The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-12-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
9 pay OF Greek soldier is three cents

Of assault
John Swan was sentenced to the penitentiary
for life for the murder of John Mayer, at Fort
Wayne, Friday.
One thousand men at Albany, N. Y, have been
thrown out Of work on account of low water.
The bullion imports for July, August, septem
ber and October were aS,OOOOOO more than the
exports.
FalrmOunt, ILL.,, young lady threw herself in
front Of railroad train, because her love was
not returned, and was killed.
Sixteen hundred locomotives and rs 900 cars Of
all kinds have been added to our railways this
year valued at s65, 100000.
The peace negotiations in South America have
fallen through.
The public debt statement for November Is ex.
pected to show decrease Of over $1,000, 900. In
the same month last year the reduction was
$799,s23.
Mike Mueller attempted to get had car off the
track from in front OF a Pitsburg, Ft Wayne &
Chicago train at Upper sandusky and had both
legs mangled.
About Ave hundred men were thrown out of
employment Saturday at st. Louis by the closing
ofthe st. Louis Beef Canning Company for the
winter.
The Ohio Editorial Association will take trip
to Washington and the East in the middle Of
January, on invitation of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad.
Fire was discovered In Poughkeepse church
Sunday night during service, but the congrega.
tion got out without panic and the flames were
extnguished.
Two little girls aged and years broke
through the ice at Jersey City, and though a IL
year old hero rescued both OF them, the younger
died before he got ashore,
Marcus Desfayette Hawley was hung at sa.
lem, Va, Friday, for the murder Of Zaohariah
Hayes, In June of last year. He claimed, as usu.
al, that he expected to go straight to Heaven,
and he forgaVe everybody, The execution was
private.
Disasters on the lakes continue In an unbroken
food. The propeller California, loaded with
wheat, was sunk by the ice In Toronto harbUr
the stesmbarge Fletcher, corn laden, was wrecked
on South Fox island, and the towbarge Shawnee
has been lost on Lake Huron, with all hands.
Charles Pierce was arrested at Dayton, satur.
day, and taken to Union City, Ind, charged with
shooting man named Samuel Engle Thursday
night. Engles wife, with whom Pierce had been
intimate, had been divorced, and Engle was on
his way to her house to see her when he was shot
and seriously wounded. Tracks In the snow be.
trayed Pierce as the party making the assault,
The charges against the Democratic Committee
Of the Sixth district eff Mississippi and Of Warren
county were auashed by Judge Hill OF the United
States Court Of Jackson Friday.
A trunk belonging to John Marrow, salesman
for u Philadelphia iewelry firm, was stolen by
unknown parties last Friday evening while
awaiting transportation to the depot In front Of
the Clinton House, Chicago, The trunk con.
tanned from So 900 to $1,000 worth Of jewelry.
band Of cattle thieves In Grant county, Ari.
EonA, were pursued by citizens and Overtaken,
when fight enrued and the ringleader OF the
robbers, named King, and one Of the hand by
the name Of W, Smith, were seriously wounded.
Most Of the stock was recovered,
Pitlsburg, Penn, November 27-At an early
hour this morning the eastbOund express on the
Baltimore and Ohio Road struck q broken rail
about thirty miles west Of Cumberland. The en-.
gine and three cars were ditched, and the fire.
man, named James Routh was almost instantly
killed. Engineer Berney was badly Scslded and
may not recover.
There is enough gold bullion in the hands OF
the government to keep the mints going CT ining
gold at the rate Of eight millions month.
The French steamship oncle osep was run
down near Leghorn a night or two since, wi tn
nearly 800 persons on board, only fifty were saved
and $50 found watery graves. There is much
anxiety at the English and American legations
in Italy over the possibility Of large number Of
Americans or English having been smong the
lost. Another report says the majority Of the
passengers were emigrants for South America.
The following Is the estimate on the number Of
boats locked up In the various New York canals
lakes and rivers On the Erie Canal, 900 boats, Of
which 800 are loaded with grain on Lake Cham.
plain 1S boats loaded mostly with barley and
potatoes on the 0swego, Black, Csyuga and
Seneca rivers, not to exceed twenty-five boats In
all Those on the Black river and osWego are
loaded with lumber and potatoes, Efforts will be
Immediately made to release such boats as con.
tain yershable oargoes and bring them into port.
A Wabash train dashed through flock Of fine
merinos at Marysville, No. the other day, which
Jacob EVsrhart had Just brought from Chic. The
engine looked as II 1t was plowing through a
snow-drift as the frightened sheep piled upon the
track, but when 1t had finished Its work Ever
hart was $500 out of pocket, 10S sheep hay.
ing been killed and ninety six more badly
crippled,l
The salt interest Of Michigan has assumed
magnitude that Justly entities 1t to be classed
among the foremost industries Of the country.
The product Of 1873 was 1855 SS4 barrels for 1879
N2,055, $40 barrels, and up to November Of the
present year 1t had reached 2447, 1882 barrels The
inspection year closes with the present month,
and the total product will reach in round mum
beB 100000 barrels. Sd0inGiO Courier.
Ohio, now the second coal State in the country,
will mine over 100000 tons this year, against
6427 $40 in the year ending the 8lst of last May,
Mrs Elizabeth Thompson Of New York, who
has been so muniAcent in her charities, says: II
have given during the last sixteen years for be.
neVoleDt purposes some 100000. The most OF
this has been used to encourage idleness, corrup
ton and crime. l am now determined to assist
Gods worthy pool who are willing and striving
to make mankind richer and better morally, In
tellectually, Hclenhacallyor mechanically"
Quebec was shaken up by an earthquake sun.
day.
The Evangelical Alliance Of st. Louis has be.
gun crusade against Sabbath breaking OF all
sorts.
The prospects for an early cessation Of hostilI.
ties between Chilli and Peru is not encouraging.
Property to the amOuntOf s25O,OOO belonging to
the Richmond & Chesapeake Railroad Company
was burned at West Point, Va
The loss Of the steamer Lake Huron off the |
Ducks on Lake Huron, is reported. She was
owned by thelGeorgian Bay TRANSFORMATION Com |
pany, and valued at s94 900. Insurance $4,000.
To-day, the.centenary of the accession of Joseph |
H. to the throne Of Austria, is to be celebrated |
throughout that kingdom, No demonstrations Of |
apolitcal character will be permitted.