The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-03-15
CANTON CATEGORY.
n, A Few Minutes With the Local
News of the Day.
Stray Bits Of Intelligence Arranged in
Concise Form for the Reader
With Limited Time---The
News Boiled Down.


Mayor Blake returned from Pittsburg
yesterday evening.
Maj. Chas. 0. Wood, of Akron, was
in the city last night.
A. c. Strong, of Alliance, was over
on business yesterday.
E. D. Congdon, of Warren, Ohio, is
registered at the Barnett.
Johnson Alloway, of Johnstown, Pa,
was in the city last night.
Miss Jennie Douglass, of this city, is
visiting friends in Mt. Union.
George Williamson, of Marion, TO-,
was in Canton yesterday afternoon.
SIS. c. GaskelI, of Canton, is regis
tered at the Prospect House, Cleveland.
Three vags were given shelter from
the icy blasts at the city prison last
night
The residents of North Walnut street
are being visited by the magazine
frauds.
Miss Emma Van Buskirk, Of New
comerstown, is the guest Of relatives in
the city.
Secretary Paul Field is hard at work
upon the annual report of the water
works association.
Mr.. James McNabb, of this city has
returned from a several weeks visit to
his parents in Harrison county.
Mrs. George Phillips, of Middlebranch,
aged 70 years, recently attended thea
ter in Massillon for the first time in her
life.
John Vonalmen and Amanda E
Weir were married yesterday afternoon
by Squire Fulmer, at his Office in this
city.
Miss Jessie Quigley, of near Frank
fort, Ind, is the guest OF her sister
Mrs. F. X. Kinney, on South Poplar
street.
The eagle on the tower of the City
Hall, has been repaired by the addition
of a wing, which was blown down some
days since.
Henry 9. Lesquereux, of the firm of
Smith, Lesquereux & Co., of Spring
field, Mass, is visiting Canton and
Akron friends.
The Massillon Independent is boom
ing ]. W. McClymonds as a Presiden-
tial elector in this district, on the Re-
publican ticket.
The proposition to build second
story to the market house for library
purposes appears to be gaining friends,
Let the good work go on.
The citizens of Clinton, o., just over
the line in Summit county, are very
much excited over horse that has .
two-inch snake in one of its eyes.
A portion of the large watch sign
over the store of Ephraim the jeweler,
in the cassidy block, was blown down
by the wind yesterday afternoon.
A young lad named Browning, living
in the south part of the city, cut an
ugly cash in his hand while whiting
kindling with butcher knife last
night.
Adam Schatzman was pulled in OIL
charge of assault and battery last
night. In Mayors court he pleaded
guilty and was assessed $5 and costs.
Fine paid,
Last night was one of the most bitter
cold on record. A young man who was
waiting at the depot for the Ft. Wayne
11:13 train last night, had his ears badly
frozen. He left here for a point east,
without securing medical aid.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Sterl, OF South Mar
ket street, received telegram from
Cleveland yesterday morning announc-
ing the death of Mrs. Sterl's brother
Patrick ODonnell, in that city. Mr..
and Mrs. Sterl left for Cleveland today.
A certain we'll. known citizen of Can
ton took down the storm doors of his
residence last Saturday and put up
screens in anticipation of summer.
His neighbors say that he replaced the
screens with the storm doors some time
during Sunday night.
Manager Bear, of the Postal Tele-
graph offices, says that his lines ex-
perienced great deal of hard luck dur
ing the prevalent snow and wind storm.
Nearly all the wires were down at one
time, thus shutting off communication
with other points. The linemen have
repaired the breaks, and everything is
again in working order.
The iron ribs of the awning in front
of the peanut and candy store of the
Italian at the corner of Tuscarawas and
Market streets, became unfastened and
owing to the careIessness of the fellow
was allowed to hang loose. Several
pedestrians hats suffered fatal injury
and one gentleman was thrown to the
ground by coming in contact with the
rib.
An Alliance special of yesterday says
A prominent railroad official of thi;
city stated today that thirty-fve mer
had been discharged from the different
departments Of the Pennsylvania Com
pany's shops in this place, and that be
fore many more days passed the lis
would be increased. When asked th'
reason for the removal of so many mel
he answered that it was a mystery, al
traffic had not fallen off to such al
extent as to warrant such wholesale
discharge.