The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-02
BY THE WAY.

lhe CO-OpefaJe society mas taken hOld OF
1t and Adolph Scholten, the secretary,
will be business manager The goods will
be sold at market prices, and at the end
of each month n settlement will be made
and the profits divided among the stock
holders and the regular patrons Of the
store. Each stockholder will be entitled
to dividend of five per cent on the
money he has invested, and the remain
der of the profits will be divided among the
regular customers. If the stockholders
are customers also then they will receive
n double share of the money The store
was to have been in operation by May 1st
but owing to the large amount of work
necessary TO get matters in readiness the
opening was deferred.
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Alliance now has three "cops." Up to
this week this city Of 10000 people only
had two but a third was added at the
last meeinIg Of the council. A resolution
was also adopted condemning the use of
the revolver in such free manner as has
been customary. The Alliance blue coats
are instructed to knock their prisoner
down with a club If they don't walk chalk
but not to shoot.
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Mrs RebeCca Wise has returned from
spending the winter in Florida. She
spent the most of the time at st. Peters
brug, which is headquarters for the fisher
man tourists. Mrs. Wise says there were
no oranges in Florida last winter and
that the groves are nearly all destroyed
The freezing has nearly ruined the state
by destroying the fruit orchards.
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Michael Shannon, Of North Lawrence,
sub-district president of the Mine Drivers
Union, was i'm Massillon yesterday and
stated to an Independent man that the
organization Is still in existence and al
though they attract but little attention
and the public seldom hears from them
their mode of operation is just as effective
Us If they made great bluster about it.
Mr.. Shannon says that the mines about
North Lawrence are working steadily and
that the village is once again the hust-
ling little place of yore
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Mr. Martin Wikidal's regalia and apron,
one of the first of the l. o. o. +. i'm the
city of Canton, is on exhibition at Ma
hafreys. Martin Willidal leased the first
lodge room in Canton at the Farmers
and Amrican block where the present
court house now stands. i'm tbe wear oi
1895. He gained his apron in 1s8s Ed
A. Wikidai is now possesor of the apron,
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"That's old Lazarus Bachtel, of Pike
township, said d citizen this morning. as
a venerable, white haired old man with a
basket ambled down Tuscarawas street
Lazarus Is n great character. He used
to be "A pedapopue and they tell some GOOD
stories about him. When he was half q
century younger than he is now some one
told him that crane oil was good To de-
velop mental activity. If Won should rul
the head with crane oil straightway the
mind would show great learning. Laz
arus concluded to accelerate the move
ments OF his brain so he took down the
gun and up and down the creek he wan
dercd looking for crane"
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"Men have bcen runing in bore all do,
TODAY with cold coins to oct then
changed ), said n local banker today %,
believe every man in town who has had
gold niece within the last two dovs has beer
To hank with n IN get n CHANGED Tho,
want to soc yvbetber a. is GOOD Of cours,
most Of them don,t lot on that thot 4
what tbev come for but II Is some yvb,
have been in said thcy did not want an,