The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-07-13
MlSSILLON C0RRESpONDEN0E


relatives that there is confidence man abroad
who, by using Lieut.. Ingersolls name and ranl,
has succeeded in borrowing money. II Is 10 be
regretted that Lieut. Ingeroll cannot ascertain
the name the yagabond as It could AFFORD us
pleasure to give him the benefit Of the .Masslllon
column the Democrat, The readers of this cor,
respondence will remember that in 1870 or 1871, a
Young man representing himself as Lieut. Arthur
II. Fletcher, IT, S, Navy, tracked along the line of
the P. IT, W, Il C, r. r., and commencing at Pitts
burgh called on every family who had a son or
other relative In the U, s. Navy, except the late
Rev. e. Buckingham Of Canton and got money
by false pretenses Of all upon whom he called ex-
cep! the writer, Among his victims were Can't
John +, Oliver Alliance; Hon. c. c. Parsons
wooster Mr.. Wood, brother of Lieut.. Wood, U. 8.
| navy, Mansfield, And as we now remember the
friends OF Lieut. Com Sohmitz, U. S. Navy, at In.
ulanaPolls, Ind. He then went into Iowa and
Michigan, but was finally overhaued by the Ar
my ana Navy Journal containing a letter written
lor that paper by the writer hereofupOn whom he
mace an unsuccessful attempt to get S25 In pass.
| ing through this city representing himself when
mere as then Just from London, where he had met
Lieut. Com Folger, .. S. Navy on board the U. g.
snip, FRANKLIN, Rear Admiral Boggs. The plan
OF these confidence loaters is TO carry copy Of
the Army and Navy Journal and an Annual Navy
Register, and become thoroughly acquainted with
the location of any vessel and every officer in the
u's Navy, and to represent that they have just
Deen before an examining board for promotion
have succeeded admirably, but are for the mo-
ment, short OF money, and would like TO borrow
almost any sum of money from $50 upward in or
der to get home. If this notice should happen 10
fall under the observation Of any person who can
furnish the name of the thief who has been using
the credit OF Lieut. lngerso and other officers of
the Navy we shall be greatly obliged iflt shall be
sent TO the correspondent of the Stark County
DEMOCRAT Massillon, Ohio in the columns of
which 1t will be seen by the thousands who read
the paper and who will be enabled to detect the
marauders who are pundering under the name
and rank of Navy officers,
The fire fend has been holding high carnival
in this city in a small way during the past week.
The first alarm was occasoned by the burning of
a dwelling house in the Second ward, belonging
to Charles o, Traphagan. The building was unoc-
cupied and was set on fire Then came the next
morning the word that the residence of Edwin
Bayliss, Esq, on Main street, was on fire. 1t was
put out without much damage. On Monday
morning the residence of John Colmeyer, in the
Fourth ward, was burned to the ground taking
with 1t the furniture aud clothing.
Charles E Taylor, of the Independent, has gone
on visit to the Centennial and to his parents in
Berkshire county, Massachusetts,.
Next Monday, the 18th inst, is the day of elect
ing regimental officers for the Eighth Regiment
Ohio State Militia, The election will be held in
this city at the stone block, corner of Elm and
fremont streets.
Rev. Mr.. ProbascO Rector of st. Timothy's Pro-
testant Episcopal Church, will have vacation of
six weeks, during which time the church will be
closed
The News Depot northeast corner of Main and
Mill, has been purchased by Mrs. N. A. Stone.
We bespeak for Mrs. Stone liberal patronage.
She will continue the business at the old stand.
The Patriots of 76-A Historical Drama by
Herman Mayer-We have carefully examined the
drama bearing the above patriotic title, and are
free to say That 1t needspruning very much before
1t can ever be advantageously presented before
an audience.
On Saturday night last one of the chicken
thieves that prowl about premises in the Fourth
ward of the city tried his hand In the wrong coop
The owner Of the premises keeps a large dog
that is very awkward in taking hold of them On
hearing him bark the thief started to run, but the
dog was too smart. He caught the burglar by
the seat of his pantaloons just as he got onto the
fence and let go he would not The thief had
no other way but to haul himself out of his
pantaloons and leave them with the dog which
he did do with great alacrity and ran for dear
life sans culOhe In the pocket of the pantaloons
was barlow knife and a roll of cut and dry to.
bacco, which the owner can have any tine
A number of Massillonians returned from
two weeks visit 10 the Centennial on Monday.
Elegant Lawton .blackberries are for sale at
the fruit Sands all over the city,
Thursday, July 49, Eighty.n nine years ago to-
day the celebrated ordinance Of 1857, by whic
the Northwestern Territory, out of which was
carved the States of Ohio Indiana Illinois, Wis
consin, Michigan, and a part of Minnesota, was
adopted by the Congress of the United States and
which was the organic law of that vast region,
and which dedicated it to human freedom, and
under the operation of which ordinance not q
single slave was ever allowed to be carried in
said Northwestern Territory. We give the sixth
article ofthe ordinance as drawn by Nathan Dane
of Massachusetts,, leaving out the proviso which
allowed the STAKEHOLDER to catch his slaves in the
territory; "There shall be neither slavery nor in
voluntary servitude within the said territory,
otherwise than in the punishment of crimes
whereof the party have been duly convicted"
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