The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-01-09
STATE AND NEIaABoRHooD.


Forest, Jan. ga train on .ths C.s.&C Road.
oouna south, aud due at this place at fOaO p. m .,
stuck In snow drift one mile south OF here las {
night and did not get out until 75O THE morntuR.
The drift was absu eight feet deep oyer the tlack
Passenger trains are all late to night s. FF
Akron, Jan, 3-Fannie Hines young dreIv.
maker OF this city, has brought suit for breach Of
promise against DR.. John Weimer, u wealthy and
old-esIablished physician. The Doctor was q
widoWer for several years, and last week married
Miss Mary Miller. Fanny asks for $4,000. Hon.
Henry Mckinney, OF Cleveland and Hon. JOHN
McsWeeney, OF Wooster, will help her get IT,
Toledo, JAN Slate last night, after the KsneF
IRE was out. rumor gained prevalence that .
man was burned. Investigation was made. anA
among lot OF debris the aharred remains OF 4
man were found. It proved to be reckless chAF.
acter named Martin DeFOrest who has been Ionv-
out otWork, 1t seems that he and alike homsleSa
companions procured q stove aud set It up Ia thR
old building, and have stayed there since the e.
| we're weather began last night, His compAuiOnR
LETT him by the fire drunk while they were ont ON
aspree, and 1t Is supposed he upset the stoya or
set the building on FIRE with ipipe and was too
drunk To give the alarm. Coroner's irqueS, hnn
been In session to day, but Is not concluded.
Shawnee, Jan. 3-DAvid Davis, the man who
murdered John Davis at this place Wednesday
evening delivered himself up to the authorities
yesterday Strong threats of lynChing the priSo-
ner were INDUCED In on our streets last night
and no doubt there would have been trouble had
not the prisoner been strongly guarded He had
preliminary examination to day, and was com
miEed to await trial at the next term Of the Com
mon Pleas Cour at New Lexington The prASo-
ner is 'bruaElooking fellow, and reports HOy
that he had fourteen wives.
Cincinnati, Jan. 8,-MrS, Maggie Hsgeley, MvAue
on Ward street. Uroana, left her home for RhOrk
walk yesterday, leaving her infant on a bed IN
care Of four year old daughter. The baby bS.
gan crying and her daughter attempted to take Il
up and Soothe It, When the baby fell upon tho
floor, breaking its neck.
steubenVille, Jan. IA horrible accident 90 =
CURED in Salem township, this county, Tuesday,
James Noble highly eOteemed citizen, aged sew
enty years, residing on a farm with hiS daughter
as housekeeper, has had bad health for some tim a
aud was seated In an arm chair before fre. Tia
daughter had occasion to leave him for a few uSs-
ments, and, upon her return, she found him lying
on the floor with his clothes enVeloped In flames,
He was horribly burned and died In about an
hour after, suffering the greatest agony.
Salem, jan 2-The seventh annual lreunion Of
the Nineteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry was held
here to-day, over 200 members being present Al.
ter lransscting their business they partOOk Of
bountiful repast, and will have grand hop uIHs
evening" They meet In Massillon, Jan. 2, 1880.
BellefOntalne, Jan. 3.-The Jury In the Inskesp
case was discharged this morning, having besR
out three days aud failing to agree. They were
equally divided-slx for acquittal and siE for
murder In the second degree. Defendants com
sci intend holding an inquest Of lunacy, in hopeB
Of sending the defendant to the asylum.
Akron, Jan, Sword reached scity to-day Of
the death in Bath township, New Years day, Of
young man named Elisha Everetts, from the e.
| fects OF shotgun wound received on Saturday
last Young Everetu, with several Akron lads,
was out hunting, when the gun of Charles HsHk
was accidentally discharged the load taking Of.
feet In Everetths thigh. Inflammation set in soon
after he was conveyed home; with the above fatal
result.
The Woodruff & Sons Manufacturing Company
Of Salem, filed certificate of incorporation at
Columbus on January I'd. Capital stock SIS, 900.
G. Corbett, driver Of the High street chariot, WAS
found dead on his box at Columbus, on Sunday,
his death being caused by paralysis Of the heart
| induced by extreme cold
Though no absolute scarcity Of coal prevails at
present. dealers are unable to fill all their orderB
inconviencing consumers considerably in soma
quarters.-Akron Beacon.
Jacob Hall, heavy pike contractor At Belle
fontsine, has made an assignment, and 1t is 70
ported that he has left for unknown partB His
liabilities are S25 900, much Of 1t being owed TO
poor laboren.
All the streets Of Columbus were lighted Wed.
nesday night with coal oil under a new contFaOt
and gas is at discount, The new light costa but
sl4 post as compared with s23 for gas.
The last census Of Gallon taken under the a..
rection OF the town authorities, show that the
place has population Of 5,33. Papers have
been accordingly fled in the Office of the seGTD-
tary of Stale advancing the place to city OF thS
fourth grade, second class
At Buffalo, Saturday afternoon the Holy An
| gels Academy, q Roman Catholic institution Of
the Gray Nuns. was burned Loss, $50 900. No
lives were lost, and much of the furniture and
four pianos saved.
At Manchester, England, on Friday, there were
| 5000 applications from heads of families repre-
sentidg 49, 500 persons to the relief committee and
on Saturday 40 0 freth applications During tho
week l,26 families have been relieved in WOlVer.
hampton. Considerable increase of distress Is
also reported from Sheffield.
-Four tramps we're frozen to death at Glasgow
Junction, KY, Friday night
Seven hundred men and boys Of Brookside col.
liery, near POttsVllle, Pa, have struck for back
| pay.
| Jacob Won Heusen, aged sixty.two went Fri
day night TO dig grave in Greeu Bush, near AL.
bany, New York. aud was found in the morning
fozen to death.
The election for a successor to the late Repre-
sentative Douglass will be held in Virginia on the
22d instant.
1t is believed the liabilities of the Cornish Bank
are OVer million pounds sterling.
Several of the persons wounded by the explO-
sion of gun on the Thunderer have since died,
aud many Others have become blind,
dispatch from COnstantinople says suleimAn
Pasha's appeal has been rejected BE has been
degraded and exiled for llfe and now appeals "
the Sultan for pardon,
The British are within three days march Of
Candahar. The hostile outposts have sighted
each other dispatch from Jellaabad states 1t
is rumored that YakoOb Khan is preparing 70
fee, probably in the direction Of Herat
AZ a meeting of the Town Council, at Cork, Fri
day, after several bitter speeches by Catholic
members, motion that the letter of the United
| States Consul at Queenstown announcing Genetal
Crafts coming be simply marked Read" waR
carried without a dissenting vote. previous
motion to give General Grant proper reception
war ignored.
Charlottesville, Va, Jan. 3.--Capt Tom Lewis,
nearly nInetyyears old, was frozen to death to-
night in the public road in Abemarle county,
He was farming in a small way In the country
| aud IL Is an N rnach that ha had nnnh ont 70 Ont