The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-06-12
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

snag was found penetrating his right breast,
which pierced his lung, and fatal results
are apprehended.
MRS. JACOB WHEIR, well known board
ing-house proprietress of Athens, being
summoned from her bed at late hour Q
few nights ago, by the illness of member
of her family in another apartment of the
house, fell down stairs, sustaining injuries
on the head which resulted in her death
day or two ago.
Two tramps entered the residence of Ed.
Henry, one mile north of Findlay, the other
evening and attempted to rob the house.
The cries of Mrs. Henry brought Mr..
Henry to the house. He knocked one of
them down with a board, and then took him
to town and turned him over to the police.
The other one was arrested later.
THE fifty ninth annual session of the Ohio
Universalist Convention closed recently at
the Universalist Church In Westville.
Among other things transacted, committee
was appointed to secure camp-meeting
grounds, where the convention will be held
annually, the grounds to be controlled by q
stock of S50, 900 capital. Magnetic Springs,
east of Cincinnati, will probably be select
ed as the place. The officers elected are as
follows: President, DIR. A. NJ. Sherman,
Of Kent; Vice-President, g. T. Craven, of
Cincinnati; Secretary, J. W. Henley, of
Newtown; Treasurer, John Richardson, of
Westville; Trustee, Rev. II. L. Garfield, of
Belleville.
francis BUCK, one of the Berner jurors,
has given bond in $500 to answer the
charge of perjury and gambling in the
jury-room.
TEE S1n rrf eel hoo do.
cided, in effect, that the Singer Manufac-
turing Company no longer has an exclusive
property in the name "Singer" as trade
mark or trade name.
THE State Superintendent of Insurance
reports to the Attorney General that the
Citizens Mutual Relief Association, of
Wellington. has exercised powers and
franchises contrary to law.
| ARCHIBALD v. STEWART, steward of
Longview Asylum, near Cincinnati, is miss
| ing, and there is deficit in his accounts
| which, it is estimated, will not fall below
| $4,000. A committee of the Directors has
been appointed to investigate.
| DURING heavy thunderstorm which
| prevailed at South Solon, Madison County,
on the Sd, the large barn of John Losey was
struck by lightning, and was soon consumed
by fire. Loss 81 900. No insurance. Others
in that neighborhood sustained losses by
being struck by the lightning.
| CHARLES SMITH, State Farm lad, es-
capped from the Ohio Reform School, at
Lancaster, some time ago. On the Sd he
| fell asleep on the railroad track near Canal
Winchester, and was run over by the cars
| and killed. The body was taken back to
| the institution and buried.
! JOHN merriam fell from the walls of the
old County Infirmary, at GAINESVILLE, the
other day, while assisting in tearing it
down, and sustained probably fatal injur'
les.
The Scioto Valley Railroad is sued a
Portsmouth for 10000 damages for killing
DIR. J. Kneisley, of Sciotoville, at the Gallia
street crossing.
BRooKEY BILL, a noted character of
Dayton, was shot and killed in that city
the other night, by Henry Sites. An old
grudge between the parties caused the
murder.
The State Penitentiary printing Office
has been opened to compete with the
printers outside that institution.
THE restored tax duplicates of Hamilton
| County represent valuations of $144, ,302 600,
only 4,501 900 less than the duplicates
destroyed in the fire.
BURGLARS entered the residence of Gen.
r. P. Buckland, at Fremont, the other night,
and stole fine gold-headed cane, which
was presented to the General at Memphis
Wy his staff at the close of the war.
A YOUNG man named John T. Emery, o
the firm of Ward Brothers, ticket scalpers,
was found in the rear of the office in Co
lumbus, the other morning, dead, having
hanged himself during the night. 1t seems
that he had loaned some money and the
party failed, whereby he lost all he had.
He has been in poor health for about a
year. The loss of money, coupled with
poor health, preyed SO upon his mind that
it is thought it drove him to insanity.
A SHOCKING accident occurred a few
days ago at Fairview, Harrison County,
which resulted in the cremation of two
little girls in burning building. The little
daughter, Mary, of Mr.. Frank Splitting,
was at play upstairs in her fathers home
with a neighbor's girl named Dollie Laugh.
lin, when the house took fire from some un.
known cause. The poor children were moi
discovered until it was impossible to rescue
them, and they were both roasted alive in
the burning building before the very eyes
of their friends and parents, who could
hear their terrible screams for help, but
were unable to succor them.
THE other morning while William Myers
night clerk at the Russell House, Defiance
was seated in the hotel Office on a couple ol
chairs, his head thrown back and asleep
, Anna Rouch, a notorious woman, slipped
in from the street and slashed his throa,
. from ear to ear. Bad feeling had existed
Io1, f1r
> seems that early in the evening Myers hat
refused to give the Rouch woman and {
male companion room, which refusal i.
assigned as the immediate cause of tn,
murderous attack. Myers is very danger
ously cut, but his wound is not necessarily
fatal.
DURING a heavy storm the other morning
the residence of George Elser, southeast o
Youngstown, was struck by lightning ant
s entirely destroyed. The family wa
stunned, and had it not been for the assist
6 ance of neighbors would have been roaste:
alive. Thirty years ago the home of Mr.
9 Elser was destroyed in the same manner
No insurance.
A YOUNG man named Brewer, living nea
Zoar Station, was caught between fall o
about ten tons of earth,a few days ago,an,
seriously, and it is feared fatally, injured
His thigh was fractured and pick driSe
. clear through his leg up into his body.
{ is feared he can not recover.
}, DEMOCRATS of the Third Ohio Congress
: sional District have renominated James T
. Campbell by acclamation, and elected til
. den delegates to the National Convention
q Payne second choice.
b CHAs. C. MARSHALL, pioneer citizen c
l. Allen County, is dead.
4 CHAs LOVE, a respected Newark, farmer
! sued Joseph r. Morrison for 5000 fc
. slander.
8 FoRTY-FoUR applicants have been az
mitted to the Ohio Bar by the Suprem
Court. Fourteen of those had previousl
| failed.