The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-11-17
NOTES OF NEWS.
ALI the Important Happenings of
the Day
Gathered and Boiled Down Into Readable
Items-Cream of the Current
Events.

From four to six inches of snow fell in
the Ottawa Valley Wednesday.
The Democratic city committee of BOs-
ton nominated Hugh O'Brien for Mayor.
Henry A. Humsicher, of Philadelphia,
a lumber merchant, failed for $4,000;
assets, $4,000.
The weather is very cold at Quebec,
and sleighs are out on the street. The
port is almost deserted of shipping.
Mr.. Tebrault, wife, and two children,
of Chatham, Ont, were drowned while
crossing Mitchel's Bay during Sundays
storm.
BE-. BigelOw, a former cashier of the
National Bank of the Republic, Wash
ingtOn, was found guilty of embezzle-
ment.
The Norton Iron Works, at Ashla nd, q,
KY, burned Tuesday night. Ninty-fOur
nail machines were destroyed. The loss
is very heavy.
CANAL FULTON, o., Nov. 14,-Superin-
tendent John German of Mullen's mine,
North Lawrence, run over by cars and
maDgled to death.
Charles Warren, of Charlotte, N. c.,
and Murdoch Malley, cOlOred, quaTreled
about a game of cards, and Malley killed
Warren, with knife.
NEWARK, N. j., Nov. 15.-The burglar
shot dead Saturday night by IL. Nj. ChOate
has been identified as George Stone, No.
% Market street, New York.
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 15.-The Western
Nail Association meeting here to-day
decided unanimously to order a stop
page of nail mills from December % to
February 4.
PITTsBURG, Nov. 14.-The coal ship
ment during the last rise aggregates
2,462, 900 bushels, of which 1,284,OOO
bushels were for Louisville and the bal
lance for Cincinnati.
CHATTANOOGA, Nov. 15.-Miss HOlberry,
aged Is years, was burned to death.
Her clothes caught in fire in the CRATE.
The mother was badly burned in her
effort to save the daughter.
CHICAGO, Nov. 15.-NatiOnal live stock
show opened in the Exposition building
yesterday, morning. Nearly 1000 head
of stock in the building. Largest show
of the kind yet held here.
CLEVELAND, o., Nov. 12.-The steam
barge John r, Johnston, with 800 tons
of ore, from Escapaba to Cleveland, is
ashore here in bad condition. Her
crew were taken off by the lifesaving
crew.
At Pittsburgh, Mary Russell aged Is,
committed suicide by taking arsenic.
Before swallowing the poison she in
formed her father Of her intention, stat
ing at the same time that she was
driven to it by the cruel treatment of
her brother.
At Cambridge, o., Jacob Purcell, the
we'll known miller was found guilty
last week of burning his own grist mill
at South Olive, Noble county, March 10
last, has been sent to three years i'm
prisOnment in the Ohio PenitentiaTy at
hard labor.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14.-The nOtori-
GUS stage rObber Blackhart, who has rob
bed % stages and on whose head was a
reward of nearly 100000, was captured
here last night and taken to Stockton.
He is so years old, and of fashionable
appearance.
The indictment against Joseph j.
Dresbach, Fairfield county farmer, for
poisoning his wife, has, after one con-
VictiOn and life sentence, been nOllied
at Lancaster. The wife died in 1874.
The trial of the case revealed hideOuS
career of immOralty on Dreshach's part,
DETROIT, Nov. IA special from Pc
tOskey says: Supt. Orren M. Chase, of
the Michigan fish hatchery, was drown
ed with six companions at that place
Yesterday, while securing whitetish for
the eggs. He lived in this city, and was
an accomplished and enthusiastic fish
cnltUrist.
PoTTsvILLE. Pa, Nov. IA terrible
explosion of sulpher occurred to-day at
Eagle Hill COlliery, operated by the
Philadelphia 81 Reading Coal and Iron
Company. Robert Kennedy and Michael
In nj HI IAI
and Edward Heating, door boy, was
fatally injured.
DETROIT, MICH. Nov. IA dispatch
from Manistee states that the schooner
Lily E., belonging to M. Engleman, of
that city, went ashore in gale there
yesterday, and is high and dry on the
beach. The crew was saved by the life
saving men. She was valued at $4,000;
insured for $1,000.
IRoNToN, o., Nov. 14.-In the examin-
alton of w. 8. Kirker to-day, for stealing
SIG, 700 from the Second National Bank,
of which he was teller, the bank show
ed Irregularities in his accounts for $10,-
600 more. He was held in $4,000 bail,
which was given. Wall Street sDecula-
tiOn was the cause.
LONDON, Nov. 12.-Intelligence from
Madagascar cOn6rms the strangulatiOn
OI LH6 6nNOyS WuO uhu D66u flblJluR hu-
rope and America, on their arrival at
home. There was an insurrectiOn at
Oct. 6. & nd the premier
was murdered. Taslace, son of the form
or Queen, succeeded. The French. have
war-like operations.
MILWAUKEE,. Nov. 14.-Fifty thousand
bushels of corn went to the bottom in
the steambarge Fl. G. Akely, which fOun-
dered to-day off Holland, Mich Her
load was taxed on at Chicago for Buffalo.
At the time she went down it is report
ed that she was nine miles off the shore.
Twelve of her crew of sixteen men were
by the schooner Driver.
MAsslLLoN, November 14.-John Cor
man superintendent of the MinglewOod
coal mine, at North Lawrence, seven
miles west of here, was almost instant
ly killed about o'clock this morning
while coupling cars at the chutes of the
mine. No one was present when the
accident occurred, but from the fact
that his dead body was found between
two coal fats the suppositiOn is that he
was moving cars about alone and was
caught as stated. The deceased was
thirty-twO years of age and was one of
the best-known and most popular men