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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-01
Marriage Among Convicts.

A party of fifty woihen are this Wool
leaving Bordeaux f1r Nc~ Caledonia
under rather peculiar c:rcum ,tances.
They are, in fact, women sentenced TO
Il heightened term of Imprisonment for
grave offences, who have elected to
90 to the French penal colony, where
they will each find husband in one of
the "convicts of the first class that
is conYicts who have by their good be-
havior entitled themselves to a govern
ment grant of land and obtained per-
mission to marry. An inspectress of
prisons recently made the round of the
six central female prisons, and selected
the fifty female inmates-all of them
described as young and good-looking-
who are now going abroad to make a
fresh start in the world. Once out they
will be housed in religious establish
ment at Noumea, managed by a comv
munity of Sisters, whepc bachelor eon=
victs of the privileged class will be
permitted to visit them, and as often
as a marriage is arranged, the Colonial
government will provide the bride
with a trousseau and set the couple up
in housekeeping in small way. 1t
was Prince Napoleon who, when he
was minister of Algeria and the colo
MES, introduced this system of convict
marriages, which has given excellent
results SO far.-St. JdmcS'S Gdz tie.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-01
Way Down in Egypt.

An Evansville drummer was travel
ing in buggy over in Southern Hi
nois. and stopped at a cabin in the
woods and asked for q drink OF water.
A gourd was handed him, and as he
stood at the well the tall, angular.
raw-boned woman of the house asked:
stranger, if it any O. my business,
who might you be, anyhow"
Il am Hoosier, madam" the
tourist replied.
''Hoosier, ehe Oh, yes! one o them
fellers that peddles socks. Well, we
don't want none. l made dad a
par outen his old gray. woolen shirt.
i've got q par O rayther good ones
yet, an Sails il tote her through till
next bar'foot time if she darns up tho
heels. Like to bargain with you, but
moneys money nawadasys' an we blq
got. watts thata Plug tobacker2
Wish you'd gimme bout half pipeful
OF it. .'-E0ansUil!e Ar94ss:
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-01
Modjeska's Callers.

Nine. Modjeska was relating the
other night to a select circle of ac-
quaintances an experience which bcfell
her early in the season in a distant
Western town. One afternoon she re-
ceiYed summons to attend upon two
lady callers in the reception-roOm. and,
as the summons was couched in rather
imperative tones, Nine. Modjeska went
down. There was one elderly female
and one youngish girl. The eldest was
tall and stout, and obviously the moth
er of her companion, who struck Nine.
Modieska as chronic invalid. The
conversation, rs deliciously mimicked
by the actress, was as follows: =.
"Are you Modjesky?" !
ssYes." /,
1.-The play actress? Well, my
daughter, here, wants to go on the
stage" ....... ..
'.1ndeed? What are her acquire
mcnts?" +'
"Eh? Well, madam, you'll have to
speak IL little louder than that, because,
you see, my daughter is rather hard of
hearing" ............
Nine. Modjeska spoke louder. The
young lady answered rather thickly and
with difficulty. ..-
"Has she ever acted?" asked Mod
jesla.
NO" responded the woman. 81
can't say as she has ever acted, but
we've tried her at pretty much every
thing else and couldn't do nothing
with her, so we thought she might do
for the stage"
"Oh," said Modjeska.
Eyes smiled the woman.
''She seems ill" said Modieska.
''What is the matter with her?"
''Nothing only epilepsy ma'am She
| has that now and then, but it amt q
| very bad case"
Nine Modjeska gasped slightly.
Then she arose with dignity and said
something about the stage being neith-
er hospital nor refuge for people
who were good for nothing at anything
else. After having thus delivered her.
SELF she departed, leaving the mater
nal caller in great indignation as to
''stuck up folks. ."-Ne,o York Times.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-01
A Risky Ride.

