The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-10-21
OHIO STATE NEWS.


The Antwerp stave Factory, at Antwerp, was
burned. Loss 81, 900.
AT Utica, the steam Touring and saw-mills of
A. Hulsize were entirely destroyed by fire.
JOHN NERRIMER, a farmer near Bronson, had
fine span of dark bay horses stolen last week.
The store of George D. Deyoe. at Orwell,
was entered and the safe blown open and $500
in cash stolen.
Lou. BOWMAN, of Pleasantville, got drunk
and went to sleep on railroad track. He was
badly mangled.
E. L. LEEDY, of Mansfield, was accidentally
shot by John Kanaga, Jr., while they were
hunting. The wound will prove fatal.
JAMES OWEN, a colored man of Van Vert,
was caught under an engine and dragged over
a mile, his body being mangled beyond recog-
milton.
A MAN named Andrew Burdue, while stealing
| a ride on a Wabash freight train, jumped from
the train near Cotton Station and was instantly
killed.
AT Lancaster Thomas Meeks got drunk and
went home, and after having his customary row
with his wife, walked out of third story win
dow and was instantly killed.
HoRsE-TH1EvEs have beenmnking themselves
decidedly unpleasant in portions of Holmes
County, of late. Several valuable horses have
been stolen within the past week or two.
THE Mohr & Mohr Company, of Cincinnati,
for distillng all kinds Of liquors, capital stock
1
corporated at the Office of the Secretary Of
| State.
A YOUNG man named Doyle, living south of
Beloit, Ohio, beating his way home on freight
train from Alliance, jumped of at Beloit, and
had one leg run over below the knee, mangling
it terribly.
| 4 oALF-sKIN was exhumed at Canton last
week by some parties digging for foundation
to the new railroad depot which had been
| buried sixty-fiye years. 1t was in o perfect
| state of preservation
AUGUST GELHoUsE, sen., at one time of the
| firm of Davis, Gelhouse d Co., of Kenton,
while intoxicated fell over the railroad bridge
abutment at that place into the river, distance
of forty feet, and was killed.
NOAH BEAN, aged forty years, residing ct At
water, in Portage County, fell out of the back
part Of a wagon and broke his skull, from
| which he died upon the following day. He
leaves wife and two children.
ONE of the Oldest and most highly respected
residents of Morrow County, Mrs. Thomas
| Isotter, widow aged about ninety-iye years,
died at her home, near Mt. Gilead, last week,
from extreme old age.
SERIOUS runaway accident occurred near
Russell, Ohio, the other day, in which threo
persons were probably injured fatally. One
horse was killed outright, and another sus-
tanned such serious injuries that it had to be
killed soon after.
BELLEFoNTA1NE furnishes frst-claes case of
brutality. Lew Gillespie was few days ago
discharged from jail at Sidney, Ohio, and going
home to Bellefontaine, knocked his wife dogn
with chair, laying her head open, after which
he kicked her numerically.
CHARLES BLUETT, young mechanic, was
found murdered on the steps of the Notre
Dame, Sixth street, Cincinnati, on the morning
of the 10th. The cause leading tc his death is
shrouded in mystery, and the tragedy is held
to be a parallel to that of Harry Baldwin.
ABRAM P. WEsrBRooK, probably the oldest
1 L.
home in Newark. His age was 102 years,
month and days. Until of recent date he
possessed much vigor, and walked erect as
men of half his years. He was born in Ches-
ter County, Penn.
ELIZA FoRD, aged twenty-two, resident of
West Jefferson, was found dead near the Darby
Bridge by the engineer of freight train The
body was greatly mangled, having been passed
over by some of the trains passing about mid.
night. He was very much intoxicated about
midnight, and doubtless laid down on the TRACK
to what proved his last sleep.
AT Delaware, Faville Evans, a young man OF
twenty-three years, belonging to respectable
family, made an indecent assault younf
lady by the name of Lizzie Garner, while ON hel
| way from church after night. Lizzie seized
convenient board and, striking him over the
head, knocked him into the gutter, where ht
remaided until the police took him away. Evans
is in jail in default of $780,
JAMES ELLIOT, awealthy and influential farm
er near Milersburg, was found hanging dead il
the barn one day last week. He had taken
line off the harness, looped it around his neck
and fastened it to o pin on which they usual,
hang the harness. When found his feet wert
resting on the floor, death being caused b.
strangulation. He has been subject to attacks
of temporary insanity.
JAMES BARR, who was tried and acquitted fol-
the murder of Mat Pollock at Bellefontain,
about one year ago, has been captured by Sher.
iff John McCracken and lodged in jail. Their,
has been an indictment against Barr for over
year for perjury. 1t is claimed that he WAS &c
i quilted ON perjured testimony, and one man
, Wm Pitman is now serving three years sen
. tence in the Penitentiary for his testimony il
Darr's behalf.
AT Canton, one day last week, VIM. Stevens
aged ten, fell from an apple tree and broke hi
arms. A man named Willis had his foot badl
crushed by the fall of a large stone at the rail
+ road depot. Barney Halter fell from a roo
> of the shoulder. George Platt, a carpenter
I fell from scaffolding and struck his back o.
7 some lumber, paralyzing his lower limbs and In
: turing him internally. 1t was rather poo
day, too, for accidents at Canton.
Col. J. II. MAPLEsoNs ITALIAN OPER.
: Troupe and the Cincinnati College of Musi
; have combined to give Grand Opera Musica
| February 21-26 inclusive. This troupe consist
{ of some of the finest musical talent in th
: world. The orchestra will consist of one hun
1red musicians and the chorus Of three hundre
voices. The price of single admission has bee
placed at 81, whereas, Mapleson Is now chare
r troupe alone Among the operas to be give
, are Loheng,-in, by Wagner; Noses in Egypt, b
: Rossini; Fidetio, by Beethoven; Mefstofete,
: Boito, and Magic Flute, by Mozart, all class
I works.
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