The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-10-16
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

STATE NEWS ITEMS.
Hssnr D. wor, was run over BY rail
road train near Marion and was badly
mangled. Recovery doubtful.
Dawn BAILEY, Of Sharon, Pa, was drug
gsd and robbed Of e160 in . den at Youngs
town.
AT MansHeld, . twenty-two-r1onths
son of George 8. Hoffman was accidentally
drowned by falling into = cistern on the
premises.
FouR silver-dollar counterfeitcrs, includ-
ing BENZ. Albert, claiming to be a cooper,
Of Cincinnati, and George Martin, OF
Springfield, were arrested at Cleveland.
A PosT-oPrrcs has been established at
Kamms, Cuyahoga County, and Oswald
Kamm commissioned postmaster.
The Cincinnati Exposition, which closed
on the 9th, has proved itsolf . success,
financially and otherwise.
CHARLKs DICKSON, ten-year-old boy,
was cut in two by train at Springfield.
A STRANGE case Of self-mutilation oc-
CURED in Dayton at daylight the other
morning. Ben T. Brinkel, aged twenty-six
years, deliberately walked into an East
Fifth street meat shop and, seizing a
clesver, laid his right hand on the butchers
block and in two quick chops nearly cut his
hand Oh. Brinkel is suffering from demen-
tia, and has been in the insane asylum be-
fore, and has repeatedly tried to take his
own life. He was taken to an asylum.
LEO vILLreEN shot himself in daylight in
Tracey Park, Portsmouth, in the presence
of several spectators, dying instantly. He
left letter, saying he was tired Of life and
ashamed Of his club feet.
THE boiler Of the Bolton Steel Works, at
Canton, exploded, wrecking the hammer
shop and causing SIC, 600 damages, but seri.
ously injuring no one
THE rivalry between those two smart
Ohio towns, Akron and Canton, is exceeded
only by the feud between Chicago and st.
Louis
albert WASHINGTON, colored hod car
rier, fell from the fifth story Of a ne-
building in Cincinnati, on which he was
working, and WAS instantly killed.
The largest nail mill in the country is
now being erected at Martins Ferry. The
mill will be run by natural gas.
THE erection of q new iron foundry is
in contemplation at Port Clinton, and
steps have already been taken to forward
the enterprise.
TEE Board Of Penitentiary Managers
have decided to change the uniforms worn
by the convicts. The style to be used in
future has not yet been decided upon, but
Manager Phipps says a material change
will be made from the old wide-barred
kind.
The grand jury Of Franklin County
failed to find indictments against alleged
tally sheet forgers.
The survivors Of the battles Of Opequon,
Fishers Hill and Cedar Creek, September
1929 and October 10, 1864, respectively, will
hold an anniversary meeting at Spring.
field, Monday and Tuesday, 18th and 10th
OF October.
The Star Route mail services between
Chagrin Falls and Benton, will be discon-
tinued after October 81.
GROUND has been broken at Canton for
the Dueber Watch Case Works, which will
be removed from Newport, KY.
PLAINFlELp voted for whisky by twelve
mojority.
STATE Temperance Congress held two
days session at Dayton.
ONK hundred men are at work on the
Standard Oil Company's Refinery at Lima
SoNs ono telegraphed the lFostoria Fire
Department that Napoleon was on fire and
beyond control. They started, and found
itwas aelio. The Fostoria Fire Department.
hunted for tho crank with club.
THERE has been dispute as to the location
OF the greatest elevation above the sea,
level in Ohio. Some have claimed that the
home Of Senator Sherman, at Mansfield,
occupied tho highest ground in the State.
The Geological Survey of Ohio places it ON
the ground of John w. Hogue, near Belle
fontaine. Ono survey located it in Knox
County about eight miles west of Mt. Ver-
non on farm then owned by Martin Zent.
This is probably the highest ground with
out . hill in the State-the highest table
land. There Is no hill in reality, at this
point. All other elevations are simply hills,
while tho ground level would come far
short of being the highest ground.
CHARLss RUxEsBRoD. formerly promi-
net citizen Of Carrollton. suicide near the
Central Insane Asylum, Columbus. In
May last he was taken with mild mania,
and was taken to the asylum for treatment
His wife visited the institution the other
day, and was 80 impressed with his i'm
proved condition that arrangements were
made to take him home He was given tho
liberty of the grounds, and on the 9th
walked over the Little Miami track, and as
train was passing deliberately walked
toward the engine and was instantly killed
He is brother of Mr.. j. A. Rukenbrod,
editor of the Salem Republican.
NEWARK is to be lighted by electricity.
PROPERTY owners in Cincinnati who rent
their premises for purposes Of prostitution
are to be prosecuted.
1T has been suggested that on the 18th Of
November, 1886, that the citizens of the
Little Miami Valley should have a celebra-
tion Of the landing Of Benjamin Sites and
his company at Columbia, November IS,
17Ss This would be preparatory to tho
grand centennial celebration in 1888.
BERT GLIDDEN. son Of William Glidden,
of Caldwell, was thrown from horse and
dangerously hurt hy the animal stepping
upon him.
SERGEANT DASaERFIELD, U. 8. A, ,on duty
at the Columbus Barracks, has been
placed ON the retired list, having served
forty years. He was in the Mexican, Sem
mole and Southern Rebellion wars
AN unknown tramp was killed few
days ago at Salem, by falling under NOV
ing train. He was about fifty years old
and poorly dressed.
DAVID FocKLER, of Leipsic, while ram.
bling around In his sleep, leaped from a
second-story window, landed on the brick
sidewalk below, and was fatally injured.