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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-15
Rumors About Cleveland's Health.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14-Yesterday evening a
report was circulated that President Cleveland
had had stroke of paralysis during the after
noon; but when he appeared at the theater, last
night, the truth Of the report was dispelled.
To-day, however it was reported that the Presi-
dent had really had slight paralytic stroke,
and that he attended the theater through fear
that if he remained within doors rumors might
create great deal of uneasness, and cause him
much trouble. Nothing can be learned tonight
at the White House about it, and the statement
is generally discredited.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-15
The Distiilery viii Continue Business.

Dies MONIES, Ia, Dec 14-Mr. Kidd came
here from New York, in 1882 and established a
distilery. with the encouragement of persons
who secured the passage of a resolution by the
Legislature giving immunity to distillers manu-
featuring liquor for sale outside the State. Last
winter suit was brought to enioin the distillery
nuisance under the late prohibitory laws.
Yesterday Judge Given decided that the dis.
tillery had been established nnder the statute
of 1857, and cannot be disturbed The Judge
did not touch the immunity question in making
his decision
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-15
Patents for Indianiaus.

WASHINGTON Dec 14-Patents were issued
for the following Indanians to-day:
Chas. G. Bower Bristol carriage and wagon jack;
George W. Martin Lafayette, food fence Albert S.
Miller, indianapolis, locomotive ash-pan; VIM. A.
Phares, Fowler, end-gate; John f. Scott and o. w.
Chestnut, Templeton checkrow corn planter; Caleb
E. Tower, assignor to Economist Plow Company
South Bend, sulky-plow; Calvin g. Udell, Indisnapo-
lis arm commode; John Underwood Sheridan. har.
rows Jacob Voegtle, assgnor to O. Vegte, Indianapo-
lis furnace CRATE.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-15
A New Candidate for Bulgaria.s Throne.

VIENNA. Dec. 14-Prince Ferdinand, of
SAKE Coburg -Gotha. received the Bulgarian
deputation, and expressed his willingness to ac-
cept the throne of Bulgaria il elected, and his
choice confirmed by the powers. It is re-
ported that the deputation have communicated
with the Gar on this subject and are waiting
his answer
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-15
Bic Batrle in Africa.

BERLIN, Dec. 4.-Dspatches received from
Zanzibar state that a battle recently occurred
between the armies of King Manrera of Uganda,
and the King oe Kabrega in which the latter
force, 10, 900 strong was defeated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-15
Death of a Foot-Ran Player.

New HAVEN, Conn, Dec. IA George Wat
knsoD, member of the foot ball team of Yale.
died to night of typhoid malarial fever He has
been i'll ever since his return from the Yale
Princeton Thanksgiving day game. and it is
thought his illness was brought on by exposure
that day. Watkinson's age was twenty two
years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-15

telegraph lines The penalties prescribed by
the act of June 20, 1874 as to railroads, are
made applicable to telegraph lines as we'll
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-15

III yonr lung trouble is of scrofulous origin
Ayers Sarsaparlla will do you more good than
any other medicine.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-15

kTKINC E. @; CO, Mannfactu rsrs ard
a L MIND Reporters of CIRCULAR. CROSS
CUE BAND anu al 0.n0r A'n'S OF SAWS.
Illinois street, one square south of Union Depot.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05
AEzWerci,

In closing the debate in the Senate
in the Payne case, Senator Evarts eff
fectually squalched the principal con-
undrum of the hOwlers. He quoted
Senator Payne's letter to the Ohio
Legislative Committee, inviting and
challenging the most thorough and
rigid scrutiny, and Offering for inspec
ton his private correspondence and
books and accounts. and Chairman
CowgilI's reply that If there was any
testimony tending to iucuipate him
(Payne) in any degree, IN any ques.
tionable transaction his request would
be acceded to. Could any person, he
asked, require a more early, more
prompt, a more universal proposition
from the Senator? The fact that the
Ohio Legislative Committee did not
call on MIR. Payne was Il proof that it
did not consider there was anything
before it which required his examina-
tion. Thus the opinion of Ohio about
its Senators was clear. That was set
tied. 1t was clear that, from one end
of Ohio to the other, in all the agita.
ton of the subject, no imputatiOn had
| touched the Senator
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05
verv ueaIthv ni.case,

