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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-01-05
leo Jobs OF Lettering, or
Sign Painting
K-SHOPS, STORES, OFFICES
HOTELS AND MANUFACTURING
Est SHMENTS

at the capital ctins the chief towns and the priR
cipal villages of Stark and TuscaraWas counter
These jobs shall be done in good and handsome
style, either quite plain or truly ornamental, WITH
accepted at less than SO, and we propose 70 take
handsome Photographic Views Of each OF the es-
adjustments for which we do lettering, charging
and these one hundred views are 70 constitute the
second series Of our primary collection Of Photo
graphic Views, each 10 be mounted In neat style
and displayed in our Exhibition Gallery, upon
frame work Of a handsome and patriotic design.
We hope and intend 70 make gooaly number oi
sketches, and finish pictures OF certain places IN
different parts Of Stark and Tuscarawas counties.
When these and the one hundred signs and views
are completed, which ought 10 be by the end OF
this year then our exhibition Is to be opened.to
the public, first at Rochester and Navarro, Stark
county, the artists boyhood home. If well re-
ceiYed aud moderately successful here, our Gal
lery is to visit Canton, Massilion, Alliance, Canal
Fulton and Waynesburg in Stark, and New Phila-
delphia, Canal Dover, Urichsville, Bolivar, PORT
Washington and New Comerstown in Tuscarawas
county. May we hope that a sufhcient number
of our enterprising business men in these
places will patronze our enterprise, while, At the
same time, we feel assured that they will benefit
themselves by improving the appearance and ex-
tending the reputation Of this establishment with
good and handsome signs, and through the Pho
tographic Views, make use OF beautiful plan Of
advertising.
Each Gent who patronises our enterprise in the
way above indicated, shall secure for himself and
lady complimentary season ticket admitting
them to our Gallery throughout the term Of its
stay at the town nearest TO their homes; and also
ticket Of single admission for each member Of
their household.
We will hold free and friendly receptions at our
studio or lodgings, in different places where we
may find it expedient to sojourn while prosecu-
ting labors for the year, to which our friends
and patrons will be invited to exSnine our latest
works and witness the progress made
Orders for these proposed jobs, tnclosed In an
envelope to my address, may be left either at the
Stark County Democrat Office, rhe MasslLon Amer
icdn Office, or the Rochester House in Stark conn-
ty, and at the Ohio Democrat office, New Philadel-
phia, Tuscarawas county, or through the post
Office at either Canton, Navarro or New Phiadel-
phia, aud they shall receive prompt attention.
] remain, truly and respectfully yours,
EDWIN PETER MATTHEW'S
| Jan.1, 1870.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-01-05
mODERN LOYALTY,

The New York Times has an article on
Mr.. Schenok's loyal outburst in Congress
adverse to the proposed action for the re
eeption in this country Of the remains Of
Mr.. Peabody. It says:
Beautiful is the loyalty that chants
from the housetops, that never ceases to
sing, in season and out Of season, and makes
an eternal hymn of its own merits and suf-
ferings Beautiful among singers is our
own Schenck, Of Ohio, whose dissenting
diapason Of devotion to the Union mingled
with the repeIling gales that arrested the
homeward Journey Of Mr.. Peabody's re-
mains An that the poor merchant seeks
is grave. All that the people desire is
some word Of complimentary recognition
of his deeds. For the deeds Of this man
shine out like the radianceof the sun,to be
q sweet, noble, chastening influence to the
end Of time. Nor will our valiant Gener-
aPs discord dim it. The worlds better be
cause Mr. Peabody lived. We trust men
viii say this of our loyal Representative
when he comes to take his rest under the
daisies. We are net wanting in respect to
the turbulent loyalty Of our gallant Rep
resentative by taking Christmas morning
lesson from the story of Mr. Peabody's life.
True charity is silent charity-we might
say. true loyalty is silent loyalty"
All this might be safely said, and easily
proved, at least to this extent, that the
stream which is deepest is less noisy and
fretful than that which is shallowest. Per-
hAps it is equally safe to suspect the sin
,cerityof any passion or sentiment which IS
more frequently illustrated by words than
action. Mr., Schenck does not stand alone,
.in,the propensity to wear loyalty, at all
seasons andon all occasions. Acheap com
modify is this lip patriotism, and never
was a word more abused than loyalty
has been in this country, As many crimes
are committed in the name of loyalty" as
Of liberty, True loyalty" like true
charity" "boasteth not ITSELF and think
eth no evil" of others. Self-assertion and
evil thinking are of the very essence Of
modern loyalty" ...,.-. ~.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-01-05
A Railroad Meeting at Navarre.

