Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-03-12
THE PAST WEEK IN OHIO
A COMPLETE COLUMN OF HAP
PENINos IN THE STATE,

pany, was stranded at Canton.
-Diphtheria caused the absence Of
1000 children from Cincinnati schools.
WIN. r. Eckley, a prominent Knight
of Labor, died suddenly Of heart disease,
at Dayton.
"A child was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Cooper Brock, living near Jeffersonville,
that had teeth at its birth.
Fred Wisener, aged Is, fell between
moving freight cars at Wapakoneta, and
was so mangled that he died.
William Hambright, night watch
man at the Evans factory, Springfield,
was killed while on duty and robbed.
"A disastrous collision occurred on
curve on the Cleveland, Lorain and
Wheeling road near Massillon. No lives
lost.
AT Louisville, narcotics were given
A Douglass Walser, an insane man, ito
quiet his nerves." and he died from their
effects.
Joseph Pruhs, a Cincinnati carpenter,
out of work, committed suicide by hang
ing himself from the frame of door in
his home.
j. H. Moll, of Defiance, in his efforts
to commit suicide, cut his throat, stabbed
himself, and then threw himself before a
railway train.
William Himmelien, pioneer resi-
dent of Sandusky, shot himself in fit of
dependency. Deceased was 73 years of
age and single.
-Forty-eight gallons of nitro-glycerine
exploded at the magazine of Casterline &
Castell, one mile from Finlay. The shock
was felt for forty miles.
Mrs. Heaston was found dead in bed
at Logan, having retired in her usual
health. Deceased was about eighty-fivc
years old. Cause was heart disease.
&C. H. Ganson was elected President,
Eli Romine Vice President, ]. w. Crowl
Secretary, and A. f. Vance, Jr., Treas
urer of the Champaign Agricultural So
ciety.
AT a special election held in Clay
Township, Auglaize County, the dry'
won by majority of 70 out cfa total
vote of 301. There are three saloons in
the township.
The Supreme Court has decided that
Senator-elect Brice must list for taxation
several hundred thousand dollars of
property at Lima, which he has hereto
fore escaped taxation on.
William Patterson, who shot Patrick
]. Rogan at Wellston on the 10th of De-
cember, 1889, was sentenced by Judge
James M. Tripp to fifteen years servi-
tude in the Penitentiary.
"A young man named Thad Ward,
aged II years, was killed at the car
works at Lima. He was switching cars
with horse, when caught between car
and heavy plank and crushed to death.
An eighteen-round prize fight oc-
Cured at Nelsonville, in which Arthur
Magesty, instructor of the Toledo GYM
nasium, was knocked out by Dave
Saville, and died from the effects of the
punishment received.
New evidence has been found
against Dick Frames, the supposed mur-
derer of Watchman Hambright, at
Springfield. Spots of blood were found
with microscope on SO bill spent by
Frames in West-side store. Blood was
also found on his handkerchief, trousers,
and coatsleeve. He tells conflicting sto-
ries of where he was the day and night
of the murder.
"A sad drowning occurred southwest
of Bucyrus. Two small children of John
Ulmer were playing about the yard, and
started toward pool of water. Their
mother started after them, but the chill
dren, thinking she was playing with
them, ran the harder. One of them
tripped and fell face down in the shallow
pool, and before it could be rescued was
dead.
"A story comes from Vienna, Clark
County, that John Smith, wealthy
farmer, stated at revival meeting if he
owed anybody let him step forward and
he would pay him tenfold. After bene-
diction crowd of boys headed by Roy
Carty almost paralyzed the bystanders
by demanding pay for work alleged to
have been performed last summer. Mr..
Smith paid them, but not tenfold.
David Lewis, newsboy on the c.,
S. & FL. train, between Janesville and
Shawnee, found pocket-book contain
ing $s25. He heard of lumber dealer
near Shawnee losing that amount, and
when that gentleman identified the
money the honest newsboy turned it over
to him. The overjoyed dealer gener-
ously presented the lad with five big
silver dollars.
The tenth annual Interstate collie
giate oratorical contest, held at City Hall,
Wooster, resulted as follows: Kate E.
Morhart, Ohio State University, first
honors; Carl F. Henry, Buchtel College,
second; G. X. Denton, Ohio Wesleyan,
third; David E. Daniels, Denison, fourth;
T. L. Bullard, Wooster University, fifth;
f. T. Mcclure, Mt. Union, sixth; Harry
G. Galwicks, Wittenberg, seventh; w.
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