Here is q case now in which the
applicant for pension is clearly not
so we'll entitled to it as the faithful
aud patriotic old diarrhea upon which
he ungratefully bases his claim:
Lewis w. Scanland filed his declar-
alton for pension in 1884. alleging
that he contracted chronic diarrhpa in
the Blackha war. The records show
that he served from April Is, 1882 TO
May IS, 1882. In vetoing the bill for
his relief, the President says:
Il am inclined to think it would
have been fortunate thing if in this
case it could have been demonstrated
that man could thrive so well with
the chronic diarrhoea for fifty-twO
years, as its existence in the case of
this good old gentleman would prove.
We should then, perhaps, have less of
it in claims for pensions. The fact is,
in this case there is no disability that
can be traced to the forty days militia.
ry service of fifty-four years ago, and
] think little, if any more, infirmity
than is usually found in men of the
age of the claimant"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05
A wonderful Cave.

An Indianapolis dispatch says that
while L. Bowman, VINO lives about
three miles north of Akron, was en-
gagged III setting posts, he Was surprls
ed To see post with which he was
packing" the bottom of the hole,
break through aud disappear from
sight. He took his spade and dug
down with the intention of discover
ing where the seemingly bewitched
post had gone. A cave was discovered
10 his view. He procured a ladder
and lantern and descended into the
opening. The hair of the inquisitive
Mr.. Bowman stood on end when he
saw gathered around on the ground
the forms of twelve men, while part
of thirteenth leaned up against the
side of the cavern ,one hand outstretch-
ed as if earnestly addressing his twelve
comrades. By the rays of the light ol
the lantern he examined the bodies
and found them to be petrified. The
cave is about twenty feet square and
about nine feet deep.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05
WHEN Pension Commissioner John

WHEN Pension Commissioner John
G. Black assumed the duties of his
office he announced that the Office had
hitherto been run in the interest of the
Republican party, and said that it had
come to be but part of the political
machinery to control elections. This
statement was ridiculed 10y Republican
papers who denied its truth. Well,
an investigation of the facts showed
the following state of affairs: During
the last Presidential year the number
of claims of applicants for pensions
considered by the examining surgeons
in each district varied very greatly
with the character of the State.
To iliustrat-Massachu is relia
bly, Republican; always has been 80
regarded. There was no need of DO.
litIcal pension influence. Total num-
ber of cases examined per district, POI
Maine was a contested State at last
election big fight up there. Total
number cases examined per district,
779
Pennsylvania was strongly Repub-
can no doubt as to the result of the
election. Total number of cases ex
amined per district, 332.
Ohio was O doubtful State, and the
election was hOtly contested. Total
number of cases examined per district
605.
Illinois was strongly Republican I;
no doubt about it. Total number OF
cases examined per district, 400
Indiana was the scene of hotly
contested election, and the result was
very doubtful. Total number of cases
considered per district, S2l.
And SO on throughout the other
States; wherever the election was
doubtful the pension examinations
were greatly in excess of those in
States either reliably Republican or
Democratic. The inference to be
drawn from fact is very plain-theIe
can be but one explanation of it,
! Akron Times.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05
The Oldest Man Gone.

BALTIMORE, July 27.-The certifi
cate of the death of William Scott,
coIored, was filed at the Office OF the
Health Department this evening. The
certificate gave the age of the deceased
"a being l53 years, and was signed by
n reputable practicing physician.
A visit to the late residence of the
deceased was made by the reporter.
A knock upon the door was responded
to by q very aged looking and decrepit
negress, hobbIing along with the aid
of a cane. The woman proved to be
the daughter of the dead man. She
ia IA years of age, and is the youngest
Of six children by the first wife. The
face of the old man was greatly ema-
oiated. the cheeks and eyes shrunken,
and the skin was shriveled. The mans
relatives claim that he remembered all
about the Revolutionary war, the sign
ing of the treaty of peace between the
limited States and Great Britain, and
the death of George Washington. He
NAV not have attained the great age
of i5S, but he doubtless lived more
than q century by several years.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05
Forty Years Ago.

