The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-22
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

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THE Eighteenth and Nineteenth Sem
atorial Districts will hold their conven-
tion at Cambridge, July "a. The repre-
sentation will be as follows: Tuscara-
was, 55 votes; Monroe, 80; Coshocton, 30;
Guernsey, 25; part Of Noble 10; total 1e5.
MASON RIDDEN, the little son of Rev.
Rhoden, of Portsmouth, was beaten
with clubs during fight with three
boys, and perhaps fatally injured.
FOUR persons we're killed at railroad
crossing near Canton.
HENRY ScHLINo, aged eight years,
attempted to commit suicide at Cincin-
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ii. II. McCAULLY was convicted of for
gerry at Sandusky.
SHARPERs supposed to hail from Tole-
do bunlkoed Isaac Walker, wealthy
farmer of Poland, near Youngstown, out
of So, 900 in cash. They worked the bank
check scheme on him.
ALFRED BENNETT attempted to com
init suicide at Chillicothe. He was
despondent over the death of his wife.
bACOB DAhBl'i hShl ANSN DASiiASh,
fell against circular saw and was cut
in two.
WHILE Jacob Stalyer was hauling
logs, near Tifin, the other day, his team
suddenly turned driving the tongue
of the wagon through his groin. He can
not live.
JULIUS THOMPSON, the colored tramp
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County Intirmary, was convicted on the
18th inst.
The partial remains of three persons
were found in public dump near
Columbus. They came from a medical
college.
The Trenton Rock Oil Company, the
Oldest company in the Ohio field, hap
been sold to the Standard.
THE fair grounds at Findlay, have
been sold to the American Midland Rail
road Company for S37,5O0 cash.
CHAs. W1TTsTEIN, druggist at Main
and Woodward streets, Cincinnati, COM
mitted suicide on account of an affection
of the eyes that threatened blindness.
PAT MERRIcK, who made brutal as
sault on Mrs. Clevey, at Cleveland, was
sentenced to ten years imprisonment in
the penitentiary.
WHILE playing with matches the four
year-old son of W. T. Brooks, of Nc
Comb, set his dress on fire, and before
his mother could tear the clothing from
his body he was burned so badly that his
intestines protruded and death ensued
In few minutes.
A BIG gas we'll has been drilled in at
Cadiz.
LONDON is to be lighted by electric
ity.
JOB STITzLEIN, an old citizen of JEFF
ferson Township near Mt Vernon, at
tempted to drown himself in the river
near his home. His son saw him and
pulled him out of the water before life
was extinct. He was Respondent.
AT Summit lake. near Akron, Jacob
Bouse, while bathing, was taken with
cramps and drowned.
Mrs. EDWARD CowMAN, of Bellefont-
aine, lost her brother Walter Hoops,
who, with his wife and two children,
were drowned in the Johnstown flood
These were the only near relatives tina!
Mrs. Cowman had.
Mrs. j. NJ. BECK, of Tiflin, has Te-
ceived the intelligence that her mother,
brother and sister were drowned in Fish
ing Creek, near Clintonville, Clinton,
Pa. during the recent flood. All their
property was washed away.
THE monument to the memory of the
twenty-siX pioneers who landed at Co
lumbia, November IS, 17SS, will be un-
yelled on the Fourth of July.
AT College Hill, Hamilton County
two sons of Lowe Emerson, Guy and
Lowe, were struck by lightning while
under tree, to which they had retreat
ed for shelter during the storm on the
afternoon of the 18th. Guy was killed.
Lowe may recover though marked for
life.
AN explosion on Sycamore hill, Gin
cinnati, wrecked a grocery store, dam
aged several buildings and fatally in
jured boy. The disaster was caused
by boy lighting a match in cellar
filed with gas, to hunt for lost base
ball.
OTTO LEUTH, the slayer of Little Mag
gle Thompson, at Cleveland, has been
indicted for murder in the first degree
MARY ANN WHITFIELD was received
at the penitentiary on the 11th from
Perry County to serve ten-year sem
tence for manslaughter. Mrs. Whitfield
quarreled with her husband because the
latter chastised a child of hers by a for
mer husband, and during the quarrel,
shot him, killing him instantly. She
was indicted for murder in the second
degree, but the jury brought in ver-
dict for manslaughter. Mrs. Whitfield
is 55 years old. Two sons, young men,
accompanied their mother TO the prison
doors, and their parting with her was
very affecting.
EDWARD PARKINSON, living near Ham
den, was kicked in the breast by horse,
and his recovery doubtful.
THE body of Maggie Thompson, the
little girl who some time ago myster-
iously disappeared at Cleveland, was
found, horribly mutilated, at the house
of neighbor. She had been outraged
and murdered by sixteen-year-old boy
named Leuth, who confessed the crime.
THE little son of Jacob Hort, of Rich
vile, Crawford County, aged four years,
was drowned in cistern, the other day,
at the home of its parents.