The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-06


for completely, exonorating him, and
saying it was Billy Boquet, now dead,
who helped him.
SIX tramps boarded freight trains at
Ashtabula and before they were driven
away badly injured Conductors Geo.
Shepard and John Burns. Two of the
tramps were captured
BURGLARS went through the Stark
county poor house.
BOYS and matches set fire to a large
stock farm at Urbana.
AT New Philadelphia Henry Wehely
was convicted of murder in the first de-
gree for the killing of James Booth.
ISAAC DEwIT's residence burned at
Mt Gilead, and his mother perished in
the flames.
The republican judicial convention in
the Seventh district has been called to
meet at Portsmouth on the Gath day of
June.
r The state board of pardons reorgan.
lied the other day by electing John r.
Malloy president and l.. A. Koons Sec
retary
PAPERS have been served by Sheriff
Custer on Z. L. Harper at the peniten-
tiary, notifying him that he had been
sued in the superior court of Cincinnati
by the Merchants National bank, of
Hillsboro, to recover $4,000 with in
terest at 5 per cent, from April s, 1887
The writ is against j. O. Thomas ct al. +,
executor, ct al. Harper must answer
by June 20.
ALEXANDER CAsEMAN, of Lima, aged
eighty-three, who married three months
ago has sued for divorce on the ground
of desertion. The wife is sixtyfve.
MARTIN HOWE, an old soldier residing
in jackson, was robbed at Springfield
of 800 and watch while asleep, and
Walter West, of Yellow Springs, got
drunk and nearly drowned himself in
the Arcade fountain
JAMES BECK, at Martins Ferry, quar-
relied with his son John and shot him
fatally.
ATr'Y-GEN. WATSON says the good
time convict law of Ohio is not retroac-
tive.
The Barnesville fair association has
made an assignment.
The grand lodge Knights of Pythias
held their meeting in Cincinnati. The
chancellor in his report said he had ad-
mitted IS new lodges to the order in the
past year, making 495 lodges on May l,
with membership of $4,000 This is a
gain from July 1, 1890, to May l, 1891,
of 6,236. This is an excess over the gain
of last year of 500. The Tuesday after
the second Sunday in June is set apart
as memorial day for the order by the
supreme lodge, to which fact he calls
attention in his report.
THE report of the condition of
the state treasury at the quar-
terly examination, made Monday,
May 4, by Auditor of State Poe and
Treasurer Brown, was filed with the
governor few days ago. 1t shows
balances as follows: General revenue
fund 1851, ,S64.75, sinking fund 81, 1885,
g53 45, common school fund $116, 1885, 66.
WILLIE COCHRAN, a twelve-year-old
lad, attempted to board Norfolk and
Western passenger train, at Ironton,
missed his hold and had his feet ampu-
tated.
IT is said that the damage done by
frost to the strawberries at Barnesyille,
will reach $50, 600.
81 NORRIS proprietor of the Peoples
theater, Columbus, stood off with a re.
volver for three hours the police who
tried to arrest him for Sunday break
ing, but he reached the lookup at last.
REV. DIR. G. S. DooLITTELL died at
Mansfield the other afternoon. He was
born in Knox county in 1919, was the
principal of the Granville female semi.
nary in 1868 and occupied the Episcopal
pulpit in that place for mum ber OF
years. He was also editor of the Ohio
Liberal at Mansfield until 1876, when
he became associate editor of the Her.
aid, retiring in 1887.
CORONER BRAMN, at Elyria, says in
his verdict on the Kipton disaster where
six postal clerks were killed, that negli.
gence of the Lake Shore road officials
caused it.
ARRENA MIssINGBURG died at Cadiz,
a few days ago, aged 115 years.
THE Jefferson county republicans
nominated Chas. Snyder for state sena.
tor and Samuel Taylor for representa-.
tive.
Mrs. DR.. d. @. FAY had a miraculous
escape from death the other day. En-.
gine No 251, train No. GO, in charge OF
Conductor Havens, Big -Four railroad,
while passing through ostrander, caught
and carried her one third of mile. DIR.
Hedges, of Delaware City, was called,
and reports Mrs. Fay as not being fatal.
ly hurR
THERE is to be a new bridge over the
Ohio connecting Cincinnati and Coving,
ton