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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-04-21
DESERTED AND ROBBED.
The Result of Marrying smOoth-ronRued
Stranger.


CLEVELAND, OHIO, April aO.-Mra.
Mary A. Long has filed q petition for
divorce from A. c. Long. She AYERS that
Long came here some months ago and
represented that he was q man of wealth
and owned large hotel at ChArleVoix,
Mich. He wanted a nice little wife real
bad, one that had money and could
boss" his hotel preferred. Mary Jump
ed at the chance and the couple were
married only a few short months age.
Immediately after the wedding Gr.
Long was in hurry to go to Michigan,
so he packed up household goods and
personal property of considerable value
belonging to his newly found wife, and
shipped them. He followed the goods
and was to return for his wife in = few
days. She received letter from him
two weeks later, but since that time
Long has not been heard from. Mrs.
Long has since learned that the marTi-
age was made simply to enable the fell
low to secure her property.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-04-21
A DARK OUTLOOK FOR THE ROLLING
MILLS.

CHICAGO. April 19.-President Porter
of the North Chicago Rolling Mills,
states chat the mills will again be in
operation In three or six months or not
at all. They will not be started while
the present prices continue. Four
thousand men have been thrown ont of
work by the stOppage of these mills.
MIR. Porter thinks that One-thiTd of the
rails needed this year are already in
market, and expresses the opinion that
the outlook for the labOreTs now out of
employment is very dark one.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-04-21
MASSACHUSETTS, CHARITY.
Disgusting Tales Told at Buffers In
VsstigatiOn ...

BOSTON. April 19.-ln the Tewksbury
Almshouse Investigation to-day, Mary
E. Bowen, an inmate in 1875, testified
that all patients were bathed in one
bath-tub, some with running sores; beds
were covered with Vermin; rats would
jump on the beds; gnawed the feet Of
patients; one woman dying OF consump-
water closets were filthy and covered
with matter from sores Of patients. DY-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-04-21
GOVERNOR BUTLER.
His Veto Sustained and His Nominations
Confirmed.

Confirmed.
Boston. April 10. Upon the question
of passing over the Governors veto the
bill spprOpriating money for the ex-
penses of various State charitable and
reformatory institutions, the House
voted 1913 to S3-nOt the necessary two
thirds in the afflrmative-and the veto
was sustained. Five Republicans voted
in the negative with the Democrats.
One Democrat voted in the affirmative.
The Executive Council confirmed Gov.
Buffers appointment Of JnO. K. Tarbox
as Insurance Commissioner, and Y. H.
Chadwick as Railroad Commissioner.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-04-21
BURDENS BORNE.
The GrievOus Loads Carried by
the Race
Encourage the struggling, Cheer the Dis
consulate and Assist the Helpless,
Says Rev. Talmage.
Opening hymn:

opening ny ymn:
safely through another week
God has brought Us on our way;
Let us now a blessing geek.
waiting In hla aourfg Io-dayu
Smyrna times., 1883-07-04

The Scott law in Ohio has been de-
clared constitutional by the Supreme
Court. A great many people have
heard of the Scott law, but very few
know what it is. The law imposes a
tax of 500 a year on the sale of wine
and beer, and 5000 ON the sale of wine,
beer and liquors. and provides that in
case a dealer gives up the business
during the year pro rata share Of the
tax paid shall be refunded. The act
was carefully framed with a view to
meeting the objections of the Supreme
Court to the provisions of the Pond
law, and in this respect its author aP-
pears to have been successful. The
action of the Supreme Court, it is claim
ed, will aid the Republicans and be a
backset to the Democrats. Ifthe court
had not sustained the law the Demo-
cratic cry would have been that the
Republicans were committed to a
measure which was not only against
public interests, but unconstitutional
as well.
Smyrna times., 1883-07-04

The Iowa Republican Convention,
last week, renominated Governor Sher-
man to second term in the Office
which he has filled so acceptably, and
refused a denomination to Judge Day,
one of the majority members of the
Supreme Court which overthrow the
prohibition amendment. This last is
significant, and is first step towards
the reorganization of the Supreme
Court in favor of prohibition. The
platform is beligerent in its champion
ship of the overruled prohibition
amendment. 1t declares also for rail
road regulation by the State and nation,
against public officers receiving free
passes, and in favor of a protective
tariff. The representation at the Con,
vention was large and enthusiastic
The overthrow of the cherished amend
ment has reused the people to unwont
ed energy.
Smyrna times., 1883-07-04

