The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-02

Ohio, was arrested mere To-Day.
He tried to sell a diamond stud
and a diamond collar button worth
1900. The Jewels belonged to Jacob
|Staley. a salOonkeeper of Youngstown.
The robbery was committed by another
Young man, who kept a valuable watch
and sent Archie to Buffalo to sell the
diamonds. He will be taken back as
soon as his requisition papers can be
obtained.
The young man implicated in the
above case, charges that John Hudson
had helped to commit the robbery.
Hudson is the keeper of a bawdy house
here, and recently returned from
Youngstown, after a bastardy case
against him had been settled. He was
arrested Saturday and taken to Youngs-
town Sunday afternoon. He can, it is
said, prove an alibi, as he took a trip
out of town with the conductor OF a
train on the evening the robbery was
committed.
Messrs Zimmerman and Graybill
has been granted a patent on a new ink
well. Mr.. Zimmerman has bee teacher
of penmanship in our public schools the
past year. The ink-well, together with
a place for other writing pariphernalia,
is placed on the side of the desk in
| stead of on top as with others He has
| received a number of testimonials from
leading educators and offers from
| school desk manufacturers. He thinks
he will manufacture it himself, how
ever.
A report was current here that Frank
| Pierce, a son of Alfred Pierce of this
place, had been run over and killed by
| The cars at Wooster. The young man
is a former Massillonian, but has lately
lived in Bar Harbor, Mich. 1t was
thought that he was coming home and
being a railroad man had rode on a
freight train. Squire Pierce went up
to Wooster Saturday evening and found
that the man was not his son, although
there was quite a resemblance. The
man was from Colorado.
A game of ball was played yesterday
afternoon outside of the city limits on
the Canton road, by the first Kendall
nine and a picked nine from Russelrs
shop. 1t was witnessed by a large
Kendall crowd. The Kendall nine
came out ahead with a score OF Is to
Is.
Mrs. Knipfel died early yesterday
morning and will be buried tomorrow
morning at nine o'clock at st. Mary's
Catholic church. She was ~ years old
and has long been a resident OF the
Fourth ward. Her death is attributed
to a decline brought on by old age.
The ~postofice department has allow
ed the Massillon postof1ice an addition
al carrier under the new postal laws.
| Postmaster Shepley has not yet decided
whom to appoint, but it will be one Of
the three substitutes already appointed.
Two drummers, G. S. Harrison and
Morris Bach, got into a dispute on po-
lirical matters last night and proceeded
to blows, in which Bach got the worst
of it. The Mayor fined Harrison $l4.
A large crowd is going to the X. of
p. picnic tomorrow. Cars for 500 have
been ordered. The Uniformed Rank
has been drilling for some time and
will give an exhibition drill.
The eccentric Mr.. Bierman drew q
big crowd on Exchange street last
night, by attempting to make a polit-
ical speech. The police told him TO
move on and he moved.
Glen Brownsberger and Chas. Pider,
the men who had the fight Friday even
ing were before the Mayor Saturday.
BrOwnsberger was fined $3.50 and
Pider $4,60.
AS will be seen in another column,
Street Commissioner Limbach an
nounces himself as a candidate for
Recorder, subject to the Democratic
primaries.
Mr.. George Goodhart went to Cleve.
land this morning to attend the funeral
bof his brother-in-law, S. Fl. Kline, which
takes place in that city tomorrow.
Mr.. Ed. Roger, who has been visiting
MIR. and Mrs. Shorb, his brother-in-law
and sister, in Cleveland the past week
returned Saturday evening.
E. Kumph, a former Massillon CORE
spondent of German papers, Is now
travelling in the interest of the Pitts
burg Volksblatt. ars
William, Charles, David, Albert ant
George Snyder, the carriage men, spen'
last week at Turkeyfoot Lake and re
turned yesterday.
George Ulrich, a cigar maker EN-
plOyed at Dagenbach's, left this morn
ing. He will locate in Cleveland o.
New York. .
The st. Joseph mite society meets a
Mrs. McGraw's next Thursday evening
on West Main street.
Rev. Hiram Miller, of Canton, wa
here yesterday and preached in thu
Methodist church.
Mrs. E. p. Edgar and daughter lief
on Saturday for Weston / alls, o., to re
main a few days.
Messrs. Schwarm s. Suhr, the popu
lar shoe dealers, are doing a fine bust
ness these days.
The German Catholic church peopl
are making arrangements for q fai
this fall.
Charles Bartlemy and wife and Mis-
Clara Volkmor spent Sunday in New
Berlin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dodge and child, of Ak
ron, are visiting Mrs. ]. J.. Hoover.
William Bustner, for being DRUM
!, last Saturday, paid the Mayor $4.60.
Mr.. Charles Frantz went to Clevelan,
this morning to visit his sister.
Mrs. Sterl, of Sanborn, Nebraska, /
B visiting MI. and Mrs. Ed. Roger.
Mrs. Smith, of Akron, has been visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hansen. q
Andy Burke has taken a position Il
j. r. Schlagel's barber shop.
Mrs. r. Clementz left Saturday ever
: ing to visit her sister at Niles.
: Albert and John Shaidnagle ar
= spending week in Canton.
Miss Nellie Weaver, of Middlebrancf
is visiting Mrs. j. 7. Brown.
. Mrs. Fiegenscheep returned fror
Canton Saturday evening.