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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-11-18
,a50d Aispztth.
c,,,,o CAV wells OF Ohso-Thesr Ehi'
.. s,eotuca and Great tafue.

,>,,d.ncu or the N. Y. Eve7ing Mall.
r,,rrsv,rLE. ONO, October 26.-Whiic
..,,,,| ms pleasant city on the shores OF
,Er fr:r. the attention OF your co'i'
,t,.1lcnt vas attracted to the ihp1ttpi;'
,,vnIirs of natural gas in vaTiou locail-
'N :, thn vicinity. Biologists have often
,,hc.trI that there were immense sup
If natural gas under the surface OF
49,, r-,r,h. extending over great space
the lake shores. Their predictions
'',,~ hnrn l.telv verified by the discovery
-. 49,. natural product in Mt least dozen
fr..,i,t,rs rrar lake Erie, ard spreading
tr,.,, New York state as far west ms Detroit
t,..uS. natural product has been known
-, yar;nu, countries tor centuries, ana IL IS
',,i,l!,iv the result of the decomposition
.. or,.aic substances. 1t has been sup
,,,-a1 tint its source is in beds oil coal,
i.,f in these instances no signs o! coal mea.
>,.rcs have been found where the diScnve-
m. Il We been made. and il goes far to dis
1,ro,yc The suppo>itiolf. The supply seems
/, be incxhau>tible, and it issues forth i'll
.rpa. ouauti;icS--so large that in some III
>tanccs whole towns are lighted by II. ! NJ ~
town Gf FTedouia, III the western pa, -
Nv York. has been mus mum ,1.as rn,,r
many ycurs-I thiuk nearly As long Is your
city.
TWO WILLS AT fA1SESViLLE'
4. I,fuesyilic the gas was first discovered
& a
ga.-u,, The present year, and i the con.
..,,f theme al conversation. TWO wells
b.irHc,u hcrrd--one on the farm OF Alr.
.. L. Jennings, aud the other on the SEMI
..e., nro,lnds-and both arc yielding con-
lint and abundant supply OF the gas.
= n.ior John e. Easement, thr Son-ln-
I,... of Mr.. Jennings, was The first 10 com
,arncc operations. nc had no Indications
Ir.sg he 81 ou'd find gas, but he was possessed
,,.E INC idcu and proceeded to carry out
iufrDtIon.. TIE well was commenced
80 .rg.un. Int for several reasons little
,,~.,,,-rss was made. II was bored through
The n,r.ous strata of earth and stone, ana
E. lined. Ike oil wells. with wrought iron
,...s. Drilling WAS commenced in tae
>n,.u~, and at three hundred and fifty 'eet
:. Iow the surface cas- was found IN sufh-
,.,..ut quantity to run the engine. At
t:c hundred and fifty feet large VEN
Was S;ruck of such power as 10 stop
,yn,k. The boring was continued TO
tl,r drp.h OF seven hundred feet, Whlch
j. the present depth. The volume Of gas is
., great that good judges estimate. that II
i sufficient 10 supply city as large as
Cleveland. /, comes through the pipe with
:. tpgG rush, aud is OF great purity. The
y. ] hi, Teen visited by thousands, many
..,!aug from "ieit distance to witness Its
1a.n.ur. It is ConSeycd to the dwelling
hug-", several hundred feet distant, and is
i I'd no, OILY for illuminating purposes,
bat als, for heating. The entire cost was
about - 600. and the supply is sufficient to
lct,.y the cnti cost in "A short time. In
,..,rvi.anV vi II iiicnd your correspondent
y.-i,cG ;he place, and was kindly received
H.. General Easement aud his wife, who
u.yeu lis everything connected with the
VIII.
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r OST, BETWEEN CITY SPRING, ~ y
Ei,n,h street, and tho Theatre, L 'Li'
l.O:kET with gen. leInau's Likeness IN IL. n q
snt."'e i1"" " Eols ~
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RySHNESS WANTS.
nsV s,ERAYEks, <ts:.

