The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-04-29
OHIO NEWS.

( CITIZENS of the State have recently secured
patents on inventions as follows Sash weights,
E. J.. Sprague, Youngstown ), ,railroad-signals,
R. L. Fitzpatrick, Springfield 'field-rollers, A.
Hits, Springdale; fruit-gatherers, N. Lash,
Montpelier fire-proof floors and ceilings, L.
S. Scofeld, Cleveland harvester-rakes, J. P.
Honnett Bucyrus farm-gates, l. R. Holt
worthington ;horse-shoe fastening, B. K. Price,
Cleveland beer-faucets, ". B. Muller, Ceve-
land; machines for forming gear-wheel molds,
J. Classon, Portsmouth wind-mills, J. NJ.
Armour, Northwood saw-gummers, D. Sattler,
Napoleon roofing tiles, S. Mills, Newcastle
manufacturer of putty, G. W. Hatfield, Dayton.
THE Cleveland papers report that the recent
cold weather has done great damage to fruit
throughout that section. Peaches are reported
nearly all killed, and apples suffer considerably.
Wheat is injured but slightly.
THE Cincinnati Commercial publishes ad-
vices as to the condition of the fruit and wheat
crops from sixty-one towns in this State.
Peaches will be complete failure; apples are
but slightly injured. In regard to other fruit,
one reports a good crop; twelve report half
crops; forty-eight report no crop at all. As to
wheat, twenty-four report the crops uninjured;
twenty-five half crop; twelve no crop.
L. SE Personal.
10 Nh WM S. GRoEsBEcK, of Cincinnati, has
endowed Burnet Woods Park, of that city, with
CSC, 900, the income of which is to furnish the
spot with music forever.
Railways.
THE narrow-gauge road to connect Dayton
with the coal fields of Jackson county is now an
assured fact. Dayton has subscribed her quota,
Fs225, 900, and in very short time men will be
atswerk constructing the road. Eg
AMEEF4Ne of persons interested in building
a railroad from Cincinnati along the river to
Huntington, there to connect with the Chesa-
peake and Ohio road is to be held at Ironton,
and the Cincinnati Times says great interest is
manifested at all liver towns along the route
by appointing solid men to meet and consult
together on the enterprise. sr..--.E, ...
: THE Erie and Pacific Dispatch and the Great
Western and South Shore Dispatch fast freight
lines have consolidated under one manage.
-ment.,
M 20 III -Lt.I H dt
p The loss on iAnderson's paper mill at Colum
bus, which was partially destroyed by fire Oh
Thursday, will exceed $4,000. most of th'
valuable machinery being saved. The loss il
fully covered by insurance in nine differen
companies.
'7a - Deaths. D. 49,
SAMUEL NICHOLS of Mooresyille, fell deat
t from apoplexy while being shaved
Il III i Legal. II = .-
4 THEtitle' to forty acres in the heart of th
r city of Columbus has been claimed by partie
!. in Kansas City, No., but the present occupant
: do not pay much regard to the claim. Othe
parties in Cameron, Ohio bring forward clai1
!, to. the ground on which the State House
built. rV
Crime.
!, WITH the closing of the free lodging -hous
! in Cincinnati there is an exodus of tramps VIII
IS have been quartered there during the winte
l. They seek the country, where, If they do Mt
n find work, they can obtain something to ea
o 5Some of them become a terror to the inhab
N tants. At some farm-houses in the absent
, of men, they commit petty crimes, robbing IL
If inmates of money, jewelry, and the lik
At Some serious outrages are also charged
them. ..t .r.ar
er CAROLINE PELL alias Blank, a young woma
as WAS arrested at the Nassau Bank, New Yor
Go last week, attempting to cash forged check
I'd S14, 900 purporting to have been drawn
,g Wendell, Mitchell & Co., of Springfield, IL
at State.
he In Ottawa county, some 81 years ago Jol
Hofinger, uncle Of Andrew Hoffinger, sudde
Elk ly disappeared, and no trace of him could ey
10, be found. The affair has now been revived
to the confession of, Andrew Hofinger, t
nephew, now an old and respected farmer, i
ing in Sandusky county, on the Sandusky riv
" that he murdered his uncle, and buried
as body in large marsh in the vicini
Id, He at first, in the agony of mental tortu
IN. confessed the murder, to his family, and l
he since repeated it, with the details of the Grin
est to relative of his uncle.
On. FIVE cans of gunpowder were placed il
er, basket in the vestibule of st. Xavier's Catho
out Church, Cincinnati, last week, and the matel
yll~l outside of the basket set fire to. 1t was
md covered by the sexton and thrown into
in street, where four of the cans exploded. 7
,ral only explanation il that it was put there to
to stroy the machinery of the contractor who
completing the tower.
of Ex-TREAsURER PARKER has been arrested