The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-30
OHIO STATE NEWS.

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JoHN HAzTos, Of Lorain, was fatally injured
DAYTON claims the honor for one of her citi.
zens OF first discovering the comet.
TIE colored camp-meeting at Logan began
June "a, for one week.
= W. T. OWEN, q farmer near Marion, had
twenty head Of sheep killed by dogs last
week.
THE, two-year-old child Of aMr. Daniel
Kelley, Of Logan, died from drinking concen-
A MEoHAN1csBURa correspondent says that
section was visited by light frost on the night
of June 20.
MAJoR ANDRAw KILaoRE, one Of Pike Coun-
ty's most prominent citizens, died last week in
his ffty-ninth year:
WILLIAM HILL, a farmer residing near Oald-
well, last week killed a rattlesnake upon which
there were seven rattles. - qa
The water-works question Is being agitated
at Marion, and there is now probability that
the works will be secured.
SEVERAL farmers in Portage County, have
lost in the aggregate over 800 worth OF sheep
this spring, Killed by dogs.
The MCPHERSON statue will be unveiled ct
Clyde, July 20. A large attendance of survivors
of the Army of the Tennessee is expected.
Mr. CRuM, of Mansfield, while returning on
an excursion from Niagara Falls, was robbed
at Meadville, Pa, of $500 in cash and papers.
A FoUR-YEAR-oLD child of Louis Hoffman, at
Urbana, died from swallowing penny. The
child lived thirteen days after swallowing the
coin.
. Ex-GovERNoR BISHOP, who sued the Cincin-
natl Gazette for $60,0e0 for defamation Of
character, after tedious trial, was awarded
$500.
JOHN A. ALLISON, charged with embezzling
$265 from the Singer Sewing Machine Com
pany at Steubenyille, has been arrested at In
dianapolis, Ind. - sf5,s,ss.s5 80
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on Decoration Day last has died from his in
juries. His wife died seven days before his
death, after short Illness.
CHARLES MCIiAUdHLIN, q section hand on
the T., d. and B. narrow gauge, went to sleep
on the track at Beaver stream, near Celina, and
was horribly mangied by passing train.
= THE authorities of Youngstown had des-
perate encounter with the notorious tramp
burglars s"Fiery'' and George Williams, but
oyerpowed- them and landed them in jail.
Mrs SAB1NA PLUM, young married woman,
living northwest of Bellefontaine, apparently
hage of the lungs. She bled to death In If
teen minutes. She had been married but six
months.
ANDREW LIvEsAY, an old gentleman living
two miles from Piketon, shielded by shooting
himself with q double-barrel shotgun. both
barrels being discharged into his brain, causing
instant death. He was ffty-eight years old
and leaves large family.
A SYNDICATE of Lancaster capitalists has
been organized for the development of seven-
teen hundred acres of coal land in Yinton
County. The capital is 100000. They viii
be known as the Cincinnati Coal Company,
their purpose being to furnish cheap coal to
Hamilton County.
THE body of John Calkin, of Duplain, Mich,
was found in the woods near Fremont by
hunters in such badly decomposed condition
as to prevent its removal Hehad been tramp
ing, it is thought, and took sick and died in the
woods from exposure and neglect He was
aged about sixty years. a5.sGit
THE past week an attempt WAS made to burn
the hoppers of the Straitsyille Coal Company,
at New Straitsville, by placing lighted lamps
under the roof, but q butcher passing chanced
to see the flames in time to extinguish them.
A reward of 81, 900 is offered for the arrest and
conviction of the parties.
NEW PHILADELPHIA, as we have said before,
is a great place man named Lape, tired Of
his wife, adopted new plan to get rid of her.
He appeared before the Probate Court and en-
deavored to have her adjudged insane and sent
to the asylum. 1t turned out that she had tho
most brains of the two, and the case was dis
missed q .A
CLAY WILSON, who killed Jim Moon, the
notorious gambler, at Denver, Col, few days
ago, is the son of Robert Wilson, of Lancaster,
this State, wealthy and influential farmer.
Clay left home when twelve years old, full OF
an adventurous spirit imbibed from novel read
ing, and since that time, has been q wanderer
in Mexico and on the Pacific coast. .ssgilk
A POST of the Grand Army Of the Republic
has been organized in Mechanicsburg, with the
following officers Post Commander, w. n.
Baxter; s. v. Commander, James Conway; J.
v. Commander, W. II. Shepherd; Quarter
master, y. w Davis; Officer OF the Day, Alex.
Creamer; Officer of the Guard, w. b, Boulton;
Surgeon, @. K. Clark; Adjutant, L. Y. B. Tay-
lor; Sergeant Major, g. ]. Davis; Quarter
master Sergeant ]. N. Wormer, The organiza-
ton is called t'Stephen Baxter Post, No. 50.
THE proposed sale of the Columbus and To-
ledo and Ohio and Virginia Railroads to the
Cleveland syndicate composed Of Charles
Hicko1, Henry B. Payne, J. h. Wade, s. T.
Everett, W. j. McKinnie, and Stevenson Burke
has created some excitement from the fact
the Hooking Valley Road was a kind of savings
bank for a great many people. The stock
holders, in the sale, subscribe to the following:
ave, the stockholders of the Columbus and
Hooking Valley Railroad Company, hereto
subscribing each for himself, in consideration
of the premises, do hereby seyerally and mu-
tually agree to sell the stock we each hold and
the 20 per cent. stock dividend thereon to said
parties. or all or any Of them, ct . premium of
30 per cent. on the original and dividend, be-
ing S75 share, on the basis Of "a ,000, 600
capital stock of said company" a,..