The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-09-04

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The Belmont County Fair will be held at st.
ClairsVille on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
Sept II, IS and 20.
Ashland county courts are being run in true
city style, There are two courts In operation;
criminal court by Judge Kenny is held in court.
room and chancery court by Judge Dlckey In
clerks office.
Frank Rosa, at Painesville, loaded q wooden
spool with powder and placed It in a stove pipe,
and touched 1t off for the purpose Of blowing out
the SCOT. The flames spoiled suit OF clothes
and severely burned his hand but the SCOT was
cleaned out.
The KHights Templar had their grand encsmp.
ment this year at Lancaster. There were crowds
OF people In the city to witness the prize drill
and grand parade. The prize drill was won by
Oriental CommandeTy Of Cleveland.
The relatives OF the late Mrs. Best Of New Com.
erstown, are determined TO have her murderess,
Mrs. John Stull resrrested. II will be remem-
bered that the grand jury refused to find bill
against her last April, although she confessed the
murder. Mrs. Bests friends claim that new
clues have been found which will materially
change the course Of justice and public opinion.
AT o special session of the Guernsey Co. Court
of Common Pleas, held Aug. IA, John D. Patterson,
ex.Treasurer Of Guernsey county, Republican,
plead guilty OF embezzlelnent, and was sentenced
by Judge Frazier to three years imprisonment at
hard labor in the Penitentiary, to pay a fine Of
double the amount embezzed and the costs Of
prosecution.
! nF oI,,a
ton, Ind, took dose supposed to be quinine,
bought by her friends Of G. D. Swan, druggist
An hour later her mother was awakened by her
hard breathing and soon after sent for q doctor,
who found that 1t was a case of morphine poison.
ing, that drug having been put up in the pre-.
scrpton by mistake All efforts were In vain
and the little one died.
The East Ohio Conference Of the M. E. church
will be held at Akron, CONNIE ncing on the oath
Of September, Bishop Foster presiding, The
Pittsburgh Conference will commence at Pitts.
burgh on the 9th Of October. Bishop Bowman
will preside there. The sessions of these Confer
enceS are of particular interest this year, as min
isterlal and lay delegates will be chosen 10 the
General Con ference, 10 be held in Cincinnati on
the LIST Of May next. The East Ohio Conference
sends six ministerial and two lay delegates, and
the Pittsburgh four ministers and two laymen.
sandusky, Aug 20.-While attempting to steal
ride on freight train No. 8, on the G. s, q C. Ry
this afternoon, . man named George Cross
whose home is at Kenton, sustained injuries
from which he died two hours afterwards Cross
attempted to step from one car 10 another, and
slipping, fell between the two cars and was man.
gled and bruised in terrible manner. His
right arm, left hand and both legs were cut of,
and he sustained internal injuries, He was pick.
ed up and taken to the depot, and DR.. +.
N. Cooke dressed his wounds, but the man was
too badly Kurt to recover and he died about five
o'clock.
farmer from Palestine, Illinois, was enticed
into bunko rooms on Longworth street last week,
and leeced out of $1,000. He made grand
kick, and the parties implicated will have to an,
sWer before his honor.
Officers are on the track Of a confidence man
who has been "doing" Trumbull county for a
few weekspast. He is charged with seduction,
horse stealing, and any number Of minor crimes.
BE is described as being about 35 years old, FIVE
feet nine inches high, wears black chin whiskerS
and moustache, and has marked on one arm in
India ink the initials "H. J. B."
The Free Fair and Sales Day OF Alliance has
been fixed for October 11th, and will be big
affair.
Kenton, o., Sept lon Sabbath morning, q
fifteen. year old son Of Jacob Vesser, farmer
living seven miles south Of Kenton fell from q
buckeye tree, receiving injuries from which he
died last evening.
James R. shaler, sup't Of the Columbus and
Dennison Division Of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati
and 81. Louis road, has received the appointment
Of superintendent of the Jefiersonville, Madison
and Indianapolis road, vice Horace Scott whose
resignation takes effect octoberl.
Findlay Sept 1.-The whole north side OF the
Findlay Linseed OIL Mill burst out this after.
noon with terrible crash, and about 5000 bush.
els Of fax seed are now exposed on the outside.
The walls were brick and over q foot In thick
ness, and iG was supposed that they were stronp
enough for any pressure. Hon. Charles Grouse
unloading Aaxseed at the time, narrowly es,
capped.
H. L. Morrison's store at Ashtabula was dam
aged to the extent Of IS 900 by fire on Saturday.
On Sunday a special train on the Niles and
New Lisbon Railway, about two miles north OF
Leetonia, struck VIM. MainwariDg, deaf mute,
who was walking along the track In company
with another boy who tried to save him. He left
the track once, but returned In time to be
struck by the engine. He was picked up and
taken 10 his home where he died in half an
hour. H.
John Alrich WindiSch, leading member Of
one Of the largest lager beer brewery firms Of
Cincinnati, died Sunday, aged 40.
HAT THIN on Monday the meu engaged at work
on the Washington street sewer had their wages
reduced from SIPS to 81 10 per day by the con.
tractor, and they all quit work in body. They
refuse to 90 to work again until the old price ia
restored.
Springfield, o. Sept. 1.-Stephen @. Warner, q
member Of the city council, and leading mRllea.
BILE iron manufacturer In the West, died this
morning Of apOplexy. He was the founder of the
Cleveland Mallesble Iron Works in 1868, and was
the first maker OF malleable iron west Of the AL.
egheny mountains His remains will be taken
70 Naugatuek, Conn.,, for burial
Columbus, Sept 1st-There wsre 1,47s prison.
ers in the penitentiary to-day A year ago there
were 1887, falling of Of 200. All Of these are at
work, and there ia rom on contracts for more
men. In fact there Is a demand for prison labor,
This will likely be fully supplied after conven.
ing ofcourt in the several counties.
Upper sandusky, September 1.-James Wilson
tne murderer Of Wash Hite was brought into
Justices court this morning, and pleaded moi
guilty Notwithstanding his previous confession
OF ms crime he waved an examination and
was remauded to jail to appear before ,ho nov
term Of court. After returning IN ,aI \. ov
planned to Sheriff Houston that the Ssssnn Sa
he said mot guilty" was that he was not wiliins
crowd, while he would do 30 in Jail.
Tlain, o., Sept 1.--sixteen carloads Of excur
sionists from Allentown, Pa, accompanied by q
band and the FIRE department from that city ar
'Nrlved here tonight to participate in the State
trann n. k, ho hal L. 49,