The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-05-06

UOU,OUU III april
LATE reports from N. Y. represent
that ex- President Arthur i'm improv-
ing in health.
WASHINGTON MCLEAN. father of
John R. Mclean, is dangerously ill at
his residence ia Washington, d. G.
TEE Ford bill, providing for an in
spector of dairy products, has passed
both branches of the Legislature, and
become law.
The merchants of Garrettsville have
purchased the past season over TO-
600 gallons of maple syrup and large
quantity of sugar.
"WHAT is home without a moth
err" as the spring chicken said when
it was launched forth upon cold and
cruel world by an unfeeling incubator.
VIGOROUS and prolonged calcitra-
ton is being made by real estate own
ers at the proposed scheme to tax all
lands at their actual value. The growl.
ers are legion.
PROMINENT officials of the Empire
Protective Association have been in
dicted for ordering the tie up of the
Third Avenue street cars in N, Y.
They were admitted to bail.
AN earthquake shock of sufficient
force to sway houses and startle the
inhabitants, was felt at Athens, Ohio,
Sunday night. A similar report came
from Nelsonville, nine miles distant.
THE town of Fairview, Pa, was al
most swept from existence Monday
last, by the fire scourge, Scarcely a
building remains, and thirteen fami-
lies lost their entire household goods.
THE body of F. B. Plympton, asso-
ciate editor of the Cincinnati Com
mercial- Gazette, whose death we an
nounced last week. was cremated, in
accordance with his request, on the
26th ult., at Lancaster, Pa.
THE Tiffin Advertiser has entered
upon the 44th year of it's publication,
and appeared in an elegant new dress,
looking as pert as a fair one of 16.
Also, commenced with this month the
publication of an evening daily. Sue
cess attend them.
THE Charleston News and Courier
states a singular fact. In Portland,
Me. "a prohibition city of 33 900 inhab-
itants, the total number of people ar
rested for crimes committed while in
toxicated was 1920. In Charleston,
not prohibition city, the total num-
ber arrested under the same circum-
stances was 4s9; and yet the latter has
$4,000 Inhabitants.
THE labor agitations still occupy the
front rank in public interest. Large
meetings were held in New York
Chicago, st. Louis, and in many other
important cities, in favor of establish
ing the eight hour system of labor.
What the outcome will be it is impos-
sible to tell, but it is evident that the
business interests of the country are
seriouslyaffectedin in consequence there
of,
FOREST fires are raging in the moun-
tains of West Virginia, and an i'm
mense amount of damage has been
done, hundreds of thousands of feet OF
lumber being burned, and many OF
the farmers being driven from their
homes. On many of the mountains
the fire extends in solid sheet from
base to summit, and the effect at night
is indescribably grand.
GENERAL MASTER WORKMAN Pow
Derby has called a General Assembly
of the knights of Labor of the United
States and Dominion of Canada, to
meet in Cleveland, O., on May %, te
consider the general labor troubles
throughout the country and the pro-
posed legislation with reference to
some system of arbitrating disputes
between employers and employees.
TIE Connecticut legislature has
passed a bill giving pension of $4OC
annually to Mrs. Prudence Crandall
PhHleo, now of Kansas, who was mob
bed in 1884 in the town of Canterbury
Conn.,, for instructing negroes. Mr.
s, L. Clemens mark Twain) offered
to lease the farm where she formerly
lived, and give her the free use of hel
old home for life. but she declined
preferring to remain in Kansas.
SENATOR BECK thinks that AlleE
G. Thurman, Joseph E. Mcdonald
and Roscoe Conkling as labor commits
sioners would be able to efectually
adjust the labor troubles. Some such
commission seems to be necessary land
we hope to soon see some plans per
fected for adjusting the present agita
ton. The business of the country
cannot progress while strikes and boy
colts render investments unsafe, and
clog all the channels of trade. Good
times would be upon US but for this
conflict of labor and capital.
In Hendershot VS.. the State it was
recently held by the Supreme Court
of Ohio that there is no provision in
the statutes whereby the owner of ma.
terial taken by Supervisor for the
repair of public highway under Sec
ton AIS of the Revised Statutes, car
have his compensation assessed by q
jury as required by section 10 of the
bill of rights, and it is therefore inval'
i'd; and the owner resisting Super
visor entering upon his lands under
the provisions of said section, is moi
guilty of resisting an officer under
section 690S of the Revised Statutes
IT has been decided by the Supreme
Court that when an employe. engaged
under a contract for specified time
the wages being payable in install
ments is wrongfully discharged before
the expiration of the period of hire
and all wages actually earned at the
time of the discharge have been paid,