The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-02
OHIO STATE NEWS.

An EFFORT is being made to enforce the
Liquor Law at Akron.
GEO. A. BLACK, of Gambler, harness maker,
has made an assignment.
AT MoxAHALA Edward Downs was crushed
to death by moving elevator.
ing freight train at Bellevue and was killed.
FRANK SULLIVAN, Of Wooster, was accidently
drowned in the canal at Massillon. He leaves
family.
J. W. LAcKENs, boot and shoe dealer, OF
Fostoria, has failed Assets, s22, 900; liabilities,
S24, 900.
OSCAR MILLER, q brakeman on the Pan
bridge near GAINESVILLE and killed.
WILLIAM SHIvEs, who sued the town Of
Wooster for 81, 900 damages sustained by the
overflow Of water, secured verdict of 300.
NEWTON FILL,Ex, Of Carbon Hill, was killed
by tree falling upon him while walking along
| the railroad track. He leaves wife and three
| children.
ALLEN SETTLES, Of Newark, is in durance
vile for swearing that ffteen-year-old girl
was eighteen. Allen wanted to marry the
| young thing.
ANTON HopPF, German, aged ifty-seyen, has
been missing from his home at West Jefferson
( since December 27 A reward is offered for in
] formation concerning him.
W. J. LAMPToN, the well-known humorist Of
the Steubenville Herald has accepted the
position of city editor Of the Louisville Courier
Journal beginning with March !.
NORA MILLER, thirteen-year-old girl, was
probably fatally burned at GAINESVILLE by her
! little sister setting fire to her dress with a
lighted stick which she was playing with.
SMITH MILLER, young school teacher near
Mount Gilead. struck one OF his scholars four
licks with baseball bat, and at the 'Squire's
request paid therefor ten dollars per lick.
MISS CLARA HINTON, Of Hallsyille, has sued
i Nelson E. Hall for $40, 900 damages because he
married another girl instesd Of providing her
with home: All the parties belong to the
"upper crust"
JOHN DEvINE, q resident of Alliance, fell
through q railroad bridge to the sidewalk be-
| low, at Massillon-a distance Of fifteen feet.
and sustained injuries which caused his death
| in few hours.
! BEACH WOODS, an old man Of Unionville,
attempted to chast1se q grandson named
Jimmie Poland, who, in return, hit the old
i gentleman on the head with an iron wedge and
crushed his skull, injuring him fatally.
The Edison Telegraph Company, with .
| capital stock of $780, 600, has been organized
! at Van Vert. It will extend, when completed,
from Cincinnati to Hillsdale, Mich, along the
line of the c., v, W. and N. Railroad.
AYoUNa lady. seventeen years Of age, daugh-
ter of @. Sullivan, section watchman for the
Columbus, Hooking Valley and Toledo Railroad
| Company, at Buchtel, was accidentally shot by
an older brother fooling with q rusty revolver,
resulting in 9 very dangerous wound in the
groin. .lseias
M. GILBERT, prominent farmer living near
Cuyahoga Falls, signed contract to become
| book agent. The contract proved to be q
| promlssory note for $3.50, which Gilbert paid
| the sharpers rather than stand suit. All he got
for his money was $I50 sample bible.
i EAST GREENvILLE, five miles west Of Mag
| sillon, is without postoffice. The Government
would pay but $50 for carrying the mail to that
point, and the Postmaster being unable to
! secure any one to perform the services for that
amount, was left without an occupation and
hence gently resigned. fts
CHARLEs JONES, aged twenty-one years, is in
Jail at Redwood on the charge Of having two
wives, to which he pleads guilty. Some time
ago Jones married Miss Brachus, OF Knights.
town, Indiana, and after living with her . shori
tlme, returned to Redwood and married Miss
Jol1ff. Mrs. Jones No. 1, hearing of this mar.
riage, went to Redwood and swore out . war.
rant for the young mans arrest
JACOB WHITMoRE has been convicted by q
Jury at Bellefontaine of murder In the first de
gree. His crime was that Of poisoning his
fourteen-year-old wife with strychnia in the
woods on the 18th Of September last. The
jury were just one hour in finding verdict.
When the verdict was announced Whitemore
broke completely down. fell over chair and
began crying like child. He had evidently
expected to be acquitted.
HORRIBLE story comes from Maumee, in
| bu6 uOIbucru pdIb "a bu0 Dthtc. loAuue1
Hustled, young man, went to the house Of q
neighbor, named Long, and finding the family
absent with the exception of Nancy, aged
eleven years, he outraged her in the most brutal
manner. As soon as the parents learned the
true state of affairs, Hustled was arrested and
placed in Jail. So indignant were the people
that they collected at the jail to lynch the fend
who, hearing their clamor, opened an artery IN
his arm, and before the authorities were aware
of his condition, he had bled nearly to death
but prompt action saved him.
GEORGE ELLIS, through whose confession
Neal and Craft were convicted and sentenced
to be hanged on the charge of outraging an6
numbering the Gibbons and Thomas girls, a
Ashland, KY, and numbering the eighteen
year-old brother of Fanny Gibbons, has mad
another confession. He maintains that hi
first statement Was wholly false, and that i
was obtained from him under duress, the OBJ
ject of which was to secure the reward offered
Ho confesses himself crank and unable Il
remember the testimony which he gave durinl
the trial of Neal and Craft. Neal and Graf
are to be hanged on the 14th Of April, but wha
effect the statement Of Ellis will have canno
now be conjectured. If his later statement
are not reliable certainly his former confessiol
is of little worth, and not sufficient to warran
the hanging Of two fellow-beings.