The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-06-16
STAT NEWS lTEMs.

MISS lNES DALIf anu Niso Do'' ->S'yv
Of Centerburg, were thrown from buggy,
Miss Daily receiving concussion OF the
brain, with little hopes of recovery. Miss
Doty is badly bruised.
CHESTER COLEMAN, a little boy aged
about seven years, was drowned whiie IN
swimming at Gallipolis.
BURGLARS are raiding Columbus.
| Miss JENNIE PufRY, Of Columbus, at
| tempted to kindle o fire with coal oil. She
| is dead.
CHAs FESr, who was squirrel hunting
near Jeffersonville, was ordered to leave
the premises Of Gideon Vesey, and refused
| to do 80. vesey fired and sprinkled him
with buckshot.
The Pittsburgh and Western Railroad
$25,O00 damages.
PETER MCCARTNEY, noted counterfeiter, !.
got ten years in the Columbus peniten-
| tiary.
The board of penitentiary managers
have granted paroles to the following
| prisoners: Thos. Malloy, three years, bur-
glary, Hamilton County; j. c. Collins,
three years, burglary and larceny, Butles
County; Eber Perry, eight years, man
slaughter Champaign County; Edward
|
County; John Owens, two years, larceny,
Lawrence County, Gustav Boyer, obtain
ing money under false pretenses, two
years, Van Vert County; Albert Sake,
| nine years for rape, Summit County.
WARREN srooKsBERRY, carpenter
working near Wellsville, met with u sing
ular and terrible mishap a few days ago.
While trimming piece of timber with an
adj the tool glanced, striking him on the
lsee, almost cutting Off the cap. Doctors
say the leg will have to be amputated.
| THE biennial convention Of the A. o. II.
closed its work at Chilicothe the other af-
ternoon by re-electing all its old officers
except I. j. Dundon, who is made State
! Delegate. The next convention will be
held at Springfield In June, 1890.
EDWARD KNAPP became Respondent and
committed suicide at Newark.
FIRE at Wellsville destroyed property
valued at $4,000
The corn crop in Licking County hass
been damaged by changes of weather.
BLAoK-roNaUE is raging among horses in
the western part of Hancock County, and
the people are greatly excited, as it is a
disease that will attack both man and
beast. AS yet nothing but horses are be-
ing troubled with it, and every thing is
being done to keep the disease from
spreading. The road has been fenced in
for quite a distance, and there is talk of
killing all the horses along the pike where
black-tongue is raging to prevent the dis.
ease from spreading.
CHARLES MARpEs, aged twenty, was
found in the ditch Of the Wabash railway,
five miles west of Napoleon, with his
skull fractured and otherwise injured. He
was under the influence of liquor and was
struck by some train during the night,
while lying or walking on the track.
AT Mason, while Lee Thompson was
furnishing an unruly horse tho animal be-
came unmanageable and knocked him
out of the buggy, breaking his leg and
otherwise injuring him. 1t is feared that
his leg will have to be amputated. He was
in very precarious condition on the Sth.
THERE was another continuance In the
tally sheet forgery trials at Columbus. !
SAMUEL BANNAsTER was thrown under
cars at Mansfield and seriously injured.
GEORGE McKERNs, a well-known farmeF
who resides near West Bedford, Coshoc-
ton County, signed what he supposed
was contract for $l3 worth of light
ming rods. After the job Of erecting the
rods was completed bill for $500 was
presented the owner of the building. The
victim kicked, but the agent produced
the contract calling for $500. Mr.. Nc
Kerns settled the matter by the payment
OF $780, This is the second time the old
gentleman has been swindled by lightning
rod men.
JAS. PHILLIPS murdered his wife and
committed suicide near Logan.
A FIFTEEN-YEAR-oLD boy robbed his
father at Springfield.
Local option was defeated in Monroe
Township, Licking County.
LOCAL option carried at Yellow Springs.
CHAs. HARRIS was fatally stabbed at
Etna Furnace.
A LARGE tent, used by the Campbellites
blown down during storm at Hillsboro.
Two brothers were shot in Belmont
County by notorious woman of Wheel
ing, W. Va.
BILL HARRISON and his uncle Frank
Harrison, have been jailed at Springfield,
for attempting to rob tho postof1ice at
Selma, Clark County.
THERE are ninety-eight saloons in SeneJ
ca County.
A WIDOW at THIN confessed that she
drowned her illegitimate child.
The packing house of ]. M. Roberts & Co
was burglarized at Lancaster.
THREE saloon-keepers were arrested at
London for violating the Owen law.
SEvENTY-FIvE applicants for admission
to the bar were examined at Columbus.
THERE has been another big reduction in
the working time of B. Il o. employees at
Newark.
COLONEL OLIVER H. GEoFFRoY, formerly
proprietor Of the Gibson House, Cincinnati,
was found dead in his room at Dooney's
Hotel in Philadelphia.
AMONG the applicants for admission to
the Bar at Columbus, the other day, was
Harry A. Garfield, son Of the late Presi-
dent Garfield.
SAMUEL IRWIN, prominent farmer of
Allen County, committed suicide near
Lima.
WHILE workmen were engaged in hoist
ing q large stone at Marion, the derrick
gave way and struck julius Bruntz in the
middle Of his spine. He was also injured
internally. The injured man can not live.
Ed SNYDER, Of Dayton, has dog that
eats onions. The curious canine will dig
up an onion bed to get the bulbous vege-
tables.
A STORE and post-office at Ontario were
robbed.
SEVERAL wolves have been run down in
Ohio this season, and now comes the story
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