The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-11-02
MEMS ITEMS.

NEWS ITEMS.
There were twenty-eight deaths in Pitts
burg last week from smallpox. +
The convicts in the Massachusetts PEN
itentiary sent $500 to the Chicago Relief
Fund.
Professor Agassiz Will shortly start on
an exploring expedition around Cape Horn
and up the Pacific coast.
The Methodists of Boston. subscribed
5000 on Sunday for their Chicago breth-
rem. Two churches in Brooklyn gave ST.
200. =
Through trains on the Kansas City
branch of the Chicago, Alton and st. Louis
Railroad commenced running Monday.
Jerome Brooks, the murderer of Slay-
ton, at Logansport, last April, was hung
at Delphi on the 9th ult He manifested
the same stolid and careless Indifference
up to the last moment, that he has shown
from the time of his arrest On the scat
fold he asked and was granted leave to
place the moose around his neck A large
number of persons were in town, but no
disturbance occurred.
VIM. C Scott was executed at Jackson
Nlllcy E4OLluds I4OdlB 4BA -bAD AAAAAGL VI
two small children in February last.
As Secretary Boutwell, entered Steinway
Hall, New York, Saturday evening, where
he was about to lecture, he was served
with a writ of the Supreme Court, at the
suit of B. C. CALVIN, who seeks to recover
two million dollars, for allaged losses un-
der Beutwell's financial policy. .-r
About SIX miles from Cheyenne on the
18th ult., whether from friction or other
wise is not known, 600 kegs of powder
exploded with terrific concussion, blow
ing the car containing it to atoms and par
TALLY demchshing the next car forward
The kegs which were not ignited were
hurled through the air in every direction
some of -Ghem distance of sixty rods
The track was sunk at least six inches
but, singular to say, the trucks of none O.
the cars were thrown from the track
Strange to say no person was hurt.
The Jury in the case of Mrs. Cook VS.
Brigham Young, composed of Mormon!
and Gentiles, returned verdict for the
whole amount claimed.
Count Palikao. the last Minister o
State under the French Empire, has pub
lished a pamphlet to justify his conduc
during the crisis which resulted in tn,
downfall of Louis Napoleon. To delive
| themselves from the charge of being knave
or fools seems to be the chief business o
prominent Frenchmen nowadays.
In the case of Evans, the defaultinl
Pennsylvania State Agent, Judge Pearson
Monday decided to discharge him on tn
charge of embezzling funds of the State
received from the General Government II
payment of claims growing out of the war
and to hold him under 100000 bonds t,
appear on a writ of eapiGS.
Subscriptions amounting to s., 600 hav
been received up to October 28th by tn
for the sufferers by the Western fires, 81,
900 of which was appropriated to tn
Michigan and Wisconsin sufferers.
Freeman & Barrett's paper mill, 81:
miles from Fort Wayne, Indiana, wa
burned Monday it is supposed by ineendi
ary fire. Loss $25, 900, partially insured
Michael Maloney was found guilty c
murder in the first degree at Mem phiI
Monday, for killing a negro some year
ago.
There IS going to be no coal famine i
Cincinnati. Some is arriving by the rive
and the railways have been running j
some. It retailing at ST TO SIS per IOa
OF 70 busheis.gs8E aaofEF5
a Frenchman named Lamotte, pass
enger from Baltimore to st. Louis, she
himself through the head at the rallwa
depot at Pittsburg on Monday morning
He shot himself on the track and trai
backing shortly after ran over him and Gu
off his legs. He spoke no English.
Nail manufacturers held conventio
in New York on Saturday last and decide
to advance nails 5 cents a keg. This actio
is the consequence Of loss of one hun
dred thousand kegs by the Chicago fire.
a man named Miller, in West Virgini
seven miles from Buckhannon, struck
neighbor woman named Lewis, on th
25th ult., with large stone on the fors
head and killed her Instantly. The VIC
mans husband was standing near at th
time. Miller was enraged at his Wi
having loaned horse to Lewis. Mile
made his escape.
A Pittsburger named Coates was foun
murdered at West Wheeling about wee
ago. He was 80 years old and leaves
family. No clue has been found as to til
murderer. His remains had been burie
there but they were disinterred and re
moved to Pittsburg on Monday.