The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-09
OHIO STATE NEWS.


Ar GoRE Henry Heffs two small children
were poisoned by eating poke-root.
SEVERAL dogs were reported last week to be
afflicted with hydrophobia at Zanesville.
HENRY ATKINSON, aged twenty, fatally shot
himself at Perrysyille while shooting fish.
Two freight locomotives on the Ohio Gem
tra1 Railroad were totally wrecked near Lam
caster by collision.
DAVID HoRN, for thirty-seven years POST
master at Uniontown, died last week. aged
seventy-seven years. 500
LICE TuRRoY, of Leesburg, was killed by the
cars while in an intoxicated condition. He
leaves wife and two children in helpless
condition.
A YOUNG man named Josiah Price, living
near Circleville, fell dead from heart disease
while making call on q young lady named
Miss Tilton.
A CALF ran against Mrs. T. c. Porter, an
estimable'old lady of Belle Center, and knocked
her down. She fell on wooden bucket and
sustained internal injuries which may prove
fatal.
LAST fall 81, ,030 was stolen from the store Of
Sunderman Bros, at Amanda, q village near
Lancaster. Last week the entire amount was
found concealed in a jar on the premises Of A.
NJ. Clark.
ISAAC BRApBuRS, farmer residing at
Adams Mills, aged about fifty years, while
hauling saw logs was instantly killed by the
| wagon upsetting and the log rolling upon him.
| He leaves large family. f31
A TRAMP was arrested at London last week,
| for attempting to violate the eight-year-old
| daughter of Matt. Smith. Fortunately the
| child's mother was in the house, heard her
/ cries, and ran the rascal down.
| FARMERS along the the Scioto Valley are ex-
! periencing considerable difficulty with their
seed-corn. Many fields had to be replanted.
This, with the lateness Of the season, viii cause
the yield to be below the average.
1 0scAR TRApPAaAN at Massillonr who hsG
i just completed a six months term in the
county jail for throwing Wtriol in his wifes
| face, has again been sent to jail for using OBJ
scene and profane language to, j. NJ. McEwen
and wife on the street. He is sweet pickle.
A YOUNG man named Owen Kaiser, about
sixteen years old, was seriously injured at
Hinkles handle, factory at sKepton,s By being
caught in large cutoff saw. His right thigh
was torn of, his right ann fearfuIly lacerated,
and his left heel badly torn. BE has been
patched up, but is thought can not live.
THERE is little telling what. menf will do
sometimes Frank Keck, wealthy farmer
living at Wilkesville, seventeen miles from Nc
Arthur, has abandoned his wife, family and
home for an abandoned woman named Lilly
i Vale. Mr.. Keck had been considered one Of
the best citizens of that entire section.
CHRISTIAN STRAIN, of Canton, haying served
out a sentence in jail for drunkenness, was dis
charged, and being refused admission to bis
own house by his wife, went to the house of .
neigbor named Sommers and attempted to out
rage Mrs. Sommers. The husband happened
upon the scene just in time to save his wife,
but Strain managed to get away and is still at
large. sagfss hsz{S<
THE drouth is having a serious effect. Says
q Mount Vernon correspondent: "Sixty y-6ve
employees of c. & G.. Cooper & Co.'s iron-vorks
1 have been discharged. Agents of the firm
have been sending in reports from all parts Of
by the drouth, which will decrease the de-
mand for farm engines and agricultural ma
chinery."
A BooK-AeENT named Haas, wrote note to
a married lady in Dayton, requesting an inter-
view, appointing time and place. The lady
was eminently respectable, and Of course
handed the note to her husband. Her husband
kept the appointment for her, accompanied by
q, cowhide. When the. smiling agent came
forth rigged in manner 70 be recognized, the
husband gave him q terrific whipping.
WITHIN week an epidemic disease, com
mencing with the symptoms noticeable in casel
Of distemper, and finally going to the brair
and causing very sudden death, has begun *
rage in Chester and Franklin Townships, II
the eastern part of Morrow County. Tn,
worth Of the horses SO far killed by the dis
J ease will not fall short of 81 500. The expert
ence and skill Of veterinary surgeons IN thes
cases seem to be almost worthless.
EDWIN F. DUNN, a travelling salesman 70
, jumping from the fifth story Of the Emer.
Hotel on Vine street. He struck the avn
( ing in his descent and was badly mangled
Death was instantaneous. He had for severa
!. weeks been afflicted with despondency, and ha,
gone to the hotel at noon, at the request Of hi
employers, to take needed rest. he was forty
: two years old and unmarried
, AT MARION Divorce has been granted in
d very peculiar case. In the Court of Commo
\ Pleas, Judge Beer granted divorce to Thoms
Sunderland from his wife, Druzilla, on ith
ground of desertion, incompadbiity, grof
: neglected. household duties, indiference to th
q wants of Thomas, and conduct generally ur
f becoming aspouse. Sunderland Is an eccentr
4 man about fifty years old, totally blind, and
n broom-maker by occupation; Druzilla is abos
ten gsars his senior, and from the testirnez
y elected from the plaintiff and several witnesse
: is not only shiftless and careless, but exhibits
" decidedly uncleanly exterior. Neither the d
Il fendant nor attorney appeared, and the o.
: man left the Courtroom with his deer,
declaring that be was in hurry to get hon
, and ''bounce the old gal from the premises
where the latter, it seems, recently turned .
l. on one of her periodical visits.