The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-26
Miscellaneous Items.

that place, the other night, in a sleigh:
His sleigh struck a rut and upset, throwing
him out. The horses then became fright
ened and ran from Leipsic to the crossing
just north of Ottawa, where the south
bound accommodation struck it, demolish-
ing the sleigh. One horse was killed and
the other one injured so badly that it had
to be killed.
DELEGATES from the coal miners In the
Massillon district, in session at Massillon,
decided to accept the reduction of ten cents
per ton in the price of mining, and returned
to work, thus ending the strike.
Two clubs of Anarchists, with a men,
bership of 125, are said to exist in Canton.
MRS. WIN. CLARK, of Leeche's Corner,
in fit of temporary insanity, cut the
throat of her newborn babe.
AN incendiary fire destroyed the grist-
mill of Knoke Bros, at Belmore. Loss
$4,000; insurance 81 600.
The assets and liabilities Of John g:
Stewart, banker, of Coshocton, are respect.
lively 500, ,665.37 and $114, ,613.T.
JENNETTE HILB, of CincinnaJl, aged
twenty -one, committed suicide by drown
ing herself in cistern. She is believed to
have been disappointed in love.
streets of Dayton, froze to death.
~ WIN. GaLPREATH, of Fairview, was
crushed to death by tree which he felled.
A RESOLUTION passed the Cincinnati
Council to provide sewerage for Walnut
Hills.
GEO. SEEDS, an engineer in the Grove
Coal Mine, situated in Elk Run Township,
a few miles from Wellsville, met with a
terrible accident few days ago, and one
that almost cost him his life. The fire in
| the furnace had been banked, when Seeds,
to dispose of a small quantity of oil,
| thoug htlessly threw it upon the coal. A
terrific explosion followed, throwing guam
| titles of COAL fire and cinders from the fur
| nance. Seeds was terribly burned about
| the head and face. His clothing also took
| fire, but the flames were extinguished he
fore doing any further damage.
The Board of Police Commissioners or
| Dayton, has ordered the Chief of Police to
| arrest all parties interested in any way in
| Sunday theatrical performances.
WAR JIG, a once famous race horse, was
sold at an auction stable in Cincinnati for
| thirty dollars.
AT roller skating contest in Canton the
winner made five miles in twenty one min
utes and seventeen and half seconds.
ALBERT MILLS, of Springfield, Summit
| County, was found dead in bed the other
morning. He was seventy years old.
PHIL. II. KUMLER qualified as U. S. At
torney for the Southern District of Ohio.
The six-year-old son of VIM. Leighton,
| of Akron, was killed by an express train
OIL the Valley Railroad.
THE labor troubles at Steubenville have
| resulted in all the mills discarding the
''boilers," and making steel rails.
DANIEL AMBROSE, who was injured at
the fire in d. II. Baldwin & Co.'s piano
warehouse, Cincinnati, died of his injuries.
| ADAM ScHwIND, an old German. dropped
dead on street in Cincinnati while carry
ing home bag of coal to his destitute FAM
| lily.
| THE property of the Ohio Central Coal
Company, consisting of twelve thousand
acres, was sold by order of the U. S. Court
for 100000.
| PosTMAsTERS commissioned -Presiden-
tial offices-John J. Robinson, Port Clinton
| CRATIC j. DeWolf, Fostoria. Fourth-class
| offices--Wm. w. Dixon, Gibson: Helena F.
Lindsay, Salineville.
A CROWD of roughs created panic in the
opera house at Newark the other night,
| where the Salvation Army were holding a
| meeting. A number of persons We're knock
ed down and seriously hurt. William Laird,
one of the disturbers, was arrested but
soon released.
| JOHN CANDY, for fifteen years teacher
of music in the Urbana University, died in
| Kansas at the age of seventy EIGHT years
| HENRY NAGLE, one of the oldest inhabi-
| tants of Hardin County, died at the resi-
dence of Emanuel Sampson, at Kenton
from the effects of fall down stairs a few
days ago.
MRS. ELIZA r. SMELL, was run over by
i the cars at Mount Victory, Hardin County
the other evening while attempting to eros:
the track. Those on the train who saw hel
supposed she would stop, but she walked OF
the track and was struck, her body being
tossed as high as the smoke-stack anc
pitched eighty seven feet away. Her necl
was broken, and her head was badly mash
ed. Her age was fifty y-four, and she leave
husband and several children.
FIRE destroyed the building materia
mandatory of Mills & Spellmire Manu-
featuring Company, Cincinnati. Los
5000.
A FIRE in house in Cincinnati causet
the death of Addie May Brice, from suffo
cation.
| ID. S. MCGILLEVRAY. a respected AM
well do farmer, living three miles from
Wellsville, died the other day in terribl
agony, from od-poisoning. He had
large carbuncle on his arm, which wa
lanced. Shortly afterward that membe
swelled to twice it's natural size, and tn
swelling extended to his whole body, kill
ing him.
HARRY H. FOWLER was crushed to deaf
by cars at Newark.
THE new Commissioner of Labor Statis
tics, Larkin McHugh, has entered upon tn
discharge Of his duties,