The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-29
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

WIG WtuibultSb anu HlOSb
farmers in Mercer County, had been in
stantly killed by lightning.
NEAR Findlay, a ten-year-old boy fell
into bin of wheat and was smothered
to DEATH
THE cornerstone Of an old church at
Bucyrus was broken open and robbed of
Its contents.
JOHNNY SPUR an orphan, was drowned
ut the State dam in Mad river, near Day
ton, O few nights ago. He got beyond
his depth while bathing.
CAPTAIN j. HARRISON HALL has been
appointed chief of police Of Dayton,
GEO. NORRIS was arrested at Cincin-
natl on a charge of selling cigarettes to
minors.
NEAR Lima, Elijah Wollett, farmer,
was probably fatally injured the other
morning. He was in the act of cutting
down a tree, when the axe-head came
off and buried itself in his left knee,
completely cutting off the knee-cap and
wounding him so that his recovery is
not expected
THE notorious John Larney, alias
Molly Matches, passed through Cleve-
land on the goth in charge of the sheriff
of Ashtabula County, bound for the PEN
itentiary, where he will serve for four
years for pocket-picking. Although
'Molly'' has been known as Cleveland
crook for years, and has the reputation
OF being one of the most accomplished
pick-pockets in the country, this will be
his first time in the Ohio penitentiary.
RoDING CARPENTER, of Mansfield and
Miss Mollie Witt of Marion County, were
married few days ago. The groom is
seventy-eight years old while the bride
is twenty-five.
AN Indignation meeting, held at Mu-
sic Hall, Cincinnati, the other night,
adopted resolutions urging the repeal OF
the Owen Sunday law.
Mrs. JOHN III. SMITH, bride of six
teen days, committed suicide at Piqua,
by hanging herself. No cause is known
for the deed.
THE President has appointed John 81.
Simmons U. S. Marshal for the South
ern District of Ohio.
HENRY LIEB aged sixteen, brass fin
Usher, was drowned while bathing in
Buck Creek, near Lagonda.
A G. A. r. BATTALION has been organ
lied in Medina County.
a STARK County farmer named Grice
attempted to commit suicide by shooting
himself. Domestic trouble is supposed
to have caused the act.
JNo. EwALT aged 10, was drowned in
the river at Massillon. He was bathing.
THE returns of Hamilton County re-
ceived from Auditor Raine by Auditor
of State, shows there are 2,199 places
where liquor is sold in the county to be
assessed under the Dow law. eight less
than the February returns showed. The
total assessment amounts to S5s1, 1871.
VIRGIL C. LowREY has been nomina-
ted for Senator by the Democrats of
the Ninth District.
WILLIAM MONOGRAM, of Ohio, has
been appointed Consul to Chatham,
Ont.
The GAINESVILLE board of health Or
ganized the other evening. DR.. Sutton,
a prominent young Democrat, was elect
ed health officer.
OLIVER STEVENS, convict from
Greene County, died at ohe Ohio Peni-
tentiary on the 10th inst.
WILLIAM MCCLELLAND was fatally
injured by bun sting wheel in hoop
factory at Lima.
w. II. DOYLE drowned himself in a
mill dam at Port Williams, Clinton
County.
a FARMER named Rife attempted sui
eide near Circleville, by taking an ounce
of laudanum. He was love-sick.
CHARLES TUCKER was killed by cars,
at Akron.
JOHN A. FooTE, the only surviving
sides in Cleveland, at the age of eighty
five.
The council of Cadiz have passed
an ordinance permitting the Berea Gift
Company to lay natural gas mains in the
Streets Work will begin at once.
THE Attorney has appointed
Jason w. Fierstone Assistant United
States Attorney for the Southern Dis
trict of Ohio at Columbus.
HUBBARD will blow in one hundred
dollars for fireworks on the Fourth of
July.
EAST PALESTINE will hold trotting
and pacing races July 4, offering $3.50 in
purses.
A MARE belonging to Henry White, of
Burton, recently gave birth to a colt
which measured 10H hands high when
foaled.
CHARLES SIsco and w. l.. Blott, of
Youngstown, killed 40 gray squirrels
the other day in the neighborhood of
North jackson.
CosHocToN sent 5000 worth of clothing
and provisions to the Johnstown suffer-
ers: also $3.50 in money.
THE Ohio Supreme court has unani-
mously decided the local option law con-
stitutional.
NICHOLAS PERRELL murdered his wife,
at Cincinnati, and then tried to commit
suicide.
III. III. McCAULLEY was sentenced, at
Sandusky, to seven years imprisonment
in the penitentiary for forgery.
FRANK RYAN and Frank Sadler, who
made two attempts to wreck train near
Canton, have been sentenced to fifteen
years each in the peritentiary.
CoLUMBIANA is talking of having cleo
trio lights.
CHARDoN and Jefferson will have
horse trot July 4.
G.. A. r. BATTALIoNs have been Or
ganized in Crawford, Adams and Han
cock Counties.
ALvA ScHLEs, a yoang boy of Lima,
had hand blown off and his arm Shatter-