The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-11
OHIO STATE NEWS.
A Compendium of the Weeks Events.

A Compendium of the Weeks Events.
Charles Carr, killed by the cars at Washing
ton c. 81.
The jewelry store of Charles Byrd, at Mt.
Gilead, rob Of S. 500 worth of watches, watch
chains, rings and other valuables.
The Akron workmen are moving for mutual
protection. Associations have b,en formed by all
the different branches of labor.
Stella Hart, of Warren, received verdict Of
ST. 900 against the A. aud G. W. Railroad for ipur-
les received by being struck by train.
Suit is being brought against the Commits
sioners Of Miami County to recover sl,7e0 raid on
fraudulent bonds.
Lima has voted 100000 in bonds to the
Lake Eie and Western Railroad to secure their ma
chine shops at that pint.
The q Regulators,'' or Anti-Horsethief AS
sociaton, stirred up by recent depre lations viii
hold conference at Zausri le on the 18th irst.
At Degraff, Logan County, Jacob Loffer shot
D. w. Carl in the neck as a result Of some domes-
tic troubles They are brothers-in-saw.s
The molders Of Stout, Mills & Temple, of
Dayton who struck some time ago for an advance OF
2, per cent, have compromised and gone to work
for 16 per cent. advance.
A Welshman named Thomas, of Sidney, hav-
ing in his possession $780, has suddenly disappeared
and 1t Is supposed he has been foully dealt With.
He was preparing to open blacksmith shop, having
Just purchased tools for that purpose.
Ex-Auditor Kennedy, of Warren, has
pleaded guilty to two indictments obtaining checks
on false pretens s-and was -sentsnced to oae year
on each. Kennedy is now under three sentences,
amounting to four years.
The Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph offices in
Z,nesyille have been taken possession of by the
American Union Telegraph Company, and the oper-
ators ordered to take down all Atlantic and Pacific
ngns.
At Gallipolis two men entered the house of
John s. Clark at midnight, whers his wife wss
alone, and at the point Of pistol made her deliver
up $l55 which she had under her p How The sus-
pected parties are under arrest.
At Sandasky BENZ. G. Robinson was sem
fenced to Per itentiary for Eve yearor attempt to
kill GeorKe Ballard. An hour after The sentenced
was pronounced, Robinson was married In the Jail
toa Miss Efhe Coon.
Hovey, Urbana's absconding City Clerk, has
at last been captured at st. Tnomas Canada. At the
time Of his arrest he endeayoring to get bond
on the city of Urbana cashed, giving his name as
Smith Being suspected, he was held by he offcers.
Bill Blackburn, the notorious outlaw who
has for long time been terror to Montgomery
Miami and adjoining counties, h7s been captured
and LODGED In jail at Dayton, and had paced op-
potite his on the slate, 'horse stealing and
grand larceny; )" "burgary and grand larceny" and
''.hooting with intent to kill :"
correspondent at Canal Winchester says:
Considerable excitement has been created among
tie grangers few miles north of here. One of
them, Mr.. Mcintyre, found title deed for one
half section of land in his neighborhood, which his
grandfather had received from the Government,
and it had been willed TO him by his grandfather.
The land now embraces the whole part of three
valuable farms. 1t is understood that Mcintyre
Will at once begin suit to recover the land.
The body Of man found near Fremont in
May, 1873 with the note "Pm tired of life burr me
here" in his pocket aud bullet hole In his head
has at last been identified a. the husband Of yo-
man now residing in westmoreland County, Penn,
named Cottricker. Mary Eisenbeis, arrested for
robbing her mother Of $50, has made confession,
duplicating herself, and two men, named Welsh and
KoebeI, in his murder. His wife says he had left
home to hunt for work. The parties suspected are
under arrest and their trial in progress
Joseph Koeler, prominent saloon keeper at
Georgetown, has been arrested on two affdavits
sworn out against him, charging him with steal
ing $500 from A. J. Parker, TREASURER of Brown
G unity the 18th of last December, and the other,
with stealing SIS 167 from said Treasurer or about
the 9th day Of March, 1874 Parker was convicted
Of embezzlement six years ago and sentenced to the
penitentiary for one year, which sentenced he
served out and he now charges that Koeler got the
money which he Claims that at the time Of his
viction he could not sccount for. ts-
Theodore Thomas, Musical Director of the
rynfinuati Colle1e of Music has rescned his posi-