The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-01

STATE NEWS ITEMS.


MRS. CHARLES F. HALL, the wife of
highly respected chemist, died at her hus-
bands residence at Youngstown, from the
effects of an overdose of choral.
MOSES SHIPLEY and his son Barton were
badly hurt few days ago, near Newsrk,
by being thrown from buggy to which
was attached fractions colt. Mr.. Shipley
had three ribs broken, and the boy was also
badly hurt.
A GRAND-cHILD of William Obneys, of
Alliance, little boy, aged twenty three
months, fell into boiler of hot water the
other evening, and was so badly scalded
that he died in three hours, during which
time he suffered in terrible agony.
GENERAL rejoicing prevailed at Bellaire,
over the settlement of the glassmakers'
troubles.
JOHNNY O'BRIEN, of Hamden, brakeman
on the Portsmouth Branch, while shifting
cars at jackson the other day, caught his
foot in the guard rail, the wheels passing
over his left leg, crushing it so that ampu-
tation above the knee was necessary.
A, j. HERNDoN. father of Postmaster
Herndon, of Carey, suicided by hanging
himself in his barn. Temporary insanity.
MARTHA BLACK, an insane inmate of the
Greene County Infirmary, committed sui
eide by throwing herself from a second
story window.
The people at Findlay are much excited
and aroused over the remarkable increase
in the flow of oil from the we'll in the west
part of the city.
JNo. SHATz, an old and well-known
farmer living near Defiance, while driving
home the other night, died of heart disease
in his wagon.
THE town hall at Chardon,was DESTROYED
by lightning.
WIN WISE, farmer boy near Canton,
was struck by the wheel of wagon and in
stantly killed.
The Sixteenth Regiment Band, of Fos5o-
ria, carried off first prize, $3.50, at the
Bicksville band tournament.
e. v. RoUsH, editor of the Toledo A,neri-
can, has been arrested on a charge of GRIM
inal libel, preferred by the proprietor of
the Rose Hotel, Delphos.
ABOUT twenty thousand voters were reg
istered the first day, at Cincinnati. There
was considerable confusion about some
technicalities of the law.
WM.STANLEY, aged sixty-five, was badly
injured near Macarthur, by being thrown
over twelve-foot embankment. A runa-
way horse did it.
AT Prospect, DR.. James T. Farnum, re.
tired physician aged sixty years, dropped
dead while on his way home from up town
early the other morning. Apoplexy was
the cause Of death.
FIRE partially destroyed tenement
house belonging to Joseph Keeling at Ely
ria few days since. John Trumbull,
eighty-four years old, while going to the
fire attempted to cross in front Of a Lake
Shore passenger train, and was knocked
down and his foot crushed. His injuries
are fatal. Mr.. Trumbull was in the Mexi.
can, Seminole Indian and civil wars, and
is a well-know character there.
BUcYRUs is giving electric illumination
60 days'test.
WALTER KLINE, McCutcheonville, sa'
gophers.
MRS. GEORGE SToUT's boys played with
matches in her $500 barn near Fostoria
the other night. Contracting carpenter nov
wanted.
FANNY MILLS, Sandusky's big-foot girl
| is going to exhibit her pedals to delighted
\ throngs in asthetic Boston-so the Loca
| says.
WILLIAM, the fifteen-year- son O
Joseph Hoot, residing in the northern par
of Hancock County, placed two pounds o
| powder in an old fruit-can, and thought h,
would have a grand explosion. He lighted
| piece of paper and placed it across tn,
| mouth of the can. Not igniting as soon a.
| he wished, he stopped over to see what wa
the matter. That was his last look at thing
in this world. One eye was blown entirely
out by the explosion and the other wa
ruined. His death is expected to follow.
| 7. T. HAYDoCK, large carriage manu-
facturer, of Cincinnati, died few day
ago. Two hours after his death his wifi
gave birth to child.
SAMUEL IRRIcK, painter, aged forty
five, received frightful fall of fifty fee
while at work on a new school-house a
| Nelsonville and died shortly afterwar,
from the effects. He arrived from Har
rodsburg, Va, the day before, where b.
leaves wife and four children.
SEVERAL carcasses of diseased pork hav
been seized in the Akron markets. An in
vestigation shows that hog cholera exist
in every quarter of the country, severa
hundred porkers being down with the dis
ease. As soon as it appears the owner
kill the afflicted hogs and send them t
market. The discovery has caused muc
commotion in that city, and Council
asked to forbid the sale of pork in Akro
for a month.
A TERRIFIC storm of wind and rain passe
over New Philadelphia and vicinity on tn
odd, doing considerable damage. Mr.. Ma
thias, q farmer three miles south of Ne,
Philadelphia, reports great damage in th
valley in which he lives by hail. Cor
was badly cut, and hundreds of bushels {
apples clipped from the trees as if with
knife. Fences and trees were scattered j
every direction, and many orchards ruined
THE great strike at the Cleveland Rollin
Mill is about at an end, several hundre
strikers having returned to work on th
22d. There was no disorder.
BURGLARS entered the residence of "
H. Snyder, at Newark, and silverware [
the value of $15 was carried off. II
missing articles are marked with the in
! tials "E. A. W." and 'W. A. T."
JOHN WoRTINGER, an employe of tt
car-works at Dayton, aged forty-sevel
was, instantly killed the other evenin,
while at work digging ditch near pile
pig-iron. The digging into the grour
weakened the support of the iron so that IL
banks caved in. and the immense weigl
of the iron falling on Wortinger, crushe
the life out of him.
AT Bellevue thieves broke into the res
dence OF W. Fl. Moore and got gold watc
worth 500 and small sum of none,
They also broke into the houses of Re
Rupert and Martin Huff, but were frigh
ened away by dogs at both places.
JUDGMENT for nearly 5000, 900 was rel
dered at Cleveland against the New Yor
Chicago and st. Louis Railway.
A YOUNG man named 9th Bricker, said
J | live in Dennison, fell off a freight ems