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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-24

SIR HENRY THOMPsON,th the eminent
English physician, who has given n
great deal of attention to the subject
of food and beverage, declares that
there are more lives lost through over
eating than by over-drinking. This
is phase of the question of intem
perance which attracts comparatively
little attention. Many a man who
proudly boasts of his temperance, and
that because he does not indulge in
liquors he is better than other men,
will be found to be a voracious and
inOrdInate eater, sufferer from dys-
pepsia, or disgusting glutton. 1t is
difficult to understand why intemper-
ance in eating is not equally as repre-
hensible as intemperance in drinking.
Yet the gOrmandizers, no matter how
much they crafty their greedy appe-
tites, are passed over without notice
by people who heap a storm of invec-
tive upon the man who occasionally
seeks exhileration in glass of liquor.
Probably there are very few doctors
who, if they were to look over their
list of patients, would not discover
that more of them have injured their
health by the intemperate use of food
than by the use of alcohol.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-24

Is it not a little humorous to see Re-
publican papers hereabouts making a
great ado over John 8. Wise, the Re-
publican Malone candidate for Gov
ernOr of Virginia, when in all his
speeches he refers to Hayes as the
fraudulent President? Wise say sHayes
got the Presidency he dishOnOred four
years by the basest of forgery, perjury
and theft. Recollect, it is q Kepnbli-
Can candidate for Governor that makes
this terrible arraignment of the Re-
publican party /; for Hayes was mere
instrument and tool in the fraud The
Republican party was the great Grim
inal, through the Shermans. Garfield
CamerOns, MOrtons, Chandlers, HOars
and other Leaders through its Nation.
al and State organizations through
its conventions and representation in
Congress. Hayes was merely the re
ceiVer of the stolen Presidency and
the ready pensioner of the thieves with
the money of the people.
History, with its power of truth and
Justice with its leaden heel, will, in
due time, clear all doubts to the satis-
faction eve n of conscientious Republi-
cans as to the villainy of their party
tn lS76.7. Justice, too, will be done
to MIR. Tilden for his noble, patriotic
and selfsacrificing course. He will
stand out in the history of his country
as one of the greatest and best.
[Stark Co. Dem.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-24
National Reform.

The Rev. w. J. Coleman, Secretary
of the National Reform Association,
was in town last Saturday for the pur-
pose of pushing the principles of that
movement. The association aims at
the reformation of our present politi
cal life, which they believe to be large
ly permeated and controlled by worldly
principles, by preaching the funda
mental Christian principles ON which
our political action should be based
There are two: First, that Jesus
Christ is the Ruler of Nations, and
second, that the Bible, His will, is the
standard to decide moral issues in tn.
national life. This is. they believe,
rightly to subordinate human author
lily to Divine authority. and human
law to Divine law. They seek to set
tie all our moral questions in national
life on this basis, and in so doing, to
educate the people up to the point of
recognising these principles in the
Constitution of the United States.
Notable men in the country have
given in their acceptance of these
principles and worked for the associa-
ton. Chief Justice Strong was its
first President, and in this State Bish-
ops Bedell and Dubs, of Cleveland,
Pres. Scovel. of Wooster, Thompson,
of Otterheim, Spencer, of Muskingum
and Ort, of Wittenburg College, and
prominent ministers of all denomina
tions, and last, but not least, Mrs.
Woodbridge, of Ravenna, have taken
part in its conventions.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-24

1T turns out, after all, that the delay
in making payment of pensions due,
anent which the Republican press has
been bowling SO dismally of late, is
to the fault of Republican
pension agents to comply with the re-
quirements of the law In the conduct
of their offices-Mr. A. T. Wikoff. of
the Ohio agency, among them. These
gentle gazelles, who have been in the
habit of receiving their annual appro-
priations without making their annu.
al settlements with the Government,
as provided by law. have occasioned
the delay in question by the non per.
formance of this essential duty. This
is q government of LAW, and 1t will
be administered as such while it is In
Democratic keeping.-[ [Bellefontaine
Examiner.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-24

