The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1873-07-24
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The people of Fremont are talking Of buying
the Fort Stephenson property for park
in Medina county, in the year ending April /,
there were 43i births, 2Ol deaths, 100 marriages.
The people of Cadiz sre to give Hon. John A
Bingham dinner on occasion of his departure
to Japan. and July 3lst is the day selected.
Two boys, aged seven and eleven years, fell
into tub of hCt swill, at Havner's distilery, at
Troy, Miami county, on Tuesday last, and were
badly sealdsd, The younger one died from the
effects Of the burning the same evening
CLEvELAND, O., July 2I.-The liabilities of
DeFOrest 4 Son, who failed to-day, are reported
to be about four hundred thousand dollars. AS
9URBAHi, July GA little girl about twelve years
of age, daughter of Abel North, farmer living
between Kingston and Kenvard, in this county,
was burned 70 death last night. She had used q
quantity of patent burning fluid to extract greese
from dress she had, and in getting too near the
fire in order to dry Ii, her clothing caught, en-
veloping her instantly in flames, Besides being
badly burned externally, she had also inhaled
the 1ames She fingered about eight hours, She
was cripple and was in the house alone at the
time.
An old man named Lytle at Hubbard, while
standing on the track on the 18th, was struck by
CoLUMBus, o. July I7.-There were seven deaths
from cholera in the penitentiary since last nights
report, as follows: George Hopwood from Lorain
county; Geo. Schehler, from Hamilton; Fred.
Miller, of Cuyahoga; Geo. Hamper, from Law
renee; Thomas Long, from Wood; DAME Ste
phens, from CuyRhoga, and John Cycil, from
Miami The Average time Of sickness was eight
hours. The guards and outside attendants, who
are not shut up in the cells at night. have been
entirely free from the disease,
The Csrrellton and Oneida Railroad was sold
last week to the Ohio Erie Z Company. The
new company to have their road on the present
track within l4o days from his time, In running
condition.
The citizens Of Columbiana have subscribed
over S25, 900 toward building marrow gauge rail
road.
good play. woman in Cleveland lately broke q
burglars head with boot jack, and put him to
ignominious flight. Nothing but continued prac-
tice in her own family circle could have made
her so efficient with the weapon.
. Friday evening, near Lilly Chapel, Madison
county, farmer by the name of Jackson, was
thrown in front Of his reaper. One arm was cut
of and he was SO badly cut in the side that he
"A man named Gill, living near MiddlePort,
Licking county, took dose OF arsenic, on Satur-
day, and thus ended the troubles which induced
his wife to apply for divorce.
q The Miami Powder Company turned out
about $4,000 pounds of powder per year.
4 an Ohio man who was riding to pay his taxes,
was struck by lightning the other day and killed.
Is not there moral In this?
Toledo has got the mad dog fever, aud there
isn't so much standing at the garden gate as
there used to be. -.e-
We see it stated that Bernhard Kline has sold
his brick block, in Clyde, o., to Messrs- Reed 3
Ford, for S22 COOS 600 cash, balance in fourteen
years, at eight per cent annual interest with the
provision that If he should not be living at that
time, the debt remaining shall be cancelled A
singular sale,
"A county clerk in Ohio refused to issue a
marriage license because the man was only four
feet high and the woman SIX.
Fremont is fortunate IN the possession Of =
SArOlS blrcnArus VINO mas just presented 70
the city council $4,000 for the purpose of found
ing public library, museum and art gallery for
the use and benefit Of the citizens: Only two
years ago Mr.. Birceard gave the city fourteen
acres Of land, worth at least $4,000 TO be used as
q city park BE also has arranged for the final
disposition of his elegant collection of paintings
and article ofVsTtN 70 go into the public art gal
lery. The city proposes to purchase an elegant
site, worth $4,000, for the library.
Two suicides were committed in Jackson
township, sandusly county, last week. Jacob
Cherry, while temporarily insane, hung himself,
and John Whitrnore shot himself Whitmore
had been ploWing corn in a field near the house,
up till about nine o'clock. About that time his
wife had occasion to go across the fields TO her
fathers and him at work apparently all right.
But 1t appears that soon after she had gone, he
unhitched the horses from the plow, went to the
house, got the gun and loaded it. leaving the shot
pouch and powder horn on the bed. BE then
went out and discharged the gun, receiving the
contents in his head, and fell dead upon the
path which his wife must take on her return
home, There he was found soon after the deed
was committed No reason is known for the
commission OF the act.
/ AT Cambridge on Monday a ten year old
Dade shot and killed his little brother two years
old.
AT Upper sandusky, on the 18th, George
Wood drove his horse with buggy too far into
the river and was drowned.