The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-02-17
NEWS ITEMS.

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bonds recently.
Private letters from Paris state thai
Gen, Dix will resign the Ministry o
France in March.
The iremar's Association of Pitts.
Durgh have adopted a resolution In
favor OF a paid fire department.
An unknown pedler was
IN McNair county, Tennessee. a few
days ago, by a boy named Quill only
Il years old. The boy was arrested,
and confessed his guilt.
Sensible people Of both sexes are
becoming Disguised with the quarrel
ing and wrangling OF those who are
getting up the two rival Women's
Rights Conventions in Chicago.
The Privy Council of Canada deci-
ded not to interfere in the Whalen
case. The execution tool place on
the 18TH Whalen declined seeing any
one except his cOnfessor.
The people of Buffalo are discuss
ing the question whether to build a
bridge over Buffalo river, or dig a
tunnel under it, following Chlcago's
example. A tunnel would cost about
S360,O00.
England is now paying SIS, 600, 900
a year for her standing army. 1t is
? 70 reduce this expenditure that all the
British regulars are 10 be withdI avn
from Canada early next summer.
1t was $35, O0O-notS 50, 5OO-damages
against the Erie railroad awarded to
@. Q. Dixie, a Brooklyn wool mer-
chant. who was badly Injured in the
Port JerviS calamity last April, and
was able only recently to resume bu-
sineSs- He had q trade of SO, OOO, 900
per year, and since the accident has
expended $4,000 in physicians fees
+. King, jr., formerly agent of the
Virginia Express Company, in Nor
folk, reported to have been knocked
o. down and robbed of ten thousand
dollars while on his wayto the depot,
and who was subsequently, arrested,
on suspicion Of completely in the
robbery, makes a full confession of
guilt, which also duplicates Thos. C..
Potts, his brother-in-law. About
seven thousand dollars Of the stolen
money, which belonged to the Nor
folk and Petersburg railroad cOmpa-
ny. has been recovered.
The Cuban difficulties are likely to
cost the people OF the United States
dear, as the production In sugar has
been largely decreased. 3
Lieut.. Gov. John c.. Lee has conclu-
ded to remove from Tifin to Toledo,
where he VIII practice law, in associ-
alton with James M Brown, of Lima.
The,negroes Of South Carolina are
sadly perplexed about State and
county taxes. They can not under
stand how q Sheriff elected by them
= selves should turn around and ask
them to pay taxes.
There isa revival in oil excitement
in the Pennsylvania oil regions, and
leases are being taken rapidly. On
Saturday q well was tested 10 the
borough limits of Oil City, on the
81 bank of the creek, a short distance
above Centre street. 1t is producing
thirty-five barrels Of oil per day. The
well is four hundred and ninety-eIght
feet deep.
An electrical phenomenon occurred
during the thunder storm on Wednes-
day night last al Tingsborough,
Massachusetts OF about two O'Clock
a current of electricity passed over a
large cross cut saw and q bar Of iron
lying In juxtaposition, and they were
So thoroughly fused by the heat hat
they could not be separated by hand.
VIM. A. Robinson, an old citizen OF
Jacksonville, Illinois, who has here
tofore borne a highly respectable
character, has been arrested on the
charge of being the assassin of the
Hon. hurry Mcconnell. Much ex-
element exists throughout the State
IN relation to the murder. Mr.. Nc
Connect wa auditor of one of the Blu
reaus in the Treasury Department
during Mr., Buchanan's administra-
ton He was seventy-one years old,
and was the law preceptor OF Stephen
a. Douglas. One Of his daughters is
the widow of Ex-senator McDougali,
of California.
Two steamboat hands named Cart.
wright and Noe, employed on the
Mississippi river, engaged in a quarrel
last week about 4 young lady in
Memphis, to whom both were paying
attention. Cartwright shot Noe thro'
the head, killing him Instantly. That
night Cartwright learned that the
young lady in question had discarded
both him and his victim, and bestow-
ed her favors upon a third person.
He ~thereupon surrendered himself to
an officer, and with the pistol used in
Staying his comrade, blew his own
brains out The ball passed through
his head, and inflicted a slight wound
upon the officer who had him in
custody.
The particulars of the shocking
fratricide IN Clinton county, Missouri,
Sunday, are said to be as follows : The
name OF the two brothers was Evans.
The younger of the brothers had been
to church, and on returning found an
old horse had broken into the oat
stacks He was unable without as
sistanee to get the horse out, and
called to the house for some one To
help him. Failing to get any response,
he went to the house much excited,
took q pistol and started back, threat
ening to shoot the horse. The older
brother caught up a Ratchet and fol-
lowed on As he came close to his
brother he raised the Ratchet las is
believed to scare him) in a striking
attitude. The brother with the pistol
turned and fired. killing him instant
ly. The affair is the source of the
greatest distress to the family and to
the community, as the young men
were highly respected, and no quar-
rel had ever bafore occurred between
them.
1t is astonishing that people have
so little sense nowadays. Every
twenty-four hours account OF fatal
accidents from the careless use of
burning fluid, benZine and coal oil,
reach the press, and are given promi.
nent publicity, aud yet there is no
prospect OF a stop being put to the
fatality, One of the latest accounts is
or the death of J. Z. johnson, a gro.
Ger Of Burton, Geauga county, on
Monday. He was testing some non
explosive coal oil, which he had
placed in a can. He placed the can
on top Of a brandy barrel in which
were about twelve gallons of liquor,
q and.then set fire to the oil. AS the
can was very full the oil dubbed over
= and ran upon the head of the barrel.
Mr.. johnson first wiped the fluid OF
with a cloth, and thea for fear that
some OF the oil might drip through
and spoil the liquor he set fire to what
remained on the barrel head. 1t
burned actively for q moment. and
then seemed to communicate " ith the
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