The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-08-10

line was not entrenched, but was shell
| tered partly by barricades erected with
carriages taken from Alexandria.
The twenty-five savings banks of New
York city hold $219,4 Az deposits, with
| 366, ,163 open accounts. That tells the
story of prosperous year for the work
ing man.
General Solger, the editor of the Key
West Democrat, is twenty years old,
weighs thirty-five pounds, and is forty
Inches high. He was born in st. DOmin-
go and was raised in Florida.
Sir Isaac Newton said that infidelity
would probably prevail until it had
quite banished superstition, but then
would be swallowed up by the great
light and evidence of true religion.
Henry Clay's old Ashland homestead
after two generations, returns to his
family. 1t has just been purchased by
Major Henry Clay Mcdowell, husband
of the granddaughter of the great
statesman.
1t is evident that the President has
not found out that the biggest fraud in
the River and HarbOr Bill Appropria-
tiOn Bill was that relating to the i'm
prOvement of the Miss issippi River, and
VlaO Ouo AOGOndC ndeS DuSlueSS 10 hOG
much better.
Last year Mr.. Foster swore at the
preachers and this year he swears at the
brewers. Politics demOraliZes the Cover
nor. If he feels called upon to swear at
everybody who declines to vote the Re-
publican ticket any more, his profanity
will scandalize Deacon Richard Smith.
No marriage is legal in France except
with the consent of the parents of both
parties, but man or woman over %
may respectfully cite" his or her par
ents to show cause why they, refuse con-
sent, If they fail to show good cause,
the marriage may proceed in spite of
them. Such proceedings are rarely re-
sorted to.
Comparatively few Englishmen, and
still fewer English women, even of the
upper 100000, have ever been in Ireland.
This even applies to those closely con-
nected by family ties with that country.
BeacOnsfeld was never there, and Mr..
Gladstone, though born and bred at
Liverpool, was never in Ireland until he
was nearly 20.
Lord TOllemache, who has great
estates in Suffolk and Cheshire, seems
to have solved the agricultural lab0rer
difficulty. The labOTers on his properties
have excellent cottages, with half-acre
gardens (the women do a good deal of
the garden work. and three years ago,
out of 300 cottages, 26O had COWS. Now
nearly all have cows.
Florida has discovered that the crOcO
die inhabitS the lagOOns of the pen1n-
sula. 1t is found deep down in the mud,
where it has long been cOnfOunded with
the alligator. The Indians called it the
''lOng-nOsed alligator" 1t is Identical
with the Jamacai crocodile, but differs
from the South American cayman. 1t
lives in salt water. The alligator sticks
to fresh water.
The Princes, Eugenie, sister of the
King of Sweden, recently sold her dia-
mOnds to raise funds in order to COM
plete hospital in which she is interest
ed. When visiting this hospital, after
its completion, a suffering inmate wept
tears of gratitude as she stood by his
side, and the Princess exclaimed: "Ah!
now see my diamonds again"
Congressman Dunnall, who was re-
Gently defeated in his attempt to get a
denomination in the 1st Minnesota dis
trict, is said to be preparing to run for
State Senator. His object in desiring to
enter the Legislature is supposed to be
to further his canvass for the United
States Senatorship and to punish those
who were instrumental in defeating his
denomination.
MONTGOMERY, ALA, August 8.-The
official vote will not be known until
Saturday, but enough is known to indi-
cate the election of the Democratic State
ticket by an immense majority. The
vote on both sides is light, but that of
the opposition is much lighter in pro-
portion than that of the Democrats. The
Senate will be Democratic, with per-
haps three exceptions, and there will not
be more than twenty opposition mem
bers out of the 100 in the House.
COLUMBUS, o.. August GA POmeroy
Journal special says: A burly negro,
named VIM. Holmes, while out hunting
Saturday evening near Rutland, that
county, came across a number of young
white girls who were blackberrying.
He scared the youngest girls away and
detained the eldest, named Hysell, whom
he outraged in a brutal manner. He
was caught and placed in Jail by officers.
Before he was caught the enraged neigh
bOrs secured the woods with shOt-guns
and determination to lynch him if
found. Holmes has bad reputation.