The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-05-10
MAssILLoN CORRESPONDENCE.

Dr. Reed Is making extensive and valuable inn
proyemens upon his property on East Main
street.
Graber Bros have taken charge OF the meat
shop formerly kept by G. MAR west Of the canal.
They are experienced butchers and now run two
shops for the accommodation OF their customers
The Kendall Band has been reorganiEed and
practice regularly.
At a meeting OF soldiers and citizens ON Tues
day evening, committees were appointed 10 per-
feet arrangements for the proper observance Of
Decoration Day,
Many Of our citizens will take advantage OF the
excursion rates and visit Cleveland on the 10Th.
A new feature in the way of an extra fine free
lunch from 10 10 l2 has been adopted at AL Prey
er's popular restaurant
AS the day for the nomination has been select
ed, our Democrats are puzzling their brains as 10
who they shall select from the number of good
men running for the different offices. Undoubt-
edly strong ticket will be nominated. Indeed,
1t can scarcely be otherwise II we can Judge from
the names announced.
Most of our coal banks are about to resume their
usual run of business, Coal boats have again
commenced running
overton & Peppers have secured some large
contracts and are busy at their brick yard east of
| town.
One of our contractors upon being asked how
soon he expected to go to Cleveland, replied
"0h, don't know tink sometimes pehint next
week."
| We overheard one Of our would.be.accomplish-
ed young ladies remark 10 friend at the post
Office the other day, that she dearly loved the
opera" and that the last one she attended was
"Cal Wagner's," and enjoyed 1t so much"
The restaurant and residence of A. G. Martin,
near the depot was burglarlzed one evening last
week to the amount of 81 in change, few cigars
and small quantity Of liquor
ItloOks bad when young men visit Canton in
the evening" who upon returning have to drive
around town an hour or so to sober up
Mr.. Amos, or more popularly known as Fish
Billy" is now prepared to wholesale the very
best fresh fish at from SO TO Sc per hundred pounds
Farmers wishing to salt down their own fish
should give him call at his retail stand In front
Of Albright Bros store.
FOrepaughs baby elephant does not begin TO
compare with nor attract one.half the attention
as did the baby show at Loelllers store on Friday
last. Mr., David Metzker and wife who reside
near McDonaldsville, were in town upon that
day and stopped Mt the store with their trpetg,
three pretty, bright, healthy looking, black eyed
boys, now five months old. Mr.. and Mrs Metzker
are both young and healthy. As the little fellows
have an honest, intelligent look, and will un.
doubtedly become good Democrats the parents
deserve great credit for their interest In the cause
Oh, no, he wasn't bit dhrunk, only a bit
slapy and worrit wild de travelin'." SO he sat on
the steps at the canal bridge on Main street to
take nap, He came within few seconds Of
never awakening, for in his uneasy slumbers he
| gave sudden lurch and over he went headlong
into the canal, He was so stupehed "wid de trav-
elm" that he could make no exertion to save
himself and would undoubtedly have been
drowned had not some young men who were at
work near by, seen and rescued him just in time.
de was arrested for having been drunk and dis
orderly through the day, and beside his ducking,
Thomas Merrigan was fined S. and costs.
On Friday afternoon last, Charles Krice, q dri-
yer Of one of Knobloch & Hermans beer wagons,
met with an unfortunate accident on the cross
road leading to the Warrington mines, few
miles south oftown. One portion of this road is
| WV ii"AtNN' HALbAO VloSht Ou dl
some 10 or 20 feet high When driving along that
place, his team, for some unexplained cause,
Veered too much TO one SIDE and over they went,
wagon, horses and driver, One Of the horses, a
valuable one, was killed the other badly bruised
and the driver sustained compound fracture Of
the bones of his right leg, below the knee besides
other slight injuries The injured limb was tenn
| porary bandaged by DR., Ridenour, and the man
taken to the Infrmary that evening by trustee
0berlin.
kindergarten school will soon be opened on
High street, near Main, in new building now
approaching completion, Mrs, Julia Moore will
be the teacher.
We are called upon to record the death Of Mrs.
Nancy Mccullough wife of Thos. Mccullough
Esq. She died Tuesday afternoon May 8, 1877
at her home on East Main street, at the age of 66
rs-[American.
Marshall D. Wellman, long one of the most In
fuential citizens of Massilon, and one of the
leading business men of Stark county, died at the
home Of bis daughter, Mrs Myers, in Cleveland,
some two weeks ago, at the age Of II years.