There was time TO live.
Men slept yet i'll their beds,
The saddle was the emblem of speed,
Brawn and brains went hand in
hand.
We were still nation of handwork-
ers.
A days journey was serious mat
ter.
No house contained sewing ma
chine.
The canvas covered wagon was the
ark of trade.
The turnpike was still the great ar
terry of trade.
There was not mower or harvester
in existence.
The land was lighted by candles af'
ter nightfall.
Butter was unmarketable 100 miles
from the dairy.
The lord of a thousand acres sal
with his harvesters at dinner.
The day began at the dawn, and moi
with the trains arrival.
The spinning wheel and shuttle
sounded in every farmers house.
He who counted his possessions by
the square mile kept open house fol
the wayfarer.
The rich were lavish in an abun
dance which was not yet coveted by
the keel, eye of commerce.
From east to west was the pilgrim
age of life; from north to south was
a voyage of Port Deposit
Call.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05
COURT HOUSE CULLINGS,
RECORDER'S OFFICE

RECORDERS OFFICE.
David l.. Rockwell to Katie O'Brien, Kent
lot I. $1a5.
John Is. Williams to Thomas T. Williams
Paris. Il acre, $3.50.
Sarah a. Scott (by eXecutor) to ]. f. Ausfah
Rootstown. u acre. $3.50
j. +. Ausfahl to Rosa Sheik, Rootstown. u
acre. $62O.
Milo L. Cotton to jesse Hudson, Lharlestown
q asre. $3.50.
Matte q. Harmon to Homer +. N Monroe, KEN
43 acres, $2,sOO.
Angeline J. Van Etter to Willie j. Sullivan
Mantua, lot 43. $500.
James O'Leary to Patrick J. Mcclure, Deer
field. 81 47-1UO acres, $20e0.
Michael Colnon to Fred l.. Allen, Kent,
acres, 81.
Fred l.. Allen to Catherine Colnon. Kent, :
acres. 81.
Charlotte Meade to John NJ. Thomas, Paris
2-3 acre. $500.
Ellen Bergin to John Bergin, Ravenna. LOT
So so
John G. Davis tby heirs) to Frances Roberts
Get all Palmyra, 6'-1OU acres. 81 900
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
George Furlong and Mary Adams.
W, IL. DOuaghey and Bertha FesS enden.
Frank W. Prentice and Bell jaeger.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

The following persons were sentenced by
Judge Thayer on Friday, the 3Oth inst:
Burt Koyser, burglary. one year in the peni
tAntiary.
Geo. Bowers. selling to minor, 10 days In jai
and SIS fine and costs, and stand committed
until 6ne and costs are paid.
Adam Hartman, selling to minors and or
sunday; Is days in jail and $3.50 fine and costs
aLd stand committed until paid.
Geo. Ernst, selling and Eeeping open on Sun
day; fned $25, and day in Jail and costs, and
to stand committed until fine aud costs are paid
Fetus Hem. selling to person in the habit
of becoming intoxicated; fined $50 and costs.
and days in iail. This n:ence was suspend
cd duriug the pending of petition in error.
CIVIL MLTTERS
Geo. Whllock ct al VS.. Daniel Sapp ct al
sale set aside.
Geo. X. Foster VS.. Geo, Lynn ct re. Sale
confirmed.
Elizabet1 Amick VS.. Adam Amick. Motion
for new trial overruled. Defendant excepts.
Jacob W Ohrstler Us David sell, Injunction
made perpetual. Plaintiff gives notice OF ap-
peal.
Ransom V. Young VS.. Samantha j. Tilden
New trial granted plaintiff.
Court adjourned siLe die on Friday, the 3Oth
inst
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05


