The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-09
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

locked, and, on gaining entrance, he |
found his wife lying dead in the center of
the room. 1t was at first supposed she
had committed suicide, but the Coroner,
after holding an inquest, returned YER
dict of death from apoplexy. Mrs. Burdge
is a daughter of Ex-Auditor George A.
Delmer, and leaves two small children.
JOHN SToHL, recent immigrant from
Germany, committed suicide at Cincin-
natl on the 30th. Cause, poverty.
The Grand Jury for Lake County Com
mon Pleas Court returned the following
indictments: Harry Heath, rape; Addi-
son D. Moore, allowing minors to play
billiards; Richard Magoon and John
Kelly, assault and battery; Thomas
Rooney, assault with intent to kill; Asa
Calender, Edward Calender and Henry
Rauch,- assault with intent to kill and
murder; Horatio Whipple, rape; Dan o.
Carter, assault and battery, five counts.
Carter is Superintendent of the County In
firmary, and is charged with cruelty to in
mates.
Mr.. WILLIAM KELSEY, a well-respected
farmer, residing near Pikeville, Darke
County, met with a sudden and frightful
field to dinner, when his horses became
frightened at something on the way, and
despite his power to hold them they ran
away at desperate rate, upsetting the
wagon into ditch in the field and throw
ing him beneath it, so that the heavy
weight fell upon his head, producing inju-
ries which proved fatal before any one
could reach him.
MARK WATT, a former employe of the
Panhandle Railroad at Dennison, Tusca-
rawas County, recently stole 5000 from his
wife and forged her name to an order for
$500 more in a Uhrichsville bank, and
skipped for parts unknown, leaving the
woman and three children destitute. The
money was given Mrs. Watt by her father,
farmer, to buy home.
Mr.. CHAs. WILLIAMS was instantly killed
by locomotive on the 31st tit., in Del
aware County, on the Cleveland. Columbus,
Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railroad. He
had been drinking freely all day, and left
for his home at Berlin late in the evening.
The Coroner held an inquest and found it
case of accidental killing. The deceased
leaves two little boys, eight and ten years
of age.
ELIZA ]. TUMBLEsoN, fair, rustic damsel
of seventeen, residing in Pleasant Town
ship, Van Vert County, went before Es-
quire Richey and made complaint that she
is an unmarried woman, and that Charles
Miller, son of Smith Miller, wealthy far.
mer and stock-dealer, was the father of her
unborn babe. A warrant was issued and
Miller arrested, but he escaped from the
Constable and is hiding. Miller's personal
property has been attached by the Sheriff.
The residence of w. s. Hanson, in CALI
polls, Gallia County, was burglarized on
the Sd, and pants, vests, 81 in money, a
silver watch and silverware taken to a con-
siderable amount. Seventy dollars had
been removed from his clothes by Hanson
before retiring, which was not found. The
articles were all taken from where he and
his wife slept, but they were not awak-
ened.
THE Board of Trustees of Kenyon Col
lege, Mount Vernon, held meeting on
the Sd to fill vacancies occasioned by the
death of Mardenbro White, and selected
T. R. Head, of Gambler, agent, and Harry
N. Hills, of Delaware, Treasurer of tha
Theological Seminary and College. Both
appointments are pronounced exception
ally good ones.
On THE LIST, while Godfrey Greenfield, OF
Dunkirk, was walking on one of the streets
late at night, he was knocked down and
robbed of $26 in money, and left for dead.
He is terribly bruised, and as yet is not in
his right mind. There is mystery sur
rounding the affair, which may soon
develop into the discovery of who did the
deed.
A NEAT and successful forgery came to
light on the 1st at Toledo, Lucas County,
the operator being one John Beach, only
seventeen years of age. He managed to
manufacture a check on the Union Ma.
tional Bank of Chicago for $64.5o, and got
it cashed hy the Merchants National Bank
of Toledo, who will be the loser.
CHARLES LYON was arrested at Mansfield
Richland County, on the 1st, for burglariz
ing G. w. Gregg & Co.'s clothing store on
che night CT the 18th ult. When arrested he
had on a suit of the clothes, shirt and
necktie. He had preliminary hearing
before Mayer Rhodes, and was bound owe,
in the sum of 5000.
A FoUR-YEAR-oLD son of Clinton Wood
ruff, of Concord Township, Lake County
was instantly killed by north-bound pas
senger train on the Painesville ano
Youngstown Railroad, on the I'd. The boy
had strayed short distance from home,
and was on the track wfeR- the train
rounded curve. The bodyswas cut il
| two.
DIVORCES were granted in the Common
Pleas Court of Erie County, on the I'd, a:
follows: Harriet Smith from James Smith
on the ground of willful absence; George
Dosh from Ellen Dosh, on the ground o
adultery; Alwina Busch from Carl Geo
Won Busch, on the ground of neglect O
duty and adultery.
CHARLES ENGLE, OF Howard Township
Knox County, was brought before Justic'
Doty on the 1st ON an affidavit sworn ou
by Mary J. South, charging him will
being the father of her unborn child
After a preliminary hearing Engle wa
pound over to Court, his father furnishing
bond for his appearance.
MICHAEL HERsHNER, an old, wealthy ant
highly respected farmer in Morrow
County, dropped dead on the Sd from
heart disease.
WM. WILSON, who is employed as a turne
at The grind-stone works of Calder Bros.
at Constitution, Washington County, wa
cau ght upon swiftly revolving shaft OIL
ths 1st, and had his skull crushed. 1t i
thought he can not recover. He is mar
riad man, aged thirty-five.
HARRY BLOOD, an Ashtabula County boy
ased twelve years, while out hunting Oh
the 3Oth, with other boys, was shot by tn
accidental discharge of gun in the hand
of one of his companions, inflicting
severe wound in the fieshy part of tn
right leg above the knee.
THERE were two suicides and one muI
der in Cincinnati on the 31st.
A DOZEN young men from Monroe Cen
ter were arrested and brought to Millers
burg, Holmes County, on the 3d. charge
with destruction of property a few night
ago. They gave bail for their appearance
SAMUEL c. WILKINSON, engineer at Johr
son & Baldwin's pottery, at Akron, &C
caught in the machinery on the I'd, an
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