The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-10
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

tentiary that he is in the last stages of
Rowe was sent up in
January year ago from Darke County
Tor four years for burglary aud larceny.
VALENTINE BoHLEEDER, eighty-four
years of age, and one Of the pioneer
German citizens Of Dayton, met his
death by falling dowa stairs at his resi-
dence. His skull was fractured, and
his death resulted within a few miuptes.
He was very highly respected.
CORNELIUS LAWRENCE, coal miner,
at Turner's Station, three miles west of
New Philadelphia, had his arm shot of
the other morning, while fooling with
a loaded shotgun,
TH1 Ipst-office at Minerva was raised
from tH fourth to the third Cor presiden-
tall class January 1.
p. G. CALLAHAN has filed suit in court
at Urbana, against the Erie railroad for
S25, 900 damages. The suit is to recover
that amount for the loss of both legs of
his son Willie, at Mingo,. several weeks
ago.
LOUIS LACLEDE, a performer in a va
riety theater at Columbus, sustained Sc
rious internal injuries the other night
by fall from trapeze.
Ed E. IRWIN, young single man,
was celebrating the birth of the New
Year at Dennison by firing off a revolv-
er, one chamber of which refused to ex-
ploder and in attempting to remove the
cartridge it exploded the ball entering
Irwin's stomach. He is still living, but
with small hopes of his recovery.
AN old man named Alfred Lyon was
struck by Pan-Handle passenger No. Z,
near Pataskala, and instantly killed.
He was walking along on the north
track and did not hear the engineers
warning. He was aged about 7S years.
His body was horribly mangled by the
wheels.
GOVERNOR CAMPBELL has ordered a
special election in the Seventeenth
Twenty-eighth district, for a successor
to the late Senator Zimmerman to take
place on the 18th inst.
The Governor has appointed DR.. Wiz
liam r. Miller, of Cuyahoga County, a
member of the State Board of Health
for the term ending December 13, 1885,,
vice d. Ii. Beckwith, term expired.
ST. ANTHoNY's Catholic Church, Mi
Ian, Erie County, was burned New
Years day. Cause, defective furnace.
CAPTAIN JOS. ERWIN, 80, the oldest
man in Clark County, died the other
morning. He came there from Cincin-
natl, and was an Ohio river captain for
30 years.
ELMIRA NEEDLES, an unmarried wom-
an 81 wears of age, who made her home
with a widowed sister on farm seven
miles south of Columbus in the village
of Groveport committed suicide by hang
ing herself with q clothes-line, which
she attached to a beam in an clubhouse.
She was Respondent on account of ILL
health.
ELI FOSTER. convicted at Athens, of
murder in the second degree, has been
sentenced to the penitentiary for life.
THE Ohio National Guard association
will hold its annual convention at the
First Regiment arnory, in Cincinnati,
January 2S and %.
ELLEN j. MCCoMB began suit in the
common pleas court, Findlay, the other
marriage promise against John F..
Franks, the son of wealthy farmer in
! Allen township. Both the parties are
prominent young people.
JOHN MACKENZIE, aged seventeen, of
Cleveland, committed suicide on ac-
count of disappointment.
Miss LILLIAN ROBERTSON, Amy Coyle
and some children were playing on a
pile of lumber at the Panhandle depot
at Newark, the other evening. The
lumberfell, burying the Robertson girl
beneath it, and seriously and probably
fatally injuring her. Her breast was
crushed in. Both of the other children
were slightly hurt.
GEO. SNYDER, of Cincinnati, nine
year-old child, leaning out third-story
window, few days ago, lost his bal.
ance and fell in full length position tc
the brick pavement in the rear of the
building. In his fight the boy struck
slantingly against two-story frame
house about six feet from the ground.
The body then alighted full force on the
bricks. The child was picked up un'
conscious, and it was thought every
bone in his body must be broken. But
on examination ii was found that not q
bone was fractured, and the body was
but slightly bruised. He recovered con
sciousness in q few minutes and is al
right. The fall was twenty-seven feet
and two inches.
AT Lima, Peter Boose, his wife anc
two-year-old' child narrowly escaped
suffocation by gas from a stove.
AN explosion of boiler in the sau
sage, factory of Ben Lowenstein q
Bros, Cincinnati, damaged six small
dwelling-houses; killed Jennie Grey
aged four years; fatally injured Mrs
Loewensteih, aged eighty-eight; ant
less seriously injured several other per
sons. VIM. LOnglutz, butcher VIII
ran the angina, was arrested for run
ming an engine without q, license; ais
his employers; Ben Loew snstein. Th
loss to property is about So, 600.
FREIGHn CCNDUCToR GEORGE TAYLo
was bonriblN crushed be'ween two car
/ at Newark. He may re lover,
CARRIE H0NN aged ~, deserted b
I her husband, killed barself atColun
! bus.
THR, Little Miami freight. depot
Cincinnati was destroy by fire. Los
about $4,000.
Miss EGLA DwYER, "a handsome your
lady, attempted suicide at Springfield
by jumping into Brrk creek the 9TH
night, She was re acued in time "a, SAY
her life,
STEPHEN SEARAEs was found gull
at Newark of flrson fer burNing ID
John Riess carnage factory az Blueh