The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-06-17
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The oldest cup on record hic-cup.
New wheat from Georgia in the New /
York markets. I
Pious, God-fearing Worcester, Mass |
has four murder cases on hand.
a Michigan ediror wants to know |
who this "Col. Fax is they've nomi- /
mated with Grant" -, - -
Our Indian troubles are increasing, |
and the frohtiers. are getting dshger-
Gus to cmigrants and settlers.
The Tennessee Democratic State
Convention has appointed delegates
to New York. A majority of them
are for Pendleton.
The first lightning rod put up in
this country by DIR. Franklin, is now
to be seen on the old house, No. %
Daniel street, Portsmouth, n. II.
Two silver dollars of the coinage of
1904 were lately sold at Newark, n. J.
one of them for $3.50, and the other
for the enormous sum of 1864! There
were only five dollrrs coined in that
year.
A man named Moses Johnson
was murdered, recently, in mis- own
house, in Brookfield, Madison county,
N. Y, and his body was cast into a
well, He was first robbed ard then
butchered wit an ak.
The ~ Y. World still insists on an
explanation from Schenck as to how
his name came to lie on the back of a
certain check for $1,000, drawn to his
order, by a celebrated whisky man.
| Get Butler after him.
That $50, 900 belonging to Colonel
Woolley which Butler has been after
so long, was yesterday produced be-
fore him, and if he can find any
means by which to ''confiscate" it Ia
New Orleans, no doubt he will be
| satisfied.
A man named Patterson, Il citizen
/ Of Gallipolis, Ohio, committed suicide
at his residence night befoie last, by
| taking four ounces of lau9anum. The
cause is supposed to nave been jeaI-
oCsy. He leaves .. family,
Secretary Sehofeld's father is a
Baptist minister, still preaching at
Aurora, Ill. ) one of his brothers,
Rev. Jas Nj. SchOfield is settled at
st. Louis, Mo-; and sister is the wife
of Alfred ii. Wise, Chicago mer-
chant.
The Macon Journal and Messenger
asserts that the negro population of
Georgia Is travelling W. tn giant to-
I ward extinction, and so rapid is the
decline that even these living among
IL can see the decrease very plainly.
! A Mobile paper announces that Ie {.
ters have been received from st. Leger
Grenfel, the eX-rebel soldier who Ie-
lcently escaped from the Dry Tortugas.
He crossed the Florida straits to Cuba
IN u small BOAT, and arrived safely
in HavSna, whence; when last heard
fIom, he was abOus To sail for Eng
lad, his native home.
1t is stated by the friends of Senator
Grimes, that it is the intention of that
gentleman To enter. suit against the
/ New York Tribune and Cincinnati
Gazette for libel. The suit against the
former will be based upon "a charge in
the II'i6sU.e that he voted for the az
i quittal OF the President under cor
Tupt influences and against the latter
on charge that he was guilty of cor
rupt;on while Chairman of the Com
mittee on Naval Affairs during and
since the late war.
1t is reported III Paris, on COED au-
thority, that Napoleon III il as well
disposed TO recognize the right of our
naturaliZed citizens as Bismarck. and
as ready To make a trearyln the mat
ter, securing to all Frenchmen who
may be citizens OF three years stand
ing in these States the privilege to
visit France without nOlestation, even
if they had emigrated to evade the
performance OF their military duties.
zen. Dix is said TO be in communica-
tion with the French Government on
TINS interesting subject.
The Princess Apna Mur;,t is tle--
scribed rs very pretty aud very
amiable lady, but her amiabilitT don't
extend quite so far as to eXclLSe her
husband, the Duke DE Mouchy, fog
gjng her every few days. She has ac-
coruingly dissolved partnership with
tae noble Duke.
The following is one Of the two or
three lines in the English language
that spell precisely the same back
ward as forward {:
Snug u raw was Iere saw war Il guns
| What do you always do before you
sleep? Shut your eyes.
Tacks are made at Pittsburgh, 800
Of which weigh an ounce. The ma
chine turns of 500 per minute.
A damsel who has been accused of
breaking a young mans heart has
been bound over in bonds OF matri-
mony to keep the peace.
The Democrats OF Connecticut are
forming Jackson Associations, I"
WHICH are irreverUntIy styled Jack.
Ass. Clubs. .a.... 81 -r ir.
al will never marry woman who
can't carve" said Jones. "Why not?"
he was asked, Because she would not
be help-meat for me-"
They do things ia "a hurry in Wis
consin. y Milwaukee man buried his
wife, married again, and became a IA
ther, all in four days, Queer as quick
work
than would make US perfectly happy;
how cheap and easy is the service of
virtue, and how dear do we pay for
our Vices
The only instance or father and son
IN the United States Senate at the
time is that of Henry Dodge, Senator
from Wisconsin, and his son Angus
tus E. Dodge, Senator from Iowa.
In the House OF Representatives,
Mr.. Morgan showed that in England
the aggregate taxes average only 90
cents on the 800 of property, while
they average 50 93 in the United
States. In other words, the taxes in
the United States are more than four
times as great, in proportion to the
wealth of the nation, as in Great Brit