The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-10-07
OHIO STATE NEWS.

THE postofice at Clyde was burglarized the
past week.
JOHN THOMAS, of Palmyra, was fatally kicked
in the abdomen by colt
HARRIsoN MAss1E was killed by the fall of
slate at the Coalton mines.
The Cincinnati Industrial Exposition, it Ia
now thought, will about pay its way.
JAMES RILEY, a young man of Urbana, was
crushed into horrible mass by the cars.
F. G. WILSON, of Cherry Valley. and bridge
builder, committed suicide near Mt. Vernon
JOSEPH BRADLEY, of Portsmouth, aged sixty
four, dropped dead while stirring apple-butter
BURGLARS blew open the safe Of Strong Dc
Chevey at Defiance, and obtained SloO Tor
their trouble.
IT is estimated that buildings costing 81, ,000,-
600 have been erected in Columbus since Jam
uary ], 1880.
MANY of the Sill Guards of ChiIlicothe, who
have just returned from Coalton, are afflicted
with typhoid fever.
The murder trial of Conrad Reutenback, at
Sidney, has closed, resulting In a verdict Of
murder in the first degree.
FIVE tramps became involved in quarrel,
near Defiance, resulting in one of them, named
KENNEL, being shot dead.
DR.. MowRY, of Millersburg, last week was
thrown from his buggy and sustained .
fractured arm and collar-bone.
PAUL DIEHL, at Defiance, fell from the roof
of the Union School Building, from the effects
of which he died in two hours.
CoNRoD 10y, an aged and wealthy farmer of
West Alexander, fell from a tobacco shed, and
1t is feared, sustained fatal injury.
The public and Catholic schools of Marion
have been closed for two weeks, on account Of
the alarming prevalence Of scarlatina.
JOSEPH CHRIsMAN, of Mt. Vernon, is in dur
ance vile for forging his fathers name to o
note for s66, which he sold at discount.
JOHN D. KING, prominent attorney Of Ken
ton, Ohio, at Forest took an overdose Of
morphine on retiring, ana died from the
| effects.
MILES R. HEATH, q farmer near Geneva,
while operating q hay press, had his scalp near
| ly torn from his head and his shoulder terribly
| lacerated.
NEAR Leetonia, at the village of Lee Garden,
| the house of Isaac Rittenhouse was burned,
and with it Rittenhouse himself~who was beast,
| ly intoxicated.
i Ar Mingo Junction tramp laid down at the
furnace, near the boilers, to sleep. The boilers
are heated by gas, and the tramp went to his
long, last sleep.
| Miss MAUD CoBURN of Bronson while driving
kid glove on her hand which she had just
cleaned, had her hand horribly burned by the
glove catching fire.
THE grain elevator and warehouse Of o. p.
Chaney, at Canal Winchester, has been de-
| stroyed by fire. Loss, about $15, 900, which is
| probably covered by insurance.
HIRAM UMBFRHowER had o $3.50 horse and
| buggy driven away for him by some unknown
person, at Massillon. He had left it tied In
front Of the Exchange Hotel.
A GUN fell from buggy in which Lewis
Boyer, arespected citizen of Sidney, was riding,
and the hammer striking on the wheel, 1t was
discharged with fatal effect, death ensuing in
few moments.
Miss MARIA SPERRY, the daughter of
wealthy farmer residing near Mt. Vernon,
eloped last week with Hugh Campbell, q first
| living Utica licking tv
They were married in Pittsburg.
NEAR Unionville Susan GLADDEN. went into
| pasture field and shot horse belonging to
Forrest Morfet. She was arrested and not only
acknowledged her guilt, but threatened to serve
Morfet in the same manner. She Is held to
answer.
A MIXED train on the Cadiz Branch Railroad
met with an accident, caused by broken axle,
which resulted in throwing passenger coach
down a thirty-foot embankment A number Of
persons sustained injuries, but none OF o seri-
GUS character.
MRS WM TAYLOR and Mrs. Thos. Taylor, of
GAINESVILLE, became involved in quarrel while
hanging out clothes, which resulted in Mrs.
VIM. Taylor chopping up Mrs. Thos: Taylor in
an ugly manner with hatchet. The latter
is probably crippled for life.
THIEVES got their work in at Hancock
| County fair. Mrs. Corwin's pocket-book, con-
tanning two notes for $500 each and s26 in
cash. was stolen. There were four other cases
| OF pOcket-plcklnS, tne iOss DeiIlS lIOu Ft W
$14. Sile Preston had gold watch stolen.
The paper mills belonging to the Republican
Printing Company, of Springfield, located at
Enon Station, were consumed by fire the past
week. entailing loss of about S40, 600. The
cause of the fire is supposed to have been spon-
taneous combustion, as it originated in the rag
room. The mills were originally built at q cost
of $65, 900, but were partially burned four years
ago.
A COLUMBUS correspondent says: '1nforma-
ton has been received here that the Canadian
authorities at Quebec have refused to deliver
L. @. Zulks, who is wanted at Lancaster to
answer to charges of embezzlement, to the Off
GERS who sometime since went to Quebec armed
with requisition from the Governor and other
papers necessary to secure his arrest and re-
turn to this State for trial."
THIEVES are plentiful about Bellefontaine.
Saws correspondent: Yesterday DIR. NJ. d.
Wilson, of Belle Center, was relieved of $16 IN
money and some notes, and last night Mr..
Ralph Cherry, old gentleman of Lima, was
robbed of $3.50 in money and notes while leav-
ing the train at the G. s. and @. Depot. A
travelling man was also robbed of $50 while
waiting for his train last night"
THERE is trouble in the Wooster University.
To begin with, an order was issued by the
faculty prohibiting the young ladies and gentle
men from boarding in the same house. That
was a serious blow TO the girls, but the climax
3 is capped by order No. 2, which prohibits the
female students from receiving more than one
male visitor per week, and he not to remain later
than o'clock. The girls are just too mad fol
anything, and rightly they may be. II schools
are not for the purpose of giving young folk
, | an opportunity to court, we should like to know
what they are for anyhow.