The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-02-17
PERSONAL VARIETY.

The Knoxville Chronicle charges that Hon,
United States Senator through treachery, and
threatens to expose the traitors.
The School Committee Of Boston complain that
the need Of practical instruction In school n.y.
giene is aS great in that city as ever the laws OF
health being daily violated in the schools through
ignorace rather than wilful neglect,
An ancient barn, recently destroyed by FIRE
near Ltiz Pa, was used as prison for the cap.
tured Hessans duTirg the Revolution. Baron
steigel owned the barn century and half ago
and the buildings were occupied by the army
under General Washington during his campaign
in that section Of the State.
A bill to supply MANNED ex Confederate soldiers
with artificial limbs has been lost in the Texas
Legislature, to the great grief Of the Galveston
News, which says that such paIsimony, in view
Of the wealth Of Texas and tho much-vaunted
cash balance, not to speak Of the 100000 Demo-
cratic majority, is truly WOndersul."
About as mean theft as has lately been chIon.
iCed is that which occurred at Hudson, o., the
other night. Some thief stole the cabinet organ
belonging to the Congregational Church, which
shows a state Of depraVity on the Reserve that we
never thought existed
A Galveston widow ig about to marry her ffth
husband. Her pastor rebuked her for contem'
plating matrlmony so soon again. well, just
want you to understand, II the Lord keeps on
taking them will too" was the spirited reply.
A fanatical preacher in Syracuse recently told
his congregation that II the women would all
dance by themselves in ten acre lot, surrounded
by a high board fence, and the men in another
enclosure Of the same kind, there would then be
no harm In dancing II he would preach
in q forty.mlle tract and let his cor gr cation
sleep in another we'll fenced with sheet iron he
Wouldn'tma such circus Of himself.--LEx.
Messrs. ], H. Wendle & Co., a prominent De-
troit grain house, recently sent out circulars to
Grar gers in 15O different districts in Michigan,
inqulring about the condition Of the winter wheat
crop, what was the per centage Of old grain on
hand and what were the prices they were hold
ing it for. From fifty different points replies were
received stating that the crop wss not impaired;
from twenty.three points that there had been
some damage from frost, and from thirteen points
that the damage was serious. At fifty points the
old grain on hand was so per cent and at the
remainder from 80 to 40 per cent The Grar ger s
invariably declared that they had no old wheat
on hand for sale under 81 per bushel,
There are $500 shoemakers in Chicago, The
average Of wsges is 81 day, In the making Of
shoe there are sixty.four parts.
Lieutenant Maurice o'Connel sixtieth Rifles
who was illed in the action in the Trsnsvaal on
Tuesday, is grand nephew Of Daniel 0Connell,
being the eldest son Of Sir Maurice o'Connell.
The Emperor William OF Germany, Is evidently
falling in strength, though he boasts that he is SS
active as ever. He is growing thin but his mill.
taIy CLOAK are thickly padded to conceal the fall
irg of.
A Harvard College student who overturned
barrel Of ashes on sidewalk In Cambridge, was
given the alternative by policeman Of shoveling
them back or being "taken In" he shoveled the
ashes back.
When Hayes went 10 Washington four years
ago he wasn't certain that he would be counted
In, and left his resignation Of the Governors Of
fee subject to telegraphic order. Garfield goes in
under more complacent circumstances.
At Madison, indiana, the citizens are In a state
of terror over an apparition that parades the
streets in the silent midnight watches. There Is
an uniqueness about this Bpook that gives
1t celebrity. 1t Is black ghost, 1t is described
as hideous looking creature, with black body
In the shape Of man; large blood red mouth and
garing blood-shot eyes, and has frightened
neighborlng ladies almost into hts. Some think
It is Satan seeking for whom he may devour,
General Mcclellan has been elected President
Of the Broadway, New York Underground Rail-
road Company, and Is going to Europe to place
the bonds on q foreign market The route to be
pursued is not known, nor under what charter
the company proposes to act as, though six
charters were obtaiEed from the Legislature, they
were all supposed to haYe been vetoed or lapsed
by failure to commence work.
Thomas Carlyle had several relatives in Canada.
Among them are family Of nephews and nieces
in Burford Ont, the children Of his brother
Alexander, who settled there; family ofnephews
and nieces in Brant Township, the children Of
his brother John. DR.. Carlyle Of the Normal
School, Toronto, is a nephew, and Alex, Carlyle,
the niece, and was present at the death bed.
The story Of Carnahan: He was a sewing ma
chine agent. He came to Bellevue, o., and per
suaded Miss Jennie Bellman to marry him. The
marriage was a fraud, ceremony being performed
by an accomplice. Lived together as man and
wife some time, Discovered that Csrnahan had
already wife and child In Elyris. Carnahan
arrested. Come his father and says that CRrna.
han ia desperate villain, who has impoverished
him through his scrapes and threatened his life
Also said that he made business Of running girls
through mock marriages. Carnahan booked for
the O.P.
Bret Harte was travelling over from Califr
to Oregon by water, ard got on board thes q '4u
Just In time, but after all the stateTOomsF IHi'
taken. He presented his card, but ther 100 oee
agent said "There Is no berth he 80 Gio T'
Harte or any other man." Just { ~. Di'
looking miner, with pistols in hlP ho,, o.Sos. s.
hind him and said Be youtbe o',-,l' " "
"Luck OF Roaring CampT = no an,So "!O,9 W
replied ana gave gave nm nm ans n,s ard, The miner OK
tended his hand iOr a av% AXE saying 4: "G,ve I
to me, yer son. of&gun have ,,ata,oov, o,H W.,
two hunks in IT. you shan hava one. Snd "l ="
snoot the man wnoF in the other II you say SO, &C
that we may have the room to ourselves" " y
James stewar'S Of Georgia. was in swamp with
his dogs and. an axe. The dogs found a coon
pEOwliDg ABOUND in the woods and pitched into
1t for the sake Of gratifying the general antipathv
dogs have for coons and love they have for
Sighting. The coon was In no wise loath to have
bout with itH natural enemies, but made demon.
STATIONS that convinced Mr.. Stewart that he conId
not be an idle spectator. The dogs made a com,
oined attack-one in front, one in the rear. and
one circled around generally 10 distract the as.
sailed as to which should be the objective point
General Coon fixed himself firmly, and with one
oloW OF It's right paw knocked out the eye Of its
mont asSailaht, which demorallzed him and sent
MIN bowling to the rear. As quick as lightning
IL then concentrated on the rear assailant, plant
cd It's sharp Feth in the burr Of that dogs ear and
soon made shoestringS Of It. Poor CAMS went