The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-11-29

MATILDA SAPP, of Mt. Vernon, has Boon
adjudged insane and sent to the Central
Asylum. Her case is sad one. Som. .e-.
years ago she, Protestant, married
Goe. Sapp, a devoted Catholic. Six child
rem We're born to them, and upon arriving
at suitable ages the husband insisted upon
raising them in the Catholic faith,
which the mother strongly opposed. Their
differences led to estrangement. About
year ago Sapp induced his wife to sign
deed for property and disposed of the same
and took the six children and departed for
the West, since which time he has not
been heard from. Grief over the separa-
tion from her children is the cause of the
t-broken mothers insanity.
DANIEL HENRY, an old farmer living
near Swanton in Lucas County, few days
ago killed his wife and then himself. Hem.
ry married his wife year ago, she being
a widow, and has lived unhappily with
her, accusing her of unfaithfulness, and
abusing her shamefully. On the day of the
murder he had a serious quarrel with her,
and when she threatened to have him ar.
rested he seized an ak and attacked her.
Her daughter attempted to stop him, and
received terrible cash across the head and
arm. He then struck his wife blow, which
nearly severed her head from her body,
killing her almost instantly. He then en-
tered the house and cut his throat with a
razor, dying in few minutes. The daugh-
ter is very seriously injured, but report
says may recover.
GEORGE w. REAM, coal dealer, of Cam
ton, has disappeared, leaving debts unpaid
amounting to over $1,000. The Ridgeway-
Burton Coal Company, of Massillon,
Ream's largest creditors, having a claim
of $3.50, have attached his property and eff
fects, valued at about $500. Ream, before
| leaving, collected up his accounts closely,
| and borrowed all the money he could. He
| is a married man, thirty years of age, and
| his previous reputation was good. 1t is
| thought he has gone West. His wife left
| for Kansas to visit relatives a few days
| before he left town.
PosT-oFFICE Inspectors Brown and Her.
| rick, of Cleveland, arrested Geo. D. Bauer,
mail agent between Columbus and Ash
land, KY, on a charge of rifling and EN-.
| bezzling letters. The case was so plain
| that Bauer confessed his guilt. He is about
| twenty-five years old, resident of Ports
| mouth and has been in the mail service
about one year and half. In default of
$1,000 bail he was sent to Jail at Columbus.
| A STONE three feet square was placed on
| the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and st. Louis
Railroad near Frazeysburg the other day,
about which a log-chain was wound and
| spiked firmly to the ties. The east-bound
| passenger train, which it was evidently the
intention of the scoundrels to wreck, was
late, and freight train, running on its
| time, was stopped before striking the OBJ
struction.
| THE Governor the other day ordered the
transfer of Frank Carson from the Peni-
tentiary to the Reform Farm. He was
sent up from Allen County for burglary.
THE railroad standard time will not be
adopted at Findlay. Her business men
prefer local time.
| WHILE two children of P. K. Fairfield.
living with their grandmother, Mrs. Ma.
| tilda Sterling, about ten miles west OF
| Unity, Adams County, were alone in the
house the other day, the elder set a book on
fire and threw it in a cradle in which the
baby was sleeping. The little one was
burned to death and the other was badly
injured.
& The Governor few days ago ordered
Charles McMichael transferred from the
Penitentiary to the Reform Farm. He was
sent up from Coshocton County at the Oc
tober term of the Court, this year, fol
grand larceny, to serve one year and had
just been received at the Penitentiary.
A WILD bear is reported roaming around
in the woods near Columbus.
THE Deaf and Dumb Institute at Colum
bus enrolled 410 new pupils during the pas
year. There were only two deaths al
though the institution went through sieg'
of the measles, there being 125 cases. Th,
expenses for the year were S5s,472. Tn,
Blind Asylum report shows expenditure
for the year amounting to $43,501, which
was at the ia tie of S153.19 for each pupil.
MORTIMER CoNNERs and Robert Wrigh
were sent to the Ohio Penitentiary from
Lancaster the other day for one and tw,
years respectively, for shooting with in
tent to kill.
CHARLES DOUGLASS has resigned the Su
perintendency Of the Ohio Reform Schoo
at Lancaster. John C. Hite succeeds him