Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-05-16
OHIO NEWS NOTES
Gathered From Various Parts OF the

Gathered From Various Parts OF the
Buckeye State so
At Portsmouth, O., George Held received
q terrible beating in the bagnio of Anna
Miller, formerly Of Cincinnati, at the hands
Of Charles and Henry Bengel and William
Koegel His nose is broken in two places
and his skull fractured he Is in q critical
cppdition.
At Yellow Springs, O., William Glenn
kissed Samuel Haits wife and has retired 10
Unknown climes to pick the bullet out Of
himself " -f E~.
gohn Colford, whose head was cut of by a
train at Sidney, O.. Is supposed to have been
murdered and placed on the track. A bullet
was found in his brain. h
The Standard Oh company has swallowed
the Trenton Rock fellows.
May Mckee, wanted at Wilmington, o.,
for horse stealing, has been taken there for
trial from Anderson, Ind, where she has
been an inmate Of the infirmary since
April /. -
Jacob Helbolt, of Sandusky, lunched on
raw pork and uncooked weinerwurst, and is
dying of trichina.
Cincinnati dealers and manufactures have
brought suit to test the constitutionality Of
the law prohibiting the sale Of all but pure
cider vinegar.
White Caps demolished a saloon at Raw
son, Hancock county, o.
The order closing gambling houses in Co.
lumbus has been enforced There is a belief
that the reform will not last long
The city council OF Urbana, O., by a vote
of 8 to 6, decided to submit the question of
local option to the people Saturday, May 25.
There are more churches In Ohio than in
any other state. ~
Mrs. CARROTS attorneys are trying to Sc
cure a new trial for her. The,motion will
be argued Sept. l6.
Henry Ernest, of Sidney, o., is dead, with
evidences of arsenic in his stomach and plain
proof of mixture Of the same in the family
coffee-boier.
At Rawson, O., John Messmore's saloon
was destroyed for the second time by
White Caps. He has began to entertain a
dim suspicion that he is not exactly popu-
lar in that community, and will act accord
ingly. s
AWashington c. H. baby has been born
with eyes in the top of its head. This con-
slant appealing, prayerful gaze of the Ohio
man toward the holders of high places is
bound to result in future developments Of
some kind.
Maj. Mckinley is in fayor,of. Gen. Jones,
Of Youngstown, for the next governor Of
Ohio Irg Il ST. #ty
Liquor dealers and druggists cannot sell
or give away liquor within two miles Of
Antioch college according to law.
Trenton, O., is infested with gang of
burglars and yhighwaymen who have had
remarkable success in striking Trenton rock
and elicitipg bO0-barTel-to hour flow Of
ue-brimstone-nat in consequence
thereof. '
At his first trial Thomas Hottelling, of
Burgess, O., was convicted of murder and
sentenced to hang; at his second he was
adjudged guilty of manslaughter, with
twenty years in the penitentiary. The third
and last Is ended, and he goes free
Mrs. NJ. A. Morrison, Of ::Salt Lake City,
has commenced proceedings to take posses
sion of Athens, O., on the ground that
her father, Robert Edgar, was the original
purchaser; that the land was taken pos
session of by the present occupants with
out title, and that she is the only surviving
heir. .
A life-man at the Ohio penitentiary,
named Rice, sent up from Butler county,
committed suicide by taking morphine.
The prohibitory ordinance at London, Q
has been repealed.
Charles T. Lander, young farmer living
near Belleview, O., was thrown from horse
and killed Saturday.
Samuel Coffman, wealthy farmer Of
Fayette county, o., was swindled out Of
5000 by bunko men,
A two-year-old child Of Benjamin Stuber
of Bettsville, o., was horribly mutilated by
a vicious hog, and was saved from death by
the timely arrival of a plucky woman, who
drove the savage animal off with club.
A would. be lodger, who was fired from
the Middletown, o., Pump company's works
returned the kindness by firing the building
Loss $4,000.