The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-10-07
OHIO NEWS.

land, on suspicion of numbering his wife,
proved an alibi, and was discharged.
FRANCIS MARION, short term con-
vict at the Columbus Penitentiary from
Cleveland, while attempting to unload
wagon loaded with stone, was instantly
killed by stone which fell upon him,
crushing his head.
THE story cones to us from Cleveland
that woman went there lately know
ing Just what she wanted, went into
store and called for the article, not ask
ing to be shown anything else, and then
paid for it and went home without waste
of timel
As THE Marietta train was coming in
from the Cincinnati baseball grounds
Saturday evening, boy IA years old,
named Uhlman, who was said to have
been stealing ride, was pushed off the
steps while the train was in motion, and
five cars rolled over his body.
ABOUT two weeks ago Mrs. J. W. Carr,
aged about 80 years, the wife of a mer-
chant of Toledo, and the mother of four
children, wandered away from her home
while in state of mental alteration, and
no clue was to be found of her where
abouts until last Sunday, when her body
was found floating in the river north of
the city.
A TERRIBLE accident happened at the
farm of Mr.. R. Potter, near Emerald,
last Thursday, resulting in the death of
four men, and the injury of two others,
caused by the explosion of the boiler of
the engine used to run a threshiDg ma
chine. The main portion of the boiler
went clear through the barn. The ac-
cident was caused by defective flue.
TWELVE thousand persons visited the
Geological Gardens at Cincinnati one
day last week. 1t was an immense
gathering of the better class of citizens.
Early in the day an African leopard was
allowed to escape from his den through
the carelessness of two keepers He
made his way through group of spec
tators without offering to hurt anybody,
and escaped.
LAST week an atrocious murder was
committed near Bellefontaine. A young
lady, aged 16, daughter of Josiah Laugh
lin, was enticed away from party of
friends into the woods by man named
Schell, and the next day her dead body
was found in dense thicket of woods,
horribly mangled, the throat cut, skull
crushed, and the body terribly gashed.
1t is supposed that her person was out
ragged before she was murdered. Schel
is suspected of the crime, and has been
arrested and lodged in jail.
AT Cleveland, few days since, the
body of Mrs. Johanna McGillers was
discovered buried in the rear of her late
residence. The body was only few
inches under the ground, without cof-
fin, and almost nude, badly decomposed,
emitting terrible odor. Her four SONS,
the oldest aged Is and youngest 4 years,
were arrested, and two of them exam
ined. Their stories were entirely differ
ent, one of them saying his mother died
in fit while his father was away, and
that he (witness) and brother buried her.
The ether says the father came home
on Sunday, Sept. II, and his mother
died shortly after, and that his father
and one of his brothers buried her. The
Coroner held an inquest, and the jury
returned verdict of death at the hands
of Alexander McGillers, the husband.
McGillers is now in jail. Evidence
shows that Mrs. McGillers was dissi-
pated woman, and that the quarrels be-
tween heraud her husband were frequent.
A BLOODY accident happened at the
Geological Garden in Cincinnati one day
last week. A man named Oscar Nixdorf,
from the Soldiers Home at Dayton, was
making too free with the animals, and
was warned to desist by the keepers
while he was attempting to fondle the
camels. There are two full-grown
grizzly bears from the Rocky Mountains
at the Garden, and Nixdorf was ordered
away from them, as they are dangerous,
but while the keepers back was turned
the visitor thrust his arm clear through
the bars into the cage, and it was seizet
by the big male bear. Then he put il
his other arm to defend himself, and the
female bear caught it, both the animals
clawing and rending the flesh, Will,
ladies screamed and the man groaned
The keepers sprang to his aid, and bea
\ the hrptes away, after which Nixdor
vas taken to the hospital. He will lost
. one arm at least possibly both,