The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-11-25
PERSONAL VARIETY.

PERSONAL VARIETY
InoffensIve old man named Mattocks brulally
murdered near Donsld's depot South Carolina by
two ramps. Killed for his money, $780,
On account OF slowGess OF promotion in the ar
my it Is proposed to euact law for the relief Of
eficers who have served certain number OF
years.
The pauper presidential fund increases slowly.
Better hurry up or poor old Grant may starye to
death. Let the hat go around again.
Jay Cooke says that 1856 miles Of railroad have
been laid on the Northern Pacific during the past
summer, and that in two ears 1t will be open to
the Pacific.
A fanatical preacher in Syracuse recently told
his congregation that II the women would ali
dance BY themselves in ten acre lot surrounded
by high board fence, and the men in another
incosure Of the same kind there would be no
harm In dancing. Nor much fun either.
In the train Fidgety Lady-"But what am to
do? I can't ride with my back 10 the engine"
Insoleni Youth--"Beter speak to the conductor;
he'll turn the train round to Oblige you. Funny
Folks
According to official census returns New York
city has population of 2O65 $40,
The population Of Philadelphia has be en- ascer,
tained by the first census count to be as follows
Total, 846 $50, males 4O5 $780, females, All OSl; ma
tive 70 64S foreign, Goa 382 white Sl5 1872; cOlored
81 79S The Colored include 50 Chinese, 3 Japanese
and % Indians.
0hio'S wheat crop Of 50 500 79l bushels we have
every reason to believe, is the largest produced
by any State thin year,
Charles Reid, the novelist, sends for Central
Park, New York, some cuttings from a mulberry
tree at the grave Of Shakespeare.
The official canvass of votes in Connecticut
shows Garfield plurality 2.657; majority over all,
1882
The vote OF Kentucky lacking one county stands
Hancock, 147 446; Garfield, 1903 98l; Weaver, 1149S
Dow, 257 Hancock over Garfield, 1885, over ALL
1850. Total vote for President in 1876, 259,614
in 1880, 1853 1872.
In the Us District Court at Danville, Va,
Judge Rivers presiding, a nOlle prOSeQM was en-
tered in the cases of the county judges indicted
for not putting negroes on the juGies,
Bel Ijamin Meyer of the defunt firm Of Hirsch &
Meyer, wooden dealers of New York, who failed
for Sl8l OCO in April, 1876, committed suicide by
hanging yesterday at Sing Sing prison.
What commentary Oh the destruction Of war
is furnished by the statement Of Qlartermaster.
General Meigs, that in the eighty national ceme-
teries there are buried the bodies of 147 495 men
whose names are still unkpowDI or the known
there are l7O,997 and therefore nearly half these
graves are OF men Of whose identity every trace is
gone.
Prince Leopold, after distributing some prizes
at an English school, observed ssgely that 1t was
obvious that prizes for success at examinations
could only fall to the few but the rursuit Of
knowledge for Its own sake was great and suf.
fcient reward, and that prize was one which was
denied to none.
David Brady ninety.hve years old, one Of the
English soldiers who guarded Napoleon at St.
Helena, was brought into police court at Toron-
to, few days ago on the charge of Vagraney, aud
sent to jail TO- sixty days.
H. v Redhleld, the author Of Homicide North
and South" says of stealing in the two regions
Generally In the rural districts Of the South
a man can live from tender youth t. hoary age
without bolt or lock on his doors and never
safer the loss Of q dollar from thieves, except
possibly a few rihing depredations among his
pigs and chickens. skillful burglary, such as
housebreaking and safe blowing, is exceptionally
rare In the Southern States. The bulk of crime
in that section is not directed against property
but against persons" By way of comment the
Springfield Mass, Republican remarks This is
true ofrural sections In England, less so than for
merly butstill truth In measure, There are many
farmhouses which are never locked or bolted,"
Garheld's official plurality in New York is 21,-
039.
Lieutenant Governor Gray Of Indiana was
Tuesday installed in the vacancy caused by Gov
ernor Williams's death,
A B. Meacham, the Ute Commissioner, has been
arrested by the authorities of Colorado, as acCes.
sorry to the murder of Jackson, the freighter.
The Alexander Hamilton statute was unveiled
in Central Park, New York city, at two o'clock
Monday, ...
Bob Ingersoll tells reporter that he considers
the most hopeful element in the Southern situa'
tlon to-day to be the growth ofinflelity.
Senator Grover of Oregon, is living at Whining.
ton, Delaware in medical home, under treat
ment ofspinal irritation He will go to Washing
ton soon to remain If his strength permits through
the winter. I. .....H .. ..
Oassius NJ. Clay Of Kentucky, sends to the
Louisville ky COurier.Journal his reasons for
the defeat Of the Democrats. They are in br of
~ Democratic unsoundness on the money ques-
tion. (2) The Fraud" cry against Hayes, and (3)
the failure to renominate Mr.. Tilden.
Albert Wolf, in the Figaro declares that there is
at present only one genuine Parlslan alive; he is
named Dupln, He has never been of the boule'
wards day, and in his time has seen the Consu.
late and Empire the Restoration, the umbrella Of
Louis Philippe, the coup detat, the Second EN-
pire, and the three Presidents Of the existing Re-
public.
George Miller OF Goshen, Ind, arrived In Fort
Wayne Saturday night with S27O with which to
buy aome horses. AS he wSs proceeding to his
boaidlng house at late hour Sunday night he
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