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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-01-31
OUR DIR. MARcHAND's ANCESTORS.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch,

Westmoreland county at an early day
became the home of numerous EIuguenOt
families. who came with the Germans
from the eastern counties. Among them
the Leasures, Detars, Boniours, Bennetts
Marchands and Hugus family, all of
whom took leading positions Of the COM
munty. Tho Marchunds became noted
as physicians in WeStmoreland and
Fayette counties. The original ancestor
was David Murchand. lie was born in
France, but fled to the Canton of Berne,
Switzerland, after the RevOcati n, from
which country he emigratcd to Pennsyl-
vania. He took the oath Of allegiance at
Philadelphia, September II, l754. lie
first settled in Lancaster county. Two
of his descendants, David Marchand, ,
1917 to 1921, and son, Albert G. Mar
chand, 1899 to 1913, became members Of
Congress, each serving two terms. An
other descendant, Commodore John
Bennett Marchand, achieved distinction
as naval officer in the Mexican and Civil
wars. lie was, on the maternal side, Il
great grandson of JOhan Peter Bonnet,
a native of Hesse Cassel, but of Huguenot
ancestry, who arrived in Philadelphia,
October ., 1887. Commodore Marchand
died at Carlisle in 1873.
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GIVE US A REST.
From tho Wooster Daily Republican.

Gen. |. X. Sherwood and his personal
associates in the Canton DAILY News
DEMOCRAT have sold their stock ($27,-
0O0) to Homer Gard Of the Hamilton, o.,
Daily Democrat, who is practical news
paper man, so good work may be eX-
pected. Gen Sherwood by 20 years
arduous newspaper work since he left
Congress has earned his right to rest,
and in taking things easy with his fine
horses and other enjoyments will have
the hearty good wishes of the journal
istic brethren for one of the most genial
gentlemen in the business.
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MANsFIELD, O., March ls, 1885,

l have used DIR. Hands Teething Lotion
for two years and it gives relief to my children
when cutting teeth. My child after having
the lotion applied few times would actually
cry for it. have also used DR.. Hands Collie
Cure and DIR. Hands Cough and Group Medi-
cine and can recommend them TO all mothers"
Mrs. M. A. Ridenow. DR.. Hands Remedies
or children are sold by all druggists for 25c.
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REGRETS AND CONGRATULA'
TIONS.
From the Alliance Royiew.

We regret very much that the news
paper change at Canton is to take from
the field of journalism in Stark county
two such amiable and talented gentle
men as Gen. Sherwood and Mr.. J. G.
Harmony, of the News DEMOCRAT I'm
der their editorial and business manage.
ment the NEws-DEMoCRAT has been hand
some, entertaining and profitable, To
Mr.. Gard, their successor in the owner
ship OF controlling interest Of the stock
We extend cordial greeting, and wish
him success.
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Allen,s Discovery for Piles.

Aliens Discovery for Piles is a certain cure
for all forms Of piles, Do you have soreness
and chatting with intense itching often at night
II is dangerous TO neglect these symptoms. If
you have suffered for years with chronic piles
and feel you can't be cured, give Aliens Dis
covery one trial. 1t is q new discovery that
cures piles. Sold by all druggists. Price 80
cents. Scent by mail for 80 cents. Address
Aliens Discovery Box sS, Leroy, N. Y.
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THE election of Knute Nelson to the
United States Senate, from Minnesota, is
causing some agonizing pangs in the
bosoms of many Of the Republican
senators. A Washington dispatch says
they do not relish the idea of having as
a senator in the next six years, when
every vote will count, man who voted
for the Morrison bill and the Mills bill,
when member of the House, and who
voted against the Mckinley bill in 1890,
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Their Bread and nufter at stake.

