The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-10
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

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children, was fined 500 and sent to Jail
for six months
MAMIE CREIGHTON, living near Spring.
field, was badly burned by her clothes
taking fire from q gasoline stove, which
she was engaged in filing.
s. PARK ALEXANDER was nominated
for Senator by the Republicans of the
Twenty-fourth and Twenty.ffth Dis
tricts at Cleveland.
CLEMENT S. RUSSELL, of Massillon,
was nominated for State Senator by the
Republicans of the Twenty-first Dis
trict.
A. N. MIDDLETON, alawyer of Urbana,
was visited by white Caps" and Sc
verely whipped for abuse of family. His
wife has sued for divorce.
JAMES BENJAMIN, farmer, near Penns-
vile, committed suicide on account of
certain reflections cast upon his charac-
ter by lawyer in a case in which Ben
jamin was juror.
LEW CHENEY, age twenty-four, brake
man on Pan Handle road, was knocked
off a moving train and killed at Cones
vile, Coshocton County, by projecting
coal chute. One arm, both legs and head
were cut off. He lived with two sisters
in Columbus.
THE mysterious epidemic which was
so fatal last summer at Otway and Hur-
ley, has broken out again.
FRANK V. OWEN, author of the famous
Sunday law, is u candidate for re-elec-
ton.
JOHN BAUER, track supervisor, was
struck by a switch engine at Chilli
cothe and fatally injured. He had been
in the railroad service thirty-fve years.
and had never before met with an acci-
dent.
THE Ninety-fifth o. V. /. will hold
their reunion at Fountain Park, Cham
paign County, September II.
VIM. M. WATSON was run over by a
c., S. & C. train at Galloway and was so.
mangled that both his legs had to be
amputated.
THE Petty gas we'll, at Cadiz. which
had daily capacity of 15,000,000 cubic
feet, was torpedoed and flow of oil
struck that indicates forty barrel we'll,
besides an increase in gas.
GOVERNOR FORAKER filled the vacancy
on his military staff occasioned by the
death of Surgcon-General A. L. Jones,
of Cincinnati, by the appointment of
Tolana Jones, of Madison County. The
latter was Presidential elector in 1878,
and the one who carried the returns to
Washington. The Governor also ap-
pointed William III. Parkham, of Hamil-
ton County, to be a member of the Har-
rison Monument Commission to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the death cf DIR.
A. Il. Jones.
THE citizens of Deshler have bonded
the town in the sum of S25, 00U, and are
getting ready to sink wells for oil and
gas.
WHILE hunting near Bucyrus, Clare
Saul received charge of shot in his
body from the gun of companion, Virgil
Snyder, who shot at a squirrel.
PROMINENT citizens of Cincinnati
have organized movement having for
its purpose the annexation of Hamilton
County.
THE Auditor of State has completed
the table showing the number of saloons
in each county in the State, except Lo-
gan, which has not yet reported, and the
amount of assessments collected under
the Dow law for the first half of 1889.
There are 9602 saloons, and the total
tax collected is 81, 100, 145.O6, of which
$685. 012 IL is paid to the general revenue
fund of the State. Compared with the
returns for the previous six months the
table shows an increase of 115 saloons,
while the receipts to the general revenue
fund are increased by $6, 1925 and the
total collections bv S06 g10 20
BURGLARS cracked the safe of Harri-
son Longberry at Byhalia. and got 5000.
Two employees in the bakery of Weiant
Bros, Newark, were badly injured by
an explosion of natural gas.
NINE cases of the black d:pntheria
were reported at Mason in one day. DIR.
Vandyke. the leading physician, states
that the disease is spreading.
THE fourth annual reunion of the
Thirty-siXth 9. V. /. will be held at
September 10 and II. Their
I'D commander, Major General George
Crook, will be present.
The number of Ohio pensioners Isl:
From war of 1912, sS4; war with Mexico,
'9s; war of rebellion, invalids, 37,212;
Widows, minors and dependent relatives,
0,e02; widows without children, 1,7S7;
minor children, 297; brothers, 2,sG1;
athers, 552; brothers and sisters, 6; total
lumber Of minor children, 1858.
JOHN STRIKER, aged seventy-five, liv--
ng near Steubenville, is under arrest
or hanging his children up by the feet
nd beating their flesh to Jelly.
NEAR Marion, George Fortney fell
pon moving circular saw and was in
family killed. -
URBANA is to be lighted by natural
as.
WHILE Homer Ness was sliding down
board at his home, near Leesville,
rawford County, his leg was caught by
rusty nail and the flesh torn off to the
one. There is great danger of lock-
aw
THos. SAPP, a wealthy farmer of Scipio
'ownship, Meigs County, while bathing
i a creek near his house, was stricken
18th paralysis He managed to crawl
ut on the bank, where he. was found a.
hort time afterward and taken home,
ut died before medical assistance ar
we'd.
THE two men who were arrested at
Vest jefferson, charged with stealing
alves, cut their way through the ceiling
the Jail and escaped.
FRED GRIswoLD, farmer, living near
OgtOWn, Clermont County was struclx