The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-10
OHIO STATE NEWS.


HoRsE THIEVES are working the State rather
efectually.
ANTHONY Fox, in Portage County, while
hunting, accidentally shot OF his arm.
An uNKNowN white man, in fracas at
Rendyille, shot negro. The negro is dead,
and the white man is gone.
Mrs. SARAH WoLcoTT, living near Plainfeld,
was burned to death by a coal oil lamp explo-
sion, caused by tipping the lamp over.
THE four-year-old son of David Geager, of
Marion, fell into cistern over which some
loose boards were lying, and was drowned.
Ar West LIBERTY, John Ryan, aged seventy
five years, last week married his fourth wife,
the widow Bradley, who is aged seventy years.
HARVEY CLOSE and William A. Harmon, of
Millersburg, were out hunting. Close missed
the rabbit, but hit Harmon, who will prob ably
recover.
A CORRESPONDENT says that the corn in Knox
County will yield, on an average, fifty bushels
per acre. Some farmers expect to gather sixty
eight bushels to the acre.
uoK1s Erz-xs1zz-z-., ~y-ss.-ey=eeheei te~.h4- eA-
West Mansfield, several days ago took gun
and started OF on a hunting expedition, and as
no tidlngs from him have been received, 1t is
thought he has met with fatal accident.
VIZ. GIILnAND, farmer living near Column
bus, stabbed Peter Stimmel, neighbor. The
quarrel originated in Stimmers sons gathering
nuts on Gilliland's land. The stabbing was in
Mrs. HAMILTON, of Peru, village six miles
from Norwalk, suicided while the family we're
at church by shooting herself in the breast
with . musket. She left letter saying she
was tired Of life. She was aged seventy-three
years. - A-
GEORGE sEDaEwIcK, boy sixteen years Of
age, while crossing the railroad track in front
OF an approaching freight train, at Sunbury,
Delaware County, slipped and fell, and before
he was able to get up, the train vas upon him,
crushing his body into o horrible mass.
Christian DAVIS, negro, assaulted and
ravished Mrs. Lucinda Tuckley, widow aged
fifty-two years, living near Albany, in Athens
County. He struck her over the head with
blunt instrument, and it is thought the injury
will provo fatal. Davis is in jail.
IT APPEARS there has been little of this
graveyard insurance business going on in
Ohio; Mrs Mary Ann Schwartz, an aged Ger
man lady who died at Akron, few days ago,
had $4,000 on her life. taken out by Akron
parties who anticipated her death.
ABOUT thirty Newport roughs, iron-workers,
who went out on the strike at the rolling mills,
Cincinnati, assaulted number of the men who
had come from the East TO take their places,
and injured two of them go seriously that they
were confined to their beds.
NEAR Mansfield on the B. and o. Road, the
third section of freight train ran into the
second section, on account of switch being
left open, and killed conductor Scott Forbes
injured VIM. Anderson, engineer, and Frank
Howard fireman. Forbes and Andrews were
both men of family, and all resided at New
ark.
JOHN DEv1NE, in the county Jail at Zanes-
vile, played rather sharp trick on the jailer.
He made dummy in close imitation of him
self, and placed it in his cell In such manner
that the jailer would think it was him. He
watched his opportunity to slip out into the
main corridor, and when the jailer unlocked
the main door, he skipped, making good his
escape.
parentage, who, for the past two years has
worked among the different hotels at Colum-
bus, refusing to live at home, sucided by
jumping from fourth story window in Ma
honing Block, the past week. She was sub
-iect to hysteria and after the attacks was
greatly depress5u Infnd, ft WEE cfurinS
one Of these spells that she resolved to end
her life.
THE Secretary of State, Adjutant-G General
and Attorney General have awarded the con-
tracts for new heating apparatus and improve
ments in the ventilation Of the State-house at
follows Steam pipes, ETC., Kelley & Co..
Ss04: water and gas-pipes, A. Schwartz
81, 594. 85 masonry, ". Voswinkle, 81, 231. 40
carpenter works. Beaver & Butt. 81 ,941 sheet
metal work, J. J. Yogelgesong, %, 235 so; car.
pets, Kershaw & Krausc, S742; painting and
glazing, B. B. Crane, 81, 120.75.
HALLOWEEN in the vicinity of Yellow Springs
was celebrated most disgracefully, according to
o correspondent. Nothing was too mean.
Fences were torn down, gates carried of and
culverts torn up. While a cabbage patch Wal
being devastated q farmer discharged double
barrel shotgun into the party, wounding
several persons. Jim Granger, at Niles, Ohio
who became enraged at some celebrators, sho
five young men with bird-shot, laying two o.
them out, who are now confined to their beds
THIS is sad. At Clyde, Ohio, Elsie and Henri
Crindle, claiming to be spirit mediums and ma
terialzers, were exposed while exhibiting at tn
house of Dennis Brown. Elsie, while imper
sonating Julia Dean Hayne, was seized by on
Of the gentlemen present, whereupon he wa
assaulted by Henry, who earae- to her assist
ance. In the confusion which followed tn
Crihdles got away, leaving their makeup be
hind, consisting of masks, wigs, beards rub
Der tubes for blowing horns at a distance, ant
their gauze wardrobe. They were arrested il
Fremont the following day, whittier they ha,
walked, and taken to Clyde, charged wit
syindling.