The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-07-23

township.
Rev. John A. Stemen, former
ly teacher in the Logan High
Schools,and now residing in Mime
apolis is visiting his old friends in
Hooking.
Further time was given last
Wednesday in the Probate Court
to the Peoples Bank to obtain a
release of the assignment and re-
sumo business.
Rev. Mr.. Ricketts,, who resid-
ed in Perry county near the Hook
ing line, and well known in this
county, died last Wednesday. He
was about so years old.
The unfortunate failure of the
Motherwell Company has thrown
a good many people out of employ
ment at time when it is difficult
for them to find ready work.
New subscriptions to the DEM
oCRAT are now in order, and many
of our citizens are availing them
selves of the chance and getting
the best paper in the Valley.
The Sunday School man of
the Journal says it grives him to
see the word "ancestor" spelled
wrong. What is the meaning of
"grives"? What is the matter?
"A recent rise in the Rio Grande
River made cut through the
mainland near Matamoras, Mex,
leaving over 1000 acres of Mexican
territory on the American side.
DIR. Knapp, the well known eye
specialist, will be in Logan again,
Friday and Saturday, July % and
23rd. Your eyes tested free of
charge. Office at Rempel House.
The Democratic Executive
Committee meets next Saturday to
organize. Things are coming to-
ward the Democrats this year, and
good management will give US q
famous victory.
Bro. Pursell has been re-fitting
and painting and repairing the
postoffice room to the Queens taste.
Guess he is going to turn it over to
his Democratic successor in great
shape about April 1st.
"A bout o'clock last Sunday
night Miss Lou Hayes, the colored
girl who works at Mr.. L. e. Bakers
was robbed of $25. The sneak ent-
cred her room while she was at
camp meeting. No clue.
Two men Elijah Cobb and
John Johnson have been arrested
and put in Jail at Athens, charged
with the murder of John Markey
in that county near Murray City
on the evening of July 4th.
"A large Gro wd of people from
the country around Logan, and on
excursions from neighboring towns
attended the camp meeting Of the
'colored folks last Sunday at Rem
pel's Grove. 1t is said that fully
1900 people were present.
-Thos. H. Carter, an ex-Con-
gresham from Montana, has been
chairman of the National Republi-
can Committee. Some twelve or
fifteen men had already before
him been solicited to take the
place. 1t is evidently a hopeless
task.
Mckinley and other Republi-
cans think the Homestead labor
troubles too grave thing to be
made a matter of party politics.
They made the late war, which
was much more serious matter,
question of party politics and have
kept it up for more than quarter
of century.
w. M. Bowen and w. d. Brandt
who were the Democratic men,
bers of the Election Board of this
county last year, have been ap-
pointed Deputy Supervisors this
year to perform similar duties
under the revised ballot law. The
Republican members have not yet
been selected.
The Mayor of Homestead and
six or eight others of the locked
out men have been arrested on the
charge of riot and murder at the
instance of the Carnegie managers.
The locked out men propose to re-
turn the courtesy and have Carne-
gle and his managers arrested on
the same charges and for treason.
-Ephraim McFall, one of the
oldest citizens of this county died
Thursday of last week, at the
home of his son at Haydenville.
He was about SO years old. He
was born in Virginia, lived in