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


Horace M. Kimball for Governor and W. L, segar
for Lieutenant Governor.
Five steamers landed at Castle Garden sAtur.
day with 4,29O immigrants, and before sundown
many Of them were on their way West.
Or. Daniel F. Kimball, notorious by his con.
'on with the Lynn trunk tragedy" died in
l.. states Prison at Concord, Mass, Tuesday
night
The nomination Of Robertson for Collector OF
Customs Of the Port Of New York, creates consid-
erable surprise and comment Mr.. Robertson led
the Aght against Grant and Conkling in New
York lssS fall.
The Edison Electric Light Company have been
granted permission to lay tubes wires, conduc'
tors and insulatOrs and erect lamp posts in New
York City, for the purpose Of supplying electric
ity for illumination.
The official vote on the constitutional amend
rnent In Indiana shows an average OF about lSO,'
600 for and 40 900 against in total vote Of l72'
e15 The total vote Of the State at the Preslden'
tisl election last November was 1878, showing
big margin Of difference. Only about 40 per
cent, of the voters Of the State exercised their
privileRe, and the amendments got the votes Of
less than one-third.
Ex-senator Wallace and his associates, Of
Messrs Peck, Barnard q Coleman Of Williams
mort, Pa, have made sale Of theirlumber property
In wisconsin to the Mississippi River Logging
Company for S1,275OOO. This is the largest sale
ever made in one "lump" in that region
EmiRrants arrived In the United States during
~ OQlh 90b.
O22, Of whom nearly $1,000 were from Germany,
1900 from Canada, $4,000 from Englan d and
Wales and $4,000 from Ireland
Adopted daughter Of Robert Akers Of Della
ware, has had her father arrested for rape. The
girl ia IA years old.
Little girl, aged seven daughter Of P. Moore,
fell into furnace where maple sugar was being
made, near Ripley and was burnei to cinder'
At Watertown, Wisconsin, last week, died the
famous dwarf, John Lewis, aged "a. His height
was q inches and average weight 10 pounds He
was perfect little man In every respect. he
was born at Ixonia near here Of Welsh parents
and was the Oldest OF seven children, all the 9TH
ers being ordinary sized. He spoke both Eng
lish and Welsh huently, Rnd.was good scholar
He made his brothers and sisters and all others
regard him as their equal, and in intelligence he
was superior to many. He was aveTse TO being
exhibited or petted but received many gifts
from thousands who visited him at his home.
Mount Baker, in Washington Territory, which
has been inactive for nearly twenty years, is in
eruption again. dense volume OF smoke is
coming from the mountain, while hot cinders,
ashes and lava are being thrown from Its crater
At night 1t pours forth streams of fire which illu'
mine the heavens for miles, AS yet the flow OF
lava is not suficient to indicate any danger The
eruption is said to be magnificent sight as the
mountain looms up TO the height OF l2OOO ieet
and Is covered with snow half way down Its
side,
The New York Post says: Leading bankers
have advices from Paris that the Bank OF France
has decided to stop payments in gold.
Two brothers, John and Michael Watts aged "
and 20, living with their parents at Palestine
Texas, uusrreled and John killed Michael with
knife.
Bradstreets reports 1888 failures the past week
in the United States and provinces decrease OF
seventeen as compared with the preceding wee k
The indication Of trade is improved generally
for most failures were comparatively small con-
Germs
Judpe spier Of the Superior Court Of New YORK
bss granted an Injunction which restraints the
Nortbern Pacific Railroad from issuing any OF
the 10000 shares OF common stock which the
Executive Committee Of the Board OF DIRECTORS
recently voted to is'ue
A sre broke out last evening in the drying
room OF the color works Of G. A, Woolsey atJer'
sew City, A number Of workmen were more OF
less burned.
Theodore Finderson German, aged 80, was
run over by train in the Union Depot yaros az
81. Louis, Saturday, and was injured 50 pady
that he died few hours after. From his own
statement II appears he had been on the track
upderpeath the car with suicidal intent and re-
rnained there until he was run over.
The exports OF breadstuAfs fell off six and halI
millions of dollars for the last eight months, com
pared with the same eight months OF the last u.s.
cal wear. Still they counted up about slS2 AGO. |
900 In value.
Colonel E, A, L. Roberts, the inventor OF the
successful torpedo for oil wells, died In TitusVle
last week. after brief illness. he was the m ost
widely known Of any man in the oil region de
sePved In the Mexican and in the late war
Charles Kuhle Of Detroit, quarrelled all night
with his wife and then tried to kill her. he nreu
four shots OF her with revolver. one snot 700
effect, but is not considered to be dangero U.s. |
Kuhle then attempted to kill himself but @ileo'
Mexico has had Commission to count up her
debts Of various kinds, and the result OF lH coHl'
putations does not make as bad showing 81
wOa expeoted. The entire debt is only Sl4A9 9oS'-
ono and of this amount nearly fifty millions Is
for unpaid interest. .-.-..--
After careful and prolraCted inquiry the au'
thorIties Of the Pennsylvania Railroad have come |
TO the conclusion that soft steel rails wear away
less than hard, because the little particles which
rise on the surface OF steel rail break of una er
the wheels when the rail is hard and hamm or
down when 1t is soft
There was q crooked rail on the B. q o. rail- |
wav near Pittsburg; heavily loaded passen ger |
train was bearing down upon IT. John and NJ ich'l |
Sullivan, brothers and employees Of the road'
took in the situation at glance They ran 10
the rail and succeeded in strengthening 1t Just be-
fore Il was reached by the train, but both were |
struck BY the locomotive and instantly killed.
Night before last band Of mssked burglar
entered the residence Of John Conner and wife,
On aged couple living at East Brady, Pa 90 miles
from Pitbburg, Th,y ordered the old man TO
open his safe. he refused whereupOn one Of the
band drew revolver and shot him in the head.
BE still refused. Then they took the old woman
and put her bare feet on the red Goals, threaten
ing at the same time to roast her alive unle ss
her husband opened his treasure box. Tn 10
brought the old man to terms, so he un locked
his safe and the burglars helped themselves to
$40 900 Of itsIContentS.
Iowa City, March 26.-MlSs Halle Deuel. com
pleted the Sis day Of her fast tonight, and Is yet
good for several days more. 1t is 1ronounc ed by
leading physicians the most wonderful case Of
fasting ever known. Miss Deuel. continues to
maintain the silence abe began three years ag o,
and conversees only by slsns
TIM fuvnIt,,ya faotoFv OF g. Mendel Il Co. l0oat.