The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26
OHIO NEWS.

in Hamilton county.
AN old German of so, named Chris
tian Fuerstein, ended isearthly troubles
at Cleveland, the other day, by hanging
himself to tree.
Two young men, photographers, named
Vogt and Tebe, while out boating, were
drawn under steamers wheel at Gin
cinnati, recently, and drowned.
LEVI STAGG, farmer living near Go
hanna, Franklin county, while walking
in field near his house, the other day,
was struck by lightning and instantly
killed.
REPRESENTATIVES of the colored
Knights Templars of the district en-
bracing Ohio and portions of Indiana,
Kentucky, and Michigan, met in council
at Columbus last week. A banquet,
grand drill, and installation of officers
were the features of the occasion.
THE following gentlemen have been
appointed Postmasters at the places
named Cadwallader, Tuscarawas coun-
ty, John Wallace; Five Points, Pick
away county, William II. Rowlen;
Paintersville, Green county, James W.
Mullin, Jr.; Putnam, Muskingum
county, Mrs. Eliza A. Large.
JAMES A. BUeHER, Mayor of Clifton,
q suburb of Cincinnati, has been charged
with assault and battery upon and false
Imprisonment of the wife of a we'll
known Cincinnati coal merchant. The
The husband will sue Bugher for $25,-
600 damages.
A PRIZE fight was lately fought near
Lancaster, between Scotchman named
Erskine anda Welshman named Roberts.
The stake was 5000, and the Scotchman
won in thirty-three rounds. Both of the
brutes were badly punished.
ABRAHAM PAR1ERA has surrendered
himself to the detectives, being suspect
ed of robbing his fathers pawn-shop, in
Cincinnati, of $1,000 worth of goods.
He declares his innocence, and is conf
dent he can prove that he had nothing
to do with the robbery.
Mrs. ANNIE SUMNER, of Cincinnati, a
young married woman, used coal oil to
kindle the fire the other morning, and
two hours after was dead. Her clothing
was all burnt off her, and she suffered
untold agony. As consequence of her
suffering she gave birth to dead infant
a short time before she died.
NEAR Galipois, one morning last
week, Guy Milliken. shot VIM. Faulkner
in the eye with revolver, killing him
instantly. Both were colored, and a
feud had existed between them for some
time. Faulkner made frequent threats
to kill Milliken, and attacked him with
an ak when they met, when the latter
ran to his house, procured a revolver,
and shot the would-be murderer.
L. J. ADAMS, baggagemaster on the
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and In
dianapolis railroad, running between
Cleveland and Gallon, has been arrested,
charged with robbing passengers bag
while in his charge. His house was
searched, and goods consisting of ladies'
wearing apparel, watches, diamonds,
jewelry, etc., valued at $2,719 was re-
covered. Adams is in Jail, and has made
full confession, in which he duplicates
several persons, to whom he claims he
has disposed of stolen goods.
THE Cincinnati Gazette prints reports
from 140 county seats where the late
food occurred, and the prospects are
much better than was expected. Wheat
and oats suffered loss; of the former,
two-thirds of crop will be saved; of the
latter, less than one-haf of the crop car
be saved. OF coru there will be more
than the average crop, owing to the in
crease of acreage. Potatoes will yield
largely, although some few complain O.
rot. At most points the yield will b'
over the average. The hay crop vii
not fall short of the average in quantity
but the quality is not SO good as usual
THE following is statement of tn
condition of the National Banks of Obi,
at the close of business on Wednesday
the Both of June, 1875:
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