The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-02
OHIO STATE NEWS.

year-old boy, was attacked by vicious
bull, which he was leading, and thrown
a considerable distance against fence.
He remained unconscious about six
hours. His injuries are internal, and
will probably prove fatal.
The Hooking valley miners and oper-
ators have come to an agreement on a
basis of roc per ton and nine hours labor
per day.
THE Tiffin woolen mills have been
sold to a Canadian firm, and will re-
sumo operations. giving employment to
$50 hands.
Born houses OF the Ohio legislature
have agreed TO the conference commit
tee report on the Australian ballot bill,
and 1t thus has become law. The bill
embodies all the essential features Of
the election law in force in Australia
Blanket ballots and county boards Of
elections are provided for.
The Ohio State Association of Mex-
lean War Veterans will hold their
seventeenth annual reunion in Sidney
on Thursday and Friday May and s,
1891.
LITTLE Writ ALLEN, the two-year-old
son of Oscar Allen, who lives near
Portsmouth, had fearful experience.
While playing near the house he fell
upon huge black snake summing itself
on the hillside. The suddenly awaken
ed reptile struck the little fellow seven
times about the feet and body One Of
the wounds is almost in his eve. The
child's screams brought his mother, who
arrived just as the snake began coiling
around the baby. The mothers screams
brought speedy help, and his snakeship
was promptly dispatched. The dead
reptile measured six feet in length. AL
though the bite was not considered
dangerous, curatives were administered,
and the little fellow is doing well.
JOHN GRAHAM, aged 10 years, fell in a
well at his fathers residence near Cald-
well and was drowned
Gov. CAMPBELL has pardoned Mason
l.. Award, sent from Fulton county on
a six years sentence for rape
Four children at the county home,
Woodsfield, were poisoned few days
ago by eating the roots of weeds which
they dug from the garden. Serious re-
suits were at first feared, but the child
ren will all recover.
MANSFIELD complains that medical
students are scattering decomposed re.
mains around the city.
Mr.. AND Mrs JACOB RICK, aged re-
spectively n and rs years, died the
other night within eight hours of each
other, of la-grippe, at Gallon.
MRS WILLIAM SHILLING, of Ruraldale,
Muskingum county,was burned to death
by her dress catching fire.
MASKED robbers secured 81, 800 of
aged Mr.. and Mrs Sutton's wealth with
revolvers at Cassville, and escaped.
AN epidemic of measles has closed the
public schools at Killbuclz, near Millers-
burg.
MUCH damage was done by the storm
the other night throughout central
Ohio
AT Cadiz Geo. Coleman, an incurable
but heretofore harmless lunatic shot
his sister in the back, then fred again,
the shot taking effect on the girl, her
mother and Coleman. 1t is believed the
girl will die.
Gov. CAMPBELL has nominated as a
member of the board of trustees for
the Toledo asylum for the insane Henry
Rohrs, of Napoleon. Henry county.
He succeeds Trustee Campbell, whose
term recently expired. The senate re-
| ferred the nomination to the committee
| on benevolent institutions and recon-
mended it for concurrence, which was
agreed to by unanimous vote.
GEO. GRADER, of Cincinnati, worth
less fellow, who had been separated
from his wife, returned to demand of
her portion of an inheritance in Ger
many, and because she refused to do
anything for him, shot and killed her
and then blew his own brains out.
In accordance with the recommends
tion of the board of pardons, the gov
ernor has respited Stanley Jones, the
Lake county man, sentenced to be hang
ed May IS, until June 12.
Mrs. URIAH MILLER, aged 80, of East
Liberty, six miles from Akron, was
found by her husband the other night
in a COW stable dead. Heart disease
the probable cause.
THOMAS G. THOMAS, a miner employ
ed in Glover Hill mine, of the Fox Lake
Coal Co., Massillon, died the other night
from injuries received Tuesday by a
fall of coal.
ASHER PosT, aged 55 years, farmer,
residing four miles northeast of Crest
line, was killed by passenger train
CoLoRED citizens of Columbus have
raised fund to contest the division of the
congressional grant between Ohio state
university and Wilberforce.
THE Peters Cartridge Co. has secured
a verdict against the p, C. & St l.. Ry.
Co. for S06, 900 damages i'll the Kings
mills explosion case.
STATE SENATOR MORRISON has re-
signed, to accept position in the city
government of Cleveland.
W. II. MARTINO, freight agent of the
Cincinnati and MuslSingum Valley rail
road, died at GAINESVILLE of pneumonia,
following the grippe. He was 40 years
old and had been connected with the c.
and NJ. V. since boy.
GEO. GREsNER is the latest Dayton
kid to start on the trail of the doomed
red man without parental permission.
COAL dealers at Cleveland are taking
in heavy stocks in anticipation of a
miners strike of stupendous proper
tions May /.
CLEVELAND inaugurated its federal
government the other night, with May
or Rose, presiding.
A LARGE strip of buncing, forming a
,nart ~ tho decorations in thr s+ot