The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-05-11
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM.
A Weeks Record Of the. Worlds
Happenings.
Interesting Items Of Importance Inter-
spersed With ItInerant Invoices
of Intelligence.

shortly after IL o'clock noon on Sunday.
The rush for Europe this year is un-
| precedented. On Saturday seven steam
| ships took out over 500 cabin passen-
| gers.
Secretary Chandler says the navy has
| 33 vessels efficient for immediate use,
and 80 others that could be repaired in
from two to 18 months, at an expense
| of SO, ,173,000.
The Pittsburg county house was de-
| strOyed by fire on Sunday. Loss S2OO,-
McDermOtt, while saving the records,
was killed by falling glass.
Nancy Henry, % year old negro
woman in the Jail at Selma, Alabama,
/ for the brutal murder of her 10 year
| old boy. She continued to beat him and
torture him, breaking both legs, until
| he died.
Edward Lanahan, Erie, Pa, seduced
| his niece Emma, aged 10, and was fined
| the extreme penalty Of the law, 800!
He was afterward sentenced to pay
$3.50 to the girl, but will escape under
the insolvency act.
Pittsburg, Pa, May 7.-Valentine
Casts ale brewery at Mill Grove, near
Allegheny City, was totally destroyed
] by fire to-day. An unknown German
| who was sleeping in the building at
| the time burned to death. Loss $4,000,
covered by insurance.
Another raid has been made upon the
U, s. Treasury. The House, a few days
ago, voted away $1,750,0OO for public
| buildings to be constructed in M1ch1-
gan, Tennessee, Colorado, North Caro-
| lima, Iowa, Kentucky, Virginia, Illinois,
Massachusetts and Texas.
U. s. District Attorney Bliss, of st.
Louis, has discovered swindle In Gov
| ernment land script. The script was
| offered to bankers at a distance tor nlnec
| ty cents on the dollar, and large lots OF
| it sold. 1t was counterfeit, and one of
| the suspected parties has been arrested.
The Mayor of Gallon offered reward
| of 300 for the arrest of Fisher, the ne
| gro. who committed the rape on the lit
tie girl Rettig. Marshal BraddOck of
| FredericktOWn and officer Nichols had a
FIGHT over the question who was entitled
to 1t. The Gallon Inquirer claims their
officers, Nichols and Wurtz.
In large Cincinnati billiard hall
two men had a fight with pool balls.
The missiles were thrown with reckless
force, not only inJurlng the comDatants,
| but smashing about all the glass In the
place, denting the fine woodwork, and
| bruising several spectators. The re-
| pairs will cost $l,2OO.
Chicago is the greatest lumber market
| in the world. The single item of sawed
| lumber received there in 1881 would lay
| an inch flooring fourteen feet wide
| around the earth at the equator. The
amount of lumber manufactured in the
three States of Michigan, Wisconsin
and Minnesota during 1881 would lay
such floor fifty feet wide. ..,..
A daughter of Robert Baker, of
n. n, ,fry Wv HI lnH hNy
pistol in the hauds Of Ben Mcintosh.
| Ben pointed the weapon at her and
playfully pulled the trigger several
| times, despite her screams. Finally
the weapon exploded, killing her in
stantly. He did not know it was
| loaded.
Mr.. william Chambers says in his
| journal that medical superintendent
| of large prison told him lately that
| there is no condition Of society within
| his knowledge where the health is so
good. Within three months after per-
sons enter in pitiable plight the regu-
| lar diet, work, and rest have made them
different beings.
Great excitement continues to prevail
in Skye over the attitude of the Braes
( people, who refuse to pay rent to their
landlord, Lord Macdonald. The viii
lagos are literally in a state of siege,
with sentinels upon commanding emil
nences ready to hoist flag on the ap-
prOach of danger. 1t is said the people
| are willing to meet Lord Macdonald
half way.
The purchaser of an old house at Ed
gar's Ferry, KY, saw that the floor in
one spot was nailed down far more Sc
| curely than anywhere else. Curiosity
led him to remove the boards. Under
meath was small mound of earth,
from which he dug out the bones of
three human beings. 1t is believed
that a dead-and-gone occupant of the
house was a murderer of travellers.
The Radicals of Maine have been
scared lest they lose the State this fall,
the new apportionment having reduced
the representation from five to four.
The entire delegation will be elected on
a general ticket. They have finally in
duced Blaine to run. His colleague will
be Dingley 8. Reed of the present House
and Capt. Croutelle, editor of the Bangor
Whig, who was defeated by Ladd two
years ago.
Washington, May 4.-Secretary Chan
dler, of the navy department., has re-
ceived dispatches from Melville, at
Lena Delta, March "a, announcing the
and his party of ten. All were dead,
and lay close together. The books and
papers of the party were well preserved
and detail the account of their suffer
ings. A dispatch from Deer station
first chrOnicled the existence of rumOT
among the natives that the body of an
officer in gold faced uniform was late
ly discovered.
WASHINGTON, May 5.-House: Tariff
commission bill up, Randall arguing in
favor of the abolition of all internal
revenue taxes and collection of govern
ment revenue by import duties. This
would afford all the protection necessa-
ry to the industries of the country
Tucker followed, urging tariff for rev.
enue only. Senate: Window, from the
committee on transportation, reported a
bill for the survey of passes between
the affluents of the Missouri and Colum.
, bia rivers, with a view of ascertaininp
the practicability of uniting the rivers
by canal or otherwise. Window Of