The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-04-01
HIRAM eORREsP0NDENCE. 81.

terestedin such matters wfllbe pleased
to learn that the Faculty Of the COP
lege at Hiram, have, determined, to al
ter the somewhat tiRconyenientscustom
of tRe4s sSuhrher Course ofiIectaresv
this yeaf, and We presume hereaff er
daily lectures will be deliEered during
the lass ninesNeekssof theSpfingoses-
sion, by the different members 81. tie
Faculty. The series ris te obe begun
tuesday, April q1stIl. 3 4Ghe aOollege
PROPOSES no gain Tor ITSELF for the Iecs
lures are not onbo free, but .alsofhe.
freedom coo the classes is given to all
who may wish to attend y 55ilsi !. '.s' y
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Suicide Mania mia in summit { 6Coundy-
We copy the following items from
the Akron liimeslby (which Stwiitdbe
seen that within less than one month,
in Summit County, there were four
attempts ae suicide, three of which
were successful: F.ss r,sf ;og,, ssa .ag
PAINFUL -Su1cIDE.-On Thursday
night, Mrs. Annie Berry, the wife Of
Geo. G. Berry, of Akron, committed
suicide by drowning herself in the,
canal oppositeDthe powder honse, near
the old fofge. Mrs. B. wasza lady Of
established character, welI-known to
many of our citizens, and highly re-
spected. Why she saw, fitto, end her
life in this sudden and unexpected
manner is mystery to all her friends,
and all surmises in regard to it are
useless. On Thursday evening she
dressed herself carefully, and stating
that she was going to church, Jeff her
house, and was never seen alive again.
She walked to the canal, some, three
quarters of mile from her home, and
there, partially undressing herself,
plunged into the water. Not return
ing to the house, search was made for
her, and upon her clothes being found
on the bankgof the canal, it was drag
ged and her body found about two
o'clock on Friday. Mrs. Berry left
an interesting family of four children,
the youngestebeing babe six months
of age.
She left anetes in her portmonnie,
addressed to her husband, stating she
feared that she would lose her reason,
and requesting him to bring up
their children in the ways of virtue
and goodness. erfuneral took place
on Sunday, and was largely attended.
SUIc1DE.-Frank Kuder,s twenty
seven years of age, committed suicide
on Tuesday, March 18th, by hanging
himself in his barn at .Copley. Mr..
Kuder was aimarried man, well to do
in this world, with wife and two
children. For some time he has been
depressed in, spirits, but had never
expressed any desire of shutting off
this mortal coil On the morning OF
Tuesday his wife and himself made
an arrangement to visit friends resid-
ing some distance from their home
but he Informed her that he must visit
the BARN and then do some work
kWhiclnahe had agreed to do.o When
This wife was ready to go, she went to
the barn, and there found him. hanging
by thetneek, dead. lie, had taken s
hitching-strap, fastened it to beam
some ten feet from the wan, and
jumped off. When found his neck
was broken and life extinct, with his
feet but few inches from the floor
The coroners jury returned xerdici
stating that he came to his death B,
his own act
SUICIDE IN TALLMADGE.-Mr. Wm
Goblet, coal miner, aged about fifty
six years, some time in August las
committee suicide by plungilg into
well. "a neighbor5 of his, Mr.. VIM
H. Harris who had been much affected
by the event, a few days ago termin
ated his existence in simlar way
plunging head foremost into wei
near the one in which Mr. Goblet hat
drowned himself; and, though seen a
the time Of committing the act, he.wa
dead before any assistance could b,
rendered sas ealriu ssis,4 rds t..t &
, : aiGiEo Ers'i5zt.! ri I-lsBvi ssi eE3 RI q 3
ANaATTEMT AT Su1cIDE.-A weel
ago last Friday, as two gentlemen
wene walking along the canal, near tn,
reservoir, in Coventry township, the,
saw a lady struggling in the canal
! They hastened to her feIief, and sue
: ceeded in rescuing her from water,
grave, which, from obvious reasons
: she had sought of her own accord
On being brought to tile shore, it wa
found that she was Miss Haybrier,
niece of tile MT WooR who browne,
himself some weeks ago near til
same spot. No cause has been as
signed for the attempt to commit tli
act.
a The Governor disappointed the st
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