The property man of Mr.. Abbey's
opera company is Signor Natalie, the
man whom Blondin carried on tight
rope across Niagara on his back.
That was in the summer of 1861"
said he. 'tA tremendous crowd of
people gathered that day at the falls,
and it was nice day for our purpose.
| was no performer, but acted, YOU
know in the capacity of manager. In
this particular event, however, Blondin
had to carry something over on his
back, and rs nobody had enough inter-
est in the affair to be willing to risk
his life or enough faith in Blondin's
strength and skill to take such desper-
ate chances, l had to do the riding.
$50 that if there had been an acci-
dent the whole troupe, manager, and
all would have disappearedP"
Eyes, of course. Blondin wore tights
the same as rope-walkers usually do.
except that he had on a sort of harness,
SO that / could reach around his neck
and get good grip without choking
him and so that could stick my legs
through pair of things like sings and
cross them in front of him without in
terfering with his arms or legs.
..- now uucH uiu you Wclgn!
t'More than l do now-about 1856
pounds, think. He carried an unus-
ually heavy balance pole, think it
weighed either rs or 100 pounds. The
entire weight he carried was about 25O
pounds. The rope was stretched across.
the river about where the new suspen-.
sion bridge now stands-much closer
to the falls than the old bridge Blon-
din was very confident and firm, but of
course we both knew it was desper-
ate chance to take. He walked first
very slowly and regularly, but feeling
more settled he make occasional stops,
stood on one leg, kissed his hand to the
crowd, and did few other such things
as you have seen other rope-walkers do
l could see the water way down under
us and the crowd on either side, every
body watching us with faces which
looked Us if they were suffering.
There was no cheering or applause
while we were out over the water, and
the roar of the falls, which seemed
only few yards away, would have
prevented us from hearing very plainly,
even if there had been. 1t was q terri
bic few moments to me; more so to me
than TO Blondin, because he was used
to that kind of danger and l was not.
did not move muscle for fear of
tripping him, and, can assure You, r
felt mighty good when we reached
solid ground again, and the people be-
gan to yell, and shrek and wave their
handkerchiefs. You can form some
idea of how big the crowd was when I
tell you Blondin received $4,000 for the
performance. Wewent to Europe, and
in couple of years Blondin had made
nearly 800, 900, and when left him
after six years of business he was u
Very WealLhN man- lin YLaneS- SIR.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-01
He Was the Best Man.

There must have been ten of US sit
ting on our trunks in q dismal passenger
station in Arkansas, waiting for the in
evitable night train. Some of the
irummers tried to tell funny stories,
but it was no 90, and those who were
not nodding and doing were mad
enough to fight, when negro came in
and hung lot of wet coal on the fire,
extinguishing the little we had been
shivering over. ..f.
ought to be shotr' growled a man in
the county map business.
"Who's a 'fernal nigger?" ~ /.
"You are''
Better look out, white man! TIM o,
better man than you isr'
The prospect of another civil war,
woke everybody up in second, and it
didn't seem as if the clock had ticked
fifteen times before the map man had
his coat and vest off and his ears
working for business.
''What you gwine to do, sah!' asked
the negro, as he stood gazing at him.
'l'm going to see who is the best
man. Boys, look out for splintersr'
''Hole on, sab! Hole on, sahr called
the other. ''lZc de bettah man, an
kin prove it, See heah, sah!'
He pulled from the pocket of his old
coat fair-sized cocoanut, the bark of
which was highly polished up, and
opening his mouth tossed the nut into
the cavity, ratified it around his back
teeth and then dropped it into his hand
with the remark:
''White man come to taw! If you
am do bettah man let's see you circum-
locute dat cokernut around in your
mouf like l didr'
The proposed bloody struggle ended
right there. The map man put ON his
garments, the whole crowd rose up,
| and during the next twenty minutes
that 'nigger" scooped in So cents by
rafting that cocoanut and adding to it
any lunches of keys or pocket-knives
the boys could hunt up or hand over
Detroit Free Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-01

General Sheridan says that the ter
rible rifles employed in modern war
fare should not be used against mobs,
at least until milder form of amuni-
ton is tried. Ruckshot are recon-
mended by the General as better than
the heavy conical balls which make
such frightful ravages. In such cases
small shot that scatter WILDLY and do
no particular damage have been recon-
mended by the coolest and most exper-
fenced men. as Frightening more than
they hurt by distributing themselves
over a large area. x,-x-sgye. =
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-01

There are other States than Ohio in
which the record of the criminal courts
may be read to advantage by the light
of the burning Court House of Cincin-
natl, and where the appeal to the un-
bridled but not unrighteous rage may
be needed, though it be not acknowf-
edged. d.-Ne,o YORK. Times.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-01

1t is said that Frederick the Great
never took more than five hours
sleep. Therefore, if he retired at 10 p.
III. he must have arisen at 3 a. m., and
if ne arose at s a. m. he must have re-!
tired at 4. M. Now, if he retired at
3 II. m. every morning he must have
been pretty lively boy and about the
greatest Frederick of his time. Now.
then, why doesn't some enterprising
dine-museum man, armed with these
facts, exhibit Frederick the Greats
fayorite night-keyg-Puck. ,x..z,.z-s,s
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-01
J. HI. DUSSELL,

