davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-26
ANNIE B. GEORGE
Files a Sensational Answer in
the SaXtOn Case.
GAMBLING ROOMS

Are Said to be Run In the Saxton Block
and the Defendants Property Said to
be Abused by the Plaintiff in Enter
tanning DissoIute Women.
Annie Il. George has filed sensational
answer In the injunction proceedings COM
menced by Georeg ID. Saxton, to prevent
her from visiting the Saxton block. The
demurrer to the petition was oyerruled by
Judge McCarty, and the fling of the an
swer was the next proceeding. 1t reads
as follows:
"The defendant admits the ownership
of the building, but denies that the same
is occupied only as stated In the petition.
Upon the contrary, the defendant AYERS
that there is large room upon the second
floor, known as room No. 0, that is used
and occupied as poker and gambling
room, which is visited and frequented by
sports and gamblers, and no such quiet
and orderly state of affairs exists in said
building as plaintiff represents I'M his pc
tition.
Defendant denies that she was there
without proper or just occasion or reason
and denies being guilty of improper con-
duct, and conducted herself in lady like
manner, ard made no disturbance.
Defendant says II is not true the ten
ants had cause TO complain, and denies
any of them did complain as set forth In
the petition. Room No. z, upon the SEQ
ond floor, has been for several years the
apartments Of this defendant, wherein her
bed and household furniture Is still situ-
ated, and while the plaintiff admits her
ownership, he refuses to allow her to take
the goods away,
Defendant further alleges she needs
the goods, and was there TO look after
them, and prevent their misuse and abuse
by the plaintiff, and the dlssolute charac-
ters with whom he meets, In this de-
fendant's said apartments.
Defendant says the plaintiff on num-
erous occasions told her room No. was
this defendants home, and place Of abode
as long as she lived. Upon this promise
defendant left said property there, while
she was In the West at the instance OF
che plaintiff 10 obtain divorce from her
former husband, for which divorce plain
tiff paid, and persuaded defendant TO APP
ply for and obtain, with the promise and
assurance Of the plaintiff that defendant
should return TO her said apartments, and
occupy the same as her home.
"But plaintiff, in violation Of said
promise, has been and Is now occupying
said apartments for the purpose Of pros
titution, and entertaining there lewd and
dissolute women, using and abusing nel
property"
defendant says she had right 20 on
ter the premises for the purposes Of pro
tecting and looking after her property
and therefore asks TO have the injunction
dissolved
Sterling q werntz and Nat G. and j
L. Mclean are she attorneys,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-26
HE'S AFTER THEM.
The Carroll County Prosecutor
After the Prize Fighters,
ALSO THE SPECTATORS

Who Attended the Mill at Sherrods-
Vile Last Thursdey Morning-May
Wait Until the Grand Jury Meets
The Penalty a Very Severe One.
Word comes from Carrollton that will
cause CONSERVATION among those who at
tended the prize-nght between Michael
Burns and Dick Ashton at Sherrodsville
last Thursday morning.
The prosecuting attorney of Carroll
necessary steps to bring all of the guilty
parties to justice.
He is already at work on the case, and
the drag net will take in the principals,
seconds, referee, time-kecper and specta.
tors.
While 1t is not definitely known, it is
understood the prosecuting attorney will
not wait until the next session Of the
grand jury, but is now at work preparing
the necessary warrants.
He has the names of many who were
present, and some prominent people of
this city and Massillon are said to be or
the list. Further developments will be
awaited with much interest, as the penal
ty is a severe one.
If the contest is shown to have been a
the principals are liable to
imprisonment in the penitentlary for not
more than ten or less than one year
Section 6SS reads: "Whoever aids, as
sists. or attends any prize-hght as hacker,
trainer, second, umpire, assistant, or re-
porter, shall be fined not more than $500,
nor less than $50, and imprisoned not
more than three months nor less than ten
days"
Section $500 provides that in case of a
boxing contest the principals, owner of
the building, and spectators are liable to
a fine not exceeding $3.50, or imprison-
ment not more than three months, or
both
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-26
BREACH OF PROMISE.
Annie E. George Asks $4,000
From George d. SaxtOn.
PROMISED TO MARRY HER

