The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-29
EATON. OHIO. THURSDAY. MAY 30, 1884
STATE NEWS ITEMS.


$500.
A coLoRED barber named Anderson Bell
attempted suicide at Springfield, by jump
ing into Buck Greek. He was promptly
hauled out by bystanders. He is In debt
and Respondent.
A FouR-YEAR-oLD son of Frank Cunning
ham, of Caldwell, was drowned the other
day, by falling in Duck Greek.
SHERIFF GORDON, of Van Vert, took lit |
tie BERTHE Hull, the notorious horse-thief, |
to the Reform Farm at Lancaster, the other
morning. Hull is ten years of age, and has |
stolen three horses already.
JOHN PEBBLES, of Salem, the proprietor |
of the City FIGURING Mills, put his right |
hand into a new shutting machine, just put |
up, to catch some grain to see how it was
working, when his hand was caught in the
machinery and torn to pieces.
In a saw-mill at Nebraska, Pickaway
County, an emery wheel bursted with ter
rife force, part of which struck Emanuel
Dickens, an employe, breaking three ribs
and cutting frightful cash through the
right lung, from which he can not recover.
He leaves a family in moderate circum-
stances.
JOSEPH MADDOX fell out Of wagon, near
Norwalk, and broke his neck.
MISS MARY ARMSTRONG, daughter of
Rev. R. j. Armstrong, one of the most
prominent divines in Carroll County, com
mftted suicide by hanging, at Leesvil1e,
few days ago.
The Trustees of the Cincinnati Southern
Rsilroad have presented the silver spiks,
driven in Robbins Tunnel at the inagurs-
tion of the road, to the Trustees of the Art
Museum, Cincinnati.
THE sheet lead works of j. D. Abraham
burned on the 10Th. Loss, So, 1000; insur-
ance, $4O,5Oo. Mrs. William Leitch, wife
of the engineer, was fatally burned, and
died. Others had narrow escapes.
THE Pork-packers' Association of Cincin-
natl is opposed to making any further
overtures to the French Government to in
duce it to remove or modify the edict
against American pork, and declines to
give NJ. Chotteau any financial aid.
( A MOVEMENT is on foot among the sur
v.vors of the old Thirty first o. v. /. Regi-
ment to hold reunion at Springfield.
The observation-disclosures daughter of
Perry Alexander, near Richland, wandered
to the spring-house few days since. Her
mother found her a short time after in the
spring, dead.
land, Vinton County, was burned the other
night, and valuable horse consumed in
the flames. While the family was at the
fire, burglars entered the house and took
from the bureau S225. No clew, and no in
surance on the property.
COLUMBUS has been selected by the Demo-
| cratic State Executive Committee as the
place for holding the State Convention, on
June "a and %.
The thirty-third annual convention of the
Ohio Christian Missionary Society held ses-
| sions at Akron. Since the organization of
the society 1,049 preachers have been sus-
| tanned, q, 900 members added to the church
and 164 churches organized. There are at
present 430 churches in the State.
| A SEVERE wind-storm did considerable
| damage in the vicinity of Mt. Vernon, Dan
| vile and Logan. Near the latter place a
brick school-house was blown down and q
| little girl hurt.
| BURGLARS effected an entrance to the
merchant tailoring establishment of c. o.
Warren, Alliance, few nights ago, and
carried off clothing and gents furnishing
-on.'s to tho value of $500. A reward OF
S150 is offered.
TRAIN struck and instantly killed 9
man named Joe Sullivan on a bridge near
Wellsville, few days since. The unfortu
nate man attempted to cross ahead of the
train, but was caught in the middle of the
bridge. Sullivan was single. man about
sixty, and reported to be the possessor OF
considerable money.
ZAcK WATKINS, a young man employed
in the stone quarry near Centerville, about
ten miles from Dayton, while assisting te
raise large stone with derrick, had it tc
fall on him, pinioning him to the grounG
and crushing the bones in his body. Tht
injured man was extricated alive, bu
J died soon after. He is married man anc
leaves n wife and three children.
! THE nine-year-old son of August Meyer
of Springfield, attempted to pat a larg,
Newfoundland dog, lying asleep in thu
! yard surrounding the premises of Alexan
der Mack, when the dog attacked him
nearly tearing away the entire right sid
of his face and burying his fangs into th
bone. The child suffered terribly.
EDWARD KENNEDY, of Columbus, a brake
man on the Columbus, Hooking Valley an
Toledo Railroad, fell between the cars a
Logan, a few days ago, three cars passin
, over him. He lived but three hours afte
! being hurt.
!
aged fifty, committed suicide the othe
morning, shooting himself with Colt
revolver through the forehead. Instrut
, tions to his wife were found on his person
| He was carrying about $12 900 insurance
The suicide is attributed to drinking.
, w. H. SANToM, most estimable youn
man of Akron, the other evening, to th
: utmost surprise of every body, committe
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: his head with double-barreled shotgun
Santom had been sick for few weeks.
I Two young men named Porter and Wi
) kinson, aged eighteen and twenty-thre,
< were swimming in Wheeling Creek, a fe
. mornings ago, near Burton Station, thre
Q miles north of st. Clairsville, when or
. took a cramp, and the other going to h
= rescue, both were drowned.
LIGHTNING struck an oil tank containir
thirty thousand barrels of oil, belongir
q 20 the Clark Bros, Cleveland, on the %
4 and a tank containing three thousar
l. barrels, belonging to the Excelsior O
8 Company. The contents of both tanl
= were entirely consumed. Loss is covere
by insurance.
THE dry goods store of William Hutc
a inson & Co., at Rushville, was entered |
d' burglars the other night, the second tin
e in eight months. The safe was blown, So
|. taken, and enough silks, laces, &C., to mai
9 the loss 1000. The thieves escaped with
|, buggy and horse stolen from a neighbc
|, ing stable.
e WILL c. KKLLAR, of Youngstown, ag
q twenty-six, died suddenly few da
IS since, from an overdose of opium. He b,
q been drinking to excess and taking lar
% quantities of the drug to steady his nerve
= but was probly unaware of the strength
p the drug.
g MRs.JAMEs HANNA, living near Fairvie
s. had a tooth drawn, the other day, and bl
e to death.
FRANK WINTER, lad of about thirte
n years of age, ran away from his home
n Springfield about year ago, and nothi