The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-03-25
PERSONAL VARIETY.

detective with her whenever she wears her dia.
monds. He Is an elegantly dressed gentleman,
who mlngles quietly with the guests.
Don Cameron has given $3.50 to General Lees
College at Lexington, Va.
A boy Of II married woman Of 10 at Jasper,
Ala.l but his parents captured him Immediately
after the ceremony, and banlshed him to dis
tant school, The bride was wealthy, and the
husband claimed to know what he was about
James R. Randall, author of my Maryland"
and for sometime Washington correspondent Of
the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, has succeeded to the
official management Of the Chronicle since the
death Of It's editor, Wright.
A colored Methodist preacher at St, Helena, La,
was accused Of stealing bacon and his presiding
elder deposed him; but the congregation stuck
be him loyalty, drove his successor from the pull
pit with knives, clubs and pistols, and finally
burned the church.
Ex. Governor Seymour presided at an Irish re.
lief meeting in Utica last week, He made
speech suitable to the occasion and was loudly
applanded. He was looking well and apparently
possessed much Of his old.ime Vigor His action
while speaking was animated and his voice clear
and strong,
Two women Of Culture" came across an old
fashioned mile stone to the suburbs. One read
the inscription: ~ m. from Boston" and the other
said, Here is the grave, perhaps, of some young
girl, who wished 1t written on her tombstone,
'pm from Boston, How simple and sufficient
Mrs, Barty made her appearance at Lebanon.
Va, with bloody club over her shoulder and
her face and arms terribly scratched. II guess
won't be troubled by that Harmon woman any
more" she said, She had brutally murdered a
woman with whom, as she believed, her husband
hod fallen in love.
Frank Hurd says Tllden won't withdraw, that
he is ohios second choice, and will be nominated.
Frank is the brightest Of Congressman and as a
rule knows what he is talking about
Montgomery Blair has written letter giving
seven reasons why Tilden should be President.
There we're exactly eight reasons OIL the Electoral
Commission why he should not.
The way Of the tranEgressor Is hard Wells B.
Brown, Lebanon, N. H., man, who abandoned
his family there some months ago and a short
time since, under an assumed name, married a
divorced woman at Aurora, Ill., cut the latter'S
throat one day last week, and mutilated himself
in horrible manner. The Woman was dead
when. found by the neighbors, bat the murderer
will probably recover. Browns brother appeared
In Aurora the day before the tragedy, and en-
deavored, by threats of prosecution for bigamy,
to induce him to return TO his wife and children,
Mississippi has Just passed law taxing al,
bachelors 25 years Of age So. This is coed idea
but the tax should be graduated to the income Of
the uniortunates.
Tea drinkes nowadays will do we'll to apply
the following simple test to the tea purchased Of
their grOcers: Turn out the infused leaves and II
they are found good brown color with fair sub.
stance, the tea will he wholesome; but II the
leaves are black and Of rotten texture, with an
oily appearance, the tea will not be ht to drink
The purer the tea the more the distlnctiVely
brown color OF the tea strikes the attention. The
mixing thai is frequentlB adopted to reduce
prices results In the two kinds Of leaves being
supplied together. 1t is important to zee that the
leaves have the serrated or saw like edges, with.
out which no tea is genuine.
A pair OF honeymoon travellers arrived at Cam.
bridge, Ohio, and attracted the admiring atten-
tion Of the people at the hotel by their loving de.
meanor toward each other, The bride was gen.
tie young creature, and obviously devoted tO her
husband, while he looked at her with the tender.
est soliCltude. One morning at the breakfast ia.
BILE the other gHests were astenished and indig.
nant at seeing stalwart woman stride into the
room, seize the young bride by her golden hair
ysnk her off the chair and scratch her face; but
they were less sympathetic on learning that the
chastlser was the mans wife, and that he had
eloped with the chastlsed.
In his report for the last quarter Of 1879 the
Registrar OF the Scotch parish of Gleneig says;
mo entry has been made In the marriage regis.
ter for the year now ended" This happened be.
fore, in the year 1871, when 1t was pointed out
that an undue proportion OF the population con
sisted OF old maids. The Registrar fears that the
proportion OF this class Is increasing. The Regis.
trar Of Laggsn writes: Marriage appears to have
gene out Of fashion. Only three marriages have
been celebrated during the last two years." The
Nairn Registrar says: "a year has now passed
Rince the Marriage Notice act" came into opera.
ton, but theboard has not yet been used" The
returns Of bsstardy, meanwhile are very heavy
in Scotland, where the Sabbath is so sealOusly
kept E# -4.atg #u str
Gladstone Is warming up to his work in Scot
land, and is firing the heart OF Midlothian with
his redhot elOquence. #.l
The asylum name of the Secretary Of the Spell.
ing Reform Association is Melvi Dui, In his
better daysh was known as Melville. Dewey.
John Bright is peeling OF his coat and doubling
his fists at the Beaconsheld Ministry. But Dizzy
is an artful dodger, and may trip up Johns heels
while he is squaring of to begin.
Governor Hoyt, Of Pennsylvania, has Issued
warrans for the execution Of Henry Wise, Israel
Bradntand Josiah Hummel, the Raber murder.
ers, on Thursday, May 18Th. Old Joseph Raber
was murdered In December, 1873, r,e.-,...
John ". Hamilton owned promising mine at
Lsadvile, and ]. b, Patton had q handsome
wife. they lived IN the same boarding house
Patton wanted Hamilton's mine, but could not
pay II, price demanded, AT length Hamilton
said, "Il give the mine for your wife, Inc Of
fef was discussed In fun at first then seriously,
Patton talked the matter over with his wife
They hid been married for several years and had
lived peacefully together, but were not especially
CnnRenhl. Mrs. Patton confessed, too, that she
object 10 the trade, whica was thereupon per.
feCted. The ownership was formally transferred
10 Patton, and the woman was delivered TO Ham
ilton, who as soon as divorce can be procured,
10 to marry her.
The London Graphic says Every boy and girl
In Elizlbeths time had to learn trade or call.
ing, and the male remained in apprenticeship till
"a and the female till 81. Now in manufactur.
ing towns especially, lads go into the iron works
aud faoorles and earn az 1S nine or ten shillings
a week At II or IS they are without skill in any
one thing. When depression in trade comes they
are helpless to do anything, and look to soup
kitchens and charity to support them and their
wretched offspring They are not the sort that
any emigrant agent will sccepL In the two or
three years Of deep depression in trade through
which we have passed, thousands Of our genuine
workingmen have carried to America or the colo
nies the stamina and general reliability which
have placed the British workmen foremost in the
ranks Of International labor. s