FRIEND McGREeoR:-On Monday,
whilst standing at the Eagle Block corner,
we met our friend A. Waddell, one of the
Dire ctors of the Baltimore, Pittsburgh &
Chicago Railroad project. He informed
US he was on his way to Rochester, Ma
varre and Bethlehem, when he purposed
calling meeting and consulting with the
citizens in relation to the above mentioned
railroad enterprise, and making Roches-
ter q point. He expressed desire to
have US accompany him, and after ma
king some preliminary remarks, We gra-
ciously assented. About p. m, we arri-
we'd at Rochester, checking our horses in
front of our old friend Stables hotel, who,
by the way, knows how to keep tavern.
Clean beds, comfortable apartments, and
table bountifully supplied, are features sy-
nonymous with the Stahl house. In less
than two hours notice there were assem-
bled together, in the large and commodi-
Gus seminary or school building-an in
stitution the citizens of the above respec-
tive towns may well be proud of-some
200 people, for the purpose Of talking over
matters and things pertaining to the
above undertaking. In a few minutes our
meeting assumed form by appointing E.
Raffensperger, Esq, President and Mr.
-, Sec'y. After q few remarks from
the Pres't, Mr.. Waddell was called to the
floor, and after stating the object of the
meeting, went on to show the necessity of
having railroad running through their
towns, a facility by which they could ship
their surplus produce to eastern markets,
&c. This was a matter Of great impor-
tance to the citizens Of Rochester, Bethle-
hem, Navarro and surrounding country
A railroad running through their towns,
| commencing at the Atlantic and ending at
the Pacific, was matter Of more than or
dinary moment to th6m, and now was the
time to act Now was the time to work,
&c. Expressed great pleasure at seeing so
large meeting on so short notice. II
gave strong evidence of their anxious de-
sires for a railroad, and he hoped and
prayed they would not be disappointed in
| their expectations. He would do all in
his power TO have the line or route adop-
ted making Rochester point.
Remarks were made by Prest. RatIens-
! perger, Mr.. Miller, our former townsman
Messrs. Stahl, Sprankle and a number o
Others who cannot call by name. W.
never attended meeting where every one
| appeared to take so active an interest IL
any undertaking. The people of th'
neighborhood are wide awake on the sub
iect of a railroad-are ready and willing t
contribute their proportion to making tn
surveys Mr. Pillsbury, Chief Engineer
Mr. Henry Cock principal assistant, ant
others ofthe corps are on their way west
expect to be in Rochester Thursday even
ing, when we know the good people G
that village will give them cordial greet
ing, B.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-01-05

At Port Clinton, Ohio, on Monday, Au-
gustus Harris, fourteen years old, eat q
piece of candy which he found on the street.
He was Immediately taken sick and died
in few hours, with symptoms which sat
isfed the doctors that the candy had been
poisoned with strychnine
The Woman's Suffrage Association is
holding a session at Concord, New Hamp-
shue. There are about one hundred per-
sons present. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, in
her remarks yesterday, was very severe on
Senator Sumner, for his position on the
Cuban question, and made a strong appeal
in behalf of the Cubans.
The Cuban Juntn, in New York, deny
that the Cuban revolution is played out.
Both sides have been lying most fright
fully all through. both about battles and
prospects.
The French ministry resigned on the
2sth, and the Emperor has ordered Oli-
vier to organize new ministry.
A panic occurred in Bristol (England)
theatre on the 9th and in the rush to get
out Is persons were crushed to death.
The theatres in this country are generally
such death traps.
Little bell" Seward was expected to
sail from Vera Cruz, on the 2nd, for HAY
Una. He has been travelling in Mexico
considerably Great traveller
The Memphis Avalanche has inforrna-
ton that General Alcorn, Governor elect Of
Mississippi, positively refuses to accept the
provisional Governorship rendered him by
General Ames.
Geo. Antersen and Geo. Hoffman were
ArTaigned at Louisville last week for mug
dering negro named John Stewart about
two weeks since The former was baled
and the latter acquitted ...
DR. Samper, who was supposed to have
been murdered by Ar. Aunemaker, al
Cheney's Grove, Illinois, for sedueing his
daughter, has been heard from. Fearing
tbs vengeance Of the father, he abseonded
toward the East,
Hon. Foster Blodgett, Chairman of the
State Central Republican Committee o.
Georgia, has issued call for meeting o.
the Committee at Atlanta, January 5. The
Republican members of the Legislature are
invited to be present. The Secretary o
the Democratic Central Committee has IS
sued a call to the Democrats to meet or
the same day at Atlanta.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-01-05
LEGAL.
Sheriff Sale.

