The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
OHIO STATE NEWS.

MRs. JOSEPH WILLIAMS, of Youngstown,
committed suicide by drowning
Miss AGNES HIGGINs, young lady OF Urbana,
shielded with arsenic. Unrequited love.
FIFrEEN freight cars ran over Johnny Best,
aged ten years, at Zaneeville- 1t killed him.
An effort is being made to establish . SWIM
ming school In Washington Park, Cincinnati
THE Cincinnati Industrial Exposition, in
point of attendance, is something OF failure.
Mrs. MoRDEc1A OWEN, an aged lady6 New
California, was fatally injured in . runaway ac-
cident. zs,Iss,s = s
CAMBR1DeE's new SS5, 900 Courthouse viii
be built of rock, faced with trimmings of
dressed stone.
WIN. MOORE was fatally, and David Denig
seriously, injured, while removing stone from
culyert at Mansfield.
The valneof cattle exhibited ut the Southern
Ohio Fair this year is estimated to have been
between $50, 900 and $50, 900.
WIN. BRAGG, a farmer residing IN Twin Town
ship, Ross County, was killed by runaway
team, near Burnevile.
J. r. ScHENCK, o Piqua hermit, lost $220 in
gold and two gold watches by thieves entering
his cabin during his absence. 90
THE eighteen-months' old child of John J.
Race, of Canton, died from injuries received by
falling from the arms of an older brother.
A new postofice has been established one
mile south or EnOn In Clarke county, 10 Dc
known as the Mad River Postofice-
IT is stated that there were over $1,000 peo-
pie in attendance at the Tri-State Fair, at To-
ledo, ON the 10th inst, the largest ever known.
CHARLES AYIIFF, q farmer aged forty-fve,
residing near Rayenna, committed suicide by
cutting his throat. Alleged domestic troubles.
PATRICK GETENs, of Rayenns, was struck by
the Cleveland and Pittsburg express and in
stantly killed. He leaves wife and three
children. 5--zz
SHERIFF HowLAsD, of Licking County, whom
| Columbus paper recently charged as being
defaulter, correspondent says, is creditor In
| the sum of 25 cents.
Waynesville, while hauling tobacco, was in
| stantly killed by his team running away and
hurting him from the wagon.
The 99th and u8th Regiments o. Y. l. held
q reunion at Wapakoneta on the 18th inst.
About hundred or more veterans of each
/ regiments were in attendance.
ITALIANS working on the Conotton Northern
Railroad, near Canton, after drinking consider
able hard cider, got into general fight, result
ing in several serious injuries and one death.
AT Channel Crossing, near Newark, an old
gentleman and his wife, named Winters, who
were hauling a load of apples to town, were
struck by locomotive and both instantly
| killed.
KENT has bad lot of youngsters Last
week not less than adozen boys, between eight
and twelve years, were arrested for tapping
tills. 1t is related that within week they stole
over q hundred dollars in this manner.
VALUABLE team of horses belonging to
Abram Mast, near Millersburg, ran away with q
harrow to which they were attached, killing one
of them instantly and injuring the other 80
badly that it was necessary to kill it. .sr4
A coLoRED camp meeting held in grove a.
Caldwell, last week, charged ten cents admist
sion, with which to pay preachers, etc
After the meeting the treasurer left for parts
unknown, taking the funds with him.
OSCAR TRAPHAeEN, of Canton, is on trial for
having, month ago. thrown yitriol into his
wife's face. The vitTiol has badly disfgured
her. She says he knocked at the door after
dark, and when she opened it he committed the
act.
AT Dresden George Sauntman and Jsmes
Kerr, personating officers of the law, stopped
arrested and extorted money from Thomas Sal
linger, while on his way home. Sauntman and
Kerr are now impersonating the character of 9
culprit, behind the bars.
THOMAS ADLEsPERGER, of Morrow County
for trying to get the best of his wife by the ait
of shotgun, is languishing. Thomas is tn,
! father of the girl who, about o year ago, wa,
burned to death while camping out In th,
woods near the Columbus Barracks.
GEORGE MITCHELL, the wife murderer. va,
finally hanged at Troy on the 18th inst. Tn,
victim. was o woman with whom Mitchell hat
: been living in the relation of husband. Hi
own wife was living, as was his pararnour'
1 husband. He became suspicious of her chastity
: | and, in fit of jealousy, killed her, after wait
ing for her to pass by O corn-field, in which HI
had secreted himself to await her coming.
THE estate of the miser and millionaire. Jerr,
| G. Tullis, of Cincinnati who died two wears ago
is still in the courts, and promises to stay ther
| for some time to come. Thelatest developmen
' is the arrest of A. ]. Tullis, a nephew Of tn
: late Jerry @. Tullis, upon q charge Of havin,
forged deeds conveying six Thousand acres O
land in Tennessee to one Jacob Nine with
S view to, defraud the rightful heirs The arres
o was made on the warrant of VIM. B. Ludlow
husband of Mrs. Reed, one of the Tullis heir
] and in default OF s3, 90 bail, A. J. was remande
: to jail. --..-f ..st -.5s..s :,
E. B. HALL, late Treasurer of Lucas County
and defaulter in the sum of 81. 900 has n
: turned home from Canada, and quietlyresurne,
: work at his brickyard, as If nothing had har
pened. 1t was understood before he returned
that he would not be arrested. He has agree
to secure his bondsmen by turning over b
them his real estate which, it is said, viii NOR
than cover the deficiency. .i ~ v
!, AT Massillon, last week, an assault and bat
s terry case in which two women were the partie
concerned, was Just closing when VIM. McMl
: Ian, for the plaintiff, called Captain Isaa
y Ulman, per contra, a liar. Both men are six
u footers. Ulman backed up to Mcmillan an,
/, kicked like acow, whereupon Mcmillan snatche,
e him by the nape Of the neck and hoored him
q A desperate fight ensued. The women tainted
= the judge commanded the peace in the name o
the State, and constable attempted to mai
: an arrest, but the belligerents fought on
Excitement ran high. And when the attorney
|, had finished, it was found that no one wa
, hurt s.fN'f r.