The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-07-07
PERSONAL VARIETY,

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South Georgia peach trees are so full Of fruit
that 1t has to be beaten of to save the branches.
General Grant was among the first to call on
Mrs Garfield at Long Branch and express his pro.
found sympathy with her Saturday morning.
Under the Socialist law Of Germany thirty.three
persons have been eyicted from Leipsic.
A campaign Of calumny naturally begets a
campaign Of scandal, such as has developed at
Albany.
Russia has temperance society, the members
OF which bind themselves to abstain from brandy
until 1t grows cheaper,
It is claimed that Florida will raise eight mil.
lion watermelons this year, Now let us hear from
North Carolina, the peanut State
Once In while literature pays Herr Gustav
Freytag, the popular German novelist is building
| at Wiesbaden house which is to cost $4,000.
"Clovern Ok" the old home Of Alice and Ptp'
be Cary, has been purchased, restored and in
honor Of the two poets opened to the public, by
Mr. A Swift, OF Cincinnati.
Mr. Froude has transmitted to the member Of
Carlyles family whose hostility to him has been
most marked, a check for 81 500, the profits on
the sale OF the "reminiscences.
The widow Of Mr. Fisher. who lost his life in a
burning building in East Liverpool, last winter,
has received 81, 500 insurance on his life
Gen. Moltke has Of late years beer able to OBJ
tain ltl3 sleep owing to extreme nervousness his
entire amount Of sleep does not amount to over
three hours every night, HIS health 10 much
enfeebled.
The Pashss are likely to escape execution,
while the hired assaHslns employed to do the
bloody and brutal part in the killing Of Abdul
A2iE are to be shot. Such is justice In Turkey,
The yearly meeting OF Friends in England re-
portS II, ,981 members, gain the past year Of 1O6
The rapid decline Of the last half century stopped
few years ago and now small annual increase
is reported.
In the United States there are 27S Hebrew syns.
gogs valued at about S7,OOO,OOO. In population
they number something over 25O0OO, and about
one'third live in New York city.
The mild way in which Carlyle sometimes ad.
dressed people was exemplihed in his remark to
an acquaintance who had been combating some
of his opinions Or taking leave Of him at the
door, Carlyle said Good night, sir. And let me
tell you that you have capabilities for becoming
one Of the greatest bOres in England"
Although only 10, Aida Mayer hds had great
amount Of matrimonial trouble. She married a
wealthy old oil speculator at Cory, Pa, three
years ago, and soon deserted him, stealing $4,000
CT his money, She then went to live in Buffalo,
where her beauty quickly won her another hus.
band; and she lived happily with him, but only
for a few months The first husband found her
by means Of detectives, and she was compelled to
Hy without being able to steal more than few
hundred dollars from the second husband. In
Chicago she married third husband; but here
she was again perSecuted, for the first aud second
husbands Joined In tue pursuit and she had to
hastily quit the third before she had robbed him
at all to escape arrest for bigamy and larceny.
Thomas Myers, negro, living at RantoWles, s
G, cOnceiVing 1t was his duty to offer up human
sacrifice to God, Nobody could reason the idea
out Of his head, though on other subjects he was
rational. He chose his son, aged 10, as the vic.
tim, The boy followed him into the woods un-
suspectingly, when ordered to do soand was kill
ed Dy shot' myers glorles lH the deed, ana De-
lIeVes 1t msdes his salvation sure.
In some Russian districts the peasants have Of,
feIed to pay for the damage done to the property
Of the Jews. In one district they have deposited
500 rOubles for this purpose. The crueties com.
mitted against the Jews In smjela have been fol.
lowed by very serious measures for the restoration
Of order. 1t is said that men, women and Chill.
dren were whipped. In some cases. even ladies
Of good position received 800 strokes
Gold can buy pretty nearly everything in this
world except that which he wants most-viz:
Happiness.
tits estimated that the national debt is owned
by less than 100000 persons
A man in St Louis who jerked boy out OF a
seat in street car and politely offered the place
to q lady, was fined 81 and costs.