HAzLEToN, Pa, Jan. 2S-The fire in
the Lehigh Valley Coal company's
Hazle mines slope here is still raging.
and the chances Of the company sub
DUNG the flames are more ddbious than
ever Not only are the LOO men en-
ployed in it thrown out of employment.
but the positions of several thousand
other mon employed in the connecting
mines are made EQUALLY questionable
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There is good reason for tho popularity OF
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Davis a Buzz
ard of West Monterey, Clarion Co., Pa, say:
"It has cured people that our physicians could
do nothing for. We persuaded them TO try .
bottle Of Chamberlsin's Cough Remedy and
they now recommend II with the rest Of u.s."
70 and 80 cent bottles rUi snip py Durbin,
Wright q Co. and U. N. Nye. drazgists.
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The Minerva Kodak complains bitter.
ly of the shortage of current money in
that village. The business and industrial
classes are not signing for gold and silver
to hoard or bury in the ground, but
they want money that will pay labor,
buy meat and bread and kill debts.
Here is an extract from the Kokuk:
"The new adoption Of "pay script
which is being used here, does not seem
to be very popular with our laboring
people at large by any means, There
are numerous objections to it, This com
pany pays 96 cents per day for labor.
At the end Of the month they receive
just one half Of their wages in money,
which is 37l cents for each days work,
and the balance in script. They then
have to wait at least six months until
they can get the script cashed. The MAJ
jority of our laboring people cannot live
on 81! cents per day, so they are COM
PEELED to convert their script into cash
az u discount Of s per cent, which then
leaves them the beggarly sum of but IS
cents for one days labor"
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THIS would be splendid time for the
millions who have been thrown out of
employment by the demonetization of
silver, to travel in Europe and enjoy the
gold standard for which they voted last
fall--[Toledo News.
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To IloRsR oWNERs.

For putting horse in fine healthy con
1ition try DIR. Cady's Condition Powders.
rhey tone up the system, aid digestion, cur
SOev Gss sore ,eyS and SeSoy %s% IG Svns
new life TO an old or over worked horse. 2b
cents pei PACKAGE. ior sale by druggists
For sale by Durbin, Wright & Co., and @. N
Nve.
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Karl's Clover Root viii purify your Blood
clear your complexion, regulate your Bowels
and mako your head a. clear as bell, s5c and
SOC, o.. Sold by Chss. Weber, Ceston PhaE-
macy. and Fred. p. shAnaielt 4 90
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ihanherlal--
Ointment

5hamberlGI-, Ointment
GRADUATED Eye Lids, Sore Nipples, Piles
% cents per box. For sale by druggists.
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{" WOMAN'S Ills"

MRS. W. r. BATES, Of
DiiSOoyth, nHM6HH Co.,
Ohio, writes
"a few years ago I
took Doctor Pierce's
Favorite Prescription,
which has been n great
benefit TO me. i am In
excellent health now.
1 hope that every wo-
man, who Is troubled
with 'women's ills.
will try the 'Prescrip-
tion and be benefited
10 l hive been"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-01-31

