The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-10-11
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

TON JOHNSON carried the Democratic
primaries in the Twenty-first Ohio DisA
| trict, Cleveland, and will be the party
nominee for Congress.
WILLIE WILLIAMS, aged ten, and
Clarence Mackelfresh, nine were killed
| by the Glendale accommodation on the
| c. II. & d. railroad at Dead Mans Cross
ing, near Winton Place. A brother OF
Mackelfresh was killed in the same
manner at the same place a year ago.
JOSEPH HUMPHREYS, overseer OF
gang of hands at Star Furnace, near
Jackson, was instantly killed by being
caught on the shaft of cinder-crusher.
THE population of Columbus is 30, 39s.
II. II. SANDERsoN, apromincnt lawyer
of Jeffersonville, fell from hay NOW,
breaking an arm and sustaining inter-
nal injuries.
| ISAIAH FRAZER was terribly gored by a
bull that he had on exhibition at tho
Hooking County fair. 1t is feared he
can not recover.
A. d. BULLOCK, a prominent citizen
and business man Of Cincinnati, died
the other night of apopleXy.
j. n. HUDSON has been appointed
postmaster at Franklin Furnace, Sciot6
County, vice Miss r. A. Mckinney, re-
moved.
JAMES MURPHY, aged nine years, is
locked up at GAINESVILLE, for stealing a
horse from John S. Davy and trading it
for pony
WIN. HEasBY, Findlay stone-mason,
fell sixty.ave feet. Almost every bone
in his body was broken, peing the reason
that he was fatally injured.
IN the dead hour of night the resi-
dence of Thos. Rogers, at Barnesville,
was entered and S75 worth Of goods
stolen.
DEMOCRATS of the Fourth Ohio Dis
trict, after S13 ballots, nominated NJ. K.
Gantz, of Miami County, for Congress.
SPEAKER REED will take part in the
Ohio campaign.
W. II. LIKENs, of Marion County, has
been nominated as an independent can
didate for Congress in the Eighth Ohio
District.
NoRAH FLEMING, of Kenton, aged II,
while hunting, accidentally shot himself
in the abdomen and died few hours af-
terward.
THE widow of Edward Lanahan, who
lost his life last June by the caving of a
Cincinnati sewer, has sued the city for
$1,000 damages.
| POPULATIONS were the other day an
nounced of cities and towns as follows!
Akron, 27,702, an increase of IL, 100;
Alliance, 7,69S an increase of 2,962;
Ashtabula S,315, an increase of 3,971;
Canton, 26.327, an increase of 14,O69,
Steubenville 13, ,663, an increase of 1, ,270;
| Warren, 6,0S6, an increase of 1,65S;
| Wellsville, 5,236, an increase of J. $50,
| Youngstown, 33, 199 an increase of H.
| 764.
CITY SOLICITOR HoRTsMAN, of Cincin-
natl, is Of the opinion that the city
councilris not n constitutional body, but
creature of the Legislature and can be
abolished.
THIEVES the other night secured a
team and wagon and, driving east of
Youngstown, visited the cellars of near
ly dozen farmers, taking all the coun-
try produce they could find. After Sc
curing load they drove east across the
Pennsylvania line, where they doubtless
found "fence" for their swag. The
farmers have rope ready for the next
visitors
| CHARLES SwATZBAUGH, a lad near
| Bowlusville, on the Sd, was in acritical
condition from the bite of caterpillar.
The worm bit him two days before,
while he was asleep in an orchard, and
his right arm is swollen to three times
it's normal size. 1t was not until the Sd
that it was believed the arm could be
saved. Local surgeons say that case
of poisoning from the bite of caterpil-
lar has been heretofore unknown in
surgical history.
A REQUIsITIoN from the Governor of
New York for DIR. Albert L. jacobson,
under arrest at Toledo and wanted at
Rochester for grand larceny, was hon.
ored by Governor Campbell few days
ago.
COLONEL c. l.. PooRMAN is nominated
for Congress by the Republicans of the
Seventeenth District.
THERE was a lively fight the other
morning in the plane shop of the Ohio
Tool Company in the penitentiary, the
participants being Daniel Bressman,
seven-year man from Hamilton County,
for cutting to kill; Jonathan Whitaker,
life man from Clermont County for
murder in the second degree, and Ed
ward III. Edwards, a two-year man from
Cuyahoga County for embezzlement. A
quarrel arose about some work, when
Bressman picked up hickory club about
five feet long and three inches in diame-
ter, and on which were some cabinet
makers clamps, and with it he felled
Whitaker to the ground and then turn
ed upon Edwards, inflicting wounds on
the arms and face and cutting his lip.
DEMOCRATS of the Twelfth Ohio Dis
trict have nominated Judge L. " Dean,
OF Ironton, for Congress-
MINNIE SILvERMAN committed suicide
in Cincinnati by drinking water poison
ed with sulphur from matches.
REPUBLICANS of the Fifth District
have nominated L. X. Stroup for Con-
gress.
ISAAC FREEMAN is nominated as the
Farmers Union candidate for Congress
of the Fourth District.
THE local option election held at.
Marysville, resulted in favor of the Pro-
hibitionists. There were 6S7 votes cast,
of which 301 were in favor of the ''wets"
and 1856 for the 'drys,"
THos. PARKS, a carpenter engaged
at work on Hosters brewery, Columbus.
fell from the third-story to the cellar