The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-04-17
STATE AND NEI0RBoRHooD.

sabina, April 10 Robert Bennett alias Weaver
that was shot by oifioer Johnson yesterday. died
IhS morning at o'clock. Coroner MoOne and
Prosecuting Attorney West were here to attend to
their ofhcial duties. They exOnerated Johnson
from any blame.
steubenVille, April 10 In the Court of Com.
mon Pleas TO day, Judge Patrick sentenced John
Stewart to the Penitentlary for life for the muir
der OF John McCann, and Edward sharkley 10
one years imprisonment for burglary
The body Of man named Christian Nixon Was
found in cstern at Toledo on Thursday. Nixon
was seen drunk the night before and 1t is sup.
posed that he had been foullg dealt with. An in5
quest Ia being held.
Aseriou' accident occurred at Brown BOnnell
COS MILL at youngstown on Thursday, by
which two men named Jacob ThulIen and Chas
Cochran were badly scalded. II tappears that the
boiler valve had been leaking for some days. and
a large amount Of condensed Steam had accumu.
lated.
On Thursday Joshua Grail, a wealthy farmer,
living foEr miles north of Mansfield, was found
dead In his barn, with a butcher knife sticking
his breast and his left hand still claspinR the
knife He was dead when found, but still warm
II generally supposed that he committed the
act In state OF partial insanity. He had been
occasionally subject TO slight alterations Of mind.
II is supposed that domestic and financial troub-
les may have led to the sad result.
Marysville, April 1l.-Otto Conder younRmap
about seventeen years old, while loading a rife
this evening, shot himself the ramrod penetrating
a rib and making hole near the heart. He win
| not recover
wheeling, W. Va, April II. The quiet Ivlllage
OF Clarington, Ohio excited to day over the at
tempted suicide OF one George Myers a boardeF
at the Booth House. Myers cut his throat with a.
common pocketknife, almost severlng his wind.
pipe, and shoCkingly mangliug his neck and
throat, He is in very critical condition, and,
the chances are against his recovery. Myers waE.
hard drinker. aud was just.getung over spree.
sandusky, April 11-Conductor Daniel Bradley
OF the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad.
whose parents reside near Clyde, Ohio was killed
at Vermillion, this county this morning while
making coupling between the locomotive and
caooose. The decease1 was a single man, aged
| twenty.sx.
Toledo, April PA fire broke out In the Cham.
ber OF Commerce Building this noon, originating
In the Mansard and partially consuming the roof.
The damage by fire and water is $1,000, fully Gov.
cred by Insurance. The building was owned by
| WI. Finlay, and occupied by the Western Union
Telegraph Company, the Second and CommerciaI
Banks, and law and insurance Offices most of
which suffer considerable damage by water.
sandusky, April BIB. D. Stone a brakeman
| tho Toka 4, O..
who resided at Ceylon. this Ecounty, was killed
yesterday few miles from this city by being run
over by train. Stone, while setting brake. lost
his balance and fell between the cars The body
| was dragged thirty rods and mangled beyond REQ.
ognitOn. Deceased.leaves a wife and child at
Ceylon.
Wooster April 12'-James Thompson was con.
Vlcted OF assault with intent to rape in the Cour
OF common Pleas this afternoon. Mrs. Frederick
Williams was the prosecutrix. Thompson sare
spectacle tramp
ZalesEi, April 1S-Bumgrattus Belts ian aged
German, residing at Hope Furnace, four miles
east of here, was instantly killed this afternoon
by the east bound freight while walking on the
track
Cleveland, April 1S.-Edde Curtss, five yeara
DID, fell distance of twenty feet through a rail.
road bridge on the Lake Shore Road this morning
and sustained severe internal injuries. He had
wandered away from home, and was not found
Tor several houIs after the accident happened
him.
Greenfield, April ia young son Of Mrs. PRIV.
iogle, thirteen miles west Of here, was accident.
ally burned so badly, in her presence. fr I'M pa
per sack which was ignited by the fire in the
| kitchen. .gtnUn thaf ha Tod
the mother gave premature birth to child and ia
not expected to live.
Elida, April 1S.-William Neely, a farmer living
six miles west of here was fatally injured on Sat-
urday afternoon by the breaking of a ,lever on a
dilching machine known as the Gopher The
dtcher striking an obstacle, tht lever flew around
with great force, striking Neely on the head, in
hteting such serious wound that he died to-day
James Huber was also struck by the same lever
and seriously injured.
On Saturday, two farmers, Irving Winns and
A. L, Williams, while rldig home from the town
| Of GAINESVILLE, got into an alteration, during
which Williams crushed Winnss skull with a
shovel. Both were under the influence Of LIQUOR,
Williams was arrested.
Youngstown, April 14-Mrs Christian Marks, of
Petersburg, this county, committed suicide by
hanging on an apple,tree near her residence
Her husbands financial trouble was the cause.
sandusky, April IA Mrs. Jay McFall, wife Of
prominent boot and shoe dealer, was accidentally
poisoned to day by taking dose of oil of tansy
supposing 1t to be camphor. Fears were enter
tanned that she would die, but she is somewhat
better to night
Salem, April 14--A man named James Oley was
fatally injured this morning by being struck by a
special train on the Fort Wayne Railroad. bot
tie of whisky was found in his pocket, and he
was supposed to have been intoxicated. He had
reated himself on the ends Of the ties, when the
train struck him.
Buoyrus April 14,-Mary E. Bates, aged about
| fifty years, and Kate Bates! her daughter, aged
about twenty years, were arrested at Oeeola, in
the western part of the county to day, on the tes-
timony of James Bates on the charge of burninga
building valued at $500. They were bound over
to the Common Pleas each under bail Of Sl,5OO
and are now confined in the County Jail
Ada, April 4-Quite a serious, If not fatal acci-
| dent occurred to A. ]. Love, ia young and promia-
| ing student Of the Normal School at this place.
At the school boarding-rooms Love put on a false
face and entered the room Of his fellow-studen5
John Stout, who upon seeing the false face and
ghostlike appearance Of Love became frantically
frightened, seized chair and struck Love square
across the eyes, breaking his nose and cutting hiE
face .frightfully. At present his face is badly
swollen and he is lying unconscious,
The Pittsburg and Cleveland Coal and Iron
Company, Of salinevillo, Columbiana county,
was incorporated Monday with capital stock Of
s50OOO by Joseph F, Williams and others.
Governor Bishop Monday afternoon nominated
Dr. Charles 8, Muscroft, of Cincinnati to be Dr.
rector Of Longview Asylum for a period Of five.
years from April g. 2s79, vice John O. Morris, who,
has declined reappolntment because Of ILL.,
health.