The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-04-22
OHIO NEWS.
Personal.

PHENh EPPs, of Hamilton, asked her mother
to take note for her to friend of the family
living in near street. The note when opened
was found to read: "This is little ruse of
mine to get mother out of the house. Before
she can get back will be on the cars with dear
Lorenzo and before night will be married"
Iris the fashion in Cincinnati to give to the
public. Probasco gave the great fountain |;
sinton gave $4,000 to the Bethel Groesbeck
gave $4,000 for park music, and now Mrs.
Thomas Emery, widow, proposes to give
500, 900 for the erection of suitable building
and hall for the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation, which shall contain magnificent tablet
to her memory.
Casualties.
On Friday night fire destroyed N. P. West
heiruer's dry goods and drug store; Jordan &
Co.'S hardware store; Morris Hills furniture
store the Methodist church, and several small
buildings. Loss aboot 5000
A FIRE at New Lexington, O., on Saturday,
destroyed the hotel owned by John Savage !;
loss, $4,000.
A FIRE at Cincinnati last week destroyed the
John street car stable twenty-three street cars
were consumed and sixteen mules and one
horse persisted. The loss is about $50, ,OOO
A MAN named Lot Brown was killed by the
Western express, near Gallon, on Sunday night,
between Gallon and Caledonia. He was walk
ing on the track, and was intoxicated.
THE extensive paper mill of Yeatman Ander-
son, at Cincinnati, has been destroyed by fire.
Deaths.
JOHN E. CUMMINGS a prominent lawyer of
Sidney an ex-senator in the Ohio Legislature
suicided at the Inter-Ocean Hotel, in Denver,
COL, last week, by shooting himself in the
head. He had dabbled in politics for years,
nation for Congress last fall.
Mrs. SARAH FILES died at Wilmington last
wrcii-- SSl4e-~as one hundred years, five months
and twenty days old born in Virginia, and
came to this county over fifty years ago. She
was the oldest person in Clinton county.
Statistics.
| UNDER new law regulating the salaries OF
county officers, it is estimated that this State
will save about S24O,000 annually.
| OF the 1880 students of Oberlin College 539
are women.
RoMER GRIFFIN, of Lodi-114-oldest inhab
itant of this State.
THE legal right of Gov. Allen to appoint the
Board of Commissioners for the State Reform
School without the confirmation of the Senate
is about to be called into question at the insti
cation of ex-Commissioner John A. Foote ant
other friends of the present acting Commis
sioner, George E. Howe.
AT st. Clairsville, in the District Court, th,
case of J. H. Sullivan and others sinst tn,
city of Bellaire, was decided in favor of Bel
laire. The suit was for the possession of tn
public square in Bellaire. The ground is values
$500 The case will be taken to the su
preme Court.
Railroads.
THE old project of building railroad from
Loveland to Hamilton, a distance of fifteel
miles, has been revived again by the Baltimor
and Ohio, and the lessons of the Cincinnati
Hamilton and Indianapolis road. Should tn
road be built, the Baltimore and Ohio Compan
can then run through cars to Indianapolis
direct over the Cincinnati, Hamilton and In
dianapolis, making it one of the shortest line
operated between Indianapolis, Baltimore an
Washington, D. G.
Industrial Progress.
PATENTS have recently been granted to cit
-ens of this State for inventions and improve
ments as follows: Beer coolers r. A. Stevens
Toledo; manufacture Of lampblack, P. Nef
Gambler; car couplings, NJ. Kurtzeman, Shelby
axle-skeins for vehicles, B. Snyder, johnson
Corners wash-benches, F. Way, Springfield
wardrobe ,bedsteads, r. G. Mcclure, James
4 town sswinging gates, F. Raymond, Cleveland
machines for erozng barrels. s. s. Steel, Nj
tin; grain drills, B. Kuhns, Dayton; machine
for, grinding lathe centers, NJ. r. Lemmar
Hamilton.
Crime.
A coLoRED ma named Wilson was shot dea
at New Paris, OIL Monday. 1t Is said the muu
derer was Caldwell Austin.
In quarrel in Cincinnati saioon last weel
large, powerful young man, F. W. Wilson
struck on the head with his fist man name
W. L. Burgoine. The latter went to his lode
ings and died. and at the post mortem it wa
discovered that his skull was fractured at th
weakest point. Burgoine belongedin st. Louii
Wilson is under arrest.
Miscellaneous.
PENNSYLVANIA has engaged more space tina
any other State in the Centennial building