Y1CTND. 4 POCKET-BOOK, with ne
q n,ts ',Ie note aud som. money In IT. 3re
- * n - =, h,ye same by describing and paying
oHnu. hnnly 40 q. W. MURRAY,
az u ul;am Dafron's picture ore.
p. " liss Main street.
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DICHMOHD AND DA&N!LtE RAIL.
20 kOAD--02 and after JULY 18TH, ISL
CONE WEST.
GOING EAST


Train No. Il ThrocsI Mali aud EypreSsj leave,
Greensboro daily at $50 P. ~: Leaves D3Dy!lle
dli!y ~ 1914 Z. ~; arrives st Rchu0Dd Ga!!y At
6:l4A. III.
Train 70. Through Passengerl leaTes Green's
borc' daily except SU2Gaysl 81 1875 4. NJ; leaves
Danyile at 1:27 Y H.; arrives a. hicllaoaI i!S.i
Z. a.
Train No. 10 NynchDur. Passenger leaves
LypcEturg daily S. $3.50 j. 81; Leaves BG-kcfiLe
81 z. A.; arrives 1T Richmond At =. u.
Train No. leaves Burscyii!e 1870 4. NJ; sr.
r.ves 1t Richmond s&5 A. " fstopp.Gg a! al
wa stations) daily Except SurGaysl.
Trains Nos. ] ard II conGec. s. Greensboro Win
Trains on North Carolina RAILROAD for al pC25
South.
Trains Mes. and 10 connect at Bnrseve
with Ira;n on Atlantic, mississippi, and VLio
Railroad for aii poiBs Southwest and Sor.e.
THROUGH TICKETS 20 eli polnta South AID
Southwest can be procured al the :.cse. ONCE IN
kichmoni, and Of 4. +. WALKE R Agent .! ~.
aDtic, Mississippi, ard Ohio railroSd, SO. !3-'
Main street, Richmond.
Papers that have arrangements 10 sdGer:lse TIE
schedule OF this company Will please priit az
above. JOHN r. MaCMCREt,
General Freight and Ticket Agent.
7. 81. r. TAECOTT. Ens'r and Srp.. aEI
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BY w. aodUn,
suc,tonaer and Real Estate Egeu',

GpuBBs & WILLIAMS. Auction ers. n
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-11-16

In the Opera House was the sensation
last week, and we learn, was a success,
netting about three thousand dollars,
which will be quite a lift IN completing St.
Johns church. The industry, enterprise
and energy of the ladies Of the church had
much to do with the success of the Bazaar.
Much activity was displayed in can
vassing for votes for the different candi-
dates for the sign for the most popular
store, the showcase for The most popular
book store, the suit OF clothes for the most
popular drayman, the work box for the
most popular single lady. and the saque
for the most popular female teacher in our
Union schools.
The beautiful sign fer the most popular
store netted $405, Mr.. Louis Dumont,
grocer, receiving 2045 votes, and NJ Rub
man. the next highest, 1913; the balance
scattering.
The show case for the most popular
book store was awarded TO John M, Faber,
news and book dealer, and netted $273.
The suit Of velvet clothes, donated by
Mr.. Ruhman, to the most popular dray-
man, was awarded to Mr.. Frank Cress,
and realized the handsome sum of $274.
This suit was more profitable than dis
astrous lawsuit
The work box, donated by Frank Gal
lard, was awarded to Miss Julia McCor-
mick, as the most popular single lady at
the Fair
The saque, donated by collars & Co,
was awarded to Miss Mary Lynch as the
most popular lady teacher in the Union
Schools.
All speak highly Of the excellent man
agement throughout the Bazaar, and OF
the choice refreshments furnished.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-11-16
THEN AND NOW.


When Andrew johnson was President &
the Baltimore riots were in progress,
Grant: who was then General of the Ar
my, was ordered to take troops into Ma.
ryland, and assist the local authorities in
enforcing the laws This was in October,
1866. General Grant replied to johnson
in letter, written in his own hand, wri-
ting as follows E
"The conviction is forced on my mind
that no reason now exists for going or
promising the military aid of the Govern
ment to support the laws In Maryland -
The tendency of giving such aid or prom
Use would be to produce the very result
intended to be avoided. So far, there
seems to be merely a very bitter contest
for political ascendencyin in the State, and
interference would be interpreted as Civ
ing aid to one of the factions, no matter
what were the intentions, or how guarded
and Just the instructions. It is contln-
gency / hope never to see arise in this
country, while occupy. the position as
General int Chief of the Army, to have to
send troops into a State in full relation
with the General Government on the eve
of an election to preserve the peace. II
insurrection does come, the law provides
the method of calling out forces to sup
press it
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-11-16

The announcement comes from New
York to the effect that the dread scourge,
Cholera, has gained firm foothold upon
our shores. An emigrant steamer of the
North German Lloyd line, arrived at
quarantine Sunday, bringing with her
forty cases of the fearful malady. On the
passage some forty of the ships passen-
gers died, and many others were sick. oi
course. there is no necessity for alarm just
now. At this season of the year the dis
ease is not likely to become epidemic
Next summer may bring the pestilence
upon us in full force and virulence, and
we should not fail to set our houses in
order.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-11-16