Is What the Plaintiff Says In a Petit
tion Filled In Court Saturday She
Wants the Heavy Damages Because
He HASN'T Done SO.
Anna Il. George commenced breach
of promise suit in common pleas court
Saturday against George. d Saxton. She
asks damages In the sum of $50, 900 on
account of his failure to marry her. The
news regarding the intention of COM
mencing this suit was 81 zen exclusively
in the News Democra some weeks ago.
The petition alleges that on September
80, 1892, the plaintiff being then, end
ever since, an unmarried woman, prom
ised the defendant at his request to mar
ry him, and the defendant at the same
time promised plaintiff to marry her.
She says she has been ready to marry
him, and on February 10, 1898, requested
defendant TO marry her in accordance
with his promise. 1t is alleged q reason
able time has elapsed but the defendant
has refused to fulfill his agreement and
thereby she has been damaged in the
sum Of $50, 900.
Sterling & werntz and Nat G. and ].
S. Mclean are the attorneys.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-26
BOvinif1e

that great blood enricher, flesh
and muscle builder, and strength
creator. Give the vital centres
of the body strength to perform
their regular functions and per-
feet health is a natural sequence.
DR.. Louis Faust, of Schenectady,
N. Y, says of Bovinine, "In the
severest cases of gastritis the
stomach will bear it. For one
month my mother lived almost
exclusively on it during such a
sickness" Over 25ooo physi-
clans use and endorse it.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-26
IMPORTANT DECISION
Regarding Funds Deposited in Saving
Societies
And tlre Taxation Of Thess Rendered
by the Supreme Court.

And the Taxation Of Thess Rendered
by the Supreme Court.
The supreme court has rendered decs-
ion of greas Importance regarding the tax
alton OF funds deposited in savings socie-
ties The case was entitled the Spring-
field Savings Society against George W.
Collett. Mr. Collett Is the treasurer of
Clarke county Some time ago he
brought suit to compel the savings society
to place the deposits held by them upon
the tax duplicates: He was successful in
the lower courts, but the case was carried
to the supreme court. The savings society
contended that they Feld the deposits in
trust for the benefit Of the depositors, but
the court decided that funds deposited In
savings societies were debts of the society.
The decision practically puts such soci-
cites on an equal footing with banks in
that regard The supreme court affirmed
the decision Of the lower courts, but upon
motion of the plaintiffs, rcopened the
case. The date of hearing has not been
set
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-26
l"iSiE: PEOPLE 3 SAY.
MRS. NORMAN CHANCE
Elected One of the Trustees of
Mt. Union College.
THE ANNUAL MEETING
of the Board Held at Which ManH
portant Decisions We're Madezfv
Centennial Postponed Anothd u


portant Decisions We're MadezN w
Centennial Postponed Anothd &FN
At the semi-annual meetinI ,8e
board of trustees of Mt. Unid
held at President Marshs residf
ly all of the trustees were pi,
Hon. Lewis Miller, of Akron, WI
chairman. Petitions were present(
board from the Greek letter fraterf
the college and one from the Christ
sociations, asking that building loN
the college be sold to them on WIN = J.
erect chapter houses and young NO
mems and Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation building. The board agreed to
sell the societies the ground on easy pay
ments.
The date of the semtcentennial oele-
bration Of the college,, which was to be
held In commencement week next year,
was changed and the celebration postponed
until 1897.
The following trustees were elected for
three years In place of those whose terms
expired yesterday. Rev. j. M. Carr,
Cambridge: Rev. Professor j. l.. Skunk,
of the college; Richard Brown, Youngs-
town; Mrs. Alice Chance, Canton; +. NJ.
Atterholt, Akron; f. A. Arter, Cleveland;
Mayor E E. Scranton, Alliance; and
Hon. Alfred Whitaker, of Bedford. The
following degrees were conferred: Doctor
of Divinity, Rev. @. E. Manderville, of
Chicago; Bachelor of Music, Professor l..
h. Brown, of the conservatory of music
annex of the college.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-26
Dyspepsia,
q Gastritis

and all 1omaeh troubIcs where
chat great Hfe-maintaining organ
refuses to dispense nourishment
to every part of the body, and
the sufferer gradually wasting
away and losing flesh daily,
finally meets his death from the
perforation of a gastric ulcer or
dies by actual starvation, can be.
cured, as has been donc time and
again, by the use of
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-26
BRAND new
Is Said to be the Hand Shake of
Governor Mckinley.
CONFIDENTIAL CLASP"
A Pleasant, Manly Shake, Reassuring
and Graceful, without Being Bois-
fergus or Presuming-How He Uses
Washington Star.

