The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-02-08
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

d. v. plDney anu lnotnaS JOiieS.
JOHN GLEASON, aged fifteen, had
three fingers crushed in rollers at Lyons
trunk factory, Dayton.
ELMER j. Cross was killed by cars at
Dayton.
f. w. LoBscHIED, of Youngstown,
committed suicide at New ork.
Miss ANNIE FRAZIER, of Unionpolis,
has brought suit against Eliza Orr, Of the
same placdt talleging breach of promise.
She asks $1,000 damages.
COLUMBUS claims to have the young
est widow in this State. The lady is
only fourteen years old. She was mar
ried three weeks and her husband died
from the effects of la grippe.
THE President has appointed Thomas
M. Beers census supervisor for the Sixth
District of Ohio.
CANTON finished religious revival,
the other day; 5000 converts.
KARL MERsE, professor of music in
Wooster University, and who has a
national reputation as a composer and
author of musical construction books,
died suddenly at 4:2o o'clock, tive other
evening, of pneumonia. He was attacked
with la grippe n few days before, His
son, DR.. Charles, at Sandusky, and
daughter Bessie, professor of music at
st. Charles, Mo-, were summoned, but
failed to reach Wooster before his
death.
ALL the nominations for Census Super
visors in Ohio have been confirmed.
A RECEIVER has been appointed for
the Spaulding Iron Works at Steuben-
vile.
WILL o. SHANK, a well-known young
business man of Hamilton, attempted to
commit suicide at the ST. James Hotel,
in Cincinnati, few days ago. Business
complications probably caused the deed.
The St. Mary's Banking Company,
just organized, starts out with a capital
of 100000.
THE residence of Michael McKelvey,
| Youngstown, was burned to the ground.
Mrs. McKelvey and child were sleeping
in the second-story, and were rescued
by neighbors when nearly suifocated
AN eightyear-old boy was kicked
by horse near Tifiin and seriously in
| jured.
THE young men of Plain City have
organized military company, to be
known as the Independent Zouaves.
1t starts out with twenty-nine men,
| bers.
| CONSIDERABLE alarm prevails at Lon
don over the appearance of several cases
of diphtheria.
A. L. WIsEMAN, freight agent of the
Cleveland, Sandusky, and Columbus
railroad, has been dismissed on account
of a shortage of about $500. A chief
clerk named Crippes was suspended.
THE United Brethren have brought n
test suit to decide upon the divisions
that have made them dividedr brethren
at Van Vert.
Miss GUSTAV WELLS, of Lima, pro-
cured her husband through a matri-
monial ad. She is now engaged in
chasing him across the continent to gain
possession of her 81, 500 with which he
is flying eastward.
FRED G. TARBELL, of Akron, has sued
the Equitable Accident Insurance Com
pany, of Cincinnati, for $1,000.
THE grand jury of Van Vert County,
declare the county Jail nuisance, and
Recommend the building of n new one.
AT London, the other night, Kinney
Graham knocked at the door of VIM.
Woodhouse, called the old man out shot
him and wounded Mrs. Woodhouse.
Neither are fatally wounded. Old
grudge.
THE thirty-fve farmer members of
the General Assembly who are specially
interested in legislation affecting the
agricultural interests of the State, have
formed an organization among them
selves from which all party lines are
obliterated. Hon. It. II. Hill of Fair
field, was elected chairman, and Hon.
Robert G.. kean, of Carroll, secretary.
The object is to harmonize on all bills
affecting the agricultural interests of
| the State. This is the first time an Or
ganization has been formed by the agri-
cultural members.
SENATOR Browns joint resolution,
adopted the other day by the General
Assembly, authorizes the Adjutant-Gen-
cral to loan fifty regulation drill mus
kets to the drill corps of the University
of Cincinnati.
ONO postmasters appointed on the
31st: Heno, Butler County, J. Kemp;
Lamartine, Carroll County, w. James;
Limaville, Stark County, d. Smith;
MEG onigle, Butler County, j. Black;
North Lawrence, Stark County, J. Pol
lock.
THE Department of Agriculture's esti-
mates of crops in this State for 1889 are
as follows: Corn-acreage, 3,005, 1s4:
bushels, Ss,953, 600; value, S27,575, SOS.
Wheat-acres, 2,524,99 bushels, 36,-
s65, 900; value, S2S.O17, ESQ. oats-Acre-
age, /, ,169, ,023; bushels, S6,615, 600; value,
IS, 421, ,566.
The Senate confirmed the nomina-
tions of the following Ohio postmas-
ters, few days ago. Julian o. Converse,
Chardon; Calvin Starbird, New London;
M. r. Dpolittle, Painesville; ]. C.
Beatty, Ravenna; Nathan c. Hawley,
Geneva; j. A. Howells, jefferson; Ii. C.
Marshall, Gerard; Frank McCord, New
Lisbon; Jas. Reed, Ashtabula; G. ID.
Smith, Garrettsville.
THE following fourth-class Ohio post
masters were appointed the other day:
River StyX, Medina County, NJ. Leather
man; Stantontown, Morrow County, ID.
f. Randolph.
THE deaths of two children in the
family of Lewis C. Franks, of Apple
Creek, Wayne County, were particularly
sad. Ross, u siX-year-old son, died of
pneumonia, and about an hour before
the time set for the funeral Daisy, a
fourteen-ypar-old dnuphter died of tho