The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-03
OHIO STATE NEWS.

THE suicidal mania seens TO be looking up.
THE ground was, whitened with snow in
Union County on the Path. 4 y n 3,
Miss MoALooN, a young lady Of New Straits
vile, was killed by runaway team.
q HENRIcK D. LEACH, young mar OF Canal
Dover, suicided by shooting himself twice
through the body. ss.lz4
stantly killed by passenger train at foungs-
town. He leaves large family.
OK SUGAR Run, near Pomeroy, George
Fisher was fatally stabbed by Andrew Ha-
brecht. Habrecht is IN jail.
A YOUNG man of Dresden, Homer Bagent,
was perhaps fatally stabbed by some unknown
person while in a crowd of roughs. asa
GEORGE YoeELs young man nying near
Millersburg, who WAS s,instruck last summer,
has been declared insane and taken to Columbus.
EATON, West Alexandria, Elkton, Winchester,
Germantown, Miamisburg, Franklin, Middle
town, and Lebanon are all connected by tele-
phone. setii a ~ IA IsA
Rev. THEoDoaE oRow1. pastor of the Second
Pi esbyterian Church at GAINESVILLE, was married
the past week to Miss Mary @. Hobart, OF Grim
nell, Iowa. fss isss3a
MRs. RrsS1xe, of Bracevile, Trumbull
County, suicided by drowning. Her body was
found floating in the river aboutsix miles north
Of Warren. lssE
Mr.. WESLEY SHAWNEE. of Green Springs,
committed suicide by shooting himself through
the hesrt with double-barrel shotgun. Cause
GEORGE BALDWIN, Of Benton Ridge, died
from the effects of strychnine administered by
his own hand, but whether with Suicidal intent
is not known. Bas n Est,zs kax
= A NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. son Of DR.. Landis, at
Oberlin, who q few day ago shot himself acci-
dentaly with toy pistol, has died from the
enects OF the wound. ssfisssss ffss IA
Z The Commissioners of Perry County have
purchased forty acres of land just west of New
Lexington, on the Lancaster road, upon which
to build Children's Home.
ADAM KuNTz, a respected farmer living two
miles south of Galloway, suicided by cutting
his wrist and throat with a razor. Cause, de-
spondency over the death of q favorite daughter.
TEE John Mitchell furniture building, on
Second street, between John and Smith st eets,
Cincinnati, burned the past week. entailing
loss on property and stock of $50, 900, partially
insured. ~
MISS LAURA GRAY, of Hudson, Summit
County, who was some time ago disappointed
in. love affair, has become violently insane.
Miss Gray is aged twenty years, is handsome,
and Eas been popular in Young society
: Ar BEIIEFoNTAINE the Grand Jury indicted
Jacob lWhitmore for murder IN the first degree,
changed with poisoning his wife. Albert Hoge
was also indicted for murder In the frstdegree,
the crime charged being that of shooting
Charles Martin to death. 49,
NEAR Careysville, Champaign County, while
returning from church concert, three persons
In buggies driving abreast on the pike, racing
their horses, ran over . Miss Rosa jenkins.
young lady who was walking in the road, and
severely, If not fatally, injured her. She was
badly bruised and at last accounts In preca-
rious condition. ss7
SAYS Mount Vernon correspondent: Great
anxiety prevails among farmers relative to
wheat planted in September. Heavy rains and
Jaad. n, afr1rao lv
advance, and it is claimed that fully one-half
the amount sown is rotting at the roots or be-
ing destroyed by the Hessian fly. The abund-
ant clover crop promised has not panned out,
and the granger wears an elongated face and
azure countenance.
J.R. MUzEM, Of Barnesville, Belmont County,
some days ago, started on his way to Milxaukee
to wed an estimable young lady of that city
While en- route he stopped at Chicago to see the
sights. Drinking was of course part Of the
programme, and it is stated that when Mr..
Muzem wound up in the station-house ON the
verge Of lunacy from excess of drink. It was
found his spree had cost him 81, 500. Mr..
Muzem is well advanced in years, and well to
does, everybody in his region Is apt to find it
out .s,-.--. "a. = @Ss Is
MRs. MARY FRY, the wife Of 9 well-to-do
farmer living north of Unionville, eloped with
Jed Davis, a young man living with Fry as .
farm hand. Davis left note saying he was
aware OF the enorin1ty OF his onense, but Mary
had mashed him, and he was powerless to re-
business-like postscript, urging her husband TO
procure \ decree of divorce right away and
marry . certain widowed lady of the neighbor-
hood, who, she was quite sure, would be good
to the seven small Fry she was leaving to his
care.
A STRANGER on horseback stopped at the
farmhouse of Fred Eaglehoff, five miles north
of Plain City, and, after eating dinner and
smoking with the farmer, made q proposition
to trade horses, his being an excellent one, and
soon after put his saddle on Eaglehof's horse
then Eaglehoff has seen neither stranger nor
horse. On the evening OF the same day Sec
ond party, claiming to come from Southern
Ohio, called and laid claim to the strangers
horse as property stolen from him two nights
before. Eaglehof looked on the matter as q
put-up job and refused to give up the animal.