The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-28


curacy.
The schools at Murray City are
reported to be doing excellently
under the superintendency of E. P.
Krider. Miss Sallie Chapman one
of the teachers, was in Logan sew
eral days as witness on the Nc
Curgish case.
-Four of the unfortunate miners
at Jeanville, Pa, were taken out
alive last Monday, where they had
been imprisoned in the ill-fated
mine for 18 days without food ex-
cept what happened to be In their
dinner buckets.
Mrs. John Recktenwaldt, died
last Sunday of consumption. Her
age was about 40 years. She was
an excellent wife and mother. She
leaves five children all too young
to look out for themselves. The
situation Is indeed trying.
james S. Engle, one of our
we'll known citizens, died after
protracted suffering with con-
sumption, at his residence on Wal
nut street, last Tuesday. His flu.
neral took place yesterday after
noon from the Presbyterian church
under the auspices of the I. o. o. F.
The great majority of so.called
cough cures do little more than i'm
pair the digestive functions and
create bile. Ayers Cherry Pector-
al, on the contrary, while it cures
the cough, does not interfere with
the functions of either stomach or
liver.
The New York Tribune almanac
for this year in giving the returns
of the November elections shows
shows that 119 Democrats we're
elected to Congress in the north
ern states and Republicans elected
83. Leaving the South out of the
count this gives the Democrats SO
majority in the northern states
alone.
"A young man named Uiliene
or some such unheard-of and UNI
pronounceable name, was brought
in and committed to Jail last week,
on a mittimous from Esq. Floyd of
Perry township, on charge of
forging chattel mortgage on Els
worth Fast, of that township, in
favor of the Singer Sewing Ma
chine Company, by whom he was
employed.
Mrs. Hesten, the venerable
mother of our we'll known towns
man, Wesley Haines, was found
dead in her bed last Monday morn
ing, having died sometime during
the previous night. Although she
was So years old and in rather
frail health, no one was expecting
death to be so sudden. She was a
sister of G. w. James, Sr. Her fun
eral took place Thursday after
noon.
Robert Taylor, "a years of age,
near Taylor Ridge in Athens coun-
ty, one night last week, left his bed
about midnight and going into the
sitting room built large fire, by
which he sat till nearly daylight
when he went to the barn, as was
supposed, to attend to his usual
work. He got set of plow lines
went to the woods and hung him.
self with the lines to a tree. His
mind was unbalanced from being
kicked in the head by a horse
about five years ago.
Ezekiel Tony, a semi-Sene-
gambian barber of Carbon Hill was
tried yesterday for cutting and
stabbing his mother with intent to
kill. Itseems Tony had jug OF
whisky which somebody stole, Tony
had already imbibed too freely
from the jug and was making
a fuss about its being stolen. He
shot off a revolver twice when an.
other colored man named Worm
ley took possession of it,and Tony's
mother told him not to let Tony
have it again. Thereupon Tony
took his knife and cut and stabbed
her in several places. After hear
ing the evidence, the jury made
short and brief work of the case
finding him guilty as charged ir
less than five minutes.
"A young man named Joseph
Curren has been lately indulgine
in some curious pen and pencil
work in writing checks for money
He wrote check on Ed Lehman
for $40 and sold it to Rochester
Sons, and tried to sell one to Bas
kin & Wolinsky, who had doubts
about 1t which led to his arrest OF