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Counsel In
n English and German, Office over FIA MS
Clothing store. Phenix Block, Ravenna,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-01

p. B. CONANT,
rTORNEY AT LAW, Ravenna, o.
"A ONCE In blackstone Block, North Chest
nut street. RaveRna, Ohio
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-01
/. I'll, PHELPS

rroRNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
"a LAW, ONCE over Peter Kings GROCERY
West Main st., Ravenna. Ohio.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-01
DON'T FORGET!
TO CALL ON:-
IFRANK J. SMITH
rHH
[HAZLQRL
Who has just received the LARGEST and
FINEST line of
Business Cards. +.

j. ii. NICHOLS.
Attorney at Law and Notary Public. Once
in Phenix Block over second n NATIONAL Bank,
Ravenna, Ohio.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-01

A. N, AhIG,
ATOTARY PUBLIC, Mantua, o. Con-
~ yeyancing, Collections and Pension Busl-
Sess promptly attended 10 on the most reason
able terms,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-01

Not one thing could he see but
leayes-millions of them it seemed to
him-a perfect thicket of yerdure, inn
penetrable to his eyes, at all events.
s"There must be limb somewhere, 3"
he said to himself. Here goes"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-14

reported Twenty seven reported
drowned yesteTday)
'At least six men were drowned at
Canoe House landing in the same
river.
AT Mil Creek, another landing on
the RappnhanDock, a young white
man WIS drowned.
ain speakiDg of the fact that so few
who were gu In boats escaped drown
ing, an ilic-r OF the Westmoreland re-
marked: They could easily have
reached the shore and avoided the ac-
cident which befell them but that the
squall broke In all its fury without a
tment's warning. and the boats
were capsized before they were fully
aware of What had taken place.
THE negroes all along the river, and
especially in the neighborhood OF
Urhana, are greatly exercised and
frightened -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-14
GAINESVILLE.
Heir to a Fortune Late Cotton Com
ing in.

Heir to Fortune Late Cotton Com
ing in.
Special to the Gazette.
GAINESVILLE. TEX, Dec 10 Last
Thursday Mr. Louis Durham, brick
layer of this city, received information
from France that the handsome sum
Of $4,000 was awaiting him in that
country as his portion of his fathers
estate. He left this morning for
France to secure the prize, and will re-
turn 10 this city.
Mr.. jas. Ables, au energetic farmer
Of the Butcher ntigh5orhood, brought
nifty bales of cotton To this city yester-
day aud disposed Of il at q fraction
overten cents
An Effort IL being made to induce
Misses Dixie Crooks and Florence Sher
rod, the singers, TO visit this city az an
early day Our people would be glad
OF an opportunity to show their appre-
citation of the talent Of these young la
dies
The annual meeting aud election of
the stockholders of the Gainesville Gas
company was held to-day at the com
pany's Office and resulted as follows:
Directors: A. Lsrgue, ]. NJ. Lindsay,
Nj Hamilton r. ID. Gribble and
Geo Y, Bird on ers reelected: a.
Largue, pre- siden,; j NJ Lindsay, vice
president, and j. M. Hamilton, super
int ndent
Died, in this city. Friday, December
IL, Mrs. Anns NJ Norris, wife of w,
NOrris; aged 5S years.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-14
TuE SWAIN COuRr-MAHTIAL,.

WAsHINGToS, Dec l8.-The prose
eution In the Swain courtmartial
rested their case this morning with the
examination OF Gen. ID. Il. McKibben,
whoslmply corroborated The testimony
given by Col. Morrow yesterday.
Paymaster-Gener Rochester was
called. He identified the letter writ
ten by Col. Morrow asking to nave his
(MorrOw's) pay stopped except rs to
Washington. The action the witness
took In regard to this letter was, he
eaid, 10 instruct his chief clerk to
write to all pay masters to stop paying
Col. MorrOw's pay accounts until fur
Their orders except as TO Washington.
This order was issued about the 18Th Of
April, 1883 In answer to question
by Gen. Grosvenor the witness said
that at that time Inc did not know that
Col MorrOw's nay accounts had been
duplicated He said that he might
have known IL through newspaper
rumors. He testified that the practice
I'm the war department when IL was
discovered that an rllicer had over
drawn or duplicated his pay accounts
until a year ago was to call on the Of
tlcer for an explanation Since then
the custom has been to report the
facts to the war department. He
added that IL has been the custom Of
the officers tn the pay department to
take no notice Of mere rumOrs, The
witness said that Col. Nor
row had asked that matters
be so arranged that his pay could not be
drawn except "a To Washington, hence
he had ordered his nay stopped at all
other places. He did not know at the
time that there was anything wrong
with Col. Morrow's pay accounts.
Maj A. ID Carey Of the paymaster.
generals office was the next witness
He testified to having received Col.
Morrow's letter In the absence OF GeA.
Rochester and 10 having taken II to
the secretary of war: also, that the sec
Rotary had declined to have Col. Nor
rows name placed on tho
stOppage circular, but had said
that he had no objection to having the
paymaster notified that Col MorrOw's
accounts we're to be paid only at Wash
inRton That had terminated his CON
nection with the matter He did not
know at the time that Col Morrow's
accounts were duplicated. He first
learned that they were duplicated from
the newspaper dispatch OF May Is,
1883.
After Mai CNeY's testimony the
court adjourned
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-14
RUNNELs.
The District Court Completes its Work
Resolutions of Respect to
Judge Wheeler.

