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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-05-13

their church, of which both he and she
were member and nearly every Satur,,
day for year the church council hau
this rem rkable case up for trial. Ihls,
of course, did not make old Peavy any
better disposed to Miss Rachel. PeaVy
was a good churchman in the main, and
a liberia fellow, and his church did not
want to lose him. So, effort was made
time and again to make him express re
gret and contrition for what he had DONE
and they would forgive him and drop
the matter. But Peavy was inexoraDle'
and the more the thing was pressed the
more he hated the evil.eyed splnster
for her apparent persecution of him.
Atleneth one good old brother wrought
upon him 80 effeCtually by earnest ap,
meals that he got him to consent to get
up and use the simple expression that he
was SORRY" without saying what ne was
sorry for, or using any further expIana-
nations. 1t was difficult to get him to
90 even this far, but he finally consented
And he did get up, and in peculiarly
snappy and curt way he said the single
words, :" am sorry"
The preacher, venerable, pious broth
er named Mercer, was not altogether, sat,
isfed with the manner nor the words OF
Brother Peavy, 80 he told him with great
solemnity that he felt it his duty to ask
Brother Peavy what kind of sorrow he
felt for his unchristian action, and de-
sired to know if it was such Cody sor-
row as a child of the church like him
should feel and express. This knocked
the fat in the fire. The brother who had
induced old Peavy to say he was sorry
groaned in spirit over the unreasonable
severity of Parson Mercer. Old Peavy's
last scrap of patience was gone, and the
repressed fire of the old man broke out
ungovernably. Looking around defiant,
ly, he shot out the words that he wished
to put the church upon notice that he
was going to do what he hadn't done for
forty years, since he first Joined the
church. He was going to curse. At this
the women screamed out in horror ard
begged him not to do it. Unmoved, old
Peavy turned to the preacher Mercer,
and, with indescribable emphasis, said
"Til tell you what am sorry for am
sorry | didu't break her id old neck
Cd d-n her |" and stalked out OF
church in roaring fury. And it is said
the old fellow from that day Conldn't
find curses enough to heap on his once
beloved church, and finally died an in.
durable swearer,
Toombs told Morton that old Peavy's
sorrow in connection with the old VS.
man was his sort of sorrow for the Fed
eral Government. Senator Morton and
his companions broke into a storm oI
laughter, aud General Toombs said that
Senator Morton told him if he would
make his application for pardon and let
him illustrate his repentance, he would
guarantee that every Republican Senator
would vote for his amnesty.
Toombs liked Morton very much, and
speaks of him with great kindness
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-05-13

mass of solid iron ore, as much so as
YOU ever saw of either sandstone or lime
stone assure you thNre is no exagger'
alton in this. Then the coal region COW
ers wider space than the iron. In some
respects it is fully equal to Pittsburg
coal, and in some it is superior
81 can not go into Il demonstration OF
this now, but will give you the facts
as know them at any time when called
upon. At the north east Of the berg,
out of the city, will be built next year
a still larger rolling mill than any here
now and also four blast furnaces. This
/ am assured is a fixed fact, and should
those now being built prove successful,
there is no telling how many will be
built in few years Halliman 4 De
brodelben will build another as soon as
this one goes into blast"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-05-13

A TToRNEY AT LAw-o6ice In New cassidy
"A Block, East Tuscarawas street, Canton, Ohio
Collections speciality
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-05-13
BOB TOOMBs AND SENATOR NOR
TON--A LIVELY INCIDENT.

l have Just heard General Robert
Toombs tell a good story that will bear
repetition, as illustrating his peculiar and
exceptional feeling of alleged hostility to
the Federal Government. In his lively
moods the General is good story teller,
and has a great fund of apt ones that he
can use effectively.
He said he was in Washington, and
dined with the late famous Senator Nor
.on, of Indiana, the great leader of the
Republican party, This was since the
war, and Morton urged Toombs to make
his application for removal Of his dis.
abilities. Toombs says that he replied
to him that he would illustrate his 1osi
ton in this amnesty matter by an anec
dote Of an old fellow that lived in Geor-
gla named Peavy. In his settlement
there was an old maid named Miss Ra.
chel, who had a squint in one of her
eyes, and as she was an acrimonious old
spinster of sharp tongue,and quarreled a
good deal, the superstitious in the neigh
borhood got up the story that she pos.
sessed an "evil eye," and that said "evil
eye" did good deal o. damage in max.
ing stock die and the children sick and
misfortunes happen to people. Old Pea
Wy especially disliked the old maid, and
believed religiously in the evil eye. He
had one of his cattle die when she was
about his house, and the old chap got
outraged, and, telling her she had done
him enough harm and 1t had to stop, he
kicked her out Of the house. The en-.
ragged spinster brought the matter before
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-05-13
Sc GETTING EVEN" WITH BARNEY

