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the the The Stark County Democrat, Canton, Onto, Thursday, November 28, 1878. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. Street 169 50 Adjourned. Monday Eve'g, Nov. 26.

Present-Barlet, President; Sherrick, Arter, Herbruck, McCann, Rhorer, and Monnot. Minutes of last meeting read and approved. Petitions--From citizens on Mahoning and East Second street asking for lamps, Referred to committee on gas. The Chief Engineer of the fire department ed that he had an opportunity to trade off the old Washington hand engine for supplies for the fire department. Referred to the committee on fire department On motion the street commissioner was instructed to repair the crossings on West Tuscarawas street.

On motion the matter of selling the city lot at the corner of Walnut ard South streets was referred to Committee on city property. On motion the legality of closing the drinking places of the city at 10:30 p.m., was referred to the city solicitor. Reports of Commit to whom was referred the petition for the vacation of Union Dam, was granted further time, On report of Mr. Herbruck concerning the condition of a bridge in front of the Winterhalter property on Walnut street, the Street Commissioner was instructed to notify owners to remove it immediately. On motion the City Clerk was instructed to 18- sue an order to the trustees of the Hartford estate for $125 to pay costs incurred by litigation.

On motion, parties having charge of the city horses were instructed to buy hey at the lowest figure when needed. Committee on Fire Department reported in favor of getting sixteen gum coate for fire department. Accepted, Committee on Claims reported adverse to ing A. Eitnoir for extra labor on South Market street. Accepted.

The Committee on City Officers reported favorable to accepting report of Water Works Trustees. Accepted. street laborers was referred to Committees on Ways Special committee in the John Doyle matter reported in favor of paying Mr. Doyle $480 for ground necessary to straighten High street. Accepted.

City Solicitor reported having made a settlement with Mr. Louis Engle for $150 for damages caused by an overflow of water. Accepted. Report of City Weighmaster Field was read and accepted. The following officers of the fire police were confirmed by the Council: Captain, Wm.

1st Lieuteuant, W. Lerch; 24 Lieutenant, M. Foehl; Secretary, D. M. Hummell; Treasurer.

Louis Dumont. On motion, City Solicitor was instructed to take a deed for grond on North Cherry street, and hold the deed until the city complies with its ment with the owner, Mr. Schaefer. On motion, the matter of reducing the wages of and Means. Bill of C.

C. Snyder for nails, was referred to Committee on Claims. Bill of L. M. Schaefer was referred to Committee on Claims.

BILLS ALLOWED. C. C. Sn 3 30 William 1 50 John Weary 75 Hug 2 89 A. Prutzm 25 AKRON.

-The Akron bar held a meeting Satur day afternoon to formulate an expression upon the course taken the press and council of the city against the presiding Judge. The report of the committee regarding the law in the case was to the effect that: "The attack upon the integrity of our court, coming as it does from the hands of men assuming to be a city council, and to act 80 officially as to declare what they will officially do, 18 so contemptuous of all law, so threatening against all order, that the press which published it and the persons so vaunting their official power may well be warned of their liability under the law of the land," This was unanimously adopted, and a committee was appointed to ask the court that the same be spread upon the journal. Complaints come in from Talmadge, this county, to the effect that a school teacher in that village has of of late been very cruel to two Bohemian children, aged respectively seven and nine years. For a little childish offense, it is said, she beat the elder of the two boys black and blue with the ramrod of a gun, and kept the sevenyear old child confined for eight hours in a dark garret overhead, without food or water. Mrs.

Minnie Porter, a woman of ill-repute," "was found dead in her bed Monday morning. Heart disease was the cause. DEATH OF JAMES BARNETT. -We merely announced last week the death of old James Barnett, of Massillon, by accident, but had then no particulars. It seems he was returning from varre, and as he drove under the Erie Street railroad bridge his horse and buggy collided with another horse and buggy driven by Mr.

Smith of Navarre. Both men were thrown from their vehicles and severely injured, Mr. Barnett 80 se verely that he died next morning about 9 o'clock. His funeral took place from the U. B.

Church on Monday afternoon, last week, and was largely attended. Mr. Barnett was a native of Ireland, and was about 86 years of age. He had lived in Stark county over fifty years, and had become a man of considerable property. Notwithstanding his advanced age, his faculties had not failed, and but for this accident he might have lived for yeare.

We believe Mr. Barnett helped to dig the Ohio Canal in the long ago now. BIRTHPLACE, -The Canal Dover correspondent of the Cleveland Herald says: "Many do not know that Dover ever produced William Clark Quantrell, the famous guerrilla, Quan was born and raised within the limits of this quiet little town. His father, Thomas Quantrell, was the superintendent of the Dover schools for a number of years, "and is spoken of in the highest terms by all who knew him. Quantrell's mother and brother still reside in Dover.

and are very respectable people. I believe Quantrell is the only Doverite that has attained a National reputation IN Boyd and Frank Ward, two little boys from Alliance, are in the County Jail for stealing turkeys. It is only about two months since a lad of twelve years was here from Alliance for stealing. Alliance boys are bad. Peter Scott, a colored man, who was formerly a servant at the St.

