The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-11-10
Focal 0erus.

Local Brevities.
The roar of Niagara is pitched in falls
key. .....
A Chinaman not inaptly calls it slew
icide.
A dangerous Ollision-running into
debt.
A fast male is very liable to meet
with an accident.
What is the worst thing about richesP
Not having any.
Fulton and Carrollton have Amateur
Dramatic Companies.
"LOves young drama" usually merges
into matrimonial nightmare.
The theatre manager who was wreck
ed had light houses tOwarn him.
That second crop of blossoms was
nipped in the bud Thursday night.
Storm doors are being put up by some
of our citizens for the winter season.
Entertainment to be profitable should
combine both instruction and amuse-
ment.
The married man who smells the bat
tie from afar may be called storm
center.
The Fort Wayne road is eXcavating
belov Market street, and intends putting
in swrSch at PattOn's warehouse.
A curious Investigator says "fat peo-
pie never commit suicide" OF course
not. The fat would be all in the fire If
they did.
Massillon and Canton have both had
their railroad wars, and Alliance has
-
Review.
81 know" said tourist in New Jer-
sey, "that the owner of that farm was
famous apple-stealer when he was boy.
He keeps two dogs in his orchard"
Manager Schaefer has Cancelled four
engagements of theatrical companies
on account of the proposed increase of
license. Among them were The World,
Marian Gray, and All the Rage.
Opera House managers from distance
should borrow a piece of our old sheet
iron water pipe and use it as telescope,
so that they can get at the true inward
ness of our amusement license system.
The cold weather is causing the regu-
lar rush of men to the shops, seeking
winter jobs. Applications are coming
in daily. These men do not stand near
ly as gOoda chance as the regular shop
workmen and their chances are uncer-
tain.
In the case of Eisenhaur vs. Zierhut
Squire Bond decided this, Monday,
morning, after testing the color of the
dogs hair with benZine, that the ami
mai belonged to Eisenhaur and that
zierhut shoult pay the costs, amounting
to some $50.
An agreeable change has taken place
in the Sunday hour at the POstOffice.
The office is now running from IL to 1
o'clock. Yesterday being the first day
of the new departure, number of call
ers were disappointed, as they were not
posted on the change.
"How are you to-day?" inquired the
Doctor of an old lady patient who had
been complaining for some time. "Oh,
Pm not any better. L can neither set
nor lay." "Then madam, would advise
you to go to roost," replied the unfeel-
ing doctor.
The doctors at their convention in Ak
ron the other day discarded the term
typho-malarial as applied to fever
We have heard considerable discussion
about that new name, and wondered
whether it was new disease chat had
made its appearance among US, or only
new name for an old disease.
Last Wednesday farmer lady, living
some twenty-five miles south Of Canton
came to the city and while here pur
chased bill of goods at Goldberg Bros.
One Price Dry Goods Store, amounting
to some $50. The lady's attention wai
attracted to their store by their man
moth advertisement in the @WEEKLl
DE6OCRAT. Other business men shoult
take heed. a1
She sported wart on the end of he
nose, she had false teeth and glas
eye, her hair was red, her face freckled
and She was pigeOn-toed and wore a No
8 gaiter. In spite of this he Tesigne
the love of a beautiful maiden to MARI.
her. 5iAnd was he happyP He was
Why? Easy enough. He had been
newspaper man for fifteen years, an
she was rich.
Last Saturday afternoon the enginee
at the Buckeye Works discovered tw
large blisters on the boilers tbroug
which water was leaking into the fiji,
Upon shutting down, force of nae
was put at work putting on new patche
The Finishing Department, Mould
ing and Blacksmith shops could not ru
to-day, but it is hoped that all will b
in operation tomorrow morning,
The story goes that Canton ma
visiting Cincinnati was being show
round by citizen, when the latter SAT-
''Now let's go and see the widow
home" The Canton man put his fngC
to his nose and winked, and then SAT-
'Not much, Mary Ann. saw wido
home once and it cost me $1,000. 81
sued me for breach of promise an
proved it on me. No, sir; send IL
widows home in hack"