The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-05-26
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eraI and Miscellaneous Kind,


burning dwelling of III. w. Moody, In
Lyme, N. II. ...f...
At Catlettsburg, KY, they say they
were shook by an earthquake Tuesday
| night at liz o'clock. ~.
Most of the Treasury girls at Washing
| ton are said to have their salaries mort
/ gagged three months ahead.
Five thousand dollars were spent In
fireworks at the celebration of the OPEN
ing of the Brooklyn bridge.
One million eight hundred and seven
ty-two thousand bushels OF coal left
Pittsburg Wednesday for the South.
Mrs. SoOvllle, the sister OF Guiteau, has
applied for decree changing her name
to Howe, the maiden name of her
mother.
The steamer Prussian has landed one
Thousand steerage passengers In Boston.
They are nearly all assisted" emf
grants.
The Suez Canal Company have an
nOunced that they propose to commence
the cutting of parallel canal across the
isthmus at once. '
The existence OF secret society with
three hundred members has been dis
covered In Spain. Thlrty-fOur of the
members have been arrested. I'll.
The brig st. Sapere, from BuenOs
Ayres to New York, fOundered at sea.
There was insurance on the cargo and
vessel to the amount OF 100000.
Mrs. Louise Guedan, owner Of manu-
factory of artificial leaves in New York,
lost her life while endeavOring to save
others from the fire In her factory.
Two of the directors of the suspended
savings bank at CrOnstdat have been
10 tro 30
Archangel and the other to TObOlsk.
Ice strong enough to hold large vessels
fast and delay commerce Is still abund-
ant in Lake Superior. Such weather as
that OF the last few days is not likely to
destroy 1t fast.
The two masted schooner Antaras was
lost in the storm Sunday. Her crew con-
sisted of Capt. Waldman, his three sons,
John, Jacob and Wallace, and young
Swede named Charles Anderson.
VIM. Askins, a merchant of Lima, o.,
has been arrested for obtaining goods to
the amount OF $500 under false pre-
lenses. Aims g. Doepke, of Cincinnati,
caused the warrant to be Issued.
The suit of Israel Weinstein, Of New
York, against the Pennsylvania Railroad
for $4,000 for the loss of leg at Al
tOOna, resulted in favor of the company,
plaintiff having travelled on free pass.
Rich gold deposits are said to have
been discovered in Lower California,
that long, rugged peninsula of North
western Mexico, and miners are swarm
ing by hundreds to the placer diggings.
The Republicans of Kentucky have
nominated william Cassius GOOdlOe, of
Lexington, for Governor. Walter Evans,
the new Internal Revenue Commission
er, was made President Of the COnYen-
tion.
At Chicago, Wednesday, an incipient
riot was inaugurated by some fifty strik-
ing bricklayers trying to stOpnOn-uniOn
workers. A revolver was fired, and one
Young was arrested. No one seriously
hurt.
A wreckage party in Racine, Wis,
have picked up seventeen wagon loads
Of chairs and bedsteads, which were
broken by the cyclone. The first Of the
demolished structures to be rebuilt is a
saloon.
AdVices from Mozambique are that
Portugal has declared war against the
MakalOlO and other chief on the Schiree
river. A Portuguese gunbOat and troops
have been dispatched from Mozambique
to the scene of hostilities.
The ceremonies of blessing the I'm
pei ldl nag was p6IlOAulou III LH6 hI0m-
lin Wednesday. The Emperor and EN-
press drove from the AlexandrOsky
Palace to the Kremlin In an open car
rtaRe and without an escort.
The season of cutting railroad fares
has opened, and round trip tickets are
now sold from Sandusky, Ohio, on the
Lake Erie, to Cincinnati for twenty-five
cents. Lively competition has started
between other points In the west.
NEW ORLEANS, May 24.-The Times
Democrat Baton Rouge special says: j.
b. Watkins, of Lawrence, Kansas, has
purchased from the State $1,000 acres of
land in Calcasieu parish and 10000
acres in Cameron parish. Price, $780,.
294.
At meeting of the Democratic Union
at San Francisco 1t was proposed to ex-
tend the organization to all parts of the
United States. ROsecrans is to be made
head OF the organization, with view,it
is believed, to give him Presidential
boom. "
Two more arrests were made at Castle
bar, Ireland, in connection with the re-
Gently discovered murder conspiracy in
County Mayo. Great excitement exists
over the arrests, and two hundred extra
members of the Royal Irish COnstabuIary
are drafted to the town. '
A bottle was found on the beach at
Chicago which contained postal card
on which was written, MAY 20, 1S83.-
Tho schooner Sea Gull has gone down
off Chicago. l am on a spar. Send
help. James DOnOhue." The Sea Gull
was three-masted schooner of POI tons
burthen, and was owned by 0swego.
The landing of the French in NADIA
gascar has surprised the Malagassy En-
bassy, who state the natives will fight
the French to the death. Some members
of the Embassy will hasten home to as
sist in the defence of their country.
Many rifles newly purchased are on their
way to Madagascar and now nearly due.
The Queen oil Madagascar will issue a
war loan. IL is hoped that Americans
and English will assist with money and
arms. rr bEf .- muTi
At Liverpool. England, the dynamite
conspiratOrs, Deasy, Flanagan, Ken
nedy, 0'Herlihy, and 0Connor, have
been committed for trial. They reserved
their defense. Before the prisoners we're
committed, evidence was adduced to
show that the explosives found in. the
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