The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-09-21

Professor Harvey declines the office OF
school commissioner rendered by Gov
Hayes.
Those ruthless hunters who slew the
cat one night last week, were stupid 10,
mistake cat for a coon. If they had
been wings of 1910 they would have.
known the difference, as a coon was then
e patron saint Of the party.
Acc1DENr.-On Saturday afternoon a
miner by the name Of Henry Brand was
killed by the falling Of slate from the
roof under which be was at work. He
was an industrious and upright man, and
leaves wife and ten children.
CoMPLIMExz.-Dr. J. NJ. Porter, of this
city was, at the late meeting of the Ohio
Eastern Dental Association a few days
since at Canton, elected member of the
Examining Committee DR.. Porter is q
! rising member of his profession and a
clever gentlemen, witha,.
PERsoNAL.-Hon. VIM. Lang, of Tifin,
addressed the Germans at political meet
ing in this city at Madison Hall last week
While here, Jude Lang visited many Of
the prominent points around the city, and
was well pleased with Massillon and its
surroundings.
SoLD.-The eastern end of the brick.
block, corner fremont and Erie, has been.
purchased by Leonard Bameriin
That fellow who tried to come the con-
fidenee game on Loew, the clothing mer4-
chant on the West Side, got badly sold
Dr. Hardman has sent Us copy Of his,
| Clipper for this week. Thanks ior his
paper and for his complimentary notice
If we are judge of exegisis, the Doctor
is explanatory as TO what be means. He's
an awkward man in q literary row. and
his idiom is what Addison would call YER
nacular.
GONE FOR GoeDs.-Oar good working
| friend Fred, Of Messrs. f. Sibila & Co,
has taken his bride and gone East for a
full stock of merchant tailor goods, when
he comes back. Saner, the accomplished
cutter of the establishment, viii give fLS
to the numerous customers Of the well
known house.
/ ExPLosIoN.-On Monday steam boiler
at the Works of the Massillon Paper Co.,
burst, scalding severely Harvey Coins,
eolored man having the engine in charge.
The question is frequently asked on the
street: "Is Coins a practical engineer2
We have no information that much dam
age was done to the Works.
The Farmers Hotel on Erie street, is
doing q thriving business, has a good
name, and makes good repairs in the way
of pavements. By the way why are not:
the ordinances of this city In regard to.
paving enforced? Kelley & Pepper are,
selling the best kind Of paving bricks, and
George Miller can do good paving.
REsIaNED.-Adam Hamersmith. Esqr.
| has resigned the Office of Justice of the
Peace for this, Perry township. There
are more things in heaven and on earth
than are dreamed Of in thy philosophy,
Horatio" That quotation may not be
correct, like the Hibernian heaving the
lead on ship-board, we "have the chime
if we have not got the l0Ords."
"Our armies swore terribly in Flanders" !"
but nothing to what was uttered by car
load Of our metropolitan neighbors who
had been TO the Northern Ohio FAIR, and
arrived in the night just in time TO see
the eastern-bound tram 90 past, and were
then sitting in the car at the junction Of
the Massillon and Cleveland and P. Fl.
W. & C. Railroads. Until this circum-
stance we did not suppose that Cantoni-
ans were at all given TO expletives.
CANAL IEsPEUroR.-S. G. Mcdonald
has been appointed Canal Inspector. Mr..
Mcdonald viii make an efficient and
trustworthy officer, and save large reve-
nues to the lessees. The city Of Massillon
never had an eficer whose Judgment and
intelligence IN the discharge Of his duties
deserved or commanded greater degree
Of confidence than did Mr.. Mcdonald du--
ring the term he served as Marshal, as his
record shows.
House BREAKERs.-The residence Of
Mr. F. Albright, corner Of Hill ard North
streets was, as criminal pleader would
say in an Indictment one evening last
week "Rillfully, maliciously, feloniously
and bnrglariously with force and arms,
then and there broken and entered by
sundry and divers evil disposed persons TO
the Jury unknown, with intent then and
there to steal. take and carry away the
personal goods and chattels Of him, the
said Frederick; but being then and there
successfully resisted, then and there failed
of accomplishing their object"