The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-02-26
STATE AND N-EIGHBORHoOD.
solomon Bloch ofAHiance has been ad

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A grandson of Gov. Allen attends col
lege at New Athens. q
Mrs. Al. Ferguson of Mansfield, aged 90
years and IL months, was burned 10 death
on the 18th mat.
The Ohio board Of agriculture has de-
cided to locate the State fair the coming
five years at Columbus.
s Judge Luther Day, of Portage county,
is now Chief Justice Of The Supreme Court
of Ohio.
A Grange ofthe Patrons of Husbandry
was organized on the evening of the 18th
inst, at Dungannon, by Daniel Geiger,
Deputy, with % charter members. This
makes the third subordinate Grange in
Columbiana Co. ...rEI.u4 .i,F0
Mansfield, O., Feb. I9,-The Company
here that has been prospecting tor coal,
about t~hfee-quarteFs of a mile from the
city, has, at a depth of n hundred and
sixteen feet, struck q vein of coal six and
a half feet thick. The city is ablaze with
excitement. Should it prove what it is
represented to be, Mansfield will again rise
phoenix like, from her asltes, ami take the
rank among the cities Of OHIO that she is
entitled to.
Cincinnati, O., Feb. lS.-Dunng the
Mardi Gras procession through the Ger
man portion Of the city last night George
E~benbenner, aged twelve years, was fatal
ly stabbed by a masker. The boy was
standing on the sidewalk remarking upon
the various costumes as tae procession
moved along.
Cincinnati, o., Feb 2OAAt Hills boro
- l,yv fV,1-a Gil I...t.l -
ton Of women from praying in front of
Dunn's drug store, On the ground that
johnson, the owner of the premises, was
improperly joined with Dunn, the oceu-
pant, as plaintiff in the cases. A special
dispatch to the ENQUIRER says The plain
tiffs have appealed 10 a higher court and
restored the restraining order, A dispatch
from Xenia reports i've saloons closed up
to this evening. One saloon keeper came
out OH s eeller to-day bearing q white
flag in token of surrender. Each surren-
der is made The occasion of a Jubilee.
Oxford has nearly all places OF business
closed. In Dayton the women organized
for work to day. Reports from there are
conflicting as to what favor the move
ment meets with.
Columbus, O., Feb. 2O.-In the House
JO-udS ulOLlOu 70 IeQueSS Luo 16mp6r-
ance Committee to report back ON next
Tuesday q billnow in their hands amend
ing the Adair law was laid on the table.
Yeas, 40; noes, 81.
y tChilIcothe, O., CFeb.s 49.-An elderly
lady by the name of Mrs, Butts recently
received a prescription from e physician
for some medicine, which the Doctor in
tended and ordered should be used exter-
nally, but the lady by some singular mis-.
take swallowed a dose of it, and it produe-
ed poisonous effects. Through the prompt
attendance of her physician The immediate
danger was removed. The poisonous
principle; contained in the medicine WAS
lincture of aconite.
gThe State grange OF OHIO al their laie
mieetiBg tAenia a djourned sfaally-e the
Goth. A committee was appointed, con-
slsting of r. G. Thompson, Col. Titus NJ:
Mccoy and H Mcdowell, to prepare a
digest and to report at the next annual
OFryille. o., Feb. l5AGeotge Cunning
ham, a Road Supervisor in this county
waSfound drowned on, Saturday evening.
He had gone 10 repair hole IN a culveTt
aud was soon after found with his head
Lying in astreAIh of wafer mot oVen one
Tootm Depth iThe deceased was 4 re-
spectacle citizen, ~twenty-eight years 81
age unmarried aud temperate in his halt
Is No cause can be assigned for his
falling into the water ue z9vfnM