The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-01-02
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.
All the Important Happenings Of
the Day
Gathered and Boiled Down Into Readabl,
Items-Cream Of the Current
Events.
Archbishop Perche died at New Or.

| lOldi OulpuV OI cOhl III hmeTlch, lot
the year estimated at 100000 tons.
Jean Baptste Cicero Lessur,,' thu
celebrated French occulist, died TO day
| Vim. Carroll 81 Co., hat manufacturer
New York suspended; liabilities $3.50,
900.
CohD, Painyin & Droin. bankers, Ant
werp, have suspended; liabilities ~, 900,
900.
Family OF nine persons named Boss
drowned In the freshet at Hardis creek
Kentucky.
Failures In New York city for the year
TO date 3i3; Liabilities $20,S57, ,Si3, ac.
tual assets 80, 37i,f5l.
Failures; COurtant a. Co., notions
Chicago, 100000: Frank o. Nash
Weymouth, Mass, $4,000.
Allendale, s. G., celebrated Christmas
with street lght during which two
men were killed and five wounded.
John Nelly, prominent citizen of Lima
suddenly began TO yomit and In 20 mi
nutes was dead; paralysis OF the heart.
While practicing for theatrical per
formance at Erie Pa, James Brandt,
mOrtally wounded Geo. Walker with a
| pistol.
Nine OF the North Lima rioters are on
trial NJ Youngstown. They're scared
and have the best lawyers available TO
defend them.
A passenger train on the southern
branch Of the Pennsylvania road was
thrown from the track and a number Of
passengers Injured.
Special trains have been engaged to
carry twenty thousand 0rangemen from
Dublin TO Dramore TO oppose the meet
ing Of the Nationalists.
Gen. Thomas Kane, who commanded
the Pennsylvania "Bucktail," regiment
during the war IL dead. He was a broth
or OF tho Arctic explorer.
The French restaurant on Main Street,
Buffalo, was completely wrecked by an
explosion OF gas and two walters seri.
ously injured, Loss $1,000,
Akron il mourning over the sudden
death OF James Matthews, the veteran
Insurance man. James was so years
Old and Akr0n's FIRST Mayor.
Gen, Grant was slightly better yester.
day, but no examination OF his injuries
has yet been made, on account OF the
severity OF the pain no suffers.
Now that the holidays ARE past. II Is
supposed the people will settle down TO
practical business, especially that part
OF the people known ~ Congress,
The Toronto Trade Congress had ad.
opted resolutions condemning the hold
ing OF large trncts OF land by corpora
tlOns or by Individual bpeculators.
A gOOd.humored l2.year old boy nam.
cd David Feeley, who had just been
chatting pleasantly with his mother,
blew out his brains, In kankakee, Ill.
The Argentine Government In about
10 Issue four million National dollars TO
advance public instruction In the prov.
inces and for building three hundred
| schools.
Watertown Mass, has case Of specu.
latlng bank president also, which COM
pela the Union market bank 10 pass its
usual dividend President Marsh has
been compelled 10 step out, owing the
bank $4,000,
New York, Dee. 3l.--The business
failures In the United States last week,
IN reported TO II. q. Dunn ~ Co, were 2li,
aud In Canada and the provinces "a, q
reduction OF 81 compared with the pre-
yious week.
Some unknown person fred ut Rev.
Mr.. Freddy through window OF HIS
residence In Shreve, Ohio, lilo wna stand.
ing by the organ NJ tho time, singing
with hia daughter, and narrowly escap'
eu being killed.
The report comes by way OF Peters.
burg that the Grand Duke Nicholas es.
capped from his place Of confinement In
Turkeatan ana attempted 10 reach In.
dia on horseback. llo was oyertaken
aud carried back,
II has been discovered that the 70.
Gently dismissed Treasurer, s, G, Blod.
rOtt, Of tho institution for savings In
Providence, ig an embezzler In tho aUm
Of $4,000, Tho institution has q large
surplus and can stand II,
The riot between 0rangemen and ca.
tholics ut llarbor Grace, N. H., was
more serious than frat reported. -Four
men were killed and 20 wounded. Arm.
| cd bodies Of men threaten an attack on
the town, and more trouble IL feared.
NEw YoRK, Dec. 3i.-Col. Henry Rath.
bone, who killed his wife NJ Hanover.
Germany, and then attempted suicide,
Ia dying, rho colonel, In recent years,
exhibited spirit OF jealousy. Rathbone
waa In tho box with Lincoln at F0rds
theatre w1en Booth aspassinated tho
President, He was Insane.
SruRGIs, Mich, Doc. 3l.-A farmer
named Roland. living about mile and
half from here, while returning from n
mill with flour. was assaulted by three
mnsked men aud his money or life do
manded, He refused 10 hand over, when
tho roughe shot and killed him. The
people aro aroused, and great excite.
ment prevails.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Dee. 3l,--'rhe Board of
Police Commissioners, which for the
pnat two days has had chief OF police
John W. Campbell on trial for insubor.
dinati0n, conduct unbec0mlDg aD OIL.
cor, ana several other Ollenses, found
him guilty nta very late hour tonight,
ANA reduced him 10 tho rank OF patrol.
man. This action grew out OF the late
police lmbroglio.
WASHINGTON, tla,, Dec 3i,--Nine miles
from this place. on tho Danburg road, u
ANAL oak tree was blown by tho storm.
Mr.. John Frank saw something shining
~ he was passing, aud xamlned the
roots OF tho tree, In u hole left by the
tree he claims TO have found almost n
peck OF gold, jewels, dlamonde, rubies