The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-04-28

visit TO Baltimore, to lay before the
citizens the Importance OF extending
the Virginia Valley Railroad, and TO
the assistance and cooperation
of the city, 5es-prsu
1T Is said England and France viii
probablyjoin to prevent the loss Of
Cuba to Spain. This means watch
Ing the United States.
Ex-President johnson Is still on the
warpath. HespOke for three hours
Huntsville, Alabama on the 23d ult
to a large crowd He went from there
20 Nashville where he consulted with
the leadings conservatives as to q pro
gramme for the campaign, nomina-
tons &c. @Fl
ALVEY stable and two dwellings
were burned at Lima Ohio, on the
22d ult. Loss $4,000, insured.
GREAT floods last week In the east
by melting snow and ice and rain
The Hudson, Mohawk, Connecticut,
and st. Lawrence were moving tor
rents far above high water mark
Great damage has been done at Mon
treat and other places. The railway
tracks have been damaged much. At
Granby Canada, the Hood carried OF
one OF the bridges p~recipItating elev-
en- persons into the river all of whom
were drowned.
ANOTHER outbreak against the
Mikado is likely to break outin Japan.
GENERAL FRANCO was executed at
San Domingo on the Esd on a-charge
of attempted revolution.
Is Cincinnati General Grant has re-
moved such worthy military men AS
General Durbiu Ward, General s..
McfSrOarUy. General NeG, Major Ne
grue and put in ciYilIans-Such Is
Grants gratitude
FoRNEYs SAYS that old Thad Stevens
mantle has fallen upon General But
Ter. We wish it had been old Thad's
mantlepiece.-Prenttce.
The Great Reform League Ofree
rradel lately organized in Boston is
|. giving much alarm to the Greedy Pro-
Lectionists. No wonder hen we see
such men as Henry Ward Beecher,
William Lloyd Garrison, Atkinson
and Others in the movement. All OF
these gentlemen have recently deliv =
cred able speeches for tree trade
Near Ravenna, Ohio, On Tuesday,
Philip Nash was over and killed
by a train on the Cleveland and Pitts.
burg Railroad. He was intoxicated,
and walking upon the track.
The Congressional Globe OF Friday
contains twelve columns Of letters re
ceiVed by Senator Sprague, commend
Ing his recent speeches, permission
having been granted him by the Sen,
ate to print them. II is said the Sen
atOr has furnished enough letters Il
fill two more editions of the Globe.
The negro, Cain Norris who wa!
arrested about a month since, charged
with ravishing three little white girls
was convicted, on Thursday last, a
Chambersburg, Pa, and sentenced Il
solitary confinement in the Eastern
Penitentiary for thirty-fVe years.
The trial lasted three hours, and tn
Jury rendered the verdict withou
leaving the box. No doubt he viii
be pardoned, fnegroes are allowed L
vote in Estate.
The New York Times thinks thos
who talk SO glibly about Transferring
Canada to this country, ought to in
quire whether the people there ar
willing to be sold to pay England
debts.
The Bourbon Prince and Princes,
whose romantic marriage recent
created such a sensation in New YorE
are said to have disappeared from
f Washington hotel without payin
> their hoard.
IN Marion County, Ga, a few day
ago, q negro committed "a brutal o
t rage upon a young lady about eigl
8 teen years OF age, who Is said to be
unSoInd mind. The negro vas pu
sued by y party OF neighb0rS ana xii
: ed, The young lady belongs to or
OF the most respectable families
o Madison County.
9 OK Monday morning, Horace J
Dimmick, of Berlin, Erie Count
n Ohio, met with a very serious acc
dent, which caused his death. I
u was saving wood with a large Giro
+ lar saw, when the balance-Whe
IS burst, one piece striking him over t
n right eye, crushing his skull, and a.
other piece tearing his right arm ter
y bly,. He lived but four hours aft
!. the accident.
THE Scientific american gives t
following mode of testing keroseI
Fill a cup with warm water, the tel
d p~erature of which is to be brought
a. 1902 Fahrenheit, pcGr the oil on {
le water; apply flame to the floating O
t. by match or otherwise. If the oil
in unsafe 1t Will take fire, and its s
Mt the lamp is dangerous, tor it Is lial
Id to explode. But II the oil ia safe a
il good 1t will not take fire.
We SOUTHERN people have hit upon
III ingenious expedieut for mixing q
10 tie NORWOOD in the fat fodder {
vi Scalawags are getting in the way
n pOSt-OfficeS. The plan Is to give
'lr the use fpOst'Ofhce boxes, and recei
o. mail matter through the general {
ng livery. This, in most OF the SINAI
w towns, Leaves the POstlnaSter'S inco
reduced tosuch attenuated propOrtit
that IL can't stand alone.
rs STOLEN pork seems to be rather
w fatal complaint to Kentucky dark
KS A few days ago one was choked
al death by q bag full of stolen hog; 8
now another Cuffee has been toU
% dead near NicholasVille. He haC
IN bag swung round his neck, and In
oP bag wa q large butcher-knife an,
~ hatchst, the implements genera
lAt used by hog thieves. It appears #
iot the inquest that the negro had STU
bled and fallen upon the knife, 8
: that it had penetrated his heart.
Hon. R. W. CLARKE late mem
he of Congress from ClermontC County,
a. this State, recently appointed tn
Auditor of the Treasury, at Washi
ton, has selected twonegroes as Gle
In his Department.
in ONE Harry Robinson advert
re- himsefin theatrical papers asa "si
re. ist, musicist and mechanical donk
, a lst.Y -ag.. iI.-
III A BRITISH astronomer, after
years investigation has proved {
ng the hxed stars warm US ''to 4 hmi
extent.l $50
DURING the past seven months,
locomotives have exploded in
United States, killing 90 persons, {
~ inJuring over 80.
Five hundred and ei2hty-seven
ecutions by Spanish drum head cor
m. martial5 have been reported by
de Ameriean agents in Cuba.
ar Paul de Casagnac lisa PARIS edi
ct. who has been called q liar 800 tin
and been spit on In the street z tin
has had bis nos pulled 4 times,
been 4 times, horse-Whipped.
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