Cloud, was arrested at the instigation of Jacob Blocksom, for stealing a revolver, and brought to Canton from Youngstown, Monday evening. He is now in jail awaiting the next term of Probate Court. WANTED TO DIB. Hutt, a poor, drunken Dutchman, and resident of the First Ward, attempted suicide in the South Creek, Sunday evening. The temperature of the water and the mud probably saved him, and as he had not gone in beyond his ability keep from drowning, he called for help.

and was drawn out by a policeman. Hutt's first wife hung herself about six years ago in the cellar of their cabin, apparently because of his cruelties to her, and it is wondered at that he has evaded the clutches of Old Nic so long, being such a deep drinker. GOOD LOTS FOR CHEAP call attention to the advertisement in this paper of Mr. J. A.

Borst, proposing to lay out a forty acre tract of good land into acre building lots, with convenient streets to accommodate each lot, and giving chasers any number of acres desired. The tract is but half a mile north of the Infirmary and easy of access to town. Parties desiring to put up dwellings can arrange with Mr. Borst for material and labor at first cost. See advertisement.

26dw MARRIAGE D. Myers and EmMA J. Hella, Arthur J. Underhill land Henrietta H. Tonner, Samuel Eby and Nancy Weaver, Jacob A.

Saunnet and Elizabeth Hautzon, John Kandle and (Elizabeth Fausnight, Selkirke Morehead and Anna E. Rue, Wm. A. Night and Sarah J. Young, Jacob Hug and Anna Ebner.

C. Russell Co. will soon commence work on 8 lot of machines for next year. About a thousand will probably be manufactured. A verdict for $2,206.06 was rendered the Metropolitan Bank: of New York against C.

Russell Co. in the Court of Common Pleas, in this city, Friday. advise all young men who carve their first turkey to-day, to have it riveted to the platter. It may save a $15 pair of pantaloons. The masquerade ball given by Hose Company No.

7 at Commercial Hall last night was largely attended, and passed off very pleasantly. MURDER WILL OUT. Business Items. CAUTION. Notice is hereby given that August W.

Weber 18 only authorized agent and collector. All acto him will be duly and properly WM. McGREGOR, WANTED, Everybody to know that when it as you make securi- purchase of property, or accept mortgage ty, you may save loss and trouble by making the seller or morgager furnish an abstract H. TRUMP, Abstracter, tr Opposite St. Cloud Hotel Canton, 0.

J. Bacon serves a good meal or Oyster Stew for H. 25 cents. suffer with a bad cold if one bottle of Dr. will cure a cough of the worst Bull's Cough Syrup kind.

Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup is sold for 25 cents per bottle, or five bottles for /81.00, in every respectable drug store in the United States. Use Foye's Italian Linement for Pains and Aches. WHAT REV. T.

DE WITT TALMAGE, D. SAYS OF APPLETON'S NEW CYCLOPEDIA. "Never was more really valuable information, packed in the same space, so available for ready reorence and immediate use." 4-HORSE POWER STEAM ENGINE and BOILER FOR SALE. In good order. Cheap for cash.

For particulars apply at this office. Use Foye's Italian Liniment for Rheumatism, The best Cigars, (wholesale and retail,) Smoking and Chewing Tobaccos, in the City are to be had at Volkmann's sign of the "Big Indian," Democrat Building, Cantan, Ohio. THE FINEST SHOES. In the such as the celebrated Lounsbury, Burt, Reynolds Gray and Geller Goods; also Sausser's Goods, of Philadelphia, for dies' wear. Burt, P.

Ware Jr. and Stacy, Adams Jones, for gents' wear, at 1 Rock Bottom Prices. JOHN D. FRANK, No. 4 East side Public Square, Canton, 0.

W. B. SHANAFELT, Salesman. tf AN EVERY DAY REMARK. "Oh, my, what 8 beautiful head of hair you bave, Mrs.

Jenkins; so silken and glossy. Why, few months ago you were complaining of your hair coming out so." "That is easily explained, Mrs. Gibbons; I have been using PETROLA, and I And it the most perfect hair cleaner and restorer ever made. All respectable druggists keep It." A BONE SPAVIN ON A VALUABLE HORSE. Blistered, fired, rowelled, and did every thing without any beneft.

A neighbor advised me to try Giles' Liniment. I bought a quart bottle. To my intense satisfaction, the bony deposit disappeared, also the lameness. B. EDWARDS, Park Hotel, Oceanport, J.

Bend to Dr. Giles, 451 Sixth Avenue, N. for pamphlet containing full information. Trial size 25 cents. For sale by Durbin Wright, Canton, Ohio.

HT. J. Bacon will have the for largest the and holidays. best assortment of candies in the city NEW GOODS. Jersey Sweet Potatoes, Cranberries, pickles in vinegar' chow chow.

new currants, raisins, figs, oranges, lemons, cocoa nuts, Atmore's mince meat, New York buckwheat flour, and a full line of confectionery, which I offer cheap for cash. Call and judge for yourself, A. LIPPERT, 47 East Tuscarawas Street, PRINTED JUSTICES DOCKETS. On hand and for sale at the DEMOCRAT office. Also full line of legal blanks.

