The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-12
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Cleveland, aged seventy -four. He was
one of the Oldest residents of Northern
Ohio, having served as Postmaster OF
Cleveland during the administration Of
Polk. ).
THE Morganto~n gang of barn burners,
thieves and robbers, has been broken up at
last. ALI but one are in custody. They
have been the terror Of the southern pars
Of Mahoning County for several years.
TIE Ohio Grand Consistory and co-ex-
isting bodies of the Scottish Rite Masons
have purchased the property of the Sev
enth Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, and
will remodel 10 into cathedral. Thf
cost S55, 600.
henry SruLL, Of Marathon, is dead
aged Ids years. ~
JAccB SNYDER, an insane man OF AKRON,
made an attempt to kill his son, Gaming
that he was directed by God tc do So :
The Supreme Court has decided that the
State law against carrying burglars tools,
as constructed, Is unconstitutional.
MANLY W. MASON, an attorney OF Bev-
erly, has been convicted Of perjury. bis
son. Frank, has been convicted Of burglary.
Both will enter the penitentiary at the
same time.
w. I. CHAMBERLAIN, statistical Agent
for Ohio, has forwarded to the Agr1cui-
tural Department at Washington the crop
report for March, as follows: Coro-fer
cent. of crop of 1884 on hand March ], a
per cent. probably consumed in the coon-
ties, 50 per cent; sold outside Of counties,
IA per sent. merchantable, average OF ten
years, 70 per cent; merchantable OF
crop of 1SS4-S5; value per bushel, mer-
charitable, Al per cent; merchandise, 10
per cent; understandable, 16 per cent. OK
crops still in field, 8; injury to crops rrom
feeling; moldy corn, O.. Wheat-per cent.
of crop of 1884 still unsold, 40 per cec1';
usually consumed in country. 43 per cent. :;
shipped out of country, 30 per cent; crop
of 1884 better than average, 70; worse than
average, 8; average weight per bushel, GO
pounds; condition of crop of 'S5 compared
with full average, rs; crop good
where protected by snow, and bad where
not so protected. The agent adds: ut is
too early to form any clear estimate OF the
condition of the winter wheat, as the snow
is still on much of it, and our most trying
month is March, but the wheat in the
southern half of theState is already in SO bad
condition that, even without serious dap-
age, it does not seem probable that the crop
of the entire State can reach seventy five
per cent. of full average. The April re-
port, however, will give a more reliable
estimate"
MRS. MARY R. GARRISON obtained
verdict for $11 800 against the Connecticut
General Life Insurance Company in the
%oI Of fho Snufhar-y1 ntc.
trict of Ohio.
j. j. McKELvY, an itfnerant photo
grapher, was found dead in his car at
Tiffin.
JOHN NAGEL was crushed to death by the
machinery of his fathers -four mill, Gin
cinnati.
THE other morning while Frank Davis
was engaged in saving some timber in the
stave works of Davis & Wager. Delphos,
the saw few off of the mandrill and struck
him in the neck, nearly severing his head
from his body, causing death shortly.
The wall of the third story of the Ohio
Oil Cornpany's mill was forced out, the
other morning, by the pressure of faxseed.
In falling, the wall struck two tanks full
of oil, destroying it. One thousand bushels
of fiaxseed fell with the wall, and was
rendered almost useless. No person was
injured. The mill is situated at Harries
Station. near Dayton.
A YOUNG girl residing few miles from
Carlisle appeared in market, the other
morning, with cozy, jaunty- looking hat
made solely OF oats straw and corn shucks
that grew upon her fathers farm. 1t was
tastily but not gaudily trimmed with
chicken feathers, dyed in pokeberry juice
and blue writing fluid. Several persons who
examined this headgear pronounced itreal-
ly beautiful.
FRED WARNER, a young and prosperous
farmer, living five miles west of Dayton,
was drowned. the other night in Wolf Greek,
in attempting to ford, opposite his house.
His horse and wagon were found in the
ford early next morning by his wife. His
hat was found two miles below the ford.
Men have dragged the creek, but could not
find the body. Warner was last seen driv-
ing toward the ford, and was very much
intoxicated.
= A YOUNG married man named VIM. Haag
went on the roof of the barn owned by
John Yingling, his father-in law, in the
eastern suburbs of Massillon, on the 4th,
to put up pole from which it was intend
ed to throw q flag to the breeze in honor of
President Cleveland's Inauguration. While
on the roof he slipped and fell to the
ground, striking his head on a pile of
stones, and fracturing his skull. He died
within an hour after the accident.
No BEER will be sold on the State Fair
Grounds, Columbus, this year.
70 orl Of l.
pleted the revision of the premium list.
There has been a general increase in the
amounts, to be awarded for premiums. An
other important change is the wiping out of
the rule that required competition to Sc
cure premium. Under the new rule pre-
miums will be awarded whether there is
competition or not in departmentor class.
THE other morning it was discove red
that Charles Boitar, a U. s. prisoner, con-
fined in the Work house at Toledo, ava iting
trial for counterfeiting, had made his es-
cape during the night. He had somehow
secured a wrench, with which he managed
to take off the iron bar fastening his cell,
and ne subsequently used it to work his
way through an upper window. 1t is be-
lieved that Better is connected with large
gang of ':ounterfeiters.
A BABT born at Urbana, few days ago,
was christened Thomas Hendricks Cleve-
land Leonard.
THE Diebold Safe and Lock Company at
Canton, !employing about four hundred
men, have announced general reduction
in salaries and wages of 10 per cent. The
cut affects every one employed by the COM
pany, from the President down to the la
borers in the yard.
DAVID c. LOWRY, administrator of Abra-
ham Lowry. has brought suit at Urbana,
against the Panhandle Railroad Company
for $4,000 damages, for the death of Lowry
who was killed in wreck at Summit in
January, 1885.
LEVI K,ELP, convict in the penitentiary,
committed suicide by taking morphine.
SOPHIA HAUss, of Springfield, became
insane through religious excitement, and
was taken to the Dayton Asylum.
A. two-year-old child of Mckee
Carson, of Winchester, fell into large
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