Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-02-12

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from L. w. Sturdeyant Newark jew
eler, by two slick strangers.
james o'Brien, OF Chillicothe, was
found dead in freight car at the Ohio
and Northwestern depot Portsmouth.
He had been about town several days
under the influence of liquor. He had
lost leg in a railroad accident, and was
In destitute circumstances. 1t is sup
posed that he had gone into the car 10
sleep and was overcome by exposure and
the weakness incident to his afiiction.
The Sabina Fair Company has finally
yielded to the demands Of the fair-going
public, to give their next annual exhibit
tion on much earlier dates than hereto
fore-July 81 to 81, inclusive. The COM
pany also reorganlzed by electlng Isaac
Roberds, President; NJ. NJ. Dakin, Vice
President; Charles Burnett, Secretary;
A. J. Slaight, Treasurer; G. p. Thorpe,
G. A. Pavey, S. M. Thorne, ]. f. Gas
kins, C. F. Allen, VIM. Custis, Alex Sell
lars and A. ]. Darbyshire, Board Of Di-
rectors. The board have in contempla-
tion extensive improvements.
"A post-mortem was held on the body
of Minnie Merkle, who died at Spring
field, after lying in trance eight days.
A hypostatic congestion of the lungs, due
to weak action of the heart,w found:
also vernacular inflammation Of the liver.
1t was the judgment OF physicians present
that the trance and death were brought
on by disorder of the nervous system,
caused by her being accused OF
being the cause of mysterious fires In
McGowen's boarding house recently. No
fires haze occurred since the girl left the
boarding house, several weeks age.
The jury in the case Of George =.
Pengeot, Frenchman who could neither
talk nor understand English, against the
Nickel Plate Railroad, at Ottawa, rem
dered verdict of S4OO in favor Of the
plaintiff A year ago Pengeot arrived
In this country. He bought ticket for
Hector, and when near his destination,
on account of an accident to the engine,
he was transferred to freight train.
He claims that the freight crew nearly
scared him to death by rifling his pockets,
and putting rope around his neck and
pointing to a watch, giving him ten min
utes in which to prepare for death. He
managed to get off the caboose, and
started back toward Cleveland. The
night was dark and cold, and he almost
froze
The penitentiary managers have
parolled the following prisoners: Thos.
Copeland, Harrison County, burglary,
! six years; Jesse E. Clark, Champaign
: !, County, grand larceny, one and onc-half
years; Henry Radcliff, jackson County,
.. burglary and larceny, two years; James
Kelley, Fayette County, assault to rape,
,. FIVE years; George Rooms, Stark County,
burglary and larceny, four years; Otto
Hartel, Stark County, burglary and
larceny, four years; John Morgan, Har-
, din County, pocket-picking, three years.
= Barnard Mulvey, HamiEon County, bur-
glary, five years; Charles Heller, Sum-
J NIT County, blackmsil, one and one
= half years; Edward Mackay, Sum-
. NIT County, blackmail, one and one-hali
years.
Policeman William Davis found two
g thieves in chicken-house on East Rich
" street, Columbus. The thieves opened
! fire on the policeman, who, being splen,
i did boxer, threw the guns of, and put a
4 shot into the body of one Of them. The
other fred his gun into Davis at such
close range as to set fire to his clothes
but the ball struck rib just below the
heart, and fell into the officers clothes
= The burglars then clutched their wea
:, pons, and beat the policeman on tht
: head, inficting seven frightful wounds
y every one of which dented into the bone
They then fed, the officer, who had no
n even been felled, emptying his revolver
"a into them as they went. One, at least
le was wounded, but both got away. Da
ID Wis was not dangerously wounded.
4 The noted oil village of Cygnet
~ twelve miles north Of Findlay, was badl!
scorched by fire. The fire broke out II
In Maloney's millinery store. Con Maloney
IN aged 2s, and daughter, aged 3, AM
* brother-in-law, Michael Slattery, age'
IN 30, perished in the flames. The charre'
II remains OF the men were found, but n
De signs of the child were visible except on
little thigh bone. Mrs. Maloney and lit
It. tie son escaped in their night clothes
to From the millinery store the fire com
ty municated to the barber shop Of William
nd Davis, which was also totally destroyed
ny the barber escaping in his night cloth
i'd ing. The next building was the grocer
store of H. D. Hahn, which was dc
on stroyed, with all its contents. Afte
IL burning the grocery the flames spread t
of the clothing store of Jacob Fenbere
he the drug store of L. Y. Myers
IN, w. Fl. Belknap's notion store, and tn
IN, Buckeye Supply Company's building
at which were all destroyed.
ne "A disastrous rear-end collision o'
,s- Cured on the Cleveland, Lorraine an
Wheeling road, at Beach City. Cot
at train N. 90, north-bound, stopped at tn;
Or, point, the engine being unable to pu
ut the heavy train it was attached to, an