The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-09-15
ELECTRIC FLASHES
OF News From All Parts Of the World.

The Massachusetts Democrats will
hold their convention on October 9th.
A moonshiners' distillery was discov-
cred hidden in a ravinei in Parke county,
Indiana
The Board of Trade, Chicago, sub
scribed $4,000 for Michigan sufferers on
one days notice.
Francis Bland, of Seymour, Indiana,
was killed yesterday by the caving-in OF
a sand bank.
Forest fires have attacked the clear
ings near Corfu, N. Y, com elling taml-
lies to abandon their home,
Two passenger trains collided on the
Richmond & Danville Railroad Monday,
badly iniuring the engineers.
st. Louis, September 13-The miners
the coal region just opposite this city held
a meeting on Monday, which is the inl'
tiation of a movement to compel an In
crease of half cent per bushel on the
price now paid by the operators for Dig
ging coal. The price is now two and one
half cents.
a rattle. His physicians told him that he
would probably die and he sent for
priest and was married to Julia Bescher,
his landlady's daughter. He is still
alive.
Maysville, Kentucky, September l8-
Monday afternoon John Larkin, we'll
known wagner, was driving wagon
heavily loaded with lumber across
bridge on the Hills City turnpike, near
Maysville, when the structure gave way,
precipitating the wagon, horses and the
driver into the stream, eighteen feet be-
low. Larkin was taken out dangerously
injured, but is alive at this time.
Little Rock, Arkansas, September l9-
Intelligence reached here Monday even
ing that on Saturday night last mob,
numbering nearly hundred men, rode
to Dardanelle, and, surrounding the jail
where two murderers, named Taylorand
Bruce, were confined, overpowered the
guards, secured the keys of the prison.
and, taking the prisoners named from
the iron cage, put rope around their
necks and dragged them into the woods
and hung them,
Erie, Pennsylvania, September l3-At
the trial of Philip schwingle for fratri-
eide to day sensational evidence is ex-
pected. In the presence of score OF
well-known citizens last week Watkins,
the spirit medium, professed to be con-
trolled by the spirit of the murdered man
between two states held by Chas. Ebisch' |
ESQ. The writing was performed by an
invisible agency. 1t was alleged to be a
message from the victim exonerating |
the accused. schwingles friends propose |
to bring the medium into court and ask |
Judge Galbraith to hold the states on a
bench and get evidence from the other
world.
Memphis, Tennessee, September l9-
Information. has inst reached this city Of
a horrible affair transpiring in the neigh
borhood of Senatobia, Miss. A young |
man named Gillenwaters was in Jail at
that place, supposed to be the assassin OF
a young merchant named Easton, at
Arkabuta, Tate counsy, some time ago.
The evidence against him was only cir
cumstantial, and he was being held until |
the matter could be further investigated,
On Friday night an armed and disguised |
mob, all apparently young men, suddenly
in Senatobia, and made their
way direct to the jail They came upon
the janitor and forced him to open the
prison doors. Gillenwalers was taken by
the mob some distance from the town,
where he was fired into. The first shots
took effect in his face, and he fell to the
face downward. Several other
shots were fred into his PROSTATE body, |
when he was left for dead. Miraculous |
to state, the shots did not take effect in
vital parts of his body, and he soon re-
covered strength enough to return to
town and identify six of the mob, who
proved to be citizens of Arkabuta, They |
were promptly arrested, and are now in
jail. 1t is thought the entire crowd will
be discovered and identified by young
Gillenwaters.