Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-04-05
OUR NEAR NElGHRORS.
THE LOCAL HORBzON LURfD WIN
SENSATIONS.

Babe In a Railway Car AT Nenia-A Hu-
man Brute at HiiIsboro-Horse Siaugh-
ter at OIdtown- \ Forger Arrested AT
CedarviIle-The Rooster SiuggiuG at
London Crookedness at Osborn, In
winch a springfield Lawyer Figures.
The travelling public and citizens generally
at the Little Miami depot at Nenis Wednes-
day afteruoon, were cot siderahly interested
in the welfare OF little wait, n two weeks
old girl baby, found asleep under news
paper on the Dayton train. where it hal been
LETT by its hear'ltss mother.
The parties who lett the liule innocent,
were an old lady and young one, the latter
perhaps not more than 20 years old. They
boz arded the train at the Third street depot,
Dayton, the elder lady havipg the baby un-
der her shawl They seated themselves on
The north eide of The rear car near the back
door, but changed over to the other side
where they were seated whsn the train ar
rived in Xenia, leaving the babe on the oppc-
site side. A brakensn was at the rear door
when the women got of the train, but did not
notice the babe at the time in fact, did not
know that they had such an article
with them, although he had noticed
that the cid lady had something
under her shawl as she boarded the train.
Both the women were dressed IN sunni er
clothes, presumably TO give them the appear
ance of being poor, but Lieutenant ZUiesler
10 of the opinion that these clothes were
merely slipped over their other AMI finer
dresses, and that when they got of in Nenia
they hastily retired TO q secluded spot, and
there cast of the shabby attire. Who the
women were is not known, but an effort will
be made to ascertain the names of the child's
parents The waif is bright looking white
child, and apparently about week old.
1t was taken off the train st Xenis and
turned over TO Mrs. Sanford, wife of the su-
ne rintendent of the restaurant who fed and
took care Of il for the time being. The little
baby was wrapped in a ladies' red flannel
undsrskirt, about which a gray shawl with a
fringe and black border had been placed % as
not to be noticed. A newspaper WAS covered
over the seat, and The child would probably
not have bsen discovered had it not been for
the fact that it began crying shortly after the
train reached Xens THUS It attracted the
attention of the passengers, and they At once
made an investigation
Mrs Ellis, wife of Engineer VIM. Ellis, heard
of the babe and having no children, asked
that it be given to he's to adopt. This wss
done before the trustees could be heard
from and it is satisfactorily settled all around
that she is to keep it.
Search for the missing woman ha1 been GO
ing on ever since by the police in both Xenia
and Dayton But for the sake OF The little
child it would be better to let the matter drop
q Mrs Ellis will make Al excellent mother
for it.
Al Hillsboro last Thursday . seventeen
year-old chap named Jsffries, living one mile
west Of Hlllsboro, caught bushy tailed shep-
herd dog belonging to neighbor, saturated
its tail with turpentine. and then set fire to
it. The tortured brute stresked it for home,
and was heading straight for . large barn on
bis masters premises when discovered by
some men who succeeded in catching him be-
fore reaching the barn, thus preventing d.
astrous fire. Jefries was arrested by Mar
shsl Roads, and his day OF trial set, but when
the time came to open, the defeudspt was
non est and has not turned up yet.
Passenger train Nc. 8. on the Springfield
branch, coming north on Tuesday night, hav-
ing ON board large number of passengers
for whom the train had waited until after the
Opera at Xenia, collided with tolr horses near
Oldtown. The animals belonged to Jos.
Cromwell, the miller, and had got on the
track and ran ahead of the engine until they
The train stopped at Oldtown and had not
become fairly started when the horses were
reached, but engineer Livingston did not see
them until he was right on them and too late
to stop. He reversed his engine and put on
the brakes, however, which soon brought the
train to a stand, but not before the engine
had given several lungss a. if about 10 leave
the track, and the passenger. were vel
killed outright and were finished up by pas
sengers who shot them-one, however, wa:
ground to mince met Three of the horse:
were blooded colts snd very valuable.
Lieutenant Zwiesler, OF Dayton, on Wed
nesday arrested Levi. Shingledecker at hi
home two miles north of Cedarville, Green,
county. on a warrant, charging the accused
with forgery. Shingledecker is charged
with forging a note 70, $50 on r. II. Bran
nun, of Osborn, on November llth, 1883
He had bought horse Of Mrs. Barkman, o
ment. The note was not discovered to be
forgery until recently. The warrant for hi
arrest was procured by Mr.. Adam Blocker, o
Osborn.
Shingledecker is married and lived on tn
farm Of ". b. Barber, two miles from Cedar
VILE He seemed to be comfortably fixed
with Louse rent and fuel free, and the FREE
use of two cows. He made no statement o
eXpldnatlon, pul pleau guilty ana was Doun'
over to court.
LONDON, O., April 1.-The long-looked fo
cooking main was inaugurated here tonight
Just outside the corporate limits of the city
large pavilion tent was erected. and her
TIVE or three hundred lovers of the sport from
all sections of the State are constantly on tn
qui vive. Delegations are here from Cincin
mats, Columbus, Springfield. Cirtleville
Chillicothe, Delaware, Urbsns and Washing
ton C q Each city Is also renrassn snted b,