Pure blood Il absolutely necessary in order
to enjoy perfect health. Hoods sassparilla
purifes the blood and strengthens the system.
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In his attempt to cast reflections upon
the undersigned Corporal Spohr says, in
his last contribution: 81 have looked
ville Dec. 2, 1864, signed by command
of Col. o. III. Moore, commanding Sec
ond Brigade, commencing Col. Sher-
wood for gallant conduct This order
cannot find any record of. If it was
issued, it is not in the official report. I"
The official order of Col. Orlando III.
Moore, the brave commander of the 25th
Mich, detailed to the Second Brigade,
because Of his galantry and courage on
many hard-fought field, may not be q
part of the record from which Corp'l
Spohr quotes, as it was issued to the men
and not to the Major. Generals. Every
soldier will understand this; but here is
the order, and the gallant men of the
Second Brigade, Second Division, Twenty
third Corps, who stood up in the bleak
December air in front of Nashville and
heard it read, 80 years ago, will all re-
member it well. 1t is worthy place in
the National Tribune:
HEADQ'R's SECOND BRIGADE, SECOND Div.
TwENTY-THIRD CORPS,
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec 2, 1864. J
General Orders, No. 7.
1t is with feelings of the deepest gratitude
that the brigade commander congratulates the
gallant officers and soldiers Of the entire bri-
gade upon the great victory achieved on the
battlefield of Franklin, Nov. 80, 1854. An
unbroken line of steel, composed of the S0th
Ind, l1sth Ohio, 107th Ill, 23d Mich 129th
Ind, and 111th Ohio regiments, formed, with
the entire brigade front, without reserve, to
engage the rebel force, which was from three
TO five times their number, and which ad-
yanced to the charge in three lines-of-battle,
extending along the whole front.
The repeated desperate and determined
charges of the enemy were every time success
fully met, and with heroism unsurpassed in
the annals of war they advanced but to be
driven back with terrible slaughter-they ad-
vanced upon line of steel.
The heroic spirit which inspired the com
mand was forcibly illustrated by the gallant
111th regiment of Ohio infantry (Col. Sher-
wood commanding ON the lett flank of the
brigade. When the enemy carried the works ON
their left they stood firm and crossed bay
onets with them, holding them In check. This
Is not mentioned to discriminate between the
gallant regiments of the command, but by way
Of illustrating the heroic bravery of the entire
command; for all along the line, at different
times, hand-to-hand conflict ensued, even Ia
the capture and recapture Of our colors.
late hour closed the conflict upon your
front, and Nations gratitude viii be youi
companions who fell so nobly upon the battle.
field, and express deep sympathy for Their
loved ones at home.
BY command Of Col o. II. Moons.
Corp'l spohr says have slandered the
1880 Ohio, and that said they fell on
their faces and refused to hght at Frank
I'm. Both statements are absolutely false
never mentioned the lS3d Ohio In my
first article, which was merely a thbuts
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pain, headache, backache, and nervous dis
turbances, or the general health not good,
the judicious use of medicine should be
employed. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton is the best restorative tonic and nerV-
inc at this time. The best bodily condition
results from its use. It's a remedy spe-
cially indicated for those delicate weak
nesses and arrangements that afflict wo-
menkind at one period or another. You'll
find that the woman who has faithfully
used the Prescription" is the picture of
health, she look a0eH and she feels s0eH.
In catarrhal ir fammation, in chronic dis
placements common to women, where there
are symptoms of backache, dizziness or
fainting, bearing down sensations, disor-
dered stomach, moodiness, fatigue, etc,
spirits
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"After a most thorough trial
and receiving the most graf
flying results, 1 am glad to
testify in favor of
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time. If there be
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oHAs. n. mLLRh, ArLGB poMERBNH
MILLER q POMERENE,
ATTORNEYS At LAW-Room 10, cassidy Bloch
No, South Market street. Canton, o.
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and he comes with US to shoe the CRIES
horsesl and mend the vardoes (vans). But
ne Is with us and SO is Lee"
The talk and the smoke went on, and
presently the man with the broken shoe re-
turned and lay down again. Then, when
the whisky had all gone, and Hewitt, with
some excuse that I did not understand, had
begged piece of cord from one of the men,
we left in chorus of kooshto radies good
night.
By this time 1t was nearly 10 o'clock. We
walked briskly till We came back again to
the inn where we had bought the whisky.
Here Hewitt. after some little trouble, sue
ceeded in hiring a village cart, and while
the driver was Harvesting the horse cut a
couple of short sticks from the hedge.
These being each divided into two, made
four short, stout pieces of something less
than six inches long each. Then Hewitt
Joined them together in pairs, each pair be-
about nine or ten inches of the cord he
