The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-02-10
THE NEWS
From Near and Far--Giving the
Pith and Points
Of Interesting Incidents, Events and Nan.
penlngs Gathered 10 Many
Fields.

The Russian Gar is to be crowned at
MOSCOW on May 9th. Nihilism is quiet,
RTooabilltles are that President Grevy
cree. y .
The firm Of Ferry & Bro, Grand Ha.
ven, Michigan. has failed. Senator Fer
~ Is one Of the firm.
The steamer Kenmore Castle found-
eIed In the Bay Of Biscay, Feb. I'd, and
S2 OF the crew perished.
Parson Hicks has commenced auit
against the Washington Star for saying
ne Tried TO sell Guiteau's body.
Governor PattisOn's new broom Is be-
| ing Kept energetlcally at work. It IL
hoped he will not over work himself.
The Ohio. Pennsylvania and West yir.
ginia Wool Growers Association has
failed at SteubenVil.e, with liabilities
estimated at $4,000.
| The proposition to submit a prohibi
tion amendment to the Constitution to
vote or the people was defeated In the
West Virginia Senate.
The striking workmen in Newport az
sert that they have had nothing to do
WIN Lhe rlotlng. 1t is expected that
the trouble may be settled.
The seven naval cadets In solitary
connnement at Annapolis for a week
for writing an insubOrdinate letter.
were discharged, their sentence expir-
ing.
CRrman Fit2harris, who is supposed
to have been the driver OF the car EN-
ployed by the murderers of Lord Fred
erlck CaVendish and Burke, has been ar
rested.
Cincinnati .'scooped in about 100000
| with her Opera Festival, leaving the
organization $4,000 profit. 1t wasn't
very good weather Cor an Opera Festival
| either.
DUBLIN, Feb. s.-Earl Spencer has ar
| rived in Dublin from London. He was
escorted from the railway station by a
troop OF hussars, followed by cars laden
with detectives.
The House Committee on Commerce.
has nearly completed the River and
Harbor bill, which will amount TO about
$6,OOO,OOO. in addition to the Mississippi
appropriation.
Robert D. Layton, General Secretary
of the Knights of Labor, in his examin-
alton before the Senate COMMITTEES on
Education and Labor, said the iron Wor-
kers were paid better than the coal mi
ners.
LONDON. Feb. ga schooner has been
" d.
another near Shetland Island Scotland.
In the first, Ave sailors were drowned.
and In the latter the whole crew per-
ished.
DUBLIN, Feb. 9.--Davitt, Healy and
quinn, arrested some time ago for max
ing int1ammatOry speeches, have refus-
ed to give bail, and this morning were
lodged in Kilmainham Jail for q term OF
six months.
NEW YORK, Feb. THE Q. s. Court to-
day granted judgment for "a, ,343 against
the government, Tor excessive duties on
steel blooms. This was test case, The
Government will DO required TO repay
large amount Of money.
George G. Mill, the Chicago preaeher
wholeft the pulpit for the stage, broke
one OF his ribs while playing Hamlet In
Richmond, Ind, last Friday night. He
was quitting the stage after his COLO
guy with Ophelia, and fell through an
open trap.
The Truekee river is now frozen to
the bottom. In passing along over the
surface Of the stream, whole schools of
trout are seen firmly hxed just where
the cold wave struck them. The ranch
men living along the stream now 20
fishing with axes.
Mrs. VIM. Wallace, who lives at Cob
lssktll, ScOhRire county, N. Y, remem-
6ers when General Washington patted
her on the hL ad nearly q century ago,
The Father Of his Country was then
stopping at the Schuyler mansion, in
Cobleskill. Mrs. Wallace is lO4 years old.
LONDON, Feb. S.-The survivors of the
disaster that overlook the steamer Ken
more Castle, which was foundered In
the Bay OF Blscay on the I'd inst, state
that they existed three days by chewing
flannel vests. The third officer became
starving mad and jumped overheard, but
was rescued.
Dowltng, convicted Of shooting with
intent to kill Policeman Cox, was sem
fenced to penal servitude for life. The
evidence against Bowling was merely q
repetition Of we'll known facts of the
ARRAY. The defense of Bowling was
that Polfceman Cox was shot by Con-
stable StratfOrd.
The New York Association for the
Protection of American Industry is com
posed almost exclusively of hard
handed sons Of toll, such as Gen. Grant,
Hamilton Fish, Whitelaw Reid, H. B.
Clahin, John ]. Astor, Noah Davis, Jesse
Sslgman, BVarts and other good club
men and milliOnaires.
Dispatches from along the line of the
Ohio river, Thursday, represent that
stream at flood tide, inundating all the
surrounding country. At Marietta Pom
| erOy, Portsmouth and other points the
water is coming up into the buildings
! on the wharf, closing manufacturing
establishments, and flooding residences.
The loss cannot be estimated.
The original estimate for the census
OF 1880 was three millions Of dollars,
Nearly five and three-Quarter millions
have already been voted for the work,
and before IL will be COMPLETED the esti-
mate will be more than doubled. The
promises OF more prompt, a more per.
feet, as we'll as more economical work
than any preceding census, have not
been kept.
Some men employed in a eolliery In
Fnntshire, North Wales, while working
In one OF the levels fortnight ago.
opened a spring Of mineral oil which
gave brilliant light, and another
spring was found on the same level the
next day. The flow is not large from
either spring, but 1t is sufficient to suQ.
gest important possibilities. At one
Time petroleum was extracted from the