The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-04
srAre NEWS ITEMS.

NODle Threw pftchfork, the tines strik1nB
the Swede In the breast, resulting In death
q few hours later. Noble was arrested.
THE Seventy-ffth o. v. 1. held It's sixth
annual reunion in the fairgrounds near
Hamilton few days ago. Out of the 1000
men who went into the war, less than 100
are living now, and not more than sixty
answered to the roll call.
THE following Ohio postmasters were ap-
pointed recently John II. Birkmeier, Mt
Coldwater, Mercer County, vice j. b.
Hoy ing, removed; II. II. Colewin, at Scioto,
Scioto County, vice Miss 9. Sontag, re-
moved.
HERMAN JoRrrz, fresco painter, was
killed by fall in Christ Episcopal Church,
Cincinnati.
j. j. TRANcnArT, miller of Osborne, drop
ped dead the other morning.
THE first Chnaman that ever died in CO.
lumbus was found dead before the door Of
his lodging place, at an early hour the other
morning, with marks of violence on his
person, indicating that he came to his death
by foul means. His name is unknown. Two
white men had quarrel with him early in
the evening and suspicion points to them.
Ben Hope Lee the naturalized and wealthy
Chinaman Of Columbus, is cousin of the
dead Celestial, and will send the remains
back to China. F.tn
AN election was held, the other day, at
Sycamore, on the proposition to close the
three saloons of the town. The vote was:
For prohibition 81, against 45. A poll was
left open for the ladies, and they voted 107
for prohibition to none against.
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the 1O2d birthday of Robert Crafty, in a
grove on that worthy mans homestead,
near Prospect. Marion County has four
persons who are over one hundred years of
age, which is very good record for
county of only twenty-five thousand popu-
lation. tl
THE vicinity of Helena, Sandusky Coun-
ty, is excited over q strange phenomena,
about ten miles from that place. 1t is a
ring of fresh tramped earth forty four feet
in diameter with the line of the circum-
ence about two feet wide. 1t is in field
near a forest. No one can account for the
strange appearance of the earth. Hun
dreds of people from the country around go
to view it daily. Just twenty eight years
ago rich young man came to that neigh
borhood. He carried his money in buck
skin belt, which he exhibited on all occa-
sions. He mysteriously disappeared one
day. Nothing was ever heard of him
again, but exactly in the center of the
mysterious ring his blood-stained belt was
found a few days after his absence. A ring.
was formed like the one now exciting
curiosity, exactly the same size,,
which finally disappeared. Three men
were suspected of the crime of
numbering the young man. Fourteen
years rolled by, when one of the suspects
died, and for the second time the ring ap-
peared. Now another fourteen years have
passed by, and on August IL another of the
suspected party died, and on that morning
the supernatural ring appeared for the
third time. The excitement is at fever
heat. The people in the neighborhood have
commenced an excavation of all the spot,
inside the circumference of the circle, and
hope to unearth the skeleton, or some
other tangible evidence of the crime.
THE south-bound fast train on the Cleve-
land, Akron andColumbus road struck and
killed Joseph Scanlon, machinist, near
Akron, the other night. Scanlon leaves a
wife and three children.
CONSIDERABLE excitement was caused at
Norwalk by the finding of human a leg in a
heap of rubbish dumped beneath the High
/ Bridge thorough search was made in
the heap for the balance of the body, but
! nothing further was found. How it came
there was mystery.
| A FAMILY dog owned by Ben Stober, liv-
| ing four and one-half miles northwest of
Ada, attacked the family in fit of mad
ness. Mr.. Strober being away from home,
Mrs. Strober and her two little boys had
hard work to keep the maddened animal
| away from jumping in at the windows
The mother at last succeeded in attracting
attention Of the dog until the two little
boys climbed out a rear window and started
| to a neighbours for help. The boys were
too badly scared to make the neighbors
understand what they wanted and returned
home alone. When they reached home one
of the boys got in safely, but the other,
pursued by the dog was compelled to run
for the barn, which he reached just in time
to escape being bitten by the vicious
animal. The boy then mounted pony and
started for help the second time. When a
neighbor came the dog attacked him. The
neighbor took refuge upon shed and shot
the dog, only wounding him. The dog, in
his fury, started across the country fol-
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succeeded in killing him after shooting him
the third time.
A FAMILY of seven, name unknown, were
camped outside Of Findlay in a wagon dur
ing a severe storm the other night. At
an early hour next morning huge tree
fell ON the wagon in which the family were
sleeping, broke the legs oi two of them,
crushed the hip of small girl, producing
paralysis of the lower limbs; broke the left
shoulder-blade of tue mother, and injured
the father. A two-year-old boy and a
three months old baby-girl escaped un-
hurt. They were taken to tho County In
Urinary, where medical aid was rendered
NATURAL gas has been discovered in the
northern part of Delaware County.
THE State horticultural Society will hold
meeting in Columbus September
The city council of Mt. Vernon adopted
resolution to submit the question of local
option under the Dow liquor law to a vote
of the people, and a special municipal elec
tion will be called by the mayor at an early
day. l4pANfef 4eiei heuB
A Posr-oFFIcE has been established al
Moyerville, Gallia County. Henry Ober
stein was appointed postmaster.
A MOVEMENT is on foot to appeal to the
citizens of Cincinnati and of the State OF
Ohio generally to sign petition to the
Legislature to appropriate u sufficient sun
to erect an equestrian statue in bronze oi
General William Henry Harrison, at the
celebration of the settlement Of Cincinnati