The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-21
STATE NEWS ITEMS.


ment idle. They ask for more wages.
DESTRUCTION by meadow and forest fires
is reported from Tifin. One fine farm was
swept clean Of everything, the loss being
nearly $4,000.
THE President has appointed the follow
Ing Ohio postmnsters: George 8. Aten,
Wellsville, vice Orvis T. Butler, suspended; I;
Egbert Green, Medina, vice j. II. Green,
suspended and John Cooke, Bridgeport,
vice j. M. Todd, suspended
THE Standard Oil Compauy's naphtha
works, at Cleveland, were destroyed by ex-
plosion; loss $4,000.
CHAs. BAuMAN and Matthias Ulmer we're
thrown from wagon near Logan, Ulfner
having his skull cracked and Bauman los
ing an ear. The condition of Ulmer is said
to be critical.
c. BAKER, Bub Sheppard, Geo. Thomas
and Alex. Lucas, of Madison County, have
been bound over at West Jefferson to an
swer the charge of seining the waters Of
Darby creek.
JOHN H. HorTEN, colored policeman of
Cincinnati, has been dishonorably dismiss
ed for attempting to extort money from a
woman in house of bad character.
s. W. SEcRIsT, proprietor of the Alliance
Bottling Works, had his right arm horribly
lacerated by the bursting Of bottle of
birch beer
w. ID. HILL was nominated for Congress
by the Democrats of the Sixth District
AL GAY and wife, living near Lima, were
tarred and feathered for blackmailing
neighbor and efusing to leave the country.
JOSEPH CoNAGHAN,a wealthy Tiffln farm
er, had lis pocket picked at Findlay of an
$500 pocketbook.
DAVID G. KINNoN, of Guernsey County,
was nominated for Congress by the Demo-
Gratis OF the Seventeenth District.
TIFFIN is overrun with thieves.
GOVERNOR FORAKER has pardoned James
hayden, sent to the penitentary from
Hamilton County in May, 1884, on con-
viction of manslaughter.
JOHN NEWMAN, fireman at the Geo. c.
Ware Vinegar Works. Cincinnati, was
killed the other night by falling down q
hatchway.
ORCHARDS were ruined, buildings unroof-
| ed and cattle killed by wind-storm near
Akron, few nights ago.
| THE other night Joseph Moore and Bob
| Curley, of West Wheeling, stoned three
Wheeling men, Passing in a skiff. One
of the three pulled revolver and fired,
the ball hitting Moore in the forehead and
! piercing the brain. He can not recover.
The shooter is not known.
| A CURIOUS chars cter lives near Wooster.
| John Calver is a man of about thirty or
| thirty five, somewhat simple. He works
on farm about fourteen miles north of
| Wooster. Tie cause of his gaining SO
much notoriety is his curious antics when
ever he hears band play. Band members
| of every circus that has exhibited there
for number of years past know him, and
| a show day in Wooster would be bereft Of
| considerable attraction without John
Calver. Eary in the morning of the day
| circus exhibits Calver leaves his home.
and starts OH a dead run for Wooster,
never sackening up his pace. As
soon as the procession starts he finds his
way to the side of the first band wagon,
and whenever the band plays he goes
through the gyrations of whirling der
wish, spinning round on his feet standing
on his head, turning somersaults and run
ming around the band wagon. The music
appears to set him Wild and his antics
make him the center of attraction. His ex-
ertions do not tire him out, but as long
and as often as the band can stand it he
appears to enjoy it. Sometimes the band
gets out of gear by endeavoring to watch
| Calver's gymnastics, and every band
| which makes a return visit to Wooster is
on the lookout for Calver as soon as the
parade forms. After the parade he takes
the north road and goes home on q gallop.
Even bill-posters have learned to know
| Calver, and they make it a point to- sec
that advertising matter is left at the place
he works, and, rain or shine, he never fails
to be On hand on the day Of the show, COM
ing in on run and going home in like
manner. Aside from this eccentricity, he
is considered good and trusty workman.
| THE other night, during q quarrel in q
saloon at Newtown, Hamilton County,
Mart Robinson, young man living at
Pendleton, was shot in the left breast, and
SO severely wounded that he died at the
hospital in Cincinnati, on the 10th. His
slayer was a companion named Dudley
Murphy. Robinson, Murphy, Bob Steele
and a young man named Frank Epp' :, all
residents of Pendleton, had gone to New
town for a good time About ten O'Clock
they and an unknown man became involv-
eu III u general HSnt. IL was Then Robin
son received the fatal wound. Epply was
also shot in the arm, but not seriously.
Murphy escaped after the shooting.
ScoTT c. BoGGs, who resides one mile
north of Kingston, on the Kingston and
Circleville turnpike, in Pickaway County,
while recently engaged in cleaning out a
spring on his farm, threw out a slate tablet
that attracted his attention. Upon examin-
ing it minutely he found the following in
scription engraved on it:
"Lost in We ewylderness. July ye Goth, 1779.
~. WILLIAMS"
This tablet has the appearance of gen.
uine relic. 1t is now in the hands of Miss
Maggie Shannon, Of Kingston.
THE other morning, between two and
three O'Clock, the extensive roller process
Touring mill, owned by Keynes a. Well.
man, at Logan, was completely destroyed
by fire. The fire is thought to have oc
CURED from hot box or journal. The loss
is estimated by the owners at $50, ,0O0, with
$4,000 insurance.
In 1885, while riding along in funeral
procession, Mrs. Margaret Stall was thrown
from her buggy by reason of her horse
taking fright at telephone wires falling
upon it. She sustained serious injuries
which came near proving fatal. She now