The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-05-24
MAssILLON.
Brief Budget of the News of the Day
From Our Regular Correspondent,


cry wagon on the road.
Rev. and Mrs. E. L. Kemp will leave
today for Baltimore, Md.
Charles Reed, of Canton, visited his
brother W. j. Reed, yesterday.
Private Dalzell will deliver lecture
subject: "The Boy in Blue in this City.
Miss Glen Teeple, of Wooster, is
spending a few days with friends in
this city.
F.P. Drake, manager of the Western
Union Telegraph office, is in Cleveland
on business.
Policemen Hagan, Maier, Ertle and
Kitchen arrived home last night from
Turkeyfoot.
Hookway & Foltz have the contrac
to furnish the Harmonic Band witt
new uniforms.
Mrs. Ben Hurxthal and Mrs. j. +
Brown, of Mansfield, are visiting rela.
tives in this city.
w. S Meyers and D. J, Quinn ant
wife, of Canton, were registered at'Ho
tel Conrad, Sunday.
Robert Grant received Telegram
from his brother in Nebraska, stating
that his father was dead and buried.
Mr. Frank Roger and Miss Mary
Flynn were married this morning at (
o'clock at the st. Joseph English
Catholic church, Father Verlet officiat-
ing.
Mrs. Jessie Birkenhour, of Canton
who has been spending the past week
with Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Bar, o.
West fremont street, returned HON
yesterday.
Remember the sparing exhibition at
the Opera House for the benefit o.
Peter Cannon, the young man that haG
both of his legs taken off by the cars
several weeks ago.
Mr. Henry Lantz is representing
Perry Lodge of this city in the nine
teenth annual session of the Grant
Lodge of Ohio, X. of P. which is be
ing held at GAINESVILLE.
The City School Board met last even
ing. The matter of the new schoo
house was talked of but no action wa
taken. Nothing of Importance was
done except the passing of bills.
At the Loan and Building Con pa
ny's meeting last night, $500 was so.d
the premium being 81 cents per share
The number of shares taken are 423 o.
an increase of II shares since last week
Mr.. j. D. Chino and wife, and Messrs
Frank and VIM. Weaver, of Cleveland
are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A. W
McCollum, being called here by the sci
ious illness of their mother Mrs. JabeS
Weaver.
The Township School Board met Sat
urday at the Clerks Office and awarded
the contract for building the brick
school house in district No. 3, Perry
township, to Converse, Uhle & Click, OF
Navarro, the consideration being
$1.5S8.40.
The remains of Ed. Fultmore accom-
panied by his brother William, arrived
here this morning from Los Angeles
Cal, and were taken to the home of hi
father, Levi FuItmore, two miles cas-
of Massillon. The funeral will TAXI
place tomorrow forenoon at the st
Joseph's Catholic Church.
The members of the 81. Joseph'
Catholic Church and the friends ant
neighbors of the Rev, G. A. Verlet
accompanied by the Harmonic Band
made him a call last evening t.
bid him farewell and success
in his new field of labor. After thu
band had played several fine selections
they all repaired to the house where al
hour of pleasure was spent. During
the % years that Father Verlet ha'
been Rector of the st. Joseph ,Englisl
Catholic Church, he has made man!
warm friends both outside as well a
inside of the pales of the Church, WHIT
will miss his neighborly kindness ant
Christian benevolence: but those of tn
past will never be forgotten, ant
although he leaves for his new field o
labor tomorrow, he will always be re
membered by those who were intimate
ly acquainted with him.
For a quarter of a century the Rev
George A. Verlet has ministered to tn
spiritual wants of the congregation o
st. Joseph's English Catholic Church
of this city. Only little over a yea
ago he celebrated his twenty-tifth ami
versary to the priesthood, and the ties
timonials from his members were eyi
dence of the esteem in which he is he'll
Both in and out the Church he has eve
been respected in more than one wa!
and the news that he has been trans
ferred to another parish will be learne
with regret. But such is tn
order from the head of th
diocese, and yesterday was Fathe
Verlet's last Sunday as rector i'll Mas
illon. He will go from here to New B'
varia, and will be succeeded by Fatht
VIM. A. Harks, now of the Sacre
Heart Church, Toledo. Father Harl
is a native of this country and VIZ
bornin 1854, and was ordained prize
in 1880.
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