The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-07-13
OHIO AND NEIaHBORuOon News.

AMI NEWS
The trial of Hunter for the murder Of
and Mrs. Gargett, at Akron is now
progressing. 49,
The editor of the circleville Democrat
has IN his possession a pitcher brought
from Ireland, 100 years ago.
A young man named Joseph WILDER,
from Union county, was run over by the
and killed at Columbus, on the 4th.
The house of Martin Moomaw, of Tus-
county, was burned down a few
days since. Loss $1,000. Most of the
furniture was saved.
The family of Warren Wolf. of Lou
donvllle, were carried bowman embank-
ment seventy-fve feet in height, by a
frightened team, on Sunday evening. All
were seriously hurt. EfE /
A heavy rain and wind storm passed
over Portsmouth, Ohio, on the evening of
the 9th, unroofng the Catholic school, the
German Presbyterian Church, and partly
unroohng the county jail Nobody hurt
A large number of the first citizens of
Richfeld have signed and published a pa
per denying certain statements of Hunter
against Miss Gargett, whose father and
mother he murdered, and indorsing her
character.
DR.. Enos Holmes shot aud killed Mr..
Scruggs,. a respectable citizen of Hills
boro, on Monday, the 4th inst. This is
said to be the eighth murder in Highland
county within two years, and they have
no Ku-Klux.
Geo. n. Chandler, of the firm of Chand-
lar Il AhhOft ur-nnnr1 Ipfpr h,z,,,-, ~
68 Monumental Park, Cleveland, made a
desperate attempt at suicide on the morn
ing of the 7th inst. From appearances
he first cut his throat with a pen-knife
and then tried to shoot himself with a re-
volver, which was found neal him with
three Of the chambers empty. He cannot
recover. No cause is known for the act.
About five weeks ago, MIR. Jacob Weag-
ley, OF Canal Dover, got q piece of lime
stone in his right eye while cutting a
work. The piece penetrated the ball of
the eye to the bottom, destroyed the sight,
caused the most intense pain, and serious
ly endangered the other eye, leaving no
alternative but the removal of the injured
eye-ball. This delicate operation was per-
formed last Monday a week ago by DR.. D.
c. Lewis, of Dover, and the patient is now
about again, enjoying as good health and
perfect vision as can be under the circum-
stances.
SUIcIDE.-A German waman, Mrs. Tri-
Der, of this city, committed suicide on last
Wednesday night by taking As grains OF
opium. She and her husband-being
childless--often got drunk and quarreled,
and frequently she made threats that she
--1.,11 1z4-z l.. If
named they had a high time and she re-
peated her intention to destroy her life,
but her husband treated it as an idle
threat and paid no attention to it, and the
next morning walked up and found her a
corpse in her bed. The opium, we are in
formed, was purchased at one Of our drug
stores without a prescription from a ply
sician.-Zhs. Advocate.
ToRNADo.-A violent storm passed 4
miles south of Youngstown, Ohio, Thurs
day afternoon about 4 o'clock. Its course
was from west to east. At Boardman
Centre the Disciple church was moved
around about six inches on its foundation.
Trees, fences and chimneys were blown
down. A barn was unroofed, &c. At
Garfield and Poland damage was done of
a like nature. 1t crossed the Erie and
Pittsburgh railroad at Wampum, and the
evening train from Pittsburgh was delay
ed about an hour, to cut away the trees
which had fallen on the track. Heavy
rain and sharp lightning accompanied the
wind.
FoUND.-The unfortunate one armed
soldier, who lost his arm in "battle for his
country" and was about town exciting
the sympathy of u benevolent people on
the 9th suddenly found it, when Police
man Brown got on his track, it only hav-
ing accidentally got out of his sleeve and
down by his side into the body of his
pants. Beware of impostors.-AAiGncc
Local.
We learn that a colored man, by the
name of Mines, a former resident of thu:
place, was arrested in Youngstown OF
Wednesday last on the charge Of horss
stealing, and brought back to Canton, t.
await trial.-AHiance Local.
An accident of a very sad and very la.
mentable character occurred in Birming.
ham, Pa, between twelve and one O'Clock
Thursday morning. Mr.. Lorenz KinZman
a tobacconist doing business in this city
but residing in the vicinity of st. MichaePi
Church, Birmingham, returned HON,
about twelve o'clock Tuesday night, and
while removing his pistol from his pocket
it was discharged, the ball taking effect II
the breast of his little daughter, sever
years of age, who has for several day
past been confined to her bed with small
pox. The wound is a very seriour one
and it Is feared it will prove fatal--PiNS
Post
KuLED.-Dr. John Eagle, well know
farmer, who lived near eedsburg, Wayn,
county, was instantly killed on Wednes
day evening, Just within the city limits
and on the Mansfield road. He was age,
about ffty-thFee, and was returning to hi
home from here, where he had been fttinI
some repairs for his reaping machine. TIL
horse he was driving wa blind. He sud
denly became unmanageable from frlgh
near a little embankment on the road side
backed, ~foundered, and fell and in hi
: struggles Nh. Eagle was thrown from hi
carriage and the horse stepped upon tn
) back Of the unfortunate man and fracture
1t. When assistance came, the horse wa
standing with his foot on the mans necl
/. -MGm8feld Banner.
E rQUITE A SERIOUS MIsTAKE.-Ml
O'Rourk, living six miles east of Mans
' field, was almost fatally poisoned b
f strychnine on Friday last. Some month
= previous he had purchased it to kill rat
t and having laid it by without the labe
. and forgotten it, he mistook it for quinn,
from which it is impossible for any one I
, distinguish it without chemical tests, 6
l they look and taste exactly alike. W
: hope this will be a warning to Peep.
J purchasing poisons His life was probabl
saved by drinking largely of sweet mill
u Ibid. ~
5 BURNI&G FLUID.-On Wednesday
about III, Mrs. William Shaffer. wife
q w. Shaffer who works for Lewis, Fish,
u and Hall, desiring to make the fire bun
more brisAy poured coal oil into Il
stove; the result was an explosion, ar
she is now lying fearfully burned, wit
h little hope of recovery.-BucyrHS jon
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Democratic Meetings.
COLUMNS, July 6, 1871.
=. The Democratic State Executive Commit
hereby announce the blowing meetings. 9th
meetings and other speakers will be announc
N as soon as speakers .can be heard from. In q
pointing meetings the Is necessari