Perhaps the escape of Hallett the
murderer may be a good thing in one
respect if bad in others. 1t may serve
to open the the eyes of the people to
the manner in which affairs are con-
Quoted at the Jail. 1t would be better
to have no Jail at all than to have a
poorly conducted one, one that causes
criminals to laugh at the law and its
enforcement. Such a one seems to be
the Georgetown Jail. 1t is disgrace
to Georgetown, disgrace to the Coun-
ty, disgrace to the State that it is
possible to say with truth that Hallett
is the thirty-ninth prisoner that has
passed from within its walls of his own
free will and in his own time. 1t is
time that a change was made, both in
the Jail itself and its management
SeafOrd Enterprise.
Smyrna times., 1883-07-04
MY OWN SHALL COME.

Serene fold my hands and wait,
Nor care for wind, or tide, or sea,
rave no more 'gainst time or fate,
For 10! my own shall come to me.
l stay my haste, make delays,
For what avails this eager pace?
l stand amid the eternal ways
And what is mine shall know my face.
Asleep, awake, by night or day,
The friends / seek are seeking me;
No wind can drive my bark astTay
Nor change the tide of destiny.
What matter if stand alone?
wait with joy the coming years
My heart shall reap where it has sOwn
And garner up the fruit of tears
The planets know their Own and draw,
The tide returns to meet the sea;
stand serene, midst natures law
And know my own shall come to me.
The stars come nightly to the sky,
The dews fall on the thirsty lea;
Nor time, nor space, nor deep, nor high,
Can keep my own away from me.
Smyrna times., 1883-07-04
WHOLE NO. 1,46O.
Current Comment.
PHILADELPHIA EVENING NEWS.

1t is rather remarkable that, accord
ing to statistics, June is not only the
month of weddings but the month of
suicides.
1t is more blessed to give than to
receive" as the hard-hearted woman
said when she left baby on a highly
respectable old bachelors doorstep.
The Star-route man who pleaded
guilty but was afterward declared not
guilty has "a very clear duty before
him. He should challenge the jury
for doubling his word
Wong Chin Foo says that in the best
society of China people are Judged by
ther intellectual attainments and not
by their wealth. What incomprehensi-
BILE barbarians those Chinese are.
"What is true bravery?" asks
New York paper 1t is going to the
front door yourself when you don't
| know whether the caller is dear friend,
book agent or u man with bill.
| Reports from all parts of the great
Northwest show that the crop of new
papers this year is enormous, the only
fear now being that they may be
nipped by the frost of the semi-annual
settlement day.
In India the wife cooks the dinner,
the husband eats all he wants, and
then, if anything is left, the wife eats.
In this country the servants cook the
dinner, eat all they want and then, if
there is anything left, the family eat.
Diptheria, typhoid fever and con-
sumption, being classed by physicians
among the filth Diseases" can now
be regarded as within reach of the
f poorest pockets, but hay fever and
| gout are still high up among the lux
uries.
Mrs. Wm. Vanderbilt will drive a
, curricle at Newport this year. A cur
ricle is a two-wheeled chaise, and is
thus far the ugliest vehicle which an
: tiquarians have been able to unearth
, with the single exception of the Asiatic
! ox-cart.
> A railroad company in Ohio has
adopted a new system of timetables.
. The hours are numbered from one up
to twenty-four, the latter being mid
. night. 1t is thought that this system
. will even beat the modern railway
guide in enabling people to miss trains.
e "My soul is Gods, but my heart is
d yours" were the dying words of poor
II Charley Backus, addressed to his
20 young wife. Few men whom the
y world calls great have passed away
"a with words upon their lips more noble
X or more touching in their simple man.
ot illness than these of the dying minstrel.
y, Miss Edith's Ma Ito her neighbour:
IF do so admire the violin. Your daught-
er er plays, suppose?
to Mrs. De Porque: Wall, no; Alicia
Id can't play the riOEin, but she plays
a. beautifully ON the bandoline. You
ne know she was two whole months al
N, the Paris Observatory.-LJe.
ye Centuries hence, when nothing shall
a. have been left of New York an(
,;t Brooklyn but the East-river bridge
or some antiquarian will dig mammoth
M "statue of liberty" out of the sand
m and, being unable to find the site of {
We pedestal anywhere, will write bool
ne to show that it was never intended t.
.er stand up, but was purposely buried a
To part of the heather and barbaric cere
.ot monials of the 18th century.
Smyrna times., 1883-07-04