Henry W. Thomas ct al. vs. John Thomas ct al.
DY virtue Of an order to sell issued from the
ID court Of common pleas Of Stark county, Ohio,
and to me directed, win offer for sale at public
outery at the door OF hegcouri,house in the city
Of Canton, on
Saturday, the 29h day Of January 1870.
the following described real estate situate in said
county, to wit: The north east quarter Of section
number H. township number 9, (Pike), and range
number 8, containing l62 acres, more or less; also
the northwest quarter OF said section, township
and range, containing l6S acres, moro less,
excepting from the last mentioned tract 81 acres
of land conveyed by Nathaniel Thomas and wife,
February 18th, 1865, to one Daniel Baughman by
deed recorded in volume 92 page IS Of the Re
cords Of Stark county, Ohio, the same being
bounded and described As follows, commencing
for the same at the southwest corner Of said
quarter; thence running east on the line Of the
south boundary OF said quarter section to the CEN
ter Of the county road leading TO Sparta thence
a northwest course along the center Of said road
far enough to contain 81 acres CT land by rum
ming due west TO the western boundary Of said
quarter, and thence south said boundary
to the place Of beginning, containing 81 acres
of land. Sale TO commence at o'clock p. d..
Terms one-third cash, the balance in two equal
annual payments with interest from day Of sale,
secured BY mortgage on the premises.
r. A. DUNBAR.
dec2ews Sheriff Of Stark county.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-01-05

GENERAL B. F. BUTLER at present rep
rcsenting portion of New England in the
so-called National Congress, has written a
long letter to Mr.. Greeley, giving the lat
ter gentleman his views on some political
matters.
From this letter, which lately appear
ed in the Tribune, we extract as follows:
"If were not too old TO be surprised at
anything, should have read with surprise,
from under your pen, this part Of SEN
tence Mississippi and Texas held as sd-,
trapies for an indefinite period unless they
vote as theV are hidden. have not seen
the word isatrapies or the charge 'rote as
Lhev are bidder before outside the columns
of the New York World or the lucubrations
of Brick" Pomeroy. Have these phrases,
so inculpatory Of the action of the Repub-
lican party, and heretofore used by the
supporters of Jefferson Davis alone, now
become the pet expressions ofthe thoughts
of his suretyT
Greeley's Tribune thus acknowledges
the tyranny of its party and at the same
time denounces and stigmatizes it. These
few words of truth astonish and confound
that angel ofdarkness and spoons who now
holds high carnival with Grant at Wash
ington.
Mississippi and 7sras held as satra-
pies" And this by the party claiming to
be republican" In favor of human
freedom Of mans equality 1t
would be moro proper to say the Russian
party-the party Of tyranny 'Sdtyapies'-
POIands, governed by the bayOnet in this
country Let Americans blush for very
shame
We were told the war was waged to ere
store the Union" Facts demonstrate that
the men in power want not a restored
Union. They know restored Union IS
their overthrow.
Mississippi and Texas are not the only
satrapies. The other southern states are
in the same condition. In Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, Ten
nessee &C., the best citizens, men guilty Of
no crime, are deprived of citizenship. ant
governed by potty tyrants through the
bayonet. ....
An even Horace Greeley is Disguised
with the tyranny and infamy of his owl
party and speaks out Of course, the fee
bic, small potato, radical organs Throughout
the country endorsed tn e Buffers, Schencks
Grants and company. No wonder it Puz
zled Horace that God, in his inscrutabl,
providence" should permit such things II
| live.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-01-05

