The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-10-31
NOTES OF NEWS.
All the Important Happenings OF
the Day
Gathered and Boiled Down Into Readable
ltems-Cream of the Current
Events.

A number of the best BUSINESS houses
at LOrdsburg, N. NJ, were destroyed by
fire. The fire was caused by an explO-
sion of coal oil.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to steal the body of the fat woman from
the grave in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, near
Baltimore, Saturday night.
Won MOltke celebrated his 84th birth
day yesterday. He is one of the most
popular men in Germany, and yesterday
was made national holiday.
AKRON, Oct. 29.-Wm. G. LOVelin was
fOut dead in his OuthOuse yesterday.
Cerebral hemOrThage. He was a labor
er, but was under the hallucinatiOn that
he had untold wealth.
Near Cherrydale, Kansas, Musbly, the
owner of the old Bender premises, while
plOughing, unearthed tin can with
$4,000; of course the result of their
rObberies and murders.
The country residence of Edwin n.
Bel son, in Germantown, Pa, was de-
strOyed by fire yesterday morning, eaus-
ing loss of 100000. The family es.
capped with great difficulty.
As Mrs. p. V. Adams was passing along
Fifth street, Dayton, o., in front of a
building, she was struck on the head by
a falling brick. She was carried home
and seized with spasms and died.
HAMILTON, Oct. 30-A sharp shock of
earthquake occurred on the afternoon
of the goth. The oscillation lasted fully
ten seconds. The shock was felt through
out Bermuda. The damage was slight.
Judge BarTett's order for the eXamin-
alton of President Willard was pTactic-
ally abrOgated Saturday, by the trans
fer of the Northern Pacific railroad ca
ses to the U. s. Court for the district of
New York.
WARREN, Oct. &c. L. Bingham, of
Windham, brakeman on the n. Y, P. 81
o. r. R., fell beneath the wheels at
Leavittsburg, yesterday. One leg was
so badly crushed it had to be amputated
below the knee.
At the annual meeting of the WOm-
ems National Indian Association, at
Philadelphia, Bishop Whipple of Min
nesOta, made an address, explaining how
the Indians have suffered from contact
with civilization.
Joseph S. Hurd has sailed under four
names and has had eight wives, all with
of St Louis, 18 years old, elOpcd with
him, and old man Lerrieux hurried after
Hurd and caught him.
SMYRNA, 30.-AnOther shock of earth
quake was experienced today, damag-
ing the wall surrounding the town, the
aqueduct and mosque. At VOuria 169
persons seriously and.61 slightly injur-
ed; 10 in the hospitals.
Lord LansdOwDe has struck a key
note of common sense in declining to
receive addresses from distinctiYely
English, Scotch and Irish societies in
Ottawa. He wishes them to regard
themselves as all Canadians.
Maggie Anderson, a pretty girl of 16,
under penitentjary sentence at Spring
field for grand larceny, admitted she
was the daughter of one of the wealth.
est citizens of Bridgeport, o., and had
run away from home Ito see life"
Suggesting Foraker for the second
place on the next years Republican
ticket" puts the Youngstown Sunday
Morning in mind of writing an eulOgis-
tic epitaph on tombstone. 1T is only
done to make the dead mans friends
feel good"
David Adams, aged So, died in Wash
ingtOn county, n. Y, Saturday. 1t is al
legged he starved to death. There were
$4,000 in securities found hidden in the
house. His relatives are looking for
$780, 900 more. His wife was starved to
death ten years ago.
KENT, Oct. 20.-This morning, Samuel
Biehl, workman at Day, Williams 81
Co.'s glass works, committed suicide by
jumping into the melting furnace when
in full blast. He was instantly burned
to a crisp. He had only been here one
week, and from his actions it is sup
posed he was insane.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 29-NeWs has been re-
ceiyed at last of the missing girl, Mary
Churchill, who disappeared mysteriOusly
from her fathers residence one Sunday
evening in July last. Her father, Col. j.
B. Churchill, received letter from his
daughter dated the 25th inst, mailed at
indianapolis on the 9th.
CHICAGO, Oct. 29.-The stationery and
printing house of Culver, Page, HOyne
& Co., one of the oldest in the city,
closed its doors this morning, and, in
answer to repOrtOrial inquiries, stated
that the business had been closed out to
John Morris. The assets are roughly
estimated at 1925, 900, and the liabilities
are believed to reach $50O.O0O.
MOBILE, Oct. 29.-Sunday afternoon
the steamtug Edic exploded her boiler
four miles south of Fort Morgan, Mobile
Bay. The boat sank Immediately with
Captain John COrney, Mate Andrews and
a cOlOred fireman. The engineer and
COOK were pickup up. lub ldbLeI ultu
while on the way to Fort Morgan. The
former was painfully wounded.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 29.-While Alfred
GOssett (cOlOred) was on his way to
the Criminal court in charge Of officer
Dominick this morning, to receive life
sentence for the murder of policeman
John COffey last April, the eldest son of
COffey, aged 10, stepped up behind Cos
sett, who was handcuffed. and shot him
in the head. GOssett died in a few min
utes, and the Deputy Sheriff in charge
of the murderer Immediately arrested
Coffey.
CLEVELAND, O., Oct. 28.-John N. Glid-
den insists that his Indebtedness to the
Republic Iron Co., was incurred in le-
gitimate way. He was given the man
agement of the cOmpany's sales, and
managed them according to his judg-
ment. There was an open ledger ac-
count, and the books were always open
for inspection. He admits he owes 5000.
600, but exhibited to the Associated
Press reporter a statement, showing as