Judge Wheeler.
Special 10 the Gazette.
RuNNELs, TEX, Dec. l3-Our dis.
tiict court was in session last week but
disposed of but little business. AIlthe
fence'cutting cases, about thirty In
number, Were, owing to the absence OF
witnesses, continued until the. March
trm. Several land suits were also
continued.
The case Of j. II. aud w. Il. Routh
W. William Caron, u suit to recover
S2S00 damages, growing out of an al.
legged fraudulent sale of diseased sheep,
was ably contested for TWO DAYS,
which resulted In "hung jury"
The grand jury returned but few in
dlctmenls, which is an indication, OF
course, that the morals Of our town and
county are remarkably good.
This being the last term of court Ia
ne held for us by the Hon. Il. b.
Wheeler, the Runnels bar, recognizing
ia him the loss Of an able mau aud
just judge. offered in open session of
court the following preamble and reso.
Whereas, the official connection of
hon. y. b. Wheeler as Judge of this
Judicial district and of the Hon. j. II.
calhoun as district attorney of this dis
trlet terminates with this term of the
ais riot court, therefore be IT,
RESOLVED, that we, as membsrs OF
the Runnels bar. part with Judge
Wheeler and District Attorney Cal
noun In their official capacity with
'eeIings OF profound regret.
Resolved, that we hereby tender to
Judge Wheeler In his new judicial dis
trict, and TO District Attorney Cal
noun in his new field of labor. our
pest wishes for their success. aud hone
ana nelieye that they will In the fu.
,ure, as IN the past, receive the plaudit
wants So
Resolved, thata copy Of this pream.
ne and resolutions be presented to the
hunnels district court, aud we ask
Vnat tney bsspread upon the minutes
~ sald court, aud that they be pub
nshed IN the Runnels Record and the
rort Worth GAZETTE.
lolgnedl Chas. II. WIlllnQham.
chairman, Chas o. Harris Alden A.
3 - W. Perryman, l.. N. Taylor,
M burks, committee.
9uuge Wheeler although he has
oeeh our Judge but sh )rt time, has
en9neared himself to the hearts of every
citlzen OF our county. He will be sue.
eseued by judge VIM. Kennedy OF
cilizsn.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-14

PiTTsnuRd, PA Dec. ls.-The coal
miners employed IN the Hampton
railroad mines struck tonight against
a reduction OF mining rates from 10
q cents per bushel aud the men
working la Plum creek aud Sandy
creek have resolved TO uuit
work Monday, II the tribunal rates
Of three cents per bushtl are not paid
II the operators of these mlnes insint
upon . reduction general strike of
railroad fniuera h probable, as the lat.
ter VIII refuse 70 work uuleaa tho uni
form rate adOpted 10y tue trades tri-
hnnal 10 paid All the miners
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-14
MIDLOTHIAN.
An Iron Road from Fort Worth To
Waxahachie Wanted.
Many Induced to Stay at Home by the
Exorbitant Exposition Rates.

