The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-28
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

STATE NEWS ITEMS.
CHARLES DoERING, an old rag-picker and
beggar, who has been living in a miserable
way, died in the hospital at Cincinnati the
other day, and in his room and on his per
son over s., 900 were found.
> PATENTS were granted Ohio inventors on
the 10th, as follows: Daniel Argerbright,
Troy, vehicle spring; Marshall Beatty, Gin.
cinnati, thimble; John N. Blair, Cincin.
natl, metallic pallet for brick; Frank E.
Campbell, Piqua, combined leg and clasp
for folding lounges; Frank A. Comstock,
Columbus, vehicle seat; Daniel Dowd,
Larue, cutting and feeding attachment for
threshing machines; Samuel v. Essick,
Alliance, printing telegraph; John U.
Fiester, Cambridge, bed spring; Harbert
X. Forbis, Columbus, protector for the
heels of boots or shoes; Samuel Fox,
Toledo, stuffing-box or packing chamber;
Levi H. Goodwin, Cincinnati, driving
chain or belt; John B. Haight, Cincinnati,
cylinder cock for engines; Henry G. Hart
ley and j. L. Rogers, Springfield, button
hole attachment for sewing machines;
Charles Hoff, assignor of one-half to P.
Renner, Cincinnati, coal. hod; Charles A.
Huth, Maynard, car coupling; Henry and
j. Kassen, Cincinnati, coffee boiler;
Charles P. Kramer, Hamilton, stove pipe
section; Homer c. Lewis, Columbus, hinge,
Silvio o. Nassau, Columbus, vegetable
slicer; George P. Merrill, Toledo, device
for unloading platform cars; Frank MUIR
gatroyd, Cleveland, coal and ore carrier
and transmitter; Charles Niemiller, as
Si tn yiro
chair; Udolpho II. Odell, Dayton, grinding
mill; Ernest F. Pfueger, Akron, paper
weight; Hart E. Pryor, Ravenna, grain
cutting machine; Demetrius M. Steward,
Cincinnati, electrical insulator, reissue;
Peter G.. Van Vie, Cleveland, straight
way valve.
UNDER the proposed plan of consolidating
the Internal Revenue Districts in this
State, the Wilmington District will be
added to Cincinnati and the Columbus
District to Chillicothe. Bellefontaine and
Marietta will also be merged into adjoining
districts. The change will be made as soon
after July as the details can be arranged.
A DIFFICULTY occurred at one of the
voting precincts in Cincinnati on the 10Th,
during which ex-Alderman John Kelly shot
and probably fatally wounded a man
named James Toal. Witnesses of the affair
claim that the assault was unprovoked.
Kelly was arrested.
AT CLEVELAND, few days ago, Eddie
Ryder, aged fourteen, while bathing in the
Cuyahoga River, began to struggle, and his
brother Charles H., aged twenty-nine
| jumped in to assist him, and both drowned
CITIZENS of Frazersburg, Muskingum
| County, gave chase to suspicious
looking man the other day, who jumped
into a creek and was drowned. When the
body was recovered a pardon was found in
one pocket from the Ohio Penitentiary, fol
Frederick W. Grilloh, sentenced from Lick
ing County, in 1861, for burglary and lar
ceny, for a term of twenty years. The
suit he wore was identified by merchant
| of Frazersburg, as one that had been stoler
from his store.
| A CINCINNATI baker sold scream puffs'
to quite number of customers the other
| day, and those who ate them were immedi
ately taken sick, but all will recover. 1t il
supposed arsenic was used instead o.
baking powder by mistake.
| IRA STUMP was sentenced the other day
in Fremont, Sandusky County, to the Peni
tentiary for three years for horse-stealing
and the following day was married in the
parlor of the Sheriff's residence to Sarah
Thornton.
ADAM OBERLIN, an extensive coal dealer
of Canton, Stark County, has absconded
leaving debts to the amount Of severa
thousand dollars. Attachments were made
by the Sheriff for debts amounting tc
$4,000. Oberlin's whereabouts are unknown
but he is supposed to have gone to st
| Louis.
THE Ohio Supreme Court has reversed
the Judgment of the Common Pleas Court
of Hamilton County in the cases of Nc
Hugh, the wife murderer, and Andrew j
Tullis. In the McHugh case Judge Neil
| vaine dissented.
In the Common Pleas Court at Sandusky
Erie County, on the 10Th, Peter Lavel
and John Davis were sentenced to tn,
Penitentiary one year each, and Philip
Kennedy, Joseph Santry and John Hen
messy were sent to the Reform School. Thes,
are the boys who broke into Mike O'Don
nelPs house, in that city, and stole $20.50 il
currency.
A LITTLE girl named Ella Parsons, ,eIeve1
years old, while out in the woods playing
the other day near Hubbard, Trumbul
County, was attacked by Bill Newton
eighteen years old, and her person out
ragged. In the struggle the clothes wer
nearly torn off the girl, and her body wa
badly bruised. Newton escaped.
GEORGE MCMILLAN, the wife murderer
who was to have been hanged at Canton Of
the Odd, was reprieved by the Governor
few moments before the hour for his execu
tion. He will be hanged July 20.
GOVERNOR FOSTER has pardoned Georg
Driver, convicted at the January term O
Court, 1883, in Sandusky County, of assault
and battery, and sentenced to imprison
ment in the county Jail for six month:
There was also fine of 5000, which wa
-emitted.
FARMERS down in the Hooking Valley
franklin County, report the discovery of
worm at work about the first joint of tn
wheat stalks, and proving very disastrou
so far as known. 1t is, from the descriI
ton, similar to the worm reported i
Illinois.
The wife of Joseph Stein left her hom
in Fairmount, Hamilton County, fe'
days since while her husband was away 6
his work, leaving a note to the effect ths
she had gone to commit suicide. Scare
being made, her body was found in a pom
a short distance from her home. Her min
had become affected by religious subject
The story is reported from Petersbur,
Wyandot County, of George c. Irons sci
ing his wife to whom he was recently wei
ded, to a man named Taylor for eleve
dollars and a revolver. The woman ol
jected to the transaction, and has returne
to her parents.
The New York Journal inquire
with animation whether or not res