The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-07-14
NOTES OF NEWS.
All the Important Happenings of
the Day
Gathered and Boiled Down Into Readable
ltems-Cream Of the Current
Events.

At Sandusky, Anna Bretz Is charged
with the death Of her illegitimate child
At Lodi twin boy, aged 5, was run
over by loaded hay wagon and killed
Near Milford Centre. o., little boy OF
Joseph Williams was kicked by hOTst
and killed.
LIMA, July 13.-General More, Ameri
can Consul at CallaO, died last night OF
yellow fever. All ships flags are at half
mast to-day.
At Philadelphia the Haytian Govern
ment IS altering the merchant vessel
Ethel INTO a war vessel at cost OF
nearly 100000.
The five pauper Polish families brought
to New York by the steamer Lydian Mon
arch, must be returned to london,
whence they came.
Gov. Grant of Colorado, has offered
5000 reward for the arrest of each per-
son criminally concerned in the recent
Grand county murders.
In the Cole assassination case at Vicks-
DurR, the cOTOner's jury returned a YER
diet OF killed by DR.. r. II. Cook. New
ett was held as an accessory.
Near WOOdviIle, o., farmer named
Steinhall, was called up during the
night Of Wednesday, and on opening the
door was shot and killed instantly.
The majority of the Tewkesbury COM
mlttee have reported to the House that
Thomas j. Marsh jr., refuses to produce
the memorandum books, showing the
disposal Of bodies.
At Rome, N. Y, a fire broke out in Sell
den's planning mill, which communicate
ed to Sage's sash factory adjoining, and
both establishments were entirely con-
sumed, with a loss of 100000.
AKRON, o., July I2.-Charlie Phillips,
aged nine, fell into lock 16 of the Ohio
canal last night and was drowned. A
companion jumped in after him but
failed in his attempts to rescue him.
Krazewski, the Polish author who was
arrested charged with being connected
with the conspiracy in Russian and
Prusslan Poland, has been found guilty
and sentenced to two years imprisOn-
ment.
CINCINNATI, July 12-At Leading
Creek, on the Ohio Central Railway, last
evening, collision occurred between
two hand-caTs. Both cars were thrown
from the track and four section hands
fatally injured.
A POsen dispatch says four socialists
were sentenced to terms of imprisOn-
ment varying from two years and a half
to one year and a half. One prisoner
named POdlewski, was an Anarchist en-
VOy from Genoa.
LONDON, July 11.-RepOrts received
here this morning from South Africa
state that great battle has been fought
between the forces of King CetewayO
and those of the powerful Chief Oham.
The latter was taken prisoner.
SALEM, o., July l1.-Last evening the
team belonging to Il. Allen, living four
miles south of this place, was struck by
an east-bOund passenger train. Both
horses were killed, the wagon demOl-
lshed and the driver fatally injured.
Near Tiffin, j. R. Belts was thrown
from the mower and badly cut, and will
die. Also John Felter, near Attica, in
the same county, was thrown from his
mower and the machine passed over his
head and crushed it, killing him in
stantly.
ALLIANCE, o., July 12.-Hiram Ruff's
large barn, near here, Just filled with
hay, was struck and burned by lightning
last evening. A horse belonging to the
same party, nearly mile distant, was
struck and slightly damaged at Just
about the same time.
AKRON, July 12.-Mrs. B6tzum, wife of
the Wealthiest citizen of BOtZum, O..
yesterday deserted her husband for the
second time, running off with horse
dentist named Hall. She is very hand
some. 1t is claimed she never was legal
ly married to Mr.. BOtzum.
STEUBENvILLE, O., July 11.-Last night
winnings keg factory in the Sixth
ward, took fire aud burned to the
ground. The loss is estimated at $1O,-
600; insured for 5000. Tine works had
a capacity of six hundred kegs per day,
and supplied the Jefferson and MingO
works with kegs.
BOwERsTOwN, OHIO, July 1I.-Daniel
Scriblin was arrested at New Philadel-
phia, o., yesterday evening. Scriblin
played confidence game on an old man
by the name of Huff, at McConnellsville,
o., in 1881, by which the old man was
swindled out of $1,250. Scriblin is now
in jail at New Philadelphia.
HOUSTON, TEX, July 11.-Yesterday a
woman living on Houston ave. was seen
to go out of the house with a bundle in
her hands, dig hole in the ground and
bury the bundle. After she went away
the party who saw it dug down and
found a new born infant yet alive. A
doctor was sent for who took the child
and treated it until it was in fair way
to live. Names suppressed for the pres
ent.
The examination of Emil Brie, Isaac
A. Biggs and Wesley Lyon, charged with
forging certificates of Indebtedness of
the State of Missouri, begun in New
York Wednesday. Ex-Governor Wood
son testified that what purpOrted to be
his signatures on the certi ficates were
fOrgeries. He could not testify to the
signatures of John d. Grafton, ex-Adju-
tant General. Grafton was accused of
getting up spurious certificates and dis
appeared.