The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-01
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

IN the Senate chamber, the other even
ing, and formulated the following plan
for redistricting the State:
First District-IIamilton; Democratic.
Second--Part of Hamilton County; Re-
publican. Third-Butler, Warren, Mont
gomery; 1,SO7 Democratic. Fourth
Preble Darke, Mercer, Shelby, Miami,
Champaign; l,s46 Democratic. Fifth
Logan, Auglaize, Allen, Van Vert, Put
nam, Hardin; 3,os2 Democratic. Sixth
Paulding, Defiance, Williams, Fulton,
Henry, Wood; 1,001 Democratic
Erie; 1,T26 Democratic Eighth
Seneca, Wyandot Hancock, Marion,
Union; 1,32S Democratic. Ninth-Frank-
lin, Madison, Pickaway; 1854 Demo-
cratic. Tenth-Clarke, Greene, Clinton,
Fayette, Ross; 6,542 Republican. Elev-
enth-Clcrmont, Brown, Adams, High
land Pike; 1,494 Democratic. Twelfth
-Scioto, Lawrence, Gallia, Meigs,
Athens; 1907 Republican. Thirteenth
- Jackson, Vinton, Hooking, Fair
field, Perry, Morgan; 1,O12 Demo
cratic. Fourteenth Licking, CO.
shocton, Muskingum, Tuscarawas;
1859 Democratic. Fifteenth - Della
ware, Morrow, Knox, Crawford,
Richland, Ashland, 3,O4S Democratic.
Sixteenth-Holmes, Wayne, Medina,
Stark, 1,s0O Democratic. Seventeenth
Belmont, Noble, Monroe, Washington,
1,007 Democratic. Eighteenth-Guern-
sey, Harrison, Carroll, Jefferson, Column
biana, $3.50 Republican. Nineteenth
Mahoning, Trumbull, Portage, Geauga,
Ashtabula, ., 101 Republican. Twentieth
Lake, Summit, Lorain, Huron and
part of Cuyahoga, $500 Republican,
Twenty-frst-Part of Cleveland. Cuya
hoga, l, 100 Democratic.
THREE breweries at Springfield have
been sold to an English syndicate.
WHILE Mrs. John Harden, living in
jackson Township, Ninton County, was
engaged in washing the other day, and
had poured kettle of scalding water
into q bucket, her five-year-old daughter
struck her foot against it and fell in,
scalding her so badly that she died in
short time.
HUMAN ear was found nailed to q
telegraph pole in Cincinnati.
Dick WHITE met Achilles Kell and his
(White's) wife together on the streets at
Columbus. White fred two shots at
kell and killed him.
WHILE a train stopped at Hamilton a
passenger walked up and down the plat
form under the electric light, in
his night clothes. He was somnam-
bulst.
JOHN MCAULIFF, aged sixty years, and
employed at the paper mills, Lima, was
up in chute repairing broken chain.
when his coat was caught in the shaft
ing and he was drawn into it and carried
around half dozen times, his head
striking the beams at the top of the
building each time. He was dying
when rescued, and lived only few min
utes. He leaves a family of eight chill
dren.
TIE ninth annual oratorical contest OF
the intercollegiate Association was
held at the Grand Opera House, Spring
field, the other evening, under the
auspices of the Wittenberg Oratorical
Association. The contestants were
Robert Tucker, of Buchtel College
Akron; j. C. White, of Wooster Uni
versity; Edwin L. Wood of Dennison;
Frank S. Deloe, of Wittenberg; L. w.
Hoffman, of the Ohio University,
Athens; Morris l.. Barr, Ohio Wesleyan
University, Delaware; r. j. Van Horn.
Oberlin; W. III. Clark, Ohio State Uni
versity. and Evan ID. Evans of Marietta.
w. III. Clark, representing the Ohio State
University of Columbus, is bright
young colored man, aged %. The Judges
were Rev. w. A. Spinney. of Elyria;
Chief-Justice Minshall and Rev. Robert
Ellis Jones, of Columbus, on Thought
and Composition" and ex-Lieutenant-
Governor Lyon, President Thompson, of
Otterbein University, and Judge Hem
derson Elliott, of Dayton, on "Deliv-
cry" After the contest brilliant ban
quet was served at the Arcade. The
judges awarded honors as follow First,
Robert Tucker, Butchel, Akron; second
William II. Clark (colored), Ohio State
University, Columbus; third, Edwin
E. Wood, Wooster University, Woos-
ter.
ANOTHER mammoth pottery is to be
established at Titfin, the company to be
composed of Tifin and Trenton, n. j.,
capitalists.
MICHAEL DIEcHER was convicted of
violating the prohibitory ordinance at
Alliance, n few days ago, and fined $500
and costs, and in default was sent to the
Cleveland worlT-house. Milton Baxter
and Mrs. John Bessler were found guilty
of the same offense. The former was
fined 500, and the latter 5000 and costs.
SAUNDERS BUCKLEY was killed by
near jackson.
DIR. CHAs. DRAPER, of Zanesville, be-
came despondcut, and cut his throat.
A NINE-YEAR-OLD daughter of Hon.
John C. McGregor, Reading Clerk of the
Ohio House, died at GAINESVILLE on the,
21st, of diphtheria, making three chill
dren he has lost in three days A fourth
child is at the point of death, and both
Mr.. and Mrs McGregor are very low
with the same disease. About thirty
persons, mostly children, have died there
from diphtheria within few weeks the
death of whom can be traced in every
instance directly to the corpse Of the,
child brought there from; Chicago for
burial.
THE President on the,a1st nominated
postmasters for Steubenville, Ports.
mouth, Springfield, Moehanicsbarg: and
Shelby.
THE Governor has appointed 4 C.. Tut.
hill, of lancaster, State Librarian, for the
unexpirsd term of j.. NJ. Doare, resign