The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-21
EATON. OHIO THURSDAY NAY 1885
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

ago. The building was soon enveloped in
flames, and scene of confusion followed.
Families lived on the third floor, and the
excitement among them was great. Fred
Roth, his wife, two children and servant
were cut of, and all escaped by jumping
to the ground, except little boy three
years old, who was burned. Roth was
badly scorched. Mrs. Roth was terribly
injured internally while the servant, a Miss
Oberli, had her back sprained. b. e. King,
man forty years old, also jumped and
broke his wrist. Mrs. Sawyer, dress
maker, fifty-five years old, was burned to
death.
Ar Chagrin Falls team of horses ran
away with Spencer Chamberlain, his wife
and little son. Chamberlain was killed,
the child fatally injured, and Mrs. Cham
berlain SO badly hurt that she is not ex-
pected to live.
PROF. ENocH MARTIN, a well known
teacher and examiner of Monroe County,
committed suicide a few days since. His
brother, living few miles further up Sum
fish Greek, had attempted suicide by cut
ting his throat in the morning, and word of
this reaching Martin, he sent his son tn
learn If it was true. He seemed mach
worried, and dreading confirmation of the
report, he walked out and partly undress-
ing, he lay down in the stream where it
was eighteen inches deep, and was found
dead by his son on his return. His father
hung himself in barn at Antioch, near the
same place, eighteen years ago.
MRS. DENNIS MAHoNEY, of Columbus,
dropped dead the other night from heart
disease.
PETER PLEUKHARP, living five miles from
Logan, died suddenly few days ago from
a paralytic stroke.
CAPTAIN MOSES ABBOTT, of the Forty
ninth o. V. l., died very suddenly at his
home in Fort Seneca, a few days ago, aged
about fifty. He was prominent farmer,
and had an extensive business acquaint-
ance.
DORA PARTNER was drowned by the
capsizing of a boat on the river near Van
Vert.
EZRA MILLER, a farmer living a few
miles West of Cincinnati, in Hamilton
County, was thrown from his horse and re-
ceived injuries upon the head which result
ed fatally.
THE Lima Daily Times has been sued for
$4,000 damages for libel, by Ike Uncaphes,
of Marion.
AT Centerburg, James Donohue slept on
the Central Ohio Railroad track and was
killed by the midnight express.
]. W. BRATToN, a well-to-do farmer of
Canaan Township, Morrow County, COM
mitted suicide the other morning by hang
ing himself to the rafters in his barn.
Bratton has been hard drinker for some
nd hot NTH 70 1ry fronh1o icc
posed to be the cause of the act.
THE following were commissioned as
postmasters on the 18th: Wilson W. Forney,
Leetonia; VIM. Meeks, Wauseon; John ].
Neave, Ford; George d. Ulry, Hope; VIM
McQuinn, Undertook; James Wilson
Maxville; John II. BEEN, Roseville; John
c. Snyder, Russell's Place.
WILSON, the colored convict, who stuck
his head in a kettle of molten metal the
other day at the penitentiary is in a fair
way to recovery. He now wears a straight
jacket to prevent further attempt at self
injury.
MISS NELLIE BosTwICK, a young lady
visiting with the family of B. A. Corwin
at Mt. Gilead, attempted to start fire with
coal oil few days since, and as is usually
the case, was horribly burned about the
fee and arms. She will recover, but in all
probability will be badly SCARED.
The Ohio Prohibition Convention is to be
held at Springfield, July 1 and 2.
THOMAS CARTER was arrested, neal
Akron, charged with barn burning.
CONRAD NoRBEcK was run over and
killed by a Chicago and Atlantic freight
train, near Lima. He was asleep on the
track.
A PORTION of the cupola of the blast-fur.
mace of the Ohio iron company, at Zanes.
vile, fell in. Loss, SIC, 900. One man badly
burned.
VIM LEGG, of Newark, committed suicide
by taking dose of Rough on Rats.
JOSEPH LAWRENCE, of Urbana, was
found dead in his Office chair, of hemor.
rhage of the brain.
A QUESTION has been raised of the con
stitutionality of the "four-million-dolla
bill' for Cincinnati's street Improvement
THE assets of the Louis Cook Manufac
turing Company, of Cincinnati, are re-
turned at $235, ,4s1 II, and the liabilities a
sos, ,S39.S3.
MRS. BARNEY KLINEFELTER, wife of ,
prominent saloon-keeper, Tiffin, fell deaf
in her door yard the other morning in Fl
of apoplexy.
The Connotton Valley Railroad was sole
at Canton for $685., 900.
WoRKMEN engaged in drilling gas wei
for the Cleveland Rolling-mill Compan,
have struck remarkably rich vein of salt
Natural gas abounds in great quantities
| underneath Cleveland, and several wells
sunk to a depth of thousand feet hav
given forth gas of good Illuminating quail
ity in great volume. The rolling-mill com
pany sunk a well about 1000 feet few
years ago, finding signs of gas at 500 feet
A short time since it was decided to bor
another well and at 715 feet, small flow o
gas was encountered. The drill then passec
through vein of limestone 260 feet thick
when sandstone was struck. While il
sandstone, at depth of LOO feet, evi
dences of salt were found. At 1885 feet
vein of pure rock salt, 169 feet in thickness
| was encountered. Below it is vein o
| created much excitement. AS yet the own
ers OF the well have not announced whethe
they will develop the salt vein.
FRED PICKERELL, switchman in the EN-
ploy of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad a
| GAINESVILLE, was crushed to death by
train.
( THE statue of General Garfield, ordere
by the Legislature of Ohio, has arrived a
the Capitol at Washington from Rome
The statue is of italian marble, beroic size
and represents Garfield in his favorit
rhetorical posture. Mr.. Niehaus, the sculp
tor, is native of Cincinnati, but for year
has resided in Rome. The usual ceremo
| nies of receiving State statues will be oh
served on the assembling of Congress.
will represent Ohio in Statuary Hall.
| GEORGE s. BARBER was arrested q
Bellevue for the murder of Michael Nc
Garry in Akron thirteen years ago.
CALVIN HoHENs and VIM. Frazer, forge
and burglar respectively, escaped from th
new Jail at Bucyrus.
| JOHN NENEIGHBoR, living near Spring
field, shot his wife and then committed sui