The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-23
ONO STATE NEWS.

fnxxoNf has decided, BY yots, 20 nsse
1ster-Works.
Tn whftmors and Hogs murder trials have
cost Logan County %, 600.
Gxo. < THoansoN, of Cresline, railroad an
gineer, suicided By taking morphine.
O. @. WAaoER, Of Youngstown, intoxicated,
fell through . bridge and was fatally injured.
TxaHxNoE J. RIoE, recently found guilty Of
murder in the second degree at Ckhton, mas
bssn sentenced to the Psnitantiary for life.
EVAN JONES, of Newark, while making his
first trip - brakeman on the Baltimore and
Ohio Road, fell from the train near Wbselfng
and was killed.
A pAuerrxn Of Price johnson, aged, tsn
years near Marion, cravled under straw stack
TO look for eggs. The stack fell over on the
child and she WAS smothered to death.
A nAzaoAD accident near Kingston, csused
by the engine striking . horss, resulted IN the
death Of Thomas Rowan, brakeman, and the
wrecking Of the engine and several carA
HnMAN GLxssrSa. . farmer residing near
Bronson, wanted his daughter, Amanda, aged
eighteen, to marry divinity student, but the
giddy girl, instead, ran on with the hired man,
named Harry Chance.
BurLxn DuzzA,r, found guilty Of attempted
saps on the person Of Lucy Porter, e. Elyrlh
ment Durham's father is serving Life sen.
tence In the penitentisry.
TIE City Council Of Bsalsfontsins LAST weak
made An appropriation for the purchase OF
several thousand maple, sugar and sycamore
trees which are distributed to al who win
plant them within the city limits. This h done
annually, and Beliefontains viii soon be one
Of the handsomest shaded cities IN the State.
JACOB EKILKRs, JuE., . young man living
with hia parents o few miles south OF Mount
Vernon, blew into the muzzle OF . rils to ascer-
tain whether II was loaded. Unfortunately L
was. The ball entered at the nose and lodged
near the top of the head, killing him instantly.
Sellers belonged to one Of the most prominent
families IN the county.
ExnMAN Pxrxs, confined in the County jan
st Lancaster, for the murder of Philip Bstz,
was visited hs his wife and daughter few days
ago. The turnkey had no sooner than turned
bis back than Herman assaulted his wife, Knock
Ing her down and kicking her. The turnkey
promptly Knocked the brute down. and the
woman was carried from the cell IN an insensi-
BILE condition. -
i TEERx seem to be new developments in the
Gibbons murder case, ut Ashland, Ky. The
coat Of Neal, one Of the convicted murderers.
was found the other day within ffty feet OF
where the bloody towel WAS picked up. Tho
evidence il positive that 1t Is the coat he wore
ON the evening Of the murder, and has more
strange than any thing Jet with Neal d that
two weeks ago, at Lexington, he said to citi-
zen Of Ashland: "I heard they have found
my bloody coat and the gentleman told him
he bad heard nothing of it. The coat in now in
the hands Of the Citizens Committee.
| A DARINa LEkP.-A remarkable feat Is re-
ported from Steubenville. A German named
Brodoh, who resides just across the river IN
| West Virginia started to walk the Panhandle
| Railroad bridge that spans the Ohio, and hsd
| Just reached the channel span when . freight
train steamed on the bridge from the Ohio side.
He had not time to retreat, and WAS too badly
frightened to adopt the usual method of getting
4 out upon the end of the ties until the train had
passed, 90 he took flying leap into the water
beneath, the distance being ninety feet. Thu
remarkable part about the matter il that b
+ was unhurt, and succeeed IN swimming ashoreI
and ID now alive and well.
A LITTLE sensation il reported from Zanes
vile. Says correspondent {" A ycung lad.
playing the part Of man IN tho shipping de
partment Of the Brown Manufacturing Com
pany, of this city, under the assumed name ol
Scott Smith, has been employed there sinc'
made by . fellow border, who, during the coll
weather, had invited the shipping clerk to shar
his bed. She succeeded in keeping her score
from her bed-fellow until last Monday night
Superintendent Brown was Immediately not
fed, and confronted Smith. She admitted th
truth. and was told that she Was not wante
any longer at the works. She received he
wages and left, destination unknown. Sus
picion was completely disarmed in her case b.
the use Of tobacco, both smoking and chewing
An INQUEST on the body Of Miss Fanni
Deering, who suicided by shooting at the par
sonage of the Plain Congregational Church
Bowling Green, has brought out some seDsa
tional features. Mis- Deering left lette
directed to her father, accusing him Of bein
the cause of her death by inhuman and IN
fatherly treatment. The letter states that be
father was more wicked than Guiteau. Mis-
Deering was o music teacher, and had save
nearly fourteen hundred dollars, which sh
had loaned to her Btepmother. Not being abl
| to secure her money undoubtedly drove Mis-
Deering to suicide John Z. Deering, fathe
Of the suicide, was divorced from his m
wife, Fannie's mother, about eight years age
the cause being given as incompstibility q
temper. Miss Deering was greatly respecte
by all that knew her. MIR. Deering is pastor {
Plain Congregational Church.
RELIGIOUS insanity seems to be spreading
Four persons (women1 at Richmond, Ind, wel
reported insane and taken to hospital IL,
week, and now We have in our own ntate,
North Lewisburg, Champaign County. . sin
ilsriy sad affair. It seems that the Methods
minister Of North Lewisburg, and two Lad
members Of his church, became 20 interested
the work that all three have become total
| insane The minister announced to his COZ
qregation that his wife was to die before nigl
and be resurrected In three days. The neigl
bors shortly after, becoming alarmed for b
wife's safety, broke open the door he b,
locked, after desperate resistance on bis par
and found the lady on the floor, covered with
sheet, with her hands crossed, as If in deaf
and the deranged vomsn keeping vigil over h
body. She Is now suffering from nervo'
prostration, superinducsd BY hsr dangero'
experience. The lunatics ware arrested.
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