The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-03-15
THURSDAY. MAR. Is. 1888
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ARGUMENTS in the tally che, rsses
have been commenced at Columbus
THE State Board of Health report
measles as epidemic at Oberilh
JAMES A MoNTPELIER. formerly
of the Theater Comique III
cleveland. died at San Diego, Cal, on
the 9Th inst.
THE National Labor Party will hold
their convention at Cincinnati, May
Is. to place in nomination Preslden
tial ticket.
CRAcKsMEN opened the safe OF the
postot1ioe at Lebanon, %, Oh the nlSn'
of the 9th lust, securing NV" III
money aud amrs
THE Findlay Tribune has been sold
IN po,tmaster dammaker, of that city
and will heuceio he an admlnfstfA
ton organ.
Mrs. STOWE continues to receive All
annual income Of 81 500 year In roy
nlties on the sale of Z" Uncle Tom
Cabin"
JAMES A. GARFIELD Was the oniy
President who ever made speech IL
a foreign language. He couio MAKE 4
fluent Grafton III German.
THE Johnny Bull sparrow must &"
On the Sth the Ohio House passed u
bill giving p bounty of ten cents u T.
en- for killing them.
THERE were six victims In the hof
ror caused by the burning oi bne QUO
of the Evening Unio :, as spfihsne,"'
Mass, last week, two OF ~nou "e's
ladies.
IAcoR SoRRICE, one OF the wealth
lot a,d most influential farmers u!
Summit county, committed sulcIue pA
hanging. in his barn, al Manchester
on the 7Gh inst.
JERRY O'REILLY. an iron worker,
at Youngstown, III attempting 10 ctoss
a fence, white intoxicated, became iW
Da,ed on stake, where he was founo
dead. the morning OF the Sth INST
JAMES q. BLAINE and Senator Win
dom. about three years ago, bought
300 acres of Denver suburban property
for $40 per acre. Tnelr agents have
iust sold the land for 500 an acre.
NEW YoRR TRIBUNE: If there
were any particular demand Tor an
eleventh commandment 1t could prob
ably lie embodied in two simple ana
expressive words: Trust ho'
RTHE court of appeals OF New forR
has affirmed the Judgment of lower
court to the eff,cI that bsqus st O
money TO he held in trust, to be deve
ted to masses for sous, Is Invalid. Iht
sum in trust amounted to VII ,6OO
MEDICINE can now be administered
olo,frialtU 6thlr hS
wants TO take it or not. The electrodes
of battery are saturated with th'
medicine and applied locally to the
skin. and the medicine is absorbed.
THE committees in the lower House
at Washington, having the matter IL
charge, has Just reported faVorably OF
the aopropriation of SIC, 900 for mon
umenJ over Gen. Harris sons tomb a
North Bend, and the bill will undou bt
edIy pass.
CONGRESSMAN SCOTT. of Pennsyl
yania, is not quite 6O years of age. i
worth $40, ,oe0, 100, and employs 1890
men. When he was still in his teen
he was page in the National Hous
of Representatives, and thirty year
ago he was a fish peddler in Erie, Pa
THERE are living four widows O
Presiuents-Mrs. James X Polk, Mrs
John Tyler, MRS Grant and Mrs. Gar
field. Mrs. Polk is now veDerabi
woman of s5, and Mrs, Tyler, thougl
in the sixties, looks much younger
She went to the White House as
bride in 1874.
AMONG the applicants admitted t
the Bar at the Supreme Court exami
nation at Columbus last week, wa
James r. Garfield, son of the lament
ed President. his ilIustrious fathe
was admitted as practitioner by tn
same tribunal more than thirty year
ago.
The Executive Committee of tn
Democratic National Congress Com
mittee, at their recent meeting Il
Washington, elected SeDator kenns
of West Virginia, Chairman; Phi
Thompson, OF Kentuky. secretary
and John T. Norris, OF Washington
Treasurer.
THE Indiana State Democratic Com
mittee met at indianapolis oD the Stl
inst. They chOse tHs.l city, and Tn
18th of April, as the place aud tim
tor holding the Sta.e convention, t
nominate candidates for State offices
and also choose delegates t. the n
tional convention.
A WASHINGTON dispatch says: Th
demand Tor paper money OF small de
nominations for use In the malls ha
BECOME SO general that the cummitte
on banking and currency Will report
bill directing the issue of $50 ,OtO.O 90
in fractional currency. OF i've, ten, u
teen, twenty, twenty five and hit
cent denominations.
A FEARFUL blizzard of wind an
snow swept over u greater portion G
the Eastern States, The early part Q
the week, blocka0iDg the railroads
80 that trattic was rendered almost lm
possible. tuesday not "a single tran
lett New York Clty Oh tie n. I, Gen
traI and Erie Roads. 1t exteudeu l
Washington, ID. e.. isolatIng THAT cat.
from Lne outside world.
THE status of the great @ strike re
mains prscIIcally unchanged, eut tn
sip. indicate d gradual weakening g
the Company, whose business Is large
ly at a sLaudsIiII. several OF the lead
ing Western roads fatty refuse to hau
It's freight, thus tying ITS hanos mos
etfectuaiIy. The brotherhood Is veI,
hopeful, and says it will Win tue hgh
ii il takes ali summer.
Love laughs" +" at loeks and sterl
threats, will undoubtedly be the re
decLion OF Homer FeIiows.of the Fen
siou Department., who hastened, las
week, TO Pierre, OAK, to prevent III
marriage of his daughter Cora TO
1uIi-plooded SiouZ. Although lgnoran
and homely, the young lady seen5 u
De infatuated with tho pour uututof
cd savape.n with Whoes people eDe
laoorIug as teacher.
TIE pistols used by Aaron Burr II
his duel with AIexandeI dan1llton
are now on exhibition III show WIZ
dow in New York, being oHered ~
sale. some fifteen years sSo they Fer'
on exhibition il d Broadway mouse
strracune a good deal Oh sttsnt1on
az which time their history was exam
tued into and verified GaD. Grant q
one time was their owner. The "esp
ons are flint lock, of French uanofse
bure.
-. II ToMTINHoN cashier O.