The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-03-01
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THE enumeration shows that Ohio
has 827 1888 yosth of school age.

THE enumeration shows that Ohio
has 827, 1888 yosth of school age.
"A BILL is before the Legislature Civ
ing teachers the power to appoint
county examiners.
The present Congress is rapidly
drawing to close. Three days more
will end its wicked career.
THE works Of the Culley Manufac-
turing Company, at Ashtabuls, were
destroyed by fire on the 2lst. Loss $lO-
0DJ. with but small insurance.
sREPoRTs from the cattle range sec
ton of Colorado say the loss of stock
by show storms and cold weather will
amount'to about fifteen per cent.
THE. Little Bill,n to compel rail.
road companies to employ watchmen
tall railroad crossings, was beaten in
the Ohio House-yeas Is, nays As.
THE Tennessee Legislature has en-
acted that no state or county official
Of that state, shall accept railroad
pass. i. s..st ,u.+-.s
Iris estimated that $4,000 partici-
p4ted in the celebration of the l5Oth
anniversary of the settlement of "a
vannah, Georgia on the 18th of Feb
ruary.s7 -e ISL 10
a. D. o..
THE Ohio Solons at Columbus are
still wrestling with the liquor question
with about ss much prospect of arriv-
ing at a result as when the session be-
gun. II,
FARMERS in the United States have
$l2,2l0, 25S, ,S62 of capital invested IN
their business. This sum includes
farms, implements, live stock, fertil-
izers and fences. sns sInr
The railroad accidents In the United
States in 1882, numbered one thousand
three hundred and sixty-four, causing
three hundred and eighty deaths, and
iDjuring one thousand five hundred
and eighty.efght persons.
w. :. ifT .
SOME one shot ut one of the Ford
brothers ut Ashtabula. Friday night
after tile entertainment was over, blt
missed. Either Jessee James aveng 81
or some citizen disgusted beyond for
bearapce at the show. .s
THE star route trial is still draggins
Its slow length along. The evidence
seems pretty conclusive OF the guilt O
the fellows who helped the Republi
cans to victory in 1880, but theil
conviction and punishment is not ye
assured.
ONE thousand seven hundred anC
ninety actual shipwrecks were report
ed throughout the world last year, rep
resenting an aggregate of 63l ,320 tons
-Four thousand, one hundred and
tweDty-nine lives were lost-five les.
than the previous year. .ls..
SENATOR THURMAN returns tn,
largest amount Of personal property
for taxation of any man in Columbus
$i4,000-more than ali ihe Columbus
b,nkers combined. But Thurman /.
an honest man while some of the bank
ers-that is, some of them tell lie tt
the assessor when he comes around.
The Minnesota House of Represent.
atives ON the 2lst ult., defeated the
proposed amendment of the constitu
tion of that State prohibiting the man
ufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors
The motion to indefinitely postpone
the consideration Of the propositian
after about four hours discussion, was
carried by vote of 40 yeas to SO nays.
CONNECTICUT, is rapidly advaucinz :
in the cultivation of oysters. About
10000 acres are now planted, aud thir-
ty steamers and many sailing vessels
are engaged in the trade. 1t will test
the Ingenuity of the Nutmeggers to
get up an imitation bivalve that will
beatthe original article. Hams and
nutmegs, may be; but oysters never.
The failure of the Augustinian So,
ciety, a Roman Catholic organization
formed in Lawrence, Mass. in 1870, to
receive deposits of parishioners of the
church, is announced. The indebted
ness of the Gocietyis placed at $500.
600. Several suits have been commenc-
ed by depositors to recover the amount
of their deposits.
Hon. ASA w. JONES, of Youngs
town, has been interviewed by a
Leader correspondent on the subject
of his becoming the Republican can.
didate for Governor. in the coming
campaign. Mr.. Jones' reply was thar
. under 20 circumstances would he be
candidate" and assigned as a reason
for declining that "none but wealthy
man can afford to go through the cam.
paign and pay the expenses of it,"
WHAT is claimed to be the large st
pension paid to one person in the
United States, has been settled in St.
Louis. The pensioner was honorably
discharged from the army in 1854, or
account of injuries, and in four days
thereafter, he. became totally blind,
and has so remained ever since. His
case has been pending for sixteen
years. The aggregate sum accrning to
date, and which he received, was So
063,47 He will hereafter receive du-
ring his life S72 per month.
Shocking story.
DETROIT, Feb. 23-A horrible story
comes from East Tawas. In "a lumber
camp near there two teamsters got into
a dispute about who could haul most
logs. Hot words arose and one of the