The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-03-03
THE NEWS
From Near and Far---Giving the
Pith and Points
OF Interesting Incidents, Events and Hap.
psnlngs eathsred Ia Many
Fields.


Great distress prevails in some dis
tricts Of Ireland.
Paris, KY, had a $4,000 fire, very
disastrous to the town.
At Delawarel o., ]. H. Clinging, book
and stationary dealer has failed.
At Bellaire, Wednesday, Frank Cum
minis, miner WA KILLED by falling
rock.
Tom Jones. Jr., has been appointed
postmaster OF Cleveland by the Presi-
dent.
Hon. John Bull, of LOudOnville, sus-
tained dangerous injuries from fall
last week.
Robert z. Cook, the accountant in the
Jersey City Bank, was sentenced to five
years Imprisonment.
A Brazilian bank teller has been ar
rested in New York for embeZzling the
funds Of bank at Rio JaneirO.
The expenditures of the Chamber of
Commerce Relief Committee of Cincin-
natl have been to date $SS,57S,75.
The Milwaukee grand Jury find occa-
sion for censure but not for Indictment,
Of the Newhall House proprietors.
At Youngstown, o., Wednesday night,
Williams planning mill and Dingledy's
lumber yard burned. Loss $4,000.
At Steubenville the Cleveland Fur
mace Company has failed, and so has a
large glass mandatory at Utica, N. Y.
1t was officially explained in the
House Of Commons, that the destitutiOn
in Ireland only affected the crowded dis
tricts.
An emigrant from Germany, arrested
for embezzlement, shot himself dead be-
fore the vessel on which he was reached
the dock.
The women Of New York have secur.
ed rooms as headquarters from which to
forward necessaries to flood sufferers In
the West.
A negro was hung by an infuriated
mob Tuesday night at Elgin, Texas, for
attempting to rape little school girl
that morning. .--
Daniel Suteran has been arrested
charged with stealing $11OO in specie
from Samuel Bixler, of Bolivar on Sun
day night last.
A San Antonio, Texas, special says:
At Zquin, George Neil, bar-keeper, shot
and instantly killed W. K. Collins; cause
an old gTudge.
DR.. French, Of Erie, Pa, the abortion
list, was sentenced for one year to the
Penitentiary. The victim was Hattie
Another riot occurred in Chicago on
Thursday night, over the Chicago and
Evanston railroad, and over 500 feet of
the track were torn up.
At Hudson the roof of the Union
School house was on fire Wednesday,;
but the children got out in good order
and the fire was put out.
At tBellefontaine, O., DIR. E. L. Straight
has been found guilty Of perjury IN
swearing to the age OF his neice IN pro-
curing her marriage license.
John Marshall, of Mansfield, has been
sorely afflicted. Within few weeks he
has lost four daughters by diphtheria.
Learned doctors aVailed nothing.
Thomas Hayes, Of Troy, N. Y, began
suit to recover 4, 400 acres Of land in
Texas, granted to his father, who was
Sheriff Of AtascOa county in 1886.
Charles Fl. Cate at Lawrence, Mass,
probably fatally shot the widow of NJ. 8,
Anderson, and then killed himself. Cate
leaves widow and family in Boston.
Thomas W. Palmer, Of Detroit, was
chosen United States Senator from
Michigan, on Thursday evening receiV-
Ing 20 votes to Stout, Fusion, AZ, and
Ferry2.
The Lake Shore 8 Michigan Southern
Railroad received verdict of $1,000
against the board of supervisors of Erie
passenger car by mob during the riots
Of 1877.
Robert 2. Cook, who was arrested
Wednesday for embezzling 50, $50 Of the
Fifth Ward Savings Bank at Jersey city, |
entered plea Of guilty and was prompt
ly sentenced to five years in the Stase's
prison.
John Hoffman, of Cincinnati, shot his
son Robert two weeks ago and he died
Tuesday. He was q well doing young
man. The old man at the inquest con-
fessed the murder saying he was not
his son.
Lou Houck Is In Jail at Los Angeles
and Is to be brought to Delaware, o.,
and tried for the murder of Paul Lob
man, whom he shot and killed on the
train six years ago. HOuck is a three
card monte man.
Rioters to the number of over three
hundred made havoc Of the Chicago g
Evanston Railroad at an early hour We'd |
nesday morning. Over 1000 feet of the |
track was destroyed before the mob was |
dispersed by the police.
Ellis Craft was tried last week for |
connection in the murder of the Gibbons |
children at Ashland, KY. He was found |
guilty and sentenced to be hung. Neal |
Is. to be tried right away. George Ellis, |
who confessed, was hung by a mob.
CoNNRLLsvILLE, PA, Feb. 2S.-The |
trial of Lowe for the murder OF police |
man Robb, will be begun on Wednesday |
next week, and will be followed imme- |
diately by the trial of Dukes for the |
murder of Capt. Mutt. The two cases |
excite unusual attention, and in the |
latter the defendant will probably be |
acquitted.
Mrs. John Zimmerman, of Wooster,
during the recent icy season, to save |
herself from falling while on the street, |
caught at a hitching post, a finger tax
ing hold of the ring. She fell, her |
finger was torn of; the leaders were |
drawn out at full length and the finger,
all bloody, was left in the ring.
A little child of Robert Kennedy, who
lives near Fredericksburg, Wayne coun- |
ty, was burned to death on Tuesday |
week. The child was left in the house a |
few moments while the mother went |
about her work, and when she Returned |