The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-25
STATE NEWS ITEMS.


mscrly old woman formerly owned the
place. 1t Is thought at least $40, 900 was
dug up.
THE President made the following ap-
pointmonts the other day: Amor Smith, jr.,
OF Ohio, to be Surveyor of Customs for the
port Of Cinclnnati; David w. McClung Of
Ohio, 10 be Collector of Internal Revenue
for the First District of Ohio.
GEORGE DUNCAN, wealthy farmer Of
Pickaway County, S mysteriously missing.
THREE persons were fatally and one Sc.
riously burned by gasoline explosion at
Cleveland.
AT I fin Esther Bly, was sericu ly in
jurei by u natural gas explosion.
w. ID. SEWARD n carpenter, was seri-
ously injured by the breaking of scaf-
fold, while at work ON an addtl ON to the
residence of ex- President Hayes, at Fie-
mont.
SPRINGFIELD is to have n magnih-
cent new library building. 1t will be do
mated to the city by Benjamin Warder,
Esq, senio member of the firm Of Warder,
Bushnell g. Glsssner.
w. II. CoMINGs has been reelected su-
per ntendent of the Norwalk schools.
E. III. STILES, superintond of the New
ton Timber Mills, Warren, while assisting
in adjus ing q pulley, was caught in the
machinery and wound up in it. lie was
so badly crushed that he fingered only a
short time. Dece ise was a brother of Cap
tain Stiles, superintendent OF the Girls In
dustrial Home at Delaware.
GREAT excitement prevails at North
Baltimore over an oil we'll drilled in the
town which filod an eight hundred larrel
tank in one hour and spcttered half the
town with oil. 1t is undoubtedly the
largest oil well in OHIO, and lots in the
town have advance from S125 to $1,000.
Mrs. MARY DAMON, of Cleveland, carried
lighted lantern into her cellar, the other
day, and can of gasoline exploded. She
was fatally burned.
THIEVES raided Bowling Green, the other
night. securing ,150 and gold watch at
j. j. Overley's residence and small
amounts of money at the Russell! House
and OTIS millinery store At Overley's
tho inmates of the house were chloro-
formed.
AT Springfield, Mrs. Kate Winger was
attacked by vicious COW and seriously
injured.
1HE President has appointed Edward Ii.
Hosmer pos master at Youngs
The sem.-annual report of the State
Sinking Fund Commissi for the six
months ending May 10, has just been COM
pleled. 1t shows II balance in the treasury
of Sl45, ,5i9.2S which is subject to drafts.
The total runded debt of the State May Is
was $ Sj,046,GG5
IRA Z. BENTON was killed at Cleveland
b, Farr Ill j. Mccarthy, u saloon keeper.
the parties went to the rear OF the saloon
to settle a grudge, when Mccarthy, being
tha most powei ful of the two kicked BEN
ton to death.
COLUMBUS gets the Republican State
Convention, but it was after u very hard
hsht Cleveland was alter it, and it took
SIX Lallots TO knock her out. The date of
the convention was fixed for June 20 and
~, and Colonel w. c. Cooper, of Mt Ver-
non, was selected temporary chairman,
and Emil Rehse, OF Hamilton County,
secretary, with Alex. Caine, of Perry, his
assistant
The Postmaster General has ordered the
establishment of free delivery system at
Urbuna.
WIN. CADwALLADER was jailed at Tffin,
on a charge of destroying shade trees and
other property along the c., S. tS e. rail-
way.
w. E. BUNDY, of Welston, was elected
Colonel of the Sons of Veterans.
ANOTHER railroad project is being agita.
tel at Sandusky-the construction of a
l,nc to the southern part of the State, and
which is to be known as the Saudusky,
Columbus, Lake Erie and South 4rn road.
Tie stockholders met in Sandusky on the
17th and elected the following officers:
President John KcKeivey; vice presi-
don't Chas. III. jenkins; treasurer, Edward
ii. Zurhorst. Chas. A. Logan was ap-
pointed 10 taks charge of the engineer
corps, and was instructed to Immediately
begin the survey of that portion of the
proposed line between Sandusky and CO.
lumbus. the comptn expects to have
the road in operation to Columbus by July
], 1890.
JOHN WALDRoN, carpenter while re.
pairing cars at Urbana, was fatally
crushed by box cur failing ON him.
TRUMAN LEWIS, n patient at tho New
burg Insane Asylum, cut his throat with
a piece of iron hoop Off wooden pail
which he had secured and sbarpened
The survey Of the Mercer County reser-
voir. made under supervision of the State
Canal Commission, is about completed and
the maps Will De turned over in few
days. The result, when officially an
nounced, VIII lie great surprise, since it
q Ids several thousand dollars to the valu-
alton of the public works. 1t is ascer-
tanned by the survey THAI about eight hun
dred acre' of land at present occupied by
private individuals belongs to the State.
This is OF far greater value than erlinary
farming land Besides the fl ty or more
buildings that stand ON the States prop 4
orty, there are three oil wells and two high
pressure natural gas wells.
REV. HINES SMITH retired min lister.
was thrown from his buggy at Obsrlin,
the other afternoon sustaining serious
and probab y fata injuries.
AT Columbus, ored man named VIM.
Evans attempted TO commit suicide by
hanging.
The Ohio Division of the Sons of Veter-
ans opened its seventh encampmenti in Gin
cinnati ON the 14th.
HENRY SADLER, discharged employe
,f the Ft. Wayne road, coates sod that he
made two attempts 10 wreck express
rains, near Canton, by placing obstruc-
ions on the track.
A REMARKABLE accident occurred at the
Exchange Ho.el, Columbus, the other
afternoon A colored child about three
yoars old fell into the area leading to the
basement of the hotel which is occupied
II barber shop. In its fall 1T struck
window, breaking the sash and shattorinp