The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

the muZzle OF a revolver into his mouth and
fired it off, blowing hole through his head
and scattering his brains around. He was
widely known. He was graduate of the
Cincinnati Medical College and one of the
wealthiest men in Wakeman and Huron
County.
A sIcKEN1NG accident took place at tt Q
new Champion shops, Springfield, the other
morning. AS Robert Bailey, a molder, was
carrying pot of molten iron he stumbled,
and the contents of the ladle were precipi-
tated on his leg. He was taken to phys
ician's Office and his leg dressed. The
desh peeled from his leg, and his suffering
was intense.
EDWARD SIMS, aged thirteen years, or
Dayton, was sent to the Reform Farm for
forging his fathers name to an order for
five dollars.
JOHN 8. BRADDocK, Democratic Repres-
entative from Knox County, has been serv-
ed with a notice by Thomas Odbert, Re
publican candidate, that his seat in Leg
islature will be contested.
MARCUS HALMAN, N,ex-policeman, of Lon
don, who shot and killed Thomas Mukes,
and wounded his brother, at the race track
there, July 4, 1885, has been discharged,
the grand jury failing to find an indict-
ment.
A CONTRACT has been closed whereby
Findlay secures a nitro-glycerine factory
from Olean, N. Y, and rubber works.
These establishments will be in operation
there as early as possible next summer.
The. entire Republican delegation from
Hamilton County, to the next Legislature
Rlal of
MAYOR TAYLOR, of Newark, was arrest
ed on complaint of W. W. Burton, news
paper correspondent, for assault Within
tent to kill. He was released on his own
recognizance to appear for preliminary
hearing.
JOHN H1NE, VINO was convicted al
Youngstown of incest, five years ago, and
escaped from the courtroom, was arrested
at Munson a few days since.
THE Board of Revision of Cincinnati has
directed a special accountant to make an
investigation of the accounts of the City
1nfirmary.
JOHN B. BEUTLER, of Urbana, who mys-
teriously disappeared from home some
time ago, has returned.
THE natural gas craze has struck Colum-
bus, and a company has been organized to
begin boring Immediately.
R. W. KEYNES, Republican candidate
for the Legislature from Hooking County,
has filed notice of contest against Buer-
haus, Democrat, on the ground of ineligi-
bility.
TIE miners In the Akron and MassiI1on
| mining districts have decided to demand a
| ten-cent advance, and to receive part OF
their wages on the first of every month.
GOVERNOR FORAKER has appointed Hon
Charles Kurtz as his Secretary.
THE Touring mill of Daniel Fribley, oi
Evansport, was entirely destroyed by fire
Loss $15, 900; insured for $1,000.
SAMUEL PAYNE, a convict in the Ohit
Penitentiary, escaped few days ago.
| AT Urbana, Samuel Martin was sentenced
to one year in the Penitentiary for bigamy
| ALBERT HEINZ, a Dayton grocer, ha.
been closed by the Sheriff.
CAPTAIN MAau1RE, of Cincinnati, wne
was reported drowned in the Tennessee
River, has turned up alive.
| THE estate of Hon. Henry B. Curtis, o
Mt. Vernon. is valued at $500, 900, to be di
| vided among four heirs.
A HALL in Cincinnati has been leased TO
five years for the use of the Salvation
Army.
THE trouble of the Ohio State printers anc
supervisor of public printing has beel
settled.
Two brothers, William and Charles Ad
lington, saloonkeepers at Elba, quarreled
and William cut Charles throat, infictin
fatal wound.
ABoY named Lightfoot had an arm an
foot amputated by cars at Harmar.
THE famous case of the State agains
George Blackburn and Frank Kelly, tn
two unconvicted members Of the gang o
masked robbers, who broke into old Jaco
Miller's residence at Lancaster last fal
and shot and robbed him, came to a clos
on the 10th, the jury returning verdict o
guilty. Frank Walters, another of tn
robbers, was convicted at the last term Q
court.
AT Delaware, few days ago, Fran
Sebring was engaged at the saw mill as a.
assistant. While in the discharge of hi
duty, he in some manner lost his balanc
and fell backward upon the buzz-saw.
an instant his left arm was almost entirel,
| y
few shreds. The lower saw struck hi
shoulder-b blade, which was entirely save
into, as were six of his ribs. When rescue
he was taken to his home, where everythin
possible was done to alleviate his suffer
ings, but his injuries are SO severe that b
can not possibly live. So large and dee
are the injuries in his back that the actio
of the heart is plainly visible to the make
eye. Sebring, who is hard-working, il
dustrious man, has wife and one child.
THE other night Matthew Smith, an ol
man aged fifty, fell from a freight trai
while standing on the Nickel-Plate bridg
at Ashtabula, he thinking he was steppin
, on the ground. but instead fell distance
10S feet, causing instant death. He wa
from Buffalo, on his way home to Elro,
Wis, with a horse and buggy.
JOHN BUCHMAN, a pioneer of Senec
County, died from stroke of apoplexy q
Tifin.
: GEORGE hartman, an Ohio veteran, die
in the Louisville Hospital.
HOG cholera has visited Madison Count!
! and destroyed thousands of hogs, some
! the farmers losing as high as two hundre
, and thirty head.
JOHN HOWARD was convicted Of burglar
in the Criminal Court at Steubenville, tt
| other afternoon, and sentenced to the pen
tentiary for one year. The trial, convit
ton and sentence were finished in less tha
two hours, one of the quickest conviction
| on record in that county.
The success in finding natural gas nj
led to the formation of two companies
bore numerous wells in various localities
Buck Creek Valley at Springfield.
LAW and Order League arrested d.
| Thompson and the Opera-house propriet
at Dayton, for violating the Sunday law.
W. W. BRANDT, a leading drygoods me
chant of Fremont, has failed, owing fro
$4,000 to $4,000.
CHAs KICKER, an employe of the c., {