The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-30
BY THE WAY.


The Canton News thinks that police
men for night duty in that city are not
enough. Canton Is about times the size
of Salem, and her night police force Is
more than times as large as Salem, but
there is difference in the towns after all.
Salem News.
The following from the Ohio Educa-
tional Monthly, would indicate that poll
tics was more important factor in the
Canton school superintendent matter
than Mr.. Burns method of teaching;
"L. W. Day succeeds J. J. Burns in the
superintendency at Canton--a clearly
marked case of politics 1t is not the
first attack in Bro. Burns case, though
1t differs somewhat in form from previous
attacks" Mr.. Burns is a fighting demo-
crat ever ready TO defend his princiles,
and as the new school board Of Canton is
republican, he had to go. His school
work was only an excuse. -Freemont
Messenger.
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w. d. Prutzman, farmer who is
located on the Bolivar road three miles
south Of our city was caller at this office
Saturday and had with him a bunch of
apple tree twigs on which there was
heavy crop of green apples Mr.. Prutz-
man says that he has q very fine apple
orchard and that there is not an apple
blossom frozen from this last frost. He
also said that good crop was purely
case of taking good care Of the trees and
and keeping off all insects.
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| Word comes from Massillon to the effect
| that 200 men were laid off at the Russell
shops Saturday. This was prompted by
the poor conditions of grain throughout
the country and especially the west
whence reports have come announcing
wheat almost entirely frozen. Matters
are so shaping themselves that the entire
force expects soon to be suspended.
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1t costs money to run squad of Gu
cago detectives according to the figures
published by the Massillon Independent
taken from the petition of the Chicago
agency that sued the Massillon operators
last week. According to the contract the
detectives were to have So day and ex-
penses. The detectives began their work
in the latter part of September and con-
tinuing it until February of this year.
The operators received, 1t Is averred, III
davs of service from the detectives, which
at the rate of S5 a day, made 1856. That
added to expenses aggregate 81, 429. The
November bill was 81, 073, and the Decem-
Der bill about the same In all, 1t Is
claimed, the operators contracted a debt
of SO, 639 OS of which SS57.73 has been
paid leaving balance still due of S2,-
| 7Sl. 80 with interest
During the latter half of September the
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liquor while $40. 80 was credited to Incl
dentals October II 81. .35 was spent in
buying drinks for the miners On Sep
tember 81, 80 and 80, 1886 was used in
that way Cigars were also purchased
| for the miners while the detectives were
gathering something to be used in arbi-
tration by the operators. Twenty cents
was squandered in cigars one day In Octo-
Der to "jolly" pit boss. Another item
Is devoted to sum paid for advertising
in Chicago papers presumably for miners
or more detectives,
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H. V. Kramer of Massillon has some
| thing new in the tally-ho line He had
| 1t made just as he wanted 1t to take out
picnic parties and it Is said to be the finest
thing of the kind in the county. The
coach has n seating capacity of twenty
| four persons and. the seats are so arranged
| that all can sit comfortably. 1t Is pro-
vided with storage batteries and incan-
descent lights Two long wicker baskets
are attached to the rear end of the vehicle
where parasols and umbrellas may be
stored. A refrigerator where ice may be
stored opens at the rear. The tally-ho
includes all the latest conveniences to-
gether with many improvements de-
vised by Mr.. Kramers fertile brain
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! Love nor money can buy an acre of
land in the vicinity of Stands church at
| the present time says the Masslllon In
depenent. The numerous valuable coal
finds reported within the last month have
had tendency to make the land owners
OF that region very jubilant. The divid-
ing lines between farms are being looked
after sharply and the work of the drillers
Is being watched with the deepest anxiety
The various toal companies are hustling
after leases bat many of the farmers pre-
fer to run their own coal affairs. On the
farm of Fred Witter it is alleged that
twelve feet of coal were found on Isaiah
Oberlin's farm six feet and ten inches
were struck, on the Vendenning farm
nine feet and on the Michael Waster land
four and one-half feet were found. These
properties are all adjoining each other and
one large mine could take the entire field.
The resident operators are very inoredu-
lous about the thick coal which the people
of West Labanon assert exists In that
locality and consider the stories very good
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