The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-11-26
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living specimens OF The M. useu iil li'a'
CITY. The principal aduteration discoV-
cred so far is water,
The Columbus Journal is informed that
General Joe Geigef intends, during lhe
month of December next to denver
lecture in Columbus on Swapping luf-
ties, natural and human"
The building and loan assoclatio oi
Cleveland held meeting Tuesday night
10 discuss the situation. An amlcaDle
settlement was advised in winding up
the affairs of these associations as IL Is
believed such organizations will be de-
clared unconstitutional by the Supreme
Court.
The rail mill of Wick, Ridgway x Co7
near YOUNGSTOWN, is go feet long ana
170 feet wide, exclusive of outbulldlhgS'
II contains double pudding. furnaces,
eoualto "a single furnaces, and IA neat
mo fnrnaces. Fourteen steam engines
are employed to supply the poWerto TO car
rv ON The work. The full capacity OF the
mill Is when running double turn, about
1000 tons perweek. Atthe present 'llne
about 500 men and boys are employed
about the mill and the monthly pay roll
foots up some S2OOOO
Some time ago Christopher Smith, of
Columbus, took out a license to marry
vounq woman. making affidavit that the
woma,, was of legal age. The license
was granted by the clerk of the Probate
Judge. Soon after the girls father had
Smith arrested for perjury, as the grl at
the time was only sixteen years ol1.
Smith was indicted by the grand jury
and the case came on for trial in the
Common Pleas Court on wednesday.
Smiths attorney claimed there was no
case as the Probate Judges CLERK was not
legally authorized to issue license IN the
absence of the Probate Judge. This
opinion was sustained by Judge Bing-
ham. who held that Probate Judge un-
der the constitution and laws was an-
thorized TO issue marriage licenses, but
was not authorized 10 delegate this pow
er to his clerks, and directed the jury To
bring i'm verdict Of not guilty, which
was consented to by the Prosecuting
Attorney, and the prisoner discharged
This, of course, does not inyahdate th'
marriage under this license.
A fire occurred on Sunday morning a
Loudonville, Ohio, by which barn, be
longing to Mr.. Jacob Beckhousery con
tanning a quantity of fgrain, hay, and three
horses, were totally destroyed.
The State Horticultural Society meet
this wear at Akron, on the 9th, 10th an'
nth of December. The citizens of tina
place are making arrangement for hos
-aitable greeting The numbers and IN
Meeting will be well attended and inter
esting.
EAST LIvERpooL.-The wife Of Henr
Fortune, of East Liverpool, obtained
verdict of $4,000 against Mrs. Gracy,
the same place, on the 9th inst, for sci
inc liouor to the aforesaid Henry. Tn
case was warmly contested, as we lear
from the Gazette, by Col. Hill on beha
ofthe plaintiff, and Judge Firestone iC
the defense Buckeye State.
Woop County,. G. Lowmaster,
McCutcheonsyille, Wyandot county,wel
out hunting some five weeks ago. i
separated from his companions and n
returning from day to day; his trlen'
kent searching for him, but his body VI
not found till the 10th, and after u
woods we.e secured by two orthree ha
dred people. He was found dead und
a tree, near the body Of large buck
had shot and it is supposed that ne nj
been in the tree watching for the de'
and after he had shot it, in his haste
descend from the tree, fell and broke /
skull. Though lost for three or TO
weeks. his body was not much decor
posed. put that the birds had picked q
his eyes and part of his face. Wh
found he was still in possession OF !
money and reyolvers, and his gun
about six feet from him.
ALLlANCE.-C. X. Greiner of the Bar
ing House of Greiner, Sourbeck d I
has commenced an action for libel ,agall
John Atwell of the First National Bar
in when the amount of damages claim,
is set at S20O0O McSweney of Woost
and Lynch & Day Of Canton have be
retained for the prosecution. This $
grows out of couple of articles publish
bv Mr.. Atwell in the Alliance MONT
in controversy concernining sch
board matters.
Last Saturday two horse wagon Il
of country people was very unceremo
ously dumped on the side walk at
G. &P. Crossing, caused by the team I
inc fright at a passing Locomotive.
wagon and harness we're broken, but
legs.
Knox CouNTY.-0n Friday night lal
fire broke out in store and half fra
building, in Centreburg, owned by E
Cooke, and occupied by David Brentli
er as a tin and stove store, and was
tirelv consumed. Most of the stoves
tin-ware were removed. A new bu
ing adjoining, which was nearly COM
ted and ready for occupancy, was
destroyed. There was an insurance
$500 on the old building, but none
the new.-[Banner.
THIEVES CoNvIcTED.-In the Lick
Court of Common Pleas, on Monday
John Thompson, of Cleveland, and FIR
Cassidy, of Alliance, plead guilty tC
Indictment charging them with stea
S83 worth of cloth from freight car
the Panhandle railroad, between N
ark and Columbus. Each was senter
to two years in the penitentiary.-l
Vernon Banner
HANCOCK CoUNTY.-Last Friday II
D. McElroy, living in Orange towns
undertook to raise his dwelling -hous
mt a higher and more substantial K
dation under it. He was under the br
ing, blocking it up, while others y
prying it up, when all at once the 6l'
In one place gave way, and the bull.
slid sideways and fell on Mr.. McEl
crushing him to death almost instan
Last Friday afternoon the dwel
house of Perry Treece, in Jackson tc
ship, burned down, together with ne
the entire contents Loss about 500