The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-04-28
OHIO STATE NEWS.

A LAND LEAGUE has been organized in Gin
cinnat.
THOMAS LEWIS, a brakeman on the Lake
Shore Road, killed.
SEVERAL prisoners last week escaped from
the County Jail at st. Clairsyille.
THE Stubbs Sunday Law seems to be gen.
orally. observed throughout the State.
BENJAMIN STEINER, young carpenter, at
Bluffton, suicided by hanging to cherry tree.
AT Bronson, Jacob Hawkins was killed in q
we'll by bucket falling and striking him on
| the head.
The elegant residence of General John II.
Young, at Urbana, WAS partially destroyed by
| fire the past week.
THE motion for change of ue1,,e at st.
| Clairsville in the Weir murder case, was over
ruled by Judge 0key.
ONE man at Marion has been sued by three
| irate females (for what We do, not know the
amount aggregating $45, 600.
REV. DR.. BUNEs, former Chaplain in the
| Ohio Penitentiary, has been incapacitated by
stroke of paralysis at Cambridge. {.
| Mrs. G. NJ. WELLS, of New Philadelphia,
died from injuries received by being thrown
from buggy by runaway horse.
A GLASS factory, employing one hundred men,
| is to be built at Massillon. Thecitizens donated
80, 600 to the company.to secure the works.
| EDWIN CewLEs, editor of the Cleveland
| Leader, and E. w. Scripps, of the Penny
Paper, have each sued the other for criminal
4 libel. zsfsf
JOHN BARNETT, prominent young druggist
| of Akron, fell between the cars and was killed
| at Independence Station, n few miles north OF
Akron. akr Soaf
MRS CHRIS. N1cKMAN, of Steubenvil1e, at
tempted suicide by jumping into the river, but
was rescued by her brother before drowning.
/ Mental alteration.
SAMUkL BAILEY, near Mount Gilead, says he
has been taken in by sharpers from Indianapolis
/ to the amount of $3.50, by signing paper that
turned out to be judgment note.
SAMUEL GILLESPIE, leading and wealthy
citizen of Portland Station, Jefferson County,
while crossing railroad bridge near his home,
4 slipped and fell into the water and was drowned.
The street railway employees in Cincinnati,
who struck for an advance Of wages, although
they did not get what they asked for, had their
demands in a measure acceded to, and have
gone to work. 80
Mrs MOONEY, the wife of q painter liying,at
No. 8 East Third street, Cincinnati, died last
| week from the effects of Q blow on the head
with hatchet in the hands of her husband.
Mooney is in jail. ,fszefs.
ABOUT the last thing Mt. Vernon did before
i the adjournment Of the Legislature was to
send to that body q petition. unanimously
signed by her citizens, asking for the enact
ment of q law permitting the city to issue
bonds to build water-works.
The body of Thomas Smith, a well-known
the rear of the Wheeler Opera-house, where he
had probably fallen during the night. The
deceased was at one time large jobber In that
city, but had latterly become quite dissipated.
AT North Lawrenceburg, seven miles west Of
Massillon, Cyrus Young, who was assisting in
starting saw-miu, WAS caught by the betting
and almost instantly killed. Mr.. Young was
considered to be the wealthiest man in Stark
County, The best estimates place the value Of
his interest at almost 81, 600, 900. He owned
| about fifteen valuable farms in the west end of
| the county, a number of them having coal
mines located on them, his wealth having been
accumulated principally from royalty on coal
He was generally known as the Coal King Of
the Tuscarawas Valley. Ten children survive
him. s
FoUR-YEAR-oLD daughter of Mr.. William
Mayberry, of Coal Center, died a most horrible
death from the effects of fright. While play
ing with her eight-year-old brother, he sug-
gested that they play funeral, and. digging q
hole in the ground, induced her to get in, and
began shoveling in the earth, whereupon she
became frightened, and in struggling to get
out she injured her spine. Her screams
brought her parents to the spot, and they res
cused her from the pit more dead than alive.
| The frightened parents secured the best physi-
clan, but the child's nervous system had re-
ceived such shock that she was past all medi-
cal aid, and, after lingering In great agony for
twenty-four hours, the little sufferer died.
A SINGULAR case of forgetfulness occurred at
New Philadelphia last week. A young fellow
from Dover Township walked in the Office and
asked Judge Brown for a license for himself
and girl to marry. The Judge took down his
name, and then asked the name Of the young
lady. The fellow scratched his head and stam-
mered, but could not recollect it. He studied
and studied, ibut her name had completely
slipped his memory, Finally he told the Judge
to make it Just ''the same as his'n, as it soor
would be that, but the judge would not give
. him the license under the circumstances, and
the fellow trudged home and came back in q
couple of hours. He had the name this time
q piece of paper got the license and went
away happy.
THERE is 3 new and dangerous swindle il
> practice, of which We give full account fol
the benefit of those who may be approached b,
the rascally operators. The case Of which W,
| write occurred to prominent farmer named
Milton Hathaway, residing near Mt Gilead
| While at work in his field, Mr.. Hathaway wa.
, approached by two strangers, who, pretending
, | to be agents Of the Western Medical Works
endeayored to have him take an agency. Re
fusing to do this, they showed him some of
! | their medicines, and, learning he was troubled
{ | with rheumatism, persuaded him to drink q
j large graduate full Of their Sure-Cure Doing
: this, Mr.. Hathaway became perfectly obliyioul
: to surroundings, and, as found out later In the
: evening, upon examination Of a contract and q
: note which the fellows left in his possession,
! he was persuaded to sign q note, due thret
months after date,- calling for $250, blanl
payee. About the safest plan is, to have moth
ing whatever to do with agents. The smoothel
| they talk, the more dangerous they are. Dea
with those whom you; know to be honorable
I men.