The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-08-19
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Judge Ezra B. Taylor was nominated at Warren
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Judge Ezra B. Taylor was nominated at Warren
to succeed Garfield
Three miles north OF East Liverpool, John Nc,
coy was killed by lightning last week.
The Democrats of the Ninth OHIO district nomi.
mated Caleb Fl. Morris, of Marion, for Congress,
last week
AT Ada, Ohio, Saturday morning, a large por.
ton OF the business part OF town was burned
Loss S25O goo, Insured for s16OOO
Frank Chance, of Urbana has been nominated
oy the Democrats for Congress- He will project
himself against Warren Keifer.
Near Akron, last week during storm Mr..
Florence Weber, while standing in the door, was
killed by lightning
VIM Walker, butcher Of Akron, dropped dead
from continued intoxlcaton.
AtCleveland a ten thousand dollardamape snit
has been commenced by Frank schuerer against
Henry NJ, Raymond, Of the firm Of Raymond,
Lowe & Co. schuerer charges him with debauch.
ing his wife Ellen. Raymond is 45 and has a wife
and children.
Near Steubenvile, on Sunday, q collision oc.
CURED on the Panhandle railroad between freight
and passenger trains The engines were badly
mashed One man named Carrigan was killed
and three others slightly injured.
At Dayton, Kentucky, opposite The es st end Of
Cincinnati, on Sunday morning George Hackers,
an old man, was killed by his son. Rackers bad
been drinking and seiz d a poker to strike his
wife, when his son struck him with spade and
broke in his skull He died in a few hours.
Port Clinton, August i5,-The wife of Dennis
Hennessy, residing near Oak Harbor, recently
gave birth to three boys, all doing we'll Less than
eighteen months ago Mrs. Hennessy had two sons
at birth, making total of five in year and
half This county is solidly Democratic, aud is
likely to remain so at this rate
Morgan D. shaffer, the D ymocratlc nominee for
Congress in the Tenth District is 40 years old and
has been praCticing law in Finday for 20 years
Two years ago, Hancock County then being In
the Toledo District Mr.. ShaHer wa, a formidable
candidate against Frank Hurd for the Democratic
nomination for Congress.
kilograms received from Quebec say L.C,
L'nk has been arrested there, and that he will be
brought to Fairfield county for trial. He perpe.
trated series Of forgeries last November the
most extensive that have been perpetrated In
Central Ohio for years, and fed to Canada with
some $40 900, the product Of his crimes. link was
engaged in the grain business In Lancaster He
also bought and sold lumber, and in his transao.
tions had large amount Of business paper dis.
counted at the banks and elsewhere. After his
standing was established he forged a certificate
for $1,000 check on the Hooking Valley Bank at
Lancaster, realized on forged bills OF lading for
corn, bought extensively Of grain, which he sold
but never paid for, and also sold forged paper to
the banks, The amount of money realized was
about $4,000 or S25, 0OO He took with him in ia
fight the daughter of Jacob WIdemouth, of Bal
timore, Ohio, and cheated him out of consider.
able money beside.
Dayton, August 15-sOme months ago an at.
tempt was made by masked thieves to rob the Ma.
tional Bank of Germantown, small town fifteen
miles from Dayton. The burglars were frustrated
by a time lock on the safe, but they entered the
house Of the cashier, gagged and tied the whole
family, and led him through the streets at mid.
night to the bank. Being frustrated at the bank,
they took what valuables they could find in the
house, among them several watches. Oae of the
watches was found in Cincinnati several weeks
ago. and was traced to John Tobias, now in Kan.
cas- City. He was arrested there only last week,
and the sheriff was sent on for him. This even.
ing two more Of the party were secured by the
sheriff., John steftin, living in Dayton as a bar.
ber, and Henry Tobias, living a short distance
from Germantown. Another, the fourth party in
the robbery, is serving a sentence now in Ohio
penitentiary for a subsequent offence.