The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-08-26
MASSILbON CORREepONDENCE.

ant from Pittsburgh who pretended to have re-
claInatlons Of some sort upon nearly all the farm
Ing community for using patent hay hook.
Sugar Creek, Lawrence, Tuscarawas, Jackson and
Bethlehem townships wnre well represented
That nugget OF coal weighing 29O pounds
lying on the sidewalk In front Of the German De-
posit Bank, Ia from the Pigeon Run Company's
mine, The company Is cor.posed Of Messrs, War.
wick, Lee and Howells OF Masslllon, and streetere
of Cleveland. They are the owners Of more val.
liable coal territory thanany operatOrsln In the Tus.
Carawas Valley. The stratum from which this
specimen IL taken IL five feet In thickness, and Ia
l7S feet below the surface. hiSshAft Is the deep
est In the State. The work OF sinking the shan
was accomplished In le@ than four months, and
considering the amount OF work done, l1O feet
having u be crlbbed, II Is, as the turf men say,
tho quickest time on record Tho work was done
under the Immediate supervision Of A. Howells,
Esq, the boss Slnker being Mr.. Isaac Whimpey.
The company expect to have their machinery,
railway, &c In complete working order by 0cto-
Der, when they will have the best constructed and
best appointed mine in the valley. II not In the
State. Their coal field is without doubt the most
extensive In the valley, the boring already done
showing several hundred acres ofthe best quality
Of coal, separated only by imaginary lines, the
title 10 the coal being held by the company. Mr..
HOwells' experience as coal operator goes back
to the mountains Of his own Wales.
Prof Pratt, late Superintendent Of Schools In
this city, will go to Bridgeport n Superintendent
of Schools. and not to Salem, as stated In last
weeks correspondence.
The corner stone Of Zlon's African Methods.
Episcopal Church edi6ce was laid last ThundAy
with appropriate ceremonies
Whoever saw such delightful weather. August
is going out gently and ushering the autumn days
with bright mellow sunshine They are not "the
melancholy days, the saddeSt Of the year."
Get ready for autumn and winter. FIJI your
coal houses at So 60 per ton, The Massillon City
Coal Company, J. r. PocOck, general agent, Is Civ.
Ing cordial invitations to everybody, and what is
more, is selling good coal. He says he will con.
tract TO furnish 700O0 tons Of good coal at the
Pigeon River Mine In 1876 The above, however
is only one of the fruitful augures Of the future
for the Tuscarawas Valley.
Mr. James ]. Hoover, OF the American is rilsh.
eating among the mountains Of his Pennsylvania.
Welker Of the Independent, has just returned from
an editorial excursion to Cresson He will doubt.
less give his readers his experience In his Inde-
pendent
1t affords US much pleasure to state that Capt.
Henry Fotz, whose sudden lndlSposition was no.
ticed in the Massillon column last week, II quite
well again and attending to business
PERsoNAL.-Mr. President Wood, T. W. Chap.
man and Walter Stanley, Esq, of the Wheeling
and Lake Erie Bailway, wero in the city on Mon.
day. Hon. r. B. Dennis, Of the Massillon and
Coshocton Railway, was examining the work in
progress on the line of the road on Friday. Late
letters from the Masslllon tourists now in Europe
date at Milan, Italy, on their way to Geneva,
Switzerland, Notwithstanding letter writing
from Europe has become worn out matter Gen.
Knapp's letters are very readable,
The fremont House will be refurnShed and
| opened on the first of September by Mr. John Der.
mot, late of the, ,Igen House, Sedalia, Mo.
The Dime Society of The NJ K. Church will meet
at the residence of Mr.. W. H. Justus on Tuesday
evening next. ~,
MeSsrs LoefIler 4 Knobloch have dissolved
their partnership in the malt business. The bust
ness will be continued by Mr.. Loeffier. See ad-
vertisement
The Albright Bros are succeeding admirably In
their new enterprise as wholesale and retail cash
dealers In groceries and provisions
Mr. and Mrs, James Bayliss have gone to Nj
agara. Mr.. Walter McClymondS and wife have
gone to Canada and the East on pleasure ex-
cursion. Hunt President First National Bank,
and j. II. Hunt, Cashier Union National Bank,
and their families, are at Put in'Bay.
The Dalton, correspondent of the american, don't
seem to believe much in the W, q l.. L, Railway.
He may be wiser ifhe lives long enough.
Among the passengers on the train going East on
Wednesday were Gov. Allen, and Sargent of the
Cincinnati Enquirer. 1t so happened that the
Massillon correspondent of the DEMOCRAT met
the Governor, and for the first time since lSiS,
While the Governor shows that age has made It's
mark upon him, he Is the same agreeable and po'
lite gentleman that he was when Senator at
Washington, and feels confident of the success OF
the DemOcracyin in the contest now going on. The
fact that he was cotempolary with Webster, Clay,
Calhoun, Benton, Grundy, King, Preston, Buch.
anan, and many others who are gone before, gives
additional interest to his present position II was
a pleasure to meet him even for the brief period
allowed during the ride from this city to Canton.
Mr.. Sargent will accept our thanks for his polite.
ness.
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