The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-07-02
EATON. OHIO, THURSDAY. JULY O. 1885,
STATE NEWS ITEMS.


Sonora, was pushed off the sidewalk by a
boy and sustained a broken collar bone.
MRS. AMELIA FUNKE, of Massillon, was
struck by passenger train on the Fort
Wayne Railroad, and instantly killed.
GEORGE SMITH dropped dead at Lancas-
ter few days ago.
JOHN McSwEENY, a Cincinnati swindler,
was fined $500 in the Police Court, and
sent to the Work-house for six months.
HON. T. J. PR1NGLE was renominated by
acclamation for State Senator at the Re-
publican Convention of the Eleventh Dis
trict of Ohio.
KARL PoLLIER has been recognized as
Consul of the German Empire, at Cincin-
natl, for the States of Indiana, Kentucky,
Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.
JENNY GILMAN, fifteen years old, en-
ployed at the Hotel Lincoln, Cleveland, was
caught in the elevator and frightfully man
gled. His physicians say he can not re-
cover, as his neck is dislocated
EDITH SAYRE, nine years old, daughter
of Alex. Sayre, blacksmith, of Dayton,
had her left leg shot off by her fifteen
year-old brother, who was playing with a
shotgun. He supposed the barrel was
empty, and intending to scare his little
sister applied cap, and, pointing the gun
at her, pulled the trigger. To his horror
he found the gun was loaded, and that he
had shot off his little sisters left leg, liter
ally tearing off the flesh and shattering
the bone. The leg was amputated above
the knee, and at last accounts the patient
was in critical condition.
=
man living near West Union, Adams Coun-
ty, attempted suicide the other afternoon
The old man had slight stroke of paraly-
sis some time ago, and this seemed to have
affected his mind. He complained of feel.
ing worse, and persuaded his wife to go tc
West Union after some medicine. During
her absence he took an old musket, and
tying string to the trigger, made an eff.
fort to fire the contents into his face, but
the gun failed to go off. He then took 6
small pistol and fired two balls into the
right side of the head above the ear. The
balls glanced and were buried under the
skin near the top of his head.
TIE Ohio Supreme Court has adjourned
until September q.
The old brewery property of George
Shook, near Ashland, was destroyed by
fire.
JOHN WHITTINGToN, colored porter al
the American House, Circleville, fell from
a third STORY window, and was instantly
killed.
THE Ohio State Board OF Agriculture
sold $4,000 worth of six per cent. bonds tt
the Deshler Bank, of Columbus, O., fol
1904 and accured interest. The bonds rur
five years.
ON the 26th sufficient evidence was Sc
cured, it is thought, and a charge of muir
der was placed against George A. Smith
proprietor of the Mascotte Saloon, Marl
Smith and DR.. Mckenzie, arrested at Gin
cinnati on suspicion for the killing o.
Charles Botkin's, some days ago.
P. B. CASE, an old and well l-known law
yer of Columbus, is dead.
AN unsuccessful effort was made to ge
arsenic to Greiner, in jail at Columbus, un
der sentence of death for murder.
EDWARD AYERS, of Attica, visited th'
country, drank some cider and laid dow1
under a tree, where he was found shortly
| afterward by a companion, dead.
BROKEN truck caused an $1,000 wreck OF
| P, Ft. W. & c., at Ada. No causalties.
NEW vein of natural gas, with a daily
| yield of 500 900 feet, was struck at Findlay
Total daily yield now 2,5OO,OO0.
PASSENGER TRAIN No. 1, on the l., B. 6
W. Road, ran into an open switch, nea
| Springfield, the other morning. wreckinl
several cars, but injuring no one. 1t is sup
posed the switch was opened by wreckers
THE annual statement Of the adjustmen
of salaries of Presidential Postmasters ha
been completed. In Ohio the changes ar
given below. The offices where the salarie
| remain the same are not given: