The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-19

his sermons being reported Vef'"''n {
for the papers.
ScoTcIf potatoes are arriving in Ne"
York at the rate of about Al, 900 BUSH
els week.
THE United States Rolling Stock
Company, whose immense WORKS are
now located at Urbanna, Ohio, Will oe
renoyed to Decatur, Alabama.
TIE President sent to the senate
Thursday the nomination OF Eo"aio
8. Bragg, of Wisconsin, to be Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary of the United States 10 mex
leo.
IosrpH BLAcK. of Cleveland. has
been confirmed as Consul 10 Duua
pasth. Although Republican, mis-
: annointment was urged by leading
and influential Democrats.
Tn is sad to see the grand old party
leaders vainly pouring oil upon the
tronhled waters stirred to their depths
nv the "unhoiy alliance OF some Oh
its members with the Democrats III
resistance to the dictates OF king eau
Gus.
NEARLY one hundred and fifty per-
sons perished in the Northwest Ifoin
the severity of storm and cold, whicn
swept over that section last week. tpe
thermometer in some localities regis
tering so degrees below zero.
ELIHU e. JACKSON was Inaugural
ted Governor OF Maryland on the ilen
inst. in the presence of both Houses
of the General Assembly and q large
nnmber of ladies who filled the gallery
of the Senate chamber.
ON the morning of the 18th seismic
shocks were felt in Charleston, 3. U,
and several other localities In the state
and North Carolina. No damage re-
suited, though in several towns great
alarm was occasioned.
SPEAKER CARLISLE was taken WIN
a severe congestive chill while at ain :
ner. last Monday. His condition caus'
ed serious apprehensions as TO lIs tef-
mination. when first STRICKEN Du'
later adyices state his improvement,
with prospects of speedy recovery.
THE Kentucky Legislature on the
11th inst. elected Mr.. Beck for thlro
successive term in the United STATES
Senate. At the expiration of the term
for which he has just been chosen, II
his life is spared, his continuous ser
vice in the Senate will have EXTENDED
through a period of eighteen years
from March 5, 1887, to March 3, 1880
H.,s and KS are now an abbrevla
ted designation of domestic felicity
intensified by hits and kicks, used by
the Cincinnati Times Star In It's. Tacs
chronicling of the favorite pastime o.
such of the citizens of the musica
metropolis as find it necessary TO iii
ger in the halls of justice by reason o
the FL. ." aud" KS" characteristic
of the connubial bliss in their MONIES
A LONDON telegram says that grea
danger to navigation has been causee
by the dense fogs prevailing over drea
Britain. The channel passage between
Boulogne and Folkestone had to o.
suspended, 6 and railway trains wer'
delayed and abandoned. The city wa
enyeloped. in a chokiug3.fcg which
resuIted In a number of casualties ano
the loss of several lives from stree
accidents.
Don CAMERON, in a recently pub
lished interview in the Philadelphis
Times. advises his Republican friends
not to be too sanguine about tneil
chances of success in 1888. He re
minds them that they have got big
fight on hand, with the chances very
largely against them, and that there
ia a diversity of opinion on the suolec
of the tariff, even among Republican
leaders. He says that the tariff may
not be the issue at all; that the Ole
issues have been worn threadbare, ,ane
that the people may demand some
thing new.
THE Painesville Telegraph eontain'
the following in regard to the mothe
of the lamented President Garneld
.The venerable Grandma Garfield, o
the Mentor farm, is slowly but surely
finishing her llfe's journey upon earth
tits said that she sleeps most OF tht
time, but some of her children are II
constant attendance upon her. M
one can wish the separation prolonged
from the son in whom her heart re
ioiced.n 1t is said that she has con
tinualIy mourned for her " Jimmy
as she affectionately called her son
.nd has been slowly pining away
since his death.
Tuu churches in Pittsburgh hav'
haen closed against Francis Murphy
and II ia iptimated that he will locat'
permanently in Chicago for the con
tinuation of his labors In the in'eres
of the gospel pledge OF reformation
from, the evils of indulgence in lntox
icants as a beverage. 1t is eaid tina
the reason of the denial to allow Tn
great apostle of temperance the use Q
the churches in Pittsburgh Is that Tn
class of people attending the meeting
soi, the pews. cushions, carpets, etc
There is no evident cause OF suspicion
.,..t consecrated zeal in the avoWe'
.,sontials of Christian faith and prac
tice. in concern for the welfare eithe
tamuoral or spiritual, of the poor-th
loved of Christ-will impoverish tn
members of the churches whose door
are hinged that they may only opel
.to those whose social and financia
position entities them to sit on cush
ionea seats and gaze through STAINED
glass toward the source of life eternal
THE leading Republican paper o
Nebraska. at Omaha, pronounces IL
49, of the plan of tariff reform AM