The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1873-07-17
NEWS ITEMS.

"A severe wind and hail storm occur
red at Iowa City on the 9th inst, destroy
lag the trees and crops as effectually az q
fire would have done
"A muscular woman threw a man out
of a second story window, a few nights
ago, at Pittsburgh.
"A Memphis youth, who loved a wo-
man of twice his own age, and wealthy,
shot himself il her presence on being IN
formed that his suit was hopeless. The
pistol set fire to his clothing, the carpet
was burned and stained with blood, the
LcoronsE's jury made q good-deal of hitter,
and the old lady was really quite bored.
"A Paris correspondent complains that
Mr.. Heey, of New York, who began life
by driving an express, is carrying off the
best pictures of the French Exhibition by
the wagon-load."
hon. Asa Packer has donated to the
Lehigh University fifty-six acres of land
and one million dollars to build and en-
dow 1t. For the whole course IN this in
stitution the tuition Is absolutely free );
lodging rooms (unluInIshed) are provided,
and board placed as near cost as possible.
Rev. 7. c. Workman, whose wife
murdered his mistress at Eureka, last
spring, is to have Church trial at Chenoa,
Illinois. 1t will be secret.
The Superintendent ofthe Tree Plant
ing Bureau of the st. Paul and Pacific
Road, is running thirteen breaking plows,
and will set out five hundred thousand
trees next spring.
John A. Kasson, salary grab N. c..
of DesMoines, Iowa, has invested $50, 900
in the National Gold Bank of California,
and has still larger sum in. New York
bank,
The Vienna correspondent of LArt
Musical states that some Hottentots who
are visiting the Exposition IN that city,
express the greatest delight with Wag-
ner's music.
SO perfect have the counterfeit nick
els been made that the treasury depart
ment accepted them at the counter-prob-
ably as preferable to the genuine.
"A Mississippi murderer requested to
be hung on the glorious Fourth" and
the patriotic Judge consented, as he
thought it would enliven the celebration.
Charles A Dana, of the New York
Sun, has been arrested for telling what he
knows about Washingtonian thieves.
His is an honorable and proud distino-
ton.
Senator Alcorn boasts that he did
not vet send "Al" his "corn" back to
Uncle Sam in the shape of back salary,
and he does not intend to. To put it
mildly, he is a misery cuss.
Half mile of the Missouri Pacific
Railroad track, near Kickapoo Station,
dropped into the Missouri River one day
last week, the river itself having under
mined the road.
The passengers on the wrecked
steamer City of Washington, now at Hall
fax, furnish interesting particulars of the
final breaking of the steamer, the storm,
and the commendable conduct of the Of
fcers and crew.
The trial of the Modocs for the muir
der of General Candy and others was con-
cluded on Thursday.
Three men were killed friday by the
falling of slate in Parker, Russell & Co.'s
fre-clay mine near st. Louis.
Jim Brown, the negro, who murdered
Mrs: Jones and Mrs. DOzier, was hanged
Friday in Suffolk, Va.
Seven of the Indians who were shot
at Fort Hill waiting trial for murders at
Lost River, made an attempt to escape
on Saturday. Three of them succeeded,
the other four were shot.
Frost in Vermont on the night of the
7th.
"A destructive fire occurred at Grand
Rapids on the 18th inst. Loss $500, 900.
"A fire at Grsenbush, N Y, opposite
Albany on the 18th inst destroyed "a
dwellings with loss of $500. 900 and
small insurance. A bay named Brodt
was burned to death.
Sharks have been reported at Coney
Island. But they were on shore.
--latest from France-The Bonapart-
lists are sauguine, the Orleanists airy, and
the Republicans sanguinary, thus combin-
ing the strong points of the former two.
Tom Burke. alias Blindy Winslow,
was sentenced TO five years IN the State
Prison, at Fort Wayne, Saturday for bur
glary at New Haven, Indiana.