Correspondence OF the Gazette.
MIDLOTHIAN, Ten Dec. l2-The
heavy rains of the past few days We're
badly needed, as stock have been suf.
fering for water. The famous spring
half mile from town had nearly
ceased to flow, something that has not
occurred for years. The weather is
damp and disagreeable, with some In
diralions Of snow.
We are glad to see the Fort Worth
press advocating the building of road
from the Fort TO Waxahachle. That
such IA road will ultimately connect
these two growing cities, no reasona-
ble mind will dispute. Along this
line through Tarrant, johnson
and Elis is u belt of country
unsurpassed for richness and fertility
and we'll adapted TO produce Of every
kind. An OLD engineer informed your
correspondent last spring that a read
along the proposed route could be built
at very little cost IN comparison with
other roads
Our beautiful and thriving little
town is on direct line between Wax
ahachie and the Fort and will be found
In the van when the day OF action ar
rivrs. WaXahachie above any town
In Texas needs a competing line, and
IL behOoves the papers Of that town to
join THE GAZETTE in It's labor for the
speedy completion Of such an enter
prise.
For the reason that we had no outlet
to compete with the Santa Pe, only 800
bales Of cotton have been shipped to
date, against 400 last season. We
have n town unsurpassed for activity
and go-ahs adativeness. Her citizens
are liberal, watchful and philan-
thropic, as Is shown by the recent con-
struction Of numerous tasty and ex-
pensive public buildings.
The famous lOw.lauds in this and
johnson county, kncSn as the "Val-
ley,p rivaling in richness of soil the
famous bluegrass regions OF Ken
lucky, aud containing thousands of
acres Of untitled lands. are only await
ing the advent Of the iron horse and
The magic touch Of the husbandman
to make them the most valuable agTi-
cultural lands In the world.
Our people are much aroused over
the eXorbitant rates to aud from the
worlds exposition. and are unable to
zee why the fare from ST Louis via
Houston Is only SIS and from Dallne
and other points in Texas so IS.
Numbers who had made arrangements
to attend are abandoning the idea, not
altogether on account Of the amount
asked, but due 10 the fact that they do
not propose to be humbugged In any
such manner.
Mrs. Hinksley, one OF the first set.
tiers OF this county, is dangerously i'll,
and her death is only a matter OF tune.
Two dashing young ladies from the
Fort are he'e, engaged In selling
books
II w Lowe of the firm Of Barker &
Lowe has sold his Interest to Rev. G.
III Barker.
The Methodsts are making prepara
tons for n grand supper during Christ-
mas week, and many have housed the
| gobbler,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-14
IN THE RAPPAH4NNooK.
The Number of oystermen Drowned
Much Larger than at First
Supposed.

BALTIMORE, MD, Dec. 10. = The
steamer Wtstmortland from Kappa
hammock arrived to-day. These Oh
board report the destruction OF life by
Tuesdays storm much greater than
heretofore reported. or Canoe Huuse
landing, considerable distance
above Urbano, several boats were
sNamped. All on board persisted. AT
other polntR many lives were lost.
The Baltimore Evening News In It's
account OF the disaster says: Tine
officers OF the steamer Wesimoreland
report that that snfar ~ the par y az
oplored men whose boat we've cap4lzed
IA Rappahannock, near ufbana, twen-
ty'eight are known 20 have heen
drowned Ia addition 70 those already
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-14

ton on "The Methodist Pioneers and
Their Work y
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At the afternoon session OF the CEN
tenary celebration Of Methodism Gov.
Robert Psttison OF Pennsylvania pre-
sided.
Bishop S. IT. Jones read paper on
us MethodIsm Losing its Power
Among the Masses" A general dis
QUESTION was continued up to the hour
OF adjournment. Tomorrow there
will be n general celebration by the
Methodist Sunday schools Of Balti-
more. Twenty five thousand scholars
will take part. Exercises will be held
In twenty.one churches.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-14

PrrTsBuRG, Pa Dec. 10 The win
dow gla.s manufacturers have notified
their employees that unless reduction
OF ten to fifteen per cent. In their
wages Is accepted the furnaces will be
blown out the Saturday preceding
Christmas, OF 20 be fired up again UNI
Ill trade improves.
The glass.workers' associations were
IN session till late hour tonight con.
siderlng the proposition but no deG.
mite COZ cluslon WAS arrived at. An
other meeting WILDE held early next
week.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-14
.BLAINE's LIBEL SUIT.
A Stay Of Further Proceedings Ask

A Stay Of Further Proceedings Asked
INDIANAPOLIS, lND,, Dee. IS.-Iu
the Blalne-Sentinel libel suit In the
federal court to-day John G. Shoema.
kerr president of the Sentinel com.
pany, filed an afildavit asking that
further proceedings be stayed until the
plaintiff has answered the interroga.
tiona which were filed with an amend
ed bill of discovery.
The suit isset for trial December %,
and Judge Woods will probably ruir
Monday on the r. quest for stay OF
further proceedings.