The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-04-21
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A Condensed Record Of Accidents, Grimes
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eraI and Miscellaneous Kind.

Another raid on New York gambling
houses. ...'
Deadlock in the Illinois Legislature
still continues.
The DemOeI attic State Convention will
be held at Columbus June 21st.
f. G. Mack, Morgan City, La, tried to
| pass a gilded nickel for So. Fined $1,000
and sentenced to year at hard labor.
They have a local option law in Illi-
nOis, and on Tuesday 48 cities and towns
| voted license OF no license; and II de-
clared for prohibition and 81 for license
The Republican Legislaf ure adjourned
| on Thursday and before adjOurninR
passed the Scott liquor bill. 1t resefn,
bles the Pond monster of year ago and
summary of the law will be found In
this paper.
The Minnesota pineries have been de-
| pleted during the past winter to the
tune Of 45OOOO,O0O feet, or $4,000, 900
more than in any former year. The Min
nesOta DinertPs GNId,rItly needed pro-
lection from the hOL., yHndal.
At Hannibal, Mo-, jennie Maunce last
| night fired into a crowd OF men who at
tempted to break into the house after
her sister and other female inmates had
retired. Murt Tierney was shot dead /;
two injured. Maunce sisters were jailed.
At Alliance. about a week ago,
| young man named William FOlz, who
had been Tilted by two young ladies.
took dose Of poison with the intention
| of shuflling off his mortal coil. He lin
geTed until Thursday morning, when
he died. He was only IL years old.
AKRON, April 19'-At tuyahoga Falls
last night, Richard NOOnan, iaborer,
| stepped from the railroad track to get
| out of the way of the train, when he
| made misstep and fell over the cliff
| into the CuyahOga river, 90 feet. below.
His skull was crushed and he was in
| stantly killed.
CLEVELAND, April ia COletown
| special says: Panhandle railway
train cOllided with another near town
today, and William Russell, one OF the
oldest conductors on the road, was
crushed against a heavy bar in such
manner that his head was cut off and
his body otherwise shockingly mangled.
HUNTINGTON, W. VA, April 19.-The
largest fire III the history Of this town
occurred yesterday afternoon Destroy
| ing $4,000 worth of property, render
| ing homeless 15 or 20 families, and IeaV-
ing but four buildings standing in
block Of 420 feet square. The Dire start
| ed in the livery stable OF Messrs. l.. s.
Kennett & Son.
ROCHESTER, Pa, April l9.-While
| walking on Cleveland s. Pittsburgh R, r.
track yesterday, Jas. Murphy was struck
| by the local train and Knocked down an
| embankment, receiving injuries which
may prove fatal. He was taken to his
| home In Beaver. When heard from to-
| day the chances were against his recOV-
| cry.
ALTOONA, PA, April IA boy twelve
years of age, son of John 0'Neill of this
| city, exploded signal cap today by stri-
| king 1t with a stone, and was severely
| injured by the result. Part of the shell
struck the side of one cheek, dreadfuIly
lacerating it. The physicians think lock
| jaw will result. companion Of the
| boy, near by at the time, was uninjured
| WHEELING, w. VA, April I9.-Alma
Jackson, weak minded girl in Sardis,
| Monroe country o., near this city, lcut
| off the head of her eighteen months old
child and threw the body into a little
| run hard by. Her brother. who bad been
supporting her. had warned her that she
| must find another home for herself and
| child, and this led to the crime. The
girl Is In Jail at WOOdsfeld.
ELIZABETH. Pa, April 19.-By the pre-
mature explosion of a blast in a stone
| quarry this morning, John Tarbuck, the
owner, was instantly killed. His body
|
| air. He was dead when the WOTkmen
| found him. He was highly esteemed In
/ the community as man and citizen
He was Baptist, prominent Freema-
son, and belonged to number OF other
| societies.
The Sandwich Islands are to share
with British Columbia this years Chi
nese eastward emigration News haV-
ing been received of the repeal OF the
| Hawaiian law prohibiting the direct i'm
| pOTtatiOn of Cinnamon from Hong Kong
| into Honolulu, passages were quickly
| engaged for three or four thousand Of
the yellow men to King Kalakaua's do
miniOns. British Columbia Is also to
receive shiplOads of them.
John Bright is Lord Rector of the
Glasgow University. He was lately in
vested with the hood, and received the
degree Of LII. ID. Robert Laird Collier,
who saw the ceremony, says the plain
| Quaker. on standing up to speak in his
robes, found them cumbersome and him
derlng, and 80 he stopped and took them
off. This he did with cool deliberatiOn,
while the students struck up and sang.
He's jolly, good fellow"
Schiller the New Hall House bar-.en-
der, tried at Milwaukee on q charge of
setting that hotel on fire and cOnse-
| quently with the responsibility for the
dreadful loss of Life which resulted, was
acquitted on Tuesday. Such result
seemed inevitable. There may have
been many people who believed him
| guilty, but the evidence was all eireum-
stantial, thus affOrdinR many oppor-
tunities for doubts favorable to the de-
fendant.
WALIACE-McRINIF