The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-07-01

III OH bIc IoLus " q SonNiuosS AOA
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.
CA. LAYTON.
Vice Chairman Dem. State Com.
J.C. TOBIAS. Sec.
PROVIDENCE, R. L., celebrated its
250th anniversary on the 29d inst.
WHAT'S the use of having consti-
tuition, anyhow? The courts pay no
respect to it.
CONGRESSMAN FoRAN, of Cleveland
has just completed novel bearing the
s.tle "The Other Side"
WOULD it not be as well to abolish
the Pension Bureau, now that Con-
gress is acting in its capacity?
DIR. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES re-
ceived from the University of Edin
burgh the degree of LII. D. on Friday
last.
THE work of rebuilding the great
Schumacher mill, at Akren, will be
begun soon The proposed structure
will be about one-half the size of the
former one.
DAN LAMONT, the Presidents pri-
vate secretary, had the degree of A.
M. conferred upon him by Union Col,
lege, at Schenectady, N. Y, on the
23d inst.
CoNUNDRUM-Who invented the
saddle by means of which so many
were added to the pension rolls, and
which were effective in preaching ouI
ranks rather than the works of the
enemy2
WE now have the authority of the
Supreme Court for it, that seventeen
is majority of thirty EIGHT. For this
remarkable mathematical discovery
the three Republican Judges are enti
tied to leather medals.
JUDGE STANLEY MATHEWS was
married on the morning of the 23d
inst. to Mrs. Mary X. Theaker, O
Cleveland, o. The ceremony took
place at the residence of the brides
cousin, Charles Parsons, Jr., in N. Y.
city. On the following day they sail
ed for Europe, on their bridal tour.
HEAVY damage from flood is report
ed from number of points along the
Baltimore & Ohio road in w. Va. Al
Glover's Gap the water was two feet
higher than in the great flood of 1875,
every house in the place being inun
dated. The loss there is great. F. II
Burt & Son, tanners. alone lose $40, 900
A GASOLINE stoye in the house OF
William Sheldon, of Cory, Pa, ex
plOded Sunday night, entirely destroy
ing the house, a fine residence. Mrs
Sheldon was covered with the flames
and was so badly burned that hel
death is only question of a few hours
The children escaped but were slight
ly burned.
Two large barns belonging to VIM
Prior, farmer in Northampton town.
ship, burned to the ground Saturday,
A large amount of oats and wheat of
last years crop being total loss, also
some valuable farm machinery. Three
horses and one cow which were in thef
barn at the time were gotten out.
Fully insured. Origin of the fire is
supposed to be incendiaries.
THE 1hinoceros BOmbey, which died
in New York the other day weighed
q tons, and three elephants dragged
his carcass from the iron cage where 1t
lay and onto truck, which carried ii
to retired spot, where a post mortem
was held. The brute died of pneumo
mia, The skeleton and stuffed hide
will be placed in the museum OF
natural history.
Two HUNDRED and fourteen persons
were poisoned by eating Strawberries
and cream at church festival in Pot
tersville, N. j., on the 10Th inst. Six
will probably die, and twenty are IN
precarious condition. The symptoms
denote arsenical poison. These oc
currences of wholesale poisoning are
becoming alarmingly frequent, and
the perpetrators, if discovered, should
be summarily dealt with.
A WASHINGTON special says that a
few days ago the First Comptroller OF
the Treasury received Treasury Cir
cular Certificate dated February 18th,
1898, for ST, ,745 80. with interest at
per cent. The certificate was Endorsed
by J. Nourse, a direct descendant OF
Rebecca Nourse, who was executed as
a witch at Salem, Mass, July 10, 1890
The Comptroller decided that it was
not valid, so long time having elaps-
ed since its issuance.
a TERRIBLE disaster occurred near
Prague, Germany, on Wednesday o
last week. A ferryboat, loaded with
passengers, was crossing the Sazawa
river, when it suddenly and without
the slightest warning. capsized, pre-