The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-04-13
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Recent Occurrences in This And
Other Countries.

Frank Miller, a fOuTteen-year old
Wooster boy, was caught Sunday night
burglarizing Babb's grocery. The re-
form farm will gather him in.
Busy burglars burgled gold watch,
chain and $15 from G. V. Shaup, Wells
ville and $40 worth of goods from Cope
Hardware Company, on last Sunday
night.
Jacob Painter, wealthy farmer of
WayDesbuTg, had fine horse and bad
brother. The two went off together and
Jacob is prOwling about New Philadel-
phia with warrant.
Malone says: thereafter men in
Virginia must be friends or enemies of
Arthur's administration. We propose
to elect eight out of ten Congressman
favorable to Arthur at the next elec-
tiOn."
Ten thousand European immigrants
landed at Castle Garden, New York, on
Thursday and Friday. Two days last
year the number ran up to II 900. This
year immigration will be over mil
lion.
City Attorney O'COnnOr and friends,
La Sale, ILL.,, attacked Correspondent
Keegan for sending Objectionable dis
patches to Chicago papers. Nobody
dangerously hurt, but renewal of the
war expected.
Official statement of POstOfice Depart
ment for first half of the present fiscal
year. Receipts, $50, ,1O7.85;. ex-
320.19; first half last fiscal year def
ciencies, 100000.
U. S. Senator Vest presented to-day a
minority report against the admission
of Dakota. Hewitt presented a memo
rial of Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole
Indians petitioning the government to
defend their treaty.
LONDON, April 1O.-The release of
Parnell was granted to permit him to
attend the funeral of his nephew. The
Government announces that he will be
permitted to remain at liberty for a
week.
The principal and interest of the debt
of Tennessee amounts to $2S,0O0,000. 1t
is understood in Nashville that the
creditors of the State are about to pro-
pose a settlement at 60 cents, with
interest at 4, 3, or 6 per cent.
Mrs. ScOville has applied to Chicago
courts for the appointment of cOnseTv-
atOr of Guiteau's person and property.
The question of his insanity will be
tried Mrs. s. desires to prevent the
sale of the assassin's body to specula-
tors.
MILWAUKEE,, April 11.-ThOmas Cary,
residing near Hudson, Wis, and doing
businessness at Hudson, went down in
to Illinois to buy horses, and had $12,-
600 in money stolen from him by sharp
ers who got in with him.
ST. LOUIS, April 11.-At POtosi, Mo-,
Jonas Mathews, cOlored, and Henry
Johnson, white, quarreled over a game
of cards. The negro stabbed Johnson
with a knife, inflicting wounds so that
no hopes of his recovery are entertained.
Mathews fled but was captured and
lodged in Jail. If Johnson dies an at
tempt will probably be made to lynch
the murderer.
Two months ago the Cincinnati pa
pers had an account of Minnie BageOut,
of Frazersburg, Ohio, dying from an
abortion committed by her lover, AlOnzO
Stevenson. The latter fled and nothing
more was heard of the case until to-day
when Deputy Sheriff Flynn of Mus
kingum county, Ohio, arrested Steven
son in Detroit on a charge of murder.
Stevenson was employed at d. M. Ferry
% Co.'S seed warehouse, under the name
of George Bell. He was taken back to
Ohio.
ST. LOUIS, April 11.-Sunday morning
about o'clock several negroes We're
gambling with cards in a saloon on n.
Seventh street. A dispute arose and
Bill TOliber went into an alley. He was
followed by John Hunt and Sam Viii.
liams, the former having picked up q
huge cheese-knife. Williams. il is
bed him in the abdomen, turning the
blade completely around so that the
bowels protruded from the wound. Tol