The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-02-02
mAssILLON CORREsPONDENCE.

anu patIOuS OF the Llel!y house
will regret to learn of the death of Mrs.
which took place on Sunday.
The funeral took place on Tuesday, P. N.
Mr.. Henry Somer. Jr. will raise the
frame of his new distillery this week, on
or near the site of the one that was burn
ed a few weeks since.
The Opera House was we'll filed on
Saturday night by an a~ppreciative audi
ence, to listen to the lecture of Mr.. Ire
vellick. Thespeaker fully understood the
subject. The speech furnished ample ma
terials for thinkers, especially those who
.sympathize with labor in its struggle for
adequate reward.
On Friday night a large number of u
citizens who determined not to be regard
ed as "old folks" got up a gay and festive
sleighing party and went to Navarro.
Staid and steady men and women enjoyed
the amusement, and at Stahl's Rochester
House,
Loud resOunded mirth and dancing"
Give US old folks for a bender.
That Party that went to Fulton, on
Monday evening staid later than
1.-THE We sma' hours ayont the twal."
We understood the reason assigned for
their stay was the extremely pleasant ho-
tel of which our Fulton neighbors boast,
kept by Mr.. and Mrs. Slower. We are
glad to make a note of that fact. Fulton
needed a good hotel.
Cyrus Young seems to be the victim of
all the dirty spite that can be heaped
upon him. Last July a valuable barn
was burned at his residence; we have no.
ticed the stealing of his horse and sleigh
elsewhere and now we learn that some
r1fian or rufians got into his mill a short
time since, and cut up and destroyed
about $500 worth of betting.
A FALSE ALARM.-On Sunday morn
ing at ! past IL o'clock, the cry of fire
was heard on the streets, fire bells. church
bells, and. school bells rang furiously.
fire engines, hOse-carts, hooks and
ladders, and active fremen were instant
in season. When they reached the spot,
it was ascertained to be q chimney burn
ing itself out at the residence of Col.
Webb on Main st.
TIE City prison is approaching compile
ton. and is a credit to the iberality of
the city council, while it is a subject of
regret that the. necessity for such a build
ing exists. 1t is located on the corner of
Factory and Charles SITS, near the Ma
sonic Hall, andis eligibly and convenient
ly situated. The upper story will be fin
lshed for a Council Chamber and Mayors
Office. for which purposes it is admirably
adapted.
The Young Mems Christian Associa.
ton of Cincinnati, we learn contemplated
sending a delegation to this and the
n~eighboring cities and villages, with /.
view to awaken an interest among tht
young men on all subjects tending to thei
moral advancement.
We remember some years ago tina.
! Canton was regarded good missionary
ground" of course it Will not be rejected
IN the effort about to be made by our Gin.
cinnati friends.
= ADIRTY TRIcK.-On Sabbath evening
Mrs. Cyrus Young, and one of Mr.
foungs hired men drove into the cit,
to attend church, and while at church
their horse and sleigh were stolen, driver
away, and not found until Monday abou
noon, when they turned up near tn
2 north line of Perry Township, where tn
thief had left them, with the horse in
3 jured and sleigh broken.
: Mr.. Young ascertained the name c
and whereabout of the thief, and go
what satisfied him for the use OF hi
D horse and sleigh, and did not prosecute.
SPRING ELECTIoN.-TWo months an,
the Townships and City election will b
on hand. We hear of several gentleme
who are candidates for members of tn
Council. The officers to be elected, ar
City Solicitor, Marshal, Street Commits
sioner, one Trustee, and an Assessor fror
e each ward. For this Township thre
Trustees, two Constables, Assessor, an
some eight Or nine Supervisors, and o
the second Monday of April, one Schoc
Director.
On Tuesday night as a girl blythe nam
of DAwalt who lives in the family of n
o Minieh on Main st, was returning HON
8 from a visit at half-past nine o'clock, sh
I was waJlaid by a masked rufian who a
LAM fal v11la.oa GIo 49, ~ oo,-,z va
o much alarmed and started to run and owe
b took the writer hereof. When 1t is remen
bered that this is the third instance ofth
: kind within a month that has occurre
upon someone of the principal streets
this city y, the necessity and propriety
shooting Is suggested.
ALMOST a FIRE.-On Thursday I'll
Massillon correspondent of the Democr.
on going to dinner, filed the stove in b
e front Office with coal. On returning at
past one P. NJ, he found his rooms file
!. with smoke, and on making IN examins
v ton. discovered that a burning piece
coal had fallen from the stove on tn
floor and had burned a circuit hole abor
5 five inches in diameter, dropped throug
on to the upper side of the ceiling owe
the store of G. R. Reed, Esq, and ha
gone out as had the fire on the ofic
floor.
The burned wood and chared coal wei
= perfectly cold, there was not heat enoug
e about the burned parts to raj:
steam when water was thrown On then
That is about as neal an accident. prett
well sweatened with carelessness, as th
most fastidious can ask for.
A RUNAwAy.-On Thursday one
O Col. o. G. Madisor's fine black matche
teams, hitched to a sleigh, which was
model in its way, escaped from the drive
on Main Street hill and dashed down tc
ward the Canal bridge at a fearful rat
on nearing the bridge they straddled on