The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-02-11
ALLIANoE ApVAlns.
A Fresh Batch ~ News from Our East End
0DTrsHpOu d-nt,

| NN''' Nv 'lnANlllE nv W NNHi HNNhVf
Joseph MOushry's two and u half year
old daughter died last Wednesday OF
sGrOfua.
4, COleatOck has purchased the ID j
2 llnn grocery aud viii conIinue ~ the
Old stand
NJ DOugherty, OF Niles, has been 40.
pointed raj way pos Al clerk on the r.,
$. % A Il r.
Camp continues hlA meetings with
good success saturday evening he held
forth at the u. h. Church,
| A pleasant bic hday party was held at
the residences Of Al. u peDnOck last
Tuesday Ia honor Of Miss Llde Cole
stocks birthday.
| Miss Belle Mcintosh. Of Cleveland, has
been Visiting tne family Of II, W. Teeters
for the past couple OF weeks. A few
evenings since a progressive euchre
party was given NJ the Teeters' residence
In her honor,
Ell, Shem, an old Alliance boy, who
has been on the road for some years
representing a Plttsburg candy house
Will open up q bakery aud confectionery
store about thu frat OF March In John
JOaeph's room,
The Alliance Weekly Leader came TO
ita readers last week In an entirely dlf'
fefent form, eight pages Instead OF four,
In addition TO improvement In aize the
arrangement aud press work are
much better than heretofore,
Superintendent O. q, Davidson has
been granted u weeks leave OF absence
10 attend tho meeting OF the National
Department OF S1perintendence, OF
winch he II Secretary. IL c0lyenes on
February % aud continues three days,
Major Camp has arrived In Alliance
aud commenced a series OF meetings,
Monday evening no spoke To u packed
house NJ the Westminster Presbyterian
Church. After going the rounds Of q
churches he WIN occupy Clark % Hive
ly'a skating rink.
The original Nashville students at the
Methodist Church on Friday evening
sang 10 u crowded house. Thie was the
last entertainment OF the season 10 DO
given by tho Alliance Lecture Course.
There 10 u balance OF about S7b Ia the
treasury,
City bonds 10 the amount OF sl5 900
were H0ld on Monday 10 5pilzT a. Co,
OF Toledo, who bid premium Of 1901 30
About d, zen bidders were present.
Some OF the lownepeOple are very much
dissatisfied az the course the Council
pursued In dlsp0sing OF these bonds.
They thought II would have been better
To have sold them 10 residents OF the
town II they did not bid as much. II
they had done thia the tax on the bonds
would have gone % the town and In the
end the town would have been as we'll
0ff, Many OF our own people would have
been glad 10 have taken the bonds but
did not desire 10 pay such u premium as
we're paid Oy these bond brokers.
Geo. b. Rsed, champion fast skater,
defeated Warren Homer, champion OF
Pennsylyanla, In "a three'mlle race o.
G0ddaId's Rink Tuesday evening. Tha
race was one Of the moat exciting aud
closely contested that haq been skated
start and In consequence Homer took
the lead, but was passed by Reed on the
fourth lap OF the tirst mile, They then
passed aud repasaed number OF times
III near the close Of the third mile,
when Il cd made spurt aud came out
0ne-eighth Of u lap ahead. Time, 1913
Judges: DR.. y. l., Morgan, Il, w. Giskell
and Solon Wonders. Tally keepers: o
q. Williams and Mr., Kennedy. Time
keeper; Editor J. g. Garrison, Of the
Standard.
Az would naturally be supposed the
people Of Alliance are very much dia.
satisfied with the result In the Russell
damage suit. But this suppoSition
seems 10 be based upon facts rather than
the mere fact that the city has its foot
into II to the extent Of $500 and costs,
amounting In all probably to $1,000
Notwithstanding the strong and reliable
evidence furnished by the town In re-
gard 10 the condition OF the sidewalk
and he fact that Mrs, Russell had stated
10 other parties that she was ruptured
previous TO the falla abe claimed to have
taken, the idge charged the jury In
favor OF the plaintiff After the evl
dence was all In and the case was beiDg
argued, additional evidence was found
f. the persons Of two women who say
that Mle. Russell had told them abe was
ruptured ever since the birth of her last
child. When these two women told this
they charged their conf liant not to tell
II, as they did not desire thu bother Of
going 10 Canton. This together with
other facts argue very strongly Ia favor
OF new trial.
The burning OF the pump works OF h.
n Mercer on Monday morning, an ar.
count OF which appeared In yesterdays
DEMOCRAT. was the larg'st lire Alliance
has had for some time The peculiar
way In which these works were fred
Ia q mystery, About u month ago, when
the attempt was made TO llre them, IN.
| II llmmlble material was scattered
throughout the buildings. Mr. Mercer
at this time believed II 10 be tho work Of
an inceudiary and forthwith put on n
night watch, who has watched nightly
ever since. Sunday night, after tho
se3ond attempt had been made, no took
the precanti0n TO assist the watchman,
and made the rounds Of the works sew
eral times during the night himself,
The perpetrators had arranged every
thing In detail, A large bunch Of
matches had been firmly imbedded In the
| floor around which was scattered var.
nish and other material OF u combustl
bic nature; to one side Of these lay u
board on which WIS tackled q plece OF
| sand paper, 10 this board was attached n
string which reached TO the outside OF
the building, and by the pulling OF
which the matches would BIZ ignilel. This
Ia the manner Ia which The things h I'd
been arranged Sunday evening. judging
from the short time after which IL was
discovered on 1re Monday morning un.
I'll II wasa mass oflllmee II shows that
everything mad been arranged with M
much care as the night befOre. The FIRE
was frat discovered In the lalnt room,
and 30 fast did the fiery element lay
siege to It's captors that within very