The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-04-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Forty two persons were killed in the recent coll
liery explosion at Anderleus, Belgium.
1t is reported sthat the Anglo American cable
has been broken.
The shock OF an earthquake was felt in Maine
Saturday.
Democrats carried the city OF Davenport, Iowa,
Saturday.
The heaters in the rail mill OF the Allentown
rolling mill struck for an advance Of six cents
per ton.
A correspondent at ConstanHnople hints that
the assassination of the Grand shereef of Mecca
bya Persian fanatic was procured by Abdul Mutta'
lib Pasha, his successor.
Rear Admiral Thatcher of the United States
Navy. died Saturday at Boston, aged "a.
Thomas o'Donnell has been arrested for the
murder Of Thomas Barker, in New York, upon
the confession Of his mother.
shoemakers are on strike at Chicago They
want forty per cent more money and lees work
There have been severe snowstorms in the
Sierra Nevada mountains and the snow SHEDS
have been broken down,
The Mlguelon steamer Fernvile, from West
Hartlepool, March 18th, for Boston, was sunk in
collision with an iceberg
The White lead works of Mofit q Sergeant at
Joplin, Mo burned Saturday afternoon, together
with the foundry of W. S. Harmony, andImachine
shops Of Lecke & Co. Loss estimated at $500
Insurance less than $4,000
The boiler in the Sawmill of John H. Lowe, sit
uated ten miles from Rushville, Ill., exploded
Saturday afternoon with terrific force, demolish.
ing the mill and instantly killing Wesley NJ
Parker fatally wounding John Randall and
Thomas Jones, and seriously injuring TWO other
persons
On Friday evening at Los Vegas, New Mexico,
two desperadoes, David RudabsHgh and John
Allen entered the Jail, shot and fatally wounded
the jailor and attempted to rescue prisoner
named Webb under sentence of death for muir
der. The would be rescuers were scared off be-
fore they could accomplish their purpose. A
posse Is in pursuit of them and If captured they
will certainly be lynched
special from Reading, Pa, says 1.-THE people
Of HoneybroOk township, Chester county, are in
terrible state of alarm over the depredations Of a
band of Welsh mountain thieves who are burn.
ing their barns and driving off their stock. The
marauders robbed country school house OF a
large Bible, nailed it to tree, and posted no.
tice, with skull and cross bones attached, stat
ing that If the Horse Insurance Company follow.
ed them up to make arrests a fearful deSolation
would at once follow. A n1mber of the members
Of the insurance company have had their horses
and cattle poisoned
Confidence in Southern cotton factory enter
loo ri, hvo n unh In los fyun
weeks, OF 100000, the maximum amount Of stock
proposed for the erection of a cotton factory At
spartansburg, s. G, The people Of that thriving
little inland city promptly subscribed $780, 600 and
Charleston capitalists invested $4,000 in the en-.
terprise, Orders for the machinery have been
put in. The factory is to contain 1000 spindles
and 100 looms.
Public debt statement for March shows a re.
ductlon Of Sl4 1885, total debt now S2 6 629 292
debt less cash in Treasury, 1880 ,S92S4.
Senator Edmonds was much surprised Wednes.
day when Senators Conkling and Blaine failed to
come to time in support Of his opposition to the
marshals election clause in the immediate def.
cieucy bill, as was agreed III the Republican
caucus
AT New York last week an advance of wages
cents day. The 'loDgshoremen Of the European
steamship lines struck to enforce the discharge Of
nonunionsts Two lines made a compromise
The entire appropriations made by the river
and harbor bill amount to between $4,000 and
S700O The following are the sums provided for
principal lake ports Buffalo, 100000; Erie, $40 OOO
Cleveland, 800 OOO COneaut S6OOOOi Huron, So OOO
Toledo, $4,000; Duluth, S2500O Detroit River
lhinaun hraa tya tar 00n To ba HVr
harbor OF refuge, S5,OOO
The Pennsylvania Railroad advanced the com.
pensaton OF all It's employees to the rate paid prior
to June LIST, 1877 This is equal to a larger amount
than an advance ten per cent.
General Butler, on the 10Th inst, wrote as fol.
lows to certain representatives Of the working.
men of San Francisco: II have received yours in
regard to retainer in the mattel Of the COnstitu
tionaity Of certain clauses restraining the action
OF certain corporations ia California, will un.
dertake to susisin the affirmative before the Su.
preme Court whenever the case arises. l can moi
tell the amount of labor required, therefore can
give but little idea of what my fee would be, but
not less than S2,O9O nor more than $4,000.
James Lynde, a rebel deserter, who afterwards
enlisted in the Fourth Michigan Cavalry, is said
by the Detroit Free Press to have stolen JEFF
Davis's horse and money after the rebel leaders
capture. Lynde would never tell what he found
in the saddle bags but his fellow troopers are sure
that 1t must have beel gold for after The regiment
was mustered out he disappeared for a time
turning up six months later In Detroit with thous
ands Of dollars in his possession, much of which
was left after he had taken three years TRIP
in Europe
Halifax, N. g., April Awhile gunners Payne
0'Neill, Welish and Hurst, Of the Royal Artillery
were this evening returning across the bay from
Georges Island, where they had been visiting
friends, their boat swRmped and all were thrown
into the water Hurst caught hold Of the boa
and was rescued while the three others were
drowned Payne's body only has been recovered
Charleston, W. Va, April "A boarder at the
house Of Mr.. Rosser, at sewelll Station, while
cleaning revolver, accidentally discharged 1t
the ball passing through Mrs. Rosser's hand and
entering her baby's head, which she held in hel
lap, instantly killing 1t. He did not know 1t wal
loaded
Ottawa, Ont, April A fire at 4 o'elok thil
morning damaged the Bank Street Presbyterian
Church $4,000 Insured. About the same time
while the sexton Of st. Josephs Catholic Church
was preparing the edifce for O'Clock worship,he
saw q man with lighted candle standing behind
the altar. On going forward the man, who had
set FIRE to the woodwork in the entry, and also tC
the organ, fed. It is surmised that an organized
gang had determined upon the destruction oI
these two churches, and the public is much ex-
cited over the affair."