The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-09-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


Governor refused to commute the sentence or TO
postpone the date Of the execution.
The new Alabama Legislature contains one
hundred and twenty one Democrats five lnde.
pendents four Republicans and three Greenback
men,
All save sixteen Of the widows Of the late Brig.
ham Young have married again His iayorIte,
Amelia Folsom was married week before last
The centre Of gravity was so nicely calculated
at the raising Of ClCopatra's needle that, when
they got It's iron jacket on and II was raised by
the trunnions, II balanced exactly, and one man
conld swing the great mass of two hundred tons.
Reports nom Mississippi show that the Congres.
Sional canvass has been entirely abandoned on
account Of the plague and that II is not probable
that there will be an active political work unless
there should be a very early abatement Of the ie.
YER
Lieutenant Charles V, Strange went down with
the Eurydice He left large property and a will
whic h was in the possession Of his relatives, but
there was believed to be codicil which was
missing. This was found few days ago by the
divers employed in raising the wreck, and WILDE
duly admitted to probate
Doctor julius Anerbach, brother of the great
German novelist, was thrown from his wagon
while returning from visiting patient al Woods
urg Long Island, Monday, and had two Of his
ribs broken and the diaphragm Tuptured, 1t is
believed that he is fatally injured. Doctor Auer.
bach has been leading physician in the neigh
borhOod of Rockaway for the last thirly.thTee
years.
An Austrian general has been credited with the
witty remark that his countTymen went into Bos'
mia to occupy it, and are likely to be occupied
Horace H. Day, who died at Manchester, N H.,
on Friday night, was one Of the first manufactur.
ers Of vulcaniged rubber under the Goodyear pat
ent and for many years did large and successful
business at Great Darlington, During the great
controversy between Mr., Goodyear and NJ Day
the late James T. Brady was asked by one Of the
lawyers in court how long the cauEe would take
The witty lawyer wrote upon al slip this couplet
mot for good year and day,
Can other causes pass this way"
Captain JsmeB slocum was ,trRwling for blue
fish in Warren River Massachusetts, when huge
fish. hawk sWooped down upon his bait and car
ried 1t off. Recovering from his surprise the Cap
tain began hauling in his line ard after ten min
uteb' hard labor secured the bird,
George Morgan has just died at streatham, Eng.
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year. He was born in Bristol, September 49, l77O
of Welsh parents; his father lived to be 9S, IN
1895, as the books Of his house in Lonacre testify,
Mr.. Morgan went to London and established him
self as q coaCh,builder, a business in which he
continued for S3years.
Mtjor.Geuersl yarjenevski, one of the surviv.
ers of the battle Of Borodino, has Just died at
Moscow, at the ege Of %. An old soldier, bu!
70 pov Nrh of nil
Goriza, as the Austrian Vice Consul declares hale
and robust despite the weight Of 14S years When
Napoleon landed in Egypt Osman, then a patri.
arch Of thTeescOre years and ten, fought against
him at the head Of troop of horse.
This time Missouri is the scene Of startling
daylight bank robbery. Three men entered the
savings bank of Concordia Lafayette county, in
the afte moon, put pistol to the head ofthe cash
ier, and made him open the safe, which they rob.
bed Of the paper money, leaving behind the silver
as too heavy.
From Santiago Chill, Ictmes the infNmsticn
that Mr.. Joseph Brewer, formerly of the State Of
New York was killed by laborers employed by
on the island of La Mocha, which by his energy
and industry he had converted from q Wilderness
into garde II. Mr., Brewer sold his life and the
lives of his ife and children dearly, for he slew
no lesb lubu tulIlGGu Vi ulh hhhdlIhue DtluIe ne
fell Unless the Chilian Governmentsei ds a man.
ofwar to the island the assassins will Icmain in
undlsturbed enjoyment Of the murdered mans
property.
Last year 90S595 British vessels entered at ports
in the United Kingdom, l920O8 being sailing yes
sells and the remainder steamers. lnTOnt OF tom
mage two.thiTds oftbis number were under steam,
There entered into British ports rom France TO-
922 vessels; from Russia, 1880; from the United
States, 4496, The extent of the RusSiFn trade
with England will surprise many. London had
9253 foreign entered, against 4,ls4 at Liverpool.
Prof James Thomson of England has recently
constructed machine which, by means of the
mere friction Of a disk, cylinder and a ball, is
capable Of eheCting variety of the complicated
calculations which occur in the application Of
mathematics to physical problems. BY the sim
pie process of turning handle, an unskilled la
borer may, in given time, perform. the work Of
ten skilled arithmeticians,
The Legislative Assembly Of Newfoundland
proposes to grant an annual subsidy Of G12O000 to
any company which will construct railroad
across the island from st. Johns TO st. Georges
Bay. preliminary survey has been made and
1t has been found that the railway can be built
for a moderate sum. II is claimed by its Rdvo.
Gates that It's construction with corresponding
service Of steamers connecting the island with
the mainland on the other side, would enable the
Atlantic trade-passengeFs mail and merchandise
to be landed at and despatched from point Of
North America almost 900 miles nearer TO Eu.
rope. than New York, thus avoiding that part Of
the voyage between New York and Cape Race,
W here so many disasters have occurred.
Seven men were prostIated by an explosion Of
bls OK damp, in the new tunnel Of the Stanton
mine Wilkesbarre Pa, on Saturday, One could
not be resusCitated.
The Quebec Government has seized the MontTe
al, Ottawa and Occidental Railway without oppO-
sltion, except at St. Theresa. where armed men
prevente the Sheriff from doing his duty.
Sewer Lemio was hanged at Empire City, Ore.
gon, on Friday, for the murder of his brother in
1876. He showed vindictive spirit to the last
accusing his relatives Of conspiring for his con-
yiction.
william Enright, released from the penientia-
ry at Laramie City, on Friday, after serving one
yesr term for burglary was shot and instantly
killed the same night while resisting an officer
" no was trying to arrest him for drunkenness.
John A, westlake, of Springfield, ILL.,. was ar.
skeu III new lux Ou ShtuIudy, az INC lusAhhOS
of the Springfield authorities. He is charged with
having stolen several hundred dollars, and was
boarding a European steamer when the officer
captured him.
Allen G. Wood, aged IA, jumped from the hur.
ricane deck Of the steamer City Of Detroit on Sat
urday afternoon into Lake Erie and was drown
ed. Young Wood and a party Of friends were
bantering each other to jump into the lake when
without warning the boy jumped and sank be-
meath the waves
On Saturday last near 400 bankrupt petitions
were fled in New York City