The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-03
STATE AND NEIeHBoRHooD,

A SSNhsJ ASeuAhn ptEhUuhl property 20 me
value OF So'oSO'VH FOR taxation this year, an In.
crease Of $685. 0 over that Of last year.
A young son of Samuel Ford, living near West
Jefferson, Madison county, was bitten BY a rattle.
snake last week. II is thought the boy will re-
cover.
samuelG Gill, OF Merchandising, was robbed Of
his pocket book containing over $500 on a Cleve-
land, Columbus, Cincinnati g. indianapolis train
Thursday night.
An auction jewelry store IN Ravenna was rob.
bed ofSlOOO worth Of watches Friday afternoon.
The robbers are supposed to be tramps.
Defiance, May 2S.-HArry Davis, a young son of
William Davis, died this morning from the bite Of
a rattle snake. Antidotes were useless.
Mrs, Joiner, who shot and killed william oehm
at Chicago Junction recently, has been indicted
for murder in the second degree
Last Thursday two tramps went to the house Of
W. H. Roller, six miles from Dayton, and, fading
Mrs, Roller alone, knocked her down and ran.
sacked the house, taking SlS and a suit of clothes.
The long continued strike OF miners in the Tus.
caravans Valley has come to an end, the strikers
agreeing to accept the operators terms provided
all the old miners are reinstated.
Edward Bohlinger, OF Dayton, was found upon
the railroad track at Tlppecanoe city, Miami
county, last week, with a leg crushed so that am.
putatiOn was necessary. His brother took him
home.
During a severe thunder storm at Chardon
Thursday evening, the residence OF David Prince
was struck and terribly shattered By lightning
The family were knocked down and stunned but
not otherwise badly injured.
The Ohio Uaiversalists will meet In annual con-
Vention at Manchester, Clinton county, GA Thurs.
day.
Mr.. Billings store at Anna, Shelby county, was
burglarizsd of goods to the value of $500 or 800
Friday night,
Jimmy Guthrey was fatally Injured near Union.
Vile, Lake county, last week, by a bucket OF mud
falling on him.
Frank White, aged "a of Middlefeld township
Geauga county, was drowned on Friday while
bathing.
Washington skeens, of Monroe township, Knox
county, sold his farm Of 1870 acres at a very low
figure on Thursday aud departed, leaving his
wife and nine children homeless. His bereaved
wife went to Mount Vernon Saturday and inst.
tuted suit for alimony in personal property,
For some unaccOuntable reason, Price, the Gin.
clnnsti murderer, has drawn more sympathy to
himself than usually falls to the lot Of criminals,
but the claim that he is insane is not entertained
by many who know him. On Friday his wife re.
{, iVed an envelope from an unknown source con.
tanning $500.
Lima, May 8O.-William Ginty, 16 years old, was
crushed to death between two cars at this place
to day, He and some OF his comrades were
wrestling on top of the freight cars while In mo.
ton, when a sudden jerk threw him between the
cars and ended his life.
A Mahoning county farmer named McKelvey
hanged himself in his barn Friday afternoon, but
was discovered and cut Town before life had lied,
though at last accounts his recovery was doubt.
full, He had been washing sheep during the day
and had been drinking considerable whisky to
keep out the water. He went home, told his wife
he was going to hang himself, passed through to
the barn and did it, His wife was not alarmed
at his threat, but after he had been gone some
time she thought she would go out TO the barn
and see what he was up to.
Jacob DOrning, a Shelby county farmer, met
WIN q NClg III hlul uGOluObI WlllN plOWlhk SUIh
on Friday. The mule he was driving took fright
and run away and he was caught in the pillow and
dragged around the field. The points of the pillow
shovels penetrated his breast, cutting a terrible
cash. 1t is is thought he cannot live.
steubenville, May 81 Augustus Veit had q
hearing to-day for cutting George Mccullough a
week ago Sunday. Frank Devoir, arrested for
obtaining goods by false p]retenses, was imprison
ed fifty days and fined ten dollars and costs,
New Philadelphia, May Sl.-James B. Davis, a
brakeman on the Cleveland, Tuscarawas Valley
& Wheeling Railroad, fell between the cars on a
gravel train near Edgefeld last evening and was
instantly killed. The entire train passed over
his body, ~severing 1t in twain. His remains we're
brought here and inferred this afternoon. He
was the eldest son Of the widow Davis, of Hum.
mels:Yalley, near here.
Warren, O., May 31.-The boiler in the mill Of
Palmer Bros, at Atlantic, Pa, forty miles east Of
here exploded this afternoon. George Lyle and
Ed Crichbaum were killed. Scion Palmer seri.
ously injured, Loss, $500, no insurance, There
was no water in the boiler.
Doylestown, May 81 Yesterday morning four
colored miners went down to Rogue's Hollow at
ter their washing. While there they became en-.
gagged In a quarrel, and were ordered away. They
departed, and in the afternoon they went back
with about four of their companions with tho de-
termination OF cleaning out the Hollow. They
were driven out, however, without any blood.
shed or bones broken, as far as heard from.
w.. G. Upmire, dealer in boots aud shoes at F)s.
toria, made an assignment for the benefit Of his
creditors, to John c. Mullhime, Monday. Assets
about $500; liabilities about $4,000,
At Bellaire considerable excitement has been
caused by the discovery Of the corpse Of an infant
perfectly formed, and evidently the victim OF
strangulatton, A man was detected in the act Of
burying it in an orchard in the Fourth ward, but
made his escape when he saw he was observed,
Dwellers in that part whisper that the parents Of
the child might be easily guessed, and that al
the talk will not end with the Coroner's inquest,
At GreenVille, a man named Turner, claiming
to be an agent for the Western Medical Works, OF
indianapolis, came to Mr., John B.. Anderson who
lives near there, last Saturday, and induced him
to take an agency for Darke county, whereupon
Anderson signed a mole for $500, payable at the
Greenville Bank, which the man took as security
and left the old man to ponder and discover that
he had been viCtimized.
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BLOOMING VIoLETs.--The following marriage
licenses were issued by the Probate Judge during
the past week:
Martin B Mohn and Virginia Z Wyaudt, vii
mot; Henry Barnes and Margaret ] Clark, ALI.
ance; Valentine P6ffer and Julia Phfer, Cana
Fulton; Joseph Thomas and LYDIA Hazen, MARI
boroj Louis P Yost and Dora Wyant, Canton
Frank G HOrning and Elizabeth Fl tth, Alliances
John ] Hammersmith and Catherine Schrader
Massillnn; lanes REILLY and Anna HOLLOWAY, Al