THE Republican papers allege that
the Democrats during the last two
years have added to the local bonded
Indebtedness of Ohio the sum of $11, :
900, 1000. By carefully suppressing the
fact that whatever increase there may
have been in the bonded Indebtedness
of the State was asked for by the peO-
pie of the localities assuming the in
debtedness, these Republican papers
give currency to mendacious lie.
Gov. HoADLY pointedly states the
temperance issue when he says that
if the Democrats have q majority in
the next Legislature constitutional
amendment auth orizing the regulation
of the liquor traffic by characterization
will be submitted to the people; while
if the Republicans carry the Legisla-
ture and the Supreme Court, they will
reverse the decision on the Scott law.
and collect the uncollected taxes of
1888 and 1884.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-24

The Democratic party has been in
power for over six months, and yet
there has been no move made for the
of the negroes of the
South. On the contrary, they are bet
ter protected in their civil and politi-
cal rights than under the rule of the
thieving carpet-baggers. The Repub-
lican politicians were wont to intimi-
date the colored people by declaring
that the Democrats would return them
to slavery if that party should regain
power. That bugaboo for time ac-
complished it's purpose, but it is worn
out. The colored people are fast learn.
ing that is wicked lie, invented to
deceive and defraud them, and are de.
serting the standard of the carpet-bag
plunderers who, through the Freed
mems Bank and other devices, robbed
them of their substance, and are join
ing the ranks of the Democracy.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-24
The Coed Time Coming.

We copy the following cheering par
agraph from Republican exchange: /:
"From interviews with the heads of
leading wholesale houses and manu-
factories in the East, supported by the
fact that so many of the iron mills are
resuming operations, it is safe to say
that the business situation looks bet
ter and brighter as the days go by,
The improvement is not coming with
rapid strides, but like all reforms, is
moving slowly, with 80 much certain
ty, however, as to assume ultimate
prosperity, and in a great measure
compensate for past and present en-
barrassments. The very confidence
in the future manifested by the people
is of itself sure augury for better
times"
So it isn't true, after all, that the
triumph of the Democratic party is
to bring ruin upon the business in
terests of the country. Well, we
thought so.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-24

Section 8, of the PostOffice Appro-
priation Act approved March 3, 1885,
provides that "A stamp of the face
valuation of ten cents may be provided
and issued, which, when attached to
a letter, in addition to the lawful post.
age thereon, the delivery of which is
to be at a free-delivery office, or at any
city, town, or village containing a
population of 4 1000 or over, according
to the Federal census, shall be regard.
ed as entitling such letter to immediate
delivery within the carrier limit of
any free delivery Office which may be
designated by the Postmaster General
as a special-delivery Office, or within
one mile of the postoffice at any other
office coming within the provisions OF
this section which may in like manner
be designated as a special delivery
office" 1t has been decided to intro
duce the special-delivery system on
the 1st day of October next.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-24
Meeting OF the Portage County Med
ical Society,
RAyENNA O. Sent ~ 1885.

hAVENNA, ", sept. lU, 1850.
The Society met in DIR. Alcorn's Of
flee, and was called to order by the
President, DIR. Hiddleson.
The Secretary being absent DR..
Waggoner was appointed Secretary
pro tenn.
DIR. Warrington read an essay on
Astigmatism, with remarks on NOR
phia, which was discussed by the
Society.
Dr.Alcorn presented part of the head
of femur which came from a boy Is
years of age.
DIR. j. ID. Davis made a written re-
port of a case attended by Ceiema and
uremic commissions, which finally re-
suited in recovery.
DIR. e. w. Price reported a case OF
hip joint disease, with treatment.
Proctor reported case of cholera
mOrbus followed by obstinate consti-
patton.
DR.. Loughead reported case of post
partum hemorrhage.
Program for October meeting-Es
says, Drs. Leonard and Sloan written
report of cases, Drs. Applegate and E.
w. Price.
Members present-Drs. Alcorn, ]
D. Davis, Hiddleson, f. w. Price
Proctor, Warrington, Waggoner, B
B. Davis, Spires and Loughead. Wis
iting physicians, DIR. Somerville, o
Newburg. .>s
Adjourned to meet in DIR. Waggoner
office the first Thursday in October.
l. J. WAGGONER, Sec. pro tenn.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-24
Another Pioneer Gone.

