The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-09

STATE AND NEIGHB0RHoOp.

PAhL II <1ND
A Coshocton lawyer was indicted last
week for stealing coal from the public
schools llos lIiW w y1'Ht W0l9d dlnm 3
The, Penitentiary now contains Ibis
Convicts, the largest number ever con
fined there.
Number oflhogs killed in Cincinnati
since November LIST, 1920; same time
last year, 95,080.i Y blS1l TIA Wv ia
By collision near Dennison, Ohio, on
Thursday, three employees of theP :, ca
st. L. Ry. were killed,
An unknown disease is killing Off the
hogs of Van Vert county. 1.-The, disease
is fatal intalnost every Casell pJ0 .6it
Daniel Underhill, of Ashtabula county
recently committed suicide by taking
s9trychpnilnnfei s9tryc q nilnnfeiI1ON
Nancy Hunt committed suicide at the
Portage County -Infrmary, by hanging
on Sunday night of last week.
A little daughter of Abram Gift, Of
Orrville, was fatally poisoned by chewing
mdVVnes reCenCly'
The Adams Express Office and several
stores in Steubenville were burned last
Wednesday LOss,$20yO0O 0O;tweH insured,
AT an oyster spppsr in Urbana, Ohio,
recently, a, lamp exploded, Throwing the
burning oil over the room, and severely
burning several Of the paTtydl utb,i.
Daniel Halleran, a switchman, EN-.
ployed al Columbus, Ohio, by the Short
Line Railroad, was run over and killed
by a passing train on Friday morning
last.
Two Akron boys rum away from home
short time since, but were arrested in
Urbana on Monday, and an officer was
sent for them. 2
A drunken Ohio woman sawed her
drunken husbands leg of, and now he'll
"stump" the State against woman suf-
frage.- -LoUelL Journal, q ,.-
A man named Casper Virgil, while
loading saw logs at Ottawa the other day,
lost control of one of them, and it rolled
back, fatally crushing him.,
Three men died at CircleviIle during
the first week of last month at the follow
ing ages: VIM. Nickels, 103 years and
day; Robert G. johnson, 100 years and 3
months, John Frybach, SS years.
Hamilton Purdy, of Mansfield, whose
father is President of the Farmers Ma
tional Bank, and highly respected citi-
zen, committed suicide with a revolver
on Sunday of last week. No cause is as
signed, except that he had been drink
ing.
At Cleveland, last week, in the United
States Court, in the case of the United
States VS.. Diemer, the jury failed to agree.
Diemer, with others, was indicted on a
charge of conspiracy to defraud the U. S.
Government out of the tax on $4,000 gal.
Ions of fspirits.
The 18th, 18th and 18th Internal Rev
enue Districts of Ohio have been CON
solidated, with G, B. Pettingill, of Cleye-
land, as Collector. 1t is now known as
the 18th, and is composed Of the counties
of Cuyahoga, Lake, Summit, Ashtabula,
Geauga, Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull,
Carroll, Columbiana, Jefferson and Stark.
VIM seitz,r of Cincinnati, is doubly
distinguished. In the first place, he is
thedson of the first male child born at
Cincinnati; nIthe second place, he has
killed two men. Nineteen months ago
he stabbed the first ait a railroad depot,
for which he was sentenced to a years
Imprisonment, and now he has killed
the second with beer mug. 1t is pro-
posed to hang him at the Centennial.
An old lady residing in Ohio lost the
companion with whom she had logged
for many years. She neglected to mark
the spot of his burial by even a stone.
Notlong after, coming into possession of
a small legacy, sister of the deceased
said to her: II suppose you will new
put up stones for Daniel ?" Her answer
was,a settler. EIf the Lord wants any
thing of Daniel at the resurrection, 1
guess he h can find him without a guide