When l was at school (said g. there
was one boy with whom was always
qlarreling. He was an Irish youth
named Barney, and, like many of his
countrymen, he had fair share ofm 9TH
pr.wit. l believe I dsliked him mainly
because of his wit, which sooner or later
made every boy in school tie butt Of
some joke. Never shall rget how
tried to get even" with him, and how
Wofully he beat me with my own weap'
ons Laying my plans carefully before,
hand, drew Barney into controversy,
in the presence of most of the boys, upon
the comparative bravery of the Arg'o
Saxon and Celtic races. After warm
discussion, in which history was largely
drawn upon and much bantering ex
changed, l said:
"Look here Barney-we can test the
thing right here. You are an Irishman
and am a Y Ankee. Now will engage
to do something right here, this moment
that you will not dare to do"
GO ahead" returned he, detlantiy,
and the boys crowded around to see the
fun. l took large pin from my coat,
and deliberately thrust it through the
lobe of my ear, pulled it through to the
head, and then drew it out. 1t hurt
dreadtully, but never WINGED.
There, Mr.. Celt," said |, handing the
pin to bio, dare you do that"
Every eye was upon him, but he was
quite equal to the occasion.
YES" he replied slowly, II dare do it
but I'm not such blasted fOOJ|
What shout the boys did raise. l
skunk away, looking and feeling silly
enough. l had a sore ear for many days,
and firmly resolved never again to out
brag an Irishman,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-05-13

In addition to all these charges, fuel
and light are supplied free, there is a
large kitchen garden attached to the
grounds that furnish hay for the horses
In fact, the occupant of the White House
is at no expense but for the food and
dressing of his family. and most of the
former comes from the Commissary de-
partment of the army, at wholesale
prices for the choicest articles. This is
the bill for one year of Fraudulent
President who is believed to have in
vested over one hundred and twenty.
thousand dollars of his pay and perqui,
sites since march 4, 1877.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-05-13
COAL AND IRON MOUNTAINS OF
ALABAMA.
An Interesting Letter from Birmingham

An Interesting Letter from Birmingham.
A letter dated March "a, Birmingham,
Ala, addressed to Professor S. K. Ste.
ems, now one of the deputies under Clerk
Ramp, by A. S. Dobbs, has been given to
us for perusal. After giving an account
of the furnaces in that locality, the wri-
ter gives a short description of the city,
and says:
at is located in what is called Jones
alley, Jefferson County, at the point
here the North and South. and the
Chattanooga and Meridian Railroads
cross. The valley is about four miles
wide, from mountain to mountain. 1t is
about one mile from the old town and
county seat of Eleton, and is well laid
out with streets running parallel with
the roads and mountains. The streets
are wide, and are numbered fIom the
roads, First, Second, and so on, up to
TWel-e e, and about three miles long. The
cross streets number up to Thirty second,
and are about a mile long The roads
run here a little north of east o south of
west. On coming into the place you see
on one side of range of mountains from
six to seven hundred feet high above the
valley, literally filed with iron ore, and
on the other another filed with coal,
sandstone and fire. clay. do not know
the length of these mountains, but sup
pose they must terminate somewhere in
Florida, The quality Of the iron and
coal is A No. l." A diagram is given to
show the advantages of working these
mines. and their relative positions to the
railroads above mentioned
II believe" " Continuasthe writer, "that
within few years this place will manu-
facture the most Of the iron made this
side of the Alleghenies. I have been
over few miles Of the iron range, and
the simple way 10 tell 1t is that it Is one
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-05-13

The intelligent com positor is again dis.
tiDgnishing himself as champion ha-
morist, down east. A cultured lady re-
Gently gave some reCitations at Portland,
Me-, on which the Argus commented
thus: "She is at times very fOrcible in
her delivery, and towers in her dignity
in way that sometimes almost degener-
atps into strut" but what it meant to
say, according to subae qnent explana'
ton, was that "she towers in her dignity
in way that some times elevates and
instruCts."
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-05-13

Gloomily the merchant sat looking
over the books and through the now re-
naming papers in the safe, the morning
after the junior partner had got way to
South America with alacritY ald $42 OOC
of the firms money. A consoling friend
says to the merchant: "Ah, well, you
will work out of it all right. There's nc
great loss without some gain" True
sighed the man of trade with brighter
light dawning in his face, true, my wife
went with him."
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-05-13
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TO REGULATE THE LIVER,

