The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-29
OHIO NEWS.

A VEIN of gas has been struck at Scioto-
vile, at depth of 1,O35 feet, and it is
thought enough can be obtained from
the well to supply the city of Ports
mouth.
AT Marietta, few days ago, during a
severe storm, the tannery of Jacob OPP
penheimer was struck by lightning, set
ting it on fire and totally consuming the
tannery. Insured. Loss, $4,000.
THE frequent and copious rains of the
past few weeks have swollen all the
streams in the vicinity of Cincinnati.
The Licking river commenced rising
rapidly the other day, and was reported
ten feet higher than the Ohio river at the
confluence of those streams.
J. @. MEIIER, of Steubenville, rail
road contractor, was robbed of $4,000
Wide on a recent visit to Cincinnati. He
was stopping at hoSel at the time, and
it is supposed he was watched by some
pickpocket when he drew his money
fioln the bank.
DURING quarrel over family troubles
at Ravenna last week, between a man
named Wagner and saloon-keeper
named Martin, Wagner shot at Martin,
but failed to hit him. He was arrested
and placed in jail, but had not been in
jail long when some one, entering the
room, found he had hung himself, using
the bed-clothes for that purpose.
REUBEN ROGERS, an old man over
eighty years, was choked to death at the
Broadway Hotel, Cincinnati, a few days
since. The proprietor observed some
thing wrong with him, and helped him
into the reading-room, where he fell to
the floor. A doctor extracted fish bone
and piece of fish from his throat, but
he died Immediately. He had just ar
rived from Pittsburgh, and was drunk
when he began to eat.
THE floating coal-elevator of Gordon
Mcclure, moored- at the Cincinnati land
ing, was struck by large tree, and i'm
mudiately sunk, together with four
barges and 10000 bushels of coal. Quite
a number of other barges were torn from
their moorings and carried down stream.
Ohe fleet carried with it four men, who
were rescued with great risk of life.
The loss by this freshet, as far as has
been ascertained, is estimated at over
$4,000.
MIR. SHEBoLDT, who lives now in Lucas
county, but who is a native of Bohemia,
has what might be called baked Bible.
1t was formerly the property of his
grandmother, very devout Protestant,
who was the victim of good deal of re-
ligious persecution. An order was passed
by the government ordering the seizure
of every Bible for burning. When the
old lady saw the officers of the law ap
preaching her house to search it, she
wrapped the book in batch Of dough
and deposited it in a hot oven. 1t was
thoroughly baked before she dare take it
out again, but she saved it from destruc-
ton.
PATENTS have recently been issued to
citizens of this State on improvements
and inventions. as follows: Mailbag
catchers, Herman M. Dick, Shelby
polishing wheels, 81. Hard, Wadsworth
blank books, Ira Reynolds, Dayton
sausage-machines David J. Howenstine,
Canal Fulton machines for cutting fats
for rendering, Philip Lee Mcdowell,
Kenton excavating apparatus, Cyrus G.
Force, Jr., Cleveland {; bottIe-stoppers
or corks for bottles, John Schriuk, To;
ledo; machines for tenoning spokes,
Joshua r. Coleman anil Samuel Myers,
Gallon apparatus for purifying par
afine, etc., Francis Y. Byerley, Cleye
land automatic heat-regulators ani
alarms, Selden Allen Day, Bowling
Green manufacture of artificial stone
Luke W. Osborne, Morgan, and E. D
Merriam, and Peter B. Doty, Conneaut
compounds for sizing paper, James Hog
ben, Cleveland construction of cana
boats. William Hall, New Vienna soap
holders, John P. Bryan, Canton seed
drills, John R. Symmens, Hamilton
automatic gates, II. Hammond, Smith
field fruit-iars David E. Stevens an,
Richard F. Lumley, Newark boot an
shoe crimpers, Chas. Holler, Cleveland
pring- chairs, A. W. Coates, Alliance.