Foye's Italian Liniment guaranteed to cure. A SOLID ACRE OF SILVER. Has a trifling value compared with the American Cough Cure, this is without doubt the most effectual speedy and certain cure ever discovered. It will prevent and cure consumption. Price 50 cents.

Sold by W. B. Foye. East Tuscarawas and Cherry Sts. And I heard a voice saying come unto me andI will clense thy linen and I will make them as white As the driven snow.

I raised mine eyes and I saw a man and I spake anto him and he answered me, saying DETIMORE'S CUSTOM LAUNDRY, oct31-lw 51 East Tuscarawas St. WHAT HENRY WARD BEECHER SAYS OF AP. PLETON'S NEW CYCLOPEDIA, "For all ordinary purposes the AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA is without a superior. It is a work which every man who is bringing up a family should have for the use of his boys and his girls. It is a whole libraey in itself--not of fiction, but of sound information in every department of human knowledge." BASE BURNER STOVE FOR SALE.

A good Base Burner Soft Coal Stove for sale cheap; as good as new. Apply at this office. Ladies, or Ladies with Gentlemen, can be accommodated with meals or Oysters served in every style H. J. BACON'S ICE CREAM PARLORS.

SOUND." ALLEGANY BRIDGE, Sept. 6, 1876. DR. M. M.

FINNER, Fredonia, N. Y. Dear Sir: -My wife has been afflicted with Dyspepsla and Liver Disease for a long time. Two bottles of your Blood and Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic have made her greatly better. I think she will become perfectly sound.

I have a large sale on your medicines and those used in my family have paid me more than your whole bill. I take pleasure in recommending them to the world. With much respect, M. G. KNAPP, Merchant.

Dr. Fenner's Blood and Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic may well be called "The conquering hero" of the times. It is the medical triumph of the age. Whoever has "the blues" should take it, for It regu. lates and restores the disordered system that gives rise to them, It always cures Billousness and Liver Complaint, Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Constipation, Headaches, FEVER AND AGUE, SPLEEN ENLARGEMENTS, Scrofula, Erysipelas, Pimples, Blotches and ALL SKIN ERUPTIONS and BLOOD DISORDERS: Swelled Limbs and Dropsy; Sleeplessness, 'Impaired Nerves and Nervous Debility.

Restores flesh and strength when the system is running down or going into decline: cures Female Weakness and Chronic Rheumatism, and relieves Chronic Bronchitis, and all Lung and Throat difficulties. It does these things by striking at the root of disease and removing its causes. Dr. Fenner's Improved Cough Honey will relieve any cough in one hour. Dr.

Fenner's Golden Relief cures any pain, 88 Tooth-ache, Neuralgia, colic or Headache in 15 to 30 minutes, and readily relieves Rheumatism, Kidney Complaint, Dysentery. For sale by dealers. Get a circular entitled "Peoples Remedies" describing Dr. Fenner's Popular Remedies. Business men and Farmers, don't go hungry becanse you have'nt time to go home to dinner.

You can get your dinner at H. J. Bacon's for 25 cents. Local News, To cure felons- arrest them. Never say dye" to a woman who uses it.

Another month and then the Christmas bells. When is a man thinner shingle? When he is a shaving. Cyrus Shober, of the Carroll county bar. was in attendance at Court on Tuesday. At Cully's restaurant, sonthwest corner Public Square, Massey Co's CELEBRATED ALE is kept on draught.

The Ohio Toledo Railroad was sold in toto, Tuesday, at the Court House door, to George Ingersoll for $27,601, about $1,500 per mile. Somebody has made a spec. A CHRISTMAS DINNER. -The members of the Red Ribbon Society have decided to provide a free dinner for the poor children of the city on Christmas day. From the report of the Directors of the Ohio Penitentiary, which is ready to be made to the Governor, it is learned that the institution, for the Arst time in many years, is not self-sustaining.

ALLIANCE. The report that was published in some of the Salem papers, and freely circulated on our streets, that Tim Collins, the noted pugilist, had died from the injarfes received at the bands of Joseph Ogeline some weeks ago, is entirely unfounded, as Collins passed through here last week on his way to Sharon, where he expecta to teach a class of young bloods the art of boxing. We make this correction in justice to Mr. Ogeline. H.

Bleakley, general manager of the E. W. Narrow Gauge Railroad, returned home from New York city a few days ago, where he had been to place bonds of the above road on the market. Thursday evening last week, Arthur Rice and Miss Rachel Phillips were united in wedlock, Rev. J.

B. Miller performing the ceremony. John Caskey and family, of Mt. Union, started for Kansas City last Tuesday evening, where they expect to make their future home. Margaret Malahan, a stranger employed recent ly at the Arlington Hotel, and when there only three days, purloined various little articles from the room of Mrs.

Adams, the landlady. Miss Malahan was charged with taking them, which she in the most emphatic terms denied, and immediately went to her room and tied up her personal property in a handkerchief and came down stairs, holding them in one hand and a pistol in the other, declaring she would shoot any d- man, woman or child that charged her with being a thief, and left, showering curses on the Arlington. Marshal Kingsberry was informed of her conduct, and it was not long until he found her near the steam hammer works, where she had concealed the articles taken from Mra. Adams. The articles were given to the marshal, and Miss Malahan was let go, since which time she has not been seen or heard of.

