The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-03-16
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John McAvOy stabbed Mike MOnahan
to death at SteubenYille, Saturday.
Murderer at large.
Henry Ashbaugh, of East Liverpool,
dropped dead Saturday night while re-
| tiring. Heart disease.
The resolution offered in the House at
| Columbus, to stop printing the laws in
| German, was voted down, ii to As.
Machinist G. P. Armstrong, one of the
Omaha strikers, bayOneted to death by a
militaman. Further trouble expected.
Fourteen kegs of giant powder ex-
plOded in tunnel on the Canada Pacific
Railroad, Monday, and killed four men.
S. Murphy, cabinet-makeT, suicided
in Cincinnati by standing before a look
ing-glass and cutting his throat with
| razor.
Steamer Sidney, on Sunday, burst her
steam connection pipe at Parkersburg,
W. Va, killing two men and injuring
| several others.
Mr.. Hayes has concluded to be banker.
The Mr.. Hayes referred to is citizen of
| Fremont, who once made some noise in
the world by taking another mans
| Office.
Charles A. Reed, of Newton, Mass, de-
vised $4,000 each to his own town and
| Salem, to be used in picnics to children,
scientific lectures, and relief to poor
widows.
Rancus, Democrat, is elected to the
New York Senate in place of the late
Senator Wagner, by from 500 to 800 ma
| jOrity. A Democratic gain of 1000 since
November.
BOSTON, MASS, March 13.-Mrs. Mary
| E. Howe, president and manager of the
| defunct bogus wOman's bank, was SEN
| fenced to three years hard labor in the
House of Correction.
Mob tried to lynch H. G. Lewis, muir
| derer, in LinkVille, Oregon. Deputy
| Sheriff Lewis and Justice Wright de-
Tended the prisoner. Lewis killed,
Wright wounded, and the prisoner safe.
BUCYRUS, March 12.-Last night burg
lars entered the boot and shoe store of
Lewis Mantel and blew open the safe
with powder. He refuses to state how
much money was obtained by the Grim
| inals.
WOOSTER, March 9.-The residence of
Judge G. G.. Parsons on North Market
street, was entered by burglars last
night, who got $50 in money and gold
watch and chain valued at $500 for their
trouble.
A Columbus, o., dispatch says that "a
lobby, with any amount of money almost
at its back, is here, well organized, and
| diligently at work to accomplish the de-
structiOn of the cauals," and details the
subject at length.
Isaac Keudrick, a railroad brakeman,
murdered his wife, near Terre Haute,
Ind, Saturday night, and remained in
the house with the body until arrested.
He had been separated from his wife for
several weeks on account of jealousy.
PITTSBURGH, PA, March 12.-"ShOe-
box" Miller, the convict who escaped
from the Penitentiary and fled to Canada,
arrived here in charge of officers about
midnight last night, having been
brought back on extraditiOn papers.
KENT, o., March 9.-0fficers arrested
James Goodwin to-day on charge of
| highway robbery. The prisoner was
taken to CarrOlltOn. 1t is said that
Goodwin and man named Hemmil are
| implicated in robbery at SherrOdsvllle.
The consumption of beer is largely on
the increase. In 1881 there were con-
sumed 1885, 749 barrels, being an in
crease of 2,347,044 barrels over 1880.
This is equal to 200 glasses to every man,
woman and child in the country. Very
little malt liquor is drank in the South.
At LOckland, Ohio, Saturday night,
Joseph f. Smith pointed pistol at Chas.
| Grismere, boy, and snapped it in fun.
The pistol went off, the ball entering
the boys forehead. He died thisa amOTn-
] ing. Smith knew the pistol was loaded,
| but thought the hammer would fall on
an empty chamber.
Nearly fourteen million dollars have
been expended on the Brooklyn bridge,
| and twelve hundred thousand more are
| asked to complete it. The chief engineer
estimates that it will be ready for use
on March 31st, 1888. Cars are to be
drawn over it by an endless wire rope
in constant motion.
Friends of Garfield in Washington
claim that Stanton was responsible for
ROsecrans' removal, and Garfield's letter
had naught to do with it; that Stanton
and Seward aimed to manage all the
different campaigns, were jealous of
every prominent officer, and encouraged
criticisms from subordinate officers.
PANAMA, March 14-The reports sent
of the earthquake in Costa Rica was
taken from the official dispatch which
proves to have grossly exaggerated the
disaster. Advices from Costa Rica by
mail do not confirm the statements
made in the official dispatch as to the
destruction of towns and loss of life.
At Dyersburg, Tenn, Jim Biddle Fer
guson was shot and killed by Bill Lloyd.
An old grudge existed between them,
and Ferguson threatened to kill Lloyd.
He entered LOyd's saloon, when the
latter discharged the contents of both
barrels of shotgun into FergusOn's
body, causing instant death. This is
the third man Lloyd has shot.
MAssILLoN, OHIO, March IA well
known Irish gentleman Of this city,
named Patrick Burke, who recently dis
posed of his leases on coal territory for
a snug fortune, got rid of drop of it
last night. He took part in row at
MOran's saloon, and when he felt his
pockets after the melee his cash ac-
count was found to be short $3.50.
! At the meeting presided over by Car