The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-11-16

of Santana and Big Tree are on the war
path, avenging the imprisonment of their
fathers, who are confined in our State
Penltentiary. They killed two men near
Fort Sill about the first instant, and will
no doubt continue their bloody work"
A Kentucky conversation :"Hello, dar,
YOU darkie, what you axe for dat ole blind
mule, hey ?" "Well dunno guess
must take $S5" Thirty five dollars I'll
give you FIVE p well, you may have i'm;
1 won't stand on $30-in a mule trade"
The secret of the excellence of French
leather-so famous IN every market of the
globe-consists in using strong tan, that
IS. the bark of young trees, in packing the
leather in the watts dry, and wetting the
least possible; and, finally, in letting the
leather stay long time in the vats.
Out in San Francisco rejected lover
named Kelly dunned his favored rival for
money spent in courting the lady. The
particulars are not as yet made public,
for, as the Call says, CAS- Mr.. Kelly is at
the hospital suffering from five gashes
with bowie-knife, we have not consult
ed him personally .--.
The Japanese make paper cloth which
can be washed without injury. Boxes,
trays, and even saucepans may be made Of
this clcth; and saucepans thus manufac-
tured sustain no injury over a strong
charcoal heat. Bags may be made of it,
in which wine may be put and heated by
insertion in boiling water.
The door of the Houghton county
(Mich. Jail bears the following inscription:
"ADELiA LAcLAIR
DETROIT MICH.
WHEN GIT Out Of THIS
PLACE BET You DON'T
GIT ME- in AeEN
VERY QUICK"
While hunting near Warsaw, Indiana,
Thursday, James Grubbs was accidental
ly shot by his companion, Charles Light
foot, and, it is feared, mortally wounded,
tlle-loaa lodging IA hrs lungs
At about seven A NJ. on the 9th a
boiler in the engine room of the P. Ft. w.
& c. blacksmith-shop at Fort Wayne
exploded, tearing down the walls and
damaging the machinery. There were SIX
employes seriously, and, 1t is thought, one
or two fatally injured. There are usually
a large number of men engaged in the vi
cinity Of the boiler, but this morning
they had been located at other points
The cause of the explosion IS not known.
The boiler was believed to be in good con-
dition and the engineer a capable one.
Two arrests of supposed confidence men
were made at the Columbus depot Thurs
day morning. On searching them the Of
ficers found bogus checks on the Rome and
Oswego, New Y ork, banks, and several
railroad tickets. They gave the names of
Wilson and Livingston. One is believed
to be the scamp who swindled Pickle, cattle
dealer, out of seven hundred dollars.
There is a lively contest for the vacant
offices IN Philadelphia caused by the
death of United States Marshal Gregory,
the transfer of Collector Sickles to the
Fourth District, to be Pension Agent in
place of Forbes, and the resignation by
the Mayor elect Stockley of the Assessor
ship of the Second District.
The United States Commissioner at st.
Paul has discharged the Fenian Generals
O'Neil and Curley, on the ground that, al
though the offence was clearly established,
it was not in evidence that the expedition
was organized in Minnesota.
Col. David Stanton, Auditor General
elect of Pennsylvania. died suddenly on
the morning of the 5th, at his residence
in New Brighton. He injected morphine
into his arm to quiet a neuralgia of the
face and it induced sleep from which he
could not be aroused. 1t is thought he
punctured blood vessel.
Judge Hiram Dennis, of Utica, n Y.
presiding -JRdge of the Court of Appeals
died on the 9Th aged 70.
1t is thought Brigham Young has left
Salt Lake for good and that removal OF
the Mormons will take place to some
other country. ..-
Alexis, son of the Emperor of Russia is
expected in New York and all snobbery
and shoddery are excited over the great
event
Only two United States officials report
ed as defaultsrs during twenty -four hours,
is one of the significant headings in the
dispatches of q morning paper.
Much dissatisfaction is ielt in Chicago
at the action of the underwriters in in
creasing the rates of insurance on grain.
1t is feared that business will be destroy
| ed by the ruinous rates now demanded
The Republic Insurance Company is now
believed to be in a position to pay its
losses in full and resume business. About
| $3.50, 900 have been subscribed to the Chic
ago relief fund at the Manson House,
| London, of which $182, $50 have been re-
mitted. Messrs. J. Morgan & Co 8 Lon
don house have collected $102, 210. Hav-
ana, Cuba, sends contribution of $40.
lis.
The State government of South Carroll
ma. now in New York, make a fnll
and public confession of their, gigantic
robbery of the State treasury. They con-
fess that they have had printed, under
cover of an act to convert the securities ol
the State, bonds to the amount of 500, ,040
600, of which 100000 yet remain il
] their hands to be disposed Of They also
admit that they have had printed So, 500, :
600 of sterling bonds and 81 500,0 900 OF
registered stock, which is now in the
hands of the State Treasurer in New
York now.
A special from Springfield, Ill, says
The defence of General Sheridan's, militia
ry occupation of Chicago seems to rest on
! the plea of necessity. 1t is not generally
known yet, but it is true that the Adju-
! tant General of this State, an able and ex-
perienced soldier, reached Chicago the day
after the fire, with four hundred and fifty
picked men, well armed, under orders of
Governor Palmer to enforce the laws and
preserve order, and that, under the advice
of General Sheridan and Mayor Mason,
he returned home with his men, because
there was no necessity for either. After
this the regiment of which Governor
Palmer complains, was organized and cal
! led into service.