress on
the 595th ballot. Twas horrid.
MORE than seven-ninths of the Ger
man vote of GAINESVILLE, that has here.
tofore voted with the Republican party,
will vote the Democratic ticket this
Fall.-ISignal.
The Democratic State Convention
meets in Columbus today. With a
good ticket and platform declaring
the true Democratic doctrines, glori-
GUS victory awaits the party in October.
A MAN died in the Westmoreland,
(Pa.) infirmary, few days ago, upon
whose person was a bag of gold and
$4,000 worth of bonds and other Sc
curities.
For the year ending June 30th, 1882,
the net revenue of the general gov
ernment was $4O3, 100000, or about
$500 for every man, woman and child
in the United States.
IN the case of the State of Ohio vs.
Ahuirah Cults, for murder in the first
degree, tried last week at Chardon, the
jury after being out about twenty min
utes, on Thursday, returned verdict
of not guilty,
EVERYBODY is speaking in terms of
ridicule and contempt of the navy of
this great nation. Secretary Robson
spent $lS2, 900, 900 in building it up,
and yet one would require tho aid of n
microscope IN Hnulng IL.
The doctors who made the examina-
tiOn of Guiteau's brain have finally
agreed upon a'verdict. They say that
so far as can be judged by the cOndi-
ton of the assassin's brain, he was
perfectly sane.
1T is said that $4,000 steers are being
leisurely driven through the Indian
Territory on their way East, and back
of them are 200, 900 more being grouped
together In herds to be driven to the
railway stations in Kansas and Mis-
souri,, to be shipped by rail. So there
is some slight prospect of decline in
the price of beef. Hurry up the cattle
On Wednesday of last week, Prose-
cutor Caldwell, of the Criminal Police
Court, asked the Court to dismis all
the cases brought against saloon keep
ers and beer garden proprietors under
the Smith Sunday law, as there was
no prospect of conviction in any of
them. Accordingly, all the cases,
amounting to several hundred, were
dismissed. Thus ends the work of en-
forcing the Smith Sunday law in Gin
cinnati. --'
ON the 4th inst, while little lad
named Jimmy Parker, of GAINESVILLE,
o., was handling toy pistol which
was loaded with powder and a wad,
the piece was accidentally discharged,
wounding the boy in the left hand.
The wound, though painful, was not
considered dangerous, but ia a few
days the pain became acute, and soon
after spasms set in, and the boy died
of lOck-jaw. This is one of many sim
liar cases which have occurred recent
ly, and should be warning to boys to
desist from the handling of such dam
gerous weapons. s-.
THE controversy over the question
as to who have got Guiteau's body is
one in which few people take much
interest. The soul of the assassin is
marching on with that of its fellow
assassin of Harper's Ferry notoriety,
and they are both likely to continue
on the tramp.
VIM. HEINRICH, ex-Treasurer of
Auglaize county, charged with official
crookedness, has been arrested by the
authorities of Larimie, Wyoming Ter
ritory, and the Sheriff of Auglaize
county, armed with requisition from
Governor Foster, has gone out after
him to bring him back to answer three
indictments returned against him by
the grand jury of that county.
Farms i'm the United States.
The number of farms in the United
States in 1880 was 4,OOS, ,9O7; of these