Mrs. Fanny Spelman died at the res.
idence of her son, 8. w. Bettes, in
Tallmadge, Summit county, on the
morning of September II, 1885. She
was, at the time of her death, eighty
nine years and tweDty-seven days old.
She was born in the State of Vermont,
August q, 1896 Her fathers name
was Joshua Ryder, and her mothers
maiden name was Marilla Lincoln.
She came with her fathers family,
who settled in Hiram, Portage county
in the year 1914. She married Silas
Bettes, of Tallmadge, in the year 1919
They had four Sous. all of whom are
living and were present at her funefal
Silas Bettes died December 81, 1872,
leaving his wife with four small chill
had faith in the inspired word, saying;
have never seen the righteous for
saken, nor his seed begging bread"
Her brother-in.law. Captain David
GOss, of Randolph, came to her relief,
and under his hOspitible roof she and
her little ones We're for the time cared
for. She married, for her second hus-
band, friedrich Dye, of Randolph, in
1884. He died in 1865, and she again
was married, 10 Samuel B. Spelman,
of Rootstown. in 1856. This proved to
be an exceedingly happy marriage to
both parties. He died in 1873, since
which time she. has lived with her
children, part of the time in Ran
dOlph and portion of the time in
Tallmadge. In June, 1929, her two
brothers, Symonds and Jason Ryder
with their wives, attended a meeting
in Randolph. Her brother Symonds
spoke at the meeting, and at the close,
of the services she went forward and
made public confession of her faith in
Christ as being her only Savior, and
taking the Holy Scripture as her only
guide, she was ,on the same day, buried
in baptism by the brother, Symonds
Ryder. Her name has stood on the
church record of the Disciple Church
of Randolph for over fifty.six years.
In a conversation with her shortly be-
fore her last illness, she said she could
look back over her life without any
regrets; she had tried to do. her duty
aud she was ready to pass over the
river, believing that it would be better
for her over there than to remain Ion.
ger here.
The funeral services were conducted
by Rev. F. M. Green, of Stow, and she
was laid to rest in the family cemetery.
her four granhsons acting as pail
bearers. w. II. B.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-24


With a population of 3O4 ,4l0, Rhode
Island last year cast for President but
81 ,42l votes. Commenting on which,
the Plain Dealer says: "If the right
of suffrage i'm Rhode Island was gi, en-
to naturalized citizens, as is the case
in Ohio, without a property qualifiea-
zion, the State would be Democratic.
Fourteen thousand naturaliZed citi-
zens who do not own $1S4 worth of
real estate, are disfranchised by the
Republican people of Rhode Island
because they know if they amended
their constitution so as to put natural
lied citizens on an equality with ne
gro and American voters, they would
not be able to continue it a rotten
borough" While Mr.. John Sherman
is shedding tears over the alleged dis
reimbursement of negroes in the South
he has not uttered word in favor of
compelling Rhode Island to put all
her citizens on an equality. His tears
are for the negrO-not one for the
white naturalized citizen"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-24
BuIldozer Lot wright.

On Thursday night last Gen. Dur
bin Ward was assaulted on board a
Little Miami train while en- route to
Cincinnati, by bulldozer Lot Wright,
ex-United States Marshal. General
Ward had entered the train at South
Lebanon, and took seat beside Mr..
Wright, and conversation commenc-
ed, in which General Ward reiterated
what he had said regarding Wright
and the Cincinnati elections in his
speech at Xenia. Wright warned him
not to repeat his assertions, and the
General doing so, Wright struck him
in the face with his open hand. The
spectators here interfered, and General
Ward was not injured.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-24
COURT OF COM MON Pleas
September Term, 1885.
HON. W. L. SPEAR, JUDGE. -
JOHN PORTER, CLERK
III. T. Sheldon, SHERIFF
!. T. Sheldon, SHERIFF
l. I. SIDDALL, PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.

