The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-15
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

the railroad track at Hubbard.
JouN BRIpENpAUGH comInitted su'c'oo
by hanging himself at Kenton'
CHARLES E. KINzIE and James on"'N
were arrested at Findlay, for ROBBERY
A CHILD nine years Of age made two Nv
tennis to commit suicide, at Cincinnau
He gave as a reason that he was tireo oA
being whipped by his father. do u sup
posed to be slightly demented.
THE White Caps have begun operations
at Lima.
j. s. SHrpLETT, q young farmer iiVins
near Za~esville, died this other moln"s
from the effects of accidental discharge VI
gun while out hunting. The enNre lou"
lodged in his hip.
WILLIAM w1cKwIRE and Edward haSs
were on the 7th sentenced to fifteen moh'PS
in the Ohio penitentiary for having re-,
Gently picked the pocket and assauioeu
Jacob Keck, in Akron. This makes eigno
who have been sent TO the penitent'aiy
from there out of twelve recently hoic'eA
by special grand jury. ,,.
THREE men were overcome by gas whiie
cleaning out an old still Of the Peerless
Refining Company, at Findlav. one ol
them died.
AN engine on the Toledo, Columbus and
Southern railroad drew a passenger tram
from Toledo to Findlay on fuel furnished
by crude petroleum.
WEBB C. WILL1soN fell from the roof OF
building at Springfield, and was IN"
stantly killed.
MARION is now illuminated with electric
lights.
A THIRTEEN-YEAR-oL OLD boy, named Paut
Grady, was killed by the cars, at Newark.
A NINE-YEAR OLD boy was seriously in
| jurcd at Cincinnati, while stealing ride
| on street car.
w. B. SMITH was indicted for embezzle-
ment at Mansfield.
JAMES FRANCES fell through trap-door
| at Akron and was fatally injured.
CosHocToN has electric light.
| AS THE result of n conference betYen
| Attorney General Watson and Governor
| Foraker, a line of action has been agreed
upon for the immediate suppression Oh
White Caps in Ohio.
| j. NJ. ABRAHAM, a prominent business
| man of Bellefontaine, got up in his sleep,
the other night, and then jumped through
a double light, heavy plate glass window
at his residence, carrying sash and all
| with him. He is badly cut all over the
body, both legs and feet having pieces OF
flesh gouged out, with bad cuts on his face
and head. He can not account for 1T, al
though conscious of the act.
HANSON T.. NAIL committed suicide at
Sycamore, by taking strychnine. Domes-
tic trouble caused him to do it. %;'Ts
THE Columbus Base Ball Club has been
received in the American Association.
THos. PICKETT, of Cleveland, fell from
| a Lake Shore train at Elkhart, Ind, the
other morning and was instantly killed.
ALVIN GEMINHARDT escaped from the
county Jail at Millersburg.
j. r. RAISER was attacked by vicious
boar at Bucyrus and seriously injured.
FIVE acres of sawed lumber were de-
stroyed by ire at Cleveland, few days
ago.
LOUIS MILLER was instantly killed by
| cars at Lakeville.
CHRIS HARTMAN was arrested for cApez-
element at Logan.
HENRY STICKLEs, lumber merchant Of
Maud's Station, has filed suit in the COM
mon pleas court against Phillip Hall, u
wealthy farmer of Mason, asking damages
for slander to the tune of $4,000.
A LAD named Farmer, living near Milan,
was sentenced to ten days in Jail for tear
ing down a sign-board. s.
JAMES COOPER, proprietor of a store in
Steubenville, has been totally blind for a
number of years, losing his sight by dis
ease contracted in the army, but attends to
his business without help, makes change
of all kinds of money, paper CT silver, US
though he had both eyes, it being impos-
sible to deceive him in the denomination OF
the bills. He draws large pension on
account of his disability, and in his busi-
ness has accumulated quite fortune.
AT Orrville, Jas. b. Mcdonald dunned
II. b. Sweeral for dollar that he had
loaned him. This was too much for Sweer'
, al, who promptly drew a revolver ano
, shot Mcdonald three times, inficting fata
injuries.
WIN. WHITE, prominent business mar
| of Cincinnati fell down an elevator shaf
and received injuries that will probably
result fatally.
3 The post-ofiice at Prime, Carroll coun
ty, has been abolished. n
1 THE Postmaster General has ordered tb,
t establishment of the free delivery system
at Eyria, Fremont and Warren.
Ink trustees ot tne OhlO INSTITUTION 10
0 Feeble Minded Youth have filed their an
nual report
b AT Martins Ferry, December B. Alber
: Lewis, aged fourteen years, was fatally
burned by the explosion of can of blast
ing powder.
DAN REARDIy was arrested, at Fremont
a few days ago for criminally assaulting
six-year- old girl
r HUGH FERRY was thrown from moving
= train, near Columbus, and fatally injured
JOSIAH McCULLoUGn, farmer lvinl
n near Youngstown, committed suicide b.
d shooting himself.
STEWART Tuck shot and killed his broth
- or Edward, at Urbana, in quarrel over
% game of 'craps."
l. The mortgages ON Ohio farms amount I
,e S7CO,0C0000
r THE other night as David Folk was re
n, turn ing to his home no walked Off the Tan
y ner street bridge abutment at Lima an
D. fell into the creek, q distance Of abor
r thirty feet, sustaining serious internal in
Of juries.
THE select committee appointed kg th
Ohio Legislature, TO propose amendment
II to the Constitution, will recommend ii
submission Of an amendment providin
u for exclusive district representation. III
Y plan proposed would divide Hamilton, an
Z other counties which have more than OF
NJ representative, into Legislative districts