The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-04-29
STATE AND NEIGHBoRHooD,

The Garfield cheese factory is to start un early
next month.
Wellsville has muticsl organization called
the Mozart Society
Not mill or furnace in the Mahonirg Valley
has ceased operations.
Fifteen hundred tons Of coal pass over the
Niles and New Lisbon railroad daily.
Col Baron, of Bellaire, is candidate for super
intendent OF the State Penitendary.
The Changers have established a cooperative
store at BarnesVille.
Mr.. Potter, Superintendent Of the State Fish
Hatchery at Toledo has placed in the creek Just
South OF New Lisbon nineteen thousand speckled
trout.
The East Palestine pottery has met with serl.
mishap ct used by the inferior quality Of the
bricks used, which melted down upon the first
firing Of the kiln.
II is proposed 10 establish a telephone In
Wheeling, on the exchange system, connecting
all parts Of the city, Martins Ferry, Bridgeport
Belaire &C.
A. H. Dunlevy, Of Lebanon, is supposed to be
the Oldest inhabitRnt of what was known In the
early days as the Northwestern Territory. He
was born Dec. 21, 1898.
The following mines owned and operated by
the Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal Company, the
Jones, Hays, Hussey Shaft and Empire, at Sa.
lineville, are running about four days week
each, and the Farmer, Anderson and Thomas
Bros mines are running full time.
Dayton is afflicted with two Boards Of Educa.
tion.
The measles are epidemic in Logan, Scarcely
family has escaped
st, Francis Hospital, Columbus, has IS patients
under treatment
Shelby county, on the 9TH inst, gave 23S major.
ity in favor of a new court house.
Philip NJ Thompson, a farmer near Barnes.
vile, o., was blowing in it TO see If 1t was loaded
It was
Mrs, Barney Rodgers, wife of coal miner at
Coshocton suicided by drowning in the Tusca-
rawas river, leaving her brutal husband and
seven children. She had sought shelter at
neighbor's house the night before.
By the decision Of the Canada Court, Hovey,
the Urbana defaultiDg clerk and forger OF city
bonds will be brought back for trial
Akron, April pa shocking accident occur.
red at Wilhelm 4 sChroeder's, stone quarry, on
South street, this morning. Mr.. Baughman,
foreman at the quarry, had loaded upon wagon
large circular stone designed for the cover Of
cistern, and placing his eleven.year old son
upon II, started 10 drive out OF the quarry, when
one wheel ran into fut, pitching both boy and
stone off. The boy fell upon his back, and the
stone, which weighed about ! 900 pounds, struck
him with It's edge upon the chest, crushing him
to death instantly.
Sandusky, April 23-The special election to
decide whether or not the city should tax itself
s6O0OO to build railroad to Fremont took place
to-day, the result being overwhelmingly In favor
of the move The vote was 2O38 for, to % against,
Had the weather been good much heavier vote
would have been polled.
The body Of Barney Chess Of Wellsville was
found in the river he having been missed over
two weeks ago, He was an old resident and a
cripple
Cincinnati o., April pa special to the Ga
zette says that during violent wind storm this
afternoon about GO feet of the roof of the cabin Of
the steamer Bostonia was blown off while at the
landing a short distance below Huntington. No
one was seriously hurt. Mrs. Paris c. Brown
was standing outside tn cabin al the time and
fell in right as the roof passed over her head but
was not injured beyond few bruises.
Athens April 23.-C. s. Rooms, farmer Of this
county, was bound over to-day in the sum Of
$500 to await hearing before the grand jury for
forging a check on John B. Brown for S54O
Koons claims that stranger, on his way to an.
other town, stopped at his house and asked him
to get It Cashed in Athens, and that he would
return via Athens and get the money.
Cincinnati, April 29.-Jake Aug was attacked
tonight on Vine street by the notorious Eph
Holland, who hit him twice with a slung shot
Aug then attempted to pull pistol but before
he succeeded Holland got his pistol out and fred
twice, missing both shots. The police then came
along and arrested both men, Aug for carrying
concealed weapons, and Holland for shooting
with intent to kill. They are out on bail Both
are well known sporting men. 1t was the result
Of an old grudge arising from rival gambling in.
terests.
The Van Vert Marshal enforces the Sunday or.
dinsnce of that village TO the letter He won't
allow the boys even to play base ball on Sunday.
A child in Glendale, Hamilton county, slipped
through the Stats Of its crib the other day and It's
head being caught, it strangled to death.
James Reed, now in jail in Batavia, Clermont
county, is charged with the murder Of John
Ellis, whose body was found in the Ohio river at
Chill about week ago,
Thomas Haley, Of Glendale, lost an arm and
leg early Saturday morning be being run over by
switch engine at Hamilton, Butler county.
Haley was brakeman.
A Boston company is to erect two large blast
furnaces near Floodwood, Athens county, and ],
b. Riley, Of Newark, is to be the superintendent.
Earnest Zeh, OF Newark, committed suicide at
that place Friday night by throwing himselfin
front ofa train and allowing it 20 pass over him.
Refusal Of his afianced 10 marry him was the
cause.
Mansfield, o., April 25.--A son OF Philip Pliers
was drowned here to-day, by falling off q log
while attempting 10 CROSS the creek which is
quite high from the recent rains. The body has
not yet been recovered.
James Hedges Co., Of Mansfield, dry goods,
made an assignment last evening to George H
Harris assignee. Liabilities reported at sl5,OOO
assets'probsby three fourths Of this amount,
steubenville, April 27-shortly before O'Clock
this morning the body Of Patrick Kinney OF this
place. aged &c, was found dead on the Pan Han.
die Railroad track In the Sd ward, with his skull
completely mashed and one arm broken. II Is
supposed that, being intoxicated, he laid down
across the track and west bound freight train
passed over him about midnight He leaveas
wife and two children.
Bucyrus, o., April 27-The citizens of Bucyrus
corporation at special election to-day, decided
by vote Of 100 to to levy a tax of $4,000 for
the purpose of building lhe railroad machine
shops for the Ohio Central Railroad