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over 50 yea s. They cure Headache, Bilious
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the right Kind SELLERS LIVER PILLS, 25 cts
The great Worm destroyer er!-SELLERS' VER-
MIFUGE. Expelled 400 worms from my
child. two years Old "-WM SAHvER, st. Louis Mo.
Sold by druggists. Price % cts. each r. Il. SELL
ERS & CO., Prop'rs, Pittsburgh, Pa, Send for cir
culars apo
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-05-13

Compensation of four messengers Ito wait
on three clerks and telegraph operator
nominally, but really serVants) at 81 200 4SSO
Tho horses for messengers to be furnished
by Secretary Of War nominally for use
OF Ofmessengers, but really for secretary's
carriage cost not given, New item..... .....
Contingent expenses. ses.,.,.................,.. 5000
Grounds south of Executive MansiOn........ 50OO
KefurniRhing, repairs and greenhouses..." 2oOOO
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-05-13
TEACHERS EXAMINATION.
CANTON UNION SCHOOLS.

An examination Of applicants for positions In
the Canton Schools will be held IN the High
School room at the West Building, on Saturday
May 18TH 1880. The examination will commence
at O'Clock a. N. ] Fl, LEHMAN,
apr22.td Clerk Board OF Examiners.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-05-13

MMM A WEEK in your own town, and no capl.
mKNHv tai rlsked You can give the business D
VII n trial without expense. The best Opportu-
"A Mn nifty ever offered for those willing TO work.
WklU You should try nothing else until you see
WV for yourself what you can do at the busk
ness we Offer No room 10 explain here,
You can devote all your time only your spare time
10 the business, and make great pay for every hour
that you work. Women make as much as men.
Send for special private terms and particulars which
we mail free. s50utRt free Don'tceS- plain ofhard
times while yon have such chance Address
Iunl2.gy H. HALLETT q co Portland, Maine
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-05-13

TUsT ICE OF THE PEACE, and Notary Public
y | mining a law shop opposlt III g Reed House
anal street Navarro, o. From whence I will de.
fend the innocent, "prod" the wicked collect bad
debts and mix up prescriptions for the neghbOrs al
bedrock" rates Young fellow, II you want any
thing ground out In my line call feblT80u
The daily gazette., 1880-05-03
SDiiers as Big as Birds.
THE STRAND OF THEIR WEBS FOUND TO
BEAs STRONG AS SILK THREAD.

THE STRAND OF THEIR wEBI FOUND TO
BEAs STRONG AS SILK THREAD.
From the Leadville (Col) Chronicle.
A short distance from Buena Vista is
a clye inhabited by spiders which differ
from Other spiders in their enormous
=. aud are quite ustfnl 10 the needy
neoiyle of that reg,ou. The cave a.
di,o ,yer.d last ID. C 'iuUer by "A party
nt s,sh.-,eers, and the spid..rs ami their
"a ork we're witnessed. On entering the
cave one il iirst struck by tie funny
lacking weis. They are worked like
other webs of Spiders, but every fibre is
t,.n times aS large NJ the oues woven by
ordinary spldeis. On passing furtner
into the cave the spiders are emo buutei-
ed. They are about the size of small
birds aud make strange sound while
weaving their web. Their webs are 80
tough aud the ribrrs 80 large that 1t is al
m. q an impo,s hil ty TO brerk down n
web. Some weeks ago while Locking at
the cave min got 10 examining the
webs Their SUraidS were about tn
\ ze of M. l2 thre Il, aud le thought
;hnt they conld be USED for thread. llav-
ing a needle IN mis- possession he broke
off one of the strands and found hat il
fitted The needle. Sewing on loose
button o test the efficacy, he fonnd i, is
strong as silk thread, and II auswe ad
his eyny purpose. Since then the peo-
n . have fiocked IN and carried away
hosts Of the webs, hit thr spiders do not
appear to object in The least There Is
some talk amuug capitalists OF starting q
thread facto, y there aud uSi, z the v ebs
thread.
The daily gazette., 1880-05-03
Pluchcy Miss Doty.
A BUFFALO BANKERS DAUeHTER's
SECOND ENCOUNTER WITH A THIEF.


