Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-12-04

lying on the sidewalk in front Of his
stable.
Johnny Frssch, q prominent busI-
ness man Of Logan, was kicked by his
horse in the face to-day and very seri-
ously injured. His right cheell-bone was
broken and his face badly cut. The
doctors do not know yet how his injuries
will terminate.
The bullet Henry Her, Of Grove City,
has carried in his leg nine years was found
in his boot the other day. It-has troubled
him all that time. He aud Worth Early
got into an alteration about COW,
when Early drew a revolver and shot
him in the thigh.
The boiler in the saw-mill of Shaw
Bros, located near Cridersville, exploded
with frightful force, throwing pieces $50
yards. Several Of the employees were
severely but not dangerously injured.
The mill is total wreck. Financial
loss about 81 200.
The usual Thanksgiving dinner was
served at the Penitentiary, after which
the 1000 conviets were given the free
dom of the yard. Cornelius Heatherton,
life man, convicted in Clark County in
1878. was made the beneficiary OF the
Thanksgiving pardon.
When Andrew Siney, the engineer
at the Smith & Vale Company's foun-
dry, at Dayton, lit the natural gas under
the boilers there was an explosion. All
the hair was burned off his head, his
face was badly burned and he was
knocked insensible. He had allowed too
much gas to escape before he lit it with
match. He win recover.
Warden Dyer, of the penitentiary,
submitted his report for the year ending
October 81 to the Board of Managers.
The expenditures for ordinary expenses
for the year were SEAS, ,231.99 of which
amount $133,715.37 was expended dur
ing the first six months and STA, ,516.62
during the last. Total receipts during
the year, $24s, 37s. 12; deficit, $ss3.s7.
While Mr.. Charles Morris and Mr..
George Clancy, two young men from Me-
chanicsburg, were out quail-hunting, an
accident occurred, which, though prov
ing not fatal, was to be deplored
Mr.. Morris, while shooting at quail in
high grass, shot Clancy, who could not
be seen, filling his face and right shoulder
full Of shot, The shooting was purely
accidental. A
e john L. Hanning, received at the
Penitentiary from Vinton County about
month ago on q one-year sentence, has
been confined in the prison asylum, hav-
ing become q raving maniac. Hanning,
who is photographer, was convicted Of
making nude pictures, and the disgrace
of his conviction so preyed upon his mind
as to unbalance it. He imagines that he
is to be hanged in the annex with Smith
and Popp.
by the falling Of four-ton travelling
crane at the Diebold safe and lock-works,
Canton, which was being used to trans
fer large safe door, John Sturm was
instantly killed and William Eppman
probably fatally injured, and John
Glasser severely cut about the head.
The supports gave way, precipitating
the crane and door to the ground. Sturm
was caught and the lever was driven
completely through his head. He was
married and leaves wife and two chill
dren. Eppman is also married.
Some weeks ago Miss Mary Winter,
Of Portsmouth, rushing in the very face
Of death, rescued her father, ]. j. Win
ter, deaf blacksmith, from an approach
ing Chesapeake and Ohio pay-csr, run
ming wild. No sooner had she done her
noble act than she fell fainting by the
track. The other day she received for
her bravery handsome gold hadge,upon
one side Of which was her name and date
Of presentation and upon the other the
names of the donors, John A. Hancock,
G. @. Hutchinson, and "A. G. Stout.
Barney Carlos. . freight conductor
| on the Springfield branch Of the Pan
| Handle Railroad, while standing on top
| Of his train with lantern in hand, was
| struck by wire which had been strung
from the Commercial Hotel to its annex
across the street at Xenia, during the
day, and was thrown backward, falling
headfrst down between the cars. For
tunately, he caught on the small plat
forms between the cars and managed to
throw himself out from the train badly
cut about the chin, where the wire had
struck him, but otherwise unhurt.
"A singular coincidence has occurred
of two men by the same name, though
not related, recovering Judgment against
two different railways, each for per.
sonal injuries. John w. Henley COM
menced suit at Youngstown against the
1 F., g L. E. Railroad, and secured q
Judgment of $4,000, which has been
affirmed by the Circuit Court. John w.
Henley, on the same day, recovered Q
\ Judgment against the Pittsburgh, Gin
cinnati and st. Louis railway, for per
sonal injuries received in this State
The two men have never seen each
other, and yet the two cases are similal
in nearly every particular.
Henry Popp, the Starke County, ant
Isaac Smith, the Pike County murderers
who were to have been executed at tht