The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-10-17
WAYNESBURG.
Items of Interest Gathered by Our Special
Correspondent.


Correspondent.
Charles Gruber, one ofthe most estim
able young men of our village, died on
| Wednesday of last week.
Geo. T.. Baldwin, of Canton, repeated
Major McKinley's piece in this village
on Saturday evening before election. II
is a rehash of the same old song we have
| had repeated for the past 10 years.
Charley Jones is one of the second
amendment disciples; that Is, he has
tried for number of years to break up
the liquOr traffic by endeaVOring to
drink up all the stuff himself. Well
Charley being enthusiastic in the tenn
perance cause, organized squad OF
singers and proceeded to Magnolia 10
serenade Mr.. Dan KlOper who keeps a
saloon in that village. Mr.. X, came out
and made few remarks to the thirsty
crowd. and said he was in the u. s. army,
you know, and fought, bled and died for
his country, you know, and now you
fellows come down here to abuse fell
low, you know. And who have yCu got
as a leader? Charley Jones, who drinks
more ''rOt gut than all the saloon keep
ers together, You know; and IL you don't
go away l will squirt you full Of whisky
and know that will please you better
than anything else, you know. The
only Lllng C0aTlby ID SOlly AOl 10 Ihob
Dau didn't squirt them full.
The election passed off very quietly
here except that great deal or atten-
ton was paid by the Republican second
amendment workers WAC worked dlllg-
emily for prohibition and serutinized
every ballot closely, aud as soon as the
polls were closed they were the very
first persons to go to the saloons and
guZZle beer. As soon as the returns
came in the day after election the vail
ant" in this valley had about as long
faces as ever were seen here. In con-
sequence of their defeat they were bitter
in their denunciatiOn of Democracy, and
as their principal mouth piece employed
a man who, during the war, was ram
pant Maryland secesSiOnist, who tackled
Dick BuTaOn and made a number OF
threats and charges to him, which were
promptly and properly resented IN DICKS
peculiar and impressive style. During
this lively conversation between this
tile mason and MIR. BuTsOn, a piOus old
hypOcrite who was sitting on the steps
taking i'm the whole conversation,
and being bitter partisan, took
advantage of the quarrel of words
and went before a superannuated
old minister whom the people
elected to the office of Justice of
the Peace, out of sympathy; and in the
expf citation of making 80 cents, filed
complaint against Mr.. BursOn, and had
him arrested and fined for using bOis-
ferrous and prOfane language. This old
hypOcTite is person who has lived and
feasted off the misfOrtunes OF others, al
ways demanding his pound of flesh"
The butchers here say his purchase Of
beef amounts to about so cents in six
months, so that the fee he received as
witness will supply him with his beef
for the next six months; we suppose by
that time he may be able to trump up
some other case by which he may make
his beef for another six months. Af-
ter the settlement OF the case this piOus
old hypOcrite filed another affidavit, IN
which he swOre to positive lies, and it is
rumOred that he will be brought before
the grand jury for perjury. We sup
pose these parties are after another gold
watch and chain, similar to the tile
mans, out of the proceeds of the costs"