The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-08
OHIO STATE NEWS.

0hniey, benb 10 tne penltentlarV from
county two years ago for
burglary and larceny. The case tests
the constitutionality of the habitual
law. At the same time that
Hanlcy was indicted for the ofSenses
named, he was also indicted rs an
habitual criminal, and his sentence
having expired, he is now held by the
authorities of the penitentiary. The
law provides that persons sentenced a
third time TO the penitcntiary shall re-
main there for life.
GEORGE BAIRD, welded but a few
months at Coshocton, suicided with a
gun.
THE wheat crop of Crawford county
is coming in in good style, ana is found
to yield an average of twenty bushels
to the acre. A careful estimate places
the amount of wheat in Crawford coun-
ty this year at 10000 acres, which at
twenty bushels to the acre would be
yield of 600,0 bushels of wheat for
1891. The entire crop of 1890 was 400,-
900 bushels.
ED HoRcH, of Columbus, brake
man, fell from train Mt Lowell, and
was killed.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY CRoUs has di-
rected that the public building at Lima
be located on the property at the south
east corner of High and Elizabeth
streets, owned by d. G. Faurot and val
ued at $10,O 200.
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION cut down
values of Muskingum county farm lands
per cent
A GAS we'll that promises to be one of
the most remarkable ever struck was
drilled in north of Upper SanduslSy,
the other morning. The flow of gas is
at least 100000 cubic feet The sur
prising part is that the field there had
been given up.
JOHN WEBER, a prominent farmer,
was killed the other night at Bloom
crossing the j. & o. track. He stepped
off one track on to another to avoid a
train, another train backing down on
him, mangling him horribly. He lived
six hours.
THE town council, by u unanimous
vote, granted to the Athens County
Monumental association right to inclose
and adorn the Public Square in front of
the Ohio university for the purpose OF
erecting thereon a soldiers monument
that will cost not less than S100
LETTIE MOORE, aged years, daugh-
ter of Howard Moore, was found drown
ed in the cistern at her parents home
in Newark the othe afternoon. The
child had been absen some time,
the parents concluded to institute
search.
MRS. GEORGE WHITNER was run over
and killed by an Erie express at Cres-
ton, eighteen miles from Akron, the
other afternoon. Mrs. Whitner was
walking on the track with her two
children, and her little boy, aged S,
caught his foot in n cattle-guard when
the cars were almost upon them. In
desperation the mother turned to res
cue her child, and succeeded in pulling
him out, but too late to save herself.
The train, going at the rate of sixty
miles an hour, struck Mrs Whitner
square in the back Her mangled body
was carried 100 yards, where it was
thrown to one side. The woman head
was pounded to jelly.
THE state board of equalization prac-
tically finished up it's business, the
other evening, and it was agreed that
there should be no further reconsider
alton of valuations. An adjournment
was had and committee of five was
appointed to examine the books of the
secretary in the meantime.
A GUERNSEY county wool buyer has
shipped $50, 900 pounds of wool thus far
Az. +
2S cents per pound.
COLUMBUS has adopted standard time.
VIM. j. ELLIOTT, editor of the Sunday
Capitol, at Colum mbus, was found guilty
of murder in the second degree for the
killing of Albert c. Osborn, newspa-
per man. Elliott's attorneys applied
for a new trial.
The Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling
railroad has abandoned several tele-
graph offices to cut down expenses.
JOSEPH GISiSIEI,, while at work in a
fire clay mine at Malvern, Carroll
county, was crushed to death by por-
ton of the roof falling on him.
FIVE horses We're killed by light
ming near Clyde while standing under a
tree.
A FARMER had a horse and buggy
stolen at Mansfield, that was hitched
in the center of the town, in broad day
light.
FREMONT is bound to have good
streets, and bonds were issued for the
improvement.
WORK has been commenced in the new
tan plate mill, at Jrondale, jefferson
county.
WIN. SAUERs, railroad brakeman,
had an arm cut off and was otherwise
seriously injured by oars at Berlin Cen
| ter.
Cry COUNCILMAN GEORGE NERCH-
ERLE's stable burned, at Dayton and
two hours later the eremated bodies of
two little boys were found in the ruins.
| August Young, aged five, and Frank
Wenzel, aged four, were playing III the
loft and set fire to the hay and were
suffocated and burned While the fire
was in progress theil mothers became
anxious, and soon the fremcn found
their charred bodies in the ruins of the
stable.
A BELPRE farmer has introduced a.
steam plow on his farm.
CLEMENT RUSSELL has been appoint
ed postmaster at Akron
STARK county democrats will hold
their convention August rs.
The Western Ohio Normal School