Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-05-23
OHIO NEWS NOTES
Gathered From Various Parts Of the
Buekeye State.

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Buckeye State.
In discussing the doubtful clause Of the
Dow law, the auditor of state has decided
that the refunder Of assessments is not an
''it, " but the assessment tSelf is.
J. NJ. Lane, Pickaway county's defaulting
treasurer, now in Canada, says he has
picked away about s43, 400 of the public
funds, and will turn over all his private
property il his fellow-citizens will only al
low him to come home.
Darius White was prostrated by heat at
Logan, o.
Emil Weber, of London, O., was shot and
killed at Portland, Ore
A farmer named James Eubanks was
dragged to death by a horse near jackson,
Ohio
George Hoagland shot himself through
the head at Toledo, o. No cause is assigned
for the act
William Althouse was arrested at Jack
son, o., on charge of outraging two girls,
aged IL and years, respectively.
Columbus, o., has another gas well to
console her until the legislature blooms
again. ....
Non-union men only will be employed at
the Belgian window glass factory at Tiffin,
Ohio.
Eugene Smith, prominent member of the
Mahoning county, o., bar, has been ad-
judged insane.
The Standard Oil company will build the
largest plant in.the world at Whiting, Ind,
to refine Ohio oil
John Healy, aged 90, was drowned in the
Scioto river near Columbus He dived into
a mass of wires and was held.
Extravagant prices paid out by the Mont
gomery county, o., infirmary show that the
inmates or some other folks have been living
high
At Twin Creek, O., Henry Nickel proved
himself a bad coin by numbering Amos and
Wilson Cooper, with whom he quarreled at
dance. -.u..
William H. Chatfield, of Cincinnati, died
at New York on the 18th inst.
The Northwestern Gas company, of To-
ledo, O., is considering the matter Of piping
gas from that city to Sandusky.
At Youngstown, o., Monday, David and
Thomas Richards were arrested, charged
with an attempt to outrage Lizzie Evans,
aged IA years.
Henry Sadler, a discharged employe of
! the Fort Wayne road, confessed that he
made two attempts to wreck express trains,
near Canton, O., by placing distractions on
| the track
The body of William Brooks, one of six
| persons drowned at Ripley; o., on the nigh
| Of December 30, 1888, by the upsetting OF a
boat while crossing the Ohio river, was recov-
cred near Higginsport, O., Sunday. None
| of the others have yet been found.
| Mrs George Gooderi, of Barnesville, O.,
last fall lost her silver thtrnble. Monday
she found 1t in a chicken gizzard.
An exploding boiler near Payne, o., killed
| Amos Turlev and Edward Hartshorn
Mrs. Matilda Cameron, of Wellsville, O.,
attempted to kindle fire with coal oil She
was badly burned, as was also her son, who
saved her from death.
Truman Lewis took the iron hoop from
pail. sharpened it, cut his throat, aud went
forever from behind the bars of the New.
burg, O., insane asylum
Miss Nellie Holloway, of Youngstown, O.,
is mysteriously missing.
The Ohio Republican convention will be
held at Columbus June 25 and 36.
Gen. Lagget, of Cleveland, declares he
won't make the race for governor, though
| if there is anything in name he would get
there
Elijah Roush, Adams county, O., mer
chant, paid 81, 900 good money for $4,000
in ''green goods When received the
promised counterfeit cash was plain brown
paper, and the only green goods honest Elias
has on hand at present is himself.
Benjamin Warder, Esq ,Iof Springfield, @.
erects himself a monument more endurins
than marble by presenting his city with a
magnificent library bulldog.
Seventeen-year locusts have made theiI
appearance in Highland cc1nty, o.
Boyd NJ Miller, who sued the New York
Lake Erie and Western Railroad company
for injuries sustained while employed by the
company as an engineer, got a verdict, al
Mansfield, O., for $4,000