The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-04-20
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM.
A Weeks Record of the Worlds
Happenings.
Interesting Items of Importance Inter
spersed With Itinerant Invoices
of Intelligence.

Elsie Won BlumeD made $50 of the l.
600 miles she attempted on bicycle, in
Detroit, last week.
Engineer corps of the n. Y, P. 81 o.,
left FTedericktOwn Saturday, to complete
the permant survey to Marion.
Friends of Charles Madder the Tiffin
murderer, in and about Dalton, are sub
scribing funds to employ counsel for
him.
Springfield is to have weekly (hOpe
the Intelligent cOmpOSitOr will not spell
it weakly with lady in the editorial
chair.
Secretary Chamberlain of the Ohio
Agricultural Society, reports the wheat
crop prospect at 35,519,416 bushels, de-
crease of about 100000 from 1881.
Prices will probably not decline.
Fremont: Car couplings took off two
fingers from James MeagOn, brakeman
on l.. S. q NJ. S.-HenTy HOman brought
before Justice of the Peace, Saturday,
for beating Henry Yandyke out of his
horse in a trade; had to stand and de-
liver.
John n. Mclean and L. Smith, farm
ers of COlumbina county, got into a fra
cas-. Mclean used club. Mrs. Nj. took
hand, playing clubs also. The lone
handed man was euchered, and appeared
to Justice of the Peace; case carried to
court.
BUFFALO, April 14.-The first national
bank has closed its doors. A large
number of drafts issued to live stock
dealers drawn on the fourth national of
New York, the 4th inst, and since that
date, were yesterday dishOnOred in New
York. The extent of the drafts unpaid
cannot be asceTtained now, but it is
thought to be large. The failure will
seriously affect a large number of cattle
dealers who sent these drafts in payment
for stock sold by them. 1t is believed
depOsitOrs will be paid in full.
COLUMBUS, o., April 1.-THE House
cOncurred in Hears amendment to the
redistricting bill and local bills. Ross,
of Carroll, offered a resolution to pay
clerks 10 days extra work, and Licey
Immediately gave notice to dicuss, which
killed the resolution. Hodge then de-
livered a brief address indOTsing the
Pond law and Smith Sunday law. He
predicted the future success of the Re-
publican party on these issues and
banged the gavel at 1920 p. m, adjourn
ing the House until January I'd, 1888.
OIL CITY, PA, April 14.-At Kittanning
at noon to-day, Jonathan Altman, aged
eighty-fOur, suicided by takiug poison.
He had been taken from Jail to the de-
pot. preparatory to removal to the peni-
tentiary, to which he had been sentenced
two years for arson. While waiting for
the train the officer allowed him to go
into the Bismarck House, where he got
a glass of gin. After putting the liquor
in the glass he took small vial from
his pocket, emptied the contents into
the glass. drank it, threw the vial
through a crack in fhe floor, went into
the car, and died within five minutes.
COLUMBUS, April 14.-The Grand Jury
of Franklin county this evening re-
turned indictments against Representa-
tive VIM. Bloch, of Cleveland, and Repre-
sentative w. A. Wright, of Hooking
county, charged with accepting bribes
from lobbyists interested in certain canal
schemes at Cincinnati. Two indict-
ments were returned against j. d. Wat
son, of Cincinnati, who is charged with
bribery or attempted bribery of members.
All three were arrested, and Watson
placed in Jail as he could not get bail.
WASHINGTON, April 14.-Captain How
gate, the well known government Off
cial, who has been in Jail charged with
embezzling funds, made his escape
yesterday. He was allowed to visit his
home in company with a bailiff, OStensi
bly, to see his daughter and get some
papers. While there he passed from one
room to another, and evading the ObseT
vation of the bailiff, skipped out. He
was only out of the bailiff's sight few
minutes, but when the bailiff looked for
HOwgate he could not find him and no
trace of the fugitive has yet been seen.
1t is believed that the escape was the re-
suit of well cOntTiVed conspiracy and
that there are persons high in official
position who do not want the case ever
to come to trial.
NEW YORK, April IA. T. Stewart s.
Co., or rather Judge Henry Hilton, who
bought the business from Mrs. A. t.
Stewart after her husbands death, has
sen@ to the papers tonight late, an ad-
vertisement stating that, "having deter
mined to discontinue their dry goods
and manufacturing business, they offer
their stock of merchandise and mill pro-
perlies for sale at attractive prices" Mr..
Stewart began business in 1925, and died
in 1876. His business was at one time
immense, in three years amounted to
1903, 100000. In 1864 his income was
four millions. After Stewards death
Mrs. Stewart, for zone million, and
divers other considerations" assigned
all her interest to Hilton. He and Will
liam Libby then set up cOpartnership,
of which this is the result.