The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-06
OHIO STATE NEWS.

A Two-YEAR-oLD child of Edward McElroy,
near Unionville, fell into kettle of boiling
water and was literally cooked.
JACOB SCHULTZ, of Wooster, tried to commit
suicide by shooting, but the ball glanced on his
skull and did no serious damage.
MARTIN PRITCHARD has been arrested at
Ironton charged with the murder of David
Speers near Burlington, last fall.
JACOB CosKLE, farmer aged seventy.seyen
years old living near Cumberland, was frozen
to death while feeding his stock December ~.
ALL the coal miners in Hooking Valley are on
q strike, demanding pay twice month II ls
stated that the operators will not concede to
the demand.
Miss LYDIA A. UHE residing near Millers-
burg, attempted suicide by cutting her throat,
and very nearly succeeded. She will be taken
to an insane asylum.
VIM. MEYER, son of Jacob Meyer, of Warren,
while rabbit hunting, discharged his gun acci-
dentally, the entire charge lodging IN his
breast and injuring him fatally.
JACOB FARIsoN, aged about forty-fye, living
near Dunkrk, was found in his orchard frozen
to death, where it is supposed he was overcome
by the cold and fell. He leaves wife and
four children.
A. A. HINKLE, farmer living near Findlay,
has applied for divorce from his wife, Martha,
charging her with neglect of duty. The pair
have lived together in comparative harmony for
over twenty years.
AT Steubenyille, James B. Henry is held in
the sum of $500 for trying to kill one DR.:
Schooley, Christmas Eve. DR.. Schooley is held
in the sum of 81 900 for shooting man named
Buckingham. Buckingham will die.
C. W. KRAFT, OF Hicksyille, Defiance County,
was stopped by highwaymen, near the depot at
Defiance, and ct the point of two revolvers,
was compelled to hand over his money, $4Tb
The highwaymen then let him go his way.
WIDOW NANCY ANTHONY, living two miles
| west of Weston, had her house catch fire Fri
day night about nine O'Clock, consuming all
the contents and burning q son of hers, about
fourteen years old, and daughter OF her sis
| ter, about twelve years old, to death.
RECENTLY John L. Wood, a wealthy lumber
| dealer of Cleveland, was waylaid late at night,
and robbed of g., 400. Last week Joseph Fitzsim-
| MONS young man of Cincinnati, gave HIM
self up, stating that he committed the deed,
| and that his conscience bothered him to such
an extent that he wanted to suffer the penalty
of the law.
A REsPEcrABLE looking woman about twenty
| eight years old, stopped at the house of
farmer named Cleveland, near Bronson, and
asked to stay all night. Her condition elected
| the sympathy of the family, and at midnight
she gave birth to a boy baby. She was without
money, and refused to give any information
concerning her history, further than the state
ment that she is q married woman (Which is
| doubted), and got OF q train going East.
| J. R. JOHNSON, an unmarried man, about
| twenty-six years of age, was killed while en-
| gagged at work at the United States Rolling
| Stock Shops at Urbana- With other employees,
he was removing several piles OF scantling.
When commencing on fresh pile that was
/ ricked in the manner of piling scanthng, 1t be
gan to totter, and in order to keep it from fall
! ing johnson braced himself against the rick,
ling fell upon him, crushing his head and
mashing in his breast. He died In few min
utes after the accident.
| An examining Court at Napoleon, in the
case of Ex-Governor Scott, charged with shoot
| ing the young man Drury, has found verdict
| of murder in the first degree. Scott acknewl-
edged the commission of the crime readily, but
said Drury was belligerent and tried to prevent
him from taking his son Arkie home with him
to the hotel. He fired the shot on the impulse
of the moment, and without thought Of the
| terrible consequences. His attorney has given
the Prosecuting Attorney notice demanding .
re-examination before a re-examining Court.
AT st. Clairsville, George Wier shot and kill
ed Sterling Riggs in cold blood. Riggs had
turned States evidence in a burglary case on
Wier and q man named Downing, in November,
and the trial was set for December 10, but was
continued until the February term Of court.
Wier, Riggs and several others were standing
upon the street in front of Patterson's drug
store, when Wier said, 'T may have to go to the
Penitentiary for five years, and that's the
cause Of its pointing to Riggs, and instantly
drew revolver and shot him down.
ISAAC A. RUBY, of North Liberty, has been
| arrested on an afnQaVU maQ6 Dy DOlOmOn
Smith, charging him with embezzling $1,000.
He was brought before the Mayor and bound
over to Court in the sum of 81, 200. Several
years ago twenty farmers of Pike Township
formed Joint Stock Grsngers Association and
started q general store in North Liberty, plac-
ing Ruby in charge thereof. He failed to make
the necessary report to the Association, and
turned less money into the treasury than the
large business of the store warranted; conse-
| quently Smith, one of the Directors, had him
arrested for embezzlement, as above stated.
AFRE1aHr train at Tiffin pulled out without
orders from the c. s. & G. depot when the
passenger mail from the south WAS already due
and terrible collision occurred just outside
the city limits. Both engines were completely
destroyed, as they, with the baggage car and
two freight cars were burned up. The fire
man of the passenger engine, VIM. Woodberry
| was killed outright; VIM. Cash, baggage-mas-
ter, slightly injured; Bob Hayler, engineer
badly bruised about the limbs and hurt inter
nally; Express Messenger Elwel, one leg broker
and badly bruised. Dave Stewart, mail agent
arm dislocated; Mrs. Anna Chany, of San
dusky City, was the only passenger injured, re
| ceiving severe cuts on the temple. Inyestiga
ton reveals the fact that the engineer, Cham
berlain, on the freight was drunk, and his con
ductor was sound asleep, and never knew thu
train had pulled out. ALI mail and express
matter, with the exception of the safe, wa
burned. The baggage was saved.