Postmaster General Gresham intends
to call the attention of his postmasters,
big and little, to the fact that the ohli.
cation to carry newspaper straight to
its destination Is precisely as binding
as the obligation to deliver a letter.
This order, when it reaches some of
the post Offices, will be an astonishing
piece of news. But Mr.. Gresham's
ideas are correct. The newspapers
prepay their postage, and are entitled
to ready and intelligent service.
Smyrna times., 1883-07-04

HOATs, BICYCLES AND HAY FEVER
Nature has resolved that all the peO-
pie shall not enjoy themselves at once.
With the opening of the season of out
door sports comes the time of trouble
for the poor victims of Hay Fever:
For them flowers have no odOr, and
Summer little or no beauty. To snuff,
sneeze and wipe their weeping eyes for
three or four successive months this
is their pitiable portion. Whether this
form of catarrh is called hay-fever, hay
cold, rose-cold or rcse-fever, makes no
difference they suffer just the same.
There is no help in sea-voyages, there
is no help in high mountain air. These
only tighten the pocket and leave the
disease unabated. But there is posi-
tive cure in Ely's Cream Balm. We
could cram these columns with CRATE
full letters of the rescued. Try it and
Join them. If you continue to suffer IL
is because you neglect a remedy as
sure as it is cheap and pleasant.
Smyrna times., 1883-07-04
Mars John, how you gwine git out'n

Mars John, how you gwine git out'n
dar?"
"Dry up. Good night"
eyer it's, Miss Sally" said Uncle
Remus, after listening a moment.
"Dey's q mighty zoonin' gwine on in
dar, en- 1 dunner whe'er Mars John
tryin' ter scramble out, er whe'er he
des tryin' fer ter make hisself comfer-
tubble in dar"
"What did he say, Remus?"
He up en- 'lOw'd dot one un us waz
a vilyun, but dey was such buzzin'
gwine on in dar dat couldn't zactly
ketch de rights un it,"
Uncle Remus went back to his place
by the dining-roOm fire, and after
while began TO mutter and talk to him
self
"Whal's y the matter now?" his Miss
Sally asked
"Fuz des a sayin' dat know Mars
John mus be suffun SOme'rs."
"Why?"
ooh, l des knows it; kaze ef he amt,
wat make he talk so weak He bleedZ
ter be in trouble. Pm tellin' you de
Lords trufe--dat wife man talk like
he amt bigger den one er deze yer
little teenchy chany dolls. I boun
you," he continued, "ef I'uz a w'ite
'Oman EN- Mars John wuz my old man
I'd snatch up my bonnet en- I'd natully
sail round dish yer town twel fine
out wat de matter wild i'm. would
dat.
The old mans Miss Sally laughed
6 until the tears came in her eyes, smC
! then she said:
"There's piece of pie on the side
board. DO get it, and hush so mucl
talking"
"Thanky, missis, thanks!" exclaim
! ed Uncle Remus, shuffling across tn
p room. He got the pie and returned t
o his chair. "Dish yer pie" he contin
ued, holding it up between his eye
a and the fire-"dish yer pie come i
o good time, kase Mars John talk $
weak and fur off it make me feel righ
II empty. spec he be well time he g
home, en- eff he 'uz ter git holt er dis
- yer pie, hit mOut max i'm have ba
;. Dreams"
:, In few moments the pie had disal
y peared, and when Miss Sally looked ;
: him little later he was fast asleep.
Smyrna times., 1883-07-04

A compulsory education bill was
passed by the Illinois Legislature and
has been signed by the Governor. 1t
provides that every child in the State
between the ages of and IA years
shall attend school not less than 12
weeks in each year.
Smyrna times., 1883-07-04

Iowa expects to raise 200,O00,OO0
bushels of corn and 100000 bushels
of wheat this year, and the oat crop
promises to be the largest known.
Iowa is great on raising wheat, corn,
Republicans and sieh.
Smyrna times., 1883-07-04

Few questions in modern times have
awakened so much interest in the
English House of Lords as the Deceas-
ed Wife's Sister bill. 1t has reused the
fiercest opposition of the Clerical party.
The House of Commons has repeatedly
passed the bill by large majorities, but
owing to the extraordinary activity of
the clergy it has always met with dis
aster in the Lords. Last year it was
defeated on the second reading by
three votes, but this year it was carried
by 165 to 1853. According to precedent
and usage n second reading of bill in
the House of Lords is accepted as de-
cisive. But the Church could not
afford to be beaten on point where ii
has made such a great effort, so it sum-
moned all its energies and succeeded in
defeating the third reading of the bill
Thursday, by vote of 145 to 14O
The question will, therefore, continue
to agitate English society for another
year at least before a man can legally
marry his deceased wife's sister.
Smyrna times., 1883-07-04

