The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-22
OHIO STATE NEWS.

CHARLES D1rTMAR, aged thirty-two, residing
at steubenville, suicided by shooting.
RTT 8. RANKIN, well ll-known minstrel of the
Rankin Brothers, died at Columbus the past
week.
NoRwALK has Smoke Consuming Furnace
Company with capital Of $500, 900.
GEoRaE W. HOWE has been nominated for
Collector Of Customs in the District of
Cuyahoga.
was shot and fatally injured by the accidental
discharge Of gun.
CAPT. WILL 8. MERRILL, of Irontop, has
received an appointment in the Government
service ct Washington.
VIM. DUNN, of Youngstown, aged forty-fve
years, while drunk, laid down over gas hue
and was suffocated.
ing q half cooked pistol in his pocket, shot HIM
self through the foot.
HATTIE CLARK, aged twenty-four, of Mechan-
icsburg, died from lock-jaw, caused by stepping
on . rusty nail December 1.
TEE wife of Robert Berkaw, living near Van
Vert, has abandoned her spouse, carrying
4240 away with her. she did what she had
often threatened to do.
NEAR Painesville Charley Scott while cutting
timber, cut his foot on at the ankle by mis-
lick, and was found in an unconscious condition
from the loss Of blood. Fatal.
Freshman 4 Bro, Advertising Agents,
Cincinnati, have made an assignment. Their
assets are IN the shape Of book accounts, and
viii probably foot up S25, 600.
was burned early on the morning of the 18th
inst. The owner Of the building loses about
els, 5,000insured-andt the lessee 81, 900.
LIZZIE HOLMAN, aged nineteen, residing at
Atwater, in Portage County, died last week of
diphtheria-she being the fifth in the Holeman
family who have died within three weeks.
CI.AuDENA STEWART, o girl aged only four.
teen years, Of Dunkirk, has brought suis
against Eli Smith, aged nineteen, charging him
with being the father Of her unborn child.
TIE Ex-Soldiers' and Sailors Association of
Franklin County will hold its fourth reunion at
Comstack's Opera-house, January "a, for
which occasion an interesting programme is
promised.
JOHN GAMl6KN, an old resident of Youngs-
town, got drunk, and wandered of down the
railroad track late at night He was found on
the track the following morning ground to a
horrible mass.
A RURAL couple from Blufton, Ind, on re-
out the gas, and were found in their bed on
the following morning in an insensible condi-
tion. They were registered as Lucas Fry and
wife.
GEORGE ELsEssER, fireman in the boiler
shop Of the Globe Iron Works, Cleveland, was
In his revolutions until every bone in his body
was crushed. He was aged thirty-fye and
leaves family.
FRANK ANDERSON, an engineer ON the
Straitsville Division Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, was killed in collision in Bris-
tol Tunnel. VIM. Anderson, o brother, who
was an engineer on the same division, was
killed only few weeks ago.
VIZ. REESE, aged twenty years, residing near
Massillon, brakeman on the Cleveland, Tus-
casawas Valley and Wheeling Railroad, was
killed four miles south of Massillon by falling
under the wheels of moving train while rum
ming ahead to move q switch.
TIE following nominations Of Ohio post
masters were confirmed in the United States
Senate the past week: @. e. Darlington, West
Liberty F. E. Bishop, Elyria s. =. Alma,
Bellefontaine; Geo. Womeldorf, Middleport
A. Bignas, Canton; W. i. Kratz, Ravenna
Levi Bowman, Mallett Creek. Joseph 7. Sex
ton has been nominated by the President for
postmater at Ashtabula, Ohio.
JACOB N. YoDER, prominent farmer living
two and . half miles east Of MIllersburg
while standing on the porch Of his residence
tance Of four feet, and broke his neck. Death
was almost instantaneous. The deceased was
sixty-three years Of age, and was in robust
health at the time Of the accident.
Ar MADISON Charles Butler called on Rev
Rawson Hall and asked him to step outside
After asking several queetons ABOUT some ad
wee he claimed Rev. Hall had given his wife
which Butler took exception to, he struck him
q violent blow on the head, and he now lies in
precarious condition. The cause of the troubl,
e church affair, which has made Butlel
cranky.
JAMES LEE, Q tramp hailing from Ann Arbor
Mich, was arrested at South Charleston fol
drunkenness. he put up his jeweiry to pa.
his fne and left town. Returning, he applied
ct Armstrong & Cos drugstore for money tt
redeem his jewelry. The money was refused
him, whereupon he went outside, and picking
mp large box, hurled 1t through the larg
plate windows. It seems that he meant busi