The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-12-20
THE NEWS
From Near and Far---Giving the
Pith and Points
of Interesting Incidents, Events and Hap
penings Gathered in Many
Fields.

The steamer Crest lost on the isle of
st. Sebastian. Crew saved.
At YOungstOwnI.H LII. Travis bakery was
tappde of S15 Sunday night.
There is strong feeling in Ireland
that Joyce, who was hung was innocent.
Over 1000 emigrants have applied to
NestpOrt for assistance to emigrate to
America.
British bark Dangrigg Hallwent down
on coast at Wexford. Twenty-fOur of
the crew lost.
Seventeen hundred dollars worth of
sheep was killed by dogs this year in
COlumblana county,
William Anderson, proprietor Of the
Findlay wooden mills, has assigned TO
give his creditors a show.
English failures: Hematite Iron Co,
MarypOrt, E2U,OU0; Morris, Smith 81 Co.,
Swansea, tin plate factors, GiOOOOO.
The traveller in England always uoti-
Ces singular auumaly-the weather Is
always wet and the people al ways dry.
Mrs. Blaine goes to Europe sOOD, it is
said, to buy furniture for the eX-Secre-
tary's new house, and also to visit her
daughter in Paris.
Edward King says the only great re-
form accomplished by the French Re
public in its seven years is the compul'
sorry education law.
John Fitzpatrick, of HazeltoWn
suburb of Youngstown, was held up and
robbed of $1S while on his way nome
fom work Sunday night.
A common-sense English writer in
Temple Bar, says 1.-The most unOOCtu-
siYely well-behaVed man toward women
4; n AnnriCanb
The Anti-Gossip Society is the name
of a new Organization set on foot by the
Sunday-schOol people and others OF Jhe
M. E. church eff AttlebOTO, Mass.
In Yorkshire, lately, a pauper declin-
ed the regulation bath on admission.
The reason became apparent when ms
belt was discovered to contain SIlO.
Lucas couuty's Indebtedness is over
S3OOO,OOO, which is more than the com
binpd Indebtedness ofseventy-twO coun.
ties and naaTly as much as the combined
indebtedness Of the entire State.
Capt. David Crockett, a grandson of
Lue renowned Dayy Crockett, has been
sent So the peniteutiary from 81, Louis
for cOunterfeiting. Old DRYy's motto
was: BE sure you are right, then 90
ahead"
The wardrobe Of he Chinese Minister
al Washington is valued, according to a
cOrresDOndpnt' at 100000. lie never
appears twice at receptions in the same
dress, and they are all the richest silks
and satins.
The Youngest member of the U. s. SEN
ate is Pope Barrow Of Georgia, elected
to fill out the unexpired term of the late
Ben Hill. Senator Barrow is 43, but the
baldest man in the Senate. He was
Confederate officer.
In the most Trustworthy quarters the
crops of Texas for this season are esti-
mated at 100000 bales OF cotton and
100000 bushels corn. Texas now
stands first on the list of Southern states
in the production Of cotton and corn.
A Paris journalist who lately visited
the morgue-where all dead bodies are
now frozen upon arriVal-stAted that
the attendant who showed him the cold
compartments, wore a glove, "lest his
hand should be burnt by contact with
cold iron"
Death has closed the unhappy life of
Mrs. Neil DpnnisOn, daughter-iu- law OF
| the late Governor of Columbus. Her
husband deserted, her and her four chill
dren three years ago, and she and her
little ones have many times since bOr-
| deTed on want.
| The steamer Nile, from hlhSstoh, J.,
| Jamaica, having on board Westgate the
self.accused participant in the murder
| of Frederick Cavendish and Burke, ar
| rived at PlymOuth to-day. Westgate was
sent to Dublin. Passengers consider
Westgate lunatic. The Nile experienced
such terrible weather Monday last that
she was given up for lost.
| LFADvILLE, December IA shooting
affray occurred in a dance hall this
morning, in which two men received
| fatal wounds. Trouble arose betwr en-
parties named Miller and Cummings,
over a dispute about paying for drink,
when both drew pistols and commenced
firing. Cummings received one ball in
| the shoulder and one in The mouth,
while a third struck lOOker-On named
Rearick, from Victoria, ILL.,, the ball
passing through the lungs. Both men
| will dip