The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02
OHIO STATE NEWS.

LANCASTER is to have new public cemetery
JHE Canton Street Railroad Company has
been incorporated.
CAPTAIN R. B.CRAwFoRD has been appointed
postmaster at Massillon.
TIE Prohibitionists are organizing in Huron
County for campaign work.
Mr.. JOHN RYAN, prominent 1eweier OF
Mount Gilead, WAS killed by the cars at Nor
walk.
ALICE CooNRAD, young lady of Rogers
ville Tuscarawas County, was accidentally
scalded to death
MISS REBEcoA CARLYsLE, of Beliefontaine,
who has been twice disappointed In love, has
been adjudged insane.
GEoReE CRAIG, for number Of years post
master at Kent, has been appointed route
agent between Buffalo and Chicago.
ABRAHAM MASeASE, wealthy farmer living
one mile north of 0stfander, suicided BY hang
ing in his barn. Temporary insanity.
EDDY. the young lawyer of Newark, has been
found guilty of shooting with intent to kill,
Eli Hall, the father Of his sweetheart.
One barber in Mount Gilead has had all the
other BARRIERS in town arrested, on the charge
of performing common labor on Sunday.
The Cincinnati Independent Brewing Com
capital stock of $500, 600, has been incorpor-
ated. fzss
WILLIAMS, the detective who ferreted ont the
Imbecie Asylum incendiarism, received 80 per
day from December 16 to January I'll for his
his work.
A THREE.YEAR-oLp son of Asbury Dewett, of
| Nashville, Holmes County, fell into q bucket OF
scalding water, from the effects of which he
died in q few hours afterward.
An ENaIdsHMAN named Robert Nuttle, OF
Kent, while pulling his gun through the fence,
caused its discharge, receiving the full charge
under the chin, killing him instantly. Il
A. ]. AND ]. W. BLIZZARD have been arraigned
81 la abs oOfar hoz ling
executors, $4,000 Of the estate OF William
Blizzard, deceased. they burying this sum in
cellar and never accounting for it.
THE safe of Chas. Himelright, wealthy
farmer, living ten miles south OF Akron, was
robbed of 800 by four masked men, who also
stole his team and wagon. 1,500 was over
looked in another part of the house.
! AN EFFORT to suppress billiard playing, at
| Quincy, after o'clock in the evening, has
| proved failure. James Leach, who keeps
| biliard-room violated the ordinance prohibit
ing playing after p. m, and after several hear
ings, Mr.. Leach, it appears, came out ahead.
| DR.. SAMUEL. CHANCE, for many years q MEM
Der of the firm Of Fisher q Chance, Urbana,
but latterly engaged in the drug business at st.
Paris. Champaign County, suicided the past
week by hanging. No cause is assigned for the
act except slight business depression
TIE sand pipe in the boiler in Nimmons'
Stave Factory, at Celina, broke causing steam
to escape, and BERTHE Keifer, Mike Walters and
Willie Smith, aged twelve, thirteen and four
teen respectively, were fatally scalded- Ksifer
aud Walters have died, and Smiths recovery is
| doubtful. Et fsffs 5s13sI
A PUPIL in school near West Jefferson,
named George Scott, recently became SO un-
rulY that his teacher, Mrs. Hoza Heigh, was
compelled to send for John Butler, one of)the
school directors, to pacify him, but Scott soon
demonstrated, on Buffers arrival, that this
could not be done, and as the only alternative,
Butler attempted to eject the ferocious young
man. Scott did not propose to be elected, and
picking up lump of coal, hit Butler fatal
blow on the head and then made his escape.
The account says Butler cannot live.
r. EIIzABETH BAkER, q young lady of Canton
| aged seventeen years, desired to accompany
family of the town named Backheimer who
were moving West. When about to board the
train with the Backhemer family, at the in.
stance of her father, she was detained on writ
of hdbeds corpus. She was tried before the
Probate Court and acquitted. Again she at
tempted to start on her journey, when she was
again arrested, this time on charge Of adul
tery with Backheimer. Backheimer gave the
girl enough money to follow them and ther
left for the West, and as soon as the grl get
follow. The peculiar feature about this whole
affair is, that father would, to gain point
publicly blast the character of his daughter.
NEW ScHEME.-A new scheme is being
played upon the unwary, which, as far as it has
gone, has proven q success, and for the benefit
Of those who may become victims, we give the
n,odus operandt as practiced on F. R. Beck, q
baker of Akron. man calling himself Cone
called on Mr.. Beck and wanted to buy bis es.
tablishment. After some talk Mr.. Beck agreed
to sell out for $5, 600 cash. Gone accepted the
terms, and at once went to the tele
graph Office and " "telegraphed to hi
brother at Cleveland to come at once an6
bring the money" Shortly after peddlel
called at Beck's place and wanted to sell hi
goods. Gone looked at his stock, for which
$112 was wanted, and concluded to take it
When he came to pay the money he found b,
was $35 short and asked Mr.. Beck, would he ad
vance the balance. Certainly" Well, Mr.
, Beck is out his S35 and still in possession o.
, his bakery. Look out for this scheme. It i
on the wing.