The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-08-22
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NEIGHBORING TOWNS
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Kent, Aug. 19.-The Erie railroad COM
pany will double their track between
here and Akron, distance of eleven
miles.
Cambridge, Aug. 19.-W M. Thomas,
who has been in poor health, got tired
of life and hanged himself. He was
prominent.
| Lisbon, Aug. 19.-Frank M. Shelton, of
this city, has been selected as the as
sistant principal of the public schools
of Louisville, o.
Beach City, Aug. 19.-Mr. Charles E.
Beck, of this place, was married to Miss
Margaret Greer, an accomplished young
lady of Magnolia.
Akron, Aug. 19.-Will Young, father
of a large family, died from injuries
received in runaway accident, which
occurred a few DAYS ago.
| Carrollton, Aug. 19.-The Rose town
ship picnic, a great event for the peo-
pie of this county, is being held today,
a large crowd being in attendance.
Akron, Aug. accompany B, of the
Eighth Ohio. will tender compliment
ary banquet to Gov. Roosevelt when he
pays the city a visit in September.
Columbiana, Aug. 19.-The anti-saloon
ordinance is now in effect here and
strangers who imbibe are passing by
without stopping. All saloons are
closed
Cuyahoga Falls, Aug. 19.-The citi-
zens of this place will be given a chance
to vote on the question of issuing $780,
900 in bonds for a municipal water
works plant. ,....a.s.' b.
Beach City, Aug. ia newspaper
has been started here called The Press.
1t is edited by C. o. Beach, who for
merly had the management of the Tri-
County Journal at Baltic,
East Liverpool, Aug. 19.-Some rascal
| ~ ct rta5 tba raDCrt tho oriYIss ,f 10
city cross the Ohio to the West Virginia
side and take a bath without using the
conventional bathing suit. Shocking,
isn't it?
Lisbon, Aug. 19.-Columbiana is a
good county to live in, for during the
past year she has sent 13 of her resi-
dents TO the penitentiary, to the Can
ton workhouse and II children to the
State reformatory.
| Wooster, Aug. 19.-The local reporter
of the Journal has discovered that the
place has SO widows and II widowers.
Seven Of the widows are of the grass
variety, while five of these widowers
are in the same predicament.
| Carrollton, Aug. 19.-The people of
this place have poured $500 down the
holes drilled in the earth in search of
oil. The last well tested was on the
Fawcett place and they struck it at 991
| feet-that is they struck sand.
| Millersburg, Aug. 19.-An overturned
boat found in the water at Lakeville,
| this county, gives color to the belief
that the bodies of Lew McCune and
Will Swaldner. two Mansfield molders,
are at the bottom of the lake. Have
been missing since Tuesday.
North Lawrence, Aug. 19.-The base
ball team of this city has been sued
for an unpaid balance on the fence
around their grounds and now the boys
desire benefit games between Canton or
Massillon teams in order to liquidate
the debt and save their grounds.
Akron, Aug. 19.-An unknown man.
evidently the victim of murder and rob.
berry, was found at the point of death
in box car at Sterling, near here. He
is unconscious and there is no manner
OF telling who he is. He was well
dressed and is evidently a business
man.
Cana Dover Aug. 19.-The bodies Of
Mrs. Albert Meyers, of New Philadel-
phia, and her husband, who committed
suicide after killing her, were buried
Friday While the bOdV Of the UOnnan N
lay in the casket at her home the fam