The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-12-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

The Cincinnati Board Of Councilmen have pass
cd an ordinance intending to prohibit the giving
Of indecent and immoral shows
General Grant was given reception Friday
afternoon by the Commercial Exchange Of Phila'
delphia and in the evening by A. ]. Drexel.
A WtnneptE special to the Pioneer Press says:
An explosion OF nitro.glyCerine on the Canada
Pacific railroad near Rat Portage killed four men
and wounded three. The killed are ]. @. Logan,
foreman, John Frazier, Patrick Melard the
wounded are, Willism Conway seriously, Law.
renee Reters, and Mike Kearney, One Of the men
holding the can Of nitro gycerine slippei, caus
ing the explosion.
Three steamers.can.be seen fromsix to ten miles
south Of Colchester, Ont, frozen in. Two Of them
are Northern transport boats which left the river
on Thursday bound East.
The steamer Plowboy en- route from Fort
Smith to Little Rock struck snag on Wednes.
day morning near Dardsnelle, and sunk In three
feet OF water. She had $50 bales Of cotton aboard
A large meeting of citizens was held in Cincin-
natl on Friday afternoon to make arrangements
for the entertainment Of Southern business men
who will be invited to celebrate the opening Of
the Southern railroad sometime early in jan
uRry.
Pleuro pneumonia having broken out among
the cattle at Haverhill, N H., Governor Head has
called meeting Of the Council Of Concord, and
appointed commissioner to act at once, as they
deem 1t necessary to arrest the spread Of the dis.
ease.
Mary A. Murray was removed on'Monday from
the position as clerk In the Baltimore postoflce
and has brought suit against Postmaster Tyler,
claiming $40, 900 damages for assault Miss Muir
ray was principal witness against the postmaster
in the recent investigation.
The trial of Major John D. Simpson, editor Of
the Evening Star, for killing william Howard, the
late City Treasurer Of Madison, Ind, which has
been In progress there since Monday morning,
closed at o'clock last evening, resulting in a
verdict Of not guilty.
Berlin dispatch says: The famine threatened
territory of sesia forms that part Of the Province
Wedged in between Austria and Russia, COM
prlsing districts of Ratebar, Vasel, Rybnik and
Piss with ports of Gleiwiz, and Bublinitz, GOV.
erng an area 81 Gesman square miles az d in
habited by 100000 persons, Of whom $1,000 are
destitute.
D. H. Rudolph, real estate dealer, of Topeka,
KS, was arrested yesterday on charge Of forgery.
He was allowed to consult with his lawyer who
became responsible for his appearance for exam
ination in an hour. Before the completion Of the
consultation he went to his office, took pistol,
went into the furnace room and shot himself in
the head. He cannot live.
Drew Hailoway who killed Vinson Brown last
spring was hapged at statesbOro, Ga Friday, Two
thousand people witnessed the execution.
Fredrick Warch, for 80 years Superintendent Of
the composing rooms Of the New York StddtS
Zeitung, died Friday after long and painful ill.
ness, aged SO.
WIS. Kelly, one Of the Manhattan bank bur,
glars, was convicted Friday evening Of burglary
in the second degree and sentenced to the State
prison at hard labor for ten years,
Andrew Lampo, farmer aged 49, residing six
miles southeast OF Meadville, committed suicide
Thursday night by hanging himself In his barn.
Domestic trouble was the cause.
A Peoria, Ill, special says: The liabilities Of
Thomas Neill, cattle dealer, ia now believed to be
100000 Nothing has been heard Of him, and de-
tectives are on his trail.
Several days ago Adam seyler, a,saloon keeper
Of Youngstown was kicked by ,rse which he
was urging forward by sticking o. Hlarp, stick in
s-the horses shoulder 1t was thouSnt there was
nothing serious about ituntl FridSySrHhen Mr..
seyler died. He was On old ldresIdenbf
A stone house, the property Of Dr. Henry
sohmuck, living at Big Prairle Wayne county,
was completely destroyed by FIRE Thursday eve
ming. They were smoking sausage In the attic OF
the building, aud the fre was communicated to
the building by the Goals used to produce smoke
Nothing, except little furniture, was saved
Loss, about 5000; no insurance,
Some Cincinnati workmen have held meeting
and passed resolutions condemnIng the rec option
Of General Grant in that city
F, 8. snifAn, editor OF the Ripley Tines, died on
Sunday at his residence.
At Aurora, Ohio, Special Agent @. E. Henry ar
rested Henry BrRnt Monday for robbing the most
ONCE there Saturday night. The amount taken
was about S16. In searching the prisoner a Ape
watch and chain belonging to Mrs. Sol Little was
found, which had been stolen about a year since
but no trace Of the thief was possible, He was
Immediately taken to Cleveland before the Unit.
States Commissioner
The County Treasury safe Of Bowling Green.
Wood county, was blown open Sunday morning
about O'Clock. One hundred and seventeen dol.
lars were taken. Sixty thousand dollars secured
by time lock inside the safe, was not dIsturhed
No clue.
The striking brewers held meeting at OIucin.
natl on Sunday and decided TO permit the mem.
bers Of the Union to resume work at the brew.
cries where the demand orhigher wages is grant.
ed, and to withdraw their demand in regard IN
apprentices at such breweries. This yirtuallv
ends the strike, as the brewers who have not civ.
en- the wages demanded refuse to receive the
strikers back on any terms they having filed the
places Of the workmen who left.
An attempt was rhade Friday night to rob the
Trumbull county treasury, The outer hall door
heavy iron plate, was bored through, and the
lock blown.to pieces with powder The second
door was broken open with heavy instrument
and access gained to the safe. The door was
pried with steel wedges and the combination lock
blown off with powder, II ia not probable the
door was Iopened as 1t appears to have been so
badly sprung that to turn 1t on its hinges would
be impossible. Parties In the nelghborhood Of
the Court House report having heard the noise
in the night, but had no suspicion as to the cause
mo clue.