The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-07-16
STATE NEWS ITEMS,


girl, at Lagrange, Tenn, July 8. The girls
skin was darkened, hair dyed and neck
branded.
PROF. SHIvEs, Wittenberg College,
Springfield, has been elected Principal Of
Akron High-school.
ST. CLAIRsv1LLE court gives the widow
Of c., L. & W. brakeman Bulger $4,000,
where she asked for $4,000.
JAMES R. WHITE and Dan Murphy were
drowned while bathing in the Ohio River
at Cincinnati.
An express messenger named Kirk was
knocked from q car at New Lexington and
fatally hurt.
A LITTLE son of Mr.. E. P. DeGreif, of
New Philadelphia, was badly burned, and
it is feared he cannot recover. He was
playing with a match, and set his clothes
on fire.
MRS. LOUIS GRoTHEN, wife of a young
Cincinnati carpenter, died from the effects
of drink of water that had been acci-
dentally poisoned by Rough on Rats.
GAGE FRAZIER, who killed Charles Cal
lender, near Martinsville, after a prelimi-
nary examination at New Vienna, was
discharged, it being proved the killing was
done in self-defense.
CHARLES RIDENoUR, aged twenty five,
was drowned at Delphos, while bathing.
TOLEDO is slowly but surely losing her
grain trade. She will depend upon man
ufactures for her future support.
JOHN CARY was knocked senseless and
partially paralyzed by stroke of lightning
at Lancaster.
CHARLES A. BOYD, sent to the Ohio Pen
itentiary from Jefferson County, June 10,
1884, to serve four years for forgery, died
of consumption.
Ohio River near Bellaire.
CASES of sporadic cholera are reported
from Toledo.
AN unknown peddler fell dead on the
streets at Pomeroy.
CHARLER WooTLERING, a prominent cit
izen of Delaware, was thrown from a
wagon in Cleveland, few days ago, and
instantly killed.
FoURTH-cLAss Postmasters were COM
! missioned on the 10th, as follows: Ida
Stockwell, Amsden; Chas. A. Morton, Ber-
lin Heights; Albert L. Mcleod, Central
College; John v. Hartel, Easton; B. s..
| Spencer, Gilboa; Dewitt c. Jones, Harri-
son; Wade Armentrout, Hayesville; Jacob
C. Marhoover, Morgantown; Thos. McKin-
mis-, Oakland; Thos. M. Allen, Portland.
THOMAS PueH, of Hubbard, is missing,
| and murder is suspected.
LEVI LANCASTER, a school teacher at Ur-
bana, committed suicide by taking strych-
nine.
CHOLERA is again playing havoc among
the hogs in Fayette County. Last year
nearly twenty Thousand hogs died of the
disease in that county.
| JOHNSON SHANNON, a prominent farmer
| of Keene Township, Coshocton County,
took shelter under a tree during storm,
and was perhaps fatally injured by the
| tree being blown on him.
| AMONG the laws passed by the late Leg
| islature is one that reads as follows:
"Section 1. Every person or corporation
| employing female employees in any manu-
| featuring, mechanical or mercantile es-
tablishment in this State, shall provide
| suitable seats for the use of the female en-
ployes so employed, and shall permit the
use of such by them when they are not
necessarily employed in active duties for
which they are employed. Sec. 2. I'm
|
than $40 for each offense against this law"
JOHN g. RErTIG, aged ten, was found
| drowned in a we'll at Bucyrus. Pushed in
| by companions with whom he was quarrel
ing.
| The Adjutant General has made requi-
sition for 500 shot guns, capable of ex-
| ploding a 60-buckshot cartridge every
three seconds.
| OWEN GROSS, son of Mrs, Jacob Gross
living on farm about mile east of Car
Isle, had both Of his feet so badly man
| gled by moving machine that amputa-
tion was necessary.
| GEORGE CoRBErT committed suicide near
North Lewisburg, by taking arsenic.
DAVID P. CoRDRAY, of Newark, has been
appointed cadet at West Point
! JOHN FoRNEY, living near Liberty, has
become insane over religious matters.
| WILLIAM PENCE, of Oregon, stepped on q
nail, and died from lockjaw a week later
JOSEPH PALMER, the convicted Cincin-
natl murderer, has been refused third
trial by the Supreme Court.
WESLEY CRAIG, a fireman on the Ohio
Central Railroad, was fatally hurt in g
wreck near Bucyrus.
THE Coroner's verdict in the Bodkir
murder case at Cincinnati, duplicates Mar.
Gus Smith, Geo. A. Smith and DR.. J. J. Nc.
Kenzie.
THE Mayor of Ravenna gets only $50 {
year.
WARREN's HIGH SCHOOL has a lady
principal.
CARPET-RAG socials are high-toned af
fairs at Canton.
HORSEBACK riding is all the rage will
society people in Youngstown.
IT is thought by the Mansfield people tina
the new Intermediate Prison will cost owe
million dollars.
HUGH KELLY, of New Castle has a Gov
that had triplets; all living and thriving.
A TRUMBULL COUNTY farmers fort,
Southdown ewes had seventy EIGHT lambs
one of them claiming four, and two other
three apiece.
BY the explosion of the boiler of doc
! engine, at Cleveland, John w. Visey an,
Chas. Patch were seriously scalded.
A GAS well, with pressure of thfrt.
pounds, has been struck on the Marshal
. farm, near BelIaire.
The nail feeders of the Ohio Valley, Il
convention at Bellaire, the other day, mad
formal application for readmission to tn
Amalgamated Association. The feeder
number about two thousand.
AT the National Military Encampmen
at Philadelphia the First Regiment of Ohio
from Cincinnati, was presented stand @
colors valued at $500. The Second Obi
Regiment received a National flag value
at $50.
EDWARD SAvARD, aged twelve years, 80
of Alexander Savard, of Sandusky, fe
out of a sail-boat into the bay the other da
= and was drowned. The body was recover
8 ed.
THOMAS NEIGHBoRaAR was fouu
drowned in spring of water on his pa
rents farm, in Madison Township, Lickin
County. He had gone to the spring for