The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-15
! ONO STATE NEWS.


Ar THE London stock sales, the past week,
100 cattlewere sold at from 3@7c. per pound.
NELSON BRowN, colored, jumped from the
coat Bonanza into the river at Ripley and was
drowned. g - 1zffEt-4
A CHILD of Daniel o'ConneI, Urbans, pulled
pan Of boiling milk from Che stove and was
tcalded to death.
JOHN STROKE, of Mound, after forging notes
and selling them to the amount Of $4,000, has
left the country.
JACOB MEssNER, q farmer aged "a, living
four miles from Warren, suicided by drowning
in pond. Cause unknown.
The assessors returns in Champaign County
indicate an aggregate increase IN personal
property over last year Of 81, 600, 600.
AT MADISON team driven by Frank @.
Stevens became frightened at locomotive
and ran away throwing Stevens to the pave
ment and killing him. "a
Or ACCOUNT of domestic trouble 1fiss Pike,
eof Uhritilssficf sssl fourtc6us ozrs. made tu9
attempts at drowning, but was rescued on both
occasions by a man who happened TO be passing.
The name OF Raysyille, Warren County, has
been changed to Lytle, in honor Of the late
General W. Il. Lyle, and postoffice estab-
lshed there. j. Albert Kelsey is Postmaster
DANIEL COY, a farmer living near Youngs-
town, while reaching down to shelf in well
where butter had been placed to keep cool, fell
headforemost to the bottom, resulting in his
death. 81
THE Coroner returned verdict In the
steamer Eagle explosion case, at Sandusky,
finding that the six persons who have died from
injuries received at the explosion met their
death through the carelessness and recklessness
of the engineer, James W. johnson, deceased.
THE Tiffin (O.) Woolen Mills are said to be in
fair way of regaining their former financial
footing. President Ellis, of the company, has
put $75, ,000s into the concern, and r. w
shawhan, owner of the property at Tifin- s10,-
600. The mills have not lost. q day, but arc
running at their full capacity. { i -,
FRED. RUsH, young man from Marion,
Ohio, was drowned In the Sandusky River,
near Wyandot Wyandot County. he, with
several others, had been engaged in waghing
sheep, when he started to cross the river and
got into deep water and was unable to swim.
The body was recovered three hours after.
THERE seems to be Q general fiendish DISPOSE
ton among tramps to carnallyi assault little
school girls whom they chance to meet on the
road, and parents can not be too watchful OF
the safety of their little daughters. Mob law
may be bad but its terrors ought to be still
greater. ~ A-s'
& THE trial at Marietta Of Sarah Jones', charged
with the murder of her husband, John Jones,
| aged seventy-eight years, resulted In q verdict
Of assault and battery. TIE. killing occurred
last August, at which time they had quarrel
and Sarah beat the old man so severely that he
died IN q few hours. aEet 2
bYOty clSut lutlc1 VI " pHck f5hI-
dusky, where William Crawford was burned at
the stake by the Delaware Indians just 100
years ago, was the scene Of grand centennial
celebration the past week, ct which President
Hayes, Generals W. 81. Gibson and John Q.
Lee, and the the Evangelist Moody, were pres
snt.
- ENGINEER DENNIS BARNEY, on the Toledo,
Cincinnati and st. Louis Narrow Gauge, run
| hn large engine Mogul, No. i5., into the canal
/ at Deiphos and played the old Harry with
| things generally. The draw bridge was open
and the proper signal was out, but Dennif
4 failed to see it. The great Mogul, mean
/ time lies at the bottom Of the canal and pas
sengers are transferred.
A ooLoRED citizen of Cardington, named
Archer, has long had trouble with his neighbour
because they failed to call him Mister Archer
and q few days ago got 30 angry about it tina
he shot three persons. The Sheriff had som
trouble to keep the citizens from lynchint
Archer, but finally succeeded in lodging him il
| Jail at Mount Gilead. The outraged peopl,
| burned Archer's farm buildings house
barn, etc.
Cox. SWEENEY, the saloonist whom. the
Cedarville people have blown up SO many times
| has been blown up once more. A charge Of
| dynamite was placed on the roof of the south.
! west corner of his saloon, and that part of the
building was blown into hndling wood, scat
tering timbers, plastering. and whisky dis
tance of fully forty feet. A bedstead, standing
in the bedroom upstairs, which was unoccu
| son were sleeping in the rear end OF the build
ing, but escaped uninjured. Sweeney recsntl,
had the saloon repaired and painted, and hi
loss will foot up fully $3.50. Sweeney declares
his intention Of continuing the business at thu
old stand. iTs s[s91