The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-11-03
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silver dollars.
N. NJ. Swazey, insurance agent at
| North HaVeThill, Mass, has failed for a
large amount. Twenty-fOur writs have
been served against him.
| INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. Limited States
Marshal r. S. Foster, with a posse of
detectives, arrested gang of counter
feiters III Pike county, this State.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Oct. 31.-The num-
| ber of bales of cotton burned at the
South Carolina Railroad yard Monday
was 2, 2,145, valued at $107 800; insured.
HOLTON, KAs., Oct. 31.-NeWs has Just
reached here that block of business
| houses in the town of Whiting, this
county, burned to-day. Loss not stated.
Hannah Whittlesey obtained a verdict
| of two thousand dollars damages against
the city of Steubenville for injuries
sustained by hack upsetting in hole.
Two coal trains came in collision on
the New Jersey Central railroad, near
Lebanon. An engine and forty cars were
wrecked. John Sinclair, an engineer,
was injured.
Another discovery of gold has been
made in CleTmOnt county, Ohio, about
three miles from the place worked for
gold in 1869. There is much excitement
in the locality.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 31.--Frailey's wheel
works in this city were destroyed by
fire this morning. Loss $1,000, which is
covered by insurance. 1t is supposed to
be the work of an incendiary.
ST. JOHN, n. f., Oct. 31.-The barken-
tine Jane Hunter, from PeTnambucO to
st. John was lost last night at st. Shorts.
Captain ROwden, and the second officers
and all the crew except two seamen
perished.
ELK, o., Oct. 31.-Mrs. Patty Miller,
Mrs. Cynthia Turel, Vim. Miller and his
brother we're all fatally injured OF Grip
pied for life to-day in runaway, their
team becoming frightened at train
near the turnpike crossing.
Smuell, the horse thief, is in the Gath
day of his fast in the Belvidere, n. j.,
Jail. Pulse 81. He gets very little sleep
| and has lost 30 pounds since his incaT
ceratiOn. Smuell intends to surpass
Tanners record by ten days.
Tuesday night two masked men rob-
bed the vault of the County Treasury at
Virginia, New, of $4,000. They then
seized the Treasurer and locked him in
the vault. The affair is considered mys-
teTiOus, as $1,000 of the amount was
silver, too heavy to pack off.
The missing st. Louis girl, Mary
at least located, in Dayton. Her adopted
sister, Miss ShOrtel, and her former ser
want, named Schroeder, are in this city
and say that they are confident she is
not here; that in fact they have her To-
Gated.
AKRON, O.. Oct. 31.-George E. Kin
berg, aged 10, while hunting this morn
ing accidentally;shOt himself in the head
with revolver and will die. He tum-
bled 40 feet from tTee.-Michael Spran-
kle's barn, at Ghent, burned last night
with $1,000 worth of implements, hay,
oats, etc. No insurance.
OTTAWA, Oct. 3l,-Five thousand dol
lars in one and twO-dOllar Dominion
notes have been stolen from the Govern
ment. The banks were notified not to
accept them. Numbers missing in one
dollar bills are from $4,000 to 100000
and of twOs from l45 600 to 5000, and
from 155, 600 to 10000.
WHEELING, WA, Oct. 31.-Ex-Sheriff
B. f. Mitchell, of Ritchie county, this
State, was drowned in the Hughes river,
tributary of the Little Kanawha, yes
terday while rafting logs. Several per-
sons witnessed the drowning from the
bank but were unable to save him. His
body has not been recovered.
WOOSTER, O., Nov. Jacob Kready,
a wealthy and well-knOwn character,
residing near New PlttsbuTg, eight
miles west of here, fell down stairs last
night and broke his neck, death resulting
| instantly. He was sixty-fOur years of
age and leaves wife and eight chill
dren. He was in Wooster yesterday.
NEW PHILADELPHIA, o., Oct. 31.-The
New Philadelphia rolling mills resumed
operations this morning. The works
have been idle since the failure of Ward
s. Co. in July last. The new sheet mill
will also resume within week. The
mill starts up under the name of the
Goshen Iron Company, and will be un-
| der the management of James and VIM.
Ward.
WILLETTSvILLE, o., Nov. 1.-Henry
Hart, young man residing about three
miles north of here, met his death in
/ shocking manner by the accidental dis
/ charge of his gun. He was sitting on
fence, and as he was getting down
he took the gun up and it accidentally
discharged. The shot struck him in
the face and blew the top of his head
off.
NAVARRO, o., Oct. 3l.-From a tele-
| graph received by Mayor Sisterhen this
afternoon from the city marshal of Dam
Vile, ILL.,, there is little if any doubt but
that the prisoner referred to in yester-
| days special is Jacob WallingeT, who
murdered one John Miller near DAN
vile on the I'd of September last. Our
authorities have instructions to hold
the fellow until Friday, when Danville
parties will be here to identify him.
| SARAHSYILLE, o., Nov. News has
| Just reached here from Elk township, in
the eastern border of this county, of a
shocking runaway accident occurring
there which resulted in the death of
one person and the serious and perhaps
fatal injury of two others. Mrs. Cynthia
Turf, young man aud Mrs. Mary Mil
Ter were riding along, when their horses
took fright and ran away at breakneck
speed. All the occupants were thrown
from the wagon, and Mrs. Miller was
hurled to the ground with such terri
BILE violence that her thigh was crushed,
and she received fatal injuries intern
ally. The young man was seriously cut
and bruised, and Mrs. Turf had terri
BILE cash cut in her face. her skull
crushed in and her body horribly
bruised. 1t is feared she is also fatally