The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-07
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

Fnrp MILLER, Wallpaper cleaner,
wns found stabbed to death at his home,
In West Third street tenement, Gin
cinnati. His widow, daughter ana John
Pierce we're arrested on suspicion by Or
der of Coroner Rendigs. She says she
found hcr husbands body on the Loor
when she returned home.
Ex-JupGE HUNTER and Lawyer D. d.
Jones camo to blows in the court-room'
Newark.
Ar Hamilton, George Ziliox, the well
known livery stable-keeper, was baaly
burned by gas explosion the other
morning. lie was hunting for leak In
the gas pipe-and found it.
.JouN o. RYAN was drowned in the
canal at Circlevillc while swimming
He was in the parade Decoration Day
nc an officer in the Junior knights oil ST.
George.
MEREDITH STANLEY jumped from the
Cincinnati and Newport railroad bridge
into the Ohio, distance of sixty feet,
for purse.
A C1NcISNArI branch of the Society
of the Sons of the Revolution has been
formed
LonISe, son of Isaac Jones, of Mar
tins Ferry. has lived on liquid food Tor
three months. and has not spoken word
or moved his hands for seven weeks, the
effect of la grippe, which developed INT"
lung fover
AN accident peculiar in its nature oc-
Cured tho other night on thc North-
western road, near Carrothers "A poy
was endeavoring to drive couple Oh
,, Ie
cows across the track, when the anlmais
were struck by train and killed, the
carcass of ono of them being tossed oy
the engine struck the boy, hurting him
badly and rendering him unconscious
for a time. When he partially recovered
he wandered away in his bewilderment
until finally found and cared for by
friends. The boy will recover
JAS. JEFFERs, a coal miner at Schlcks
works, went to Bellaire the other morn
ing and drank freely at the saloons.
Starting to his home. west OF town, al
ter the parade, he grew weary and sat
| down on tho railroad track and fell
asleep. A freight train struck him ana
killed him instantly.
| CINCINNATI insurance companies have
made in the aggregate return of Sl42,-
O5l 40 for taxation, and report Sl,67S.-
$50 30 of securities not subject to taxa
tion.
TIE following fourth-class postmas-
| tcrs for Ohio were commissioned the
other day: Green Hill, Columbiana
County, Mrs. L. A. Taylor; New Hagers-
town, Carroll County, L. o. Johnson;
Tamah, Mercer County, C. S. Behymer;
Walnut Creek, Holmes County, Ida
Kaser.
JOHN DAILY, Avondalc, driven to des-
peration by the misconduct of his chill
dren, ended his earthly existence by the
Rough-on-rats route.
BEILAMY SToRER has been elected
president of the Ohio Humane Society.
Six prisoners escaped from the Lima
Jail by digging hole through an outside
wall.
In the common pleas court at Toledo
Judge Pugsley overruled a motion for
new trial for Nine. Devere, convicted OF
forgery, and sentenced her to ten years.
in the penitentiary five years for each
OF the two counts in the indictment.
MICHAEL MORAN. the burglar. who
shot officer Tom Hogan at Massilion
about two weeks ago, was sentenced by
Judge Pease to twelve years in the PEN
itentiary. 1t is certainty that his
name is not Moran. neither can he be
induced to give up his own name nor
that of his companion who was with
him at the time of the shooting and es-
capped.
Two men who were stealing ride On
the ton of a coach on the Midland rail
road were struck by the bridge at the
Whitewater canal, Cincinnati, and
crushed and mangled to death.
TIE city council of Circleville has au-
thorized the issue of bonds to the
amount of S25, 900 toward building a
memorial hall. Tho county has added
SO, 900 additional.
A EVE on DIR. A. L. Davis farm in
, Marion Township, Hancock County,
gave birth to double-headcd lamb.
: Iae lamb was born dead, but was per-
fectly formed in all its parts. IL had
, two heads and two neclSs uniting Mt a
point between the shoulders. Each
neck had a spinal cord and vertebra, the
: yertebra coming together in fork ike
the branches of tree. The spinal cord
was injured below the joint of union,
= probably causing death. Both heads
Il were perfect, of uniform size, and hav-
ing eyes, ears and tongue.
:. WM RIrcHE, Harvey p. Platt, Adolpb
Pluemer, Lucius G. Cron, of Ohio, have
been appointed Worlds Fair Commits
v sioners.
i Ar Logan Perry Kuhn got seven years
J. for attempting to poison his fathers
d family.
CINCINNATI is to have another branch
!. post-ofiice, which will be locates. near
u tho corner of Central and Colerain ave-
nues, and will be known as Brighton.
= AssEssons have returned the number
a of Cincinnati saloons at 2,029,' and the
total taxes of these amount to S507,250.
h Ward leads. with 1913, and Ward "a has
IS the smallest number-22. Vine street
d has l40; Sixth street 115, and Central
d avenue 113. Outside of the city, i'll the
county, tho saloons number 205, and the
g taxes amount to S51, $50. The gain In
- the city over 1859 is 20, and in the coun
ty 10.
90 A CHILD of Mr.. Flake, q butcher
# eighteen months old, drowned ut Mar
n- ion. in o tar ditch leading from the gas
W factory, few feet from its home, while
its mother was preparing dinner. BY
II some means it passed out of the room
Of unnoticed and reached tho ditch where
st II lost It's life, and was not discovered