The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-02-15
STATE NEWS ITEMS.


cars at Lima.
JOHN JONES has been indicted 40
Springfield for murder in the first de-
gree.
AN oil still exploded at Lima, killing
one man and injuring several others.
A CONVICT named O'Neil tried to COM
NIT suicide in the Ohio penitentiary.
A BIG flow of oil has been struck on q
farm near Upper Sandusky.
J. b. THOMPSON was accidentally shot
while hunting near Akron, and serious
ly wounded.
SECRETARY OF STATE RYAN wants his
bond increased from $40, 900 to $780, 900.
Mr.. LAMPsoN will not take tho con-
test for Lieutenant Governor to tho
Supreme Court,
BUILDING associations have secured
control of the Dayton Insurance Com
pany.
A CLEVELAND man tried to spite his
wife by destroying his furniture and
burning himself.
TWINS, as much alike as two peas IN a
pod, have been born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Oscar Christian at Canton.
THE suit against ex-Treasurer Lane
and his bondsmen, in Pickaway County,
has been dismissed.
A VALUABLE discovery has been made
by company about to manufacture soda
ash at New Portage.
THE other night, while the family of
j. B. Perkins, Cleveland, were at dim
ner, a thief climbed upon the front
porch and gained an entrance to the
house and stole a jewelry-boX contain
ing $4,000 worth of diamonds and S75 in
cash.
The election of grand officers of the /.
o. o. F., of Ohio, has resulted as fol-
lows: Matthew Bartlett, Toledo, grand
master; A. C. Cable, Covington, deputy
grand master; c. DeRuiter, Cincinnati,
grand warden; VIM. Chidscy, Cincin-
natl, grand secretary; L. w. Sherwood,
Columbus, grand treasurer.
Mrs. WM. JOINS, living in Pleasant
Township, Franklin County, is the
mother of two sets of triplets, all boys.
The President appointed the follow
ing postmasters a few days ago: Joshua
c. Light. Ottawa; Schiller Fogleson,
Marion; Adam NJ. Rice, Kenton; Andrew
d. Braden, Canton; Charles E. Cook,
Paulding; George Hall, Lima.
AT Hamilton George Lummis tried to
murder young lady who rejected him,
and then blew out his brains with a re-
volver.
NORMAN GREGORY was bound over at
Newark on the charge of violating the
internal revenue laws by selling liquor
without paying the special tax.
A MAN claiming to be Francis Alien,
of Fall River, Mass, caught in the act
of burglarizing a residence at Tifiin,
jumped through window, but was capt
ured and bound over.
An underground coincidence near New
Portage is a thick bed of rock salt and
near by valuable layer of peat. The
two will be used in the manufacture of
rock salt.
THE Miami Canal is wanted for ave-
nue. purposes within the city limits of
Cincinnati.
JOSHUA SAXToN, veteran journalist,
died at Urbana, the other day.
JAS. CHAPMAN. aged 50 years, died at
London, a few days ago.
AT Youngstown, Mrs. Sarah Ack-
worth has commenced suit against the
Pittsburgh and Western Railroad Com
pany for $4,000 for the killing Of her
husband, who was thrown on the rails
and cut in two.
MRs. RoBEET JOYCE, Mrs. John Bliss
Ter, Michael Ducher, John LOTUS, John
Tiernay, c. w. Koch and Francis Moore
were arrested at Alliance, each charged
with running speak easies" in viola
tion of the prohibitory ordinance, and
Henry Hoadly, wanted for like offense,
has left the city for parts unknown.
Two masked men entered the resi-
dence of Jacob Broede, near Bloomville,
and compelled Mr.. Broede and his son
Albert to hand over their pocketbooks
at the point of pistols. a younger son
escaped from the house and aroused the
neighbors and the scoundrels escaped.
Before going they attempted to shoot
the old man because he would not re-
veal the hiding-place Of more money,
but the bullet only grazed his head.
The Tiffln Savings Bank was thrown
open for business few days ago.
THE Seneca County Agricultural So
ciety which has been slumbering for
several years, has been resurrected and
will hold n fair at Tifiin, September 23
to 26 inclusive.
JOE BuRGEN fell from ladder at
Fostoria and was seriously injured.
MAJOR JOHN RANDOLPH HUNT died at
Glendale the other day.
THE sale of improved bonds at Newark
has been stopped by an injunction.
JOIN HoPLEY, editor of the Bucyrus
journal, was arrested for criminal libel.
ASA OLDHAM, colored, sent to the pen
itentiary from Shelby County in 1887
for rape, has become insane. His term
would have expired in a few days, but
he has been sent to the asylum
FREDERICK EATON, q leading mer-
chant and prominent citizen of Toledo,
died the other day of heart failure, SUI
perinduced by an attack OF Ia grippe.
His age was 81 years.
A NEW depot will be built at Dayton
on elevated tracks, for 100000.
JOHN NJ. PATTIsoN (Dem.) was elected
State Senator in the Brown-Olermont
district, to succeed the late Judge Ash
burn, and A. D.. Heffner (Dem.) was
elected Representative in Franklin
County to slceeed the late John B. Law
lor.
THE Penitentiary Managers have pa
rolled three prisoners as follows: Chas.
Burlington, received from Madison Goun-
ty, March 0, 1889, on a two-years' sen