had brought from the gypsies' camp. This
done, he handed one pair to me. Hand
cuffs" he explained, land no bad ones,
passed the cord round my wrist, gripping
the two handles and giving them a slight
twist that sufficiently convinced me of the
excruciating pain that might be inflicted by
vigorous turn. and the utter helplessness
OF a prisoner thus secured in the hands of
captors prepared TO use their instruments.
Whom are these for?' 1 asked. THE
man with the broken shoe?"
Hewitt nodded. Yes" he said. 81 ex-
pect we shall find him out alone about mid
night. You know how to use.these now.
1t was fully eleven before the cart was
ready and We started. A quarter of a mile
or so from the gypsy encampment Hewitt
stopped the cart, and gave the driver in
structions to wait. We got through the
hedge and made our way on the soft
ground behind it. in the direction Of the
vans and the tent.
Roll up your handkerchief" Hewitt
whispered, into a tight pad. The moment
1 grab him. ram it into his mouth-well in,
mind so that it doesn't easily fall out.
Probably he will be stooping-that will
make 1t easier, we can pull him suddenly
backward. Now be quiet"
We kept on till nothing but the hedge
divided us from the space whereon stood
the encampment 1t was now nearer II
o'clock than II, but the time We waited
seemed endless. But time is not eternity,
after all. and at last we heard a noise in
the tent A minute after the man we
sought was standing before us. He made
straight for gap in the hedge which we
had passed on our way, and we crouched
low and waited. He emerged on our side
of the hedge, with his back toward us,
and began walking as we had walked, be-
hind the hedge, but in the opposite direc-
ton. We followed.
He carried something in his hand that
looked like a large bundle of sticks and
twigs. and he appeared as anxious to be
secret as We ourselves. From time to time
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benefit, and was quite powerless to pass
him any of her property by deed of gift.
Hereupon the mans nature showed itself
Foolish woman as Mrs. Sneathy might be,
2he was a loving. indeed, an infatuated
Wife. but Sneathy repaid her devotion by
vulgar derision, never hesitating to state
plainly that he had married her for his
own profit, and that he considered HIM
1elf swindled In the result. More, he even
1foceeded to blows and other practical
brutality Of a sort only devisable by a
mean and ugly nature. This treatment,
1t first secret. became open, and in the
midst of it Mr.. Sneathy's penny banks and
Insurance offices came to grievous smash
81 at once. ana everybody wondered why
Mr.. Sneathy kept out Of jail.
Keep out of Jail he did. however. for
hs had taken care to remain on the safe
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One Leg WINS Thrown Over the Other.
elers, Hewitt explained, and might look to
see them on the course. Then he fell to
telling gypsy stories, and they TO telling
others back, to my intense Inystification.
Hewitt explained afterward that they were
mostly stories of poaching, with now and
again a horse-coping anecdote thrown in.
Since then l have learned enough of Ro-
many to take my part in such converse
ton, but at the time word two here
and there was all I could understand. In
stretching the tent rope took very little
interest but lay with his head away from
the fire, smoking his pipe. He was much
darker man than any other present-had,
in fact, the appearance of a man of even a
swarthier race than that of the others
about us. Presently, in the middle of a
long and, of course, to me, unintellgible
story by the old man, caught Hewitt's
eye. He lifted one eyebrow almost I'm
perceptibly, and glanced for a single mo-
ment at his walking stick. Then 1 saw
that it was pointed toward the feet of the
very dark man. who had not yet spoken.
One leg was thrown over the other as he
lay, with the soles Of his shoes presented
toward the fire, and in its glare I saw
that the right sole was worn and broken
and that a small triangular tag of leather
was doubled over beneath in just the place
we knew Of from the prints in Ratherby
| wood.
1 could not take my eyes off that man
with his broken Shoe There lay the secret.
The whole mystery of the fantastic crime
in RatnerDy WOOD centereQ II that shabby
ruffian. What was 1t?
But Hewitt went on, talking and Joking
furiously. The men who were not speaking
mostly smoked gloomily, but whenever one
spoke he became animated and lively I
had attempted, once or twice, to Join in,
though my efforts were not particularly
successful, except in inducing one man to
offer me tobacco from his box-tobacco that
almost made me giddy in the smell He
tried some of mine In exchange, and though
he praised 1t with native politeness, and
smoked the pipe through, I could see that
my Hignett mixture was poor stuff in his
estimation, compared with the awful stuff
in his own box.
Presently the man with the broken shoe
got up, slouched over to his tent and dis
appeared. Then said Hewitt u translate):
you're not all Lees here, see?"
Eyes, pal all Lees"
But he's not Lee" and Hewitt jerked
his head toward the tent.
"Why not a Lee, pal2 We be Lees and
| he is with US. Thus he is a Lee"
"Oh, yes, of course. But I know he is
| from over the pawny. Come I'll guess the
| tenn country he comes from-it's Rouma-
