The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-12-11
STATE AND NEIGHBol
Cincinnati pro poses to heat BY ELe
ish Sunday theatrical performances.

A'O" SbehD0'b ubmpI was COnViCleQ OF be-
Ing tramp, In the franklin county Common
Pleas Court on Friday, This 10 the drst conyic.
tion, and eErett since the stringent tramp lawWas
passed The penalty 10 from oBe to three yearP
confinement in the PenitennGry. The law is bay.
Ing SAlutary effect in Columbus
At Doylestown burglars effected an eRtranee
into HuHmans hardware by breaking the door
on Thursday night. They got a silver watch and
about Ss5 or $40 in money. They broke into
sharde's grocery and provision store BY breaking
in the door, Here they obtained from 5000 to
$780, The parties are known.
The trial G. Thomas Falkner for the murder OF
sam'l Cook terminated at Elyria on Friday. The
State has produced nearly all OF It's testimony
when the defendant, uncer the advice Of bis at.
torneys consented to allow the jury to return a
verdict Of murder In the first degree The Prose-
cutting Attorney accepted the efier and such yer.
dict was returned The court then pronounced
sentence upon The defendant which was impris-
onment In the PenltentisIy for life. Much ex.
citement and interest was manifested during the
trial
At Crestlne about o'clock on Friday morning
three men, supposed to be trsmps, attempted to
burglarize the boot and thoe store NJ Gea-;, -.
Peter Foltz, on Main street HtAI5 anu "~
II years OF age slept in 1Loan was enue1'o
awakened by the dog one, Shsf Wss poilns
ing 10 force the front dooL sh0.::- me LnhdrtSoo
panel out Of the back door,. al old horse pistol
guard. The boy got up, tId without ltgikipg
loaded with buckEhoh the upper portion Of
light went to the back door, man on his knees
| which was glass FindiHs Tnrough the pape6f
boring at the do or he shOta The otksr tgs-.o., a
glass killing him instantly 4. iz g3g AlsSe ."n
and have not since BEEN heard nom. N6>elue
yet as to who the dead burglar isI ..
John Welch charged Wilt ~ -sE1er-of an
unknown stranger two years lsgo, has been is15s
at Fremont o., fer murder - me first degree,
and will await the grand juryEs action. ~.
There were 8C1 marriages, 1874 births and 4I4
deaths in Columbisna county during the year
ending March 81 1879
The miners in the Hooking Valley all resumed
work Thurday morning based on a sliding tcale .
for digging during December, January and Feb
ruary. The men at NelsonVile and other peints
near BY appeared satithed, as well as those at
straiBville,
Akron Dec, SAN interesting mine case came
to termination in the Court Of Common Pleas
this afternoon after long and clole contest. The
plaintiff, Burgner, brought suit against Humph.
rey ct al for damages to his land by reason Of its
caving In consequence Of mining under IL Eoy
| coal, The jury, after being out since Wednes.
day forenoon, came in this afternoon with YER
| dict Of S2,15s3S 13 for plaintiff The amount
sued for was $4,000. Upon the count charging
fraudulent keeping Of books the jury found for
defendant Several law points entireIy'IeW-EoF
this State were brought out and will be further
argued before Judge Tibbals next week. The
case will be appealed.
The re pairs to the Wheeling Top Mill furnace {
have been completed and the mill is again Ihls'
| running order N.Y. M
The GAINESVILLE Coffin Works wbiSs-1 5,lss
much larger sum, were sold last wees IL
BarnesVllle m ust be healthy locality. ,
A burglar at Cambridge was shot in u l. q
a policeman who gave him chase. He S g
| his person lot Of money and some goldw z
The Flushing tunnel was to have beG.
pleted last Friday and the contractor pronfg 8
the boys blow out as soon as light showD5
through, This is fine opening for the Wheeling
& TusCarawsS Valley railroad.
From the Register we learn there has beenA
general rise Of 10 per cent in manufactured glass;
and that every factory In the vicinity OF Wheel.
ing has been working night and day to keep up
with orders The cause Of the advance is the In.
creased cost Of every description, together with
coal and labor.
Here is the old story happening in Guernsey
county. The mother leaves a little child by the
fire while she goes out to look after things, and
returning is Mortified to find the child lying on
the floor with all Its clothing burned off, the
body burned even the eyes burned out. The
child fingered few hours.
special from Cambridge says all the coal mi.
ners OF that vicinity are out on a stlike that
promises to be a serious one. They demand an
increase from two and half to three cents per
bushel, and are determined to take no less, while
the operators are equally obstinate in resisting
the demand. Two or three hundred miners are
out on this strike
Hannah specht young girl Of bad character,
at BuCyrus, committed suicide Sunday by taking
arsenic, The reason given Is that her father has
deiTauded her out Of some money.
At Leetonia, burglars broke into Forney's
clothing store Friday night and took about $500
worth Of iewelry, silk handkerchief pocket cut.
lery, etc. The perpetrators are supposed to be
three young Tamps who have been in town for
a day or two,
John Lepky an empoye In the Wabash round
house, at Toledo was instantly killed in the
building at O'Clock, Saturday evening, He had
! finished cleaning out the ash.box Of the looomo-
tive and told the engineer to 90 ahead, mean.
time trying to get ont Of the pit over the rail,
when the locomotive caught him and crushing
him produced instant death.
Hon. VIM. KetchRm, Judge OF the United
States District Court Of the Western District Of
Pennsylvania died OF spopleIy at tbest. Charles
hotel, Pltttburg, at an early hour Sunday morn
Ing Judge Ketehsm was native and resident
OF Luzerne county, and at one time represented
that district In Congress. He was appointed
Judge Of the United States District Court in 1875
The Senatorial district composed Of Ross and
Highland counties, Ohio, held an election SatuT-
day to nll the vacancy caused by the death Of A.
L. Brown, Republican, The returns received
show that J. G. Entrekin Republican, Is 700 votes
ahead OF Mccoy, Democrat In Ross county there
is large Republican gain. Enhekin'a majority
| in the district "a estimated Att 1900
At ElyriA, hve convictS sentenced to the PEN
itentary, csc aped from jail Friday afternoon.
Three were for robbery, one for forgery and one
| for rape. The Sheriff and posse Of men are now
securing the country for them, They escaped BY
detaChlng an iron nom the window and drilling
q hole through stone,
At Gallon, Judson B. Stewart, brakeman on the
Bee Line was thrown from a freight trsin near
De Graft Sunday morning, and mangled to
death.
The steam -four ana Woolen mills OF Francis
Trott & Son, al Point Pleasant, Guernsey county,
burned Saturday with all their contents. Loss,