The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-05-10
Chief Justice Fuller numbers nine
children in his household.


children in his household.
THE Democratic State Convention
will number 723 delegates.
EVERY man who builds an $500
house pays a tariff tribute ON materials
of $14e.
ONE-THIRD of the Auglaize County
saloonists will quit on account of the
Dow law.
THE Supreme Lodge of the q. 8.
Knights of Honor convened ia Cleve-
land on Tuesday, for twelve days
session.
MORE than ST. 900 worth of flowers
were used on the occasion of a double
wedding in Kinsman, Trumbull coun-
ty, few days ago.
ALASKA, though decidedly frigid in
temperature at certain seasoLs of the
year, is said to be grand country ,and
is attracting large emigration.
BURGLARS recently entered Mark
Twain's house and stole his shoes, two
overcoats, some napkin rings, and
number of small articles.
MASSACHUSETTS has q new law
which prohibits the sale of liquor on
Fast Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiv-
ing Day, and Christmas Day.
N. Y. STAR: The Republican Ohio
State platform, just adopted ut Dayton,
is queer mixture of palaver, evasion
and cant.
BISHOP FOSTER told the Vermont
Conference, recently in session, "that
he would as soon pray for plague to
come into his church rs for an Evan
gelist."
MRS. SECRETARY Villas, whose inn
paired health renders q change of cli-
mate imperative, will go to Atlantic
City soon, to remain into the summer
months.
THE N. Y. Herald, in an analysis of
y
1887, reports 233 suicides. The number
of infants found dead upon the street
aggregated l74.
SECRETARY BAYARD has appointed
Frederick A. Bancroft, of New Hamp-
shire, to be Librarian of the State De
partment, vice Theodore E. Dwight,
resigned, the change to take effect
June 1st.
July l4th, 18th and 10th, are pre-
6licted the hottest days of the torrid
period in which ambition is wilted,
and only the average full cream
cheese refuses to melt in the furnace of
heat generated by old sol.
THE prediction that the approach
ing summer will be hot is undoubtedly
predicated upon a knowledge of the
never falling heat generated during
the boiling and bubbling of the polit-
ical cauldron.
AMAN in Western town seriously
proposed to issue an edition of the
Bible, with pages devoted to advertis-
ing inserted in the text, but he gave
MP the idea on account of the indig'
nation it excited.
THE conferees upon the bill provid-
ing for a conference OF American Ma
tions have authorized President Cleye-
land to appoint the ten American
Commissioners by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate.
A FOND mother called the other day
upon President Patton, of Princeton,
and anxiously asked if her son would
be well taken care of at college. Said
DIR. Patton: Madam, we guarantee
satisfaction, or return the boy.
LAKE MICHIGAN, according to Chi
cago engineers, is this year foot low
or ttian a year ago, and one and six
tenths feet lower than in 1886. The
effects of the low water are felt at
nearly every port on the lake.
THE Am6flCau ASsOCIatlOA iOI tuo
Advancement of Science will convene
I'm Cleveland August l4th, concluding
its sittings on the 22d. 1t is expected
that between 900 and 200 delegates
and visitors from the several States
will be in attendance.
THE gains of Booth and Barrett for
fhs season will not be less than $780,
900, of which Booth will have for his
share $54O, ,OeO, and Barrett $36O,0O0.
This is no doubt the greatest sum of
money ever made in one season by
any theatrical enterprise.
MRS. THOMAS, wife of the great
musical director, takes as much inter-
nst in cooking as he does in music. She
Ia an enthusiastic housekeeper, and
boasts that her husband has never had
. badly cooked meal since they were
married.