The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-26
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.
All the Important Happenings of
the Day
Gathered and Boiled Down Into Readable
ltems-Cream of the Current
Events.

Another cold wave has struck Gan
ada, the thermometer ranging from zero
tn II below
The Lancaster Glngham mills at Clin-
ton, Mass, announce reduction OF wa
ges after Dec. 3lst.
Charles Briggs was sentenced at Phil
adelphia Saturday to be hanged for the
murder of his wife.
Col. Elijah StansbuTy, member of the
Association of Old Defenders. was bur-
led Saturday at Baltimore.
1t is estimated that about Z inches of
snow has fallen, furnishing good sligh-
ing to about 5O,OO0,00O people.
Goshen, Ind, with about 1000 pOpula-
tiOn, is agitating electric light. Moth
ing like enterprise, properly directed.
ALLIANCE, o., Dec. 24-LambOrn s.
Gray, bankers, have failed. 1t 10 feared
other large interests will be embarTass-
cd.
A writ of error has been granted az
Jersey City. in the case of Gordon, SEN
fenced to five years for abducting a
young girl.
The coal mines in MOnOngahela Val
ley, Pa, have all shut down. Seventy
five mines are involved, and 5000 men
are out of work.
The Saginaw, Mich, lumber company
have now employed about 1000 men
getting out lumber for next season.
they run 30 saw-mills.
The trades of the city OF Mexico are
well organized. Their National Union
is quite strong, and is influential also
with the Government.
John s. Maxwell, of MilleTsburg, o.,
indicted for making copies of United
States notes at New York, has given
bail to appear for trial.
George E. Evans alias Parton, who
was arrested in London, Ontario, by
Chicago detectives for forgery, was
brought to New York for trial.
Deer hunting in the west and north
west seems to be both profitable as
we'll as good paStime, Judging from the
number of deers killed and sold.
Capen, superintendent of schools at
Canton, r. l., and Jos. Morton, were
killed by snow plOW on the Boston
81 Providence railroad Saturday.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dee, 22.-Mrs. Mary
EOerner, living near this city, was found
murdered in bed this morning at 3
O'clock. Andrew KOerneT, her husband
vas arrested on suspicion.
New York police are looking for Eu
gene PrOspeTe Laree, q wealthy Cuban,
who mysteriOusly disappeared the day
he was to leave for Cuba. He carried
considerable money and jeweiry.
There seems to be no immediate pros
Dect of an adjustment of the glassblOw-
ers' strike aB Pittsburgh, though the
men have been out three months. A
good many have got employment else
where.
READING, PA, Dec. 22.-Frank s. Ma
VelY, of the Pennsylvania Iron Works,
and sons, John and Jacob, went hunting
this morning. John slipped on the ice
and his gun was discharged, killing
Jacob instantly.
LOckOuts are in order. The Oil-clOth
workers of Thomas Potter 81 Co., and G..
W. BlabOn, Philadelphia, Pa, are still
out Of work. lhe lockout is due to the
| men refusing to sign an agreement not
TO belong to trade union.
The wOrkmen of the Edgar Thompson
| Steel Company, in Pittsburgh, have ac-
cepted the reduction of 13 per cent in
| their wages in preference to remaining
| idle, and steady employment is prom
ised to 1900 men through the winter.
Dispatches from Bloomington, Peoria,
Paris, MattOOn and other points in CEN
| tral Illinois, Sunday, report one of the
heaviest snow storms known for years,
| and a consequent delay of all railroad
| trains and partial interruption to tel
egraph service.
The police at Vincennes, Ind, arrest
| ed James Summers, aged so; Miss Saun-
\ deTs aged 49, and very handsome; Jas.
/ Hart, an eX-cOnVict, and John Keifrel,
at one time city official. They are
charged with extensive manufacture
and passing Of counterfeit coin.
MT. CARMEL, Pa, Dec. 24.-The mana
ger of the Sunbury Smelling Works re-
ports the company is embarrassed, and
| needs SO. 600 to place it on a sound ba-
| sis. Work has Oeen suspended at No.
| Franklin COllieTy near TrevertOn, for
| three months. Five hundred men are
| idle.
Miners of st. Clair county, ILL.,, in the
BradenburgOis mine quit work on ac-
| count of the employment of some new
| men at wages not satisfactory to the
| Miners Union, and Charles Nesbitt,
| President of the Miners Union, and an
| other miner, were arrested and fined for
intimidating them.
| BOSTON, Dec. 24.-Asa Baker, who was
| sentenced for life for numbering his
wife, made a confession. He arranged a
meeting with his wife at the spot where
| the body was found, and fired five shots
| into her body, She revived and asked
| him for a drink of water. He told her
| the shooting was accidental, and seized
a rock and smashed her skull, killing
| her.
| EDINBURGH, Dec. "a. The jury in the
| case of McDeTmOtt and others, charged
with the dynamite Outrages at Glasgow,
| brought in a verdict of guilty. The
| Judge sentenced Terrace, McDeTmOtt,
Thomas Devaney, Peter CalIaghan. Henry
| Morgan and Patrick NJ. Cullagh to penal
| servltude for life. and Jas. DOnelly. JAS
| Kelley, Patrick McCabe, Patrick Drum
and Dennis Casey TO seven years impris-
OnmeDt.
| SALT LAKE, U. T., Dec. 24.-There was
"A large meeting of Democrats and Re-
publieans held Saturday night for the
purpose of indOrsing President Arthur s
Recommendation for a legislative cOun-
Gil for Utah, also for the purpose of en-
| dOrsing Governor Murray's stand for
| laws for good Government. The meet
ing was addressed by leading men. and
! strong resolutions passed. The country
| was appealed to sustain the President
and Governor. ana Congress earnestly
asked to pass the laws recommended by