BURIED IN A WELL. Frederick Schlaeppi, of Sparta, who was at one time employed by Willis Benskin and a brother of Louis Schlaeppi of this city, was buried in a well on the farm of John Kaylor, near Saturday afternoon, He has been engaged in boring wells for some time, and was at the time engaged in lowering tile into a well be had just bored out. A stone had obstructed the placing of the tile, and he had gone down to take it out. When about 50 feet down he called to those at the windlass to draw him up quickly, which they proceeded to do, but the sides of the hole caved in and covered him at a considerable depth. A tube was immediately driven down in the hope of furnishing him with air sufficient to keep him alive and the work of digging him out pushed forward with all possible haste.

Monday af. ternoon he was reached and taken out, but he had been dead so long that it was with the greatest dificulty that his grip on the iron bar which held the bucket was loosened. FROM APPRECIATIVE FRIENDS. Fort Wayne, Nov. 19.

1878. Editor Democrat: Enclosed find 82 for' paper. Please send us the DEMOCRAT for one year, and oblige Yours truly, GOTSHALL. Bridgeport, Nov. 18, 1878.

Editor Democrat: GENTS- Please draft for fone dollar on subscription to DEMOCRAT. Yours respectfully, A. M. WINSPER. WHAT WILL BECOME OF portion of the lumber and material and the tools belonging to C.

Russell Company were sold at auction last week by the Cadiz Bank, which held a claim against them, The buildings were also offered for sale, but were not sold for want of bidders. The question is to become of the institution now?" Is it to be allowed to lie idle and useless, a monument over the grave of deceased industry, like the Ball shops further down the railroad, or will good fortune instill life into the institution, as she has done with the Safe shop and Ballard, Fast old works? CARBON OLd -A young daughter of John Keefer's, who resides in the Elbin corner' was saved from a horrible accident by the prompt of her mother, Friday. The child had been sent to a neighboring store for oil, and on her way home the fluid which was in an open vessel splashed upon her clothes. The little girl was warming at the stove after her return and the villainous stuff ignited. Her clothes were instantly in a blaze, but her mother caught her up and smothered the flames with her clothing.

The child was somewhat burned, but the injury was not serious. house of Mr. Mullins, on Beall avenue, was burglarized on Friday The thieves awakened the inmates while rummaging around the house, but succeeded in making good their escape with a seal-skin cloak, valued at $100, belonging to Miss Ada Mullins, and several other valuable Two other houses are reported to have been entered on the same night Saturday night an incendiary fire destroyed the barn of John Reep. A -A quack doctor is traveling in this State, accompanied by a remarkably beautiful young woman. Her complexion especially 18 perfect.

He tells the people, in free lectures, that this fir creature was once rather ugly, but bas been Improved by the use of his elixir, which he offers for sale at 83 a bottle. Nobody buys any at the conclusion of the lecture, but on the ing day, when his agent goes from house to house, the sale is large. HEAVY BURGLARY AT MT. VERNON. -The cloth.

ing store of A. Wolff was entered by burglars on Sunday night, and nearly $1,000 worth of fine clothing taken, The thieves entered the ment, and bored up through the floor, making hole eight by eighteen inches, through which the goods were taken out. One hundred dollars ward is offered for the conviction of of of the burglars. The night police know nothing of the affair-how or when it was done. NEW The body of Jacob Fritag was found Monday morning in his back yard, disemboweled, with a butcher's knife near by.

The deceased had been distracted with grief for several days past on account of a lately discovered intimacy between his young wife and a certain man living here. A coroner's inquest was held, and the verdict was suicide. HR WHO SHUTS HIS EYES LET HIM can't tell," replied the old man, as he brushed away a tear, and leaned back in his chair and looked up at the celling, with his eyes closed.Akron Herald. That's a bully kind of an fold man. A man 75 years of age, who can 'look up at the ceiling with his eyes closed," don't need Dr.

Foltz's help, does he? WHAT ARE THEY -About twenty of our shootists, including county officers, merchants, mechanics, went to Turkey Foot lake yesterday on a hunt and will return They took with them dogs, lanterns, balls and trap, and other appliances and paraphanalia for fishing and bunting. This afternoon they will do some shooting at balls. A BAD Finley was bound over to appear before the Common Pleas Court by 'Squire Grimes, Saturday, in the sum of $500. His crime was that of bastardy, and the complaint wasmade by Maria Hurford. Both parties come from Marlbero.

A drunken resident of Harrisburg was brought to this city Tuesday and lodged in jail for using profane language toward another citizen. He was under lock and key only about five minutes however, a friend having followed to bail him out. UNION Union Thanksgiving services will be held to-day in the Presbyterian Church at 10:30 The sermon will be delivered by Rev. E. Herbruck, of the English Reformed Church.

Everybody is invited to attend. Reifsnyder, the horse thief arrested in Massillon about a month ago with a horse and carriage belonging to an Akron man, plead guilty in the Summit County Court of Common Pleas last week, and was sentenced to one year in the Penitentiary. AN IMPROVEMENT. -A passenger coach has been attached to the Dutch local, and passengers who find it necessary to ride on this train will find it much more pleasant and comfortable than heretofore. INDIAN COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE.

