The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-09-08
NEIGHBRHooD NEWS.


last Tuesday.
An election for Mayor took place
in Canton on Saturday, the 9th ult.,
when the Democrats carried the city
by 33 majority.
o. A. TAYLOR. Esq, has been elected
Solicitor of the village of Garretts-
vile.
The fall races on the Alliance
Driving Park course take place on
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday,
September l4th, 18th and 10th, 1870.
Premiums $1,000. t,
The miners in the Tuscarawas val
ley above Massillon we learn resumed
work on Monday at so cents per ton.
They have been on a strike about
year.-Buckeye State.
OK the criminal docket of the Mans
field Court are no less than four cases
of murder for trial, namely, A. L..
Robinson, for the murder of Mrs.
Mary L. Lumsford John Sugdon and
w. w. Gage, for throwing train
from the track near Lucas, by which
one man was killed and several in
jured, and William Norris, for killing
his brother in quarrel.
The Barnesville Enterprise tells of
se eIlusking bee" which came off a
few days ago at Mr.. Simpsons, liv-
ing north of Morristown, at which a
hundred bushels of last years corn
was husked. The corn had been kept
in rail pen in an open field, and was
in an excellent state of preservation.
A LITTLE boy some seven years of
age, SON of Jonathan Augustine, who
has been living with Benjamin Har
Iold, about three miles west of
Unity, was bitten by mad dog be-
longing to Jesse Forney, a week or
ten days ago, from the effects of which
he died last Saturday. The boy gave
unmistakable symptoms of hydro
phobia previous to his death.-Neao
Lisbon Patriot. =.
GEN. w. P. HAzEN expected to sail
from New York on Thursday last,
with view of making obserya7
tions of the war between France and
Prussia, and intending to be absent
about four months. Unfortunately
for him he started little too late for
that purpose. 2'.l = Is
AKRON has had base ball match
recently, between the Council nine
and the Printers, in which the typos
came out second best. The Times
says: ilsas
We have learned what relation
mullins hold to base ball, and we back
Akron against the world-for con-
| tanning the worst muffin nine in ex-
istence. The Council challenged the
Printers of Akron to base ball con-
test, they coaxed them on to the field
and then ingloriously waxed them. a
The score stood 43 to IL. ID
A LABoRER named Anthony Kane,
while engaged in tarring the iron roof
of the Steam hammer house of the
Mahoning Iron Works, this (Thurs-
day) forenoon, fell through a rust
eaten spot, falling distance of twenty
feet on some castings below, fractur-
ing his skull. Up to the hour of
going to press he remains insensible.
and his recovery is despaired of. lie
has wife aud family Youngstoaca
Tindfcator. .a.s
DURING rain-storm yesterday, a
Severe gale of wind passed over this
place, doing considerable damage to
trees and houses. The roof of the
Gas house was carried away and Peck's
wooden building ON Main Street lost
about halt of its front. Risley's bull
letin board was blown and the CHM
neys of Kings brick block came
down upon the side walk. Carriages
standing upon the street were over
turned, and several runaways made
things lively for brief time.-W Var
rem Constitution. g ..l5.
A SPRING, remarkable for its
strength and the coldness of its water.
a few weeks ago suddenly broke out
on the farm of Joseph Windel about
a mile from Winona. A day after its
appearance it changed its location q
rod or two from where it first began
to flow. The volume of water is fully
equal to one hundred and twenty
barrels an hour, and adds very con-
slderably to the depth of the small
stream into which it empties. The
water is hard, and ofa chalky appear
ance. After standing awhile, it clears
beautifully, and is very pleasant to
the taste.-Salena Republican. :,
A TERRIBLE accident occurred at
Winona, ii. this county, on the 23d
ult., which resulted in the death of
Mahlon Winery. He was feeding a
threshing machine, when the cylender,
bursted under too high power, or
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from some defect in its condition.
The fragments inflicted several severe
wounds, one piece cutting SO deeply
into the right breast that the lung
was partly severed, another breaking
the left shoulder, and yet another
badly fracturing the skull; while sew
eral spikes struck him on the head,
one, it is thought, cut through TO the
brain. He lived nearly two hours
and half, but showed very little
signs of consciousness. His funeral
was very largely attended. He was
one Of the most exemplary men of the
neighborhood, and his loss is deeply
felt by large circle of friends; while
ia widow and a numerous family
mourn the sudden removal of kind