The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-03-23

law of the tribe, and that he is not
guilty. Crow Dog is about 40 years old.
Maud s trOtted around $21 900 last
season, the exact sum Vanderbilt paid
for her.
Canton cops are coming down on the
baginOs of the burg like the cOlOred pOpu-
lat1On on watermelon patch.-Penny
Press.
One million, six hundred and fifty
six thousand bushels of coal left Pitts
6urgh in boats for down the river Mon
day night.
Josh Hart, publisher of New York
Truth, and the man who brought out
the MOrey letter, has been elected Re-
publican committeeman in New York.
Alliance: John Wheelock, emplOye of
Morgan q Williams hammer works, had
his arm caught in a shaft, breaking it
In two places. AmputatiOn will be
necessary.
Bartholomew Desmond, HogOpOlis, got
so dizzy looking upon red wine, Monday,
that he took tumble on an open knife
and waltzed up the golden stairs with
his boots on.
CHERRYFIELD, Me-, March 20.-Last
evening as Mrs. Hettie Sprague,
widow, was leaving church, Chester
Cunningham stepped up, drew a knife
and cut her throat. She died almost in
stantly. Jealousy.
The great floods are said to have driven
game of all kinds from the submerged
bottoms to the hills in Arkansas, and
converted the more elevated country into
q hunters paradise. Wild animals of
all kinds are found in immense numbers,
and many deer are being shot.
Henry G. Rodgers, United States Min
lister to Sardinia under President Van
Buren,, and one of the three surviving
members of the Pennsylvania cOnstitu-
tiOnal Convention of 1887, died Sunday
night in the County AlmshOuse at Lam
caster, Pa.
AKRON, March 2O.-The Akron Malle-
able Iron Works, consisting of W. FOs-
ter Hope and John I. Greer, made an
assignment to-day for the benefit of
their creditors, to f. NJ. AtterhOlt, Esq
The Liabilities are about $4,000; assets
about $4,000. The principal creditors
are in Akron, Pittsburgh, Cleveland,
MillersbWg, Detroit, Jackson, and War
rem. The principal Akron creditors,
Lewis Miller and John r. Beichtel are
well secured.
DETROIT, Mich, 2O.-Poor Canada
whisky and poor steering caused the
death of two poor fellows out for a sail
on the Detroit river. Sunday afternoon
four young men left Aliens boat house,
SpringWelis, about three O'clock for
pull across the river, raced across,
diled up with whisky, and started home
at 5:39. About half way over the boat
was seen to change its course and then
capsiZe. Two Of the four managed to
cling to the boat, but the other two
drowned before they had swan far. The
names of the drowned were John Fog
and John Frederick, each about thirty
years old, and both wOrkingmen.
WASHINGTON, March 20.-Page, mem
Der of the committee to audit expenses
of the late Presidents sickness and
burial, SAYS that the committee will
never see the bills again, as they had
been burnt up and could not be resur-
rected. He said he thought no good
could come from making a fuss about
the money expended, or in disclosing
what it went for. The bills had all been
paid out of the mon y voted by Congress
early in the session, and it was nobOdy's
businesss if a Congressman who had ac-
cOmpanied the funeral train had pur-
chased a jug of whisky to take along,
even though the Government now paid
for it. Page seemed surprised that the
newspapers had got hold of any items,
anu Sdlu JIl6 DlllS ndu UBGu DuFQeu IN
the interest of the public good. 1t is
believed that this action of Page will
subject the committee to severe cOndem-
nation unless they disaYOW responsible
ty for his act.
WASHINGTON, March 20.-The Civil
Service Reform Committee, of which
Mr.. 0rth is Chairman, is determined to
make an experiment on the subject of
civil service reform in the Pension bu-
reau. Some time since a bill was
introduced asking for an increase of
the number of clerks employed in that
bureau. The committee has determined
to recommend the passage of this bill,
and has added thereto as an amendment
a measure involving the appointment
of a nOn-partisan examining board be-
fore whom all candidates for clerkship
should undergo examination in the ele-
ments of English education and as to
business capabilities. No political rec
concentrations will be accepted for
clerical positions in this bureau, but all
must depend on the fitness of the appli-
cant. Mr.. 0rth has appointed a sub
committed from the Committee on Civil
Service Reform, who are to consult
with Commissioner Dudley upon the
practicability of this proposition. Mr..
0rth says that, should this experiment
prove successful, it will be tried in
other departments. The bill will be re-
ported to the House within very few
days.