Washington Star.
Hon. william Mckinley has u brand
new shake this year He had what he
thought was glorious one in 1892, but ,
subsequent events showed him his error.
He has discarded the 1892 hand, and also
his Napoleonic mien. When Mr.. McKin-
ley greets a man who may be of service to
him he takes step forward and, lifting
his hat with his left hand, swings out the
right in semi '.cle, and, tiltipg .hii 40,
head out at a com i've gears ago. 1t bC
presses the hand of rge Graham, commissi
This is knoy .hce.
clasp" 1t makes
he is one of the f. Il Alss..,-
has on earth. 1t says plairc- -
"Stand by me, my PEOPLE SA
we'll" 1t is a plt 4. Ssoko,,.s.s4s
assuring and gI. If, without being !,
boisterous or presp ming. IL is said that -
Mr.. Mckinley has endeayoted toySsac6
Mayor Strong, VINO is running the New
York end of the Ohioan's campaign this
accomplished handshake( but without
result.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-26
BUCRLEN,s ARNIOA sALvE

The best aalve In the world for cuts, bruisea.
sores, ulcers, salt rhepm, fever sores, tetter,
sruptons, and positively cures piles or no nav
required. II ID guaranteed 10 give perfect al.
lsfaction or money refunded. Price Is csni
per box. For sale by Durbin, Wright 4 Ca
1rugaista. -
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-26
sLAOK WANTED.

All tho parties who haul slack
10 the Democrat Office on fhe
exchange basis, TO bring or send
4 a&N loE<ts ~ once.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-26
.wIEL ooILroT BONE.

Prosecutor Bow said Saturday ne would
procood TO collect the bond Of Carl
Browne who failed 10 appoaf ior trial
fnl, van 70 eommsneed N eopn 'on p'aar
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-26
HORTICULTURALISTS
Hold An Unusually Interesting
and Instructive Meeting.
AT THE INFIRMARY.

Rare knowledge of the Subjects, One
Nj. M. Southworth-The Reports.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-26

At,11 o'clock, a. M, President George
w. Lawrence called to order the Stark
County Horticultural Society at the Stark
County lnfrmary, on Wednesday, Dccom.
chr Is. Superintendent Gerwig kept car
riagcs running to meet street cars at the
northern terminus Of the Cleveland ave.
Duo .line, and by the time appointed for
he meeting large crowd had assembled,
Minutes Of previous meeting read and
InnrnNel
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-26
NOMENCLATURE.

II. A Hollbaugh has two apples for
name. Committee cannot name them.
5. p. KIlllnger has one for name think
it is Seeding of very poor quality.
Mrs. J. W. Eggert has three varieties
for name; one is the Ben Davis, one
Peck's Pleasant, the other "A pippln of
some kind. NJ Bitter.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-26
FLOWER REPORT.

The only flowers on the table is n bou-
quet of hyacinths, sacred lily, and geran-
iums, exhibited by Mrs. s. o. Egger
AIfaretta Snyler.
Lena Corrcll
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-26
MEMBERSHIP.

had a great desire, in fact, entertained
the hope that our membership might be
many times increased during the year
just passed l regret to say, this has not
been accomplished l still entertain the
same opinion, advanced year ago, in
my inaugural address, that every farmer
in the county should be member of our
society. The cost of membership Is so
nominal and the benefits SO numerous
that fail TO ace how any one DO he
farmer, manufactures, merchant, me-
chanic, doctor lawyer, politician, and last,
but not least l am Of the opinion that
our ministers OF the gospel might here
find very oongenial, as we'll as proflta-
BILE place, 10 spend twelve days out Of 1866
for the temporal and spiritual good OF
mankind as well as for the elevation and
usefulness Of our society / therefore re-
peat again, that fail 10 see how any one
10 rs consumer or producer, can afford
D. stand alooft aud withhold his or her
knowledge and lniluonco from this society
~ itH efforts 10 lipprove th9 fqionce u
||.PI|.|I| IIII|
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-26
BY THE. MAL

according TO reliable advices IT,
y -~heme 70 bluff ecollectors ha
red In one Of Cleveland's y
"rgs. II was invented by
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-26

Committees on orchards report nothing
new. Conditions for a crop still favor
able.
The display of fruit is not as large as at
some Of our former meetings.
5. p. Killinger has plate Of Stark ap-
Piles, which he entered for Wagner. He
also has plate of Seeknofarthers, and
Grimes Golden. Grimes Golden are very
fine.
II. A. Holi5augh exhibits Hydes Keep
err, Stark, Mann, Wagner, and Pewaukee.
II. A. Holibaugh.
Peter ROsche.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-01-25
PERSONAL.

