The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-08-31
BREVITIES.
The Summer Catalogue of Pass
ing Events.
How the Country Amuses Itself in Making
Interesting Facts for the Regular
Newspaper Record.

The uncle of the Corean King has
seized the throne.
The Siberian plague has appeared in
European Russia.
Wilkesbarre miners will return to
work at the advance demanded.
Hayerhill, Mass, was the scene yester-
day of large fire, by which 100000 are
estimated lost.
The Tariff Commission at Rochester
heard arguments in favor of abOlishing
duties on trees, plants and seeds.
Thirteen Indians, involved in the
Sands rebellion, Indian territory, have
been punished with a hundred lashes on
the bare back.
Secretary Folger has issued the 116th
call for the redemption of bonds of the
loan of March Sd, 1868, continued at 81
per cent.
Unless Lord Lieutenant Spencer of Ire
land reinstates the dismissed constables
of Limerick general strike of the con-
stabulary will occur.
Greek and Turkish troops are irving
to settle the Greek frontier question. So
far the effort has only settled the ques-
tiOn of about dozen soldiers.
Yokohama end Toxic have the cholera.
In the former city, out of 775 cases, 572
proved fatal in twenty days; in the latter
about fifty deaths occur daily.
The Republicans of the Seventh Penn
sylVania district ballOted sixty-three
times for Congressman without nOmi-
nation; then adjourned until September
4th.
George Anderson, cOlored. and Tom.
McGruder, white, quaTreled about a
woman near KilgOre, Tex, Sunday.
Anderson shot and instantly killed Nc
Gruder.
At East Boston about eighty discon-
tented Italians, employed on the War
rem steamers Palestine and Victoria,
quit work yesterday and will return to
New York.
In Stockton, Waldo county, Maine,
village having a population of 1,545,
sixty.seven persons were, jailed for
drunkenness last year. As Stockton
casts 319 votes, these figures indicate
that twenty-five per cent. of its voters
are drunkards-whlch is really very
fattering proportion, considering that
Maine is no-liquOr State.
George E. Spencer, formerly Senator
from Alabama, is now in the pay of the
Government as Pacific Railroad Director.
This man was an important witness for
the prosecution in the star route cases;
but when the time for answering his
subpoena arrived, he was nowhere to be
found. He had left Washington, and to-
day his whereabouts are unknown. 1t
is about time for the Government to ex.
plain why the ex-senator is still Pacific
Railroad Director.
CLEVELAND, o., August 28-A Youngs-
town special reports a fight late last
night in what is known as Smoky HOl-
low. William Manly and James Qualley
quarreled at dance Friday night about
a young lady. Last night, with mutual
friends, they fought it out. Qualley
was cut and otherwise injured, so that
he lies in critical condition, and Man.
ly has an ugly wound on his head which
may prove fatal. A lady, whose house
is near the scene, and who was an in
voluntary witness of the fight, was
thrown into spasms, and her recovery is
doubtful.
CALCUTTA, August 28.-FearfuI riot
ing between HindOOs and MOhamedans
occurred at Salem. Three MOhamedans
have been arrested. An eye witness to
the disorder says he saw the disem-
bOweled body of a Mohamedan infant
lying on the ground. Its arms were
also torn off. Headless cOrpses of Mo-
hamedan men and women were lying
Oh oAuOs hO lAOuoOo VI hOhdlu-
edans were burned and the principal
Mosque almost Tazed to the ground.
Dead pigs have been thrown into wells
with the corpses of MOhamedan chill
dren. The troops are still patrOling the
streets. The MOhamedans are small
minority of the population.
WHEELING, W. Va, August 29-On
Friday night bold and successful Jail
delivery took place at Beverly, this State,
by which Elijah Finney, an ex-convict,
now under indictment for murder, es-
capped. About six years ago a man
named Markley was murdered in Ran
dOlph county. Soon afterward Finney
was convicted of burglary and sentenced
to five years in the Penitentiary. While
in prison he confessed to the killing of
Markley, who, he alleged, had abused
his sister. The result was that when
Finney's time was out he was arrested
and indicted for murder. On Friday
night party of men, supposed to be-
long to the Red Mems Organization,
went to the Jail and sawed off the bars
from the window, through which the
prisoner escaped.