The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-05-27
PERSONAL VARIETY.


not Republicans who win not vote for Grant"
Prince Bismarck has declined an offer of $780,.
900 year to write once a week for a leading
American journal 1t ia said he was amused at
the Cheek, Of the thing
The Columbus Dispatch (Rep.), says: 1--WE have
no hesitation in saying tnat we believe the ex.
President cannot be elected. The reasons for
this belief grow more plentiful every day"
H, c. Hovey, late city clerk OF Urbana, Ohio,
held on a charge of embezzlement, has been
handed over to the United States officials for ex.
tradition from Canada.
Major David P Hancock, Pa. United States
Army, died In Harrisburg, Friday morning. He
graduated at West Point in 1854. served in nu.
merous campaigns in the far West and was bre.
veted Lieutenant Colonel for gallant services
at the battle Of Gettysburg
There is much suffering from draught in jana.
lea. Only one shower Of rain has fallen in three
months. At Kingston, water is sold for six cents
gallon, stock is dying and the sugar is threat.
ened,
The late Louis Clspp Of Lee Center ILL.,, who
left an estate valued at s4OO OtO bequeathed $780,.
900 for an agricultural college in that county on
condition that 100000 additional be raised for
It's endowment.
Deacon Turner was married in Livingston Co..
New York, last Saturday night The deacon's
age was 81 while Mrs, Rouse has seen 10 sum.
mers Both had been married before. The dea.
con is pensioner Of 1872 and in good circum.
stances.
The welcome of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston to
Nashville, where he went TO witness the unveil.
ing Of the Jackson equestrian statue, eclipsed
any event ever occurring in Nashville. When
he got west OF the Cumberland mountains he
was received by large assemblages and warmly
welcomed at every station.
Net and Pet Woods, OF Marion Ohio, warned
their father that II he took a second wife they
would exterminate her. He disoBeyed The
girls armed themselves with revolVers on the
night Of the marriage, broke open the door Of
the bridal chamber, and fred several shots into
the darkness. They missed their step mother,
how ever and slightly wounded their father
The Cincinnati Commercial publishes the sig.
natures Of several hundred Republicans of that
city, obtained in few hours by two gentlemen,
to declaration Of hostility to a third term, to
the extent Of refusing to vote for Gen. Grant If he
is nominated. The list embraces many of the
leading business men Of Cincinnati. The gen.
tlemen engaged In this matter state that If they
had time to go through the whole city the num-
Der Of names might be increased to thousands
Mills Jackson equestrian statue on the Capitol
grounds in Nashville, was unveiled there at noon
on the 2Oh with imposing ceremonies, before an
assemblage Of 10000 Among the distinguished
men present were ex Gov. Hendricks Of Indiana
Gov Blackburn, Of Kentucky, Gen. Joseph E
Johnson, Gen. D. c. Buell., Ex. Gov. Joseph E.
Brown, the new Senator from Georgia. and Col
John c, Burch Secretary of the United States
Senate.
D. X. Jones, the inventor and first manufactur.
er of lucifer matches died in Chillicothe last
week. in his eighty ninth year.
Ex Gov, Foote, Superintendent of the United
States Mint at New Orleans. died at his home
five miles from Nashville, on the Goth.
VIM Ward, on trial at st. Louis for the murder
of Annie Lewis, young girl of 16 years, about
year ago, has been found guilty of murder in the
first deg'ee,
new political movement has been inaugur.
ated at Montreal looking to a commercial union
with the United States and all the rights and
privileges Of free and independent nation.
A Bishop Of the Methodist Episcopal church re.
ceiVes $1,000 as a salary and 81 900 or 81, 500 to
pay the rental Of house, as to whether rents are
moderate or high in the place where he is locat.
ed. The agents and principal editors employed
by the church receive as much in worldly bene.
fits as the Bishops. There have been In all 81
Bishops in the denomination, 16 Of whom were
residents Of the West and South, and IS Of the
East,
Mr. and Mrs Hayes have been to Mount Yer.
non and slept in General Washingtons bed. Lin.
coin, Buchanan and a number Of others have
done the same thing, But besides this Mr. and
Mrs. Hayes have been sleeping in Samuel j. Til.
den's bed at the White House for some three
years, That is something nobody else has ever
done
A new Roman Catholic church, erected at a
cost Of 100000, in Chicago, to be known as St.
James's church, was dedicated Sunday Many
prominent Catholic clergymen assisted in the
dedicatory services. The sermon was preached
by Bishop spalding
AT the Genera Conference at Cincinnati, it was
agreed to hold the next meeting in Philadelphia,
The Presbyterian assembly at Charleston, South
Carolina, take decided grounds against women
as preachers
A neglO at Danville Illinois, offered to drink
all the whisky that barroom party would give
him, The effort killed him, and the widow sued
those who had supplied the beverage for $4,000
damages; but jury cut down the valuation OF
the drunkard to $780,
Wm, 4. Avery, who represented the Memphis
district in Congress for the two terms prior to
the war, was drowned Saturday by the Capsz.
ing Of boat in Ten.M Mile Bayou Arkansas. He
was with a fishing and excursion party. His
body was recovered
Thomas Logan, brother of Senator Logan Of
ILLINOIS, living at Murphysborough in that State
is an out-and out Democrat with preference
for the nomination Of Mr., Tilden.
Earl CoWper the new Viceroy Of ireland, is the
lineal descendant and heir.general Of one Of the
ablest Lord Lieutenants Ireland ever hsd-JRmes,
Duke Of Qrmonde, the cavalier statesmen and
NummhuuGA'
1t seems that in the midst Of q general conha.
grafton japanese householder can only In
sure immunity for his property by promptly of
ering sufficient brbe to the fremen, When
this is done the latter are perfectly reckless as to
the destruction Of other property in carrying out
their contract. Here is a vast city" says the
Toxic Times, containing q million Of inhab.
itane, all peculiarly exposed 10 the EXTREMIST
hazards OF fire, and without a solitary steam ma.
chine In use or existenCe-with hardly an eff
cient hand engine at command. It is an hstor.
ical fact that during conAagraton in 1878 a
steam engine, brought to japan on speculation,
was put in operation with q success that showed
how easily dozen such could keep the city per-
manently free from peril In less than week
after the triumph upon which he had been vain
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