The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-01
OHIO.

Frank Huff, a lad only fifteen years OF
age, living with his parents near Rays
vile, Vinton County, committed suicide
by hanging himself with halter in his
fathers barn. His parents were absent
at the time attending the funeral of q
child, relative of the family. His
brother found him two hours afterward.
| The Cincinnati papers report the city
as overrun with thieves, and the
burglars are holding high carnival.
The dead body of an unknown man
was found upon the track of the Pan
handle Railroad, near Alton, Franklin
county, who had evidently been run
over by the cars. Some section hands at
this point report that they noticed a
man, evidently tramp, sitting on the
bumpers between two cars which left
Columbus, and it is supposed the body
found was the man referred to. Nothing
was found upon the body to give any
clue by which to identify it.
.Georgie Evans, child two years cid,
was drowned in very singular manner
at Cincinnati. His parents reside at
Fifth and Culvert streets, and, at the
time mentioned, the little fellow walked
into room adjoining his parents, which
was being repaired. Several of the
boards were removed from the floor, and
he fell into sub-cellar beneath, which
contained ten feet of water and slush,
and before assistance arrived he was
drowned.
Marshal Lemon, of Mansfield, and
posse, had quite severe fight with a
party of burglars arrested the other day
near Lucas. There were four of them
when oyertaken, and they made a des-
perate resistance. Mr.. Reed, of Lemons
party, had his hat perforated by ball,
and Marshal Lemon was stung in the face
by ball which just barely missed him.
The latter returned the fire, and shot his
assailant through the arm, which, how
ever, escaped, using his revolver with
his left arm. Another was captured
after being dangerously shot through the
hip, and two were captured without
being injured, one of them bearing the
marks of the lamp hurled against his
face by Mr.. Boutwell,. They were evi-
IDENTIFY professional burglars from the
cities, having all the tools and parapher-
MALTA of the profession.
At Coshocton, Frank Ept has been
sentenced by Judge Reed to be hanged
on the 29th of September next, between
II and 8 o'clock, for the murder Of
Wertheimer.
Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati, on
the fftieth anniversary of his ordination
to the priesthood, May 81, was presented
by the Catholic laity with $4,000
chalice and baton. The chalice is stud
ded with diamonds and amethysts. 1t
stands ten and half inches high, the
diameter of the bowl being four inches.
The latter is ornamented with circle of
thirty diamonds. The swell of the stem
contains twelve very beautiful amethysts
of rich dark purple hue. The base,
which curves out gracefully, is engraved
with an archbishop's crest, over which
is a plain cross set with six diamond
brilliants. There are also exquisitely en-
grayed portraits of St. Peter, st. Edward.
and st. John the Baptist. Here again
are distributed four splendid amethysts,
each incrusted with diamond crosses.
Coroner Maley, of Hamilton County,
held an inquest at the County Infrmary
on the body of Barney Wren, who COM
mitted suicide at that institution early
the other morning by leaping from the
second story porch of the building. The
testimony showed that Wren had been
an inmate of the Infrmary for two years
past, and that he was addicted to the ex-
cessive use of liquor. For the past week
or two ne had acted in strange manner
and wandered around in dazed sort OF
way. About oneo'clock in the morning
Mr.. Whitney, the Superintendent of the
Infrmary, was awakened by the night
watchman leading the deceased into the
house and he ordered him to his room.
About five o'clock Mr.. Whitney was in.
formed that the deceased was lying dead
in the yard in front of the building. He
was still warm. The jury returned q
verdict of death from suicide, by jump
! ing from the second-story porch of the
Infrmary building during fit of insan
ity." Wren was sixty-six years old, and
native of Pennsylvania.
Cincinnati Commercial: Some excite
ment was caused in the neighborhood O
Richmond street, west of John, by the
discovery of a number of human bone
lin fact, complete inarticulate skel
eton-on the roof of house there. 1
seems that the neighborhood had beer
for some time afflicted with hideou
odors, and the surrounding inhabitant
investigated the stink, which resulted
{ in the CHASTITY discovery above men
toned. Of course, the Coroner wa
promptly notified. He found that tn
bones belonged to young medical stu
dent named Nugent, who was boardin,
with a family in the neighborhood, an,
was trying to bleach his specimen skele
, ton in the summer sun. The studen
was ordered to box up his bones, and plac
them beyond the reach of sensitiy
olfactories.
f Nicholas Schuster, German Ola
zier, fifty-six years of age, living at Nc
t % McMicken avenue, Cincinnati, put a
/ end to his earthly troubles by hangin
r himself with clothesline to bedpos
= in his room. For a long time he hs
been in ill health and unable to supper
. his family, and his wife has been oblige
: to go out washing and housecleaning
s obtain the necessaries of life for herse
and sick husband. Mrs. Schuster lei