The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-01-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


leased.
8. B. Vance, jr., son OF Judge 8. B. Vance, Of
Evansville, Ind, suicided at Mt. Vernon, Ind.,
Monday. His brotherin-law, II. H. shouse, ,sulcid.
ed at Louisville, Oct. 80, last, in precisely the
same manner,
Hannah, Ill.,, Jan. 15.-John Miller, worthless
drunken teamster Of this place, brutally murder
ed four-year old child Of his mistress, Hattie
Keiger yesterday. He sent the woman out OF the
house on an errand, and while she was gone he
choked and kicked the little girl Ito death. The
inquest is being held to-day.
The Worlds fair commission is raising 81, ,OOO.
900 by subscription to be glven unoonditionally.
A hundred thousand dollars has already been
subscribed.
Michigan has ninety-three firms or individuals
engaged in salt.maklng, their combined product
for the year ending November 80 amounting to
9I679.8S6 barrels.
While Eastern humanitarlRns are bewaIling the
sad condition Of Lo, the poor Indian, he is anus.
ing himself by robbing stage coaches and mur-
dering the passengers out West, An outrage Of
this kind is reported between MeEEila and Fort
Cummings
Most of the banks buy and sell stocks and do a
general brokerage business, First National Of
New York has Its own member Of the Stock
aoard for the accommodation Of the out-oi.town
banks.
A BhTewd observer says that the railroad
stocks Of the country would be worth 25 per cent.
more than their selling rate but for the secret in
taYaat nf tho ofBoaru an tba roads a., tho AiRo.ov
companies and corporations doing business with
them.
Minneapolis Minn., Jan, Is. DIR. Small, a ply.
sician at Parker's Lake, has been indicted for
maDslanghter The grounds for the Indictment
are alleged brutal and unskillful treatment
which caused the death Of Mrs B. E, Bushnell
who was being confined The case Is said to
have been one Of the most horrible butchery on
smalls part.
A terrible snow slide occurred in Utah a few
days ago, particulars OF which have Just been re.
Ceived. 1t started at the head Of the Little and
Big Cottonwoods and swept down onto the min.
ing town Of Alta, carrying destruction to prop.
erty and death to the people. The details Of the
damage done surpass anything ever known In
the history Of snow avalanches in this country.
An Iowa farmer killed his son in law, recently
left widower, because he was about to marry a
second wife.
One thousand feet Of the railway wharf at San.
dy Hook, New Jersey, has been carried away by
the battering Of the outhowing ice. The ocean
Is frozen solid from the point Of the Hook to the
main channel, the ice being from 12 to IA inches
thick, and an endless mass Of floating ice from
the bay renders navigation extremely perilous.
George Davy, who killed man at Waupun,
Wis., was less merciful than jury toward him.
self. They only convicted him Of mansaushter,
and he was rent to prison for three years; but he
deemed himself a murderer, and was utterly
broken down by remorse He has Just died, and
physicians say that sorrow killed him.
Information Of q poisoning case comes from Sc.
dalia Tenn. The victim is Ham Dewham:
young man Of o. who was poisoned by an envI.
ous sister. DeWham had formed an alliance
with Marietta Dom, young girl ofhis acquaint.
ance. This was keep from his sister until ar
rangements for the marriage of the lovers were
about to be made The sister used every effort to
persuade him against wedding the girl. He was
fondly attached to her, however and would not
listen to any proposition to give her up. He
quietly told his sister that he was going to marry
the object Of his choice. The girl was not TO be
!hWarted and she coolly set about preventing the
wedding On Tuesday night the sister mixed
dose Of poison 10 some bread which her brother
was to eat fOI supper. He ate heartily Of the
food and was taken suddenly i'll. He fingered
for "a hours, when he died in great agony. The
murderess was arrested and has made partial
confession.
The Currie brothers Of Coleville near Bradford,
Pa, supposed that the nitro.glycerIne cans were
empty when they threw them into the FIRE. The
elder brothers remains were horribly mangled.
It Is alleged that Berea man interested in the
stone business forged two checks, aggregating
s19S on the Berea Savings and Loan Association
day or two ago, got the checks cashcd In Cleve,
land and went to Pittsburg
George Hines of sarpton, CAL, visited Lizzie
Kuene, and pointing revolver at her said she
must marry him or he would shoot her. She
seized shot gun, got the drop on George, and
blew him where he'll never have leisure to
think Of marrying.
The boiler Of j. F. Balls brick works, opposite
New Cumberland. W. Va, burst this morning at
o'clock, demOlshing the engine house and
Wounding three persons, one fatally. The DANA.
ges TO property will amount to S25, 900.
Monday morning John Powell, was instantly
killed in coal bank at Kirkwood, O., by SOAP.
stone falling upon him and crushing his head.
He leaves wife and seven children.
man named stubbs living near Fort Wayne
Ind, was run over by train Monday and had
his head cut Off
Henry Castner an old German Of Kansas CITY,
cut his throat with a razor Monday after having
tried TO kill his wife by beating her with club.
Both will recover.
Coal operators in the Lehigh and schuylkin
valleys have agreed to work full time this week
and part Of next but the price Of fuel stil stays
up.
Mrs. Barnard Of Greenville, Mich, becam in.
sane from religious excitement at Lapeer Sunday
night She went to the Rev. Mrs. Curtiss's house,
overpowered her, poured gasoline over her and
set her aare. Mrs, Curtiss identified the insane
hend before dying.
melancholy suicide by morphine came to
light in st. Louis Monday. j. Philip Kreiger, at
one time cashier In a savings bank which he
caused to fail by his appropriation of Its funds.
and also defaulter as treasurer Of the school
funds, was found dead In his room at hotel.
For months past he had been supported by his
mistress who, Of all his friends, stood by him un.
I'll her death, which occurred a week ago.
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