The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-08
OHIO STATE NEWS.


FNpLAr has population Of Ae2i, iccordins
! to the census: hlfffk
THE Van Vert Hotel, at Van Vert, was par
/ tally destroyed by fire last week. sfttt1
ACCORDING to the recent census: Chiflicothe,
10, ,792 population; Circleville 5000; Lancaster,
6,803.
FANNIE HINES, of Akron, who sued DR.. John
Weimer for. breach of promise, got judgment
Tor ", 900 damages. E4tsf
A CoprER foundry belonging to Vim. Barnett,
ut Mansfield, was destroyed by fire the past
week. Loss, $1,000.
URBANA is alarmed over number Of cases Of
scarlet fever now prevailing there. Several
have already proved fatal.
THE Thomas Eon-works, at Gore, have shut
down, and the mines will remain closed after
the LIST inst Trouble-wNges. .G4s3
AMONG other notables TO be present, Garfield,
Hancock, English and Arthur will attend tbs
| Soldiers National Reunion at Columbus.
A REDUCTION of 25 per cent. in wages at the
Helen Furnace, at orbiston, Hooking County,
I has resulted in that institution shutting down.
LINCOLN GRANT SHERMAN WRENN, the ma
! nipulator Of the Tsmes-Stdr at Mount Gilead,
focled with cow-catcher. His left hand is
! gone. sis f I9I
fiRtnn is tlouble in the Hooking Valley, The
furnaces AZ rule viii be compelled to stop. 1t
| 10 said the price pnio .for mining coab wall not
| justify further operations.
JOHN HoIr, of NewsitaEille Str, who has q
wife and six children, went 70 sleep on the Q,
\ 81. and v. : Railroad. The remGps we're not
recognizable after the train passed.
| HERE'S chance for some young i9an TO
marry rich. The hired girl of Mr.. BankSs Of
| Woodland, Darke County, skipped out with ESer
employers pocket-book containing 1886.
THoMAs ADA1R, Of carrolton, brotherof Hon.
/ VIM. Adair, while out cunning accidentally
| shot himself in the side, producing wound
from which it is feared he will not recover
TIE miners employed by Rend d Co., OF New
| Lexington are ON o strike. Negroes wentfrom
straitsyille to take their places, but when they
Il saw the condition Of things, concluded not to.
fDR, ". Il, ELY, a physician aged about
committed suicide by taking poison, Financial
troubles and o girl are supposed to be the
causes. He formerly lived near Dayton,O.
A SPECIAL grand jury m Belmont County has
Z fonnda billof indictment against Mrs. Warren,
who murdered her husband near Powhattan
Point, that county, o few weeks ago, 5She is
indicted for murder in the second degree
MRS KEMP, of Unionvile, hired neat, good
looking tramp to cut wood, in consideration OF
a square tasal. She. went to neighbor's on an
errand, and while gone the tramp broke into
the house, got s12 IN money and suit of Sun
day clothes. 5Ie1 10 Jass.! l.}6fr
WILLIAM HARRNaToN, aged seyenty-ive
years, and q resident of Cresceutville, in the
southeastern portion of Butler County, is under
arrest charged with the horrible crime Of out
raging the person of John Seafer's thfSteen-
4 year-oid daughter. u
& Ar Lancaster, the last of the Graft murder
ers, William Perry, has been sentenced to five
years in the Peniteptiary., Perry's two accom-
for murder in the second degree. Perry
pleaded guilty of assault with intent to- rob.
MRs. THOMSON, of Georgesville, Madison
County, who died recently of an illness that
nsortep examination. was found to have. been
afflicted with gravel In the bladder were
i found 387 grains of gravel, the smallest of
which were as large as peas.
, TEE body Of Jacob j. Lischy, who died sud.
denly at Clear Springs the 9Th of March last,
analytical chemist at Columbus for analysis.
Iischy was insured In the Mutual Protection
Association of Ncrwaik, and it was at the in
stance of the agent of this corporation that the
!; investigation was begun. The eminent respect
ability of the family has tendency to increase
the excitement. tAsJ+A
JACOB SMITH, one of the alleged murderers
of Jacob Baughman, confined in jail at Zanes-
vile, came nearly being drowned the other day
by two den,i-moade who are confined IN an ad-
|, joining cell. They turned the hose on him and
played on him an hour or more before the mat
! ter was detected. This pleasure being denied
them, they denuded themselves, destroyed their
! clothing, and devoted themselves TO card
playing. F eS.a5
YOUNG man of Columbus, named Harry
Williams, became very much interested in the
! services OF the Broad street congregational
Church, and consequently always occupied .
front seat. Money was constantly being missed
out of the contribution box, and a watch being
set up by Deacon, during prayer he saw the
hand of Williams glide into the box and extract
handful. Williams saw that heiwas detected
and tried to get away, but after an exciting
chase was caught. -.
TIE roaming idiot, Henry Ritter, who has
been mentioned heretofore as living in the
woods near Longview Asylum, Hamilton Coun-
ty, is still unprovided for Governor Foster
has been appealed to, but as yet nothing has
come of it He is still refused admission to
> Longview, on the ground that he is not q resi-
: dent. 1t does look strange that a man in his
J condition should be compelled to starve in q
thickly populated Christian land.
DR.. w. C. SAMPLE, a physician of Dayton,
who some years ago figured in the Cox-Sample
scandal case, committed suicide in the Work
house at Cincinnati on the 29th of June by
hanging The Doctor was at one time prom
! inent physician, but since his Dayton trouble,
he began drinking and ''went from bad to
worsen He attended the Cincinnati Conven-
ton, and was arrested the second time for
trpnkness, the last time committed to the
workhouse for ten days, which resulted as