The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-09-02
OHIO NEWS.

Two IMMENSE furnaces largest in
Ohio, among the largest in the world
are being constructed at Ironton, and
will each turn out fifty tons of metal
per day.
Rev. CHAs. G. FNNEY, for many years
President of Oberlin College, died very
suddenly, of heart disease, at his resi-
dence at Oberlin, on the morning of the
18th inst.
JOHN HARTE1, of Hicksville, attempt
ed suicide last week by hanging himself,
but his wife cut the rope with a jack
knife which she took out of his pocket,
thus saving his life.
. JAMES TAYLOR, resident of Colum-
bus was drowned while bathing in the
Scioto river, on Friday last. Papers
found on the body show his former resi-
dence to have been in Lancashire, En-
gland.
TWENTY-FIVE fire companies have al
ready entered for the State Firemen's
Tournament to be held at Bellefontaine,
Sept. 8. These companies embrace
about 700 members, and include engine,
hose, and hook and ladder companies.
J. P. MALL, who was arrested on sus-
picion of being the murderer of McGe-
han, at Hamilton, left Laporte, Ind,
very suddenly one night recently, leav-
ing several debts unpaid. Some officers
were expected from Ohio, and it is
thought that this had something to do
with his sudden departure.
THE horse market on Fifth street, Gin
cinnati, was the scene of dreadful
murder the other day, the actors in the
tragedy being three brothers named
Thomas, Nicholas. and William Moran,
all over fifty years of age. Some sharp
practice in horse trade led to blows,
and William was knocked down, his skull
being crushed in by blows and kicks.
The fratricides were arrested.
A FIRE in Cleveland, the other night,
burned the room occupied by August
zedler, tailor, setting fire to the bed
clothes of bed in which were three
children sleeping. One of them, little
girl year and half old, was badly
burned, but will recover. The origin of
the fire is unknown. The parents of the
children injured were away at the time
of the fire.
A FATAL accident occurred near Tiffin
on Thursday last. Two men named Ed
ward O'Connell and John Weatts, work
ing in a sand bank, were brlicji alive by
the bank caving in on them. They had
been told that it was dangerous, but dis
regarded the warning. They were found
about three hours afterward buried
about three feet deep. O'Connen leaves
wife and three children. Weatts was
single man.
A TRAPEzE performer in a theater in
Toledo, last Tuesday evening, fell dis
tance of thirty feet, striking on an open
space, feet downward. He had become
exhausted by the heat, and after three
attempts to perform one of his most diff
cult feats, his strength left him and he
fell. Fortunately, his only injuries were
the dislocation of his right ankle, and
the breaking of some of the small bones
of the left foot.
GEORGE WALTERS, wealthy farmer
of Crawford county, 70 years of age,
committed suicide recently under the
following circumstances: He was OBJ
served sitting on an embankment near
the railroad by the engineer of an ap-
preaching freight train. When the
train was within thirty feet of him he
deliberately knelt on the rail, in advance
of the train, was run over and horribly
mutilated, being instantly killed. Do
mestic trouble drove him to this rash act.
The following gentlemen have been
appointed Postmasters at the places
named: Bacon, Coschocton county, Miss
Annie Sicker Bailey's Mills, Belmont
county, VIM. Miller Carrollton, Carroll
county, John H. Trip Dawn, Darke
county, John B. Wertz f; Easton, Wayne
county, Christian B. Yoder; Greenland,
Ross county, Joseph Templin Johns
town, Licking county, Mrs. r. NJ.
French Yankee Ridge, Coschoctor
county, Lafayette Thatcher.
CITIZENS of Marietta are just now
greatly excited by the discovery of whai
appears to have been a mysterious and
diabolical murder. A few days since.
as some laborers were employed in driy
ing drift of logs from along the shore
of the Ohio, they found the corpse of {
woman which had been hidden among
the drifting logs, boards and sticks
The body was entirely naked, and wa
minus both head and arms. The ampu
tation seems to have been performed
with keen, heavy instrument, ant
from the clear cut it is evident the worl
was done with single blow.
QUITE q sensation has been created il
Lima by the finding OF bag of sand OIL
the pavement in front of Ashton block
with a note atttached. The sack wa
burst open and had the appearance o
being ballast from balloon. The not.
was signed by Prof. Mccoy, and said h
left Watertown, N. Y, in balloon, las
Saturday, and lost his bearings by tn
storms. He did not know where he wa
and was nearly frozen by cold. As nea
as he could tell he was two miles abov
the earth. The note was written in fai
hand, but the spelling was rather poor
ENocH MORRIS, 81 years old, ha
cleared this year with his own hands 2
acres of new ground in Paulding count
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