The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-07-21
NOTES OF NEWS.
All the Important Happenings of
the Day
Gathered and Boiled Down Into Readable
ltems-cream Of the Current
Events.

Ohio Will soon be as thickly settled
with telephone as telegraph lines.
Two negroes fought duel at Helena,
Ark, and both fell dead at the first fire.
Ohio has 1914 national banks with $33-
900, 600 capital, and $4,000 undivided
profits.
Santa Fe is still keeping up her big
celebration with every prospect that it
will run all summer.
Cremation will be commenced In Chi
cago as soon as the society can agree on
the location of the furnace.
| A Confederate soldier at Frederick,
Mo-, has just sent Gov. Butler pair of
handsome owls Of a rare species.
Gen. Sheridan has formally accepted
the fine residence in Washington pre-
sented to him by Chicago friends.
James A. Morley, Erie, Pa, convicted
of attempting to bribe pension officials,
fined $175 and sent to Jail four months.
Hereafter American consuls will have
to go to their posts before they can
draw on the government either for out
flt or salary.
Elan, Elias, called him an ass, a
coward and exc liar; Elias, Flat, he
knocked me fiat with slug at the sec
| Ond ire.-EX.
A Philadelphia paper advises Cincin-
natl TO get even with Germany, for shut
ting out American pork, by bOycOtting
Wagner's music.
Fritz SteinbergeR San AntOnia, Tex
as, was married to Alice Martinez at the
point Of pistol In the hands of her
brother, but not till harmless shot had
thoroughly subjugated his disinelina-
tiOn to matrimOny.
r.
NOR having been put In circulation at
various places this morning, that Gen.
Grant had fallen dead, inquiry was made
al the Generals Office in Wall street,
where 1t was learned he was at Long
Branch in good health.
MT. VERNON, o., July 18.-Dr. Welker,
OF Mt. Liberty, drove to this city last
night, and hitching his horse, transact
ed some business, and upon returning,
found his horse and buggy gone. The
police were notified, but as yet have no
clue Of either thief or property.
Horace Brooks, the oldest convict in
the Ohio Penitentiary, died the other
day, after being prisoner more than
thirty-twO years. He was rich farmer
near Cleveland, and was angry at a rail-
road crossing his farm, and in revenge
he wrecked train, killing several per
sons.
CHICAGO, July 19.-This afternoon the
employees in the Bessemer Steel Works,
South Chicago, presented a demand to
the company for change from work by
the day to work by the ton. The COM
pany refused the demand, and 1000 men
struck. The officers claim the advance
asked by the men is about 100 per cent.
There is talk in political circles of a
Joint debate between HOadly and For
aker. If the event should really trans
pire 1t Is hoped that FOraker's friends
will bring an ambulance with them to
haul away the remains Of the worst
abused man over whom the goddess of
Oratory ever shed the pearly tears of
mourning sympathy.
NEW ORLEANS, July 18.-A Vernon, La,
special says: "The two Barnard broth
ers, charged with murder and arson, were
released from jail last night by a crowd
of armed men. They captured the guards
fOrbidding the Sheriff coming near
them, and broke the lock of the Jail.
None of the crowd were identified. The
whereabouts of the prisoners are un-
known"
Plato tells us that when man was
created he was perfect; that he had four
legs and four arms and was a being Of
lncOnceiva6le strength. But like fool
he measured his strength against the Al
mighty and was split in two by a
thunderbOlt. Ever since that time one
half Of him has been running after the
other half, although some times 1t is
vice versa.
A shortage of from $4,000 to $4,000
has been discovered in the accounts of
John Heckmer, late Supreme Treasurer
of the Catholic Knights of America. He
had held the Office five years, during
which time he handled over $400, 600
His bond for $4,000 is worthless. The
discovery causes great surprise in Cath
Ollie circles. Heckmer's home Is in Graf
ton, W. Va. He has disappeared.
A Columbus eOlOred citizen Is out in
an open letter to Foraker, accusing him
of having Indignantly left Delaware
college in his collegiate days on account
Of the admission of darkey student. If
this doesn't bring Joseph out from the
long dark night of his Obscurity into
the refulgence Of the stump or at least
newspaper card, the great Ohio mind
will be pretty well made up that some
skittish heifer has kicked him into an
unused cistern somewhere down in the
southern part of the State.
LONDON, July ia steamer which
arrived at Lisbon from the Congo River
reports Henry NJ. Stanley in good health.
But FIVE Belgian members Of his party
have died. According 20 adVices from
the west coast Of Africa, Henry M. Stan
ley was in May about to start on a ten
months journey toward the east coast
An Austrian explorer with him had COM
mitted suicide. Stanley had formed an
alliance with two Upper Congo chiefs,
thereby checkmating DeBrazza, the
French explorer.
CARTHAGE, Tex, July ia few days
ago, near the line of Pamela county, a
man named Mcdonald, who has been
considered a harmless lunatic, killed
his wife with an ak, horribly mutilat-
ing her head and body. Six years ago
Mcdonald concluded he would climb
into heaven, and with that idea mount
ed pine tree. When about sixty feet
from the ground he jumped off. The
thick branches kept him from being kill
ed by the fall, but when picked up he
was found to have several bones broken,
Mcdonald came from Indiana, and 1t is
said, killed his stepfather or father-in-
law there. After numbering his wife
he fled to the woods and cannot be found.
CLEVELAND, July 19.-DanieI Burns.
an eccentric old man aged 80 years, died
some months ago at Mt. Gilead, Ohio,