The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-02-15
EDITORIAL BREEIE1ES.

A distressing condition Of things pre-
walls in the coal mine districts Of West
phalia and Rhineland, Germany, A
great number Of workmen have been
dismissed, and there are now forty FIVE
hundred unemployed persons, among
whom distress is fearful. No signs Of
improvement in trade or commerce are
perceptible.
Mrs. Mary Glover, blooming widow,
has sued Senator Simon Cameron for
breach of promise, laying her damages
at $4,000, Simon is 79 and hale and
heart, and rich, and the widow forty.
The Maine Legislature has just passed
bill legalizing church lotteries. All
outside gambling, however, is to be war
red upon.
James Alden, Rear Admiral in the
United States navy, died at San Francis
co on Tuesday, after few days illness,
from congestion of the brain.
Ex.President Lerdo de Teiada attrib'
utes the immediate success of the Mexi-
can rebels to division among tke de-
tenders of the constitutional government
on account of the position assumed by
the President of the Supreme Court, Ig-
lesias. The ex-President has no doubt
that the constitutional government would
be restored by the weight of influence of
the thinking men, who are in favor Of
constitutional order
The Cleveland Herald says the officers
of the Valley railway have been for some
time past trying to negotiate bonds, but
the parties with whom they are making
the effort will make no decision until the
Presidential question is settled.
COL John O'Mahoney died in New
York city on the 9TH, aged 80. He was
the head of the Fenian organization
was active in the rebellion in Ireland Of
1848, and made his escape to France and
afterwards came to this country.
Wells will probably be indicted at New
Orleans, if the Grand Jury has not al
ready done so, for the forgery Of the
Vernon parish returns. The attention of
the jury has been called to it by the
Judge of the Superior Court.
Hayes is happy with four fraudulent
electoral votes from Florida.
This is the way Jerry Black rebuked an
excited Democrat, who was swearing at
Judge Bradley because he did not vote
on the Democratic side. "When you've
got your hand in lions mouth, it is ex-
Ceedingly bad policy to be making faces
at the fellow at the other end, twisting
that lions tail"
"H. V. r." the Washington correspon-
dent of the Commercial, writes that pa
per. 1t looks to me more like Hayes now
than at any time since the October elec
ton. The signals point that way, but by
the time the infatuated Republicans
drink in this morsel of encouragement |
the tide may turn, bearing aloft the ban
ner of Tilden and Reform, as it were.
Washington correspondence of the
Chicago Times: The Democrats still
cling to the hope that this commission
may not be thoroughly partisan in all its
future work, hut, as Carter Harrison eX-
pressed it, so feels the average Democrat.
Said he: "It is this id vote of eight to
seven that is breaking my heart"
Senator Thurman is great sufferer
rom neuralgia. During the ten days
succeeding last Friday he has scarcely
jlept night. or been flee from pain an
lour during the day.
"The Florida steal" is the way it is
poken of now,
Bradley demoralized is said of the
electoral commissions Thousands of
rood men in Louisiana are ready to swear
hey would not believe Wells nor any of
lis sireturning board under oath.