The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-14
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
On THE evening of November 2snearly
he whole body of students of Adelbert


termed by them I" a tempus." They had a
banquet, one of the features of which was
cider and high old lark in the East End
Armory, though, so far as is known they did
nothing worse than to be boisterous, and
possibly burlesqued the college attaches and
the regulations they do not approve. This
sort of spree has been an annual affair for
some years, but this year was interdicted.
The faculty at the last meeting decided to
administer rebuke commensurate with the
offense, and on the 7th expelled the entire
Junior Glass, numbering seventeen. The
same afternoon, all the students, except
three, two of whom were not able to be
present, met and unanimously adopted res
olutions that they would quit the institu-
ton and go to another college unless the
class was reinstated. The resolutions were
presented to the faculty, who refused to ac-
cede the demand. The students then left
ina body. ---l.-7.z..z..- =
SUCCESSFUL jail delivery was accom-
plished at Canton, Stark County, on the
night of the 9TH, which resulted in the es-
cape of six prisoners, three of whom were
awaiting sentence to the penitentiary The
penitentiary convicts were John Hipp,
Walter Moore and "Grynn." The other
three were Edward Osborne, James P.
Harry and Frank Reynolds, the former
two serving sentences for assault and bat
terry, the latter awaiting trial for shooting
Massillon policeman. The escape was
made by saving through two three-quarter
inch iron bars of each cell, by which they
gained access to Hipp's cell, and from
there escaped through hole cut through
the iron sheeting and brick wall about
eighteen inches square. 1t is believed the
instruments with which the job was done
were furnished to Hipp by his wife. A re-
ward of 500 for the capture of each pris-
oner has been offered.
The house of Novel Jolley, on Campain
Creek, about eight miles from Gallipolis,
Gallia County, was destroyed by fire on
the night of the Sth. There was no one in
the house except Mr.. Jolley and his wife,
! and they were quite old. The body of Mr.
Jolley was found in the ruins, and his
wife, who escaped through a window, is
severely burned, and it is thought she can
not recover. The origin of the fire is not
known, but it is supposed that the bed was
| too close to the fire and the clothes ignited.
| THE round-house of the Wheeling and
Lake Erie Railroad at Creston, together
with an engine, mail coach and freight
car, was destroyed by fire on the night OF
the 7th. The origin of the fire is un-
known.
PROF. DAVID CHRIsTY, of Bellefontaine,
dropped dead at the residence of his daugh.
ter, on North Detroit street, on the 5th
Prof. Christy was a man of scientific at.
tainments, and filled the chair of geology
at the Oxford (Ohio) College for number
of years. He was also the author of mum.
ber of works on scien tific and political sub
jects. one of his works, "Cotton is King, u
creating considerable stir in the political
world. He was eighty years old.
A YOUNG lady named Fulton, from
Northwood, died suddenly of hemorrhage
of the lungs at Harper, Logan County, or
the 5th, under peculiar circumstances, She
got off the train, which had pulled past the
station, and in walking back was nearly
run over by the cars, which were being
backed up. This appeared to excite her
and in a few minutes after reaching the
house of friend she was taken with the
bleeding, and never recovered.
THE State Board for the revision of tn.
valuation of the property of Nationa
Banks has rendered a decision declining t.
reduce the valuation of the National Bank
of Cincinnati, as asked for by Messrs. Eg
gleston and others. The Board so decided
because they were not convinced that thu
bank property was valued higher for taxa
ton than other real and personal propert.
in Hamilton County.
J. WESLEY LEAPER, of Gallipolis, was ar
rested on the 9Th, by United States Marsha
Ullery and taken to Columbus, to answe
the charge of pension fraud. Leaper ha
made application for arrears due him an,
collected the amount of something owe
four hundred dollars through the First Ma
tional Bank of Gallipolis. He then file,
an application for arrearages, claiming tina
he had not before made application or col
lected any money.
WHILE George Rolph, aged sixteen years
and Joseph Walker, aged twenty-five, wer
putting up the spouting on Richard Priest
ley's house, at Gallipolis, Gallia County
on the 4th, the scaffolding gave way, an
both fell to the ground, a distance of fiftee
feet, breaking Rolph's neck, causing deaf
in few minutes. Walker escaped with
few slight bruises
BENJAMIN DOUBLEDAY, a miner employe
by the Silver Creek Mining and RaiIroa
Company at Mine No. 2, Medina Count,
, was crushed on the 7th while carelessly pas
ing underneath the descending cage. H
leg was broken in two places and he We
!! otherwise injured. His recovery is doub
full.
ED. CRANDoN, master of transportatio
, of the Mahoning Division of the New Yorl
. Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad, was
.. badly injured by an accident at Girar
8 Furnace, Youngstown, on the 7th, tn,
doubts are entertained of his recovery.
The gas works of Bellefontaine mani
! factured $500, 900 cubic feet of gas durir
3 the past year. The works belong to tt
! corporation, and gas is furnished at 81
E per 1000 feet.
ATT meeting of the Methodist ministe
of Cincinnati, few days ago, called
I discuss the Sunday Law, a committee
Z three was appointed to confer with Mayo
Means in regard to the suppression of a
? violations of the law.