The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-09-09
OHIO NEWS.

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OHIO NEWS. -
The grocery store of Henry Kookcn,
at Pikeyille. was recently robbed and
fired by burglars. ~
The fall term Of Heidelberg College,
commences with an enrolment Of $50
students ;,
MIR. JAMES e. MuRDooK proposes, it.
is related, to settle permanently in one
of the suburbs of Cincinnati. E
The physician of the Cincinnati work
house, in order to make a prisoner who
feigned sickness enter the labor gang
applied, a red-hot iron to his bare flesh.
DIR. HERMAN GRoEsBEck, son. Of the
Hon. VIM. s. Groesbeck, of Cincinnati,
has been made Fellow of the AEedico-
Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh, Scot
land. ~. $50 as irs-r Z
FoRTY Germans Of Cincinnati have
formed themselves into an anti-treating
society. They pledge themselves neither
to pay for. any other persons drinks nor
allow. others 10 pay for theirs.etsE
| BopY-sFIT6HERs made an attempt to,
fstcal the remains of General Shefnan's,
father. the other night-not for dissec-
ton, but in the hope that reward
would be offered for their recovery.
THoMAs and Nicholas Moran, who
kicked their brpthcr William to death at
Cincinnati the other day, have been re-.
leased on bail of s., 600 each, although
charged with murder in the second
degree.
/ DANIEL r. GRooM, aswen known far:
mer residing near Groyeport, franklin
county, committed suicide by hanging
himself in his barn last Monday.
Groom's mind had been seriously affect
ed for some time. ~
A LAD 13 years of age, named Frank
Barnhart, residing with his stepfather,
Jacob Oberlightner, a farmer, living one
mile south of Deshler, committed suicide
last Monday. by hanging himself. Ill
/ treatment by oberliglither is assigned as
the cause.
| A SPECIAL meeting of the City Coun-
Gil was held at Tiffin last week, to dis
cuss the waterworks question. Mr..
Bickford was present, and gave figures
for thu Holly system, at SIC, 900 per mile:
total cost, $12o, 600. THAT system will
probably be adopted. =
WHILE James Black, Of Bellafontaine,
and Charles Perrin, of Urbana, both
young men, were bathing in Silver lake,
three miles west of BeIlefontaine, on
| Monday afternoon, Black strangled, and
j threw his arms around Perrin, when
they both went under, and were
drowned.
II. P. BoYDEN, for the last seven years
a member of the Cincinnati Gazette
staff, and the last four years assistant
managing editor, has resigned to accept
an editorial position on the Times, with
greater emoluments. His place is filed
by the promotion of J. II. Brown from
the local staff.
1 ONO postal affairs Discontinued
Tiltonsville, Jefferson county. Post
masters Appointed- = Carrollton. Car
roll county, William Fl. Tripp;; Ken
nard, Champaign county, Joan B.
Thomas; Locust Grove, Adams county,
John D. Platter West Jefferson, Madi-
son county, Albert D. Burnham.
Ar Columbus, a few days ago, James
Dunn (Catholic) and Robert Coulter
Protestant), both employed at the roll
ing mills, became. very much heated
over discussion of religious matters
and very angry. The affair eliminated
by renewal of the discussion and the
|, shooting of Dunn by Coulter, The ball
from a revolver, entered Dunn's side
and it is quite probable that he is fatal,
injured. Coulter has not been seel
since the shooting. ~
| LAST Wednesday night, as Mr.. Isaa'
Williams, of Shadeyille, was returning
| home from Columbus in a carriage, &C
: companied by his wife and young child
: his horse became frightened while cross
ing bridge, and plunged down an EN-
, bankment to the river distance o
i fifteen feet The waters swept the chill,
s from its mothers arms down the strean
e some distance, where it was found dea'
g several hours afterwards, lodged in th
v Imbs,of fallen tree. After much diff
i Guilty both Williams and his wife wer'
!. extricated without serious injury.
f GUsTAyE HUMBER, of jamestown
r Greene county, while intoxicated, ON
t evening last week, made an attempt t
, kill his wife. She fled across the stree
/. to the house of neighbor. Humble
d followed and made an unsuccessful effol
n to get INTO the house by breaking th
J. windows. He then threatened to retur
d to his house and kill his child, whic
h was about Is months old, thinking hi
Z. threat would induce his wife to com
n out, but it failing to have the desire
l. effect he returned to his house, procure
,e table-knife, sharpened it upon th
st stove, took the infant from the arms {
,e his little girl, u years old, laid it upo
d the floor, and deliberately cut its throl
IT. from ear to ear. He then threw IL
N child and knife upon the bed and wei
r. back and told his wife what he had don
Sc He was afterward arrested. He still r
p grets that he did not kill his wife.