The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-04-27
OHIO.

ously injured by the accidental discharge
of shotgun, the entire charge entering
his left side just below the shoulder. The
injury received was considered fatal.
GAINESVILLE has been identifying its
Park in commemoration of the Centen-
nial. Each citizen was invited to setout'
a tree, and many took occasion to accept
the invitation. A good idea, that might
be generally adopted.
At Portsmouth, on the 11th of April,
small child was found dead in the
street. His skull was broken and brains
oozing. II is supposed that wagon run
over him, but no one is known to have
witnessed the occurrence.
An accident of tragical nature oc-
Cured recently at the building Of the
fpiefs OF, the new Southern Railroad
bridge at Cincinnati. Two men at work
on ene of the piers were being drawn up
on hoist, along with heavy stone.
When about fifty feet above the river the
rope by which they were supported sud-
denly broke and precipitated both men
and the stone into the water. One of
the men, Patrick Gilligan, fell fat on
the water and was killed. He did not
rise again to the surface. The other
man, named German, was rescued, though
seriously injured.
The pigeon shooting match at Cleve-
land between Captain Bogardus, of Illi-
nois, and Fred. Wheal, Of that city, for
two hundred dollars, fifty birds each,
ground traps, thirty yards, English rules,
was won by Bogardus, who killed thirty
six, Wheal killing thirty.
Cincinnati Commercial: 1t is confined
| to small social circle, and we will give
the facts without names. Last Friday
night young man of good position in
society, who has been married only a
few months to a beautiful young woman,
went home to his wife in a most un-
seemly condition of intoxication. He
found her sitting in her chamber, in a
wrapper, awaiting his coming, like low
ing and dutiful wife. He staggered up
to her, and forgetting entirely the respect
that was due to her and that he had
sworn to her, threw his arms around her
and commenced talking to her as he
might have talked to low prostitute.
The remarks he made were so degrading
and insulting that she could not control
herself. With the strength that comes
of outraged decency in rare emergencies
she jumped up, caught the chair in
which she had been sitting, raised it high
above her head and struck him with it
on his head, telling him to the carpet
While yet in the heat of her rage she
struck him again. She then sent for a
public carriage and sent him off to hos.
pital, declaring that a man who could
outrage her in that way should not pass
another night under the same roof with
her. The physicians at the hospital
found his scalp badly cut in two places,
and slight fracture of the skull.
DR.. J. G. Clarke, of Morgan county,
died last December, and on his death-bed
told his brother he had buried a quantity
of money in his garden. Recently his
brother, thinking he was going to die
confded the matter to two neighbors,
who at once looked at the spot desig-
4 mated, and found fifty-three hundred
dollars in gold and several hundred dol
lars in. silver. This money has been
buried nearly fifteen years.
Under the new game law no quail or
partridge can be lawfully shot in Ohio
until the 18th of November, 1877, and
after that only between the 1st day Of
November and the 1st day of January
following. Wild turkey can only be
shot between the 1st day of November
and the 18th of January, inclusive, Of
each year. Ruffied grouse, pheasant OF
blue-winged teal, 1st of September and
1st of April Woodcock, 4th of July
and 1st of January. No person will be
allowed to snare or trap partridge OF
quail, or to use any but shoulder gun.
On premises having defined boundaries a
sign, lettered in English, "No shooting
or hunting will be allowed on these
premises" set up conspicuously, will bt
sufficient notice to guard such premises
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