The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-29
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

Vel Maiioy, ~ h"ii""s $3.50
over to court in 5000. -
Mrs. JOSIAH ANTRIM, aged seventy, foii
dead the other evening OF heart dise"se,
ten miles west Of Marion.
Mrs. MARGARET Gill, aged eighty.twos
West Liberty, is dead.
A. HuDDLEsToN, a Summit County
farmer, has been bound over for seliing
adulterated milk.
ED MAAa and Dick Price were jailed in
default of $1,000 bond at Circleviiie, tof
burglary.
AN empioye Of the b. e. o. railroad was
found on the track near Newark, a iew
DAYS ago. His body was terribly mangied-
He can not tell how he came to 90 theres
and the whole transaction Is a mystery.
FREDERICK BonK, of Tiffin, recently pur-
chased of a man named Twist a note on
wealthy farmer of Seneca County, for
$1,000. The note proved to be forgery
and Twist will be prosecuted. w
The Marion County Poultry, Pigeon anq
Pet Stock Exhibit, at Marion, opened a Few
days ago, with 392 entries. The show was
a great success.
THE mammoth project Of piping water
from Lake Erie to towns and cities
throughout Ohio Is being revived.
AT Akron two strangers, claiming to be
White Caps. followed John lain, aged
sixty years, from a saloon, placed rope
about his neck, and tightened it over the
limb of a tree, nearly strangling him. They
say it was JOKE.
Ex-GovERNoR JACOB ID. Cox has re-
signed the Chancellorship of McMicken
University, Cincinnati
THE trustees of the Ohio University, at
Athens, and of the Dayton Asylum for the
Insane, filed their reports with the Gov
ernor. The former ask for $l1 900 for next
year, and the latter want $12s 700.
LIZZIE KoEnLEY has brought suit at
DAYTON against Charles Jarrell, for S3,00C
damages for the loss Of an eye, alleged to
have been destroyed by bullet recklessly
fired by the defendant
A. o. FoRDING, assignee of Sheriff E. B.
Wal ker, began suit in the common pleas
court, at Youngstown, against c b. Wick,
O we'll known man about town, to recover
$3.50 alleged to have been lost by the
sheriff to Mr.. Wick during the last yIpr
at gambling. The money is nllegedRto
have been lost in sums ranging from $40
to 1900.
THE bringing into Ohio Of children under
twelve years of age, by religious associa-
tons, OF corporations, on contracts binding
them to servile labor will be officially in
vestigated.
MRS. ANNA SHOOTS, who was acquitted,
at Cambridge, the other day, of the charge
of poisonns her child, has been returned
TO the GAINESVILLE Jail. She has arranged
to give bond on the other two indict-
ments. This will probably be the end OF
the cases. ."i
IT is said that H. s. Walbridge, of Tole-
do, has obtained reversionary interest in
the canal lands formerly owned by the
State in that city, and will bring suit to
recover. The Wheeling and Lake Erie
depot, City Library building, County
building and other public edifices are
erected on the disputed land, which is val
ued at 100000.
For the purpose Of increasing the State
revenues bills will be introduced in the
Ohio Legislature, at its coming session,
providing for n graded tax on the salaries
of officials and the taxation of phys icians
and lawyers.
THE safe of John o. Sweet an attorney
Of Bellefontaine, was robbed of S7q,s the
other night, the loss not being disce. ired
until three days afterward
The late Centennial Exposition at Gin
cinnati has a liquidaled debt of S6S3 900,
and an outstanding debt of IA, 900, making
the total expenditures $725. 900, at the out
side. The receipts amounted to 100000.
SOME days ago William Eveland, an old
man of Greene Township, Clarke County,
scratched his leg with nail. Seven days
after blood poisoning set in and he died in
great agony on tho 2Oth.
n l..
Irving Miller, formerly OF Hardin County;
afterward of Lima, and now supposed to
be in Kansas, for the purpose Of giving
her share of her srandfather's estate,
valued at 100000.
The jury in tho Shoots murder trial at
| Cambridge returned verdict of acquittal
on the 18th. t
CONGRESSMAN WILLIAMS has nominated
Wilson G. Coppock, of est Milton. Miami
| County, for appointment as a cadet to West
| Point.
AMONG a batch of nominations sent to
the Senate few days ag) were the fol-
| lowing postmasters for this State: N. A.
| Hanna, at Cadiz; c. F. Stocked, at Lou
| donvilie; \. n. Robbing, at Niles; d. Nc
Donald, at Pomeroy, and #. A. HaTt, at
| Oberlin. n
THOMAS LAWRENCE, an inmate OF the
Dayton Soldiers Home, paid visit to
| Cincinnati, his former home, and was
feeced out of over $500 by two women.
| SAMUEL LAW, the murderer of Mrs. Clista
Larue, was found guilty Of manslaughter
| at Be,lefontaine.
The case OF Asa Cutler against Clint
Jarvis and others, lessees of the State
Public Works, at Canton, for the loss of a
canal boat in 1868, was decided ON the
| 18th in favor of defendants. The case has
been on the docket for thirteen years.
| WADswoRTH Is among the fourth class.
| post offices which will be raised to the
Presidential grade on the first Of JAM
uary.
JOHN ScHwENN, deputy marshal Of
Bellevue, comm tilted suicide the other
morning by shooting himself four times in
his left sideyvith 32-caliber revolver. He
leaves q wife and five children in comfort.
able circumstances :
The post-ofiice at Taylor, Franklin
County, has been abolished.
Four Cincinnati players have been sold
10 the Columbus Base ball Club, the price
paid for the quartet being Il. 800.
AMONG the measures considered by a..
joint committee of the Ohio Legislature
Tor increasing the Stats's revenues pre-
4. 4 IL