tons, the Importance and justice of which
no one ventures to deny The conduct of
the officers whose duty at elections it is to
receive and count the ballots, and to make
returns of the result, ought to be above
suspicion. This can rarely be the case
where they all belong to the same politi'
cal party. a fair representation of the
minority viii go far, not only to prevent
fraud but, what is almost of equal impor-
tance, remove the suspicion of fraud. l do
not express any preference for any partic.
ton in the boards of judges and clerks Of
elections. Various modes have been sug-
gested, and it will not be difficult to adopt
a means of attaining the desired result
which will harmonic with our system of
election laws
The re-enactment of the law securing to
the disabled volunteer soldiers, who are
inmates of the National Asylum near
Dayton, the right of suffrage IN the coun'
ty and township in which said Asylum is
located, which was repealed April H. 1868,
and the repeal of the legislation ofthe last
General Assembly, imposing special restric'
tions upon the exercises of the right OF
suffrage by students and by citizens hav-
ing visible admixture of African blood
are measures so clearly demanded by
impartial justice and public sentiment
that no argument in their support is deem
ed necessary,
I transmit herewith the report required
by law of the pardons granted during the
year ending November 10, 1869, report
of the expenditures of the Governors Con.
tingent Fund, copies of proclamations is
sued during the year, and several commun
ications accompanying gifts to the State o
| portraits of former Governors.
The most important measure which i
will be your duty to consider at your pres
ent session: is the proposed amendment t.
the Constitution of the United States.
do not feel called upon to discuss its mer
its. The great body of that part of tn,
people of Ohio who sustain the laws fo
the reconstruction of the States lately il
rebellion believe that the Fifteenth
| Amendment is Just and wise. Nam
other citizens who would not support tn
amendment if it was presented as the in
auguration of new policy, in view of tn
fact that impartial suffrage Is already es
tablished in the States most largely int
rested in the question, now regard th
amendment as the best mode Of gettin
rid of a controversy which ought no longe
to remain unsettled. Believing that tn
measure is right, and that the people {
Ohio approve it, 1 earnestly recommen
the ratification of the Fifteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution of the Unite
States.
r. B. HAYES.
| Ju1v 1870
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-01-05
MURDER TRIAL IN sIARYVILL.
Il Remarkable Case of CircumstantiaI
Evidence.


The Circuit Court of Nodaway County
has been in session during the past week,
Judge l. C. Parker, presiding. Most ofthe
time was occupied in the trial of Solomon
McAlpine, for the murder of John CALI
colt, developing most singular case of
circumstantial evidence In August, 1866,
these two young men left Hollyville, Iowa,
to come to st. Joseph TO buy apples, ex-
pecting to load their wagon here and re-
turn to Iowa to sell their fruit. Not long
after-some few days, We belieYe-McAl-
returned to Hollyville, toldsome plausible
story about his partner having made other
arrangements and gone on to st. Joseph,
and for some time no future notice was
taken Of the matter The continued alb
sence Of Callicott and the fact that moth
ing was heard from him explaining the
mystery of his long stay, finally induced
the arrest Of McAlpino but on his exami-
nation nothing was elected at all criminal
ing him, and he was discharged. A long
search for Callicott proved unavailing, and
for eighteen months profound mystery
enveloped the case But as murder will
out" this one could not always be under a
cloud.
In March, 1868, party Of railroad engi-
neers, engaged in surveying the route Of
the Missouri Valley Railroad, some six
miles northeast of Maryville, found the
skeleton of man. An investigation was
instituted, which aroused the suspicion
that it was the remains of Callicott;- The
authorities in Iowa were written TO, and
witness were brought down. The mother
of Caldicott recognized bony protuber-
ance on the chin of the skeleton also, the
absence of a tooth in the lower right Jaw.
Callicott had tooth drawn the day before
he started on his fatal trip, and his mother
preserved the tooth 1t fitted the jaw of
the skeleton, and dentist testified it had
been drawn from the orifce. Pieces of a
blue coat and several peculiar buttons
were found near the skeleton These
were recognized as resembling parts of
Callicott's dress when he left home. There
was three bullet holes in the skull.
The Identification was so complete that
McAlpine was rearrested; and after sew
eral continuances the case came to trial
last Monday, and resulted in the convic-
ton of the prisoner. The Judge instructed
the jury that any facts or wants of proof
mitigating the crime from murder in the
first degree need not restrain their render
ing verdict of murder in the second de-
gree or manslaughter. The jury brought
in verdict of murder in the second de-
gree.
We learn that the case will not be ap-
pealed.-iSt. Joseph MOI Herald.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-01-05

Cd P" of the Commercial, is not hall
so merry as many superficial people over
the death of repudiation in the House by
the nearly unanimous passage of Mr.. Gar
fields resolution supporting the public
credit, and condemning all and singular
the repudiators. 1t was but the other day
he warned the Republicans that they must
make way for the Democrats. because they
were controlled by Yankee tarifites. Now
he says "And 30 the monster repudiation
with hungry eyes and low growls disap-
peared from the floor, only to come back
again bigger and uglier each time.-for he
is not dead. nor does he sleep" .
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-01-05
A. MCGREGOR, Editor.