A BUFFALO BANKERS DAUGHTER's
SECOND ENCOUNTER WITH THIEF.
BUFFALO, April 29.-As Miss Flora
Doty, youngest daughter of Leonidas
Doty, the wealthy banker of this city,
who lives in Delaware avenue, was
walking along that avenue at II a. m.
to-day. Near Upper street, she saw
a well-dressed young man approaching
her. Miss Doty carried well-fllled
purse IN her hand, one ofthe fashiona-
BILE pattern, suspended from handle.
AS the two were about to pass each
other, the young man seized the purse
and attempted 20 jerk it from her
hand. Miss Doty was plucky, and in
stead of surrendering her purse she
clung tenaciously to the handle. The
young man also hung on, and in at
tempting to wrest the purse from her
hand, Miss Doty was roughly jostled
and the purse was forced open, allo "
ing the bank notes and silv er to fall
upon the fagstones. The bold thief
then released his hold, and darled
thro ugh Upper street. and was soon
lost to sight. He escaped. Miss Doty
had similar experience in New York
several years ago, while in company
with her mother and her sister, Mrs.
Westervelt, of New York. The ladies
were walking in enty-frst street
near Gramercy Pi r1, when two men
came up behind them. Mrs. Doty was
next to the fence, and all were en-
gagged in conversation. The two men
passed the ladies, one on either side,
and as one passed Mrs. Doty he seized
her watch chain, gave it a yank, and
darted away. The chain was broken
from the fastening al the neck and at
the watch in the belt. The charms
and parts of the chain jingled on the
sidewalk. The action OF the bold thei
was seen by Miss Doty, and as he
darted away she gave chase. The thief
ran fast, but Miss Doty was equally
fleet, and she kept him in sight foI
about two squares. Then the villain
leaped into sewer trench where mer
were at work, and, seizing shovel, be.
gan work as though he belonged there
Miss Doty called a policeman who wal
passing, told him the story and identi
fled the thief. He and his accomplice
were arrested and arraigned in the
Jefferson Market Police Court. Boil
men were tried, the robber getting
twenty years and the accomplice tel
years III the State prison. 1t was q
plucky thing for Miss Doty to do, anc
for time gave her much unsought
noto riety.
The daily gazette., 1880-05-03
A PECULIAR FEAT OF A SPARROW

A PECULIAR FEAT OF A SPARROW
"A few weeks ago sparrow built her
nest in ore of the trees In the yard
around Mayor Forwood's residence, and
In short time three or tour pretty little
sparrows were hatched out. There was
nothing particularly strange in this but
what Is to follow SEEMS to us little
above anything In reference to the SPAR
row that we have heard. Thursday even
ing while the storm was raging and the
wind whistling through every branch Of
the trees, making it decidedly uncom-
Portable to be Out, the mother sparrow,
true to The instinct which prompts every
thing to care for its young carried The
little spaIrows from the nest to the Cor
ner Of window sill away from the
severe weather and then carried the nest
down put the little ones IN IL and rested
safely from the storm all night. She and
her young were well cared for. II this
had not been done the young sparrows
would no doubt have been drowned.-
Chester Times.
The daily gazette., 1880-05-03
The Two Comets,

THE AUSTRALIAN ONE NO MORE TO BE
SEEN IN THESE PARTS.
The great southern comet sighted at
Carloba, Melbourne and Cape Town
has departed from terrestrial territories
on It's long circuit, without deigniDg TO
give glimpse Of the tip Of its tail to the
anxious observers waiting its advent IN
northern skies. DIR. Gould, of the Car
doba Observatory, was tue discoverer OF
the cele'tial visitor, briefly described, az
passing the sun iu a north ward direction
in FEBRUARY. Dom Pedro, the Brazil-
Ian emperor, telegraphed to the Paris
Academy of Science fuller details in re-
gard to the mysterious guest. An o obser.
server at Capetown DIES cri bed it's sudden
advent when, almost without warming
its tail waa seen streaming across lie
evening sky from behind Table Noun
tain.
And now fuller accounts have arrived
of the comets grand appearance in Aus
tralan skies. Al its most brilliant phase
the tail of the comet was twenty-five
degrees in length, forming An angle of
eighty degrees, win the horizon, whIl-
the nuc,eus was obscured by the hszy
atmosphere, or hidden behind a low
cloud bank. Every night the tail grew
longer, and at the same time fainter and
III ten days gradually faded out of sight.
After tins 1t was observed for several
nights in the Melbourne telescope until
the tail could ouly be seen as a thin
wisp ex ending two degrees eastward
from the head was faint nebulOus mass
slightly condensed IN the centre.
1t IS plain that the great southern
comet has passed its perihelio1, is fast
winging its way across the ETHEREAL
bridge intervening between star aud
star and will no longer be seen In these
parts. Astronomers are trying to find
out whe her this is its first visit, or
whether it is to be Numbered among
those that have made previous visits to
the solar domain. Numerous measure
ments of the position and motion were
made and when, from these data, :be
elements of its orbit are computed, II
will possibly be found out ii 1t were the
comet Of 1913, or some other Known
member of the coinetary family, or
newcomer taking its first peep that
gree cd the eyes OF outhern OBJ ervers.
But il we cannot share with the south
ern hemisphere In the Imposing view of
a comet 3 tail sweeping nearly One-third
OF the distance from horizon 10 zinlth,
g have "A comet which, AT least, has the
merit of being all our own. Mr.. Scha-
berleen, of Aun Arbor, picked uD a lit
t.e wanderer on the 9th inst. IL is not
remarkable for size or beauty, for its
tail is only three minutes long, just one
tvt-hundredth part of its southern rival,
and Its head seems not to DO worthy of
mention.
IL is remarkable, however, for It's
northern declinatiUn, for when discover
ed. its position was only few degrees
below the polar star. 1t appears to be
moving rapidly towards the south. and
observers, with even small telescopes,
should Re able to catch "A sight OF the
heet-foo;ed visitor. Nothing is more
uncertain than the vagaries of a comet.
summer skies with its portentous and
majestic beauty, or, more likely, furnish
an ubjrcl tor hrief telescope research,
anu then vanish On Its long travel of
thousand years.
The daily gazette., 1880-05-03

