The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-02-07
THE NEWS
From Near and Far---GiVing the
Pith and Points
Of lnterestin. Incidents, Events and Hap
penlngs Gathered In Many
Fields.

The bail Of Polk, the defapltlng Ten
nessee State Treasurer, has been reduced
to $4,000.
Joseph Chambers, of Bellefontaine, o.,
has made an assignment. Liabilities
$4,000; assets $4,000.
The Governor Of Alabama offers $5,-
600 reward for the capture Of Isaac H..
Vincent, the defaulting State Treasurer.
VIM. Erhart, of Hanover, died Sunday,
aged 80 years, He was one of the piO-
neers of COlumbiana county, and much
esteemed citizen.
Last Saturday evening the Mayor of
New Lisbon knocked down young blood
of that place, for using very insulting
language toward him.
The Senate reduces the sugar duties
from So per cent. ad ValOrem, to about
40 per cent. This slices off from the reVe-
nue. about $11,OOO,OOO.
The estate Of William Thompson, near
DungannOn, has been allowed $135 by
Congress in payment of losses by the
Morgan raiders in 1868.
At London, New Hampshire, Saturday,
Mrs. willard 0rdway was shot and in
stantly killed by her step-sOn, aged IL.
Didn't know the gun was loaded.
The internal revenue collections Of
the last quarter at Louisville were $685.
OF, which is the largest ever known
there in the same length of time.
ST.. LOUIS, February 4.-The Greco
Roman wrestling match betR2en Null
doom and Bibby at the Olympic Theatre
this afternoon, was won by MuldOOn.
The State Treasurer of Texas has ask
ed for an investigation of his books, and
an account of the cash balance, by the
Legislature. Nearly two million dollars
are in the vault.
Geo. MahOn, a patient in the Bellevue
Hospital, under treatment for alcohol
ism, killed Michael Kelleher, fellow
patient, and seriously wounded James
COnners, an attendant.
ROl. B. Clark, an exemplary young
man of Salem, recently started to
Florida for the benefit of his declining
health, but died on a steantsf before
reaching his destination.
Amelia Weingardner, Of East Liver
pool, is the hrst woman ever elected
Judge. She was elected one OF the dis
trict judges by the Knights of Labor.
The other judges are men.
LONDON, Feb. 3.--The British steamer
Hilda, plying between Jersey and South
amptOn' ran into and sunk an unknown
French ship. The steamship James Gray
has fOundeTed and the officers and crew
| are lost.
The shops OF the Goodyear Metallic
Company and the Goodyear India Rubber
Glove Company, in NaugatucE, Mass,
will be shut down indefinitely on Feb.
10th, throwing nearly 1900 hands out
of employment.
Senator Brown, who Is in Georgia, to
keep out of the way of the nipping and
the eager air of the North, tells Savan-
nah reporter that the Democrats are too
cautious and the Republicans too badly
scared in regard to the tariff.
Near Oden, ON the C. & o. X. r., near
Lexington, KY, construction train ran
into hand car Saturday evening, kill
ing Scott Webb'a seriously Wounding
Randall Anderson, Harry Kenney, En-
gineer johnson and Frank Burgess.
A mob took Andrew Elliot out Of Jail
at Grand Forks, Dakota, and adjusted a
rope around his neck; but he argued
cOnvincingly that his crime did not
merit a death penalty and suggested
that coat Of tar and feathers would be
about the right punishment. The lynch
ers took his view Of the matter.
CLEVELAND, Feb. 3.--The FIRE at the
Standard oil works is nearly exhausted
She scene of the confiagratiOn resembles
chaos, and agentleman well informed
| in such matters says IL will take two
years to restore the works as lhey were
| two days ago. Colonel Payne, treasurer
of the company, thinks not more than
$1,000 barrels of oil burned, and says the
loss cannot be stated till the hOOd sub
sides and a careful examination is
made; 100000 is probably a moderate
estimate Of the eOmpany's loss.