The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-25
OHIO STATE NEWS.


SAMUEL WARNER, of New Philadelphia, acci-
dentally cut his right eye entirely out with
chisel
FFTY-Two persons had their pockets picked
ut Barnums circus, at GAINESVILLE. That is not
30 bad.
THERE was slight frost in the lowlands in
the vicinity of Mansfield on the night Of Au-
gust IA.
VIM B. LOWRY, a carpenter, aged sixty-five
years, at Ripley, fell from building and was
instantly killed.
Hon. GILBERT SMITH, of Marietta, was
probably fatally injured the past week by
runaway accident.
GEORGE S. TRowBRIDaE was killed near Gore
by bank caving in on him. Leaves wife
and three children.
CRAcKsMEN blew open the safe of Christian
Sorg, at Wooster, and took therefrom 81, 600 in
money and 81, 600 in city bonds.
A YOUNG man named Grimm was almost in
stantly killed, near Pomeroy, by being crushed
between the barn and a thresher.
T. j. RICE, the tramp who murdered his
companion, near Canton, has been committed
to jail to await the action of the Grand Jury.
PROF. J. l.. RIVERS, colored, editor of the
Con'aotton Valley Gazette, published at Louis
vile, Carroll County, Ohio, died of consump-
ton on the 18th.
REV. J. P. IsLIP, of Olena, while driving
home from Norwalk, was thrown from his
DuSBy Dy his morse running away, anu was
probably fatally injured.
MIss Lves-644K11Dor, daughter of L. d.
Sheldon, wealthy farmer of Burg Hill, Trum-
bull County, suicided by hanging. She was
subject to fits of hypochondria.
MATT. GRIFFIN, who gave the constable the
slip at GAINESVILLE a few days ago, has been re-
arrested at Dennison. He is charged with at
tempting to rape married woman.
JOHN CAYLIx and his ten-year-old son we're
buried under caving bank near New Phila-
delphia. The boy was instantly killed, and the
father, it is thought, can not recover.
The body of Albert G. Cramer was found in
the river at the foot of Race street, Cincinnati,
last week, and his drowning is a mystery. MIR.
Cramer was one of Cincinnati's most popular
young men.
A NoRwALK correspondent says: Zone hun
dred and fifty Italians have just arrived from
New York to work on the Wheeling and Lake
Erie Railroad" Is that not a new departure
for Italians.
ALBERT HoGE, who at Bellefontaine, shot
| Charles Martin, and VIM. Ballard, arrested as
| an accessory, have been committed to Jail with
| out bail. Eminent counsel have been employed
by the prisoners.
JOE LOVE, married (colored) man of Sid
| ney, ravished sixteen-year-old girl named
Jones (colored), at Troy, one night last week,
| who was on her way home from work, injuring
her frightfully in the struggle. Love was ar
| rested.
AT URBANA horse ridden by colored boy
| dashed furiously round a corner, but the boy
| didn't. He left the saddle and went straight
| ahead, landing in the limbs of a convenient
| cherry tree uninjured. After recovering his
| reason sufficient to know where he was, he
| climbed down and walked away.
JAMES NORRIS, of Canton, was whipping his
| wife, and hearing the disturbance Officer Sell
entered the house to quell the row. He was
confronted by revolver in the hands of the
| irate husband who proposed to shoot the head
| off him, but Sell just hit him over the head
with his mace, knocked him down and hauled
him off to jail. Good enough.
| Two brothers at Newcomerstown, named
| Bremen, aged twelve and fifteen years, became
| involved in a quarrel about some trivial affair
when the younger drew pocket knife and
stabbed the older in the abdomen, making 8
ghastly wound near the umbilicus from which
portion of the bowels protruded. The ply.
sician pronouces the wound fatal
Two freight trains collided about mile ant
half west of Wooster, badly wrecking tn,
engines and fourteen cars of freight. The
engineers and firemen escaped with bruises b,
jumping from their engines, but brakeman
named Jos. Whitaker, was crushed to deatl
under the cars. His body was not found TO
some time. The track was obstructed severa
hours, but passenger trains were transferred
and were not seriously delayed.
FEW days ago man named Lewis Mile
gave himself up to the authorities at Colum
bus, processing himself an accomplice in
murder recently committed at GAINESVILLE, an,
for which Jackey Bowser and Bill Riley ar
now serving term in the penitentlary. Al
investigation, however, proved that he coul
have in no way been implicated in the crime
and he was discharged. The authorities, how
ever are now looking for him again, but ca
not find him. It appears that on Sunday morn
ing, September 5, 1875, the dead body of a ma
named William Griggs was found in the Mus
kingum River. Three persons, "Jocky" Vont
den, Charles George and Henry Young, pre-
fessed to have seen a strange man, whom the
identified as William Griggs, jump int
the river at the foot Of Fifth street
on the night of September l. A
the Coroner's investigation evidence wa
produced which seemed to implicate Vonsder
George and Young in the murder of Griggi
and they were arrested Monday, September
and committed, pending hearing. The Coz
oner required the prisoners to enter into
recognizance for their appearance in the Con
mon Pleas Court. Bail was offered, and az
cepted and the men released. Vonsden, Georg
and Young were afterwards sent to the Pen
tentiary for perjury, alleged to have been CON
mitted on the trial of Vonsden, and served OF
| their terms. Agnes Orr, woman of sole
reputation. caused quite a sensation in Coul
at the time, by admitting that she committe
perjury in testifying against the parties at tt
request Of Johnny McCallister, whom nobod
seemed to know. He was said to be stra,
ger, and asked Agnes to swear the crime @
, these three young men. Miller was never col
. nected with the murder in any way until nov
but recent developments seem to point to hi
, as McCallister in the crime.
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