MIA, Ell? Perhaps the Wallachian part"
The men looked at one another, then old
| Lee said: You're right, pal-youre cleverer
| than we took you for. That Is what they
| calls his ten. He is a petulengro (smith),
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down from London today and went out de-
literate1y to do it, it's clear. They were
heard talking Of it, asked as to the direc-
tion in which he had gone and followed
him-and with rope"
'Isn't that rather an unusual form Of
murder-hanging? Hewitt remarked.
Perhaps it is.'' Mr.. Hardwick replied.
''but it's the, case here, plain enough. 1t
seems, in fact, that they had way of
threatening to hang him and even cut of
his hand If he used it to strike their moth
er. So that they appear to have carried
out what might have seemed mere idle
threats in a. diabolically savage way. OF
course they may have strangled him first
and hanged him after, by way of carrying
the mutilated body. But that they did 1t Is
plain enough to me. I've spent an hour or
two over it and feel am certainly more
than justified in ordering their apprehen-
sion. Indeed, they were with him at the
time, as I've found by their tracks on the
fcotpath through the wood"
The colonel turned to Martin Hewitt.
''Mr. Hardwick you must know" he said.
"is by way of being an amateur in your
particular line-and very good amateur,
too, 1 should say, judging by case or
two have known of in this county"
Hewitt bowed and laughingly expressed
| a fear lest Mr.. Hardwick should come to
London and supplant him altogether. This
seems curious case" he added. IF you
don't mind, I think I should like to take
a glance at the tracks and whatever other
traces there may be, just by way of keep
ing my hand in"
Certainly" Mr. Hardwick replied, bright
ening. II should of all things like to have
Mr.. Hewitt's opinion on the observations
have made-just for my own qualification.
AS to his opinion, there can be no room
for doubt. The thing is plain
With many promises not to be late for
dinner, we left my uncle and walked with
Mr.. Hardwick in the direction of RAFFERTY,
wood. 1t was an Unfrequented part, he
told us, and by particular care he had
| managed, he hoped, to prevent the rumor
spreading to the village yet, SO that We
might hope to find the tracks not yet over
laid. 1t was man of his own, he Said
who, making short cut through the wood,
had come upon the body hanging, and had
run Immediately to inform him. With this
man he had gone back, cut down the body
lowed the trail backward to Ranworth,
and there had found the new coachman,
who had once been In his own service.
From him he had learned the doings of
the brothers Foster as they left the place,
and from him he had ascertained that
they had not yet returned. Then, leaving
his man by the body, he had come straight
to my uncle's.
Presently we came on the footpath lead
ing from Ranworth across the fields to
Ratherby wood. 1t was a mere trail of
bare earth worn by successive feet amid
the grass. 1t was damp, and We all stoop-
ed and examined the footmarks that were
to be seen on it. They all pointed one way
toward the wood in the distance.
Fortunately, it's not a greatly fire.
quented path" Mr.. Hardwick said. You
see, there are the marks of three pairs Of
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his arms. Then he rose and stepped light
ly from one mark to another, taking care
rot to tread on the mark itself. VERY
good" he said. shortly, on finishing his
examination. Wen go on"
We went on. and presently came to the
place where the body lay. Here the ground
and tiny streamlet, mere trickle of
foot or two wide, ran across the path. In
rainy seasons 1t was probably wider, for
all the earth and clay had been washed
fiat, bare and very coarse gravel, on which
the trail was lost. Just beyond this, and
to the left, the body lay on a grassy knoll
under the limb of tree from which still
depended part Of the cut rope. 1t was
not pleasant sight. The man was soft.
f1eshy creature, probably rather under
than over the medium height, and he lay
there, with his stretched neck and pro-
right arm lay by his side, and the stump of
the wrist was clotted with black blood.
Mr.. Hardwck's man was still in charge,
seemingly little pleased with his job, and
a few yards off stood a couple of country
men, looking on.
Hewitt asked from which direction these
men had come, and, having ascertained
and noted their footmarks, he asked them
to stay exactly where they were to avoid
confusing such other. tracks as might be
seen. Then he addressed himself to his
examination. First" he said, glancing UP
at the branch that was scarce a yard above
his head, this rope has been here for some
time"
YES" Mr. Hardwick replied, 'its an
old swing rope Some children used it in
the summer. but it got partly cut away,
and the odd couple of yards has been hang
ing since
"Ah"' said Hewitt, then if the Fosters
did this they were saved some trouble by
the chance and were able to take their hal
ter back with them-and SO avoid one
chance of detection" He very closely scru-
tinized the top of a tree stump, probably
the relic of a tree that had been cut down
long before, and then addressed himself
to the body.
1t fall in heap?"
No, my man eased it down to some ex-
tent"
Not on to its face?'
."Oh, no. On to its back, just as it Is