The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-07-28
LATE NEWS ITENls.


ExzGOvernment Crapo of Michi'
gan, died at his residence in Detroit
yesterday.
Locusts and grasshoppers have
appeared in the neighborheod of
Urbana, Ohio.
Cleveland thieves are mean enough
to rob the cemeteries of vases and
othe< little mementoes left upon
the graves,
Three warehouses were destroyed
by fire In Pekin, Illinois. on Thurs.
day. Loss about twenty thousand
dollarz.
The railways OF France, which
run at low rates, under restricted
tariffs, have for the last six years
averaged dividends of eleven per
cent. s s.i:-l
Theresidence of Mr.. John Leahee,
Of Urbana, was broken into the 9TH
er day and robbed Of jewelry, re-
volver and money to the value Of
nearly $500. ~ -i
Thegame of base ball yesterday,
at Cleveland, between the Fores,
City, OF. Cleveland, and the Detroit
Club, Of Detroit, was won by the
former. Score-54 to 8.
Lyman Barker, a farmer, hanged
himself in a barn in C0pley, Sum-
NIT County. Ohio, on Wednesday,
For several months past he had
been in some what morbid condi-
ton of mind, in consequence of a
real or fancied hostility against him
on the part of certain family con-
nection, and had, on one or two Oc-
casions, caused great uneasiness to
his friends by suddenly and mys-
teriously absenting himself from
home for several days at a times
An explosion at a Colliery, in Eng
land, occurred on the 22nd inst. with
a terrible loss of life. Some sixty
dead bodies have already been taken
from the pit.
Wade Bolton who was shot by DIR.
Dickens few days since at Memphis,
Tenn, made his will the day before,
bequeathing SO, 900 to Mrs. Stone
wall Jackson, and leaving 10 acres
of land to each of his former slaves.
A negro convicted of murder was
hung in st. Louis the other day =
The rope with which he vas hung
was too long and the feet of the cul-
prit touched the ground. He strug-
gIed terribly for 10 minutes and then
expired.
information has been received
from the PHILIPPINE Islands that an
| insurrection is threatened against
| the Spanish authorities. Its thought
an attempt to follow the example OF
the Cuban RevolutiOniNts will soon
develop itself
Gas Works have been established
in Pekin, China.
The steamship Hays Marc, former
/ ly the Confederate Cruiser Tallahas-
see, was totally wrecked on Ply
mouth, near Yokohama on the 18th
of last June. Twenty-Five lives were
] lost, including the Captain, many OF
his cieW and most of the passengers
On the news reaching Yokohama,
was Immediately dispatched to the
scene of disaster, but not a Vestige Of
the wreck was visible. It sunk in
40 fathoms of water.
While a man was in a iewelry
store in st. Louis, and purchasing 8
clock in the rear end of the store, 6
woman came in, went behind the
counter and distracted between seven
and eight thousand dollars worth o.
diamonds.
Commodore So S. Lee, brother O.
General r. E, Lee, died at his home
in Stafford County, Virginia, yes
terday.
The Dent movement in Mississippi
Is supported by the press of tht
State, and he will receive the sup
port OF the conservatives of all par
! ties. ..... $50
The Postmaster and express agent
named BraytOn, located at Pacific
City, Iowa, absconded the other day
with $4,000 express money. Par
ties are now in pursuit.
A scoundreI named Harace Honey
has oDscanded from WatervilIe, Lu
cas- County, Ohio, after sWindlinI
sundFy pensioners there of about g
4 900, for which he obtained the paper
fronS his victims. over 81, 100 o
this money belonged to a widow
woman living in Waterville, by tht
name of Mrs. Black, and included
the wages of her husband for a mum
Der of years, all his bounty and
number of years. pension for hersel
and four helpless minor children
OF this amount 1869 was a pension
issued through the agency of VIM
E. Davis, Cincinnati, Ohio. Their,
was also check for $3.50 80, issued
from the same agency to a German
named Benedict Necobaugh. The
fellow had held some of the certif
Gates on which the money was OBJ
tanned since January, satisfying tht
claimants with various pretexti
meanwhile. At length, having Sc.
cured all that wGs Obtainable, hi
fled, t.a -