The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23
BY THE WAY.


Now the dogs have taken to circulating
diphtheria at Akron. The origin of the
disease puzzled the health authorities for
several days Finally they found sick
dog at the home of u milkman upon
whose route several cases have developed.
The canine was examined and found to
have bad case Of diphtheria. The milk
cans had been set upon the fence just over
the dog kennel and thus had been kept
full of disease germs. The dog caused
thirteen cases and three deaths. When
policemen went to shoot him he skipped
and ran all over town.
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Gen Michener of Indiana is I'm Washing
ton. The General is friend of cx
president Harrison and this may In u
measure account for the following which
appeared in the Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette yesterday:
Referring to Gov. Mckinley Gen. Mich
encr said "The greatest weakness of
Gov. Mckinley in my Judgment Is that
he is not certain to hold his delegation for
any considerable number of ballots in the
National Convention. In fact it is not
altogether certain that he will be able to
obtain the solid vote of his delegation to
the convention on the first ballot even as
a matter of state pride.
"a prominent Cincinnati Republican
told me the other day concluded Gen.
Michener "that it was very doubtful, in
deed whether Gov Mckinley could be GER
tain of the full strength of the Ohio dele
cation on the first ballot. There is a
great deal of factional republican trouble
in Ohio just now which may injure Gov.
| Mckinley before the convention shall be
called and which will be noticeable in the
convention.
"The Foraker and the Sherman and
other factions are not all harmonious and
Mr.. Mckinley certainly will not be beno-
| fitted by their contentious. Gov MCKin-
ley and Mr.. Reed may in fact destroy
each other as candidates befor the conven-
tion shall meet"
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An amusing incident occurred in a
prominent drug store last evening A
woman entered and sitter making pur-
chase concluded to try one of the penny
slot machines which furnishes chocolate
and chewing gum. After placing the
penny in the slot instead of following
directions by pushing on the rod, she pulled
at 1t for several minutes. OF course no
chocolate dropped out and she finally left
| the store in disgust. As soon as she was
out of sight young man who had wit
messed the whole proceedings stepped up
TO the machine, gave the rod push and
out dropped the chocolate. Considerable
laughter resulted when the situation was
explained to those present.
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"It is common idea," said horse
dealer "that the change of motive power
for street cars and the consequent disuse
Of horses thus reducing the demand, Is
largely responsible for the decline in
prices of horses That Is true as to GER
tain kind of horsefiesh-but not the best
kind, What affects my business more
than anthying else is the bicycle. This
diminished the use of better class of
horses-a class not affected materially by
the substitution of electricity for horses
on street railways The bicycle takes the
place of the gentleman's riding horse, of
the lady's riding horse, Of buggy and car
riage horses and of the youngsters pony.
People in general do not realize how dis
astrous the bicycle has been to the market
for this kind of horses The market is
now about ten per cent better than it
was u low honuns ago DuJ prices VIII
never get back to the old figures.
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Alliance is destined to be in few years, a
city with elegant churches, which speaks well
for the moral tone of the community. The
Union avenue congregation will soon complete
their Se6, 900 church edifice, and this week 1t
was decided by the trustees Of the Main street
NJ E. church TO 90 forward at once with their
new church building to be located on the God
dard rink SITE This church will cost $40, 900.
The u, b. congregation has purchased fine
lot on Union avenue, and in short time they
expect to fall in line with handsome new
church. Other congregations are also contem-
plating building in the near future, Alliance
Critic.