We have lately had the pleasure of perusing an old publication entitled "An account of the His. tory, Manners and Customs of the Indian tions, who once Inhabited Pennsylvania and the Neighboring States," -written by Rev. John Heckewelder, a Moravian missionary among them. In an article on "Marriage and Treatment of their wives," we copy the following: "An aged Indian, who for many years had spent much of his time among the white people observed, that the Indians had not only a much easier way of getting a wife than the whites, but were also more certain of getting a good one: "For," said he in his broken English, "white man court-court-may be one whole be two year before he marry, be then get a very good wife-may be be very CrOss! Well now, suppose so soon 88 get awake in the morning! Scold all day! Scold until sleep! one; he must keep him White people have law against throwing AWAy wife, be he ever so cross! -must keep him always! Well! how does Indian do? Indian when he see good squaw, which he likes, he go to him-put his two forefingers close aside each other-make two look like one -look squaw in the face-see him smile-which is all one he say, yes! So he take him danger he be cross! no! no! Squaw know too well what Indian do if he cross! Throw him away and take anotber! Squaw love to eat meat! No meat! Squaw do everything to please husband! He do the same to please happy! The pronouns in the Indian language have no feminine gender. The way to make a town, is to help as much as possible every industry iu our midst.

Judicious. ly aid every enterprise that will help the place.If you property holder, every new house strengthens you, and it is but right that you reciprocate. Don't hide a dollar with 8 penny. Look ahead. Consider what is best for you in the long run.

If you can draw advantage from an enterprise forwarded by an enemy, support it even if it enrich him. Should a man start up legitimate business in an obscure part of town, whether or no a friend, or even an acquaintance, say a good word for him whenever occasion pregents itself -it will cost you nothing, and may do him incalculable remember that "bread cast upon the waters will return after many days." A NEW DODGE. -The Youngstown Vindicator has unearthed a new swindle. It says: "Some time ago two men drove up in front of Mr. Adam Lynn's farm residence, two and one-half miles from this city, and after talking to Mr.

Lynn on several topics, offered to sell him a patent feed steamer at a bargain. Lynn declined purchasing and the men started to go away, when all at once one of the men thought it would be a good idea to have Mr. Lynn's address, as he "was one of the leading farmers in the vicinity." Mr. Lynn, being an obliging gentleman, consented. A few days later a man called at Mr.

Lynn's to have him pay a note of 8450. Lynn said the writing looked very much like his own, and to avoid "further trouble" compromised the matter by paying $225. He had written his name on a blank note and it cost him $225," C. Freeman, seven year of Penitentiary this morning by convict from Crawford county, was out pardoned. Freeman's crime was burglary and he was sentenced February 23d, 1874.

He worked in the tin shop for a short time, but being in feeble health was transported to the hospital as an attendant. He was said to be the finest workman in the Penitentiary. Freeman was a victim of consumption, and it was tho't preferable to have him leave the prison and enjoy liberty in the hopes of its being beneficial to his health, rather than to have him die in the hospital, as his life was gradually wast. ing away, and he had more the appearance of a corpse than a living Statesman, 218t, I KNOWLEDGE FOR THE LADIES. The chantalaine braid, worn down the back, is again in style.

Black velvet takes the lead--is the ton among bonnets. Short dresses, thick boots and no false hair are among the sensible fashions of this season. There is still a rage for Scotch plaids. The French twist is going out of style. Undressed kids are very stylish, and worn on all occasions.

CANTON SUBSCRIBERS SMOKE THIS. -The demise of the New York Advocate, Mr. Shupe's celebrated Greenback organ, is announced. The Advocate vas a fine, large newspaper of eight pages, furnished for the ridiculous price of 50 cents a year. The circulation ran up immensely but the commonest fool in the land could have foretold the result, when the white sheet on which the paper was printed cost as much as the subscription price.

People sent money to the Advocate can content themselves for the remainder of the year with a flat newspaper, so to speak. -Post, EARLY MARRIAGES IN STARK COUNTY. Canton, Nov. 25, 1878. EDITOR DEMOCRAT: -Susan Miller, formerly Costetter, (widow of Jacob Miller,) whose riage you noticed in your report of 1813 is still living near Sparta, at present with T.

C. Lupher, a son-in-law. She is the mother of 12 children, 10 still living, and grandmother to 98 grandchildren and great grandmother to 79 great children. A fashionable young miss was taken by her mother to the eccentric and celebrated Dr. A.bernethy for treatment, The doctor run a knife under her belt in the presence of her mother, instantly serving it, and exclaiming, "Why, madame, don't you know there are upwards of thirty yards of bowels squeezed under that girdle.

Go home, give nature fair play, and you'll have no need of prescription." A PRECOCIOUS fourteen-year old Akron lad, named Arthur Alexander, during a fight between about thirty school boys, stabbed Edwin Kearnan in the arm and inflicted a severe wound. The Alexander boy had been struck a wicked blow over the eye with a club just before and was considerably mad. The mayor bound him over in the sum of $200. "Prisoner at the bar," said the Judge, "is there anything you wish to say before sentence is passed upon you?" The prisoner looked wistfully toward the door, and remarked that he would like say "good evening," if it would be agreeable to the company. But they wouldn't let him.

