The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-01-05
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

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WIN. WARD and Antonio Piconi got into
dispute at Mount Pleasant over the
cause OF the recent explosion at that
place. Ward was probably fatally stabbed
by Piconi.
THE wifo OF Martin Welsh, of Youngs-
town, found her husbands body hanging
| from O rafter. He was out of work and
despondent
MAX BANNoMoRTz, n Polish peddler, Is
wanted at Masslllon and Cleveland for OBJ
tanning goods under false pretenses.
KrNroN has another gushing gas we'll.
The place now has a daily supply of about
100000 feet
NEAR the Van Vert and Paulding Coun-
ty line, the other day, an ox-driver by the
nnmo of Poorman became enraged at his
oxen because they could not pull the load
he had piled on his wagon, and in his
anger he beat them in most cruel man
ner. Finally he tied q large. knot on the
end of his whip-lash and declared that he
would knock their eyes out He swung the
lash high in the air and brought 1t down
with all his strength, but he missed the
poor brute's head and struck his own. The
knot was buried in his right eye and COM
pletely destroyedit
AT Bucyrus, Henry Gerbig, who was in
fear of White Caps, procured q revolver
and while practicing with the weapon
shot himself, narrowly escaping death
MRS. MARY MCKINNEY, while on her
way from Newark to Mansfield, on B. d
o. train, had her pocket picked of a large
sum of money and a 5000 note. The note
was afterward found on the railway track,
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CHARLES WILSON, railroad man, was
robbed of $40 and q valuable watch in
Fitzsimmon's Hotel, at Martins Ferry, by
his room-mate, Frank Riley. Riley has
| skipped.
E. l.. HARPER has improved SO much that
he was put to work again, the other day,
in the office Of the secretary of the board Of
managers Of the penitentiary.
WHILE crossing pond at Longstreth,
John Neiman and Frank Veis, both Poland
miners, broke through the ice, and Nei-
man was drowned. Veis clung to q snag
and was rescued.
DURING storm at Findlay, a terrific
gale of wind struck the end of the Model
Glass Works on the north side and blew
in the. gable end of the building. The loss
will reach about 50, 500.
GOVERNOR FORAKER has withdrawn the
name of Hon. Edwin Cowles and substi-
tuted that of Myron T. Herrick, of Cleve-
land, rs one of the commissioners from
Ohio to the Washington Centennial, to be
held in April in New York.
AUDITOR OF STATE Poe has completed
his estimates of the receipts and disburse-
ments of the State Treasury for the fiscal
,har1 ho ol
estimated receip from all sources are
$5.973, 214.25, while the disbursements are
estimated at So, 1876 s774S-S1j3 23 in
excess of the receipts. The auditors re-
port shows the total value of all taxable
real estate and personal property in Ohio
to be 81, 732, ,05S, ,790.
w. NJ. PRICE and Harry Foster, of East
Liverpool, were out hunting the other day.
A rabbit sprang out and Foster fired at it,
the load striking Price in the face. The
wound is probably fatal. II he RECEIVERS
he will lose one eye.
AT Ottawa, Guy Long, aged fifteen, had
his right arm broken while trying to board
moving train.
SAMUEL LIFT, of Shawnee, committed
suicide by shooting himself through the
heart. No apparent cause for the deed.
WIN. HARMON, aged sixteen, while out.
hunting at Nevarre, five miles south of
Massillon, was instantly killed by the aa-
cidental discharge of his gun, the con-
tents of the weapon entering beneath his
chin.
THE first passenger train passed over the
new G. and .. bridge at Cincinnati, on the
9th.
DIR. JOHN PARKHILL, a leading physi-
clan of Hopednle, was whipped by White
Caps.
The clothing store of Platt g. Williams.
and hardware store of Kilbury & Kile, at
Plain City, were burglarized the other
night by forcing the front DOORS and u
large amount of clothing, shoes and fancy
goods, revolvers, cutlery and silverware
stolen.
ADRIAN MCFARLAND, a huckster, was
held up by three highwaymen and robbed
of SS5 in cash, at Urbana. He was made
to deliver the cash at the end of a revolver.
The thieves escaped.
GEORGE OLIVER, Of Hamilton County,
and VIM. Thomas, of Preble County, serv-
ing life sentences for murder in the Ohio
Penitentiary, have been pardoned by Gov
ernor Foraker.
The farm house Of Adam Huffman.
near Canton, was destroyed by fire the
other morning, and Mrs. Huffman, while
trying to save some money from the
flames, was fatally burned.
A BOLD but Intellectual attempt was
made to sand-bag and rob w. S. Van
Horne, assistant cashier of the First Ma
tional Bank at Franklin, the other night
The "ducking tub" will be abandoned in
the Ohio penitentiary after the close of the
present year, and milder form of pun
ishment substituted.
WIN. WEsTENBERGER died at Logan, OF
hydrophobia.
THos. BRowN was struck by train of
cars at Bellaire, and killed.
Hon. HENRY Dorm, State Inspector OF
Shops and Factories, has investigated the
cases Of importation of child labor, AT
Fostoria and Findlny, from the Brooklyn
asylums. As result he will recommend
action by the Legislature looking to the
abolition of the system.
JOHN p. BAILEY, prosecuting attorney of
Putnam County, was run over Mt Leipsic
and seriously injured.
AT Lima, John Brown, while at work on
an iron oil tank, was accidentally hit on
the head by largo sledge- hammer, In the
hands Of fellow workman, and seriously
injured.
THE hog cholera, which erstwhile show
ed signs OF abating, has broken out afresh,