The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-07-14
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STATE NEWS ITEMS.

srrcr the killing Of the wols in Marion
County another one has been seen near the
locality where the first one was shot. The
commissioners have offered reward OF
$25 for his capture, and the marksmen are
on the alert.
THE boiler Of the engine at the Marion
water works exploded early the other
morning, scalding number OF persons
very severely. John Garberino, a boy
fourteen years old, was terribly scalded on
the face, hands, neck and head, the fire-
man also suffering nearly as bad. There
was no water gauge to the engine, which
made It very difficult to know the exact
amount Of water in the boiler.
A NoRxAL school IL to be established at
Hfllsboro College.
AN immense water well, situated In the
midst Of the great gas region, was dcvel-
oped on farm near New Bremen.
A NEWARK boy who was injured by the
explosion Of a frecrac ker, will probably
lose one Of his eyes.
Two boys, aged twelve ana fourteen
years, were Jailed at Urbana for larceny.
LEVI LESLIE committed suicide at Day.
ton because Of dependency and sickness.
MRS. WIN. ELwELL and her son were
killed by the cars at East Liverpool.
j. j. RoaERs was arrested at Newark for
attempting blackmail.
BURGLARS took $3.50 from the residence
of Geo. Stoner, at Botkins.
MRS. NUNAMAKER, living in Marion
Township, few miles from Logan, has
wonderful cherry tree. Two years ago
she picked from this tree thrty-six BUSH
els Of cherries, and this season twenty-five
bush els. Who can beat itp
HENRY KING, furnace builder at New
Beaver Falls glass works, near Tifiin, was
dangerously injured by falling brick
from the tower, seventy five feet high.
The petition of Clarence Curtain, prose-
cutting attorney, to restrain the county
commissioners from removing the stone
pillars from the front of the courthouse
at Circleville, was called for hearing in
the common pleas court the other morning.
Judge Lincoln decided that the commis-
sioners had the proper authority to have
them torn down ii they thought it was
necessary. The columns will be removed.
WHILE playing in harvest field a fotAS7
year-old daughter Of Elmer Martin, Ia
farmer near Roseville, Muskingum County,
was run over by reaper. One leg was
entirely severed from the body and the
other terribly gashed. The child will not
live.
AT New Washington travelling man
from Mansfield had one hand shattered by
a dynamite cartridge at st. Johns. Arthur
Davis had his hands and face terribly
burned with powder, and in Tiffin, Eddie
Sheets, aged seven, had an ear nearly
h1o,xu off u;fh n puov, cro ~kor
WIN. MESSENGER had an attack of epi-
lepsy while bathing near Marion and was
drowned.
JOHN SAVAGE, of Tiffin, fell twenty-five
feet from ladder to the sidewalk and was
fatally injured.
DAVID GARRETT, colored, was instantly
killed by falling from Bee Line train, near
Gano.
GEO. WEBER, an Alliance brakeman, was
fatally injured by cars.
CHARLES P. FEssENDEN, an engineer
on the Erie railway, sued the Erie and
N. Y, P. e. o. Companies at Youngstown,
for $4,000 for injuries sustained in October
last.
A TEN-YEAR-oLD girl was fatally injured
at Newark by falling from tree.
The business portion Of Maumee %ks
swept by fire at an early hour the other
morning. Fire supposed to have been
caused by lre-crackers. Loss, $4,000.
JAMES RowCLIFFE, living three miles
southeast Of Norwalk, went to town and
purchased barrel Of gasoline and arrived
home with it. In turning the wagon
the barrel fell out and burst open. The
gasoline escaped into we'll near by. Mrs.
Rowcliffe threw fire into the well and an
explosion followed which blew the well to
pieces. Mrs. Rowcliffe was burned so Sc
verify that her life is despaired Of.
ANOTHER great oil well has been opened
up on the Reese farm, in Wood County. Il
is claimed that it will yield 1000 barrels
per day.
The total receipts Of grain at Cincinnati
the past year were 1896, ,sl3 bushels. The
previous year the receipts were IL. .S21 ,57S
bushels.
A FAMILY at Newark employed woman
to assist In housecleaning. When she left
they missed seventy-eight dollars which
had been left in q drawer in an p-stairs
room.
A TouR-YEAR-oLD child was fatally kick
ed by horse at New Concord.
The records Of the coroner's Office Of
Hamilton County show that during the
past six months forty-three persons hsvh
taken their own !. lives. OF this numl)as
thirty y-two were males and eleven females.
Twenty suicided by shooting, nine by
taking rough-on rats, seven by hanging,
two by drowning, two by jumping out Of
windows, one by Paris green, one by
laudanum, and one by throwing herself
before q locomotive. OF this numher onlv
one was a colored man.
AN unknown man was killed by Bee
Line train near Dayton.
Docs have been killing hogs almost
nightly in Clinton County.
A. HICKMAN, of Marietta, stepped, while
asleep, from passenger train running
thirty miles an hour, and, strange to say,
was only slightly injured
The first through passenger train on the
GAINESVILLE and Ohio railroad arrived at
Marietta few days ago.
A LARGE gray wolf has been ranging for
some time through the northwest part of
Marion County, killing sheep.
SEVERAL months ago Mr.. and Mrs. L. A..
Breck were arrested at Cleveland for forg-
Ing will which made them heirs to the
property of a peculiar old woman known
as Martha Hail Mcdonald. Breck was .
medical student and politician. On the
I'd he and his wife were sentenced to the
for four years each. ~
The Ohio Supreme Court has adjourned
until OctoharO o ~