The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Dennis Kearney is in Chicago,


Bicycle tournament at Indianapolis yesterday.
Emery, OF Indianapolis, and Hibbard of Milwau'
kee, captured the prizes.
In a recent engagement between Major Nor.
rows command and Victoria's band the latters
loss was heavy and favorite son Of Victnrias
was killed
Miss Mary Hogan of Mound City, and Miss
Kirk OF Cincinnati, driving from Cairo to Mound
City, were robbed Of a small sum by negro, who
presented a pistol and demanded their valuables.
The robber is still at large
Ransom Smith shot and killed Jacob Hammer.
smith st Madison, Indiana Friday. The parties
were neighbors. Mrs. Hammersmith was chasing
chicken over Smiths premises when Smith or.
dered her off. Hammersmth took It up when
the enraged Smith sent bullet through his
breast.
The storm in st. Louis, Friday morning was
quite serious. One person was killed and ten or
twelve seriously wounded, Numerous buildings
were injured and some blown down.
Henry Rochefort and M. Koechln foughta du.
ell last week with swords. Rochefort received a
serious stab in the abdomen, but Koechlin was
not injured
The 14th annual encampment of the Grand Ar.
my Of the Republic Is to be held at the Soldiers
Home Dayton, beginning next Tuesday. The or.
der will be In session two days and thousand
members are expected to be present
Captain Howgate will do his best to introduce
the telephone at the North Pole, Among the ar.
ticles Of equipment ior the popular expedition,
which probably will set sail next Thursday are
twelve telephones.
Thomas Jefferson's heirs have agreed to relin
quish the burying grounds at Monticello to the
government with the understanding that Jeffer
sons grand children shall find sepulture in the
same enclosure,
Mr.. N. B. Webster writes to the Norwalk Vlr.
ginian that he has list Of one hundred and
eighty designations Of United States Senators
prior to the termination Of the Thrty.second
Congress Up to the same date forty-seven sena
tors had died In office,
A tract OF $4,000 acres on the Northern Pacific
Railroad has been bought for a colony from Bel
fast, Ireland.
Duel fought yesterday between W, G, Elan,
Journalist, and Colonel Thomas Smith, son Of
Governor Smith, near Richmond, Va, Elan was
seriously injured. Both men will be arrested.
The duel grew out OF comment in the Whig up
on "Funders" the article denouncing the ex.
Governor, among many others, hence the impl
cation Of his son in the affair.
VIM Duncan of Council Bluff, has been arrest
ed on charge of numbering his mother.
A fire in Nevada City, Monday evening, de-.
stroyed about 50 buildings in the business part Of
the town. The loss aggregates between fifty and
sixty thousand dollars.
Fort Wayne, June 7.-About noon to-day Mat.
thias Smith was drowned while in ST, Joe river
bathing. He leaves wife and several children.
Somerset, KY, June IA human skeleton was
fouDd.near here last Saturday, by Mr. T. Meece,
while digging awell. 1t was 80 feet under the
surface of the EARTH Some years ago there was
kink.hole at the place and 1t is supposed that
the skeleton is that Of some man who had been
murdered during the war. 1t is also said that
Lieutenant Jacobs son Of Hon E. Jacobs, OF Gin.
cinnau, who was missed from his regiment
while at this place during the war and never af.
terward heard Of, was last seen not far from
where the skeleton was found, and Is therefore
supposed by some to be his.
Col. Hatch had brush with Victoria's band
on the 5th in which two Indians were killed and
three wounded.
Madison Ind, June 3.-About noon to-day DR..
w. A. Collins and Mr.. Edward Stanley walked
into B. F. Robbins store and asked him to sign a
paper retractiDg a statement which he had
made, in which he accused Mrs. Stanley of being
buggy riding with DR.. Collins on certain night
this week, Robbins refused to sign the paper
and drew pistol. Stanley then knocked him
down and beat him severely, aud Collins, mean.
while, took the pistol away from him. Collins
drew knife during the conflict, and James o..
Donnell,w who was standing near, received a slight
cash in the arm. The excitement was very great
and large crowd collected. Robbins refused to
withdraw his statement The sympathy of the
public Is almost unit In favor Of Mrs Stanley.
The end is not yet.
San Francisco letter says "Leprosy is not
uncommon here among Cinnamon But 1t is not
paraded. Some white men have 1t, reputed to
come from the Sandwich Isles It is not conta.
glous. The Hawaiian Government has for six
teen years spent $4,000 year in vain effort to
stamp 1t out. An Island Is set apart for lepers
There are 200 at present insulated and guarded
About 400 year die, but new ones replace them
Many are hid by families and friends Those In
this city escaped scrutiny in emigraut ships
from China, They are employedin in cigar max.
ing. -
A gang Ofswinders has Just been broken up in
New York city after eleven years OF successful
operations in novel line. Their practice was ia
secure a man for a tool, open an account for him
in bank and establish him at some convenient
In iho dc nr mil haapf
He would then buy goods Of various firms, first
for cash and then gradually secure ten, twenty
and thirty days credit, always paying promptly
until the thirty days limit was reached On the
day before that payment would become due he
would remove the goods from his store to the
store Of the principals in the plot and would lher
disappear In few days these principals would
dispose Of the stock at auction and then set VI
another dummy in the same way II is estimated
that In the eleven years they have been carrying
on this clever HWindle they have made at leas
S6OOOO. The person who is supposed to be thC
chief In this game has been arrested. He con
fesses his guilt but claims he was only q cRtspaW
On Wednesday, Michael MeDonnough died Ii
New York city at the extreme age OF one hun
dred and eight years. In addition to his age hi
was remarkable for the conspicuous figure he Gu
in the old country when young man. III
fought In the ranks Of the insurgents at Vinega
Hill he was q leader Of the Whiteboys In thI
west Of Ireland and pilot for the French feet
Afterward he participated in the struggle for lib
erty under the leadership Of Robert Emmet ant
during the military reign Of terror which follow
ed, he was arrested and imprisoned. He wal
born In Roundstone, county Galway. Ireland ii
1772, and when IS years old was master weaver
After bis release from prison he went to CanadI
and from there TO New York in 1858. Up to al
most the last his health was unimpaired and hi
vigor was marvel Too old for most kinds o
labor, for years he had been employed carrying
banners on Broadway and was so prompt and sc
certain to be on hand for duty in all weather.
that he earned the sobriquet Of "old Reliable
II may be interesting 10 note for the information
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