The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-26
PERSONAL VARIETY.



Hall and Smith at Nashville last Friday.
W. s. Potts, of the Patriot, was chairman Of the
railroad meeting held In New Lisbon last week.
H. Fl, Gregg reported SS1 1900 subscribed. Speeches
were made New Lisbon wants and needs the
Baltimore & Chicago railway.
Joseph scholl. for years jaDitor OF the Court
House at ZanesVille, and a Democrat who WsB Q
gallant Unit n soldier, was recently discharged
by the Republican County Commissioners. The
only reason was political.
Stephen B. French, violent Grant third term
Republican has just been elected President Of
the New York Police Commissioners, by John
Kelly votes
A desperate named David Fols om left Denison
1t. T., with eight quarts Of whisky, and arriving
at Caddo drunk and boisterous, was ordered by
United States Marshsls Aver and Stephens to sur.
render. Folsom resisted and the officers shot
and killed him.
The Virginia Senate Saturday by party vote
2S to 17-passed the debt bill agreed upon by the
Readjuster cancus The bill reduces the prinei
pal Of the debt to about 500 00 and interest to
8per cent, bonds to be taxable; coupons NOT re-
ceivable for tax.
The bodies of Cassidy and Dougherty, hremen,
who perished in the late FIRE on Broadway, N. Y,
have been rescued. The bodies were burned al
most beyond recognition.
Fred Douglass says OF his old master, who died
al st. MIchaels on the eastern shore the other day:
capt Auld was an upright, temperate piOus and
conscientious man" He was in his seth year.
Douglass ran away from him 40 years ago.
When Mr.. She imam, In the Senate, II years sgo,
voted against the continuation Of Simon Cameron,
for Minister to Russia, he wasn't expecting to
need Pennsylvania delegation in 1880
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland
and Empress Of India, gives s2,500 toward the re.
lief Of the starving thousands Of Ireland. James
Gordon Bennett, polo player and proprietor Of the
New York Herald gave 100000. This is one Of
those cases where comparisons are tribe odiouR
General Grant was giandly received at the City
Of Mexico on the 2lsL
The Board of Health ofsan Francisco recon.
mend that Chinatown be declared nuisance.
General Beauregard was before the House
Co mmittee on PostodiCes on behalf of Louisiana
lotteries arguing their light TO receive remit-
tanCes through the mails.
Mrs. Thieson kept sentinel in front Of hei
house. day and night, at Columbus, 10 protect
her from her husband, from whom the had part
ed, and who hsd threatened vengeance, The
neighbors ridiculed her pTecsution, but she said
they did not know Jhiesou ss well ss she did,
and she was right, for he slipped into the house
while the guard was temporarily eff duty and
murdered her.
A young man OF Omaha did not wish TO marry
the girl to whom he was engaged, but she would
not release him until he gave her his grocery
business as Tecompense. She now runs the
store, while he works elsewhere on small wages,
and the bargain pleaseS both.
"Let me look at arevolver" said man who
walked into store at Sandstone, Mo-, and
weapon was shown him. "shOw me cartridge"
he added, ard he careleEsly loaded one Of the
chambers, Excuse me for using this minute"
he further remarked, and shot himself through
| the brain.
John Birch lives in hove close to the house
Ia which Lincoln died In Washington, and has
there worked assiduously worked at device for
perpetual motion, He is fine mechanic and
musician, and occasionally docs EoEe repairing
Of musical inshumentsin In order to earn money
enough to support himself Remenyi and Ole
Bull trust their vlolins in his hands. He is
brother OF the original Billy Birch, the famous
negro minstrel, from whom the present Billy
Birch took his name,
In New England Village Baptist preacher
was discoursiDg from the text: I'm those days
came John the Baptist preaching In the wilder
ness Of Judes." Warming up, he said: "Oh, how
l like to read these words in the blessed Biblel
You don't read anywhere in 1t about John the
Methodist nor about John the Presbyterian, nor
about John the Episcopalian, nor about John the
Congregssionalist. But 1t Is John the Baptist
Oh how like to read thatI'
A stranger at campmeetiDg replied to the
usual question of a young apostle Of the emotion
al schools my dear young friend, have you got
religion2' "Oh, no, thank you, I'm Presbyte.
ran."
How big is man, anyway Well, he Is smaller
than an, elephant, and anelep ephantissmallert thsna
mountain, and mountain is smaller than the
world, and the world is a mustard seed compared
with the sun, and the sun Itself is mere mote In
the dust cloud Of spheres that stretches away out
through the Universe beyond the reach Of thought
"GaIl, have bribed anybody during the last
houri" inquired Mr.. Blaine recovering from one
of his most sympathetic Ats mo, James" GAN
responded, with sweet, civil service reform sigh
"nobody at all" Then" said Mr.. Blaine, "the
insinuation is base charge and the charge Is
double.died lie. Hand me down my trusty claim
more" This shows where and why there is war
| In Maine,
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