Nature does not execute "snap' judg-
ments, but always warns the offender
against her laws by the infection of
pain. Give attention to her warnings,
and take DR.. Bulls Baltimore Pills In a
good time TO prevent the encroachment
OF disease. Price % cents.
The daily gazette., 1880-05-03
'CHE ARTIzANs SAVINGS BANK.

THE ARTlzANs SAVINGS BANK.
5O2 MARKET STREET. 4.
INCORPORATED JANUARY 2Ith, 1851,
open 70 receive deposits daily from D A
NJ, until T. NJ. and on Tuesday and al.
urday evenings fgom to So'clock,
SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND.
regularly made In April anu October.
When dividends are not withdrawne
They are accounted as deposits. Thus per.
manent deposits compound their In teresl
'" w MANNAaERs.
Ciement % Il: smyth, George W. Bush,
Nathanl X. Benson. NJ. L. Lichensteln.
Henry +. Dure. Edward Darlington,
w. Hastings, Job II. Jackson1
Edward Pusey, VIM. II. swift,
Anthony Higgins.
GEO. W. BUSH. President.
EO. 8. CAPELLE,, Vice President.
feb2l-ly f. r. TAYLOR. Treasurer.
FIRST NATIONAL 6F BESh WlLMINoroy
REPOSITORY OF THE PUBLIC MONEY
FINANCIAL AGENTS OF THE UNI
TED STATES.
EDWARD BETS, PRESIDENT.
GEO. d. ARMSTRONG, CASHIER.
Paid up Capital, $500. 900.
Philadelphia, New York and Boston f
change furnished to regular DeposiLor.
without charge.
Dlseoant days, Mondays and ursda
at $50 A. M.
,usm.n, n O. DiRECToRs. -, No.,
John Il. Adams, dn' fNLks Iii Garrett, @i b0'h'
Henry 8. McComb, sana'l bancroft, Jr.
Daniel James, William Tatnall,
Edward Belts. lani-iy
The daily gazette., 1880-05-03

Philadelphia, New York and Boston f.
change furnished to regular DeposiLors
without charge.
The daily gazette., 1880-05-03

Discount days, Mondays and ursda .
at $50 A. M.
The daily gazette., 1880-05-03

EDWARD BETS, PRESIDENT.
GEO. U. ARMSTRONG, CASHIER.
Fnid up Capitai, SJOO,OOO.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1880-01-24
Self.Collected In the Face Of Death

At Medina yesterday Peter Gers
hacker, a railroad man who resides
in this city, had an almost miracu-
lous escape from being crushed to
death under freight train. with
which he was braking. While max
ing u coupling IN moving train his
foot caught in the guard-rail and he
was unable 10 extricate it. The train
continued to back and if he had
thrown himself outside of the rails. as
most persons would have done, both
legs would have been crushed. In
stead he threw his body between the
rails under the moving train and, as
the brakerod passed over him,
grasped it and was pulled along with
the train. His right foot was crushed,
but his nerve did not leave him, and
the injured member was drawn from
the boot. The train was soon stopped
and he was extricated. His foot
was dressed and he was brought
home to-day. His companions say
it was the most remarkable case of
presence of mind which they have
ever witnessed on the railroad. To
it Mr.. Gersbacker owes his life
Syracuse Herald.