Louis Laumann, of Akron, whose narration of the wreck of the Pommerania off Folkstone appeared in the Associated Press dispatches yesterday afternoon, is a house and sign painter, living at 305 Sumner street. He left Akron two weeks ago to-day en route for a visit to his parents at Carlsruhe, Baden, Germany, Speaking of patchwork, a woman in Shreve has a quilt in 573,291 pieces. She spread it out in the yard to air, and a puppy dog played it was a bear. The puppy has been unwell since, and the woman spends a good deal of time in the yard with a club waiting for him to come out from under the house. There will be some more of this item when he comes out.

The United States is but a puny babe in republicanism compared to ribbed and mountaingirded Switzerland. This hardy little nation last Monday celebrated the five hundred and seventieth anniversary of its declaration of independence. Judge Meyer has purchased the homestead and eight acres of land, situated just north of the city on the road to the Infirmary, for the consideration of ten thousand dollars, The Judge proposes to remodel the property and make it his residence. What he proposes to do with his present home is not known. The bursting of a water pipe in the third story of the Mechanics Block, Sunday evening, deluged things below and damaged the fixtures and stock of the Misses Baughman to a considerable extent.

Another job for ye happy plumber. One of the many persons hereabouts who expect the property of a dead relative to make them wealthy is Mr. John Shock, of North Industry. An uncle of his, who died in Dutch; Guiana, 15 supposed to have left no children, and an estate worth a million dollars, STATE AND NEIGHBORHOOD. Last week we gave an account of the finding of the body of Mrs.

Amy Best, an old lady of about 60 years, near Stull's distillery, in the neighborhood of Port Washington, with her neck broken and other evident marks of violence. The affair occurred on Saturday evening just before nightfall and has since been enveloped in mystery until on Monday last, when Mrs. Catharine Stull, wife of John Stull, made a confession, the particalars of which are about these: On Monday last, Nov. 18, Mrs. Stull, upon whom suspicion had rested, was again examined before Justice kinson, (acting as coroner).

In 10 or 15 minutes afterwards, she was seen coming out of the canal, where it was supposed she had gone to commit suicide. She says substantially that 011 Friday she went to the sull-house and inquired for John Stull, her husband She was told that he had taken his gun and had gone across the hog lot. She followed, and looking up the hill saw her husband in the woods, near the residence of the deceased, Mrs. Best, Mrs. Stull says that she slipped up and got near her husband without being seen by him, and saw him apparently trying to chew up and destroy a bit of paper.

He had stooped down in a fence corner and had removed a stone to get at it. Mrs. Stull, whose suspicions had been aroused at his visits in this direction, supposed that the stone was the P. O. She accosted her husband, charging him with Infidelity.He advised her to cease such doubts and go home.

She went home and wrote 8 note to Mrs. Best, making an appointment in her husband's name to meet him at the hay -stacks; and on Sunday evening, Nov. 9, she went herself to the place of meeting. Here she met Mrs. Best, near the hay.

stacks. Mrs. Best had left home some time before 8 o'clock in the evening, to go to the stacks, where it seems she had been decoyed by Mra, Stull. She SAyS Mrs. Best immediately come toward her in a menacing attitude, and that she struck Mrs.

Best with a club, in self-defence, and then tried to choke her; failing in which, she picked her up and threw, or pushed her over the fence down the hill, where she was found on Sunday, with her neck broken. Mrs. Stull was arrested on Monday, and is now in jail. As the whole affair will undergo a full investigation in the court, we refrain from further comment. Mrs.

Stull is a woman with a large family of children, and co'd no longer conceal her part in the unfortunate affair, to which it would appear she was goaded by the infidelity of her husband. "Hell has no fury like a woman Leader. Delaware, Nov. Mich') Ledyard, a brakeman on the Short Line Division, Cleveland, Corumbus, Cincinnati Indianapolis Railway, met with an exceedingly painful accident at Milford this morning. By entering Milford, by a misstep he fell from the top of a car and a train passed over his foot severing all his toes.

He WAS bro't to Delaware for medical treatment. A piano agent of West Jefferson, named J. H. Bradley, doing business for W. H.

Grubbs, music dealer of Columbus, is charged with forging 8 note of $100 on Wm. Boyd, a citizen of the former place. He sold it to C. C. Jones, pocketed the money and lit out for parts unknown.

He has not yet been arrested. Two strangers, giving their names as J. B. Clark and W. H.

Morton, enticed an old farmer, 'Squire Lodlum, to a room in the Valley City House, at Sidney, and by the cloth game swindled him out of $102, and immediately skipped town with the officers in pursuit, but up to this time have not overtaken them. The trick was cleverly done. At Easton, 0., boy named Edward Boland, aged 16, undertook to get on a coal train while in motion, and fell on the track, a wheel running over his foot. It was so badly mashed that a part of the foot had to be amputated. New Philadelphia.