CASES CONTINUED.
Caroline Fuller VS. the COnnottop
Valley Ry, Co. Tried tojury verdict
for plaintiff for $500.
Second National Bank of Cleveland
VS. w. r. Carver, Settled.
Weston Hubert vs. w. r. Carver.
Judgment for pPff.
John F. Wagner VS. Anthony Sny-
der ct al. Referees fees $25 allowed.
Rachel Beck VS. Geo. Beck Strlck
en- off.
Miller & Flynn vs. w. r. Carver.
Tried to Court. Judgment for ppf fol
$937 and costs.
Alfred M. Gagnen va Susie Gagnen.
Divorce granted to plf. e."
Reuben H. Ober vs. John Howell.
Continued.
Frank D. Pitkin VS. o H. Price
Judgment by default for $3.50.
James Day vs. John M. Day. Judg
ment OH cognovit for 81 ,S39 66 and in
terest at s per cent. from Sept. Is, 1885
Caroline Fuller vs. Connotton Valley
Ry Co. Tried to jury. Verdict for
pl'ff for $500.
Trial of criminal cases, it is expected
will commence next week.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-24

SEVENTEEN years ago the death pen
atty for murder in the first degree was
abolished by Minnesota, and life im-
prisonment was substituted; but the
gallows has just been re erected.
Michigan tried the same experiment
and not long since bill was passed by
the lower House of the Legislature re-
enacting the hanging policy, although
it failed of adoption in the Senate.
Maine did no hanging for six years,
and then went back to capital punish
ment.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-24

ONE of the absurdities of protection
may be seen in the removal of the tar
iff on quinine. Before the removal,
people had to pay $3.50 and $500 pei
ounce for it. Now it is down to so cts
The tariff was in the interest of hall
dozen or, less manufacturers, and
against a million or so sufferers of ma.
laria and ague, who use the drug.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-24
A Delicate Point of Law,

SAN ANTONIO, TEX, Sept. GA
unique legal point came up for argu.
ment on demurrer, Saturday, in the
District Court. A suit was brought in
the name of a posthumous son, born
seven months after the death of his
father, against the Galveston, Harris
burgh & San Antonio Railroad, for
killing his father. The point raised
by the demurrer was that no one but
a person who was inesse at the death
of the father could maintain the ac.
ton. Judge NoOnan Overruled the
demurrer.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-24
THE Republican politicians keen , n

THE Republican politicians keep D
their bowling about the pardon u.
Mullen, but have no word of denun.
citation for Lot Wright's 1900 armed
thugs and bruisers, nor for the infa
nous John L. Davenport, who impris
Oned thousands of naturalized citizens
in New York to prevent their voting.
They are iu favor of a " free ballot and
fair count" like the fellow who kept
tavern out in Posey county,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-24
extensive ConflagratiOn at Leav.

LEAvENwORrH, KAN, Sept. 19.-
Rush & Sprague's Touring mill, the
largest in the State, was destroyed by
tire last evening. The flames started
in the cellar caused probably by spon-
{ ,neOus combustion. The mill had
recently been remOdeled, and had a
of 800 barrels per day. Loss,
$l0O 600, with an insurance of about
$50, 900. The mill will be rebuilt,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-24
an IN nse Prairie Fires In Dak TIA .

ST. PAUL, MIMI, Sept. 19.-Prairie
fires about Bismark are raging with
great violence. Farmers have plOwed
about the fields. but the fire jumps
over the barriers formed. The loss
averages $500 to farmers whose places
are in the track of the flames. The
total loss up to midnight is estimated
at SIC, 900, and the fire is still spread
ing aud beyond control.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-24
Tho Proper Way.

To attach stamp to an envelope is to
moisten the envelope and then apply
the stamp. Try this. If we all did
the proper thing we would use DIR.
Jones' Red Glover Tonic for dyspepsia,
costiveness, bad breath, piles, pimples
ague and malaria diseases, poor appe-
tite, low spirits, headache, or diseases
of the kidneys, stomach and liver.
Price50 cents. of Belding & Armstrong
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-24

THE Republican managers have is
sued circular, from which the follow
ing is copied:
1--WE understand that you have con-
siderable influence among the labor
ing element of your neighborhood,
and as we expect to win this fall by
paying exclusive attention to the ru-
raj vote, we hope you will not lose any
time. but begin working at once. Pay
especial attention to the ignorant and
uneducated persons in your neighbor-
hood, as they are more easily infiu-
enced, and can be made to believe a
good many things which the better
educated can not. Every representa-
tive we succeed in electing is one more
vote for John Sherman"
The G. o. p. must be hard up indeed
when they are forced to resort to such
means to obtain votes,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-24
Dr.F 'sKidney
@BaCk-aChe Cure.