The Grant war on liberty and law con-
tinues in South Carolina. The military
tyrant assisted by the villain Akerman is
running things with Nero hand. Two
counties in TEXAS are put under martial
law and special war tax levy of $50 600
has been placed on each. This is the
special work of Governor Davis of that
State. Three hundred negro militia have
Just marched into one place. The news is,
that GRANT is about to proclaim martial
law in GEORGIA to please BULLOCK and
the other robbers of that State. In KEN
TUoKY the Mayor and many officials of
Lexington have been arrested under the
byonet law on charge of felony. Detec-
tives and hired spies of the Administra-
ton are engaged working up excuses for
moro martial law In MISSISSIPPI and Al
ALBANIA. Freedoms champions are truly
needed now. Where is the old FREE
SOIL party? Republicanism under GRANT
means bayenet rule. As soon as OHIO
and PENNsYLvANIA went Republican the
tyrant threw off all regard tor liberty an d
law and began his -bayonet despotism-a
despotism worse than that attempted by
George III. The prisons of South CAR
oLIgA are full tooVerfowing All bust
ness is suspended and merchants cannot
meet their engagements; women and boys
are arrested as well as men, In one body
FIVE hundred young men have mounted
their horses and left for other parts not
thus oppressed
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-11-16
HORRIBLE MURDER.
A Man Murders Two of his Children
and Attempts To- Murder his Wife.

A Man Murders Two OF his Children
and Attempts tO Murder his Wife.
ST. LOUIS, November IA horrible
murder WAS committed near Usage Mis-
sion. Kansas, on the night of the 9th inst.
The facts elected at the Coroner's inquest
were as follows: John P Flanagan, the
perpetpater of the crime, having recently
met with pecuniary losses, resolved to
dispatch himself and family, and on the 5th
instant procured chloroform, and during
the night administered it to his wife and
two little girls aged ten months and two
years. About four o'clock in the morning
Mrs. Flanagan awoke from the stupoT
produced by the ehloroform, and discov-
cred her husband in the act of driving
ten-penny nails into the head of the chill
dren, and, flying to the rescue of her
babes, she found them expiring from the
effect of blows inflicted with the ha4shet
and nails She succeeded in disarming
ner husband, gave the alarm, and he was
taken into custody. A letter was found
tackled en- the wall of the room, addressed
TO some of his relatives, in which he states
that in consequence of his mind being IN
such condition that he could do nothing
he had determined to kill himself and
family, excepting his son Clarence.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-11-16

UNDER the head of "a Contrast, +" the
New Orleane PieGy1tne draws parallel
between the present material condition Of
New Jersey. which lately elected its State
Government, and Louisiana, which pa
tiently and manfuliy awaits to be allowed
to elect one. The State Government o,
New Jersey costs each resident sixty-four
cents year. In the State of Louisiana
with population of 726. .o00-or $50. .0Oo
less than New Jersey-the expenditures
for the fiscal year ending November 80,
1870, amounted to more than seven mill
ion. of dollars, or $3.50 for every man,
woman and child in the State, or more
than fifteen times the rate in New Jersey
New Jerseys legislative department cost
$50, $50 for one year. For the same year
the compensation and contingent expen-
ses of the Louisiana Legislature amounted
to 1895, ,776, or twelve times as much. Fol
the same year the State printing of New
Jersey cost $53, ,949, while that of Louis
lana cost 1917, ,446-or nearly six times al
4 much
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-11-16

A LETTER received at Washington last
week from one of the members of Con-
gress in Texas, says that the Governor
has refused to grant certificates Of election
to three of the four Democratic Congress
men elected last month. He has declared
martial law in two counties of the State,
and is on his way to Washington to in
ducs the President to suspend the writ OF
hGbeas corpus in other portions Of Texas
There is considerable feeling over his
course, and the Legislature will probably
pass resolutions appealing to The Presi-
dent not to take any such step. The lOcal
declaration of martial law has been con-
demned by the Same source
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-11-16

Our able friends of the Pittsburg Post
and Cincinnati Enquirer are busy Presi-
dent making They start early and are
getting quite warm. We hike to see earn
estness and zeal, at the right time. Our
time viii come after the nomination. In
the mean time we say don't fret nor get
excited. AS for Col Thos A. Scott, of the
Pennsylvania railway, he may be Just the
man, but the irstgreat step in the revo-
luton sought to be accomplished, that Is,
to displace Grant & Co., is to get the Peo-
pie thoroughly disgusted with the misdo-
ings of the powers that be. We have just
seen the result of public opinion in the
State of New York. Our Objects to bring
to bear a similar overwhelming public
opinion against the Grant party. We ap-
prehend this is the more important mis-
sion inst now
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-11-16
GRANTS CORRUPTING AND DEGEA-
DING INFLUENCE.