THE President has signed the Oleo-
margarine bill, and it is now a law.
MASSACHUSETTS Republicans of IN
duence and prominence are opposed to
touching the prohibition question.
The Commissioners recently ap-
pointed by Gov. Foraker to select a
suitable place to locate the Soldiers
and Sailors Home, have selected San :
dusky as the site.
THE Legislature passed law at its
last session, fixing fine of S25 and
costs, to be collected as taxes against
the premises, against any farmer or
land owner who allows the weed
known as the "white top daisy' to
60 to seed upon his premises.
A NEW YORK dispatch of the 3lst
ult says it is reported that the yacht
Mary Craig, with party of six ladies
and four gentlemen, capsized off San
dy Hook that morning. All the occu.
pants are said to have been drowned
The unfortunate people are supposed
to be Philadelphians.
1T is not generally known that the
President may have the power to al
journ Congress, though the exigency
is not likely TO arise. The authority
has never been exercised. Article III
section 8, of the constitution says
And in case of disagreement be-
tween them with respect to the time
of adjournment, he may adjourn them
as he shall think proper"
Gov. IRELAND, of Texas, having
been advised by accounts in the San
Antonio papers of the execution oI
Rasures, by the Mexican authorities
after he had been delivered to them by
the Eagle Pass authorities, on a requi-
sition believed to be bogus, and charg-
ing him with horse theft, says that il
the federal government does not dC
something, Texas will act.
THE reduction in letter postage the
last fiscal year increased the sale o
stamps over the previous year S2,0l5,
252.5 30. In postal cards there were in
creased sales amounting to 1853 .005
The decrease in the cost and manu-
facture of postage stamps and posta
cards was sixteen per cent. respective
ly. The effect of the reduction of let
ter postage from three to two cents has
considerably increased the postal rev
enues of the Government.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05

ALL the Democratic Senators voted
against further waste of time in con-
sidering the charges in the Payne
matter, as also did the following Re
publican Senators: Evarts, of New
York Miller, of New York; Gamer
on, of Pennsylvania; Logan, OF Hi,
nois Ingalls,, of Kansas; Plumb, OF
Kansas Jones, of Nevada; Sewellr
of New Jersey; Teller, of Colorado
Van Wyck, of Nebraska Stanford, ,ol
California; Sawyer, of Wisconsin ;
Riddleberger, of Virginia; Chance
of Rhode Island.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05
RAvENNA. THURSDAY. AUG. 5. 1886.
The Press for $3.50 @ Year.
advGssce.
Democratic State Convention.
COLUMRUs. OHIO, june /

COLUMBUS. OHIO. June 10, 1885.
The Democratic State Convention will be
held in Toledo on the nth and 18th of August,
1ss6. The delegates of each Congressional Dis
trict will convene at o'clock p m. on the nth.
for the purpose of electing one Vice President
froiu each district and one member for each OF
the various committees.
The Convention will be called to order at IL
g. M on the 18th, to nominate a candidate for
Secretary of State, Judge of the Supreme Court.
Clerk of the Supreme Court, Commissioner OF
Common Schools. and Member of the Board OF
Public Works. The basis of representation in
this Convention is one delegate TO every five
hundred, and one for every fraction Of two
hundred and fifty votes cast for Governor Geo.
Hoadly in October 1885.
C. A. LAYTON.
Vice Chairman Dem, State Com.
j. G. TOBIAS, Sec.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05
REGARDING PENSIONS.