Charles McRae is a victim of grip.
Miss Emily Brown of Clark street is
seriously i'll.
Charles Clark of Springfield, Mass, is
visiting in town.
Will Powers bought a valuable mare in
Boston this week
Mrs Cora Leonard, who has been dan
gerously i'll, is improving.
Miss Bertha Houghton went to Spring
field, Mass, Wednesday for a visit.
A. G. Hotaling leaves today for a month
visit to his home in Vineland, n. j.
Mrs. p. X. White attended the Unitarian
church dedication in Keene yesterday.
A stag party had a sleighride to Newfane
Wednesday and supper at Pratt's hotel
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawton of Providence are
visiting Mrs. Lawton's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Orion.
Clinton Davenport has finished work at
the Brooks House barber shop and return
ed to his home in Putney.
H. C. Durar dealer in coins and foreign
and domestic stamps, has a desk in II. E.
Taylor IL Sons office.
Lieut.. Sawyer, nephew of Col. Sawyer
wall on the Philadelphia.
Miss Mabel Whitney, daughter of Rev.
E. w. Whitney, was here from Smith col
lege last evening to attend the Universalst
fair
John Woods, who has had charge of the
photograph studio at III Main street, has
finished work there, and Mr. Dunklee is in
charge.
Harry w. Calender from Frohman's
office, New York city, representing "Char-
ley's Aunt" was at the Brooks House over
Sunday.
Mrs. Lulu McLane has gone to Burling-
ton to join her husband. She is soon to
take part in an operate presentation in
that city.
Col. Stephen p. Corless of Albany, n.
Y, who has been here this week, has re-
Gently been awarded a gold medal for gal
lantry in action at the battle of South Side
railroad in Virginia, in 1862.
Chas. Cune, who has been a successful
marketman in Fanueil hail. Boston, for
about 40 years, and who lived here 45 or 50
years ago, was in town last week. He is a
nephew of the late w. p. Cune.
Bert Barker entertained party of friends
at his home on Wednesday evening. Miss
Alice Sturges, Joseph .Hackett and Louis
Carpenter furnished some enjoyable music,
after which the evening was passed at six
hand euchre. Refreshments were served.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-01-25
A STAMP CHAIN.

II Has Brought KanesvIlIe, Ill, Into
Universal .Notoriety and Miss Edna
Brown 100000 Cancelled Postage
stamps.
Kanesville, ILL.,, is a hamlet which has
jumped into universal notoriety. One of
its residents is Mrs. Edna German, whose
husbands sister is a cripple. Mrs. Cor
man conceived the idea of collecting can
celed postage stamps for her sister-in-law
along the line of geometrical progression.
The next day after the inception of the
idea three Notwithstanding letters left
the Kanesville post-otiice, addressed to
three different persons, and signed by Mrs.
Germans maiden name, Edna Brown.
The letters went on to state that she was
a cripple and desired to collect a million
Cancelled postage stamps in order to secure
treatment in a medical institute. Each of
the three persons addressed was asked to
send Miss Brown ten or more cancelled
postage stamps and to write three letters
containing similar requests, their CORE
spondents to send stamps and write other
letters and so on, until the fiftieth link in
the chain should be forged. Those re-
ceiving letters numbered fifty were asked
not to'write other letters, but to return the
that letter to Edna Brown thus ending the
chain.
Soon large number of letters began to
arrive at the Kanesville post-oflice. The
number increased until a bushel a day
came, then several baskets.
Not only letters came but boxes and
bundles of cancelled stamps from well-in-
tentioned people. The stage coach became
so crowded by mail bags that there was no
room for passengers, The postmaster was
obliged to hire an assistant to help him
handle the stuff.
"The chain is still not half completed,
and an average of from 5000 to 10000
letters a day are received at the post
Office for Miss Edna Brown, to say moth .
ing of boxes and bundles of stamps by
mail and express. Wednesday the num-
Der received was 1900. Monday it reachs
ed 1000. The mail clerks on the trains
are in a condition of collapse.
Some of the letters even contain money
orders sent by sympathetic persons. Often
whole sheets of stamps are sent just as
they came from the post-office, except with
an ink line drawn through. OF course one
person cannot look over all of this mail,
so it is parceled out among the farmers
wives, who, for the satisfaction of reading
the letters, open them and trim the stamps
for the little cripple. She passed the 3,O00,-
600 mark long ago, and there seems to be
no way to stop the avalanche.
No medical institute wanted a million
Cancelled stamps, or ever thought of such a
thing. The only one who seems to be
making anything out of the scheme is I'm
Gle Sam, who is receiving from 5000 to
$500 day postage on the letters sent to
Edna Brown, of Kanesville, Ill.
Edna Browns little scheme caught many
people in Brattleboro. In fact, almost
every person will find on inquiry that sew
eral of his acquaintance were invited to
join the chain, and as a rule they complied.
Now that the light has been turned on it is
quite probable that the chain will never be
completed, but thousands of stamps day
will continue to come to Kanesville for
many weeks.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-01-25
Fuller Battery.
SPORTING

