The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-12-16
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Workman, married man, shot his paramour,
Miss Pinkham, at Lawrence, Mass. Saturday
night.
Big feature of last weeks Wall street stock
market was the tumble of Western union from
9O% to 82.
Justice, Strong retlres from the supreme bench
to become counsel for the P. & R. railroad com
pany.
PAyne's Oklahoma settlers are "streaking IT.
along one side Of the territorial line and the U.
s, troops the other.
schurz has written letter to Governor Long,
Of Massachusetts,, laying the blame OF the abuse
Of the POnca Indians on Congress-
Mormons declare that they have more faith in
the Lord than In old Hayes, and questions OF
polygamy should be left to their own juries.
Charles D. Fishers $4,000 house burned at
Baltimore Tuesday, and Mary Tasker and Peter
Diggs jumped from the fifth story window, and
we've instantly killed.
Big gang Of counterfeiters arrested in New York.
Detectives tried to get a photo of one named
Yates, and Yates stabbed one OF the detectives in
the neck fatally.
The Jury in the case OF Dr. Charles Earll the
Chicago abortonst, after being out fifty hours
returned verdict OF guilty this morning, with
sentence of five years in the Penitentiary.
Arthur Howard, William Smith and Mile,
Smiley were arrested at Leadville for the forgery
Of the name of H. Foss, prominent business man
to checks aggregating $4,000
Moses Justice and Anderson Glenn, both color
ed roustabouts, qusrreled last evening at Cairo
H., and Glenn plunged his pocket knife seven
times into Justices breast, killing him. Glenn is
under arrest.
The combined anthracite coal interests agreed
to O. plan of operations governing the winter
months, whereby the companies will work three
days In each week beginning next week, during
December and January and February If necess
ary.
Pensacola, Florida, was about wiped out by
fire Friday night.
The committee Of Jay Cookies creditors has
made a fourth distribution Of five per cent In
scrip and two per cent. in cash.
Tommy Nichol, Mr. sherman's advance agent,
has appeared at Columbus and opened up gro
cery."
General schofeld will have a new division
made for him, composed of Texas, Arizona and
a part of Missouri, where he will go into exile Tor
saving that colored cadet who cut his own ears
off is 10 better than a white cadet
Sunset Cox has got bill through the house for
another Washington monument, to be erected
In New York. Gabriel will blow his trumpet for
the final opening of accounts about the time the
foundation is completed.
Three men found frozen to death In New York
Saturday. Volenberg, tailor froze to death
in his room because he had no fire. Patrick
Smith got drunk aud froze on the street, and
Eugene Connolly, an old man, also got intoxica-
ted and was found dead on his own doorstep
The hat for the presidential pauper fund is now
going around in Boston. Loyal organs there are
importuning the people to throw IL literally to
keep the great dead beat from starving. Any
thing from $4,000 check to nickel may be put
into the hat,
Affairs are getting critical on the Indian Terri
torv horder CAPTAIN Payne and his band OF set.
tieTs are armed TO the teeth and announce that
they are going to take possession OF the Indians
lands the proclamation of Mr. Hayes to the con.
trary Notwithstanding, There are about l0OO
of them, mostly people from the drought strlcKeh
portions of Kansas, and they look with longing
gaze at the fertile lands of Oklahoma. II the en-
trance Of the settlers are opposed by the mlllSly
1t is feared there will be blooshed,