A Few Remarks on the subject
which should shame RcpUbIi-
can HoWlers.
The following. taken from remarks
recently made by Mr.. springer on the
floor of the House, will serve to show
whether or not the Democratic party
has done anything in behalf of sol
diers, their widows ana orphans:
During the entire eight years of
General Grants Administration only
542 private pensions were granted.
During the forty seventh Congress,
which was Republican in both branch
es, only l51 private pension bills were
passed but during the last, or forty
eighth Congress, which contained
majority of Democrats in the House.
and when the gentleman from Indiana
(Mr. Matson) was Chairman OF the
Committee on Invalid Pensions, there
were 552 such bills passed and became
laws, and during this Congress and
since December last Congress had
passed 665 private pension bills, of
which about SIS had either been sign
ed by President Cleveland or had be-
come laws without his action. He had
vetoed about ninety private pension
bills, but thirty three more had passed
and become laws during his Admin
passed during the eight years of Gen
Grants Administration. Gen. Black,
Commissioner of Pensions, had grant
ell over one hundred and ten thousand
certificates To pensioners since he AS
sumed the duties of his office, being
10 per cent. more than had ever before
| been issued by any OF his predecessors
during the same length of time. The
| Treasury of the United States attested
the effe3t of General Blacks increased
efficiency in the administration of the
Pension Office.
The payment to pensioners during
the fiscal year just ended exceeded
those of the previous fiscal year by
IS, 600, 900. But notw outstanding this
increase in pension payments, there
has been "A net reduction i'll eXpendt
lures during the p:ist fiscal year of ovel
| $40, ,OO0, 900 as compared with the fiscal
year of 1855. Excluding pensions, the
reduction of ordinary expenditures
for 1856 as compared with 1855 amount
ed to So 500 ,OU'. This stalment wa,
made from the Treasury Department
DIR. LEONARD, in talking to Re
pository reporter, at Canton, spoke o
the Dow law as follows:
1--WE are anxious to enforce the loca
option feature. We want 1t tried il
every borough. 1t will be a taiiur,
and we know it. 1t will, moreover
split up the Republican party. It's
wedge that we want tO see driven
The law cannot be enforced, for snOult
any borough decide to propibit, TIL
dealers can become agents of whole
sale houses and sell by the gallon.
man can buy gallon of beer or whisk.
and drink it when he pleases. But W
are aiding the local option fight ever.
where, even knowing that it is to be
failure"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05
Democratic County
Convention.

The Democratic voters of Portage County
are requested to meet in caucus in their re
spective townships. at the earliest possible date.
and select delegates to attend the Democratic
County Convention to be held at Town Hall,
Ravenna, on
Saturday, August 18th,
at II O'Clock a. m. Delegates to the State, Con-
gressional and Judicial Conventions will be
chosen. The ratio of representation to said
County Convention viii be one delegate for
each q votes cast for Gov. Hoadly for Governor
in 1886, and enc delegate for each excess of 10
votes Under this call the different townships
are en- Titled to delauates as follows.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05

IF the same industry, energy and
money were spent to prevent the eX-
cessive use of intOxicants that is spent
in the futile efforts to prohibit their
manufacture and use, the cause of tenn
perance would be far in advance OF
what it is today. You cannot prohibit
drinking any more than you can pro-
hibit sin. Our great work is to lessen
both so that the greatest good may
follow. Let us teach virtue and sObri-
ety, and act out what We teach, and
then we have done our duty.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05

THE total value of the export of do
mestic breadstuffs during the month
of June, 1886. and durin & the six and
twelve months ended June 80, 1886, as
compared with similar exports during
the corresponding periods of the pre-.
ceding year, were as follows: June,
1885, S13 602, 1893; June, 1855, 50 ,024,
$50; six months ended June 80, 1856,
$8s ,s6l ,566 same period in 1855, $76,
75l 324: twelve months ended June
so, 1885. $l22, 800, 1873 same period in
1885. Sl59. .45l ,S3l.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05
Teachers Examinations,

Examinations of Teachers will be held at the
High School building in Ravenna, commencing
at O'Clock A. M. and closing at O'Clock P.
on the SECOND SATURDAYS of each month
for the reua ainder Of the year, except in the
month OF August, when the examination will
he held on the Saturday following the Institute
SPSCIAL NOTIoF.-No certificate will be anto.
dated. By order of the Board.
p. ID. PICKETT, Clark
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-08-05

A relative of the Grant family is
authority for the statement that the
married life of Nellie Grant SartOris
is far more humiliating and unpleas-
ant than has heretofore been made.
public, She lives with her husband 5
father in the north Of England, where
she is treated like a poor relation Sine
and her children have two rooms.
Her husband, it is said, has not con-
tributed TO her support for years, and
is now racing about England spend
ing the meager allowance received
from his father. The story continues
that for two years before Gen. Grants
death money was regularly sent to
Nellie, and when he became impOv-
erished his greatest regret was that he
could not assist Nellie. The members
of the Grant family who still contrib
ute to the support of Mrs. Sartoris
have long urged her to return to Amer
lea, but Mrs. Sartnris will not listen to
the proposition, ami protests that she
will break with her family if these
opportunities continue.