Mr.SRlaine must be very rich man.
He says she has enough" He will
never get through the eye of the needle
in that condition.
Smyrna times., 1883-07-04

The editor of the St. Louis RepabIican
knows nice thing when he sees it.
He saws: "There never was anything
prettier than plump, pretty young
woman in short sleeves and Bertha
waist"
Smyrna times., 1883-07-04

were the best of friends,
miss Minnie, . said b
Smyrna times., 1883-07-04
CARPETS AND OILCLOTHS.

. l.. Camrle from New York at New York Prices
Carpets 9 Tapestry, Three Ply Ingan Rag, Hemp
=, Carrets Rugs, Mats Borders Tacks, Bindings Thread.
0cOS York Carpets made if desired at yard.
Smyrna times., 1883-07-04
DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS.

- oI,nercs Apacas Gnghams, NansOOks Lawns Percales
Silks O" Cloths Cassmeres and Linens for Children
Tickngs Prints, Muslins Creonnes Linens Skrngs
sheeu Chevots Cottonades, Table Linens, Towels Crash
- Gloves Hosiery, Buttons Laces Sewing Silks Braids We
COrse'S Ladies', Gents and Childrens
49, Tics Scar Collars Cuffs Suspenders Kerchief Umbrella
Smyrna times., 1883-07-04

neuralgia pains Of ten months stand. soms,zhsre m
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-06-14
CONDENSED TELEGRAMSs

THERE were 173 business failures
during the seven days ended on the 0th
inst, as compared with 151 for the seven
davs previous The distribution of the fall
ures was as follows: New England States,
%; Middle States, %; Western States, 56;
Southern States, 26; Pacific States and
Territories, II; New York City, 10, aud
Canada, 10.
ISAAC H. BROMLEY, of Connecticut;
George G. Haven, of New York; Watson
Parrish, of Nebraska; Colgate Hoyt, OF
New York, and Arthur L. Conger, of Ohio,
have been appointed Government Directors
of the Union Pacific Railroad Company.
MERRICK closed his argument before
the star-route jury at Washington on the
sth. The arguments in the case began
April 10, more than seven weeks ago.
THE three powder mills of Latin &
Rand, at Newburg, N. Y, were blown up
the other day by lightning and one man was
killed. Loss, $40, 900. Work would be sus-
pended a month
/ WILLIAM STEVENS, once a noted
oarsman, was found drowned near POugh-
keepsie, n. Y, few days ago. He had
been missing since December D.
/ THE liabilities of Jesse Oakley Il Co.,
the New York soap manufacturers, who
failed recently, are scheduled at 100000;
assets, 100000.
A POWDER magazine was struck by
lightning at Scutari, Turkey, the other
day, and a terrible explosion followed
Many persons were killed.
ELBERT NJ STEPHENSON was hanged
at Lawrenceville, Ca, on the 8th, for the
murder of his amt
THE steamer Ariadne caught fire in
the hold when near Flint's Island, a short
distance above Cannelton, Ind, on the Sth
and the boat had to be scuttled to save her
She sank over the boiler deck. 1t was be
lieved the passengers and crew were saved
A SEVERE storm occurred at Reading
Pa, the other night. Two baTges were
struck by lightning and church at Amity
vile, was damaged. Cattle and horses wer'
killed in various parts of the country.
ACCOUNTS received on the 8th saiC
that sanguinary fighting took place on tn
Cd and Sd inst in Albania, between Turkisl
troops under the command of Aysim Pashi
and a body Of Castratis. The Turks wer
reported to have lost 300 men and tn
CastTatis 500.
TIE Irish members of Parliamen
gave banquet to United States Senate
, Jones, of Florida, at Westminster, Eng.
on the sth.
r THE Barber brothers, Ike and Bill
4 whose recent doings and pursuit and caI
ture, near Tripoh, Iowa, have furnishe
- material for sensational items, were hange
Z at Waverly, Iowa, on the sth by mob.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-06-14
FACTS AND FIGURES.