Rev. A. ]. MERCHANT, Presiding
Elder M. E. Church, Meadville, Pa,
writes:
(April I6, 1884, "Dr FRNNER's Kidney and
Back-ache Cure gave me almost instant re-
lief. 1t effected a cure so completely have
needed nothing since i took 1t four years ago."
FRANK f. PERCIvAL, Rochester. N. Y. writes: /:
(April s, 1891 lone bottle of DIR. Fenner's
Kidney and Back ache Cure helped me more
than all the Kidney Remedies taken in the past
two years six bottles entirely cured me" P"
MRS. JAMES FULLER, FredORia, N \. writes: !:
March q, 1888 "Dr. Fenner's Kidney and
Rack-Aehe Care has relieved me OF Kidney
Disease Heart Disease, and Female weakness.
1 never had u medicine help so quickly"
Harry WATERS, Hamlet. N. Y. writes:
duly g. 1881 "One bottle of DIR. Fenner's
Kidney and Back-ache Cure hi cured me or
Kidney Complaint and Rheumatism after other
celebrated Kidney Remedirs and Doctors had
failed" Secs
Cures all diseases of the KIDNEYS,
BLADDER, URINARY PASSAGES, BACK
ACHE, DROPsY, FEMALE WEAKNESS,
NERVOUS DEBILITY, HEART DISEASE,
RHEUMATISM, &c, The most success
full remedy that has ever been admin
tered i'm the diseases named. Supe-
riOr to all others.
For sale by Bedding & Armstrong.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-24

J. READING, the famous decorator
of this city, is in Ravenna decorating
the M E. Church of that place. He
is one of the finest decorators in the
State, and his field of labor broadens
as he becomes better known.-[A Akron
ri,noo
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-24
Under Republican Party Rule,
Was the Star Route swindle,
The Robeson Navy swindles,

Was the Star Route swindle,
The Robeson Navy swindles,
The Credit Mobilier steal,
District Of Columbia ring steal,
The De Golyer steal,
The Sanborn frauds,
The salary grab steal,
The navy steals-Over $4O0, ,0OO, 900,
The Pacific Mail steal,
The Moth swindle,
The great Presidential steal of 1876,
Freedmen's bank swindle,
The whisky ring operations,
The Venezuela scandal,
The San Domingo job,
The postal frauds, a
The Government printing frauds,
Public building frauds,
Pension office frauds,
Frauds in the department of justice,
In all amounting to hundreds of
Millions of dollars Facts are stub
,Orn things.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-24
Teachers Examinations.

Examinations of Teachers will be held at the
High School House in Ravenna, commencing
ut 9 O'Clock A. N. and closing at 4 O'Clock P. n.
OH the following SATURDAYS. to-wit:
Third Satur lay in September. first and third
Saturdays in October. and first Saturdays in each
month thereafter in 1885.
SPECIAL NOTICING certificate will be ante.
dated. By order of the Board.
ID. PICKETT. Clerk.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-24
The Press for $3.50 q Year,
GdUd1ace.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
GdUGnce


FOR GOVERNOR,
GEoRGE HOADLY, OF Hamilton.
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
JOHN G WARWICK, of Stark
FOR STATE TREASURER.
PETER BRADY of Sanjusky.
FOR SUPREME JUDGE e ong Terml,
c. ID. MARTIN. of Fairfield
FOR SUPREME JUDGE (short Term),
GIBSON ATHERTON. OF Licking.
FOE ATTORNEY GENERAL,
JAMES LAWRENCE. of Cuyahoga.
FOR MEMBER BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
HENRY WEIBLE, of Defiance.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
REPRESENTATIVES,
IRVING F. WILCOX. of streetsboro'.
TREASURER.
PANEL W. GOsS. of Edinburg.
RECORDER.
ELMER E. FRANCE. of Franklin.
COMMISSIONERS,
JOHN PATTERSON, of Windham.
INFIRMARY DIRECTOR,
ANDREW A. GILBREAFH. of Mantua.
SENATORIAL TICKET.
FOR SENATORS, oath and s6th Districts,
C. s. DARROw. of Ashtabula.
W. JOHNSON. of Geauga.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-24
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
SENATORIAL TICKET.

FOR SENATORS, cath and s6th Districts,
C. s. DARROW, of Ashtabula.
w. o. JOHNSON, of Geauga.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-09-24

Trial of criminal cases, 1t Is expect'
will commence next week.