The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-01-18
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Commondor Vanderbiltd died lastThurs-
day morning, in New York. aged 80.

Commondor Wand lastThurs-
day morning, in New York. aged 80.
The Book Trade association of Phila.
delphia has petitiOned Congress to bring
letter postage dowl to two cents.
The Philadelphia banks have been
serious losers by the recent mail robber-
les on the wagons in New York city.
The weather on the ocean during the
last three weeks is reported the worst
within the experience of the oldest sea
captains.
On Wednesday, at Yam kton, D. T.,
John Mccall, convicted of the murder of
"Wild Bill, was sentenced to be hanged
on the lst of March.
One man was fatally injured and four
hurt by an accident to the Montreal Ex-
press on the Grand Trunk near Portland,
Thursday morning last.
James G. Blaine, was unanimously no.
minated for the U. S. Senate for both the
short and long term at the Republican
Caucus in Augusta, Maine,
The New York Chamber of Commerce
passed a resolution on Thursday last, ir
favor of making silver legal tender. The
Chamber is not a political body.
Minnie Longsdale, an actress, attached
to Wards Opera House, at Newark, was
fatally burned on Wednesday night last
by her costume taking fire in the dress
ing room.
Hannah, the wife of Esquimaux Joe
who came to America with Captain Hall
on his return from his first expedition
towards the North Pole, died on Sunday
last in Groton Connecticut.
Healthy. but unproductive, is what the
Springfield Republican terms the industry
ofputing Hayes salt on Southern Demo
cratic tails, but it does not see how it Can
give Hayes the majority of the votes cast
in Louisiana. In October it might have
done it.
On Wednesday of last week a collision
occurred between two freight trains on the
Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad, uear
Vienna, station forty miles east of Gin
cinnati, by which one train was pretty
nearly demolished, the other consider
ably damaged and 200 feet of trestework
burned to. he ground. There was no.los-
of human life connected with the aCci-
dent. There were between 200 and 300
live hogs on the train, all of which were
killed and most of them burned.
The Democrats of the Indiana state
Senate succeeded in organizing that body
by the aid of Senator Major and few
other independent Republicans, who
voted with them. The Offices were di-
vided between the Independents and
the Democrats. In the House the Re-
pubicans organized electing all straight
Republicans to fill the offices.
The schooner Walter Irving, from Bal.
timore for Thomaston, with cargo of
corn, is ashore nearHigh Head; the shoo-
uer Massachusetts, with corn, from Bal
tmore for Belfast, is ashore near the same
place. Both vessels are total wrecks.
The crews were saved, with the exCep-
ton of George A. Harvey (colored), cook
of the Massachusetts,, who was lost.
Senator Conkling presented the memo
rial of the merchants aid bankers asking
for settlement of the Presidential ques-
ton, and supportedthe paper with brief
and eloquent speech. Mr., Wright ad-
dressed the Senate in favor of his bill for
settling contested elections. The House
passed the bill for the payment of United
States Marshals, the invalid pension bill
and the Neval Academy bill.
The steamship Emile sank on the
night of January I'd, off the coost Of Flo
rida in six fathoms of water. Only one
man and an infant are known to have
been lost, but boat load of passengers
is missing. The captains boat and one
other have arrived here. Steamers have
gone in search of the missing PASSENGERS,
The mails were lost.