The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-06-08

Two witnesses from Liverpool became
obstrepereus before the Grand Jury and
had the pleasure of being one night in
Jail. One of them was knocked down
just before starting to the hill.-PatriOt.
We learn from the. Chronicle that one
thousand dollars have been lost, strayed
or stolen from the Carroll County Treasu-
ry. No reward is being offered for its re-
turn.
DRowNED.lOn Friday last six young
men took = sail boat at Glenville, at lake
Erie, the water being very smooth and
was upset and three were drowned.
The Carroll County Chronicle says that
Henry Stahl, of Oneida, gathered three
pints of cut-Worms out of nine rows of
eorn-each twenty rods long. How ish
dat for Worms2
Miss Ellen Gillett, aged 16, was burn
ed to death last week. It seems while
kinding a fire she poured on a little coal
oil when the oil In the can took fire and
exploded, covering her all over with oil.
She was at once snVeloped In flames and
her clothing burned of her body. She
survived Ave hours.
The Reform Party of Golumbiana
county held convention, last week, and
nominated q ticket to be supported at the
coming October election. The following
is the ticket as placed before the people;
RepresentatiVe-D. ]. Smith, Liverpool;
Treasurer-Daniel Crawford, Madison;
Auditor-A d. Martin, Fairfield: Sheriff
&C. v. Crow, Elkrun; Commissioner
Elias Holloway, Fairfield; Surveyor
John Spence; Elkrun.
INFORMATION WANTED.-About TWEEN
ty years ago, Mr.. Morriss Burris, a baker
by trade, took my son., then an infant, to
raise. a few years afterwards Burris left
Delphos, and all efforts on my part to find
his whereabouts. or learn anything Of my
son has proved fruitless. Papers willing
to do q kindness to an afflicted family will
confer q favor by noticing the above.
It is our hope that the notice may reach
the eye of some one who can give infor-
mathematics Geo. long. Napoleon,
Ohio.
DEATH FRoM BURNING FLuD.-On
Friday last, q daughter of Mir. David Sc
Walt, of the Fifth ward, aged about II
years, for the purpose of starting q IRE
rapidly, poured some kind of burning hu-
Ion the fire out of 8 can, and in an instant
the can exploded, throwing the fluid over
the girl and setting her clothes on fire.
She was horribly burned, and lived only
until Saturday morning. 1t is ~astonish=
ing that with the experience of the past
in regard to the explosive properties OF
burning fluids, that people viii expose
themselves to certain death by pouring
these destructive fluids upon fre.-M.
Vernon RGnaer.
RoBBIEG THE Manufacturing, May
25.-John Harper, William Bowman, and
Alfred Davis, of Carroll and Tuscarawas
counties, were brought here to-day by
Deputy United States Marshal George W.
Steele, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, at the in
stance of Special Agent c. F. Baldwin, of
the Postofice Department, charged with
opening q letter addressed to Jas. Nolan,
of Mineral Point, Ohio. 1t seemed by
the evidence that Harper, who IS consta-
bic for Carroll county, had a warrant for
Nolan's father, who was charged with
poisoning 8 horse of BOWmans; for the
purpose of sscertsining the old man No
ian's whereabouts, Harper demanded the
letter addressed 10 the son, W~hereupon
the postmaster and himself proceeded to
open and read the same, Bowman being
an abettor.=All three were held by United
States Commissioners White IN the sum oi
one thousand dollars eAsh to answer at
the October term Of the United Statea
District Court. The case is of copsidera-
be interest