The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-06-28
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Working For an Electric Road in Alli-
ance.
Especial Correspondence.l


ALLIANCE, o., June Plat the meet
ing of the city council Mondag night two
petitions for street railway franchise
were presented. One represented the
recently Incorporated Alliance Steel
Railway Company which is backed by
Cleveland capitalists. 1t was presented
personally by w. W. Hazard, of Cleve-
land, and w. H. Whitacre, of Alliance.
They agreed to build a road from the
Union Depot to Mt. Union, and have
it running before the end of the year,
and to equip it with cars run by cleo
tricity. The other petition was pre-
scented by entirely local talent. 1t rep
resented the Arch and Mt. Union Street
Railway company, and was signed by
John Atwell, President of the Alliance
Bank Company, Major w. w. Cantine,
Lee Fording, Julius "A. Zang, 7. B.
Culp, Arthur Wright, DR.. J. Armstrong,
Frank Transue, Elisha Teeters, Presi
dent of the First National Bank, G.
w. Roepper, J. G. Tolerton and Chas.
Y. Kay. This company agrees to run
cars within three years. Both petitions
were referred to a special committee of
five.
Yesterday afternoon some boys who
were playing along the Mahoning, near
the old tow mill, found floating on the
water the body of a fully developed
male infant. 1t had been in the water
fully two weeks. A cloth was tied
around it and it's skull crushed. JUS
4szn S4il1nAll hold on innIInCt h1f mr.
clew to the responsible parties has been
found. The body had been for at least
a fortnight soaking in the water from
which the city's drinking supply is
drawn.
The members of the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon fraternity and their ladies, Of
Mt. Union College, were last night Civ
en- a supper by Mrs. Niesz, wife of the
superintendent of the Paramount Or
phans' Home. They drove to the homt
in carriages and reveled until 2 O'cloch
this morning.
Jack Stanton, of this place, and Mis-
Maggie Pats, of Cleveland, were mar
RED Yesterday at the church of tn,
Holy Name, Cleveland, by Rev. Fathe
Carroll.
The Union Labor party of this con
g~ressional district will meet in mas
convention, at Rockhills Grove, OF
July 4, to nominate a candidate TO
Congress and drink birch beer.
Charles Cleveland, a nephew of Presi
dent Cleveland, is at the Russell House
He is travelling for the Stirling Carpe
Company. He is a Republican, bu
voted for his uncle. He thinks the Re
publican ticket a weak one and believe
that tariff reform will win
Paul Gaume and Ohm Bohecker hav
bought from John Joseph the lot on tn
northwest corner of Main and Arc
streets, % feet front and 40 feet deel
They will erect a brick block.
J. G. McHenry, N. H. Reynolds an
S. d Lane have bought from Judge
J. F~irestone three lots on West Mai
street a joining the Coats Block. The
paid $9,375, ana expect to rebuild ne2
year.
Joe Gillespie got home this morning
He says that he had a string tied to h
:, declaration that he would not CON
| home until Blaine was nominated, an
, maintains that Harrison was his secon
, choice.
Gus Graft, a fireman on the TT. Wayr
and Mary A. Flynn, of Alliance, wei
married this afternoon by Rev. Fatht
: McMahone, of st, Joseph's Cathol
Church. E. w. II.