The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-01-05
OHIO STATE NEWS.

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0oNs1DERABLE smallpox throughout the
State.
Mrs. REBEocA CLoUsE, of Cardington, has
been adjudged insane.
sNE1soN Perrin & Co.'s malt house, Cincin-
matt, burned. Loss, s2e, ,0oo. .aa z :
THOMAS J. PECK, civil engineer, has resusci-
ated the Hudson Enterprise (newspaper) az
Chagrin Falls. tii3 -
A MINER named Everly committed suicide
few miles north OF Phillipsburg by lying upon
the railroad track.
NEAR Dell Roy William Sparks, farmer, was
struck by heavy limb and killed while attempt
ing to dislodge tree.
THE chair and furniture factory of @. A.
Walker, at Bellefontaine, has been completed.
1t will employ 500 hands.
AT Aberdeen, Grant Hill, colored, aged SIX
teen years, had his skull fractured by the ex-
plosion of a toy cannon.
HARRIsoN DREsBAoH, well-to-do farmer
living near Circleville, was crushed to death oy
tree which he cut down.
JOHN CRoFT, of Dayton, died Of strychnine
poisoning, supposed to have been maliciously
administered to him by an enemy.
JUDGE W. W. wooD, one Of Union County's
most wealthy and influential citizens, died Of
paralysis of the lower limbs the past week.
FoUR prisoners charged with larceny, Patter-
son. Fuller, Williams and White, dug out OF
the county jail at London and made good their
escape.
TIE number of children in the Ohio Soldiers
and Sailors Orphans Home is over 500. Current
expenses for the last year were above appro-
priations. ..sis =
AT THE Fayette County monthly stock sales,
December 81, 800 head OF cattle sold at $500
to $4.2 per 100 lbs. Prices of horses ranged
from $75 to s175.
WIN. HuFFMAN, a young man, was found
dead near Magnolia, Stark County, and foul
| play is suspected. When last seen he was with
| q companion. His watch and part Of his clothes
are gone.
AHoRsE valued at %, 600, the property Of the
Watkins brothers and Joseph Grow, Marion
| County. was shot and killed by some unknown
| person in the stable ct the Marion FAR
| Grounds.
HENRY MoNErT, Passenger Agent Of the
| Pittsburg, Cincinnati and st. Louis Railroad,
| and his Cincinnati associates the past week
purchased the OHIO State Journal, at Columbus,
for $50, 900.
MICHAEL WILSON, of Crestline, aged seventy
two years, attempted to crawl under train
that was standing at the crossing, but before
he got through the train pulled up, cutting on
both his legs. He died in short time.
THE forgeries of Fred Newburg, Assistant
Secretary of the Ohio Board OF Pubic ~ VOTES rHs
SO far as figured out, aggregate about Slo, ,0oo.
Newburg was arraigned in Police Court. at
Columbus, waived examination, and in default
of $12, 900 bail, was remanded to prison.
NEWS has reached Madison that Fred French,
son of the late Edwin French, OF Austinburg,
crime of murder, and that before his death he
confessed to some knowledge Of the killing OF
the old Austinburg hermit, Robert Pray, Who
was murdesed several years ago by unknown
parties.
The agitation for the location OF the Wheel
ing and Lake Erie shops is at last settled, and
Norwalk gets the plum Commodore Garrison
had signed an agreement in New York that If
Norwalk would raise $50, 900, give fifteen acres
of land, and certain water privileges, the shops
would be located there. These requirements
have been substantially met, and the citizens
are jubilant.
DxNP. EE1s, of Cleveland, has received the
Sly. 600 of railroad bonds stolen from his
Office some time since. Mr.. Eels paid the agent
of the thieves thesum of $2T, 500 for the recoy-
cry of the property As is natural, neither he
| nor the negotiator for the criminal cares to &c
into particulars, hence everything but the bare
statement is mere conjecture. The cost to Mr.
Eels from first to last has been about $50, 600
MRS. ADA ILER, Of Massillon, was arrested
on the train at Wooster, per instructions from
, her father, and returned to the parental roof
She was charged with running away to join her
lover. a boiler-maker in Cincinnati Miss Ilel
6 protested against the proceeding vigorously
claiming that she and the Cincinnati gentleman
a dere married clandestinely last fall, and seemed
, wetermined to join her alleged husband.
/ GORE is greatly excited over tragedy enacted
, there a few days ago. Morgan Richards,
: young man, went to the house of his aun
2 named Mary Terrill, and shot her down in tn
l presence of her two daughters. He claims th'
, act was one of revenge for property which b
1 AYERS he was beaten out OF some years ago
The son of Mrs Terrill is now serving If
|. sentence in the Ohio Penitentiury for the nun
der of the Welden family, three in number
;, four years ago. The husband Of Mrs. Terri
n died three years ago from grief for the Grim
q of his son.