The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-08-20


rs continuing in Spain. On Sunday
there were 4, ,7O6 new cases, aud l ,75S
deaths reported.
BENZ. f. BUTLER ia one of the in
eorporatOrs of the Union Land and
Grazing Company. Benjamin is one
of the horny handed sons of toil, to
be sure.
A FIRE in the planning mill of the
Sturdevant LumberC Com paDy at Cleve-
land, on Thursday morning last, de-
stroyed S7O,0O0 worth of property.
Insurance, $685. 900.
THE schedules of John Roach's as
sets show that he actually owns S..
3GS, ,6OO.44. Poor fellow! How he has
been prosecuted! Why shouldn't he
be permitted to keep right Oh Fleeing
the Government?
JUDGING from the fierce manner in
which the Republican papers are
pitching into DIR, A. b. Leonard, one
would he led TO conclude that there is
All issue between them, in spite of
Chairman Bushnell's assertion to the
contrary.
ACTING Land Commissioner Wal
ker has prepared a list of fifty cattle
herders who have unlawfully inclOsed
3,O33 $50 acres of the public domain
in Western states and territories. It.
is believed the aggregate will not fall
below Il, 600, 900.
SECOND Comptroller Maynard has
dissolved claims for reimbursement
for farms occupied, and fences, stock,
ETC., seized by Fedetal troops during
the war in Maryland and Tenncssee
He states that these losses are incident
to the ravages of war, and of u nature
which the accounting officers are not
able to make good.
THE smallpox is raging fearfully in
Montreal. On Sunday there were for.
ty cases III the hospital and the health
authorities would be able to place
more patients in 1t if there was room.
Over one hundred houses are placard
ed, and in many houses there are sew
eral cases.
THE Republican ghouls have made
the wonderful discovery that DR.. A.
b. Leonard, while near deaths door
from dyspepsia. under the adUiee Of a
physician, actually ate toasted bread
soaked in old stock ale Veil, vot of
it? Aren't the managers of the G. o
p. hard pushed and making a great
ado about nothing?
THE New York World of the 1lth
inst. ann"unces it's completion of the
task of rsi-ihg the $IG0,O00 for the
pedestal OF the Bartholdi Statue of
Liberty Enlightoning the World. the
funi at that date amounting to $102,-
006.39 On Sunday the circulation of
that journal reached the enormous
figure of 23O, ,22O copies. The World
ia truly great newspaper, and richly
merits its grand success.
THE funeral of Mrs. Martha Nc.
Gregor. wife of A. McGregor. editor
Of the Canton Daily Democrat, occur
red Sunday afternoon. Private SER
vices we're held at the residence, and
public services at the Presbyterian
church. The latter were conducted
by Rev. G. v. Wilson, of the First
Methodist church. and were attended
by over one thousand people The re
mains were inferred in the West Lawn
Cemetery.
MAXWELL, the alleged murderer of
G. Arthur Preiler, whose body was
supposed to have been found i'm a
trunk at the Southern Hotel in St
Louis, several weeks ago, now says he
can produce Preller alive and we'll and
tell where he obtained the body w hich
was placed in the trunk by PrelIer and
himself for the purpose of securing
the insurance on Prelier's life. Ii he
fulf1lls his promise, there will be a
terrible panic among the st. Louis
newspapers, which had gone so far AZ
to Identify the body "a that of Preller,
and to tell exactly how the murder
was committed.
Struck Suddenly Biiud.