The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-07-21

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FOUR thousand tickets of admission
to the fair grounds at Alliance were
sold OH the Fourth.
CANFIELD is going to have bank
+ with capital of Sl50O00. One OF
: the Board of Directors is Mrs. Eliza
[ Jennings.
CANTON has new manufactory,
located on fifth street. Company
some Italians; products, plaster paris
images. - 53'a'} rs
The "Ohio State Camp Meeting is
to come off at the Canton Fair
Grounds, commencing August 23d,
and to continue ten days.
{. VIM. JONES, the Engineer of Tod
and Wells Coal bank, fell under a
train at Leetonia, on the 4th inst, and
had hissleft arm crushed. -gltsr
A CHILD about three years old was
run over by locomotive on the C. &
P. road, last Friday near Smiths Fer
+ ry. 1t lived only three or four hours
after the accident.
| On Friday night, the Sth inst, a
thief entered the sleeping apartment
of Samuel Unkefer, grocery keeper,
of Minerva and rifled his pockets of a
pocket-book containing $50 or 800.
| SEVEN hundred dollars were the
proceeds of the band festival at Alli-
ance week before last. The prize
cake alone, which was voted to the
Masons, realized $4,000.
NEARLY every coal bank in the vi
cinity of Wadsworth, having trans
portation facilities, is standing idle.
Many of them have done nothing
since last March. The trouble is in
the price of mining.
The Democrats of Mahoning coun-
ty are to hold their convention for the
nomination of candidates for county
officers, at Garfield, on Saturday July
3Oth. The Radicals have already
made their nominations. 81
ONE James Hand, convicted in New
York of the robbery of returned
Californian, has escaped sentence to
the state prison by the capture of the
really guilty person, an adroit thief
known as Red joe" who he strik-
ingly resembles.
CAPT. J. M. RENO, of Youngstown,
with company of surveyors and
engineers, commenced last week to
make surveys between Rootstown
and Akron i'll the interest of the .Balti-
more, Pittsburgh and Western Rail-
road.
MIR. THOMAS CARR of Alliance, was
instantly killed on Wednesday of last
week, by the falling of a piece of
timber while putting up building
south OF Mt. Union, He was q worthy
and excellent citizen and highly es=
teemed by all who knew him.
BITTEN By A POISONOUS SNAKE
We are Informed that a young son of
Esq. Hamilton, in Clay township,
while out gathering huckleberries, ON
Monday Morning last, was bitten in
the leg by copperhead snake. The
virus spread through the boys system
rapidly on Tuesday his leg was much
swollen, covered with spots peculiar
to such cases. The boys life was
considered in great danger.-Ohio
Democrat,
FATAL RARELR-SNAKE B1TE.-Mrs.
Willis, the wife of farmer five miles
south of Loudenville, was bitten by
rattle-snake on last Saturday, while
washing under the shade of tree.
She felt something strike her heel and
upon search discovered large rattle
snake coiled at her feet, The limb
commenced to swell rapidly, and
there Is no hope of her recovery, al .
though medical aid was summoned as
quickly as possible Woyne County
Democrat.
!! fatal AZ Al Acc1DENT.-Mr. John S.
Mexican, an aged and respectable Giti-
zen of Fredricksburgh, on Wednesday !
the 9th inst, at about 10 o'clock a. M, t
was kicked by stallion at widow t
Luke Johnston's, one mile north of :
Maysyille, from the effects of which
he died at four a'clack next morning.
Mr.. Mexican was about 70 years of =
age.-Ib. Q
KEROSENE ACCIDENT.-The estima-
bic wife of L. r. Critchfeld, ESQ.
sustained aseriaus injury by the ex-.
plosion of a Kerosene lamp, at their
residence in Wooster on Friday eve-
ming. A little child had escaped from
the room and before going to look for
it Mrs, G, hastily attempted to light a
lamp which exploded, throwing the d
burning fluid over her arms, on the
floor and on the cradle containing her 3
babe. Her first thoughts were for
her child, and in saving it from injury
sne had her arms very severely burned.
The carpet i'll the room was DESTROYED
md the furniture badly damaged.
One hundred and twenty tons of
silver ore was shipped last week to G
Newark, N. j., and eighty tons TO B
sacramento, from the Cottonwood G
mines, near Salt Lake city. i5i
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