The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-06-29
CUSTOMARY CALENDER.
The Summer Catalogue of Pass
ing Events.
How the Country Amuses Itself in Making
Interesting Facts for the Regular
Newspaper Record.
Only 95 failures reported last week.


Chicago Board of Trade contributes
$4,000 to the Iowa sufferers.
Republicans in Congress will split on
Kelly's bill to reduce taxation.
A Scottish woman at Salem, Mass, has
borne 16 children in the last 16 years, in
no case twins.
General De Cissey, who took an active
part in the FrancO-Prussian war, has
j 81 died in Paris.
Newton Shaw, farmer who resided
six miles from Mt. Gilead, o., was killed
by lightning Saturday.
A lady came up on the steamer to
Albany the other day, en- route for Sara
tOga, with thirty trunks.
Republican majority in the House de-
sires to bounce one or two Democrats
before final adjournment.
John Bright says the condition of
things in Ireland is made greatly worse
by subscriptions raised in America.
The President of the Egyptian Council
wants the late riots Investigated, and
the English and French COnsuls object.
B. F. BigelOw, receiving teller of the
Republic National Bank, Washington,
has disappeared. Accounts $1,000 short.
Oliver Hazard Perry, grandson of the
hero of Lake Erie, has been appointed
agent of the Middlesex mills at Lowell,
Mass.
Coal companies at Scranton, Wilkes
barre and PittstOn, Pa, have decided to
increase the wages of miners ten per
cent.
The cornerstone of the Garfield memo
rial church at Washington will be laid
July I'd, the anniversary of his assassin
alton.
Fitzgerald, "the kid" who bunkOed
Charles Francis Adams out of $4,000,
gets five years in the Massachusetts, State
prison.
Uruguay has refusedI.O recognize the
right of Spain to satisfaction for the
murder of Spanish subjects in the Re-
public.
In the House Hewitt advocated the
abolition of all internal revenue tax, a
reasonable tariff and small direct tax
on stills.
The South Carolina Legislature met
Tuesday to redistrict the State so as to
make six Democratic Districts and one
Republican.
By the caving in of the roof of
chamber in coal bank at Wheeling, E.
L. Stager was killed and Fred HOrning
fatally injured.
A cyclone at Spencer, Iowa, did much
damage to buildings, Friday, and in
Clay county blew down twenty houses
and killed five people.
Minister Morton gave a dinner in
Paris last week to United States Minis
ters Taft, Hunt and Dayton. Many other
diplomats were present.
Forbes, of Erie, Pa, shot his wife and
w hn
hOusekeeper, at Hamilton, Ont, and
then killed himself. All are dead.
Two persons killed, ten injured and
$4,000 worth of property destroyed by
Thursday nights cyclone at Indepen-
dence, Iowa. Sells Bros circus was
wrecked.
The House passed the pension apprO-
priatiOn of $100O00OOO inside of ten
minutes, which is said to be dispOsing of
more money in less time than any legis-
lative body ever did before.
An Alexandria dispatch says Arabi
Bey, in answering the SultaD's invita-
tiOn to COnstantinOple, expressed his
readiness to go, but declared the army
would not allow him to leave Egypt.
MoRRIsTOwN, N. j., June 25.-James
Treglawn, who killed Minnie Chirg-
winn at Port Dram, has been arrested.
Treglawn fired at rival, Henry James,
but shot the girl instead. He attempted
to kill himself.
PITTSBURGH, PENN, June 25.-WOrd
was received here to-day that another
large body of wOrkingmen, the cOal-mi-
ners of the Clearfield region, had deci-
ded to join the strikers, and that to-
morrow the immense output of that
region will be suddenly shut of.
n n mi
to-day has information that r. H. FOuts,
the missing clerk Of this (CarrOD county,
has not been Waylaid or murdered, but
has turned up in New Jersey. Fouts, it
will be remembered, mysteriOusly disap-
peared from his home nearly three
months ago, 1t is strongly limited that
there is woman in the case.
The bill for the payment of the Gar
field sickness and funeral expenses has
not been brought up in the House be-
cause Congressman Blackburn, who is a
member of the auditing committee, has
possession of the items showing how
much money was spent for the Congress
siOnal drunk on that occasion. Black
burn intends to make these facts public
when the bill comes up, and Judge
Taylor, who has the bill, has been wait
ing for Blackburn to go home. But
Blackburn does not intend to 90 home
He intends to let the country know all
about that gorgeous Republican drunk.
Bully for Blackburn.
A terrible accident which resulted in
the death of Mrs. Robert Kirkpatrick
took place in Fox township, Carroll
county, laet Friday. Mrs. Kirkpatrick
left her home on the farm of Matthew
Wright, early Friday morning, to drive
to Salineville. She had with her in the
buggy her youngest daughter, aged
three years, and a little daughter of
Laughlin Mckenzie. When near Mr..
McKenZie's farm the horse took fright
and ran with great speed in the direc-
tiOn of Salineville. Mrs. Kirkpatrick
was lhrOwn out soon after the horse
started to run, and was dragged several
rods. She was bruised and internally
injured that she died in few minutes
after being carried to the nearest house.
The children stuck to the buggy until it
struck a stone post on the county line
near VIM. MOOre's residence, when the
buggy was upset and the children
thrown under. Strange to say they
were unhuTt. The dead mother leaves
a large family of small children, and