The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-11-06
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burned to-day The building caught fire from 4
threshing engine, burning hax seed, farm uteus
Sils, thresher, and setting aFs io,the adIoirl
woods. Loss, 81 500; no nsur6ncs.
CuyahOga Fails. Oct. 8l-At Peninsula Ela
owens, of Northampton, attempted 70, lump Ss.s.
canal boat and caught his footir a guy IN
and was thrown twenty feet. His ,6Nad
tered E4H
Wapokaneta, Oct. 3l.-The wife I6Isth
Gearing, farmer living near here, Dined
to death to day, her clothes takina " shfio
making apple butter out Of doors. 'f3nd
left her at 10 o'clock to 90 10 an adj djaIw 8l,n
and returning at noon found her d Corps
RODS from the house, and her clofhng all la4pnod
on From the surroundings she had endearot
70 put the fire out at the WE'LL and not sucOaddina
mad started across the lot for a neighbor's af III
sunocated' The grass was burned all Abound
where her husband found her body. Tic ~ Y. b,
been married only three months.
Sheriff Lane, Of Summit county, took to ColnuY
bus the other day the following prisoners: srtin
Bowden, convicted of shooting with Intaaf ~
kill, two years. Michael MeNarmey, robbery. .l,,e
year. Hugh Mcdonald, same offense to worhft
the State three years
'JdLueh COnen Republican, arrested ON "a
charge Of illegal voting at the last election, be
cause 1t was claimed, he was citizen OF Mlchis
gan, was on Friday bound over to the Court OF
Common Pleas at Cleveland. N
Athens, Oct 3o.-DatectIve Threl Of Cincinnati.
to-day procured the arrest OF Frederick Lane for
misplacing switch on tie M, d G. R. R, SONS
time. since. Lane was formerly section hand
The evidence is very strong against him and he
was bound over in the sum of 81 900,
Cincinnati, Oct. S0.--At noon to day R q. Rob-
inson Of Robinson Co. commission house on
Front street, left the store to go on Change, tha
book'keeper taking the key to the inner door Of
the safe which was locked and placed 1t In the
drawer of desk, who then locked the Office door
and went to dinner. During their absence the
office door was pried open the safe key taken out
OF the drawer, the safe unlocked and robbed OF
something over 500 In money besides deeds.
mortgages and notes The police were notified
and are making every effort to capture the thief.
Mt. Vernon, Oct. SO--Jsmes Kelley, owner OF
the saloon property, fixtures and stock at FEEDER
icktoWn which was destroyed by band OF Wo-
men with their little hatchets recently has insi-
tuted civil ectlen against the women and their
husbands, asking that they pay him $500 dam
ages he 80 sustained. The affair has created CON.
siderable comment pro and con, aud the case will
command much attention hereafter
steubenville, Oct. 29-The residence OF Mra
James Hyndman, a two story brick on the Ohio
river six miles south Of here, was totally destroy
ed by FIRE last night. A piano, bedstead andG
few articles were saved from the lower story, but
most Of the furniture library, clothing, etc., wer8
destroyed. The fire was caused by a spark from
the chimney lighting on a pile ofshingles in Gle
rear Of the building. Loss So 500; no insurance
Mansfield, october 30. Two men have b0er
viCtmizing the farmers in this county by asfinr
permission to put up hay fork in their barn
for, exhibition, and then ask The farmer for hi
address, and hand him piece Of paper for hin
ignature, when 1t turns out to be a prommissory
note. Persons should beware of purchasing such
notes for they are fraudulent.
TiGhn, Oct. GA laborer named A. Snyder
while attempting to throw belt from thresh
ing machine last evening, few miles out in the
country got his hand caught in such manner
as to twist 1t off at about the wrist and tear 1t
from the elbow joint, and.so injure the rest Of the
arm that 1t had to be amputated
Wilmington, October 29,-.John Page, a little
boy aged eight years. residing near Centerville In
this county, while riding on wagon load of
pumpkins yesterday afternoon fell from the
wagon and under the wheels and before the
horses could be checked one Of the wheels passed
over his head, killing him intantly, the head be
ing crushed,
A cool robbery was perpetrated near Seville
A Far md 10 Fap, {lu a
dinner when party entered the front door and
went up stairs, broke open trunk and took $1,000
No clew to the thieves.
Van Vert, Oct 29-While the eastward accom-.
mediation was passing Ripley Station, Wesley
Wagner jumped off the train and was so badly
injured thai he died in a few moments He was
on his way to church and got on the train to save
| a little walk, He was 20 years old and unmSr-
rIed The train employees did not know he was
on the train.
AtAkron, on Monday. while Mr.. James sAun.
ders was engaged in removing the snow from a
scsffold at the new addition of the Buckeye
Works, his foot slipped and he fell to the ground,
a distance Of 30 feet
While two boys were playing near the depot at
Wooster on Monday, one named Brumler was
shot at by Dan Hoffman, who was loading cars at
the time, but fortunately escaped injury.
The remains Of General Joseph Hooker will bO
taken to Cincinnati from Brooklyn next Friday
morning. Arrangements for their reception and
burial beside his wife In his lot In Spring Grove
will be made in the interim.
The coal miners OF Alliance have struck for an
advance Of ten cents a ton, excepting those In
Waugh's bank, where the owner told the men
that II they would continue to work he would
give them whatever advance was made.
Akron, Nov. S-One John Kelly, a blacksmith,
who went into restaurant this morning to eat q
breakfast kindly paid for by an acquaintance,
suddenly reeled In his chair aud fell to the floor
dead. He was without home, family, Hriends,
money or situation,
Cincinnati, Nov. The Gazette's Ironton, o. .
special says party Of Eastern capitalists repre-
sented by ]. H. Bramwell, OF Qulrremont, Iron
and Steel Company Of IrOnton, and have bought
the entire works together with large tract fore
lands from the Lawrence Furnace. Pomeroy'G
rolling mill has been bought by Ironton capital
lists and will probably be removed to Ironton.
Cincinnati, Nov. 8.-The GaEettes Mt. Vernon,
O., special says Stephen zook, owner Of the Green
Valley Mills, Knox county, was attacked last
night in bridge by two men armed with knivea'
Zook drew pocket.knlfe and defended himself.
killing one OF the men, John Parrotk
An attempt was made Saturday night to SsaS-
snate R. H. Haywood, proprietor Of the Venice
FIGURING Mills, near ssndusky. man fred two.
shots at him through the window. No arrests
have been made as yet
The wife OF Joseph Gearlng we'll known
farmer residing few miles west Of WspakonetG
met with horrible death on Friday. While en-
gagged in making apple butter over fire her ap-
parel was lgnited and the flames enveloped her.
literally burning her to death before assistance
could reach her,
Psul Marxworth, coci driver committed suicide