The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-03-05
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Who are the candidates for MayOr' Don't all
speak Atonce. IL a. r-F.-
Prospect street, South or North street ana
North OF Main needs work.
In their present situation the people on Akron
Street want more light. They are petitioning for
it, The Gas Co. have PlentyOf light Sc q s7qi
Now that spring has come it would not be amiss
70 suggestthat the psgements on Prospect street
between Plum and North might be repaired.
About as bold-faced 8 piece OF robbery and
black mailing as usually Occurs took pisce m
this city and Mansfield last week. We couple
Mansfield with the affair as It was there, in a
lawyers ONCE that the thing was
on Ffidaythe both INST. Nf. Quincy W. Reeves
ofths city lost twolpoeket books or rather two
c4ses OF promissory notes, orders for work and
contracts covering ALI OEheafly all, his extensive
business as a marble dealer; they where taken
from his desk in his ofRce ct his works on the
corner Of Mill and fremont streets. Having no
doubt of their be ing stolen ne concluded that if
he adFerhsed d them as being lost The person Who
had Aem would for a reasonabls reward return
them. 50 he offered ten dollars, which had no
effect whatever in producing the lost property
o. Monday following he concluded to try anoth.
er plan, and accordingly offered s1Co reward for
the packages and 'no questions asked" On
Wednesday he received a telegram from Mans
feldlbayihgtsYourbooks came to the Manifold
House. Signed w. s, Whitney, to which
Mr. Reeves inquired, "Wiil they be sent here or
mpstI go for them y To thatMr. Reeves reeeiY
ed for answer, sIf you come up this afternoon
call at my Office" This dispatch was signed bya
lawyer ythe nSns OF sfotts1,1 whose lchristIan
name is not recollected but whose place of bust
ness is corneC Of 9Th and Main streets. Mr.
Reevesywsnt there and gave his name, when
.st9tten took from an inside breast pocket Mr..
Reeves last poster and inquired II he aeknoWE
edged that papeEGUpon Mr. Reeves saying that
he die, and expeeted to fulfill what it promised,
the lawyer produced the books done up in the
idsntica soIa nevspapsr that covered them
wHeh they were stolsns got a pspeF misplaeed 50 /
faH as Mr.. Reeves has been able to discover. The
Lawyer said he guessed he'd have to claim
the reward" which Mr.. Reeves at once paid the
dedueting Eve dollars to Pay Mr. Reeves
expenses from Massilon to Mansfield and return.
Then saidReeves %Now, Squire, this is Business.
I have paid my 500 as offered and I'll now give
500 il you will tell how you came in pos
session ofmy property" The lawyer, however,
was dumb as an oyster and Mr.. Reeves came
home with his books and about SIPS poorer than
when he was robbed of them, having paid the
bills and made one trip to Cleveland in
search of them. Before leaving Mansfield he
went TO the telegraph office there and all the in
formatlon he could get was that the man Whit
ney was a rough looking customer, in his ex-
terior, that he did not write the Arstt dispatch for
the reason as he said that he was unable to do so.
sorts Of eon6dsnce games sink into insight
icance compared with this one. PhiladelPhia
are, no where compared with those OF
Mansfield, .EiQr4 - g1aJlI CO. ssus
A petition is before ths City Council to extend
street North to the North line Of the
,ity. Should it be extended in accordance with
he prayer of the petitioners it viii ruin the res
dencs Of Mrs Eliza KAFthaus- nGUE
A eoupIeof boys, sons OF Rev. RI. Williams l.
II the Presbyterian church in this city were &C.
scalded on Friday last by eEsrturning a
eaeot Of boiling tea upon themselves, fortunate-
y iheir legs instead Of faces, the part usually [
iizigured by burning, were the part that suffer
ID by the accident, The little fellows, the old. I
years ola, EXPRESSED much suffering but I
IRE not d any danger. - = ]
BoRBERx AND AEREsT.-On Saturday as an old I
nan a traveller, was walking on the track Of the /
'iasburghs Ft Wayne 8 Chicago Railway from ]
;anton to MAssillonh ewas Waylaid BY q party Of c
'trAmps," assaulted beaten and robbed of his :
coat, watch and what little money he had. r
he returnedto Canton and came. here. on the +
lext train, got the Marsharand was able to ind !
identity two of the footpads who were ARES
ed and upon one of whom the watch was found.
liter an examination before Mr.. Justice Warner
hey were sent up to Castle Baxter at Canton
What a glorious day was last Sabbath A mild a
nd genial spring day warmed with a bright sun s
he j0arney Ofwhieh around the world was new 4
II fora moment shaded by a cloud II was in
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