The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-06-02


Herer. IN Louisville. has been again
postponed until October %.
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL Phil. Sher-.
idan and General Breckinridge were
in Cincinnati, Ohio, last week. ~
Hon. George H. Pendleton was
thrown from his buggy, in Cincinnati,
on Saturday, and had his ankle dislo-
Gated. 81
THE trial of the murderers of Brod-
hacker aEdZBrickman, at SaVaDnahs
Ga, has resulted in the conviction OF
two for murder, four plead guilty OF
manSlaughter, and a HOUe prOSeqlt
was entered against the remaining
three.E E-F. lEEa EG- :
A NUMBER of ladies of Selma, Ala
bama, have taken steps for organizing
a female immigration society, the OBJ
ject of which is to encourage the inn
migration to Selma Of females who
would hire out as seamstresses, ur-
ses, la~undTesses, COOKS, &c.
THE trial of W. A. Robinson, charg-
ed with the murder of General Neon
nell at Jacksonville, ILL.,, commenced
on Monday. The criminal is a hand
some, well.educated, and gentlenIanly
young man, and, like Eugene Aram,
was a schOOl-teacher.
4Ab 44SL1AA1NA III 4uCo01lH nlElGg
accomplished the feat of walking, in
the Boston skating-rink, one hundred
miles within twenty-four hours, win
ming a purse of $3.50. His time, in
Guiding rests, was twenty-three hours,
forty-two minutes, and forty.five e
| Onds. -
HE population of the White Pine
district is estimated at 25, ZOO, OF
which Hamilton City has ), ZOO, Treas
ure City 5000, and Sh0rmantoWa4 4, 600.
In White Pine there are three stamp
mills going, and five more are build
ing. They charge fifty dollars per ton
for crushing the quartz.
WEDNESDAY evening, as the Rich
mond train TOR Petersburg, Virginia,
was going at a very rapid rate, the
| COW catcher struck a negro who was
lying on the track on the head aRd
Knocked him some eight feet, but
did not kill him! Had he been struck
Onthe shins a Coroner's inquest would
have been inevitable.
| JOHN W. READ killed his mother
a few nights ago in Lynchburg, Vir-
ginia. 1t seems she was deranged,
and in the middle of the night armed
herself with a shovel and attempted
to kill Reads wife and aunt, and he,
to save their lives, struck her with q
stick, infIcting injuries that caused
her death shortly afterYard:
ACCORDING to the New York city
papers, there is much suffering among
its crowded population, and suicides
are Ofdaily occurrence. Dead bodies
are found everyday floating in the
river, some with and others without
marks of violence. No less than ten
women committed suicide in. as many
days. The average Of both sexes is
about three day,
LATE Cape of Good Hope Journals
confirm the extraordinary intelligence
lately published concerning the dia-
mond mines on the Vaal River, South
Africa. The excitement at Capetown
is represented as very great. The dia-
monds found are of the first water,
and of unusual size. The Kafirs in
the vicinity are ~peaceahly disposed,
and the climate is not particularly UNI
healthy. IT is said that a psrty Of
Americans Is being formed in New
York for the purpose of visiting the
Kafir country and testing the rich.
ness of this African Golconda.
THE Augusta Georgia. Chronicle,
of Sunday, says: "We learn on yeSter-
day that Mrs Adkins, wife of the
state Senator, Joseph Adkins, who
was recently shot and killed in Column
bia County by some unknown person,
was arrested a short time since in
Warren County on the charge of be-
ing concerned in the murder of her
husband: Mrs. Adkins was near her
husband At.the time he was shot, but
denied having any knowledge of the
party, or parties, who did the shoot
ing. The arrest is said to have been
made by the civil authorities of War
ren County.p .ar
LAST Thursday, as two men were
getting out sand from Sand Hill, near
Akroni for the steam forge, the bank
crushed down upon them. A Ger
man, living across the street, saw the
accident, and running across dug out
the men with his hands alone, Before
other assistance came, and just ia time
TO save their lives. L
ANN SHAFFER Is on trial at War
saw, Indiana, for the murder, by poi.
soning, of Isaac Jackson, a year ago
last October. Jackson and his three
children were digging potatoes on the
farm Of DIR: Shaffer, and, having gone
to the house for water, Mrs. Shaffer
gave each Of them a4piece ofpie. The
father was Immediately taken sick,
and asked the children if they had
tasted anything bitter in their pie
They replied that they had not, He
complained Of being very sick, and
.tprOeeeded to the house, and died in
about fifteen minutes after reaching
1t. q l-a ..E.- .r- zsE=-z -l G
THE Rhode Island House of Repre-
sentatiVes on Friday postponed the
consideration OF the Fifteenth Amend
ment until the January session.
a LOYAL PARTYsthat went to Gin
iYestigateN the murder of Adkins, in
Georgia. got into the lockiup by
smashing . baT'room into which they
we're denied entrance. zzi-9 sl ass.
GEORGE TRUMAN, coIored, was
hanged at Frederick, Md, Friday,
for the murder of an unknown white
man on the sOthr OF January last, near
Point Of Rocks, Md. 20
b THE University of Notre Dame, In
diana, celebrates its Silver Jubilee
this year. The exercises win be held
in connection with the annual Com
mencement, and the meeting of the
Alumni, 4 n the 22d and 23d of June.
THE Postmaster General, 1t Is re
ported, talks ofstopping the transper-
tation of the mails on Sunday. Non
sense. Why not, says the Boston Post,
resist theebb and flow Of the tide on
Sunday? ~ ~ l
Irisestimated that the total amount
of revenue receipts for the year end
ing June Both, 1883, viii show q. fall
ing of Of fifty millions Of dollars.
TRE expenditures of the u. s. Gov
eminent during the quarter ending
March 81, 1859. zrWeEe $457, 733, $685.
while the receipts We're only $13S, 49,
B54- Deficiency, Sl9,594,714.- !
The gainesville Telegraph, radical,
is ont for General Garfield for Cover
nor instead Of Hayes. The latter is
not sufficiently tariff re- eE.l su DO
j The two General Assemblies of the
Presbyterian churches agreed on
terms of reunion last Thursday. The
vote was UNANIMOUS m one and
259 on the other. The basis Of reu-
MON must yet be ratified by two