The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-29
STATE NEWS ITEMS.


wrecked by lightning.
HEIDELBERG COLLEGE, at Tifiin, will
hereafter be a university.
A YOUNGSTOWN minister has been
convicted of embezzlement.
FRED HEIDELBAcH was found dead in
the street at Fostoria.
URBANA Is now lighted with electric
ity.
A SAVINGS BANK will be established in
Cincinnati, with paid up capital of
$500, 600
The indications are that the Ohio
Working Home for the Eljnd will be
discontinued.
JOHN ATHERToN, a Panhandle brake
man, was seriously injured by cars
while making coupling near Newark.
A HORSE was instantly killed and n
man violently shocked by an electric
wire at Piqua.
GEORGE OGG, of McCutchenville,
while drunk, was found badly frozen
by the roadside. His limbs were ampu-
tatcd.
THE AdjHtant General has received
and accepted the resignation of Edward
Schlessinger, as First Lieutenant of
Company a, First Regiment, Ohio Ma
tional Guards.
BOHEMIAN oats swindlers are working
new racket in selling cinnamon
beans" to susceptible farmers,
The physicians of Hon. Job L. Steven
son, who accidentally swallowed a dose
of carbolic acid at Circlevillo, con-
sidered him out Of danger, on the 21st,
but at night symptoms Of Inflammation
of the stomach developed. He insisted
in taking part in the trial of case,
and, it is thought, overtasked himself.
LARGE sheep barn belonging to
Watt Watkins, at Prospect, Marion
County, was struck by lightning the
other night and soon destroyed by fire.
Loss $500.
DEPUTY SHERIFFs MARTIN WEIGH and
o. l.. Wood. were returning from Ottawa
County with l.. w. Henderson, alias
Burt Warner, alias Charles Lockard. ar
escaped convict from the penitentiary.
whom they had but recently captured.
just as the train was entering the depot
at Shelby the prisoner asked for a drink
of water. The officer arose from his
seat, but had no sooner turned his back
from his wrists, jumped from the NOV
ing train and disappeared in the dark
ness, but not before the plucliy officer
had fired shot at him. Next morning,
shortly after midnight, a man badly
wounded in the face asked for admit
tance at the farm house of James Ham
nan, two and a half miles east of Marion.
He was admitted and DIR. Hyde sent for,
who found that he had been shot in the
mouth the ball entering the upper lip,
crashing through the lower jaw and
lodging in his neck. The doctor probed
the wound to the depth of five inches,
but could not locate the ball. by this
time the officers from whom the prisoner
escaped turned up identified him as
their man, and took him to Columbus on
the b. and o. passenger train. Lockard
was sent up from Leipsic Junction in
1887, to serve a term of twelve years, on
a charge of rape and larceny. and had
served but two years of his sentence
when he effected his escape from the
Ohio penitcntiary. This was his third
escape while in the custody of the ofii-
GERS. He is dangerous criminal.
The Ohio Gas Light Association con-
cluded two days session the other
evening at Toledo, with the election of
the following officers: President, c. Il.
Fabin, jr., Toledo; vice-p president III.
Portsmouth,; treasurer,
George w. McCook, Steubenville; secre-
tary, Irwin Butterworth, Columbus; COM
mittcc on Legislation, c. Il. Fabin, To-
ledo; \. j. Stall, SanduslSy; II. Willtie-
meyer Portsmouth. The president will
announce the executive committee
later, Next meeting will be held in
GAINESVILLE the third Wednesday in
March. The delegates were banqueted
At the Boody.
The Wilson Transportation Company,
of Cleveland, with 4 capital stock of
81, 900, 900, has been incorporated.
An advance of $50 per cent. in the
price of soda ash caused the Canton
Glass Company TO close down.
y MAN named Stein is trying to work
post-ofiices in Clark County by repre-
scnting himself to be a Post.office In
Spector.
JoHN j. MASON, alias ''Thrae-Finger-
ed Jack" was arrested at Cleveland fer
murder.
NAl.t ''iAi IbD, dSNu uAlttu years, ID
under arrest at Urbana for grand lar
ceny. and an effort will bo made to send
him to the Reform Farm.
Mrs. CAROLINE SCHwAR,a Tell-known
character about Fostoria. was taken to
the Hancock County intirmary the other
day. Her actions recently caused the
officials to become satisfied that she was,
not OF sound mind. After sac was taken.
away Officer Hess examined the hovel.
in which she has been living. In an old
husk mattress he discovered silver and
greembacks and good notes amounting
to over 81, 500. 1t was supposed she had
money concealed somewhere, and few,
weeks ago gang of toughs broke into
the. house and nearly murdered tht
woman, but failed to find the cash.
JOHN FISHER, farmer, was frozen te:
death while on his way home from Mans.
field.
JoHN CLARY who had been on aaspree.
was found frozen to death on the. streod
at Urbana.
A LODGE of the knights of the,doldet
Eagle has boon instituted at PiQua.
Mrs. ELI IN MCKEE, died atCoIum
bus, on the l4th inst, aged lOl years.
TOWNSEND, WABE, of Garfield, whc
tried to mRrderhis wife, drowned him
self.
ISAAC Ys. STA.yLGY, sent 10, the Ohio