The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-17
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

several volunteer companies ana reduce
the chiefs salary to $500.
The members of the Ohio State For
! estry were at Lancaster the other day,
and in their perambulations discovered
giant elm tree two miles west of the
city, thirty-two feet in circumference.
A LARGE safe in the 7. Schumacher
Milling Company's Office, at their Green
town grain elevator, was blown to pieces
by burglars the other night, and $500
booty was obtained.
LIZZIE BROOKE, colored girl aged
seventeen, living at Cadiz, gave birth to
a child with five fingers on the left
hand. The attending physicians ampu-
tated the extra finger few hours after
birth.
HENRY GRUMBLINa, laborer, fell into
q box of newly Stacked lime at Mans
field, and was smothered to death.
THE largest gas we'll in Ohio was
drilled a few days ago in Cranberry
Prairie, Mercer County.
JOSHUA ALDRIDGB was fatally injured
ut Scott's Station, near Carrollton.
While lying asleep on the platform the
steps of the caboose struck him on the
head, completely scalping it and break
ing his left leg in two places.
BASIL GORDON, prominent farmer
living near Logan, has been adjudged
insane, and will be sent to the asylum.
Mr.. Gordon lost his mind from the sud-
den death of his daughter Mrs. Bowers
HENRY w. BIERBAUER fell from q
third story window at Toledo, and was
instantly killed.
A SAFE in a hotel office at Medina was
blown open and $500 in money taken.
EUGENE VAIL, aged ten years, was
drowned while bathing at West Hart
land
Two families were poisoned at Repub-
lie by eating cheese.
Hon. Il. w. BRoTHERToN, of Dayton,
will deliver the address at the reunion
of the Twelfth Ohio Infantry Veterans
at the Soldiers Home, near that city,
August 90.
The Grand Army Brigade of the Third
Congressional District will hold its first
encampment at Dayton September IL.
Hon. j. w. DoNAvIN was nomination
for Senator by the Republicans of the
Fifteenth and Sixteenth Ohio Districts.
NJ. L. HADLEY, mayor of Quaker City,
was robbed at Newark of seventeen
dollars and passbook.
JOHN ALEXANDER was fined twenty
five dollars and costs at Columbus, for
gambling.
FIRE at Edison, destroyed property
valued at S25, 1000
The bill of exceptions in the cele-
brated Church divorce case was filed
with the clerk of the courts at Column
bus, the other day. 1t is voluminous
document consisting of 1850 pages of
legal cap, and containing about 705, 600
words. The court awarded the custody
of the children to Mrs. Church, and Col.
onel Church takes the case to the circuit
court, chiefly on this issue.
EDWARD HUGILL, well-known man
of Akron, was brought into police court
the other day on charge of cruelty to
animals. When arraigned he admitted
that he had bitten off little dogs tail
to make the dog grow better, and claim
ed that biting the tail off was better
than cutting it off with knife. He was
fined So and costs.
b. r. BEEsoN, a wealthy stock buyer
of Arcadia, has made an assign
ment for the benefit of numerous credi-
tors. Liabilities, $4,000; assets, un-
known.
GUSTAV TELLER, Cincinnati, black
smith. committed suicide because of
rheumatic affiiction that rendered him
unable to work.
JOHN STERLING, one of the two con-
victs who escaped from the pen.
item tiary the other evening. but
was shortly afterward captured and
returned, attempted suicide on tho
9th by cutting his throat with dull
case-knife. He cut cash about half
inch in length just deep enough to cause
the blood to flow, after which he fell to
the floor apparently unconscious. The
guards were unable to arouse him, but
upon the warden appearing and ordering
Sterling to the ducking-tub he got up
and went to work The prisoner was at
one time an inmate of the prison insane
asylum, and is looked upon as being of
unsound mind. He loses $50 days
good time by his little break for liberty.
WM. Boston, b. & o. brakeman,
was killed by cars at Tifiin.
SEVERAL workmen fell from scaffold
at Lima, and were seriously injured.
THE new militia company at Dayton
has been mustered into the State
service. Captain Fred Weis is in COM
mand.
TIE managers of the penitentiary
were in session on the 9th. The report
of the inmates show 1908; of this num-
ber 94S are in the first grade, 1886 in the
second grade and 10 in the third grade.
In the labor department 465 are on con-
tracts, 595 on piece price and LAT are en-
gagged on State work The monthly
financial statement shows the total re-
ceipts to be $1S 5000; expenses, IT,
271.36; excess of earnings over expenses,
81, 1883.
THE State Library has been renovat-
ed carpeted and otherwise improved 30
that 1T looks as good as new.
JOE AMOS, an old soldier of the Forty
sixth Ohio, has been appointed warden
of the Utah penitentiary.
HOWARD l.. and Homer Harroff who
killed John M. Cone, the marshal of
Garfield, July II, 1880, who was attempt
ing to arrest them while drunk and now
serving life sentence, will apply for
pardon at the next meeting of the board
of pardons. They have been in prison
over eight years.
HARRY PRoBAsco, of Cincinnati, has |
been appointed Assistant u. s. ATTORNEY |