The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-05-11

the ground. It was insured in the Sun Of
Cleveland for one thousand dollars, and in
the Teutonia of Cleveland for fifteen hun
dred.
John S. Nimmons, of plymouth, Ohio,
suiclded by shooting himself through the
heart on the I'd inst. He was temporarily
deranged, was 80 years old and leaves a
wife and two children.
On the 18th ult., the Postohcei in Circle
vile was entered by burglars and robbed
of two registered letters, about twenty
dollars in postage stamps and a large num-
Der of other letters. Some of the letters
contained drafts to a considerable amount
and were deposited for mailing by mer-
chants, bankers, &c. The burglars, with
the south door, and thus obtained an open
ing sufficient to slip the bolt on the inside
and unlock the door,
The stables of the Leetonia Iron & Coal
Company, at their mines near Washing
tonville, were entirely destroyed by fire
about eight o'clock last Saturday evening.
Twenty sets of harness, eight mules, and a
quantity of hay and grain were consumed.
out of q small building adjoining the sta
bles, while the heat was intense. 1t is not
known how the fire originated. No insur-
ance.
A geological wonder, in the shape of a
mammoth skeleton, has been exhumed
from the soil of Clark County. John Tim
mons discovered, while passing over a low
piece Of ground-a short distance south
east of Harmony huge tusk or tooth, of
some extinct species of the animal king
| dom. The excitement caused by the dis
| covery, led to an examination of the
ground, from which the skeleton remains
| of an animal, known in natural history as
the Mammoth, were dug out. The d.
mansions of the skeleton may be inferred
from the size of the tooth, which weighed
108 pounds.
The Madison County Stock Sales, at
London, last Tuesday week, were largely
attended. Four hundred head of cattle
were sold, amounting to nearly 1924, 900,
and thlrty-hve horses, amounting to $1,000.
One hundred working mules were also
sold.
HORRIBLE OgTRAGE.-A horrible out
rage was perpetrated near New Bedford,
on the line of this county and the State of
Pennsylvania, Saturday night last. Dur
ing thenight, a party of three men entered
the residence of an old man named Muir
rim, who lives alone, and is quite wealthy,
and demanded of him that he should in
form them where his money was, threaten
ing his life if he declined. At the time
about fifty dollars was all the money Mr..
Murrin had In his house. This the vii
lains got, but were not satisfied with, be-
heving there was more about the premises,
which the old gentleman was not willing
to reveal the exact locality Of In order
to force him to reveal, they held his legs
over a hot stove, literally roasting them,
and otherwise ll-treated him but all did
not enable the villains to procure addi-
tional money, as 1t was not about the
premises. Unfortunately, the perpetrators
of this outrage were not recognized by the
old gentleman, and are unknown, but dill
Ggent inquiry and search is being made for
them. After tOrturing the old gentleman
In the manner described, the villains tied
him, but ere long he loosened himself and
made his way across fields to a neighbours
house, about a mile distant, where he was
CARED for.-AGhOning FindicGtOT.
Our marshal, Mr.. Seaman, in taking q
big whisky man to the calaboose one day
last week, was under the necessity of using
his billy freely, but accomplished his our
pese and landed his bird in the cage. For
doing so the marshal was arrested and
taken to Canton, where he was bound over
to appear at court.-MaSSiHon hdepend-
emf.
LIGHTNING. = Two young men were
struck by lightning near the Centre OF
Randolph, Portage county, on the 9th
ult. They had been to the Centre, and on
returning in the evening and.when near
the horse barn of Mr.. Winkleman, about
9 o'clock, walking arm in arm, the two
young men Tickner and Winkleman, were
struck, one falling one way and one the
other. Tickner was hurt the least, and
says the first he knew he was up and
Winkleman staggering towards him, and
threw his arm over his shoulders, but he
was so blinded and stunned for a while
that he could not tell where he was, but
finally found his way to the barn, and from
there to the house, he don't knew how,
with Winkleman. He then ran to the
Center for DR.. Bettes, but was so excited
he hardly knew what he was about
Winkleman remained senseless from the
time he was struck until about the same
time the next night, when he came to his
senses again, and is in a fair way to re-
cover. The dog with them was also struck.
and If it had been anything but a dog ii
would probably have killed him. He was
found lying on the ground close by where
the men were struck, with blood under
him, and remained stupid all the next day
but is all right now.-RGvennG Press.
TERRIBLE CoNFLAGRATIoN.-Leetonla,
or rather Grafton, was the scene of a ter
rible ceniagratiOn on last Saturday even
ing. About six o'clock the Blast Furnace
of the Grafton Iron Company was discov-
cred to be OF fire. Although everything
was dom to stay the progress of the flames,
every effort was ~unaVailing. The fire
originated by the bursting of the stack at
the back part, the molten iron running
ont, thereby setting Ere to the wooden
frame work which surrounded the stack.
The flames spread so rapidly, that in less
than an hour the entire building was GOV.
cred by the raging element. The entire
buildings are In complete ruins, nothing
left standing but the stack and a portion
of the BRICK wallis One man barely es,
capped with his life by jumping from the
top of the stack to the roof of the casting
house. fremi which he was rescued by 8
ladder.
From seventy-fve to one hundred mer
are thus left without employment. The
loss is estimated by parties interested, al
nearly VI QuANC P1OO5OOOB 6uppOScQ W "
partly covered by insurance. This fire
will produce quite a panic in the bushes:
of Leetonia, which we deeply regret
Whether the works will ever be rebuilt We
ars not able to say, as Mr.. King, n of the
proprietors. was very reticent on the sub,
jeet when we interviewed him.-G Etmbi
ana Register.
A few miles from Loudonville, on the
9Th. IS ayoung man namedp osephsDelmar
was e~ndeavoring to harness q horse, tn,
animal kicked him in the head, killing
him instantly.
PIRE.-On Friday morning about hal
past four, it was discovered that the resi-
dence of Celestin Cappon was on fire. Tn,
alarm was given, but the elements haC
gained too much Roadway to be conquered
with buckets. The building was evident
ly set on fire for the sake of plumber by thu
f confidence men, gamblers and thieves wh'
now infest our town. The flames wer,
first discovered on the west side ofthe hous,
adjoining Pluchels bakery, about tire,
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