Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-12-11


! Cleveland, has decided that saloon-keep-
eFs convicted of violating the Sunday
liquor law must be sent to the Work
House instead Of the County Jail.
y. c. Lockwood, the banker of Milan.
who died last week, left an estate valued
at ssOo,oOo. About 500, 600 was divided
between relatives and charities, and the
remainder goes to the widow and son,
who is now but years old. He will net
j come into possession OF his share until
he reaches the age Of 25 years.
Jack, the Poisoner, is reaping rich
harvest in Findaiy, in the way of de-
stroying dogs. During forty-eight hours
more than fifty very valuable animals
were found dead on the streets, all of
them meeting their fate from eating
poisoned bologna sausage. Rewards
aggregating 5000 have been offered for
the apprehension Of the miscreant. No
clue.
John Newbott young man from
Hardin County, visiting at the residence
of VIM. Slye, southwest OF Upper San
dusky, was arrested by Kenton Con-
stable on quite serious charge. He is
alleged to have procured a marriage
license Illegally in that city, having a
permit issued him to marry lady who
it has since been learned, is his arst
cousin. Ell
| William Kimmell, blacksmith of
Hubbard, was using a pair of pinchers to
pull the shoe off a pony, when the ami
NAL kicked, driving one of the handles OF
the pinchers into his head over the right
eye and coming out over the right ear.
He was taken home in an unconscious
condition, and there is little hope of his
recovery, owing to the injury to the
| brain.
"A considerable flow of gas has been
struck at well being drilled at the caves
near Millwood by Mr.. James Rogers, of
Mt. Vernon, $40 feet deep. The we'll is
being drilled in search of lubricating oil
which is yielded quite abundantly from
we'll not far distant on the same
premises. There is talk of piping the
gas to Mt. Vernon, the search for gas
there having been a comparative failure.
While Michael Hogan, hooker-up
at the mills Of Andrews Bros. q Co.,
Youngstown, was attempting to put a
piece of iron through the rolls, he
slipped and was carried into the boxes,
his body being whirled around seventeen
times before the engine could be stopped.
His right arm was torn off, ribs broken
and his head crushed. He died in few
minutes. Hogan was 20 years old, and
unmarried r2
The State Board OF Equalization
elected the following officers: President,
e. V. Cherry, Hamilton; Vice President,
d. M. Barrett, Highland; Secretary,
j. L. Hampton, Hardin; First Assistant,
II. X. Hodgeman, Cuyahoga; Second
Assistant, William A. Vena, Lucas;
Sergeant-at-arms, G H. Williams, Fair
| field; First Assistant, Lewis McAllister,
Washington; Second Assistant, Joseph
R. Swartz, Ashland
Sammy Jones, an unsophisticated
old farmer ten miles east of Springfield,
was met the other day by stranger who
represented himself as nephew from
Virginia and by telling the old gentle-
man a fortune was coming to him, got
him to sign paper purporting to be an
F! inquiry after the inherited money. The
fellow on the strength Of alleged relation
ship borrowed ~. .65 and left. Mr.. Jones,
who can't read or write, believes he
signed note for $500.
While attempting to arrest VIM. Cou-
sins for disorderly conduct at Xenia,
officer J. w. Clifton was attacked by
| Cousins with razor. He ripped the
officer across the bowels. Striking a
watch chain the blade was prevented
| from going into the vitals. Afterward,
when the police were after Cousins, an
| attempt was made to assassinate Officers
Karch and Smith,, some parties firing
down an alley at Smith from ambush.
Cousins is still at large.
The jury in the trial Of w. II. Clark,
charged with criminally assaulting Mollie
Beltinghaus, an 11-year-old girl, at
Columbus, returned verdict Of guilty Of
rape, the penalty for which is imprison-
ment in Che penitentiary for life. Clark
is the soldier for whom Detective James
j. Murphy went to California last Sep
tember, and stopping off at Ogden, Utah,
mysteriously disappeared, his dead body
being found some weeks later in ditch
where he had been drowned.
"A party of transformers who played
under the name Of the Isabel Lewis
Comedy Company gave performance at
| Hudson, and started to repeat it the
next night. The house was small and
they refused to play sfter the first act.
The audience arose as one man and with
yell made for the actors, six men and
two women. The players, pursued by
the mob, fed for their lives. The mob,
headed by one Hi Spencer, threw odor-
ferrous eggs and other interesting articles
at the retreating people whose fright
was not of the stage variety. The com
pany finally emerged from different
places Of concealment, gathered at the
depot and made their escape on late
train. Hudson has not had such stir