The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-06-20
NOTES OF NEWS.
All the Important Happenings of
the Day
Boiled Down Into Readable Items
Cream Of the Current
Events.

Schooner T. G. Wilson lost on Lake
Michigan with three persons.
j. w. Sheahan, leading editorial writ
or on the Chicago Tribune, died Sunday
last.
B. j. Mahan refused to drink with Liz
Finnegant, Boston prostitute, and she
stabbed him fatally In the neck with
shawl pin.
CUYAHOGA FALLS, June 19.-Uuring
the absence Of the owners at church, the
residences of j. DOuds and G. jackson
were burglarized Of $50 and $18.
A school exhibition at Sulphur Well,
KY, wound up in blaze Of pistol shots
in which the marshal and three others
were killed and several wounded.
DEFIANCB, June 18.-During severe
storm last evening a valuable pair of
horses belonging to Noble Cretchblll,
which were feeding in an open forty
acre field, were killed by lightning.
CLARION, o., June 18.-A young man
OF one Of Huntsburgh's most respected
families attempted to kill himself yes
terdRy because the parents Of a girl he
was paying his attentions to objected to
her marrying him.
MRCHANICSBURG, o., June 18.-James
Goodrich, a weak-minded man from
and discouraged, attempted suicide to-
day, but was prevented from accom-
plishing his point by persons near by.
WARREN, June 19.-Walter Fancher,
we'll known young man Of this city,
was drowned while fOrding the Ohio
river below Wheeling on Saturday. De-
ceased had for some months been travel
| ing agent for a Wheeling hardware
house.
HUNTINGTON, IND, June 19.-During
gale which prevailed in the southern
| part OF this county yesterday morning
| a large frame church belonging 20 the
United Brethren denomination was en-
tirely destroyed. The building was val
ued at $1,000.
0RRVILLB, o., June 19.-In a dispute
over some tools at Taylor ClRy's stove
works, at that place this morning, Frank
Mcnamara struck Bill COnnOr a terrible
blow in the face with his hSt, from
which COnnOr died in few minutes
Mcnamara escaped, but large crowds
are in hot pursuit.
Naturalized citizens have pretty com.
plete control Of the press Of New YOrh
city. Carl SchurE and K. L, GOdkin OF
the Evening Post, Joseph Pulitzer oi
the World, Albert Pulitzer of the Morn
ing Journal, George Jones Of the Times
and 0swarld 0ttendOTffer Of the Stats
Zeitung are foreign born.
PRINCETON, IND, June 19.-Three men
George Wyatt, James Berry and John
Bowers, were killed by lightning neal
Ravenna Saturday morning, and Phi
lander HOllenbeck and another wound
ed. A'public sale was in progress, and
the people went into r. 8. Lights barn
when 1t was struck. All the killed have
families.
CLYDE, June 18.-Mrs. LOwrey, an ole
lady aged seventy years, while driving
across the Lake Shore track this even
ing at Buckeye street, was struck by
train No. 3, and was Instantly killed
The buggy is total wreck, and the
horse had his legs broken. Mrs. Low
rey was hard OF hearing, and she proba
bly, did not hear the train coming.
Although he is wealthy, the Marquis
lOf Lansdowne has found his income Sc
riOusly diminished by the Irish agita
tiOn, and thus an additional reason wa
furnished for his acceptance of the Gov
ernOr-Generalship of Canada. The bull
OF the handsome family fortune Is IL
Irish land, the estate comprising 125, ,00t
acres there to only II, 900 in England.
KANSAS CITY, June 18-The Times
Princeton, Mo-: While public sale wai
in progress at the residence of r.
Light, near RaVenns, Saturday, heavy
thunder storm came up. About thirty
men took refuge in a large barn. Tit
building was struck by lightning, anC
John Bowers, James Berry and GeOrgt
Wyatt, respected citizens were killed
two or three others injured.
| NAPOLEON, o., June 18.--Miss LEM
Baum committed suicide by drowning
In the canal last night. She climbeC
out Of her bedroom window attired II
her night clothes, and going to the cana
bridge she tied an old dress to the rail
ing, indicating where her body would
be found in the canal below. She theI
went to the bank below and jumped in
to the water. Unrequited love Is salt
to be the cause of this rash act. Tn,
cOroner's Inquest was held this after
noon, and verdict of death by suicid
was returned. ..
| CATLBTTsBURG, KY, June 1S.-Th
preliminary trial of VIM. Direly, the ne
gro charged by detective Burnett O
Charleston, with completely with JOne
and Kendall in the Gibbons murder a
Ashland, took place before Judge Nc
Call today. Burnett's negro detective
Cabell, was put on the stand, and wa
torn to ipieces by the attorneys for tn
defense. Burnett now says his case
hopeless, as he depended entirely on Ca
J bells testimony. Witnesses frOI
Charleston, where Cabell lives, swor
they would not believe him under Oatt
The whole jewelry theory was explode
by Mrs. Gibbons producing her dangh
ter's jewelry. The incident Of the da
was the discharge Of Cabell's pistol II
his pistol pocket, whereby he wa
powder burned and wounded by tn
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