The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

eighteen years old, the daughter OF Chris
tian parents, has been admitted to the Ohio
Wesleyan University, at Delaware. She
is the drst of her sex to seek an English
education in this country, her object being
to fit herself for missionary work at honrs.
GREAT excitement at GAINESVILLE, in con-
sequence of numerous grave robberies.
THERE are 2s0 civil cases on the docket,
to be tried at the next term Of the Common
Pleas Court, at Findlay, which begins
October 90. Judge G.. F. Pendleton will
preside. @ g sg5
Ar Belpre, early the other morning, Mrs.
Augusta 8. Browning, was missed from her
bedroom, and search being made her body
was discovered hanging from an apple.tree
near the house. She had been but recently
brought home from the Athens Insane
Asylum, being thought very much restored
In mind. For several days prior to the
fatal deed she had seemed unusually
cheerful.
{ A LOT has been purchased for the erection
of q morgue in Cincinnati.
THE Democrats of the Eleventh Congress
sional District nominated John Power.
PATENTS have be issued to Ohio inventors
recently, as follows: John A. Barnes, Ak
ron, pig-iron breaker; Henry s. Belden,
Canton, vapor burner for lighting pur-
poses; Otto G. Berchtold and e. I. Lauffer,
assigners of one-half to Fl. J. Lehman,
Cleveland, safety attachment for elevators
John Birch, assignor of one-half to W., E.
Sparks, Dayton, bench clamp; Frank J..
Borth end j. Allen, Cleveland, water
column indicator; Charles c. Campbell,
Cincinnati, cotton compressor; James A.
Carpenter, Marion,l clothes drier; Edward
Clark, Tiffin, paint compound for roofs, etc.
Henry J. Cordesman, Cincinnati, band saw
ing machine table; VIM. 81. Doane, Cincin>
natl, planer pressure roll; Robert H. Dcwl.
ing, assigner Of one>half to @. 81. Toilette,
Newark, car coupling; Jas. Darrough.
Hamilton, clay mill; Isaac NJ. Fink, Akron
shade hanger, Levi Gallaher, Businessburg,
pick; Martin v. Carver, Bryan, stove pipe
holder; Oscar Hanna and Il. W. T. Earn
shaw, assigners of three-fifths to J. Earn
shaw, Dover, KY: J. Womeldorff and C.
F. Corben, Middleport, machine
for spinning and winding yarn, thread, etc.
Peter Harsh, Malvern, railway rail>joint;
Edmund N. Hatcher, assignor to himself
and 81. G. Emmick, Columbus, paving
block; James ]. johnson, Columbiana,
Philadslphia, and A. C.. Ellis, Pittsburg,
Pa, machine for blooming iron; Henry g.
Lane, Bucyrus, lifting jack; Samuel w.
Lewis, Cincinnati; valve for hydrants; /;
Thomas Maxon, assignor of one-half to j.
W. Carpenter, Dayton, lifting jack; Robert
B. Mccormick, Neel, assignor of one-half to
J. Flaugher, Aberdeen, tobacco holster; j.
Ney, assignor to Ney Manufacturing Cons
hoxy fArH. Da,r
Cleveland, device for constructing metal
car wheels; Knight K. Parker. Circleville,
top prop for vehicles; Adam Rhein, Ham,
ilton, castor; Joseph 81. Roberts, Toronto,
hot air generator fire>places; Worcester R.
Warner and A. Swasey, Cleveland, run>
ming gear for revolving domes; Charles l..
Wilkins, Columbus, stovepipe damper.
MYRTLE HAYES, a young lady employed
in the District Hisitor Office at GAINESVILLE,
as writer, met with a serious accident a
few evenings since. She was standing
near press in motion, talking to Rev. Ac-
ton, the editor, and was suddenly seized
with an irresistible impulse to catch hold
of a piece of paper on the bed of the press.
Mr.. Acton's eyes were turned in another di-
rection for the moment, and he did not no.
tice the lady until it was too late. Her left
hand was horribly. crushed, necessitating
amputation.
AS Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Hendricks
were driving through Mason, the other
afternoon, they were thrown from their
buggy and sustained injuries that may
cripple them for life. Their horse was
frightened by passing bicycle.
FOLLOWING are the results of actual
threshing for eight weeks by some twenty
| five hundred machines for wheat, oats and
barley, together with estimates on other
crops by township correspondents in all
the counties on the 9Th:
Acres threshed. e92, ,5M 176,8S3 s,45l
RHsaeIs ReS 1eT prSasoed 00ssss iss SOsn sssl
Average quality. 1O2 95 81
Area sown for crop
Tot estimated bu. Al ,SsS3S5 22,566 $50 1,0s2, ,93
Estimates of other crops compared with
full average: Rye, sc per cent; corn, 70;
buckwheat, So: potatoes, 63; sweet potatoes,
s.; tobacco, IA; sorghum, "a; clover seed,
b4; apples, 81; grapes, "a; pastures, 4s;
live stock, 81. Severe drought has oc.
| Cured three times this season,
partially broken by general rains on the
24th to 10Th each of July, August and Sep
tember. This has greatly retarded the
sowing of wheat, which is not nearly
finished yet in the southern half of the
State, eighty<three per cent. representing
the area already sown. Wheat is already
up and looking finely in the northern halt
of the State, where the drought in Septem-
ber was less severe. Pastures are now
reviving, and the outlook for fall feed is
good.-W. !. CHAMBERLAIN, Secretary.
Two colored tramps, while under the in.
fuence of liquor, attempted to
cross the l., B. and ".
Railroad Bridge at Tifin the other even.
ing, when one of them fell, cutting a severe
cash in his forehead, and dropping twenty
feet into the Sandusky River. His partner
hsroically leaped down after him, and,
supporting him above water, landed him
| in safety on the bank. The injured man
regained consciousness after physician
was called and the wound sewed up.
JOHN LIDLB, aged eighteen, in the en-
ploy of j. B. Simon, grocer, of Youugs.
| town, as driver, went to the stable of his
| employer few days ago to take care of a
horse. An hour later he was found in a
stall unconscious and terrible wound in
his head, where the animal had kicked him,
Surgeons were called, but Idle lived but a
] short time, not regaining consciousness.
BRAKEMAN FRANK MOORE, of B., 2. &
c. construction train, was fatally injured
by falling between cars, near Bellaire. His
back was broken twice, one wheel of q
| truck passed over his body, leaving his
body between two wheels, and it was only
released by the Italians of the crew lifting
the car by main strength.
AT Cleyes. a colored man named 1r een
was shot and killed in self-defense by a
white man named Brooks. The wife OF
Brooks is discreditably mixed up in the
| murder.
| JAMES HART was struck by an o. & NJ,
train near Cincinnati and killed.
A PETITION in error has been filed in be>
L half of Geo. Oliver of tho ;o+o