The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-11-25
[ TGENERl1I NEWS.

GENEhdL. NEWp.
y The Kentucky papers have organized a
strong opposition to the use of snuff by
girls < Y
The sugar crop of Louisiana, this year,
promises to reach the handsome figure
of 100000 hogsheads, greater produc-
ton than that of any year since 1861. In
1864 it was only 10,967 hogsheads; in
1865, 1000 hogsheads; in 1866, 4l,000;
in 1870, $4,000, and last year ll6,367
hogsheads.
l Recent events in the9history of San.
Francisco more than ever prove the mer-
'curial character not only ofets institui
tions, but of its people. San Francisco
lives upon the Nevada mines. The con-
diti0n ofthe mines, therefore, has great
deal of influence uponfthe business and
thetemperlof the people in San Fran
CISCO The recent fires in the bonanzas
has depressed San Francisco trade. At
the same time thed agricultural enter.
prises of the State are tempering the sem
sational spirit of San Francisco people.
There is an underground of business in
the city which does not dependuponthe
mines, and il viii supplants sensation
alismtpd OIL E1O l.
The famous submarine tunnel of the
English channel will soon be begun.
The members of the French Commits
sion, composed for the most part of praG-
teal men and engineers, declare that
uDdergrouhd communication between
lEfance and England isl only a question
of expense, and their report leads to the
belief that the project Gamble carried out
with less. expense than was 9at first am
ticipated, and that the danger of leakage
and intltration will not be so great as
was originally supposed. A shaft will
| shortly be sunk on the French side of the
channel, near Calais, to depth of $50
feet, ,ntor the purpose of hauling up the
earth and rock from the excavation.
The Chinese have been attempting to
launch their first iron clad. She is a
small vessel of only 1876 tons measure
ment, 104 feet length on load line, and
20 feet 4 inches extreme breadth. Her
armor is q inches thick amidships, ta-
pering to Ii inches at the extremities,
and having * inches of teak backing.
She is armed with a 81 inchaKrupp gun,
and has a ram bow, Her offensive power
has been much diminished by the Chi
nese insisting on having the gun fixed.
Nothing could persuade them that if the
gun were brought over to fire from either
side the vessel would not inevitably keel
over and capsize; so the gun had to be
placed permanently in the middle of the
bow.
A AWilliamsport, New York, man is
turning to profitable account the popular
notion that burial is the proper method
of dispssing Of corpses. He proceeds to
the silent tomb of the helpless dead, digs
the bodies up, puts them in cheap wood
en- coffins and carries away the costly
caskets in which they were displayed at
the funerals. The undertakers pay him
well for his dismal plunder, and every
ostentatious burial puts more money in
his pocket. He scouts the idea that Gre
nation. ought to take the place of our
| present system Of getting rid of the dead
and declares that it would be little less
j than sacrilege. A''f Y 4'-.''' u. ..'''
i The sensibilities of ex- Deputy Collec.
tor John A. joyce, the convicted leader
ofthe St.. Louis Whisky Ring, have been
wounded by an assertion in the st. Louis
i GlObe-Demoerat that he appeared faint
when ordered to Jail. So far from recog
nizing the peculiar appropriateness o.
''faintness" on the occasion referred to
4 he prints an indignant denial in the
Globe Democrat, with an allegoriCal pend.
ant to the effect that the lass will bray
when the lion is down, and worms cal
crawl over wounded gladiators,"T p
A Chicagoan never does things by
halves. On Sunday a-pistol shot wa
II heard in one of the corridors of tht
Grand Pacific Hotel, and it was discov
cred that clerk out of employment, ou
ofhealth and out of pocket had fired tn
shot. His room was entered and he wa
found dead. On the stand by his bed
de were three bottles of laudanum ant
/, Va rope, Becoming desperate he had pu
nplata frst-class hotel, procured thre'
means of self-destruction, and then de
liberately cut the fast unraveling threa(
, of his existence. Y
] "A family in Marshalltown, Mo-, con
: sisted of husband, a wife and daugh
ter of the wife by previous marriage
and there was boarder. The husban,
was a druggist, the boarder was law
yer, and all were we'll regarded in tn
: village. The affections Of these four per
sons became deranged, and when a. thor
ough understanding of their hearts con
ditions could be had, it was found tina
: the border and the wife loved each Other
/, and the husband and the daughter. werv
+, similarly paired. They decided upon
re-arrangement of relations, the boarde
employing his knowledge of the law il
Y making flank The husband amicabl
: abandoned his wife, to give her a chane
to get divorce; and, the separation be
J ing accomplished, the two couples wer
, married according to their liking, an
= they are now iliving@in the same house
The villagers, however, do not approys
!, and one elnight.they gathered around th
Il house to express their sentiments b
{ Blowing horns and burning tar.