In the New York Tribune of the 9th
we find the following vigorous and faith
full comments upon the condition of things
which prevails under Gen. Grants admin
istration:
"By and by we shall have a new de-
parture in revenue collection, such as 1--WE
trust) has Just been decreed in municipal
administrator. We shall have Colec-
tor appointed expressly to assess and Sc
cure the legal rates of duty at the smallest
possible cost to the Treasury and with the
least Inconvenience to the merchants. The
fat pickihgs of private secretaries and
cousins from general orders, warehouse
leases. carriage, &c, &C., will be no longer
enjoyed; senators and representatives will
no longer quarter their thrlitless relatives
and broken down satellites on the Federal
revenue IN genteel but dishonest pauper-
ism; and the State will no longer be trav-
ersed and BARRED for weeks in advance of
every State Convention by platoous of
weighers, deputy collectors, and humber
tide walters, earning the money of the
people and the smiles of power by dra-
gooning pestmasters and tanning the as
pirations and hordes ofofice-seekers in or
der to pack delegations of the requisite
6ocihty and subserviency. In short it
will yet be realized and insisted that Gus
tom houses shall be run as manufactures
and mercantile houses are intended and
presumed to be-with the utmost economy
Consistent with efficiency, and in utter in
dependence of personal Aspirations and
political conventions In that blessed
time, we shall of course have different
sort of Collector; under the existing reg
igse, we can imagine no one filter for the
work required of him than Mr.. Thomas
Murphy
''We are glad to see that the Tribune,
instead of continuing to attack the mere
outposts of that powerful system of po-
litical depravity which Gen. Grant has
fastened upon the Republican party pro-
poses henceforth to deal with its author
and most responsible manager. There is
no conceivable calamity which can now
befall the Republic which would be SO
dangeroue to the moral welfare of the peo-
pie. SO calculated to spread bribery. cor
ruption, and fraud, SO degrading to free
institutions, and so fatal to every effort
toward political reform, as the reelection
Of Gen. Grant would be; and we welcome
every utterance and every effort directed
against the possibility of such an unqual-
fled evil" .-s
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-11-16
We notice some Democratic exchan

We notice some Democratic exchanges
attribute our defeat in Ohio, Pennsylvania,
New York, &C., to the 'New Departure" 4"
We were taught the philosophy of cause
and effect and have no doubt there is a
reason, or reasons, for the milk in the CO.
Goa nut, if We can only get at it, or them.
One thing is certain-the defeat. Again,
some attribute our disasters to "Tamma-
ny. Hon. S. E. Tilden, chairman of the
Democratic State Committee of New York
In a speech since the election in that State.
distinctly says that Democratic defeats in
New York and Pennsylvania are wholly
attributable to the Tammany frauds, al
though the perpetrators are utterly repu-
dated by the party. "ThepartY of great
moral IDEAS" yclepped the Republican
party, can carry such loads with all ease
as witness Grant, Boutwell,, Murphy, Bull
lock, &C., with their Baillys, Hodges, &C.
&C. But the Democratic party never car
carry iniquity and never viii.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-11-16
renne..ee Indebtedne.s.

From the last official report we learn
that of the debt of the State of Tennessee
on the first of January, 1871, amounted to
$3S, ,045, ,S52. Governor Brown in his mes
sage, delivered on the 23d ult., informs
the Legislature that it is now $38, ,9S5, ,S7S
81, and with the interest, for the payment
of which there Is now no provision, will
amount on the lst of January, 1872 to
$4l, ,S63. .407 Sc. The population of Ten
nessee beng by the last census !, ,258, 500
this gives per capita debt of $33 for ev-
cry man, women, and child in the State or
some 5000 to every voter. Considering
that the State debt of New York is but
some $44 per voter and that of Pennsyl-
vania about $53, the nature of the legacy
left the people of Tennessee by the Brown
low administration is quite apparent.
| Notwithstanding the magnitude OF debt,
Governor Brown urges its entire and spec
dv payment, and advises the imposition
of tax OF fifty cents on the one hundred
dollars for this purpose.
If we Judge. however, from the tone OF
! the press, the suggestion does not meet
with very great favor; One paper gives
as the secret of the debt q schedule of
state aid given to railroads. -by,-zVl4ieh- 1t
| appears that eleven roads IN East Tennes-
see received $11, ,662, ,721 q nine in Mid
die Tennessee, $l4, ,571, ,6l7 81; and seven
IN the Western District, So S98, ,643. 81 ;
making totle of $37, ,233, ,05205. With
the condition upon which this aid was Civ
en- but six Of the twenty-seven roads, re-
ceiving an aggregate aid of $8,494, ,S5l. 90,
have complied, leaving to the State to se-
cure what it may out of the wreck of the
round score of companies which have re-
ceived some $20,000,0O0 or State and. It
is noteworthy fact that one of the elev-
en- roads subsidized to the extent of $I2,-
100000 IN East Tennessee, Brownlow's
pet scheme, is set down as perfectly SOL
| vent. OF course the Parson would look
closely to his own interests.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-11-16
IN Wiseongin. Doolittle Demncratin

