The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-24
OHIO STATE NEWS.

MATTHEW LOTUS was killed in sand-bank
near Hazleton.
FoRTY-Two men in Maysville weigh over 200
pounds each.
MELvA1N CoLaRovE, at Perry, was killed by
the kick of horse in the abdomen.
SCARLET fever and diphtheria are alarmingly
prevalent in the vicinity of Kent.
MATTHIEs BowsER, of Mansfield, was taken
to Cleveland last week on the charge of con-
Quoting an Illicit distillery.
A MINER at the Union Mines, Ceshocton, was
crushed by the fall Of a mine-roof, SO badly
that he can not live over few hours.
The Grand Jury at Warren has found bills
against Mccoy and McCaffry, the Pittsburg
prize-fghters who had it out at Rowland
Springs last week.
LINpAL spRAeUE, aged eighty-four years, and
o resident of Wooster since 1874 fell dead
while walking through the hall in his residence.
Heart disease.
A FARMER named Ed. Greedy, living near
Forest, went to town with a load of wheat.
Wheat sold, he got drunk, and wound up with
q runaway which killed him.
DIR. LOUIS ScHAwB of Portsmouth, adjudged
insane last week, has been taken to the asylum.
Scioto County's quota is thirty-fve, whereas
she now has fotry-fiye in that institution.
A MOUNT VERNON correspondent says the
contract for building the new Delano Prepara-
tory School, an adjunct to Kenyon College,
Gambler, has been awarded to Fish & Son, Of
Columbus.
HENRY DAcHENBAcH, Of Logan County,
while chopping wood, cut his foot SO severely
that he had to be carried home. Strangely
enough, few days after the accident he died
from the effects.
AT Coalport, near Coshocton, Ida Lam,
aged fifteen years, while warming herself before
an open crate caught her clothes on fire, and
before assistance could reach her she was hor-
ribly and fatally burned.
s. o. BARKER, a Justice Of the Peace in
Franklin Township. Ross County, is held by
United States Commissioner McDougal, to an
Nicholas Hederick and A. I. Wilson to PEN
sion voucher.
SAMUEL d. Brown, at New Philadelphia, aged
ffty-fve years, and q cripple, is on trial Tor an
attempted outrage on Lizzie Quillen, aged eight
years. Brown was at one time Mayor of
Uhricksville, of which place he and his victim
are residents.
A FAMILY named Uhler, living near Wooster,
1t is reported, have fallen heirs to an immense
ly valuable and extensive estate in the East.
1t belonged to an eccentric unmarried uncle,
who is said to have left no will. The heirs ex-
pect soon to leave for the place where it is
located and claim their property.
JOHN LEITcH, q brakeman on the Cincinnati
Sandusky and Cleveland Railroad, commenced
suit in the Common Pleas Court, at Sandusky,
against that railroad, to recover S5, ,008 damages
received by being knocked from the. top Of a
train by coming in contact with the upper
timber Of bridge at Kenton recently.
JOE JOHNSTON, of Mill Township, Tusca-
rawas County, is reported dying from the eff
fects of blows dealt him by the proprietor of
the 'Blue Goose" near there, two weeks ago.
Joe went to the place when he had too much
liquor aboard, and made himself disagreeable,
when Clarke Drained him with wooden NAL
let. The authorities, it is said, will look into
the matter.
To catch on fire occasionally is bad enough,
but to be constantly bothered with the con-
suming element is simply disgusting to the
sufferer, as well as painful. At Newark girl
named Mary Becky, who was assisting Mrs.
Dan Miller in moving caught her apron on fire,
which she succeeded in extinguishing without
much damage being DONE A'short time after
ward her dress caught fire. She threw q bucket
of water on herself and put that out, her hands
being considerably burned. Mrs. Miller ad-
vised her to bathe her hands with turpentine
and put on an old pair of gloves, which she
did. She then went to the house to which they
were moving to build fire, and the gloves,
saturated with turpentine, took fire. She got
the gloves off as soon as possible, and in her
hurry threw one into basket of clothing, and
burned part Of that up. Her hands are very
badly burned, but aside from that. no great
damage was done, but she certainly had ex-
pericnce and hair-breadth escapes enough with
fire for one day.
FLoRENCE GoLDsBoRorGH, alias Frank Har-
per, arrested in Uhrichsville one day last week,
for theft, and her sex discovered, dresses like
| boy and smokes, chews and drinks. Her past
history is quite romantic and will certainly be
| of interest to the reader. Florence Goldsbor.
ough was born near Bridgeport, Belmont
| County, and her father was Methodist minis
ter. When about seventeen she dressed il
boys clothing and, assuming the name of Frank
| Harper, left home, and went to Guernsey
| County where she worked on Rev. Norton'i
farm, near Middleburg. After about yeal
she went to Columbus and drove on street carr
| for six months, after which she went back t.
Belmont County, where she again worked on
| farm, near Bellaire. She was shortly after ar
| rested for robbing drover at the Globe House
and, being convicted, was sent to the Peniten
| tiary for three years. After serving her tim,
she went to Cincinnati and clerked on tn,
steamboat Alaska, plying between Cincinnati
and New Orleans We next hear of Florenc,
| in Cleveland, where she drove on street cars fo
| q year and then returned to Columbus, worked
on q farm, robbed the farmer and was agaiI
sentenced to three years in the Penitentiary
and after serving her time she went to Cincin
natl where she clerked in o drug store on th'
corner of Vine and Eighth. She was arrested
by the proprietor for stealing, and got min
| months in the Work-house, since which tim
she has been in Columbus, Coshocton, and va
rious cities in Ohio, and by her petty crimes sh
has become familiar with the calaboose Of every
place she visits.