Woodcock has been coaching the Will
liams college players. He will also go to
Wesleyan to give the batteries pointers
Tom Dowd was invited to train the Wes-
leyans in general work, but he will prob
ably go to Amherst, where he has a similar
offer.
Edward X. Hall, formerly of Brattleboro,
is at Hanover to start the Dartmouth ath-
letic team in winter training. Mr.. Hall,
who graduated from Dartmouth in ~,
and was for two years athletic instructor in
the University of Illinois, is now a law stu
dent at Harvard.
Brown university will have one of the
strongest base ball teams in the country
the coming season. Nine old players are
in college, and there are many promising
new candidates, including Summersgil, the
crack Vermont Academy pitcher and
catcher. Fred Tenney, the old Brown
catcher, is acting as coach.
Jimmy Dime of Amsterdam, n. Y,
whom many will remember as former
resident of Burlington, is gaining fame in
puglistic circles. He defeated one Mar
shall in 10 rounds before the Seaside Ath-
letic club of Coney Island, Friday. Mar
shall had been defeated previously by "Kid''
Lavigne, the pugiist who killed Andy
Bowen in fight at New Orleans recently.
Amsterdam sports won several thousand
dollars by betting on Dime.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-01-25
AT THE CYCLE SHOW.
The Motor Machine and the Other New
and Remarkable Inventions.

Brattleboro has been well represented
at the national cycle show in New York
this week II. NJ. Wood is there assisting
the Heating company in showing the
good points in their cycles e. II. Van
Doom and II. F. Jordan, NJ. j. Moran,
Geo. Fox and Charles A. Smith and III.
l.. Emerson have also il spected the great
display of wheels. This years patterns
are lighter than ever before, but by i'm
provement in the method of manufacture
the light wheels are able to bear all or
binary strain The weight of wheels is
from 10 to % pounds.
Among the extreme novelties shown are
the bicycle exhibition in New York are a
musical Wheel a wire saddle, an S4-pound
wheel, which was built for Chicago lady,
and has specially made chain of | inch
in width, and which has been tested to 700
pounds; a bamboo bicycle weighing Is
pounds, and the motor machine, which is
in actual use, and attracts a good deal of
attention, and has been voted the greatest
invention of the age. The invention is
applicable to either carriages or bicycles,
and with it the speed of a common horse
in carriage can be doubled, and the in
ventor, Mr.. Pennington, claims a speed
of 81 miles an hour for it, 1t is said that
one gallon of naptha will run the machine
fully 200 miles. The principle has been
applied to three different styles of ma
chimes, namely, the two-wheeler, a four
wheeler for two persons, and another four
wheeler to accommodate more people and a
maximum horse power of five. If these
motor bicycles are practicable, and it is
claimed they are, their effect upon the
transportation of the future will be watched
with interest.
The only freak machine has triangle
shaped frame, the saddle being placed at
the apex of the triangle, and on account
of this construction the wheel can be made
extra strong at II pounds. The wheel is
very cranky and hard to ride at first but
after the sensitive steering has been over
come is very speedy
A manufacturer from the West shows a
wheel with special gear, combining the
spur gear and the regular chain gear, Civ
ing an increased leverage of / inches with
the same stroke, and thus making 90 gear
practicable for track use, and the inventor
claims it is 81 seconds faster than any other
bicycle ever produced.
This light-geared device is attached en-
| tirely to the frame of the bicycle, thereby
relieving the crank shaft of all vibrating
foot pressure, and the construction is such
that the leverage obtained is one-third
greater than any other gearing device,
making it practically possible for an 81
geared wheel to run as easy as 64-gear.