The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-04-26
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

MISS HENDERSON, q Lima school
ma'am, scrapes the tongue of her pupils
with sharp knife when the unruly
member wags in an Objectionable way.
THE Adiutant General has commis-
stoned John w. Shilling First Lieuten-
ant of Company Il, Third Regiment, o.
N. g., Troy.
o. o. ROUSE, collector and trustee of
Springfield is short in his accounts
$3.50.
A NUMBER of L. s. prisoners from
Southern States, confined in the peni-
tentiary, have united in a petition to the
President asking to be removed to some
prison in warmer climate.
A WAGON loaded with nitro-glycerine
shells used in shooting oil and gas wells
exploded at Cygnet the other morning,
with terrific force. Two men who were
on the wagon were blown hundreds Of
yards, and nothing was left of them but
a few strings of their clothing. The
horses were terribly mangled, and both
killed, and the wagon reduced to kind
ling wood. The report was distinctly
heard distance of ten miles, and in tho
immediate vicinity windows were broken
and chimneys leveled.
Mrs. MILLER, an aged woman, was
struck by the west-bound passenger
train at the second crossing on the c.
and NJ. V. railroad near junction City,
and instantly killed.
CHARLES PIGMAN. the young man who
fell into the vat of boiling dye at the
knitting factory at Dresden. some days
ago, died the other evening from his in
juries.
WILL KARG, young man of Bucyrus,
was found mile south of Crestline the
other morning. alongside the Big -Four
tracks, in an unconscious condition. He
was with VIII Wagerly, OF Bucyrus, and
together they started to ride on the
limited passenger train from Gallon to
Crestline, and young Karg probably fell
off while the train was under rapid head
way. 1t is feared he will not recover.
GOVERNOR CAMPBELL has appointed
VIM. u. Boden, OF Guernsey; A. II.
Roose, of Pickaway, and Il. NJ. Round,
of franklin members of the Canal Com
mission.
Mr.. II. b. HAYES and daughter, of Ere.
mont, sailed from New York for Burmu.
da the other day.
JAY YATES was arrested at Findlay,
for forging note on his father for Sl4O.
THE thrce-year-old son Of Mrs. Nellie
Rumbaugh. of Scycn-Mile, was drowned
on the 10th inst.
THE undertaliers and funeral directors
of Northwestern Ohio have formed
trust.
ROBERT McKEEvER, a travelling man,
committed suicide at Steubenville. III
health is the supposed cause.
DANIEL SCHULTZ, laborer. was
struck by Big -Four train at Edison
had an arm terribly crushed and received
internal injuries w..ioh are probably
fatal.
EDWARD SHANNON, a switchman en-
ploycd in the yards of the Wabash rail
road, Toledo, was run down by a switch
engine and instantly killed. He was
twcnty-four years of age and unmarried.
THE costs charged to the State in the
trials of three of the convicted murder.
ers awaiting execution amount TO the
following sums: Elmer Sharkcy, first
Al4HA- 4 A'Dl' NbNull Cl.bi 'oD, StNplli
trial. Butler County, -, 137.G2; aggregate,
S3, 80. IS. OF this amount S6SG24, or
over onc-fifth of the entire amount
taxed, is for stcnographer's services.
Otto Leuth, Cuyahoga County, S9G2.33
Charles Blythe, Hamilton County
S?5O.97.
WM ANKRoM, a farmer living near
Kennonsburg was attacked few days
ago by vicious ram, and battered be-
yond recognition. When rescued by
his family it was found that one of his
elbows and one knee were dislocated,
besides bruises, sprains and internal in
juries. Mr.. Anlirom is an old man, and
his recovery is not expected.
THE Undcrtal1er'S Convention ad-
journed the other afternoon after elect
ing the following officers: President,
f. a. Griffin, of AcComb; vicc-prasident,
Samuel Brown, of Button: secretary.
Jacob Moser, of Lima; treasurer, j. B.
Applegate, of Sidney. There were Il5
delegates present. Lima was chosen as
the next place of meeting, and October
the time.
THE trustees of the Central Insane
officers for that institutions: Superin-
tendent, DIR. ID. A. Morse, Springfield;
matron, Mrs. Morse; assistant physi-
clans, NJ. a. Bartlcy and Ira Il. Hamlin,
both of Columbus; steward. w. III. Will
liams, Columbus; storeliceper, Chas. ii.
Brown; engineer, Jos. McCue; stew
ards clerk, Nelson Pontius, Pickaway
County.
Mrs. JOHN CLARK and little daugh-
ter, of Canton, on the 10th were lying
in critical condition from eating
greens without cooking.
A FREIGHT wreck on the Il. & O. near
Barnesville, the other morning, result
ed in smashing up eight cars. Nobody
hurt.
TIE Senate confirmed the nomina.
tions of w. Il. Boden, of Guernsey Coun.
ty: A. II. Roose, of Pickaway, and X. NJ.
Rounds, of Franklin, as Canal Commits,
sioners; j. H.. Morley, of Highland
County, trustee of the Institution Of
Predetermined Youth; also, the nomi-
nation of w. j. Coppock, of Hamilton
County, trustee of LDngview Asylum,
and j. W. Mccormack, of Dayton, trus-
tee of the Dayton Asylum.
Hos. JoHN w, BAUGmMAS, of Wayne
County, has been elected president of
tho Ohio Board OF Pzrdons.
THERE has been another advance of
two and a half cents in thcp price of Lima
crude oil.
COLONEL j. w. WATSON, of Maysvil,r
s,Ns,