The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-05-20
LATE NEWS.

away OF a horse attached to a light wagon belong.
ing to Charles Conrad The wagon was occupied
by Mr.. Conrad and FIVE small children, three of
his own, and two of Martin Jacobs's. The party
we're coming down a hill at the edge Of town
when the horse suddenly took fright, ran violent
ly into a stone pile overturned the wagon, and
threw all on the sharp rocks. Mr.. Conrad sus-
tanned serious injuries One Child's life is de.
SPARED Of, its frontal bone being mashed and
brain laid open. The other children were serl.
Ously injured but may recover,
convention of the legal fraternity Is called to
meet in Cleveland, on Thursday, the Sth of July,
next, having for its object the formation Of
State Bar Association.
Two daughters Of the late William Lytle, near
Alton, Clermont county, were horribly mangled
by a bull dog belonging to the family One young
lady received fifteen wounds and the other six.
The dog supposed to be rabid, was chased nine
miles and shot, The young ladies' wounds were
cauterized, and they have been taken to North
Bend for application Of the mad stone there
They and their friends are in great distress. The
shot gun policy is now being enforced against tn
canine race in the vicinity OF Alton.
Wooster May l7.-At the railroad election in
this city and township Saturday ,29S were polled
In all, of which /, ,293 were in favor OF the Bati.
more, Ohio & Pitsburg Railroad, and five against
The vote in the city was unanimous, the five
against being polled in the township.
It is estimated that fully 10000 strangers visited
the town Of Milton, Pa Sunday, to see the ruins
made by the FIRE. Religious services were held by
the varIous pastors of the town at various places
| IN the open air. Immediately after the services
IN tho m
receive food from the relief committee. The
bank vaults have not yet been opened, and the
town is full of rumors that an attempt will be
made to break them open by unauthorized per.
sons and that diff, rent parts OF the town will be
fired for the purpose Of attracting the attention Of
the people from the vaults, Thirty men Of the
Twelfth Regiment arrived Sunday from sunbury
to do patrol duty,
At Plttsburg, Wednesday, Blake & Lacey's
planning mill and lumber yard was destroyed
Loss, SlOO,OOO; insured for $4,000
Eiwin Poelps, aged %, a brakeman on the Wa
bash, st. Louis Il Pacific Railroad, was run over
and instantly killed Thursday night at Antwerp
while coupling cars.
The Cincinnati Enquirer prints the preferences
of the NJ Il. General Conference on the Pnsiden.
Cy Bishop Simpson heads the Grant column,
which counts up Ga; Blaine, 49, Edmuuds 49,
Sherman, 9, Washburne, g. There are some scat
teriUg, but General Hancock was the only Demo.
crat voted for and he scored one. The Democratic
members Of the Conference we're at their devo.
hops and didn't mix politics. The result is set
down as a Christian boom for Grant.
John Coon living near Plain City, was caught
in Hiram BenSes thre shng machine last fall and
nearly skinned alive, and now he wants the
Court to compel Bensel, who is his brother in.law
to pay him $1,000,
The preliminary examination Of Thurman
Tweed, charged with killing Matthew slasher at
Macarthur Station, Vinton county resulted in the
accused being bound over in the sum Of 81 $780, to
await the action of the Grand Jury, He immedi.
ately gave bail for his appearance,
The skeleton Of a mastodon was uuearthed at
Girard Thursday,
The Steubenville Herald says there Is a lady
living in that city, not yet 80 years Of age who has
borne thirteen children. OF these there were
three pairs Of twins, ouly one of whom is living,
Three laborers with one of those new mining
machines recently put into the Hooking Valley
mine, can take out twenty-five tons day, as
much as eight skilled miners could do, Some
twenty machines have been ordered by miners
throughout the State. The miners threaten to re.
sist the introduction Of these machines.
Beatty & Sons, of steubenville, have just com.
pleted at their glass factory the largest tumbler
stack in the world.
The Niles d New Lisbon, Liberty & Vier ma apt
Cleveland & Nahoning railroads have b cen leased
to the English stockholders Of ihe n, Y. P.&O
road
The Jefferson Iron Works, bla .f furnaces and 4C
coke ovens at steubenville O. re being shut down
Can't afford to pay the price demanded for ore.
The Bellaire Nail Works have started up. Thc
muck iron men DO not belong to the AmalgRmat
ed Association, hence 40 trouble will be me
with on that score,
young man Of Church Hill was to marry
young widow of the same Place last week Tha
very day he slid over the line with gay girl ant
s married her instead,
Marshal Ragg, of Akron, was tcndered the pos
= ton Of Deputy u.s. Marshal, By, ;eturned tn
,.,.,.. aaat t4eTe was n
. commission, giving his reasone - BV1ld nc
money in it, Another Ohio man WI,
E take an office
Wooster University has AL students II States, /
/ Territory, and China and Persia being repre-.
sented.
A kindergarten school is being conducted in
Warren by Miss RebeCca Orr, OF youngstown. The
lady is meeting with deserved success.
Columbus, May 17-wnliam walcut, a hack
driver shot his wife to-day the bail taking effect
Immediately above the right breast making, it ia
! feared a fatal wound. Walcut had been drink.
ing freely for a long time and since his wife
brought suit for divorce from him some months
|, ago he has been in the habit Of lOunging around
a restaurant. He kept begging money and liquor
and 1t is supposed her refusal to give him con.
siderable sum Of money last week led to his at.
tempt to murder her. Walcut was arrested to.
night.
John Hannun wks postmaster at Inverness
Columbans county, His salary not being very
large he appropriated newspaper circulars, postal
cards. etc., selling them for paper rags instead Of
delivering them to their proper owners He was
taken before U. 8. Commissioner White at CleVe.
land, and bound over to District Court at the
October term.
Akron, May 1.-THE sensation Of the hour here
is the runaway match Of Miss Celia Joseph f,
daughter OF Michael Joseph, a wealthy merchant,
with ]. H. Theobad, of New York. The parties
had become engaged some little time ago, but the
young lady's father denied his consent to the
match Miss Celia, however, determined to marry
the man she loved, and the couple quietly went
before Squire Purdy this afternoon, and were
made man and wife, They took the evening
train for Cleveland Immediately after the cere-
mony.