The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-31
LATE NEWS.

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John P. Carney was arrested at New.
ark, Ohio, Tuesday, and taken to Wheel.
ing. West Virginia, on a charge of en-
b. zzlement and making fraudulent en-
tries in the books Of the Peoples Bank.
He gave bail in $4,000.
At Connellsville, Pa, Monday night,
Capt. c. S. Haven was shot by John Da-
wilson and seriously wounded in the
right breast. The ball has been probed
for bu: not found. The man is bleeding
internally and is lying at the Smith
House. Davidson gave himself up.
Haven claims the attack was made with
out any cause.
r. W. Roswell, American Consul at
Cuba, has been arrested on a charge Of
fleeing American excursionists to the
Island.
John G. Moore, officer Of the Cavalry
Recruiting Office, while waltzing at
ball at Cincinnati Tuesday morning,
dropped dead. He came from st. Louis.
The dissatisfied colored Republicans of
Maryland held State convention at
Baltimore Wednesday. There seems to
be trouble ahead for the Carpet.bag fed.
eral offiGeholders in that State. The
darkies do not relish being slighted all
the time.
Buildings were burned at Newbury-
port Mass, last Friday, that caused a
loss estimated at 100000. Insurance,
$250000.
Gen. Patrick O'Marah, of Cleveland,
Democratic candidate for Member of
Board of Public Works. in 1879, died on
the 18th of March.
Governor Churchill, of Arkansas, is
charged with shortage in his accounts
as State Treasurer, of about $4,000
Churchill was Treasurer from 1878 to
1880, when he stepped from that office
into the GubernatoIial chair. He claims
that there is no defalcation, but simply q
clerical error. Senate committees are
now at work on his books.
Two husbands were divorced from one
woman in the Jefferson county Common
Pleas Court, on the 17lh of March.
Col. T. A. Scott, who has been exceed.
iDgly generous in the disposal of his for.
tune, has recently made within a short
time three munifCent gifts of money to
public institutions in Philadelphia. They
are as follows: To the Orthora adiC Hos
pital, $4,000; to the Jefferson College,
$4,000 to the University of Pennsy-
vania, S5O,000. These donations, aggre-
eating $4,000, have all been made since
Col Scotts return from his recent South.
ern trip.
Western Reserve College of Hudson,
is to be removed to Cleveland. Amass
Stone gives $500 900 to the college, on
condition that the city shall raise money
for the site, which has been already
done. Another condition is that the
name is TO be changed to Adelbert Col.
lege, in honor of son of Mr.. Stone,
who died some time ago.
AS to the common belief that General
Grant declined to receive Lees sword at
Appomattox, General Grant writes to a
Virginia inquirer: General Badeau's
book, now in the hands of the printer,
will give the exact truth of the matter.
There was no demand made for General
Lees sword, and no tender of it offered"
At Steubenville the jury rendered a
verdict of ST. 600 in the case of Nihilo
Smith against the Pittsburg, Cincinnati
q st, Louis Railroad Company. She sued
for $4,000 damages for the killing of her
husband, Noah Smith, Christmas day,
1879.
AT Columbus the jury in the case of
VIM. Theison, a regular soldier charged
with numbering his wife, who had Sc
cured divorce during his absence in
Dakota, found verdict of granddaughter
after being out all Tuesday night.
Worthy Woods probably a misnomer)
l6'year.old Hubbard boy, has been ar
rested on charge of bastardy.
Cincinnati Democrats in convention on
Wednesday nominated John Means for
Mayor,
A ST. johns, Newfoundland, special
says that two sealing steamers have just
arrived from the sealing grounds, bring.
ing in 25,0O0 seals. 1t is only eight days
since the vessels sailed for the grounds.
They secured Cargoes in three days, q
work unprecedented.
At New Castle, Pa., Wednesday morn.
ing John Detweller and Charles Conn,
employees at the Red Jacket Furnace
there, were smothered to death by foul
gas from the boilers Detweller was the
first to be overcome. Conn attempted to
save him, and lost his life in the attempt
Detweller was As years of age, and leaves
a family. The heroic Conn was about q
years old, and unmarried.
The Lake Shore express run off the
track eight miles east Of Cleveland ,Tues-
day night. Engineer and fireman killed.
The San Antonia and Corpus Christi
stage was stopped near Oakville, Mon
day night and passengers robbed of $500
and watches.
Masked men at Rawlins, Wyoming
Ter, Tuesday night, took George Parritt,
on of the Elk Mountain murderers, out
of jail and lynChed him, hanging him to
telegraph pole.