The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-04-11
EVERY DAY TOPICS.
Recent News Items Caught in
Our Literary Net.
A Condensed Record Of fAcOIdsnts, Crimes,
Politics and Information Of a Gen.
eraI and Miscellaneous Kind.

Prairie fires are raging south and cas-
or Bismarck, Oak.
The gallant city of Rutland. VT. haI
sust elected an accomplished lady, Mis-
Isabella M. Brown, to the Office of city
clerk. =
British imports are decreasing enOr
mOusly. The falling of last month a,
compared with March, 1882 was about
MOwbray's louP mill at Stockton
Mlnn., was burned Monday morning
The loss is estimated at $4,000, insured
1t Is probable that two Judges will &C.
company Lord Chief Justice COTerid0e
on the latter's forthcoming visit to the
United States.
An enthusiastic cOngratulatory sere-
made was given Hon. Thomas A. Ste.
phenS, Democratic Mayor elect. at Gin
cinnati Saturday night.
Two steamers have arrived at Halifax
with an aggregate of $1,000 seals. The
almost total extin ,tiOn of these yaluable
animals seems imminent.
The State Agricultural College at Des
MOines, lowe, has been emDOrarily
closed owing to the breaking out of
scarlet fever among the students.
At Reading, Pa, Saturday, Police Ser
geant VIM. Becker was probably fatally
shot by Martin Wenrich, whom he was
taking In carriage to jail. Wenrich
was arrested.
John 8. Parks, of Texas ranger no
tOrtety, had a difficulty with Bi0man
Fuller, near COrsicana, Friday night
about some cattle, and was shot and
killed by him.
ii. II. Tate and Jas. j. Crow, wOrkmen
ON farm near Elliott, Vanzant county,
Texas, got into an alteration Friday
evening, when Crow shot Tate. killing
him instantly. n
The food In the SusGushanna Is 12
feet, and the bOOms are filling up rapid
ly. About 10000, ,00O feet of logs are al
ready in. Many RATS are coming down
the LOyalsOck Greek. z
Over 1000 acres Ofwheat were planted
in the neighbOrhOOd of Bismarck, Oak,
during the last tive days of last week.
East OF that place there Is yet some snow,
out 1t Is disappearing rapidly.
Ansell, Arnold s. Co.'s wholesale -four
and feed store at Willimantic, Conn,
was entered Sunday night, and the safe
was blown open and robbed Of a small
amount OF money and from $25, 200 to
1000 in bonds.
The remains Of the late Judge H. C.
McC0mas and his wife, who were re-
Gently killed by Indians, arrived at Fort
Scott, Kansas, on Saturday, accompanied
by the Judges brother, Rufus McCOmas,
and his daughters, Mary and Ada.
Andrew and Mary Young were arrest
ed at Erie, Pa, on Sunday night on sus-
pictOn OF being concerned in the death
Of Ralph Young, their brother. Ralph
was found with q bullet In his head
which the suspected persons alleged to
be caused by suicide.
Mexico must be regarded as a very
paradise for prOtectiOnists. Mexico has
100000 OF Inhabitants, 742,OOO square
miles of territory, and a trade of 1885,
4I6, 900. Mexico Is kept for the Mexicans,
and her people have little intercourse
with the outside world.
Near. 0wingsville, KY, the little
stream of PrickIey Ash rose rapidly
Saturday. Martin Manin, the toligate
keeper, attempted to cross it with three
children on log crossing, and the wat
or swept them off and drowned all four.
The bodies were nos recovered.
On Saturday, near Clinton, Jones
county. Va, fifteeni miles from Lynch
burg, nine year old son Of Buck Jor-
Ian, while playing with an old gun,
accidentally killed Mrs. Wheeler, an old
lady, and wounded her daughter, Mrs.
Allen, and the baby of the latter.
CharleSG. jackson, James Deyer and
P. Duncan, have been indicted by the
Grand Jury for connection with the
alleged frauds In fhe Street Cleaning
Department under the late municiDai
government Of San Francisco. They are
with haviAg stolen 100000 q
year.
AKRON, April D. 1lessrs. VIM. Buchtel
@. Barber, j. b. Woods, Virgil ThOmp-
SON and Geo. W. Weeks have applied for
q charter for a neR bank to be known
rs the City NatiOnal bank. The capital
stock is 100000, ahd the bank will be
located on South Howard street near
Market.
In an affray In D house Of ilI-fame
near the village OF Grayling, Mich, Fri
lay night, John France was fatally
stabbed by James Kgan, keeper of the
house. Egan was sMOt In the head twice
BY France and severely injured. The
parties were aTrested. The quarrel
arose about mOne3 paid for q nights
lodging. P&
LEBANON, KY, APRIL Geo. Tucker
was assassinated while riding on the
nlBnWdy hooh ttlAo pAhC0 ny his younger
brother, Irwin Tucker, drunken, dan
yerOus man, who used a dOuble-barreled
shotgun. Georges death was instanta-
leOus. The murdefer has not been ar
rested, although np attempt at escape
has been made BY hlm.
1t is feared that the present strike in
Chicago would interfere with the con-
,tructiOn Of the new Board of Trade
and other large public struc-
lures but the contractors assert that It
will not. The Budding committed of
,he Board Of Trade, they assert, will
make concessions ID the contractors in
The present emergency.
The GriswOld mills at Darby, Pa, hay-
ing been employink children under 13
years OF age, in Violation Of law, Mr..
Jahey, weaver, called the attention OF
she authorities TO the fact, and as re
suit 25 children were dismissed from
The mill. In retaliation the operatives
nave Joined in movement to boycott
The store OF relative Of McGahey's.
Herr Most spoke ht a meeting of work.
Ingmen Sunday afternoon at the Ger
mania Theatre, Philadelphia. He advo-
,ated Communism and said the time
was ripe for revolution, which he
thought would soon sweep over Europe
and America. He declared the Czar