Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-15

name OF =. N. Mears, and who represented
himself to be newspaper man. The fellows
pretext was to inquire about Mr.. Weddings
lectures. He then went to the hotel Office
and said that Vending was in a state of
beastly intoxicatiou, and made inquiry for
his manager. They sent him to Mr.. Brands
room, where he repeated this statement, re-
marking that it would be bad thing to get
into print, and offering to keep it out of the
papers for the small sum of S.. Mr.. Brand
made answer that he'd give him FIVE seconds
TO get out of the room. The fellow took the
five seconds. 1t was a fool trick and poorly
played.
Here comes Wilmington, Ohio, with de-
faulting county treasurerer. Wilmington is
again torn up over the alleged discovery of
further deficiency of about $4,000, in the
county treasury. The affair is so complicated
by false entries, mutilsted books and fraud
ulent vouchers that the Auditor of State has
been sent for to untangle the skein. The
Commissioners have not yet made final set
tlement, while L. D. Reed and his bonds
men are still liable. Persons in position to
know place the total defalcation 90 far at
about $4,000.
Dayton can never suffer Springfield to have
distinguished honor without making an effort
to "snatch her CROWN" 30 to speak. Here is
the last effort: "Springfeld some time ego
boasted that she had the champion juvenile
smoker OF the State; that a son OF A. N.
Spangenberger, Of that place, but i've years
old, was a habitual cigar smoker. Dayton
can discount that 100 per cent. Parker Lud-
low, con of William Ludlow, but three
years and three months old, is daily
smoker Of cigars, and is never happy unless
be has two or three glasses Of beer under his
belt.
Speaking of roosters living for some days
with their heads cut off, etc., reminds US Of
this curiosity that they have in Cincinnati
called the human faced chicken. This strange
creature, which is almost two feet high, has
face-including the intelligent eyes. clear Gu,
mouth, we'll defined nose, and other feature:
that is the exact counterpart in every par.
ticular CT human face. Its tastes are in
keeping with its hybrid physical appe arance
When very hungry it will devour chicken
feed, and cluck and strut like the veritable
cock of the barnyard, but it much prefers
human food, and when feeding on this kind
OF diet will assume human expression and
laugh and gesticuiate like a man.
Many people will not require any apology
or explanation from Rev. Rum Romanism and
Rebellion, for his retirement II comes late
but tits better so than never. He says thai
bis retirement from the Murray Hill Presby.
terian Church was not forced by the feeling
against him on account Of his Blaine alliter
alton speech. He says his retirement was o
his own volition, prompted by age and failing
health.
The remarkable incident given elsewher'
in this paper in which a young girl of thi
city, only thirteen years OF age, becomes
mother, has companion piece near Barnes
vile, O.: Lena Campbell, daughter of P. c
Campbell, Of Olivette, three miles east o
Barnesville, gave birth to a nine-pound bo.
Wednesday afternoon. She is short, heav,
girl, and only thirteen years OF age. Sh
was at school Monday. Her parents had n
suspicious of the affair, and no knowledg
of its father, which the girl refuses to dis
close, claiming she does not know. The pee
pie are very much excited over the scanda
The youth of the mother and other circum
stances make it as remarkable as it is deploI
able. Mothers at thirteen are, We are glad
say, scarce in this section.
Quite an excitement occurred in Daytor
last week. Some children discovered ma
boiling what they felt confident was a hu
man body. The kettle, which the man ha
suspended over fire in the back yard,
seems, was not large enough for the body An
the feet and head, with its grey hair an
beard, protruded. This the children saw an
hurriedly informed their parents, who wei
thrown into great state Of excitement an
hastened to inform the police. The corone
and two policemen went to the place an
found the young man to be student Of on
Of the Cincinnati medical colleges, who WI
at home on q vacation and who had brougl
home the body which he had dissected an
was preparing the skeleton to put on wire.
jamestown, in Greene County, don't d,
pend on cyclones for her part of the stirrin
events Of the times. She presents the follow
ing: Albert Cromer and Mrs. Flora E. MeI
ritt were arrested at jamestown, on Wedne.
day. for living together in adultery. The
eloped from Troy, O., he leaving wife an
child, and she leaving a husband and seve
children. Mrs. Merritt is only about IS yeal
old. Both are rather good looking and al
parently intelligent people. The excuse 81
gives for leaving her husband and children
that be did not treat her well. Cremer say
that was also the reason that prompted hin
but when asked how be could leave his ow
wife and child to take woman away from
husband simply because he did not treat ht
well, be did not answer and neither of thel
were disposed to say anything further.
This very remarkable and distressing stor
comes from near Brownsville, Tenn. An age
couple named Davids were taken sick durin
the early part of last week. As they live
alone with no neighbors nearer than a mill
they were powerless to send for medical al,
On Thursday last, after an illness of fou
days. the husband expired; but Mrs. David
who was also very ill and in6rm, could nc
rise from the bed on which her husband ha
died, and fer three days, unable to move, sh
remained confined in her bed alongside th