The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-01-16
MAsSLLLON.
sleighing Is still excellent, and sled parties to
country dances Is now the evening amusement.

sleighing Ia still excellent, and sled parties K
country dances Is now the evening amusement.
A grand Bal Aasque at the Frohsnn Hall, on
Thursday evening" the 10th inst is what is the
cause OF the extraordinary huttering among the
ladies' and gents who have been so fortunate as 10
receive an invitation. What style OF a dress shall
we wear1 is the question.
The water pipe on Main street has been on a
burst the past week, The damage Is being re.
paired.
Three Of our old citizens have become noted as
pedestrians now that the trains run 30 irregular.
On Tuesday evening they made 1t from Canton
here in 275 two hours and seventy.6ve minutes).
Ed thinks that he could have made better time II
1t had not been for the slipping.
Active operations re commenced at the Pigeon
Run coal shaft on Monday OF last week. About
l50 miners started to work with Mr.. Morris as
bank boss.
VIM. James has severed his connection with the
Warrington coal shaft
At the Oak Hill mine orders are coming in fast
or than they can be filled.
D. st. John, as ever, Ia promptly filling orders
for coal for home consumption. He has been
obliged to put on extra carts during the late cold
snap
Baggage master Moser, at the P, Fl. W. & @. de.
pot, had little sensation at the depot few days
ago. He was hurriedly approached by a dusky
son OF Ham, Just before the morning train was
due, with, Look a'yere, whar's dat yere trunk
gwlne ?" pointing to an huge saratoga (old style)
that was standing, already checked, upon the
platform. He was told that 1t was checked to
Columbus. "Hit can't go no how. Hits my bar.
gage box, and big coon wot has bin workin'
on de new school us is done g'wine to relope way
fun yere with my gal 'thout mya' knowing Of hit.
Dey cawn't go, fur de ole CONAN and me is
agwine to stop EN- wild hab.us corpus" Just
then the "old CONAN" stepped up and also claim.
ed the "bargage box" and gave Mr.. Moser piece
Of her mind. As tickets had been bought the
trunk went on the train, and the coon and his
fleeing partner were sharp enough to got on the
train at the junction instead Of the depot John
has learned tUiSdOm enough to watch his "gals"
and "bargage box" more carefully in de future
The members Of the Steamer Engine Company
have prepared petition to hand in to the .Coun.
Gil asking that the members be paid 40 cents per
hour, while on active duty or that horses be pur.
chased to haul the engine, thus enabling the COM
pany to fill up their rapidly decimating ranks.
Some action should be taken TO encourage our
iremen If 1t Is expected to keep up the organiza'
tion,
Ishmael Palmer, who has been resident of
Masslon for nearly forty years, died on last Fri.
day night, at the age Of slxty-eight years,
An infant son Of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Umben
ouer was buried on Sunday last. Diptheria was
the cause of death The family have the heart.
felt sympathy OF their many friends in their great
bereavement.
VIM. 8. Davis, q coal miner, who was badly
crippled by accident, has opened restaurant in
the rooms formerly occupied by A. G. Martin, op-
posite the stone railroad depot where he will be
pleased to receive the patronage of his numerous
friends and acquaintsnces,
The series of daylight robberies that happened
here on Friday last, caused quite sensation,
The disappointment was great when it was learn.
ed that no arrests were made. The three we'll
dressed rogues played their game as follows:
They called at the stove foundry Of Killinger g.
Co., In the absence OF Mr.. Bucher, and while one
Of them was bargaining for stove with Mr. Xii.
linger in the wareroom, the others entered the
Office and took s2l In silver from the safe that had
been placed there;but few minutes before by
Mr. Bucher, without MI. KS knowledge. At the
dry goods store Of Isaac Dangler one of the ras-
Gals was desirous Of purchasing(O a piece of
cloth, and kept the clerk busy at the back OF the
store, during the absence Of the proprietor and
other clerks at supper, Ia the meanwhile the
/ ,{A od fho rp nj RO9 in the
currency OF the realm. The trio then visited the
hardware store Of Messrs. Bowman & Nairs, and
finding Mr.. Bowman alone in the store with a
brother, one of the slick tongued chaps suddenly
realized the fact that his party needed few shov'
els of different Sizes probably intending to go at
honest(PJ labor. While he was engaged with Mr..
Bowman in picking out the shovels, In recess at
the rear of the store another engaged Mr. BIS
brothers attention in questions as to the relative
merits of different styles Of carpenter planes, and
the third opened the show case and took out five
very fine nickle.plated revOlvers The shoVels
were picked out and the party left promising to
return for them shortly, At Mr. Joseph Coleman's
iewelry store their little game would not work.
As the boys say, Mr.. g. was too Fly" for them,
When the police got on the track Of the thieves 1t
was too late they had left for more congenial
cline.
A Mr. Hug has commenced the manufacture Of
essence of coffee In this city. AS he makes good
article, his orders are increasing rapidly.
Mr.. Wineman, the Cothier, has presented the
drum corps with o fine new uniform, and the
corps will now be known as the "Wineman Drum
Corps, of Massillon."
new silver and nickle plating works has been
started on West fremont street,