The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-06-06
LATE NEWS.

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The Second National Bank at Scranton, Pa,
closed lb doors Friday, The following notice "a
posted circumstances compel US 10 suspend bu-
slness for the present"
New York, May 3l.-Wllliam Cullen Bryant REQ
ognized his niece this morning. He was also able
TO walk about the room and take nourlshment
three times His condition is therefore looked
upon as encouraging
Hampstead, Texas, May 8O.-A terrlbl assassina-
tlon ia reported at Rock Church, twenty miles
from Waco. Five desperadoes entered the ooun.
try store Of J. f. Waugh and shot him down in
cold blood. Hlsnelghbors rushed to his assistance
but too late and just as the depeHdoes were leav-
ing.
At recent wedding the best man" handed 10
the clergyman at the close Of the service coun-
tereit S5 note instead Of the ten gold eagles that
had been placed In richly knit silk purse by tho
groom, and left In his friends keeping Had the
note been genuine the fraud never would have
been discovered.
one George Foy young man from Bordeaux,
threw himself from the topof Arch de Trlomphein
Paris. His fancy was TO die In a state Of nature,
and consequently he dlvested himselfof his cloth
subject to religious ecstasies and as he jumped he
shouted, "God calls me- am here"
Capt Catesby Jones' formerly commander Of the
famous Confederate ram MerrlmaC was killed at
Salem, Ala last summer by J. A. Harral, neigh.
bor The fatal dispute arose out Of qurrsl be-
tween their children, aud the excitement over the
result was intense Mr. Harral was lately put on
trial for murder but he has been acquitted on the
ground OF ofselfdeience.
The two regiments Of Bombay native infantry
which have been selected to form part of the In
dian contingentto Malta, are the Ninth and Twen-
ty'slXth. The former regiment was raised in Sep
tember, 1897, and has "seringapatam," i" "Punlaub"
and "Mooltan' on Its colors. The Twenty.Rlxth
Bombay Native Infantry was raised In 1926, and
bears Persia" and "Khooshab" on It's colors.
The machine shops of the Indianapolis, Peru &
Chicago Railway, at Peru, Ind, were struck by
lightning on Wednesday night, snd with their
contents ntirely consumed by FIRE.
Galveston, May 81 The Ne,U}s special says the
First National Bank ofDallas suspended payment
The suspension is owing to The withdrawal Of
$4,000 deposits since Monday and inability 10
raise at present upon assets. Liabilities not Rscer
tanned Due to depositors, $4,000; nominal assets
SllGOOOi capital authorized $500 OOO paid up, S75,.
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Fort WPyne, May 3l-The trial of DR.. A. Z. Won
Ruskirk for body snatching resulted 10 day in his
conviction, the jury fixing the penalty 800 and
costs, The defendant will carry the case to the
Supreme Court
Fredericksburg, May 31.--Thomas T. Nelson, a
young man who came to this place day before
yesterday from Quincy H., in search of his fallen
sister, committed suicide this morning about two
miles from town by hanging himself TO forest
trees. He had no baggage, but had about Sl2 in
money on his person The girl was not found :,
and 1t is supposed Nelson took his life on account
of broken heart.
Salt Lake, Utah. Nay 3O.-About 10 o'clock last
night party Of four masked men boarded west
bound passenger train just after it left Percy Sta
ton, entered the middle sleeping car and proceed
ed to rob the passengers. They took watch and
800 from one passenger, $50 and tickets from an
other a gold watch and SSj from the sleeping car
conductor, AT that time some one pulled the bell
and the robbers becoming frightened jumped off.
They fired three shots in the sleeper without in
| jury to the passengers. They struck one passen n
ger with pistol, cutting the scalp some. 1t was
all done in three minutes. The robbers were out
of sight in the darkness before the train was
stopped
Kimberly d Co., extensive iron manufacturers
in Sharon add New Castle Pa, failed last week.
Liabilities supposed to be S1,5OO,OOO Other firms
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