The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-21
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

of applications filed, the number of pen-
sions allowed, and claims pending from
Ohio before the Pension Bureauj the
number who are and who are not entitled
to arrears of these two classes and also
sub-classifcation Of the invalids, widows
minor children and dependent mothers aud
fathers showing in each class the number
who have applied the number allowed
pensions, and the number of claims now
foe' ~ ,a5Af Total No.
Applications. ~
Admitted entitled to arrears.........,.... 341o0
Admitted not entitled TO arrears..............
Cases pending entitled to arrears-........ 5l 46t
Pending not entitled to arrears. 061
1nsands aPpied ooae ~ az
Applications by nyaiids now pending
Widows who have applied ~.
eeI,ss;Iss. = -
Applications now pending 75s
Applications filed by dependents,.......-...... 6ss7
Applications admitted which have been
Applications by dependents now pending. 8 S5s4
]. L. KICK has offered to take all the
garbage and animal offal of Cincinnati for
period of ten years for 81, 500 year.
A, LIBEL suit has been brought in the
Hamilton County Common Pleas Court by
the Columbus Buggy Company, against
Henry Timkin, for $50, 600.
MORT Ryan, freight brakeman, on the
Connotton Valley Railroad, fell between
two cars and was killed at Mogadore, Sum-
NIT County, on the 18th. Both legs and
an arm were severed from the body. Ryan
was unmarried, and lived at Minerva,
Stark County. -efuf ,i- sgffa...
OVER three thousand tons of sugar and
molasses have arrived at Cincinnati from
New Orleans during the week ending the
14th, by the steamers Guiding Star u. P.
Schenck and Will Kyle. ~ ,'4s
HARRISON DUNLAP. alias Spaulding.
claiming to be an attorney of Columbus,
on the 14th obtained 500 from Hayward
& Hurd, Cincinnati commission mer-
chants, on bogus bill of lading, purport-
ing to show a shipment of six thousand
pounds of fine wool. He was arrested at
the Little Miami depot, and $6l5 recover
ed. .saA a
LOUIS DAuDER, prominent citizen of
Jackson, Jackson County, and furniture
dealer, fell from scaffold on the 18th,
killing him instantly by breaking his neck.
AT YOUNGSTOWN, Mahoning County, on
the night of the 14th, a fire broke out in
the Grasshopper mill of the Arms, Bell &
Co., and in less than one hour those works
were reduced to ashes. The fire originated
around a stock of the nut department,
which department had been working until
half an hour before the fire broke out
The Merchant mill was in operation, and
the employees hurried to e1tinguish the
flames. Several monster barrels filled with
water were located on the top of the mill
for protection, but the water was frozen
and of no use. The fire department hur-
ried to the scene, but the streets were SO
icy that both the hook and ladder truck
and hose-carts upset on hill and several
fireman were badly hurt. Hose-cart driver
Lung, it is, believed, had his arm broken,
and he was otherwise badly hurt. This
delay caused the loss of the mill. One
hundred men are thrown idle, and up
wards of $50, 900 is eaten up by this fire.
Nothing is left of the works but the ware.
house. The Arms, Bell & Co. are manufac-
turers of railroad and boat spikes, nuts,
rivets, truck bolts and merchant iron.
Some $4,000 Improvements have recently
been put on this mill. Loss covered by
insurance.
JOSEPH WILLIAMS, for more than half q
century a resident of Wellsville, Col
umbiana county, died on the 14th from in
| juries received in fall on slippery pave
ment few days ago. Deceased was eighty
years old, was one of the wealthiest men
in that section, and during the oil excite.
ment in that vicinity years ago owned
several oil-wells, and was recognized as one
| Of fha L Of ua
once offered $1Oo, 900 for a anewly-discovered
well, but refused it. F. .-.-rs,..
HENRY SUNDERLAND, farmer living in
Jackson Township, Van Vert County, met
with a serious accident on the 18th. While
cutting timber in the woods large limb
fell upon him, knocking him senseless
His physicians say if he should get well he
will probably be insane. s...-,5..
DIR. ]. H. STUTsMAN. a prominent physi
clan of Van Vert, while in attendance on
patient troubled with erysipelas, bruised
his hand in some unaccountable manner
from which blood-poisoning has set in
The doctor was reported very low on the
10th and not expected to recover.
GOVERNOR FOSTER has appointed Hon
]. Reinmund, of Lancaster, member of the
Board of State Farm Trustees, in place ot
Judge VIM. L. Rugby, deceased.
JAMES TwoHIG, a carpenter, of Cincin
natl, committed suicide on the 10Th. III
health and poverty was the cause. He
leaves wife and two children.
HENRY KRAFT, living at $50 Hopkins
street, Cincinnati, committed suicide or
the 14th, by firing bullet into his brain
Until recently he had been in the furni
ture business, but by an unwise invest
ment lost all he had, and was compelled te
sell out his store. His loss so preyed upoI
his mind that he took to drink, and Will,
on one of these sprees he committed tn.
deed. He leaves wife and four children
A SPECIAL dispatch to the Cincinnati
Commercial of the 18th, says: "The JUNO,
class at the Ohio Wesleyan University
which recently sent the expelled Junior
at Adelbert College, in Cleveland, resolu
tions expressing their sympathy, hav'
found it to their interest to wheel squar,
around. 1t was regarded by the Facult.
of the Ohio Wesleyan University rs an in
suit to brother college, and they wer,
brought up Today and given the alterna
tive of suspension or to retract the resolu
tions. They have concluded to accept tn,
latter" -r..-..- .-
"A Brooklyn man wants divorc'
because his wife writes stories for tn,
papers. 1t is not capital ofense t,
write stories for the papers, but whe,
the woman introduces rural character
planting potatoes in December ant
husking corn on the 1st of March, /.
man doesn't want to trammel her phe
: nomenal genius by occasionally asking
her to sew patch on his pantaloons
, -N0TTiSt0tDn Herald.
; "A London newspaper has an articl.
on '.The Emotional Language of Bees.
The language of bee is not s.as emo
tional as that of a man who is bitten b,
; the tail end of the insect Nor as EN-
, phatic and sulphurous Norristoao'
Herald.
"A Boston paper energetically pro
tests against calling new hotel in tha
city the Adams House, and advises tn,
5 selection of the Lamb Tavern. 1t say
the first is fat title and very common