The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-06-24
OHIO NEWS.

now procured a divorces
H. S. Rich, q late confidential railroad
employee at Columbuss who absconded
April 26, defanlter foF$7, 900, has been
arrested at San Francisco, and brought
back to this State.
A MAN .naned Thomas Raymond,
while working in a cornfield about two
miles south of Dayton, on Saturday, was
prostrated by sunstroke. He was in an
unconscious condition when found, and
although medical. aid was summoned he
died. :
THE Board of Government Engineers
who have been for some time sur
veying the route of the breakwater for
Cleveland harbor, have decided upon a
plan. They expect to advertise at once
for proposals for the work, and will
commence this fall. The estimated cost
is 81, 100000.
In the water-works Investigation at
Cincinnati the accountant who had been
to examine the books reported
that the delinaueneies en- the. part
of the collectors were very few prior
to 1873. Since that timest the amount of
delinquencies had increased from 81, 900
for the last half Of that year to $35, 200,
which is the amount at present due from
them.
CHANGES have recently been made in
Ohio postal affairs as follows: Esta6-
Hshed-Pike, Pike county, John E.
Entler. Postmaster. Discontinued
Beamsville, Darke county. PosnaasterS
appointed - Harrisburgh, Franklin
county, R. B. Park; Hughe Station,
Butler county, Augustus E. Williamson;
Maholm, Perry county, William D. An
derson New Hampshire. Anglaize
county, C. N. Bufe sandyville, Tus-
carawas county, George F. Flickinger !;
Webster, Darke county, A. Seibt; Will
son, Adams county, Joseph Rea.
AJAn delivery occurred Sunday morn
ing at Cleveland, whereby nineteen
prisoners made their escape from the
county jail. A young girl who was COM
nitted to jail for non-payment OF fine,
and who was working out her fine in the
family of the iailor, procured key
while the family was in the other part OF
the building and unlocked the doors,
letting nineteen of the prisoners out be
fore it was discovered that the doors
were open. Among the escaped are two
men arrested with the gang of burglars
who shot Policeman Kick some time ago.
Five of the prisoners have been recap
tured.
A new counterfeit five dollar bill on
the First National Bank of Germantown
is thus described by an exchange
3" The back of the bill in the counterfeit
is defective in the fold of the short clothes
of the central figure, Columbus; the
cross on the banners is very iRdistinct,
and the furl is almost liberated. The
foliage on the right, and the background,
are noticeably very light, and poorly ex-
ecuted, while to the left, in the back
ground, the ships are badly taken. The
face of the bill is produced perfect, and
the paper is evidently genuine. -
AT the meeting in Cleveland, last week,
of the Ohio State Sportsmen's Associa-
ton, the name was changed to that of
the Ohio State Association for the Pro-
lection of Game and Fish. The const
tuition was changed SO that no shooting
tournament, where pigeons or other
birds are used, can be held OF permitted
under the auspices of the association.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President, Thomas A.
Logan, of Cincinnati; First Vice Presi-
dent, G. o. Brigham, of Toledo; Second
Vice President, Col. D. w. Thomas, of
Akron Recording Secretary, R. c..
Smith, of Bedford; Corresponding Sec:
retary, W. B. Wiltbank, of Toledo;
Treasurer, Fl. Fl. Brown, of Cleveland.
A resolution was adopted instructing the
Treasurer to have the game laws of the
State printed in proper form for distri-
button, and that they he posted in con-
spicuous places throughout the country.
PATENTS recently issued to residents
of Ohio :: Permutation-locks, E. Grah,
Toledo vulcanizing apparatus for den
fists, Horace NJ. Edison, Toledo cylit-'
der-cams, NJ. ]. Carney, Toledo scat
folds, VIM. Burge, Maumee bed-bot-
toms, William Wood, Canton music
leaf turner's, Gustavus NJ. Cohen and
Gregor Dietz, Cleveland stone-extract-
ing tools, N. R. Cheadle, Delta /; gov
ernors for steam-engines, A. Kendall,
Cleveland fence-posts, Engene Powell,
Delaware; butter-coloring compounds,
John G. Rorick, Wauseon; fy-traps,
Chas. Arandall and VIM. G. Runyan,
Marathon vehicle-seats, VIM. H. Cloud
and David D. Craig, Fremont devices
for heating wagon tires, Stephen B.
Hopkins, Conneaut.; brakes for hay
wagons, VIM. Harper, Senecaville
clothes-pounders, William Fl. Castle,
Geneva helicaLcone suetion.fans, Jas.
White, Cleveland /; thiIl couplings, G. o.
Gardiner, Springfield extension-table
slides, Geo. B. Lyman, Dayton impal-
pable soaps, J. P. Bryan, Canton ; caves
trough hangers, Jacob F. Hess and Len
erd Hess, Massillon advertising de-
vices, Cullin W. Reed, Chagrin Falls
machines for making boxes, John Kisor,
Nevada; stuffing-boxes, A. G. Myers,
Dayton game and other-boards, Chas.
F. Morgan, Cleveland ; plane-irons,
John j. Ralya, Cleveland stave-jointers,
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