The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-07-21
STATE AND NEIGHBoRHoOD.

The recent storm accompanied BY wsterspout
did $780, 900 damages in Holmes county.
Pittsburg Fort Wayne & Chicago freight depot
at Lucas was totally burned and the passenger
depot partially injured.
Charged In a warrant just itsued at Millersburg
that Illner attempted to rape theseven year.Old
daughter Of Dona. ALTHOUGH aged 70 and the
victim Of nervous palsy, Itner is said to have the
vigor and FIRE Of passionate youth. 1t is stated
this is not the first offence of this kind he has been
charged with.
An order for the sale OF the Cleveland, Mt Yer.
non & Columbus road was issued at Akron, In
favor OF the Holland bondholdep.
Lewis Pease, Norwalk boy who is one of the
bcyClists in the State, rode his two.Wheeled seed
from Wellington to Norwalk, % miles, in two and
a half hours.
Albert KingsbuIy, Of Gallon, brakeman on the
Dayton narrow guage, who was horribly mangled
a few days ago BY being thrown under the train,
was buried.
Secretary Cham berlain, Of the Ohio State Board
Of Agriculture, estimated that the wheat crop Of
Ohio will be 100000 bushels short, 100000
bushels less in Illinois, l45OOOOO less in Michigan
and 100000 less in Iowa. total decrease in these
States, SO,5OO,OOO bushels.
RaVenns, July 16-A row that may terminate
fatally occurred last evening in the billiard room
kept by Geo Barrett. o D Wheeler assaulted
Isaac Harmon, and while bartender VIM sprague
was trying to separate them Wheeler assaulted
sprague, when the latter struck Wheeler with
hapF plagp loft had1u fran
skull. de now lies in a critical &C ndtion, sew
eral pieces Of bone having been extracted from
the skull, spraugue is under arrest.
Cincinnati, July l6-A Times. Star, Middleton,
Ohio special reports the fatal stahbiDg this after
noon Of Fred strOdbeck by John Lytle. The mur.
derer was arrested.
Leetonis, July ia woman named Rosetta
Fleckinger Of COlumbana, Ohio, about forty.hve
years Of age, hung herself TO the ratteIs Of heI
dwelling by means Of short cord, this afternoon.
She has been sick for some time and for several
days 1t was feared that her mind was wandering
She was the mother Of a large family, all Of whom
are now living. She was noticed about tine house
only a short time before the discovery and as
soon as missed search was made and she was
found in the garrett by her little girl. When found
life was not entirely extinct. Her knees touched
the floor and she must have strangled herself by
main force.
Steubenville, July l7-At the election held yes.
teIday the following named gentlemen received
the highest number of votes for postmaster Sam
Irwin. 852 Spense Wallace, 1885, Hugh Cable, l52
The three named Will enter the contest again
next Saturday for the highest place. With all the
elections being held 1t is generally believed that
Frank 0'Neill, The present incumbent, has assur.
ance that he will be reappointed, which, Il true,
would give general satisfaction.
Findley, July t6-Mrs Emma Curtiss Of Wood
county, was arrested yesterday at the instance Of
the Third Farmers Bank Of this place, charged
with selling a forged note drawn on John Mercer
for nine hundred dollars. She is the wife of re,
putab,e farmer, and her arrest occasions consid.
erable comment
Leetonis, July IA son Of Thomas Mcintosh
aged 12 years, was drowned to-day while fishing
He strayed short distance from his father, who
found him soon after lying In about three feet of
waite Every effort was made to resuscitate him,
but to no avail. It is supposed he was taken with
a ft Of heart diease.
Mt. Gilead, July 16-Henry Crane, section
man on the R R was instantly killed near the
Short Line crossing, this forenoon, by gravel
train on the o G R R, He was walking along the
ties outside the track watching train on the
Short Line, when the gravel train approached
without whistlinR, knocked him under the train
crushing him terribly. He leaves wife and two
children,