The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-05-12
PERSONAL VARIETY.

ling is President, but no one questions Mr. James's
right to be called Postmaster General.
The Star Route RlngsteH would have been a
nice nest for Hancock to haYe stlrredu up. Pity he
didn't pull through. However, they are stirred
up.
II Garfield wants racsls hunted down, he
should let loose the.houn is There Is no lack Of
such kind OF game, The woods are full Of em.
Hon. John A Cuthbert Of Mobile. Alabams,
who was Representative In Congress from 1919
to 1884, is still alive and hearty, and though 90
years OF age, is still actively engaged In the plRc.
tice Of law.
Four lives stood between George Birmingham
ard the inheritance Of farm at Cypress, Ark,
aud he determined upon removing them. He
had only committed one OF the contemplated
murders however when his guilt was exposed.
The parents Of boy at Decker, Ind, gave him
asulphur bath to cure him Of rheumatism, Their
way OF administering the remedy was to seat him
In chair, pile feather beds over him, and then
burn sulphur underneath. He was smothered
to death.
The girl whom Tom Hancock wanted to marry
at Indianapolis was only 10, and she said he must
wait at least I'VE years, Then he asked her to
kiss him, and she declared he would have to wait
for that, too. The second disappointment crush.
him, and he committed suicide.
man supposed to be deranged passed down
the rapid current Of the Des Moines river astride
a log, during freshet, keeping an upright posi-.
tion by means OF an oar He shouted to the spec.
tators that he was bound for New Orleans and
hadn't time to stop.
It is announced that arrangements have been
made for the erection in Botetort and Allegheny
counties, Va, this year, Of nine iron furnaces.
The furnaces are generally to be erected by East.
ern capitalists and Pennsylvania iron men, who
regard the ore in the counties named Of very
superior quality
Captain W Thomas who killed his brother.In-
law, In Shreveport, for seducing his daughter has
been convicted Of mansaughter 1t is said that
an effort will be made to induce the Governor to
pardon him
The creature missCalled man who rubbed Wit.
riol into Womans face on Long Island after first
carefully protecting his own hands with rubber
gloves ar the New York woman who threw red
pepper into mans eyes after first getting two
full measure Of punishment accorded by the
statutes.
The compu sorry school law Of Connecticut
which has been in force for the past year, gives
ge neral satisfaction, and has been attended with
excellent results. Out Of a school population Of
14O 25 all but 10 sos attended school, The schools
cost g., ,4OS,S74 while the funds furnished amount.
| ed to 81 4St6S0.
George Brine, known as the king Of English
trampR, has Just died In the Union at sherborne,
Dorsebhire, where he has been an inmate for ten
years. He boRsted he had been In every work
house and jail In England. He had been in pris-
on more the one hundred times, but had never
been convicted Of felony or larceny,
Mushrooms and JOnah's gourd and Chicago
have usually been regarded as the safest Illus.
tration Of rapid growth; but hereafter when one
wishes to convey truly impressive Idea OF rapid
increase he will make comparison with star
route" contract Detroit Free Press.
The wife Of Mr.. Rice eloped at Charleson, Iowa.
| He hurredly looked for his wallet, found II was
as full as when he had last seen it, and said that
he had no further concern about the matter; but
a few days aferward, when he discovered that it
was stuffed with scraps ofpaper instead Of money
his interest was revived,
TWAS to give Dorsey prestige with the new ad.
min!stratlon that the celebrated dinner was in.
vented at Delnonico'sin February last. Dorsey
wanted the prestige 10 secure his friend Brady In
the Postt flee. Can 1t be that the feast was in
vain2 Was It for exposure and the penitentIary
that Grant and Arthur and WhItelaw Reid bore
To stimony to the tfficacy Of Dorsey's doings In
Indisnat
Owing to the severity Of the past winter In
Japan, the deer have in some parts descended
from the mountains to the neighborhOod Of the
seashore, where they have been slaughtered by
thousands, without any apparent effect upon their
numbers. Venison Is, Of course, at discount
under such circumstances, and deers carcass,
worth from twelve to fifteen yen as an ordinary
rule, may now be purchased In Hakodate for O.
yen and half-equal to s156.
EMILE de GIRARDIN, editor OF Ia France died at
Paris 'ast week. He was one of the great news
paper men of the world wrote as striking an ar.
ticle as Horace Greeley managed the writing Of
thers, and was maIYel Of success. The great
latter day success Of ParsiRn journalism, the
Little journal, was GIRARDNs; the daily OIrcula.
tion Of this little paper exceeds half a million,
The France is GIRARDINs paper, a large and
handsC mely printed sheet-ca and made
famous by GIRABDIN's articles. The great editor
lived In palace, and entertained in princely
STYLE
Field Marshal Benedek Of the Austrian army,
die d last week. He would have won the battle Of
sOlfarino II he had not been bothered by the EN-.
peror and the usual brood Of Grand Dukes fast.
ened upon an imperial army. At sadows he had
been lntrusted with the actual command and
made magnificent fight, hoping to defeat Fred.
erick Charles before the Crown Prince came up,
The chances are he would have succeeded had It
not been for the needle gun. He had but muzde.
loading muskets against the breech.loader-and
the result was Frederick Charles hung on until
the Crown Prince came in on the ustrian right
flank, and the PIussians Won. Benedek not be-.
ing Grand Duke was held responsible by his de-.
feaed countrymen, especially the aristocraoy, for
whom the results Of the superior organization
and numbers Of The Prusslars, and their early
equipment with he needle gun.
The Dement, family were travelling through Ar
kansas in wagon. They camped one day on top
OF a hill and the father went off to fish in
stream mile away, leaving his wife and two
| children to mind the horses and baggage When
he returned he saw a prairie ire moving mp the
hill. BE hsloOed to awaken Mrs. Dement, and
the children, for night had fallen and they were
asleep. They found themselves approached on
| one side by flames, while on the other was pre-"
Cipitous rock They endesvored to escape BY
climbing, but had reached only a little height
when the fire scOrched them and tn y met hor'
rtble death in sight Of the pOwerless father,