The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-03-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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A battalion OF state-roopS was sent from New
Orleans Saturday to settle the Tioting at 81
Charles parish returned the same night bringing
the leaders Of the rioters with them.
John B. Wischendorf, q cashier and book.
keeper Of Deckennoth & Co., New Orleans, was
convicted Saturday Of embezzling Sl9O 900 from his
employers.
Thomas B, Leggett and Daniel ". Leeds, ex
Officers Of Elizabeth N. j.. were on Saturday
found guilty Of defraudng the city by buying
city bonds at low price and turning them into
the city sinking fund at par.
Before the House Indian Committee Saturday
Col, Brooks, Indian agent, testified that the Pom
cas- were removed from their reservation by an
act OF Congress, which he regarded as superced.
lug the treaty stipulations he did not think
heir consent had been obtained.
A Chicago attorney was found guilty Saturday
Of attempting to bribe grand Juror and sentenced
to sixty days imprisonment. Some startling facts
were developed and the case was recommended
to the grand jnry,
Cannon, Dennis Kearney's accomplice In the
Sand Lot agitation, has been found guilty and
sentenced to sixty days imprisonment In the
House Of Correction and to pay 6ne OF $1,000
He gave bond, however, and appealed to'a higher
court.
The platform men at st. Louis on the Missouri
Pacific d Union Railway and Transit Company.
struck Saturday for an increase OF wages from
$40 to $3.50 per day
There are highwaymen in Texas and Friday
night they attacked party Of campers on Mary
khoA - IA.
and clothes. They also attacked another party
Of campers the same night but were driven of
with the loss ofsevetal horses and one man shot
During the eight years In which Thomas JEFF.
ferson practiced law he was employed In 9IS
cases. The Revolution, however, turned him
frOm law to statesmanship, and he never resumed
the practice,
According to Chinese notions OF rank masters
should not occupy rooms below their servants.
Consequently the family Of the Chinese Professor
in Cambridge, Mass, sleep in the attic. and the
servants down stairs.
John Smith was sent to the Indiana State
Prison for whipping his wife, who Immediately
set about getting him pardoned. While making a
long journey afOot, in cold weather to get sigma.
lures to the petition, her baby .froze to death In
her arms.
AThe artesian we'll at the Davenport Glucose
works is finished at depth of $50 feet, and water
found which flows 400 gallons minute. The
pressure forces q six inch stream Is feet above
the surface nf the earth.
Some uneasines Is felt in Philadelphia at the
non.arrival of the steamship Switzerland, which
left Antwerp for Philadelphia twenty-three dayl
ago. The Belgenland, which left Antwerp siz
days after the Switzerland, arrived In New York
Friday. She has S16 steerage passengers.
The details of the plan for call from the Dem.
Ocratic members Of the New York Legislature tc
the leaders Of the Democratic party to meet al
Albany for the purpose of healing the breach
which brought defeat to the party last fall are
nearly completed and will shortly be made pub
lie, perhaps during the present week.
At Aurora, ILL.,, on the 18th inst, Mrs W. Bald
win was found dead in bed with her jugulal
vein severed, and beside her lay her unconscious
husband with several gashes in his throat arms
and abdomen. His wounds are not seriouE
Baldwin came from Vermont, and they we're
married three weeks ago. Cause unknown.
At Grand View, Ind, on the night Of the 10th
Emroy Phillips entered the room Of Thomas
Snyder and kicked In the head Of bass drum
belonging to Snyder, who, upon inquIring the
cause Of the act was shot just above the eye with
AlreVolver, and died instantly. Phillips had
been drinking all the afternoon and swearing
that he or Snyder would die before night. It Ia
not known II Phillips was arrested.
Two deaths have resulted from the accident a,
Lincoln, Pa, resulting from the falling In Of the
floor Of the school hall.
shelbyVille. March 22.-Johu W. Hancock, a
farmer, shot and instantly killed Joseph Walker
negro, near Peytonla, this county, Saturday
evening. Hancock gave himself up.
Wapakoneta, March PA young man named
Rhodes, grandson of the Civil Engineer Of tha
name was killed near here to-day by the falling
ofa tree Which he was cutting down,
The National GIeenback party of Tennessee
will meet in National Convention at Nashville on
May 23d.
The extensive vinegar factory al Milwaukee
was partially destroyed by FIRE Monday night.
Damage, $4,000.
a. y, Lewis, respectable citizen Of Marshal
Texas. having become partially insane oyer the
death of his wife, first gave dose Of sulphate o,
morphine to his son, then swallowed similar
dose himself. The boy died. and the father was
found on his Wife's grave In comRtose condl-
ton.
billiard tournament was held In New York
Aid Of the Irish famine fund.- Heisel and
p schafSer played, the latter winning.
The lrst passenger train over the Chicago con.
nectlon ofthe Wabash road ran over the road ia
Chicago Monday.
Pull up the rope, boys" were the last words Of
desperado at Alma, Col, Monday, as he stood
amidst mob oflyncherS, with the rope about hi
neck. twas pulled,
A collision occurred Monday on the New York
Elevated Railway, Very little damage was done
70 the trains but two persons were injured In the
,treet below by falling irons.
John B. smyth, Superintendent OF the Insurance
Department Of New York, has asked Governor
Cornell to relieve him from the cares Of the ONCE
Daniel Conray,a stone cutter Of Erie, Pa, has
become insane from attempting to solve the ID
puEsle
John Quinn, aged 50, the leader Of the Fenian
invasion Of Canada In 1866, hung himself In the
police station at Buffalo on Sunday,
The Governor Of California has signed the bill
for the taxation Of savings bank deposits, mort
cages and the capital stock corporations
The United States Circuit Court in San Francisco
has pronounced the law prohibiting the employ
ment OF ohineselabsr unconstitutional.
Elisha j. Forrest one of the Oldest members oil
the Lehigh county bar, left for Philadelphia two
weeks ago to pay some interest money to Power
d Weightman. The money has not been paid
and Forrest h as not been heard nom. His family
and friends are distressed at his dilappearance
Though Worcester briLe was only Is, her hus.
band deemed her the safest custodian of the
purse during their honey moon tour; but they
had only gone as far as Concord when IL was ais.
lOVeYpd that Aha treakura had hnoy, Iost