The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-01-11
STATE NEWS ITEMS.


shears, the blade piercing her heart
She pulled 1t out and the blood gushed
out in stream, and in an instant the
little one was dead.
MISS MAGGIE LAYMAN, of Brandon,
while dressing for her wedding cere-
mony, accidentally shot herself in the
thigh with revolver, inflicting dan.
gerous wound.
STOCKHOLDERS of the Central Ohio
Railroad Company have voted to lease
the Cincinnati & Columbus Midland.
CHARLES EARNEsTs house on the out
skirts of Fostoria was burglarized the
other night of jewelry, clothing and
money to the amount of S240.
PETER BECKER, serving life sem
tence from jackson County, drew the
holiday prize New Years in the shape.
of an unconditional pardon from the
Governor Becker was sent up in 1881
for the killing of John Hall during
drunken row.
JOSEPH MILLER died a few days ago at
Osceola, from the effects of injuries
inflicted by Claud Forrest during
a quarrel on Christmas. Forrest has left
the place, and reward for his capture
is offered.
THE coroner decided that Paul Young,
who suicided at Canton, did so while
suffering from insanity resulting from
Ia grippe.
THERE are five thousand cases of 'la
grippe" in Cleveland.
THEODORE M. BATES, of Cleveland,
has been appointed agent of the census
bureau to collect statistics of the record
ed Indebtedness for the State of Ohio.
A MAJORITY of the voters of Van Vert,
decided the other day that the local
option ordinance in that place must be
repealed.
AT Findlay the Northwestern Ohio
Gas Company completed the largest we'll
on record,a few days ago. The we'll is
north of the city, and is estimated by
competent judges to flow 35,0O0,000 cubic
feet of gas per diem. The gas will be
piped to Toledo.
AT an early hour the other morning
Mrs. George Petty, living in Jackson
Township, Pickaway County, committed
suicide in horrible manner. She sat-
urated her clothing with coal oil and
then ignited it. She was fearfully
burned, but fingered in great agony,
when she died. Her face and hands
were burned to a crisp. She has shown
signs of mental arrangement for some
time.
AT Cleveland, Judge Soldiers, the other
morning, sentenced Otto Leuth, the
seventeen-year-year old boy, who was
recently convicted of the murder of little
Maggie Thompson, to be hanged at Co.
lumbus on April 16. Leuths mother,
who was, during the trial, an object of
popular pity, tainted on hearing the
sentence of her son and had to be car
ried from the court room.
AT Bellaire, Arthur Rufer and Eddie
playing with bottle filled with powder,
which they lighted with match. Tt
exploded and glass penetrated Rulers
head one-half inch and his right eye
was cut out. Grafton was terribly burned
about the face and body. Rulers inju-
ries may prove fatal.
FOLLOWING is list of the expirations
of the copmissions of Presidential post
masters in Ohio during the present
month: Bellefontaine, Kenton, Marion,
Marysville, West Liberty, Mansfield.
The commissions of Ohio postmasters
will expire in February as follows: Ash
tabula, Canton, Cardington, Chardon,
Columbus, Garrettsville, Geneva, Jeffer-
son, Lima, Mechanicsburg, Middleport,
New Lisbon, New London, Ottawa,
Painesville, Ravenna, Troy, st. Marys,
Wellington and Wooster.
LOUIS BIERwIRTH was seriously injur-
cd by the electric light at Canton.
THos. WooLMAN was fatally scalded
by boiler explosion near Alliance.
A. S. RIPLEY has been appointed post
master at Patriot, Gallia County.
BABY of John Feltz, two years old,
was ground under the cruel wheels while
crawling on the railroad at Burkets-
vile.
A BRAKEMAN named Homan was kill
ed by cars at Akron.
AT Springfield, o., Captain Jacob Gar
rett opened his fathers coffin to take
last look and found him alive, in which
condition he Is liable to remain for an
unlimited period.
FOUR buildings at New Moorefield,
eight miles north of Springfield, were
destroyed by fire the other night Total
loss, S., 900; insurance $4,000.
EX-EDIToR DAVIS, of the Marietta
Leader, and President pro tenn. of the
last State Senate. was blood relative
Of jeff Davis. His father was full
cousin to the Confederate Chief.
CHARLES SIUssER was sent to jail at
Hillsbsro for brutally beating and kick
ing a Chinaman named Sam Lee.
FoURTH-cLAss postmasters were APP
pointed on the 30th as follows: Acme,
Medina County, A. j. Koppes; Meta
mora, Fulton County, A. c. Prentisss
West Middleburg, Logan County, I. w.
McWade.
A coLoRED preacher named Stran has
been arrested at Springfield on the
charge of appropriating funds raised for
church purposes.
THE expenses of the State Fish and
Game Commission for tho year 1889
amount to about $4,000. The State col
ected $4,000 by tax on gill and pound
nets and by special law paid over the
Commission $4,000 of this money.
THE prevalence of scarlet fever at
Tifiin is causing alarm. Many cases are
'eported and several deaths have oc-
,urred.
AT GAINESVILLE, Ray, tho eleven-year-
I'D son of Edward Hullsman, died few
laws apo of dipbtheria This Ia the