The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-03-17
a. EDITOR.
NEWS TTFMs.

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Gold closed at 1919 and 1914, in New
York, yesterday.
+. DR.. Mudd has been released from
the Dry Tortugas, and arrived at Key
West Monday en- route North.
A Mrs. Ladd died day before yes
terday, In Hartford, Conn.,, at the age
0f one hundred and eight yeara
Extensive preparations are being
made for the dedication ofthe nation
al soldiers monument, at Gettysburg,
on the LIST Of July 1st- q 80 -,r-r
The Wisconsin Legislature has ads
jouFned sine die. Seven hundred and
four bills were signed by the v
nor, and a dozen vetoed, Er.
Thos. G. Gerrish, City Treasurer, of
Lowell, Mass, eonfesses to embez-
zling $4,000 or more of the city funds.
He has been specializing. -la
Near Xenia, day before yesterday
Henry q. Edmonson shot ana killed
George Miller, after he refused to
stake back" words that he had spo-
ken about the former. i-0- a
Louisa Eighmie, one OF the victims
Of the bigamist Cunningham, charged
by him with knowing something Of
the Rodgers murder, yesterday made
q statement denying every word OF
said statement so far as n Is con
cerned.
The German villain VINO lately
murdered the little boy Of his en-
ployer. ct Pleasant Ridge, Ill, by
smothering him under q pile OF wheat
that he might rob the house, has been
arrested aud is in jail awaiting trial.
A drunken fellow In Linn county,
Iowa, the other day, tried to enter q
house wherein were only two girls,
who, affrighted, fed to the kitchen
and armed themselves with An axe.
The mar followed, kicked in apanel
c,of the door, but could not get his foot
out agains whereupon the girls chop
ped 1t of for him. suh -ji
The New York Herald considers
Cabinet nominations satisfactory, and
as a bid to Sumner to repeal the Ten
. u~re7ofofice Law. The Hines says
ID the Cabinet is mere satisfactory than
the one first nominated The Tribune
says it Is q strong and safe Cabinet
q The World Is moi pleased Withiit, and
1.-The Sun commend5 II.
George Reddiek was shot and NOR
tIly wounded by Policeman Barr, in
Memphis, at 2O'clOek Saturday NOR
ming, whilst Barr was making an ar
10 rest a. q disreputable house On Vine
sf- sSTee6r. Barr shot three times-one
shot taking eject. The ball entered
Reddick's LETT side, Just below the
heart, coming out ON the opposite
side. Reddick attempted to shoot
~ but his pistol snapped. so..4l nj u
'5 IA coroner's Jury on the death Of
-uJames Parks, In the 'Tauntony Mass,
Insane Asylum, find that death was
caused by Injuries received in a man.
iacal struggle with his keepers, he
having made IN attack on9them. He
had previously resolved injuries In
the head from q struggle with three
Cambridge policemen, in an endeavor
90 escape. The officers were ex0neFa-
hnted from blame. E@fr' .Ft2 Lnn 81 q
1H Late East India papers give accts.
ofthe violent earthquake which shook
.lD various parts of Bengal, between Jan.
10 and IL. 1t was most severely felt
in Cachar and Assam. The earth
" quake was felt as far west,of Calcutta
as DinRpaFe6 at Cachar, where 1T
was most severe, the earthseemed ag-
itated by. q great wave, rising In a
swell twenty feet high, tossing trees
and buildings about, and making the
ri hills rect The earth opened in hun
dreds )fplaees, vomiting up volumes
Of blue sand and WATER The convuI-
sion was felt yer all Lower Bengal
at b same time, and continued with
q great shocks for several days. gg