In Wisconsin, Doolittle Democratic
candidate for Governor, is beaten about
5000 by Washburn, Republican. This is
about the majority of the Republicans
two years ago. Doolittle is some two
thousand votes ahead of his ticket. In
the State Senate the Republicans have
twenty-one members and the Democrats
twelve. In the House the Republicans
have sixty members AID the Democrats
forty. The Milwaukee Neacs says that
"both on the State and Legislative tickets
the Democrats have beaten themselves by
staying away from the election"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-11-16
sion, Just no

THIS is the year of calamities. Even
the Arctic Sea contributes its share of
frightful disasters, the losses in the whal-
ing fleet of this season being unparalleled
in extent. Happily, loss of life has not
been repsrted, though suffering, prlvatlon
and destruction Of property combine to
make the disaster bad enough. Thirty
three vessels have been crushed in the ice
north and east of Behring's Strait. The
localities mentioned in the account show
that the whalers had pushed much further
eastward than usual, and had touched the
region generally abandoned to adventur-
Gus scientific explorers.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-11-16
Tur Nrw YopK OpsEpvrp enter


The NEW York OBSERVER enters up
on its Fiftieth Year on the let of Janury
next. Its career has been one of the most
successful in the history of American jour-
nalism. Every department is conducted
with ability Its Foreign Correspondence
is unrivalled, and its independence in COM
mentjng upon political corruptions is in
the highest degree praiseworthy.
We notice it appears in "Ne1O Dress .
and alsJ announces that the success of its
Year Book for 1871 will result in Volume
No. 2 for 1872, which will be still more
complete in its statistical and other tables
ment.
Such enterprise deserves success. and
we advise our readers 10 send for q speci-
men copy OF the paper. New Subscribers
will receive the paper free until January
Ist
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-11-16
Rutton hole sewinr MaehIne.

This celebrated Sewing Machine has
been in use in our town andneighborhood
for some years and has been getting into
public favor 1t does sll kinds of sewing
that any other machine does and in addl-
tion sews button holes, a most remarkable
accomplishment 1t is a machine simple
in construction and doesits work perfect
ly. We can recommend this machine with
every confidence. The agents for Canton
are D. collars & Co, at whose establish
ment they are in constant use. Let folks
who sew call and see them work
YOvQw0 -..
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-11-16
A Card.

On behalf of the congregation of St..
Johns Church, and as expressing my own
feelings, l return sincere thanks to all
those who so cordially and lTberally an
sisted us to make our late Bazaar sue
cess, and the G. A. R. Band, who enliv-
ened the occasion with their excellent mu-
sic. shall take pleasure in preserving
the names Of all donors IN the archives Of
the church.
In regard to certain rumors charging
unfalrness in the application Of money 10
candidates for articles voted for. beg to
assure all that the charge is utterly un-
founded. Every care was taken to deal
fairly by all.
FIR. BERTHELET,
Pastor of st. Johns. ,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-11-16

"FIvE years ago." remarks the Phila-
delphia Press. 1--WE fought the Democracy
with the spelling book, and whipped them.
This year our weapon is the arithmetic,
and is just as deadly"
Judging by the size of the National
Debt, the expenses of Grants administra-
ton, the vast sums stolen at Washington,
South Carolina, Georgia, and elsewhere,
we do think the radical Grant leaders have
been studying Arithmetic.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-11-16

We observe royalty and its tools over
Europe continue to be alarmed at the So
called Internationals. A century ago and
less they were terrified at the Casbonari
Our tyrants yell Ku-Klux. Despotism
and villainy are everywhere the same
The wicked fear, and flee when no man
pursueth These very fears induce to
high handed acts such as We see Grant
and company enactlng in South Carolina,
Texas and elsewhere. Hence too, stand
ing armies, spies, &c, ,andallth the surround
lngs Of loyal royalty.