The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-11-04

TIE combined capital of the Roths-
childs is estimated at ST ,OO0, ,O00. 900.
Half of this has been gained within
the last twenty FIVE years, and the
whole of it in scarcely more than a
century.
A MAN born some years since in
Richland county, minus legs and 9TH
erwise deformed, is being exhibited
in the northwestern part of the State
as 1.-The Wild Man of India"
ATTORNEY GENERAL GARLAND has
given an opinion to the Secretary Of
the Treasury that National Banks
must deposit int crest bearing bonds TO
secure their circulation and that called
per cent. bonds cannot be used as
basis of circulation.
THE old court house at Plymouth,
N, in which Daniel Webster made
one of his earliest, if not his first plea,
has, after having been used As wheel
wright's shop, been restored to its
original appearance at Senator Blair's
expense, and is now used for library.
OLD WELLS are used in Switzerland
to give warning of the approach of
storms. They are sealed hermetrIcally,
and then small orifice is made in the
top. Upon the approach of storm
the external air in the well escapes,
and in so doing blows whistle.
THE oleomargarine law went into
effect Monday and the Internal Rev
enue bureau has completed all the ar
rangements necessary for its enforce
ment. The demand for stamps has
been very great and the indications
are that large amount of the COM
modify will be put on the market next
week.
PITTSBURGH PosT: The silly re-
port that Secretary Lamar refused
permission to canvass the Interior
Department for the sale of the Grant
Memoirs, while extending that privi,
lege to agents for the " Life of Robert
E Lee," turns out to be malignant
lie. 1t was such stupid lie, indeed
that it did not need the emphatic de
niaI it has received,
DURING a recent storm the histori
cal apple tree at Defiance. which is
known to have been in existence long
before the advent of civilization, and
which was deemed sacred by the In
dians, was destroyed. At one time
the tree measured twenty-six feet in
circumference, and was known as the
largest apple tree of the kind i'll the
United States, and perhaps in the
world.
MARYLAND. my Maryland,is taking
in-one industry alone. prominent
share in the business boom of the
South. That State employs 6O,O0t
persons in putting up canned goods
an industry in which she now leads
all the States of the Union. She sup
plies 50,00O,000 cans of oysters annu
ally. In Hartford county alone, "A,
0O0, 900 CANS of tomatoes and Il, 600 ,OOt
cans of corn are prepared for the mar
ket every year, and one firm in Fred
erick City puts up 100000 cans o
corn a season.
THE remains of Mrs, Mary Wood
wife of the late Ex-Governor ReubeI
Wood, of Rockport, Cuyahoga county
arrived in Cleveland, Thursday morn
ing, the 2sth ult., from Almeda, Cal
Mrs Wood was among the pionee
inhabitants of Cleveland. Her deatl
occurred Oct. 18th, at the residence o
her daughter, in California, will
whom she made her home. She wa:
in her 8Oth year. The funeral tool
place on the following day, the re
mains being inferred in WoodlaL'
Cemetery.
AT an early hour Wednesday morn
ing, the 9th ult., the msgnificen
building of the Case School of Ap
piled Science, in East Cleveland, wa
destroyed by fire. 1t was completed
and opened about one year ago, at {
cost of 500, 900. Adelbert College ha
generously offered rooms aud appa
ratus, SO the interruption in the Cas-
School is only temporary. The burn
ed buildings will be rebuilt as soon a
the necessary funds accruing from th'
interest ON the Case legacy is at th'
disposal of the Trustees.