The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-12-05
onL1En AND VARIETY.

The Democrats of the Alabama Legis-
lature elected Gov. Gao. j, Houston
U. s. Senator last Tuesday,
The general opinion appears to be that
Evarts as a fish lawyer has made don
key Of himself.
Gen. Sherman travels more miles and
pays less fare than any man in America
and yet he isn't happy on a salary OF
$4,000 year.
Ohio is a great State. Seven seats in
the u. S. Senate, and forty seven in the
House of Representatives, are filled by
native 0hioans.
The Cincinnati Commercial has start.
ed fund to kill Private Dalzell Or senc
him to Siam. A philanthropic citizer
heads the list with S4OO 900.
A Maine Republican Congressman now
in Washington, says Ladd and Murch
the two Greenback Congressman elected
in that State in September, will act witt
the Democrats in the next Congress.
An exchange says; "All the fools o
Canada are boiling and bubbling ovel
with loyalty for the royal pair just arriv
ed to represent the Queen" Such idola
try is disgusting to common sense eyes
A few days ago in Little River county
Ark, a tramp named Hiliard shot
traveller from Illinois, named Farris, FOL
his money, Farris, after being shot,ro
to the nearest farm house, gave a de-
scription of the assassin and died. The
tramp was caught and hung.
Gov. Houston's election to the U. S
Senate from Alabama, on Wednesday
was somewhat ofa unanimous affair. HI
got the votes of all the Senators, and o
ninety-one out of ninety.three Repre-
sentatives. He succeeds Spencer, one
the worst of the Carpet-baggers.
We learn that Rush Field will shortl!
open the Park Hotel in Columbus, Ohio
The hotel is owned by a joint stock com
pany and is a fine building but being 81
far away from business we fear Rust
will be too far in the country to make /
a paying institution.
The cotton crop for this year is esti
mated at not less than 100000 bales, o
which the home consumption will bu
about one third, or 100000 bales. Liv
erpool is the great foreign port of entry
from there it is shipped to all parts o
Great Britain and even re-exported tC
foreign countries,
In order to maintain Resumption, Jno
Sherman now admits that greenbaCk
must be receivable for customs. ISM
this a point the Democrats have beer
urging for yearsP-not as means TOWARD
Resumption, but equalization, which i
within the bounds Of possibility, Will,
the former is not
Gen. A. Med. McCook has located tn,
National Normal school for enlisted mer
at Columbus. The number in attend
ance will never be more than l50, bu
that much will be added to our State cap
ital. An "0hio man" can generally b.
depended upon to do the clean thing :
by Ohio.
The statistics of 1870 showed that les
than two per cent of the males engaged
III IeuuueIdJLNo anu IoPuJaulo OO0uPa
tions in this country were members o
what are called the learned professions
including journalism. The great bull
of mankind must earn their living b.
some sort of manual, skill or bodily la
Dor. Yet we plan and carry out ou
plans of education as though our lad
were inchoate lawyers, and doctors anC
preachers, while nine tenths of then
are really left to sCramble in haphazart
way into other occupations.