The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-12-01
NEWS ITEMS.

LIZ AIkAC q - - ~ 4Hs VI N~~-S
was up In the Common Pleas Court
ositior was that Could would be
superseded as. receiver by Reuben
Hitchcock.
Horace Greeley. appeals to Ben.
Butler, in an open letter, to place
himself at the head of q movement
to grant complete amnesty to all per-
sons who favor the adoption of the
Fifteenth Amendment, that is sWal-
low the. negro and Wen give you
your rights.
C.J. Ferdinand, late news editor
of the Republic of Pittsburgh is in
iaiI, charged with selling dispatcehs,
furnished by the Associated Press
to that paper, and appropriating
the proceeds. He acknowledges the
corn" but says he did 1t with the
knowledge and consent of the pro
prietor of the Republic.
SAN FRANCIsCo, November 27.-
The Great Powder Mills, in the
suburbs of the city, exploded last
night, Two white men were killed
and one wounded. and eight Chinese
were injured. The building was
blown to pieces. The glass was shat
tered in the neighboring houses.
The shock of the explosion was felt
at 3 great distance. DR.. CushInan
superintendent of the works, was in
stantly killed. His body was fear
fully mutilated.
a planter named Johnson, living
In Johnson County, Arkansas, got
into a difficulty with three of his
hands one day last week, when
knives were drawn on both sides,
and johnson in self-defence, killed
two of his assailants on the spot, and
was himself wounded in more than
twenty places, but will recover.
'sThe ratification of the sale of the
Island of st. Thomas to the United
States Government, has been post
poned six months by Denmark"
The Republican state convention
of Virginia, met at Richmond last
week and after big time burst up.
The seceders made very nearly one
half of the convention. They APP
pointed committee to call another
convention. In their meeting they
charge their brethren with falsehood
| in their address to Congress, and the
President. Twelve of the seceders
are colored.
The speck of War with Spain will
not probably amount to much. The
! gunboat seizure Is in the court, and
the report Uf a Spanish war fleet
coming to pay US visit is not alarm
ing Our monitors are being made
ready. -.. .. ..r
Philadelphia has an estimated
population of 7S5, 900 souls.
Erie, Pa, beasts the largest debt Of
any city of its size in the United
States .,f- ..... aai
The ball syringe is the new French
gun which squirts 400 bullets a min
ute,
A Vigilance Committee in Ere
mont county, Iowa, a fewdays since
lynched a noted rufian named Sam
Murdoch, charged with the murder
of Henry johnson. Since Murdoch't
death johnson has made his appear
ance, alive and well. Efforts will bC
made to bring the lynchers to trial.
Two young men, Wickliffe Pres
ton, son of General VIM. Preston
and John @. ]. Clay, son of the late
Hon. Jas. B. Clay, were cunning il
Madison County, KY, last week
when young Preston accidentally
shot his companion. They were but
twenty feet apart, with thick brush
intervening, when the accident oc
Cured. The wounds of Mr.. Clay ar,
severe but not dangerous.
| The Charleston News says recen
surveys prove that it will cost nea
ten million dollars to complete thj
Blue Ridge Railroad to Knoxville
and Tennessee, and opposes State aid
though it has heretofore advocated
State assistance to the Blue Ridg
road, to the extent of four million
hdollars. The credit of South Carroll
ma is worth from sixty-five to seven
ty cents on the dollar. F., XII '...s.....
| Hon, Benjamin Fitzpatrick, VIII
died near Montgomery, last Sunday
aged sixty-eight, was Governor @
Alabama in 1e43. and United State
Senator from 1S4S to 1861. In tn
latter year he was nominated fo
Vice-Presideut of the United State
on the Douglas ticket, but declined
Vanatta, the alleged poisoner, wa
acquitted last Saturday, on his sec
ond trial, at Wabash Indiana.
A young man named Osbor
committed suicide near Kalamazoo
on Sunday evening.
An Indian skeleton, with a ella
pipe between its teeth. was unearth
ened near Naples, Illinois, q few day
ago, -'-..
The Cardiff y, Y. giant is said
have been made in Chicago.
It cost 81, $50, ,Oo4.54 to take tn
last census. "--
An Oregon paper says: sou
boat is reputation. Who will tax
q ride?" .f. ..
Railroad communication has bee
established between st. Petersbur
and Odessa, and the Emperor hs
} made the journey in fifty, eight hour
ruRnipg time. -..-..
t A. F. MeCurdy, merchant taflo
of Cardington, Ohio. killed his so
| Oy lllt
through the head. A family difficult
is said to be the cause of the rash ac
AT Fluyanua COuIt-House, Va
on Wednesday, - Captain Richar
; Harlan was shot and killed u
2 Washington Shares. The partiC
/ were highly respectable. The quarrl
grew out of lawsuit. .i- -.-st
i The Treasury officials seem to thin
that the New York CusiOm-house
! the initial point from which almol
all the frauds on the revenue star
and that when the matter is unvai
r ed, many is the merchant the cOuntr
. over who will have to hang his head
p for very shame that he was so detec
ed. .t. ... ....-
? Two more bodies were taken froI
the scene, OF the st. Louis horror o
Tuesday. The number of dea
) bodies so far recovered is six. Mayo
, Cole has appointed the Chief of tt
= Fire Department Committee
f One to examine the standing wall
: and report az to their safety in til
past and future. s.EaEr ..-a