The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-09
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

| a., Alliance, Kenton, Mount Vernon
and Ironton have filed applications with
the Post-oflice Department for the estab-
lishment Of tho free delivery system.
AN English syndicate has secured an
option on all the glass tableware fac
tories in Findlay and vicinity, and the
formal transfer is to be made December
10. The syndicate is trying to get con.
troll of all the factories in the country.
Two more criminals escaped from the
Columbus penitentiary the other night.
There have been four escapes and five
pardons within two weeks.
! Two new oil wells have been opened
in the Vicinity.o of Lancaster.
GEoRGR Colby, dying convict from
Geauga County, sent up for manslaugh-
ter, has been pardoned by Governor
Campbell.
CHARLES GRAY, a section hand on the
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago
road, in jumping from a freight train
which was going at a rapid speed, near
Lima, was thrown violently to the
ground, and, striking the ties, was
killed.
ADAM FElpT, workman on the New
IldNeu ibleNdJOI, was plSClplOdIcu W
the bottom of bin,a distance of thirty
five feet, by the breaking of a scaffold,
receiving internal injuries from which
he lies in a critical condition.
THE Eleventh District Democratic
Congressional Convention, at Hillsboro,
after taking 425 ballots without result
adjourned sine die, referring the nomi-
nation back to the District Committee
for decision.
REUBEN KAHN, of Van Vert County,
and Oscar Bruce, of Franklin, who were
recently paroled, wore returned to the
penitentiary the other day, for violating
the conditions of their release. Albert
Long, a Wayne County prisoner, chop
ped off a part of his right hand with a
hatchet.
EsTELLA DoAN, twenty, registered at
the Burnet House, Lima, and died of a
self-administered dose of strychnine
soon after. She was museum 'illu-
sionist" and was supposed to be the vic
tim of unrequited love.
NORMAN LoNGsHoRE, a young mar
near Centerburg, was caught by a saw il.
mill and lost his right leg near the
knee.
A CHILD about eight years of age was
frightfully injured by being thrown
from a buggy in Newark. 1t was in the
vehicle with its father, a man named
Orig, who was drunk when the horse
ran away. The father was badly injur-
cd ALSO and the buggy demolished. 1t
is feared the child will die.
REPUBLICANS at Washington c. H.,
representing the Tenth District, took
532 ballots before throwing up the
sponge and adjourning without date.
c. c. HARRIS, the oil king of the Ohio
field, completed well on the Stein
farm, north of Findlay, that started
natural at $50 barrels per hour. 1t is
regarded the best we'll in the field.
There are several dry wells but short
distance away. Mr.. Harris is regarded
as the luckiest man in the Ohio field.
He gets boomers where other producers
get dry wells. He is farmer, and COM
menced the oil business two years ago.
To-day he is worth nearly half mil
lion, and is hustling after the other half.
UNDERTAKER MEREDITH undertook to
kill himself at Lancaster, because of
deadness in his line of business. but did
not succeed.
A GANG of counterfeiters have been
located near New Cumberland. Two
arrests have been made. 1t is said four
thousand dollars of the stuff was put
into circulation the days the Barnum
show was at Akron and Canton.
PRonrBITIoNIsTs of tho 11th Ohio dis
trict nominated Rev. s. G. Lindsey for
Congress.
THE consus returns for Hamilton
County are all in, and the total figures
for Cincinnati are 297. 573, including all
the charitable institutions, whose in
mates number 3,7lG. The total figures
for the whole county are 3T3, $50, includ-
ing the charitable institutions, whose
inmates number ! ,193.
HARRISON STAPLES, colored man,
serving a twelve-year sentence in the
penitentiary from Hamilton County for
manslaughter, had narrow escape from
death, few days ago. He is employed
in the hoe shop, and while endeavoring
to adjust belt on large fy-wheel, his
clothing caught, and he was drawn be-
tween the wheel and belt and whirled
around three times, when he was hurled
to the ground with great force. He was
entirely stripped of his clothing, the
only article left to him being sock,
but, strange to say, sustained but COM
paratively slight injuries His tenth
rib was broken, but aside from severe
bruises this was the only injury sus-
tanned.
AT Cleveland, Anton Nowak shot and
killed his wife because she would not
live with him, he being drunkard, and
then committed suicide.
PHILIP SCHNEIDER. well-known
business man of Mineral Point. Tuscara-
was County, was struck by the south
bound Branch train and cut to pieces.
CHARLES WILLIAMS, of Dayton has
been convicted under the new law of de-
sorting his family and was sent to jail.
Miss ANNIE MCKINLEY, sister Of Con-
gresham Mckinley, died on tho a9th ut
her home in Canton.
THE population of Youngstown is 49,
100. Mahoning County, including tha
city, is SIS, 557.
THE Sixteenth District Prohibitions
met at Massillon and nomi-
mated j. j. Ashenhurst, editor of the
Canton Leader, for Congress.
WM MoNE-pENNY and his associates,
of Columbus, have filed application
with the Comptroller OF the Currency
for authority 10 Orpaniya the National