The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-12-23
OHIO ODDITIES.

State News Items Arranged for the Hur-
ried Readers.
An Ohio farmer manufactured twelve
hundred barrels Of cider last fall.
Miss Hanna Yoder, of Leetonis, has
come up missing. Probably elOped with
her coachman.
Warren BeVingtOn, New Lisbon, we'd
ded pretty little Lucy Goodwin in JUS
tice's court. Case of fOrcible detention.
Summit county salOOnists have al
ready paid In about $25, 1000 of the $780,
assessed against them under the Dow
law.
Louis Hammer wound up q drunken
spree by falling out Of second story
window at Cincinnati and breaking his
neck.
Striking coOpers at Cincinnati won q
victory Saturday, meeting of twenty
employers agreeing to accede to their
terms.
Esther Allen has sued the city Of
Youngstown, claiming $4,000 damage,
the alleged result Of defective side
walks.
At Youngstown, Mrs. Lynch, an al
most helpless invalid, staked her life
on the rescue Of her two year old child
from burning to death.
Hoover Bros. of Urbans, turned an
honest penny by selling Jersey cows
with fictitious pedigrens. Arrested for
obtaining money under false pretense.
Work on the P. Nj. g. G. railway is
being pushed and New Lisbon Is hug
ging herself in anticipation Of seeing
the cars come In, within the next two
months.
During the last three months Wayne
county had fifty-nine sheep killed by
dog, aud fifty-fOur wounded, for which
the County Commissioners have paid
the owners $448.
Lee Alderman, of Sharon Pa, was
away up in the top Of tree trying to
shake off coon, and heard something
''drap." 1t wasn't the coon. Funeral
largely attended.
A counterfeit 500 silver note Is beIIeV-
ed to be In circulation. The note Is of
the series of 1880, letter G, is thick and
greasy, and One-eighth of an inch short
or than the genuine. In the left face is
the word Certificate" The letters r,
Y and F are engraved upside down.
Salem W. G. T q. will make Christ
mas presents to the poor old people at
the County Infirmary, and many sad
hearts, that have known nothing but
sorrow for many years, will be made
glad by the knowledge that somebody re-
members them, at the merry Christmas
time.
Lewis Webster, twice convicted and
sentenced to be hanged for the murder
Of Perry Harrington, Of Geneva, 1t is
said will study law with Capt. Burrows,
the attorney who saved his life. II
Webster was guilty he must have en-
largement Of the gall. II innocent, un-
bounded pluck, In either case, Valua-
BILE adjunct for him In his chosen
profession.
The coal operators of the Shawnee re-
glOn, In Ohio, have asked relief from the
Railroad Commissioner against alleged
unjust discrimination on the part of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The Oper-
stors claim that owing to the workings
of the railroad pool, cars are very scarce,
some of their mines being without them
for weeks at time.
Prominent citizens Of Cleveland are.
moving in the matter Of securing new
School Board to be appointed by the
Common Pleas Court, The action is
due to the fact that for the past year the
discussions Of the present Board have
been chacterized by covert charges of
bribery, immortality, political corrup-
tiOn and general mismanRgement.