The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-11-12

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CHICAGO and Detroit went Demo-
cratic at the late election.
A BRAIN disease is killing milch
cows In the vicinity of Evansville,
Indiana.
THE Law aud Order League of Cin-
cinnati are "going for" the Sunday
amusements of that wicked city.
JOHN MCCULLOUGH, the great trag- |
edian, died suddenly at his home in
Philadelphia at 1: 80 o'clock Sunday
afternoon.
THE Hamilton county courts are
still foolishing with the returns Of the
late election. But the courts count
won't stick.
A CYCLONE swept over Eastern Mis-
sissippi and Northern Alabama on
Friday night, killing several persons
and doing great damage to property.
On the 1st inst. the dosr of the
White House was closed against the
professional Office seeker, but the
heads fall quite rs fast all the same.
LOUIS R1EL, the ringleader In the
late rebellion in the Northwest, who
was to have been hanged Tuesday,
has been respited until the 18th inst.
The Mayor of Newark, O., fined
each and sent them to Jail for ten days
for parading the streets.
THE 5000 or 1900 Republican ma.
jority at the late election in Iowa Ia
quite falling off frem the SO, 600 given |
to Garfield. 1t looks as though the |
z. o. p. is rapidly petering out.
THERE'S no use fooling around the |
ice bound regions searching for the |
North pole, as long as John Sherman |
abideth with US. That's cosl enough |
for all practical purposes.
The Supreme Court of Ohio have
decided against reopening the Scott
Law cases in the suits brought to have
thetax money refunded to the saloons
that paid it.
AN exchange says that q folded
newspaper placed under the ceat In
the snail of the back Is an excellent
substitute for an overcoat. Now il
the time to subscribe.
A FEARFUL DISASTER occurred ON
Lake Superior off Port Arthur, early
Monday morning. The magnificent
ironclad steamer Aigoma, of the Can
adian Pacific line, was wrecked, and
thirty-seven lives lost.
THE reports from New York and
Virginia indicate that Sherman, Fo.
raker and Mckinley did rather a small
business on q big scale. Wherever
they spoke the Democrats made deci.
ded gains.
Hon. EBEN NEWTON died at his
home in Garfield, Mahoning county,
on Thursday last. aged 81 years. He
had held many positions of honor and
trust, and was q man Of sterling in
tegrity.
The Ohio State Journal says: There
are twenty or more candidates for ev-
cry appointment the Governor has to
make. The patronage of the Govern.
or of Ohio Is far less than most people
imagine.
There's trouble ahead for Joseph
Benson.
COMPLETE returns from all the Leg.
islative districts in the State show the
complexion of the next Virginia Leg
islature to be: Senate-Democrats,
80; Republicans 10. Houss-Demo.
Gratis, 20; Republicans, 80. Democratic
majority on joint ballot. 90.
GAS is rapidly displacihg coal in
Pittshurg. At present, over 1900
dwelling houses, 66 glass factories, "a
rolling mills, and As other industrial
establishments are being supplied and
as nearly as can be ascertained, from
5000 to 10000 tons of coal are daily
displaced.
THE President has appointed Alfred
p. Edgarton, of Indiana, and John J.
Trenholm, of South Carolina, to sue
ceed Eaton and Gregory on the Civil
Service Commission. They are good
Democrats. Dorman B. Eaton retains
his place for time as the Republican
member Of the Commission, in place
of Judge Thoman, resigned.
The croton oil crowd claim the re-
suit of the election in New York as q
rebuke of Cleveland's administration.
Quite likely the President contributed
literally to the campaign fund in that
State and went all the way from
Washington to Buffalo to vote to re-
buke himself. Grover can stand it IL
they can.
THE Agricultural Department has
prepared chart which shows that in
the Union there are 2S5, 600, 600 acres
of improved land, AL, ,00O, 600 acres of
forest and 7sO, 100000 acres of unim-
proved and waste untimbered land.
The forests are disappearing at the rate
of 25,0OO, 600 of acres each year. The
forest product during the census year
was about eighteen billion feet, broad
measure.
AT special election at Alliance ON
the Sd inst. for Justice of the Peace,
the Democratic candidate, o. M. Cox
en-, was elected over George McCreary
by 81 majority. The election was to
fiu a vacancy. Mr.. Coxsn was Super
intendent of the Alliance schools, and
the Republican Board refused to con-
tinue him, when the people generally
wanted him, for he was popular as q