The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-10-17
OHIO STATE NEWS

THE recent Erie wreck at Kent will |
cost the company 500, 600
WHILE leading horse to water John |
Albaugh, aged 55, who lives four miles |
south of Carrollton, was kicked in the |
breast by the vicious animal and died |
instantly.
LUTHERAN synod meets at Carey next
year.
THE Lancaster rolling mill brought
S29 900.
II. Il. STEWART has been appointed
postmaster at Brookfeld, Trumbull
county.
EDDIE PRATHER fell from a tree at
Lima and was killed.
CHARLES KUHN, aged 1G, had his left
leg cut off below the knee by c., II.
and ID. train near the round house at
Hamilton.
A SENSATION was caused at Spring
field, a few days ago, when it became
known that Rev. A. A. Murphy laid
himself liable to fine of $500 in sol
emnizing marriage of DIR. Noah My
ers and Miss Nellie Mulholland, the
other night, and the question arises
whether the parties were legally mar
| -ied. Rev. Murphy has not been legally
authorized to officiate at a marriage IN
| Clark county, because n license had not
been issued to him. According to sec
tion 1887 and G, 392 of the revised stat
utes of Ohio he is liatle to fine of $780,
The attention of Judge Miller was call
ed to the matter, but nothing will prob
ably be done in the case.
Two farmers near Millersburg were
finded $50 and costs for watering milk.
AUGUST CAMPBELL. farmer of near
Salem, failed, with 322, 900 liabilities.
JENNIE MILLIGAN, daughter of Frank
Milligan, butcher, suicided recently
by throwing herself on the track in
front of passenger train on the Cleve-
land g. Pittsburgh railroad at Martins
Ferry. She was cut to pieces. No
cause is assigned.
EDWARD Herring, of Massillon,
grocer, has failed for $4,000.
BUTCHER KUDER's residence at Akron
was robbed OF $500.
INSPECTOR M j. McINARNA has made
report to Railroad Commissioner Nor
ton, giving the result of his inquiry in
to the accident on the New York, Erie
and Western railroad at Kent on Sep
tember so, by which three persons lost
their lives and twenty-five or thirty
were injured. The inspector finds that
the entire crew of the third section
were guilty of gross negligence in not
paying proper attention to the signals
of the different sections In the re-
port it is stated that the conductor and
two brakemen went to sleep, while
the third brakeman paid no attention
to the signals, trusting to the engineer,
who also committed an error in not OBJ
serving the warnings.
CHARLES JOHNSON, of Crosstown, was
kicked in the right eye by a kicking
colt, bursting the optic.
THERE was narrow escape from a
terrible tragedy at the Central high
school building, Springfield, the other
morning. A large weight of the town
clock weighing 500 pounds, broke
loose and went crashing down the
tower, breaking with terrific force
/ through the tower floor and landed il
/ the library below, smashing to filters
. the chair of the German professor. The
school board had been warned of the
clocks condition.
\ AT New Bremen Henry Blumhors
: had his right ear completely bitten of
/ by horse. the other evening. The ca,
was swallowed by the horse, and the
{ unfortunate man was disfigured fol
life.
A MAN supposed to be Thos. Coates
of Plymouth, was ground to pieces or
the Ft. Wayne road, near Shreve, Wayne
county, the other evening. lie wa:
stealing a ride on freight train anC
fell between the cars. All but his heaC
and right foot was like so much jelly.
JOHN WOLF had preliminary hear
, ing before Justice Redd, of Macarthur
for the killing of John Dudley on Sep
/ tember 25. After the examination of 1
/ number of witnesses Squire Redd de
cided that the killing was justifiable
, and the prisoner was acquitted.
/: A MOTHER and father were found a
Dayton few days ago who carried
4 dead babe from New York, where i
a died at Castle Garden.
r AN inspection of grounds for perma
nent o. N. G. encampmcnts is being
made. Delaware, Marion and Ports
ADAM BENDER was sandbagged a
= Springfield and robbed of his golc
watch.
PHILIP HAUs, for killing George In
giles, was found guilty of manslaughte
at Portsmouth.
OHIo's saloons paid So, 400, 600 into tn
state treasury the last fiscal year.
Gov. CAMPBELL has appointed eX
Senator Joseph Zimmerman probat
judge in Sandusisy county, in place o
Judge Dickinson, deceased.
A GHOST in the form of horse with
out head has been seen in a mine a
! Coalton.
Malta is lighted with natural ga
from wells which produce 1000, 900 fee
per day.
OTTAWA is having building boom
. MARY CARLsTINE, aged 10, living a
| Larue, near ST. Mary's, fell from
horse the other morning. Her hea.
: struck the sharp edge of corn-cutter
, severing the upper portion of her head
, She died instantly.
: CHARLIE REEDER, of Springfield, wa
thrown from horse the other evening
? and probably fatally injured. He strucl
+ on his head, sustaining a fracture of tn
skull.
} The house and barn of j. p. Miller
| neur West Chester Butler county