The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-08-24
NEWS ITEMS.

A negro, named Smith, at Rockford, Ill, on the
10th inst, committed rape a daughter Sf
Rev. e N, Walton, only eleven years of age.
Ten buildings were destroyed by fire in War
saw, Indiana, on the 2Oth-loss $4,000.
NJ. Oswalt recently of Franklin county, Tenn
in publication in the Cleveland (Ohio) Leader,
states that Northern men could not safely reside
in that county, owing to the hostility of the peo-
pie. Thirty-eight citizens of northern birth,
chiefly from Ohio and residents of Franklin coun-
ty, publish a card contradicting the statement of
Oswalt.
Professor Aiken has reported that no traces of
metallic poison have been discovered by him in
the stomach of the late Edward Wharton. So
that the charges against Mrs wharton OF having
poisoned her own son falls 10 the ground.
The anniversary of the battle of Bennington
was celebrated in spirited style at Bennington
Friday. Fifteen thousand people, Including
Jim Fisk, were present. and the procession was
two miles long.
The application of the counsel of Mr. Bright, the
State Printer Of Indiana for speedy trial of the
charges of fraud alleged against him has been
denied by the court. The case will not be tried
before September
An English railway accident at WolverhamPton
injured thirty people.
General Uhrich, the defender of Strasbourg,
has been presented with the sword sent to him by
his countrymen in America Uhrieh says he will
use 1t in recovering the provinces which were
torn from France by the Germans.
There is to be a triangular municipal battle in
San Francisco The Democrats, Tax x-payers' par
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field.
Friday the jury in the famous Vanderpool muir
der case, now on third trial at Hastings. Mich,
was secured after exhausting special call of one
hundred and twenty-five men. The case will last
over one month
Another Yankee fishing smack has been cap
tured by Canadian government vessel for get
ting too near the Blue-nosed shore
The American Scientific Association was in ses-
sion at Indianapolis last week, under the presi-
deneY of Professor Asa sray.-
One of the boldest escapes from prison on rec
ord occurred Thursday About noon the tug
boat Dean Richmond, Captain Van Orden, SD
denly ran up alongside OF the bulkhead at the
Sing Sing Prison, where the conVicts were atEOrk.
Instantly twelve of the eonVicts made flying
leaps from the bulkhead and gained the deck Of
the tug-boat, Of which they took forcible posses
sion. The boat Immediately steamed OF and
landed the convicts on the western shore of the
river, two miles above Nyack and four miles
below Sing Sing The convicts then jumped
ashore and fed in different directions. The pris-
authorities sent steamer after the tug and
captured her. She was then taken back to the
prison docks. The captain Of the tug boat i'm
plicated John Earl, saloon keeper on the corner
Of West Tenth and West streets. Earl was ar
rested, but pleads not guilty He was held for
trial Five Of the prisoners have been recap
tured
Anna W. Berry, nine years Of age daughter
of Hiram Berry, oJ Frankfort, Kentucky, was
burned to death on Wednesday night by the up
setting Of a kerosene lamp Mrs Berry was also
seriously burned.