The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-05-24
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

Hancock County Fairgrounds.
EARL BARLOW, aged nine years, was
killed by cars at Portsmouth.
| SPENCER HUSTON was bound over, ae
Portsmouth, for the murder Of James
Mall, the charge being murder in the
second degree.
MRs. CuRRAN BLUE, of GAINESVILLE, has
subscribed 81, 900 to the hospital fund
being raised by the GAINESVILLE ladies.
A YOUNG man named Chas. Schunk
was run over by freight train at Piqua,
and injured so badly that he will prob
ably die.
CONTACT for the erection of the Mad
ison County courthouse, at London, has
been awarded TO Doerzbach & Decker, OF
Sandusky, for Sl27,00o.
A FARMER named Staver committed
suicide near West Alexandria by hang
ing to beam in his barn.
JACOB Burnley, of Gallon, has been
appointed superintendent of the Work
ing Home for the Blind at Iberia, and
j. c. Tressel, the former superin-
| tendent, will be salesman for the insti-
tuition.
SADIE PRESLEY, young girl of
Youngstown, attempted suicide by
swallowing iodine, but was restored.
| She says her young man had deserted
! her.
DIR. II. A. ToBEY has been reelected
superintendent of the Toledo Insane
Asylum.
An Allen County man, named Mcguire,
was bunkocd out of $1,000 by two
sharpers.
| r L.,
mended communication of the sentence
of Chas. Blythe, who murdered Colonel
Jones, of Cincinnati, to life imprison-
ment.
| WM. MCkINNoN, n prominent farmer
and cattle dealer, was assaulted near
Bellefontainc, and robbed of $500. War
rants have been issued for the arrest OF
! his assailants.
COMMISSIONS were issued the Other
day from the Adjutant-General's Depart
ment to Frank G. Jobson as First Lieu
tenant and Adjutant and Geo. Hopf al
| First Lieutenant and Quartermaster oil
the First Regiment, Cincinnati.
SECRETAEY OF STATE RYAN has paid
| into the Ohio State Treasury $40, 055.52
| fees collected during the last quarter.
THE Columbus board of police COM
missioners have increased the salaries
of the force as follows, to take effect
June /: Superintendent, from $1,000 to
| $4,000 per annum; captain, from $1,000
| to $1,000; sergeants and detectives, from
81, 900 to 81, 200, and patrolmen from sos
to so per month
THE village of Harmar and city OF
| Marietta, lying on the two sides of the
Muskingum, have been annexed accord
ing TO law. The water works, electric
| light, natural gas and police systems OF
| Marietta will be extended to what was
Harmar.
CHARLES CoNGLEToN, aged twenty
eight years, while standing on moving
train, on the Valley road, near Mineral
Point was struck by a bridge and had
his neck broken.
CURL e GLoNNER's clothing house, at
Cardington, was entered by burglars the
other night, and larg amount of cloth
ing and jewelry was taken.
THE commencement exercises of the
Cardington High school were held the
other evening. Ten graduates received
diplomas
PAUL HAusER, boollkeeper of dry
! EOOuS llIlil at NOluHlDuS, 10 ClltIRtu WIN
embcZzlement.
A WHITE coon, captured near Zanes-
vile recently was sold the other night
to Colonel Il. F. Jones, of Covington,
Ky. The price paid was $500.
BURGLARS entered the residence of
Rush II. Sloane, Sandusky, the other
night. and stole 81, 200 worth of jewelry
belonging to Mrs. Sloane. The most
valuable article was cluster diamond
wedding ring, valued at $500. Other
articles were diamond collar-button,
pair of bracelets, pins, etc. There is no
clew to the thieves.
JAMES MAULT was killed at Ports
mouth by the son of woman he was
beating.
TIE Emory Candle works, of Cincin-
natl, have been sold to an English syn
dicate for 5000, 900.
WM Dopps, aged II, was thrown from
horse near Bellefontaine, and dragged
quarter OF a mile. His injuries will
prove fatal.
HARVEY BAKER, brakeman, was
killed on the Toledo and Ohio Central
railroad at Thurston, while coupling
cars.
Ar Mansfield the Prohibitionists NOM
mated for probate judge, w. ii. Funk;
county commissioners, James Paul; in
firmary director Thos. Bradley.
WHILE gathering water-lilies the 9th
or day Frank Holyoake, the twelve
year-old son of Joseph Holyoake, of New
Philadelphia, fell into the river and
was drowned. His sister plunged after
him and would have been drowned also
had she not been rescued by some pass
ers-by.
The suit of the heirs of Martin Calm
against the Toledo and Ohio Central
Railroad Company resulted at Bucyrus,
in verdict for $1,000 in favor of the
plaintiffs for the killing of Calm year
ago.
The decomposed body of Albert Hart,
of Wellston, who disappeared three
weeks before, was found in suburb Of
that place.
REPUBLICANS of Middleport have
brought forward the name of Hon. Allan
Davies, of Pomeroy, as their candidate
for Congress.
ISAAC KoRTNER of Logan, has been
chosen superintendent of the Hooking
Canal.
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