The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-09-30
OHIO NEWS.

OHIO NEWS.
A LABoRER named Lawrence Boyle,
engaged in digging vault at Honton,
left his son, 12 years old, in the vault
while he went to get a drink of water,
and on his return found that the vault
had eayed in, burying the boy. He was
taken out an hour after dead.
THREE men working in some small
ammonia works at Cincinnati became
asphyxiated one day last week, and be-
fore they could be recovered one of
them, Frank Lainke, was so prostrated
as to make all efforts to revive him fruit
less.
FRED LoNe, barkeeper in Jim Bas-
tables saloon, at Lima, was shot last
week by Charles Kerr, of Toledo. The
trouble originated about the payment of
a game of billiards, and Long struck
Kerr, knocking him down. Kerr there
upon drew his revolver and shot Long
in the bowels. He died of his injuries
soon afterward, leaving a family. Kerr
was arrested.
CYRUS METER was arrested at his
home near Ashland, last Friday, at the
instance of w. F. Reber, of Marion
county, for cattle stealing from Robert
Carris, of Crawford county. At the pre-
liminary hearing before Justice Cald-
well a clear case was made. He was
lodged in Jail in default of $1,000 bail.
Meter is worth s2O, 1000, all of which he
has accumulated in the past few years,
saved and made by cattle stealing. All
cattle stolen in the past year are charged
to him.
HENRY STEPHAN, of Cincinnati, killed
himself the other day because he could
not masticate his food. He had had his
old snags of teeth extracted and set of
false ones put in his mouth. Finding it
to masticate good, substan-
tial grub with them, he said, "Wen, if
I can't eat I might as well die" Suit
ing the action to the word, he took
teaspoonful of arsenic and died after the
most intense suffering of several hours
duration.
PosTMAsrERs have recently been ap-
pointed at the following places in this
State: Eyansport, Defiance county,
Robert B. Cameron Haunsburgh, Tus-
carawas county Miss Peggy Jane Sands ;
Kilbourne. Delaware county, George W.
Nipple Lucas, Richland county, Henry
Shafer Martinsville, Clinton county,
George R. Moon /; Mount Eaton, Wayne
county, Frederick Ruch; Omar, Seneca
county, George M. Metcalf West Elk
ton, Preble county, Frank L. Raikes,; /;
Woodwork, Mahoning county, William
A. Brown.
Mr.. A. J. CASE, of Hartford, Conn,
died by suicide at the Gibson House,
Cincinnati, last>Saturday. He had been
suffering with disease OF the eyes, and
his sight was seriously threatened. He
had been drinking heavily, too, and had
threatened to kill himself. Two or three
hours before his death he went out and
got an extra dose of chloral, which he
took, and which caused his death. He
was travelling at $1,000 per year for the
shoe-house of Hunt, Holbrook & Bar
ten, Hartford. He leaves a wife and
four children in that city.
IT is the fashion at Cincinnati to have
a big fire every Sunday morning. The
latest reported destroyed the tobacco
works of Barber & Stout, in a five.story
stone-front, "a Main street. Freiberg &
Workman, next south, with 4, 900 barrels
of whisky, were in great danger. The
building was on fire, but was saved. The
storehouse of Galway & Semple, next
north, was full of stoves in all the five
stories. The ioists of the Barber &
Stout building were anchored into the
Galway & Semple building, and in fall
ing tore out big hole the wall, and
cracked it so that it leaned badly, and
was in danger of falling with its immense
mass of stoves. Another danger ex-
peeted was that Freiberg & Workman's
building, on the south, would be fallen
against and brought down with all its
whisky. The total loss to all parties
will be about $95, 600; insurance, $55, 900.
CINCINNATI went to considerable ex-
pense in hiring a professional baseball
club and fitting up grounds whereon the
pet club was expected to wax anything
that came along. After several encoun.
ters with professional teams, in which
they were badly trounced, they met al
amateur nine-the Stars, of Covington
Ky.-with no better success. This was
too much for proud Cincinnati, and theil
walls of anguish and despair are pitfu
to hear. The Enquirer breaks forth il
this strain
"oh, ye gods that ever Cincinnati's base
ball people should have lived to see yesterday
| ignominoius defeat of the Reds by the Coving
ton Stars on those nice, glorious, magnificent
spick-span new grounds. But it is done, an
done fairly and well, and nothing is left us bu
to gnaw file and await for another turn of th
wheel of fortune Millcreek is become vale