The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-01-31
FREEBURG.
On the 10th Of January the mercury was "a de.


On the 10Th Of January the mercury was o. de.
grees above zero.
Notwithstanding the changeable and rather
singular weather II is very healthy through here,
alarmingly so for the medical fraternity. Glad
Of IT,
Our worthy friend Simeon Roose collected the
delinquent taxes in this township lately,
John Ringle has sold his farm to Edward Reese
at $50 Per acre. Mr.. Ringle contemplRtes going TO
Kansas in the spring Sorry to lose 80 good citi'
zen as John.
"Fair Count" OF Marlboro, hits the boss" Re.
publican trustee a hard slap and we are afraid
the County Commissioners are not as saving with
public money these hard times as would be de-
sirable. Let economy and reform be the watch
word. Gov. Bishop speaks wisely concerningpub.
lie expenditures. THE admonltion is well and
proper and applies to all In authority. The ef.
forts Of the Repository strangers to slander the
County Commissioners by false charges and hold
them responsible for expenditures for court ex'
penses and costs of Probate courts, Mayors and
Justices in criminal cases, &c is simply infamous.
The Commissioners like all other officials. should
be held to strict accountability for their own acts
not fOr'otheTs' doingS-ED, DEM.l
protracted meeting is being carried on at the
Salem church. No gain numerically
Quite sensation In this neighborhood in con.
sequence of an unnecessary aud very indisCreet
exposure of certain persons not farof to small
pox, Hope 1t will not break out
There is man near Harrisburg who has small
pox in his family Yet we understand he goes
%, no I "a Al1Iopnn pui
ceTned man who is that reckless ought to lbe
stoned off by squad of left handed men.
The people of strasburg were taken by surprise
on the 10Th of this month at the announcement
that Henry Rau, the blind saloon keeper had
committed suicide by hanging An inquest was
held and the following facts elected quarter
before nine a. m of the 10th, he (Rau) asked for
his sharp knife no one could tell where 1t was
He then went out the back way and nothing more
was seen or heard of him. till about one hour after
when Mrs Rau went to look for him and found
him hanging in the sable, having fastened rope
around the ladder which led up to the hay-mow,
He had his hat and shoes off, and tying the rope
around his neck let himself down about two feet
where he hung Nothing certain is known as to
the cause He had been drinking too freely and
his wife spoke to him about 1t which offended
him. The prime cause, doubtless, was an excess
i've imbibing of strong drink which ought TO be
tragic warning to that class of persons, How
often Is the domestic circle robbed of all enjoy
ment by this downward course, green eyed and
other monsters invited in to assist in the work Of
rnin? Why 1t is that men will persist In making
total wreck of themselves sacrifice honor integrity
and their lives at the shrine of this species of sla
very and idOlatry. is certainly strange
We learn Chas. Everhart hung himself the day
before Rau, at Salem, Columbiana county He
lived in Freeburg some years back, but that is not
the reason he hung
So Pendleton goes to the U. s. Senate The AL.
lance Review would have preferred Ewing Pen
dletOn is the smarter man of the two, by far, and
just as honest as Ewing. BARKER,