The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany uses one million blanks in three
days.
Mr. Harris, Florida orange-grOw-
er, is said to have cleared S63,0OO on his
crop this year.
Arkansas is 270 miles long, 240
miles wide, and has an area of q, ,406,-
720 acres, containing 52,l9S square
miles.
The wire in the four great cables of
the Brooklyn bridge would reach from
New York to China, or more than l.
900 miles.-M I. San.
Georgia will this year produce
crop of watermelOns worth on the
ground one and a half million Of dol
lars.-AlLdntG Constitution.
The production of rolled iron in
PENNSYLVANIA in 1882 decreased 13O,9S0
tons, while in Ohio an increase of l0,-
881 tons is recorded. Philadelphia
Press
An authority says there are ST.
900, 900, 600 invested in the 100000
miles of fences in the United States,
and that they have to be renewed on
an average once in fifteen years.
Canadian statistics show that since
March l last 451 French Canadian fam-
lies have left with their goods and chat
tells for the New England States over
the different railroad lines leading from
Montreal.
The waves of the Atlantic Ocean at
tain the various heights Of a, 81 and
43 feet; those of the Pacific are some
times as much as 80 feet high; in the
Mediterranean they are 144 feet, and III
the North Sea 134 feet.
The postal cards are made at
Holyoke, Mass, by forty men, who turn
out about a million daily. They have
diminished the consumption of writing
paper by from $12,00O,00O to Sl5OOO,-
600 a year Boston Post.
So many logs have been cut and
hauled this season in Maine that it IS
thought the mills will not be able to
saw more than half of them. In the
Machias basin alone 30,000,O 600 feet
of logs have been cut-B0St0R JoufHak
A pine floor laid in gold workers
shop in ten years becomes worth 500
per foot A Syracuse ieWeler once
bought for less than $50 some sweep
ings that gave $208 worth of gold. A
tub in his cellar into which is blown
the duet from polishing lathe, accu-
mulatcs $50 a year. A workman in his
employ carried off on the tip of his
moistened finger $50 of filings in few
! weeks. Workmen sometimes oil their
| hair and then run their fingers through
! it, leaving a deposit of gold particles,
which they afterward wash out.-Syrd-
cztse. On " Journal
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-06-14
A DELUGE.

The City OF Council Bluffs, Ia, Visited by
Terrific Rain Storm Prominent
Streets Converted Into Roaring Torrents
by the Overflow of Creek-Many PeO-
pie Believed To Be DrOwned-PrOPerty
Loss Large.
COUNCIL BLUFFS Ia, June 2.
At six o'clock last evening one of the
worst Tain-storms that ever visited this Vi
cinity set in, and for four hours poured
down in torrents. Indian Creek, which
runs through the heart of the city, over
flowed, and the damage from the same is
roughly estimated at $500, 900. Seven iron
bridges and two stone cuIvertS be-
longing to the city were swept away, as were
also several dwellings and barns along the
creek. All the business houses on Main
street and Broadway are flooded. Loss OF
life is reported. The water in the streets
one block from the creek was waist deep,
with swift current. Cries for help could
be heard in every direction, but the swift
ness of the current rendered assistance inn
possible Particulars are very difficult to OBJ
lain tonight. AT twelve o'clock it was still
raining It is the most terrific rain-hOod
Western Iowa ever experienced. The storm,
which set in about six o'clock, was heavy
shower but no citizen for moment realized
the devastation that has followed. The creek
divided the city, and the flood rose so
quickly that many men found it impossible
to reach their wivtA and children, and
number narrowly escaped death from drown
ing while endeavOring to reach their dear
ones. The mourning in the city is universal,
and the destruction of property widespread.
A local newspaper in referring to this great
element visitation to our city says: . The
most frightful calamity occurred last even
| ing at six o'clock. There had been threat
| enings of rain during the entire day, with
occasional showers, but when even
| ing came it seemed as though the
! very heavens fell. A dark cloud
! swept around to the eastward and dis
| charged its torrents at the head waters of
/ Indian Greek, and the maddened flood with
constantly increasing volume poured through
| Council Bluffs sweeping bridges and cul-
yerts from one end of the stream to the 9th
er. Many buildings were swept away. All
that part of the city lying between the bluffs
and Broadway on the north was inundated
| by the rushing and seething waters.
| The sight was awful. To add to the
| horrors of the situation, the loss of life
is feared at this writing to be large.
as numerous instances of drowning have al
ready been reported. At midnight rain was
still falling, although the creek seemed tC
have spent its fury. The water in the west
ern and southern parts of the city was rap
idly rising, and many people were compelled
to take boats and escape. Facts as to the
amount of devastation by the storm are i'm
possible to give at this hour, but the lOSVt Il
the city alone viii be hundreds of thousands
of dollars, besides that of private individ