The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

Tnr Prohibition convention held AZ
Columbus nominated the Following
ticket: Secretary Of State, Rev. NJ. O.
Lockwood, of Cincinnati; Judge OF the
Supreme Court Clin ]. Ross, of High
land County; member of the Board OF
Public Works, J. M. Scott, of Licking
County.
FINDLAY census enumerators have
been ordered to go over their work again
in order to verify the returns. 1t is ex.
pected this will show population OF
10000.
THE Big Four will build new road
from Springfield to Columbus.
Al Canton, Henry Popp was convicted
OF murder in the first degree for the
killing of Moritz Grether.
DEMocRATs only have held Office in
Fairfield County for thirty-six years.
THE Colonel Brice tax case has been
taken TO the circuit court of Allen Coun-
ty.
ANTHONY DRAKE, living six miles
west of Spencerville, was struck by
lightning and instantly killed.
A MILE north of Johnstown the other
evening Frank Clouse, aged 81, was
struck by lightning and instantly killed.
CHARLES F. PUsTNER, of Troy, being
threatened with total blindness, escaped
that fate by committing suicide.
GOVERNOR CAMPBELL reprieved Otto
j. Leuth for thirty days, pending action
of the Supreme Court.
Ar the Star Glass Works, Newark,
Henry Solinger, aged nineteen, was fa-'
4o11 lol Il, hoi Of
throat by pair of clamps, thrown by
Baptiste Koenig and which young Sol
niger said he could catch, but missed.
SHERMAN HUssEH, while working at a
saw-mill, near Spencerville, was killed
by a log rolling over him.
In the Cincinnati University Prof. P.
v. N. Myers, late president of Belmont
College, has been elected to the Chair
of History and Political Economy. j.
M. Leonard, Professor of Greek and
Comparative Philology, has resigned on
account of ill-health. The degree Of
LII. d. has been conferred on Samuel f.
Hunt, Judge of the Superior Court, Gin
cinnati.
CHARLES MAXWELL, Lake Erie and
Western brakeman, fell under the
wheels of construction train few
miles east of Mt. Cary, and had his right
leg crushed off short distance below
the knee He was taken to Findlay,
where he died.
AT the Third street and Eggleston
avenue crossing of the Pennsylvania
road, Cincinnati, Herman Huerman at
tempted to drive his two-mule baker
wagon across in front of q moving train,
but was struck by the train, four of the
heavily loaded cars passing over him
literally grinding man, mules and bread
into an inseparable mass.
Sol KEssLER, of Milton, Miami Coun-
ty, committed suicide by hanging. Poor
health.
THE jury in the Common Pleas Court.
at Newark awarded Mrs Rose Grigsby
a Judgment against Charles Karzen-
born, q prominent brewer, for S50 for
selling beer to her husband after being
forbidden.
THE house of T. j. Robinson, New
ark, was entered by thieves the other
night, and about $500 was stolen.
The Northwestern Ohio Medical AS
sociation held its session at Fremont.
The next meeting will be held at
Lima. ....
AT Cleveland tho switchmen of tho
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St.
Louis railway, Erie railroad and Lake
shore and Michigan Southern railway
reported to their yardmasters, the other
morning and resumed work at what is
known as Lake Shore wages.
JACK CRossoN, while working in the
fire-clay banks near Sciotoville, Scioto
County, was fatally injured by the ex-
ploding of keg of blasting powder.
The powder was ignited from lamp in
his cap.
JOHN BARsTow was killed in attempt
ing to get off train at q crossing two
miles from Nelsonville.
LOUIS BADER was killed by lightning
at Akron.
CHARLES Corr was drowned while
bathing near Circleville.
AT New Bremen VIM. Lulliman hang
ed himself in his garrett
DIR. HOWARD CULBERTsoN, one of the
Oldest and most prominent physicians,
of GAINESVILLE, is dead.
JACOB DAUNER, Swiss, was crushed
to death by machinery at Alliance.
FIRE at the Cincinnati Oak Leather
tannery, Cincinnati, caused
damage to the amount of 100000
The Democratic State Convention
will be held at Springfield, August %
and 81. c. w. Baker, of Cincinnati, will
be temporary chairman.
BUCYRUs butchers have formed COM
bine and put up their steaks by 25 per
cent. advance.
DIR. j. ID. BUCK, OF Cincinnati, at Wau-
kesha, Wis, was elected president Of
the homeopathic convention.
HARVEY THOMPSON, aged thirty years.
and unmarried, living near Frazeysburg,
was instantly killed by Panhandle
train.
A 2oUTH-BoUND train on the Cincin-
natl, Sandusky and Cleveland railroad
struck and killed Vim. Russell,
wealthy retired farmer. The body was
horribly mangled, the head being sever
ed from the body and found several rods
away.
JAS. w. OWEN was renominated for
Congress by acclamation by the Demo-
cratic District Convention at GAINESVILLE.
THE Commissioner of Pensions has
DR.. A. c. Belden pension ex-
amining surgeon at Akron.
DURING q severe storm Dick Clark, a.
young man 16 years of age, while work.