The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-07-07
OHIO STATE NEWS.


MUCH of the wheat throughout the Stats was
injured by the storm on the 29th ult
Mrs. FRANK SPRAeUE, at Garrettsville, sui
cided by hanging. No cause assigned.
Mrs. DAVID STRoUP, pioneer lady OF South
Charleston, died suddenly from q paralytio
stroke.
JOSEPH D. Boees and Nancy E. Boggs, Of
Bellefontaine, want S., 900 of A. G. 6mIth for
alleged slander.
MANUEL WALTERS, aged so years, living four
miles back Of Pomeroy, was killed BY falling
tree during storm.
CHARLES SMITH, at Alliance, aged twenty
one years, was drowned in Mahoning River
while bathing. Cramps.
Ex-GoyERNoR BISHOP writes letter to
Cleveland Democrat declining to besa candidate
for the Gubernatorial plum.
FRANK McGRoyRE, of Plain City, while clean
ing twenty five foot well, fell to the bottom
and was fatally injured.
ALEX. HERAI, aged seventy years, living at
Clyde, attempted suicide by shooting through
the face, but was not successful.
CHARLES MoMAHoN, miner, was killed In
Carbon Hill mine by falling coal. He leaves
an invalid wife and five children.
HORSE driven by Scott Eden, in East Dela-
ware, struck daughter of John Scully with
8 hoof, almost instantly killing her.
A AFIvE-YEAR-oLD boys had both legs cut on
| by reaper on the farm of Sol. Spangler, near
days.
VIM. HEsKET, who keeps hotel at Jacobs
| port, Coshocton County, was killed during .
violent storm by falling tree under which he
had taken shelter.
ALEXANDER WILSON, q large-landed proprie-
| tor and extensively known as "cattle king"
of Madison County, died last week at his homo
I at West Jefferson.
ROBERT JEFFREYs, q brakeman on train IS,
on the Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad, while
running along side his train at State Line, fell
under the wheels and was killed.
STATE SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS De WoIF has
discharged his chief clerk, Captain Albrittors
and viii appoint ]. E. Slater, of Wauseon, In
his place, with Mr.. Borden, OF Milan, as as
/ sistant.
SUSAN FOWLER, aged nineteen years, Of For
! est, fell in fit on the railroad track and mo-
Inent later freight train came tearing aiong.
! The engineer saw the girl, but ten cars passed
| over her, manghng her terribly, before he
could stop the engine.
VIM. l.. KING, formerly deputy in the
Clerks Office in Fairfield County, charges gross
irregularities in the official conduct Of J. W.
Graybill, the present Clerk, and an inyestiga-
ton by committee appointed by the County
Commissioners is now in progress. z sA
The trial of Joseph Kline, charged with
numbering his father by poison, is in progress
at Canton. Mrs. Martha Boyle, housekeeper
in the family, testifes that Joseph made tea
| and coffee on two different occasions while
Mr.. Kline was sick. and that she and Mr.. Kline
drank of the tea, but Joseph did not. They
were both shortly taken with fits of vomiting.
| MISS MARY ArHERToN, miss Of fourteen
| years and daughter of Hon. Gibson Atherton,
of Newark, rescued two of her companions who
had gone in bathing beyond their depths.
Neither of the girls could swim, nor could Miss
| Atherton, and how she got them out she does
not know. Stranger still, ,-she had her ordinary
clothing on, having remained sitting in the
! buggy, in which they had been riding, while
her companions attempted to enjoy the impid
waters.
YOUNG man by the name of Frank Harper,
living about seven miles southeast of Wooster,
shot and killed monster snake near his home.
1t was of the blue racer species, and measured
eleven feet one inch. It is said the young man
had a lively time of it before he succeeded In
capturing the reptile, and barely escaped his
poisonous fangs and deathly coil. This snake
has now become a curiosity in the neighbor-
hood where it was killed, and will probably be
stuffed for some museum.
The Urbana Camp-meeting will commence
August 9Th and close August 18th, thus holding
over two Sabbaths-a departure from the Gus
tom of former years. Rev. A. d. Leonard, d.
D., will have general direction Of the religious
exercises of the meetings, assisted by Rev.
Thomas Harrison, Rev. A. Lowry, D. D., Rev.
Geo. Watson, d. D., of Kentucky; Rev. s
Baker, d. D., and Rev. VIM. Runyan, with
other prominent camp-meet1ng workers. Ar
unusual interest and attendance is anticipated
The steel water tank on Prices Hill, Cincin
natl, containing 2, ,248, 900 gallons of water, ai
midnight of June 28th, burst with q terrific re
port and was swept away in almost an instant
Several houses in the vicinity were flooded ant
two of them moved from their foundations
The tank itself, which cost something over $50,
|. 600, was hurled distance of two hundred feet
1t had been in use not quite two weeks. 1t wa
forty-eight feet high and one hundred feet II
diameter.
SAYS Steubenville correspondent: "Sherif
Smith, of this county, has returned from ST
Louis having in custody Robert L. Lindsa
and John T. Morris, who are charged with ut
tering and publishing forged deeds to larg
tracts of land located in Missouri. The plal
under which they worked was to gain informa
ton of parties owning land, and then forg,
; their name to deeds, conveying said land Il
fictitious persons, from whom it was trans
ferred to them after which the sale took place
The reason they were brought to this count,
for trial was because James Turnbull and DR.
Thomas Stanton, of this city, held deeds from
Lindsay and Morris, which were considered
better evidence against them than any yet dis
covered. The operation Of these worthless hai
been very extended, thousands of acres having
been fraudulently disposed of. The trial WI
be one of the most interesting that ever tool
place in Jefferson County, as B. Gratz Browl
and Ex-Governor Fletcher, OF Missouri, anf
; General Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, have beer
retained to defend Lindsay and Morris, ant
United States District Attorney Bliss will con
, duct the prosecution.