The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-12-20
CITY CURRENCY.
Local Events Condensed and CryS-
tallized.
The Daily Events Of Busy Canton Arranged
In Readabls Shape for Easy
Literary Digestion.
Get 'sThe Peoples Cyclopedla.

James X. Fisher, Of UhrlehsVille, was
In the oiSy Monday.
Call early and secure baRGAins Al
LOomis q KenG
YAK paying has been active this week
II the 0fdes q the County Treasurer.
OlRAR casa and p0ekst-books IN end
lsIs Yaxisty a. DuRbin. Wright 4 Go.
Major !. II. Wallace, Congressman
aset WAs In ne city yesterday between
> tgAinA
I've thousand pair sample boots and !
ahoes a 20 cents On IhS dollar st Wat
HnR.
Gall Al che OEdSa HOuse and have the
aeent shaw yOU The Peoples CYCLIC
Mr.. LAWS MiIIsr. Of Akron, was IN AZ
tendance at The n. u. Church dedication
0A Sunday.
Look At the splsndId display Of CioGkS,
WIsteru, Russian Circulars, etc, ct Gold
berg BroSI ....t t...0 .
LAdles' Kid Button Shoes. worked but
ten holes, only el.75 q pair at Watkins,
6Aeapest shoe house In the city.
Mr.. r. d. Briggs, who superseded Mr..
Hubbard, Is q cousin to Superintendent
Sam Briggs, Of the Connotton, and Is
genial gentleman.
st. Johns choir are rehearslng Farm
eTs' Mass In B fat for Christmas. This
10 choir of selected voices, and is one
q the best In the city.
The Atlantic Social Club will give
their nsXt dance on Thursday evening,
Dec. 18th. in COncordia Hall. A full or
shestra will furnish the music.
Travel on the COnnOttOn road Is hold
ing up very nicely during the winter
months, and time" is made at all
stations, with startling regularity.
Mr.. John Zerbe. 167 South Market
street has full line of turkeys, poultry,
beef, lamb and other meats suitable for
the holiday trade. Give him call.
A skating rink at Congress Lake
would be a nice winter amusement.
The COnnOttOn Valley Railway could
make traffic by agitating this subject.
While you are selecting your Christ
mas presents, you must not forget that
Kidd's Custom made Shirts are both use
full and appropriate, 20 E. Tuscarawas
street.
Mrs. 8. NJ. Knapp has returned from
Mansfield, where she was called TO the
bedside Of Mrs. Eph. Brown nee HurX-
thai, who has been very sick, but Is now
out Of danger,
Conductors Swift and Briggs, on the
COnnOttOn, make q daily run of 103
miles, from Cleveland to SherrOdsVille
and return, being in all 206 miles.
Pretty heavy work for these men. There
Is also switching to be done and their
time for sleeping is quite limited.
The StraitsVille extension Of the Con-
notion Railway is completed to Beach
City, about 10 miles south of Canton,
and the road was formally opened for
passenger traffic last Monday. The road
is pushing along finely and is opening
up hitherto unexplOred and rich coal
territory.
Messrs. Myers g Smith, No. AZ South
Market street, have greatly improved
the looks of their store by placing cOun-
teTs in the centre Of their store room,
thus giving an opportunity to ladies and
gentlemen to see their entire display,
which is rich, and especially available
for the holiday trade.
The City Band gave regular dance
last night, and the managers fred out
several disreputable lady (O characters,
as they propose to run the social gather
ings on a high moral basis. Mr.. John
Blum is the dOOr-keeper and he Is
good one. The band is improving,
musically speaking, all the time. Sue
cess to them.
At the last regular meeting of Miller
Post No. 270 G. A. R., Navarro, Ohio, De-
eember 10, 1882, the following officers
were elected: Post Commander, Mon
roe Slater; s. v, Lawrence j. Daley;
J. ", Jacob W. Bach; Q. NJ, Daniel Bid
die; Surgeon, George W; Henline; Chap
lain, BENZ. B. Luke; Officer of the Day,
7. G. NOOnan; officer Of the Guard, Elias
Shelter.
Mr.. II. N. Nichols, of this Office, re-
eeIVed a handsome circular checker
board, with tesselated border worked
In mother o. pearl, surrounded with
very handsome square exterior, the
whole enclosed in wooden frame, with
a glass covering the delicate work. 1t
10 the workmanship Of his brother,
Henry A. o. Nichols, of Allegheny City,
Pa, and was sent as a Christmas gift.
Our legion of subscribers are pleased
that the DEMOCRAT has changed its
form into a semi weekly edition. The
managers of the paper always strive to
please their patrons, and give the latest
news, and, although it entails added ex-
pense to the Office, the subscription
price Of two dollars a year remains the
same. Country subscribers now get two
papers q week Instead Of one, as hereto
fore.
The roof Is being placed on the little
market house." Said roof so wonderful
ly oVershadOws the rest of the building
that it would be better to issue bonds
for the roof and let the rest of the
building go. The hole for the extra ten
T60b OF Gnb hook anu LhuueI GIuCh, Lubb
cannot be accommodated in the new en-
CINE house, has been frescOed and deco
rated with Japanese and Eastlake de-
signs, and there were grave fears that
the market house would not be large
enough to accommodate the hole. This
is mistake.
1t seems the boy David Farrar, who,
last week, was wandering about Can
ton, is the son of ]. NJ. Farrar, of Mas
sillOn. The lad was finally taken charge
of by the CantOnnpOlice, and he told the
Mayor he had to leave home on account
Of a stepmOther, when in fact, the fool
ish and adventurous boy left his own
kind father and mother, who were seek
ing him, and were distressed at his alb
sence. 1t seems our authorities sent
the lad to the Children's Home, believ-
ing his tale of a cruel stepmother.
When Mr.. Farrar learned of his boys
whereabouts he hurried to Canton, but
the boy had already been sent to the
Home, thus putting the father to fur
ther trouble and expense.
Farmers, nothing will contribute
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