Three dwelling houses were burglarized here Sunday night. Frank Miller, the druggist. lost $36 in money and ing, and money to the amount of $40 was taken at Frank Stewart's. The robbers then tried to force an entrance at the dwelling of John Kinzil, but were frightened away. There is no clue yet as to who the burglars were.

MAYOR'S COURT. John Pettinger was brought up in a sorry state of intoxication and fined $2 and costs. He had spent all his two dollars, however, and boarded it out. Wm. Collier, a steady, quiet enough man when sober, drank the alcohol which his sick wife had used in bathing her body, and of course became unruly, He was fined $2 and costs.

So disgusting a performance merited a heavier fine. Emmanuel Murphy, the infernel machine man, was bound over by his Honor to the next term of Common Pleas Court in the 'sum of $500 on the charge of stealing powder from Lawrence Meyers. It is said to be a clear case against him. A man of about 70 summers was arraigned for an indecent proposal made to a young woman who lives in a house belonging to the offender, and fined $3 and costs. afternoon Hatie Baker, accompanied by her mother, went to the drug store where a young man named Curly High is employed as a prescription clerk.

and charged him with seducing her. Miss Hattie presented him a paper for his signature, which he refused to sign, whereupon Hattie and her mother drew volvers, which they had secreted nnder their shawls, and began firing at him. Five shots were fired, one of which made a slight flesh wound, extending from the breast to the right shoulder. The women were just preparing to fire again when Mr. High caught the hands of both of them and wrenched the revolvers from them.

They were arrested on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill. Our thousands of farmer friends will notice that we have commenced printing Jon the inside of the DEMOCRAT a column devoted to agricultural matters. The effort shall always be to have instructive matter in this department, and to exclude the worthless stuff that floats about so plentifully. Occasionally we shall drop in a receipt for the housewife that may commend itself as worthy the space. We shall be thankful for any new article of interest contributed by our friends, but they must be short and to the point.

A LITTLE dog belonging to Joseph Biechele deported himsel: in an unusual and unpleasant manner. Sunday evening, which resulted in his death. He attacked a 1 man in the of James Saxton, who was at work in the yard. The man escaped into the house without being bitten, and Mr. Saxton immediately came out with a revolver and shot the animal.

The trouble was probably a slight attack of the les. -Eustace Knight, a desperate character, was shot and dangerously wounded, Wednesday, by Marshal Archer. The Marshal undertook to arrest him for shooting a policeman named Crisswell about two weeks ago, when Knight fired on him at only fifteen feet and missed him, Archer returned fire and the ball took effect in Knight's back. Knight ran half a mile after he was shot, when he fell to the ground and gave himself up. The doctors think the chances are against his recovery.

"Well, I will take it, though it is rather dear; pay you half eash and owe you the rest. That do "It will." In course of time, the creditor thinking the bill has run about long enough, calls upon the purchaser. "My dear boy" says purchaser, "you ain't living up to your contract. If I were to pay you the rest I wouldn't owe it to you, and the understanding was that I should owe it to you." The science of blistering paint as described below we venture is new to most of our readers: Paint often blisters from heat, because the heat penetrating through the paint extracts some little moisture from the wood and turns it into vapor or steam. As this vapor requires room, it throws up blisters in the paint to make room for Its panded bulk, In Wooster, as in Cleveland, they have a post office war.

Four candidates are already in the field, and as all are canvassing for signatures to petitions, the average Wooster citizen is practicing at making his mark. A gymnastic chimney attracted considerable attention by his antics, Friday. He made no bones of standing on his head on a Court House chimney. LITERARY literary society is being organized among the pupils of the High School and Irregular Department. They will meet tomorrow evening in the West School Building.

Braidwood, Nov. Patrick Muldow- downey, who was mistaken burglar and was shot by Rev. R. H. McGuire, pastor of the Roman Catholic Church at this place a week or two ago.

died last evening. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Father McGuire on the charge of. murder. Loudenville, Nov. Mr.

GreenLaugh and Miss Lisle, from Perryville, were driving down Washington street about 7 p. they drove steep embankment about twenty feet high. Greenbaugh escaped with a few slight bruises; the lady, however, had her leg broken, and guntained severe internal injuries. Eaton, Nov. Billingsly and Marcus Green, the two men that were arrested and placed in jail, charged with burglarizing Joseph Woerner's clothing store $300 worth of gents' farnishing goods, had 8 hearing before Mayor Abbott this morning, and were over in the sum of $300 each.

Wheeling, Nov. Schwinn, who has been an inmate of the Wheeling Hospital for about eighteen months, while laboring under 8 temporary fit of insanity last night, left bis room in his shirt and drawers and going immediately to the river, jumped in and drowned himself. Schwinn was twenty three of age, A farmer by occupation, and a native of Clarington, Ohio. His body has not been recovered. Millersburg.

Nov. Reichard, a young man of this place, was arrested last night on charge of bastardy, on complaint of Catharine Sherdorf, living near here. 'Equire Justice held the defendant to bail in the sum of $200, which was furnished, and he was released. Wellsville, Nov. a small way station on the Cleveland Pittsburgh Railroad, ten miles east of here, was burned last night.

