The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-09-27
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

pared with 255, ,139 in 1880, being an in
crease of ALTO, or a percentage OF In"
crease of 1914.
DAVID MARTIN and Thomas Paul wore
seriously hurt by a traction engine they
were driving breaking through bridge
near London.
AT the Upper Sanduslsy fair Grace
Haddon, nine-year-old girl, caught her
dress in a shaft which was used in rum
ming the display and fatally hurt.
BY natural gas explosion at Colum'
bus, Mrs. Perkins, an omploye of the
Natural Gas Company was badly in
jurcd.
Tom HART, aged twcnty-four, living
four miles east of Fort Recovery, was
Univv.. -.-a-- hoe'iiy iv'.a~,l ,"n ao~.
the front wheels passing over his abdo-
men, sustaining internal injuries from
which he can not recover.
EDWARD UHL, aged forty, was run
over by Big Four train the other night
at Gallon, and instantly killed. He was
intoxicated, and laid down on the track.
He leaves family in destitute circum'
stances.
The International Brotherhood OF
Railroad Conductors at Toledo. few
days ago, practically decided two things
first, that Toledo will be selected for
the headquarters of the Order, and Sec
ond, the reelection of Grand Chief Con-
ductor George w. Howard, for next
year.
PRoF. H. Il. EDDY, acting president OF
the University of Cincinnati, has been
called to the presidency of Rose Polys
technic Institute, Terre Haute, Ind.
PROF. PETER j. Fox, principal of the
Seventh District school, Cincinnati, had
an attack Of apoplexy while in his
school-room and died there.
THE Townsends, of GAINESVILLE, have
sold their street railway lines to an
Akron syndicate, headed by Colonel A.
/. Couger for s65,OO0 The gauge viii
be widened and cars run by electricity.
CAPTAIN BURNS, of the U. S. A., has
received notice from the War Depart
ment that he had been detailed for an
other year as Inspector of the o. N. 9.
Governor Campbell had requested that
this be done.
HENRY BURRIs, wealthy Quaker
farmer, near Smithfield, was swindled
out of S., 900 by couple of sharpers who
borrowed that amount, giving as secur-
ity sachel said by them TO contain
about $4,000.
CONRAD N. OBERLIN, ex-president Of
the city council of Massillon, and retir-
ed merchant, died suddenly the other
day, aged seventy.
MARSHAL EDWARD RoBERTs, of Lou
isville, Stark County, was attacked ear
ly the other morning by unknown par
ties. He was horribly beaten and after
ward carried to his residence and left on
the steps. He will recover.
HERscHEL KELLY, a young man,
while coupling cars in the Ohio South
ern yards, Jackson, had his right arm
crushed. 1t was Kelly's first days work
for the company.
THE family of Mr.. John Houck, who
reside few miles north of Newark,
were startled the other night at hear
ing gun-shot in the room of their son,
Holly Houck. Rushing to the room they
were Mortified at finding the young man
lying on the floor writhing in the throes
of death, with his head nearly blown off.
Whether it was case of suicide or not
will never be known. He was nineteen
years old, and had been afflicted with
spinal trouble for some time, which made
his life burden. When found double
barreled shotgun was lying by his side
A FATAL accident is reported from
Eden Township, Licking County. James
Shirk had gone to the woods to fell trees,
taking his little five-year-old son with
him. While working on a tree 1t sud-
denly fell, and the child, who was play
ing near by was caught beneath it and
killed almost instantly. The parents
are nearly crazed with grief
THE heavy rains which have fallen
in the valley the past week are doing
terrible damage at Portsmouth. Almost
the entire crop of corn is being covered
with water, running thousands of bushels.
JOSEPH BECK, astone-mason, has COM
menced suit against DR.. Archibald
Campbell, at Canton, for So, 900 damages
on account Of failure to properly set a
broken leg.
LEONARD WAGNER, farmer, living
near Sandusky. was stabbed in tho neck
| by masked robbers, who entered his
house the other night and stole $3.50.
| AT Lima, Alfred Decker, the seven
year-old son of William Decker, was
riding on wagon loaded with sand
when he fell in front. The wheels
passed over him, crushing him to death.
FREIGHT train No. 4, going east over
the Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley,
was wrecked at Reeds station, the other
morning. The engineer was killed and
fireman badly hurt.
| DANIEL +. ADAMS, of Knox County.
has been nominated for Congress by the
Farmers Alliance. of the Fifteenth Ohio
District.
j. w. MoNoHAN, of Corning, Perry
County, has been elected steward of the
Blind Asylum by the trustees of that in
stitution.
EIGHT thousand people witnessed the
laying of the cornerstone of st. Paul's.
Catholic Church at Norwalk. Signor
Buff, of Cleveland, conducted the cere-
monies.
IvoR HUGHES, Democratic candidate
for Probate Judge of Franklin County,
resigned, assigning ill-health as the
cause. The Democratic committee se-
lected L. b. Tussing to fill the vacancy.
CHEF DEITscH has issued Instructions
to arrest all boys caught smoking cigar
cites on the public thoroughfares of
Cincinnati. At the station-house they
are to be compelled to divulge the name
of the tradesmen who supplied them
with the nauseous weed, in order that
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