Is the title of series.Of articles COM
nsnced IN this paper from the pen Of E p
Grant, Esq. Of our town. 1t is asubject to
which Mr.. Grant has given much attention
and his articles will be found worthy of
careful reading and quito suggestive in
thought. In the first sentence of the third
paragraph Mr.. Grant speaks correctly of
our "cruel and desolating civil war" and
he might have said unnecessary" on the
principle Of doing not evil. murder, &c,
that good may come. He continues-"by
which an unhappy race was wrested from
the grasp of the oppressor at an expense
&c" We know this is a very common
kind of cant, not bloodless cant either, so
far-which we are sorry Mr.. Grant has not
avoided. The unhappy race" by this
"bloody revolution" is evidently moro un-
happy in consequence. If it had one ''op-
pressor" before, it has plurality now, and
these, including disease. seem moving on
to its ultimate destruction. We think
"every friend of humanity must see, soon
er or later, that these violent and bloody
means, work to no good end. 1t should
not be entirely forgotten either thus soon,
that our late ''oruel and desolating civil
war" in which "a million of its best and
bravest' perished, was not for the purpose
Of''wresting, " ''the unhappy race from "the
grasp Of the opplessor" at all. We were
not so informed when men and money
were demanded and drafts ordered. It
was then 'the glorious Union" not the
unhappy" negro.
We know that the common cant Of our
country is to treat the late 'cruel and des-
olating war as a justifable wrong, and
hence right. We subscribe to none ofthis
doctrine as our readers well know. There
is nothing of science, truth, nor reason, in
ito us. We still maintain it was an
unnecessary, uamitigated wrong, and it is
likely torender white laborers the ''unhap-
py race" and place them within the grasp
ofthe oppressor."
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-01-05

The Governors Message will be found
in this paper Itisnot long, nor very hefty
on the Negro question His arguments
forthe adoption of the XIV Amendment are
as usual, wishy washy. It is the same silly
story of Grants Inaugural-that negro
suffrage will be agitated till established
as though that had anything to do with the
right or wrong of the questionable pro-
priety or improperly. How silly and
shallow is radical argumentl
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-01-05
THE Cosr or TnE MAR.

Commissioner Wells, in his late report,
gives an estimate of the cost of the war.
The Government spent, in war expenses.
and expenses growing out of the war,
down to June 80. 1869. $4.l7l, ,9l4.49s.
This excludes what the Administration
would have cost had there been no war.
To this, however, must be added a num-
Der Of items, which Mr. Wells gives thus:
Pensions capitalized at eight years .,........
purchase tOOoOOOO
Increase Of State debts, manly on
l3oOOOOOO
County. city and town indebtednesA,
Estimated - ~,... .., -- 9ooOOoOOO
Expenditures Of States. counties, oit-
f.f les and towns. on account OF the
war, not represented by funded debt
Estimated loss to the loyal States
from the diversion and suspension
Of industry, and the reduction OF
-. ..... - l.2oooOOOOO
loss OF property by the eonfederate
States By reason OF tho war To0OOoooo
This makes total Of loss by the war to
1. the whole country of nine thousand mil
/ lions of dollars. This, the Pittsburg Post
says. is what our dearly beloved Republi-
can friends call triAe to pay which affords
such exquisite pleasure, to maintain the
best Government the world ever saw. W.
hope hereafter. when we modestly allad'
to the cost of the late unploasantness a.
gathered from Radical officials. we shal
be treated with consideration. II there j!
amy one thing moro than another ealcula
ted to produce wrong. it is TO have on
. word doubted on this one point-niR,
u thousand millions of money-and one mil
81 lion Of livos is tolerabIy expensive for tn,
arst fight among ourselves.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-01-05

An octogenarian named James Davis in
Monroe County, Missouri, whose eye-sight
was nearly gone, whose limbs shook with
palsy, and whose teeth were decayed and
gone, was taken with something like
pneumonia, a year ago. which for long
time threatened his death. But he re-
covered from the attack, when his eye,
sight was completely restored, his nervous
malady was gone, and new set of teeth
have since made their appearance and
grown out instead of the old ones,