The body of 811 unknown man was found burned to a crisp in the ashes this morning. His head and limbs were completely burned off. It is believed that the burning of the station was done to cover crime of murder. There is no clue to the perpe trators. An unknown man was killed by a train a few miles west of Ashland on Thursday.

Mrs. Myers, the wife of Dr Benjamin Myers, of Ashland, died Suddenly on Thursday. Three men were arrested on suspicion vue, on Thursday, and $1,700 stolen from John Heter the night betore, recovered. Henry Pester, fifty years old, a well-to-do farmer living near Gallion, hung himself on Thursday, It 18 supposed that he was temporarily insane. A stabbing affray oceurred Wednesday night in East Delaware, in which a railroad laborer named John Farley stabbed a teamster named Mike Connor in the abdomen, wounding him probably fatally, Both are said to have been drunk.

All hopes of the confession from Cap Hillard as to complicity in the Zanesville grave robbery have been disipated by his pleading not guilty at the arraignment on Thursday. Eaton pleads guilty two indictments. Heyl's bail was fixed at 84,000. It is reported that John Crawford, a poor laborer of Vanlue, Hancock county, has fallen heir to $1,500,000 by the death of an uncle engaged in the nail and iron trade at Pittsburgh. Youngstown is interested in a young and handsome woman who went to that place in search of her husband.

She had received letters from him dated Youngstown, but as yet has failed to make his appearance and has probably deserted her. A wildcat three feet long, and weighing thirtyone pounds, was killed in Toledo on Wednesday. It is supposed to have come out of the woods on the east side of the river. John Ryan and Frank Young, two thieves, escaped from the Zanesville lock up on Friday, by seizing the turnkey, taking the keys, chucking him into a cell, and walking out at their leisure While a party of men were tunneling under the street in Mahoning City, Monday afternoon the earth fell in on them, killing John and An thony Richor and Christopher Post and seriously injuring Michael Yempher. Mr.

Hayes suspended Wellington Bird, agent of the Indians of the Fort Peck Agency, Montana, and appointed Elias H. Webb, of Illinois, in his place. During a gale on Saturday three vessels and eighteen lives were lost at the mouth of the Tagus, Portugal. Oldham, Nov. hundred mills, employing twelve thousand hands, stopped running.

Some of oldest firms have not enforced the reduction. It is not thought the strike will last long, as the limited companies working on borrowed capital cannot afford to stop. dale J. J. and Fenton Heywood, Sons, have private suspended.

bankers The' of liabil- Rochities in Rochdale are $2,500,000, The woolen trade is largely involved. Work was commenced West Canton this week on the Valley Railway road bed. but the heavy rain and continued bad weather compelled them to stop before much was accomplished. As soon as the weather will permit, however, the work will be pushed and all possible haste made before the cold puts a stop to proceedings. Co's CELEBRATED PHILADELPHIA ALE took the gold prize medal at the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, in 1876, as being the best Ale on exhibition.

There were hundreds of other breweries represented, but could not come up to this make. James Cully, southwest corner Public Square, sole agent for this city, where it can always be found on draught. NEW BRIDGE, The Canton Wrought Iron Bridge Company was awarded the contract for building the bridge across the South Creek at the foot of Allen street by the Commissioners at their meeting, Friday. This is one of the bridges the building of which was stopped last spring by an injunction. The Youngstown Evening News, a saucy, welledited little daily nnder the management of John M.

Webb, has succeeded so well as to demand an enlargement, and it was consequently made a seven column journal last week. The Y. M. C. A.

meeting last night was not well attended, and the action in regard to the continuance of the organization was not final. Another meeting will be held Monday night, and a full representation of the friends of the society is desired. Henrietta Tonner and Mr. Arthur Underhill were married at the residence of the bride's mother on South Poplar street, Thursday afternoon. The ceremony was performed by Dr.

Miller. The happy couple started west on the 6:20 train for a short wedding trip. The Detroit Free Press says: C. Zeller, the frisky ex-Cashier of the Tiffin, National Exchange Bank, has been sojourning in Windsor some weeks, has effected a settlement the bank authorities, and will return to Tiffin in about a week." Several cases of whooping couch, are reported among Canton children. It great calamity for a child to be attacked with this troublesome disease at this season of the year.

The barrassing cough is seldom cured until spring. John Praeter, a gentleman from North Lawrence, found $17 in money and a couple of receipts on the street last Thurday, and immediately found the owner in the person of Mr. Tuttie. The honest men are not all dead yet. An item of news concerning murder in vada the victim was at the pump taking drink of water he was shot down." Now, this item is false on the face of it.

No vada man was ever known to take a drink of WAter. An exchange says J. B. Houghton, of East Liverpool, is lying in the Cleveland jail, under indictment for getting money under false pretennes. Since his incarceration he has fallen heir to an estate worth $25,000.

W. W. Clark, attorney for the trustees of the Hartford estate, asked the Court on Monday for the appointment of a receiver to take charge of the real estate, about which (there is some controversy. The Eastern Ohio Teachers' Association is to meet in Cambridge on Friday and Salurday, the 29th and 30th. A number of prominent educators are expected to be present..