Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-02-26

persons were injured.
AT London Judge Abernethy has de-
eided that the letting Of the contract f9r
building the new county jail was Illegal
on account of defective specifications,
IS. L. Bechtel, one of the prominent
citizens of Upper Sandusky, and Treas
uref OF the Gottfried Oil Company, met
with a fearful accident in the oil field,
A heavy wrench slipped from the hands
Of driller and struck him on the head,
inficting fractured skull and two deep
gashes several inches in length. He was
carried to house near by, and almost
bled to death before medical aid arrived.
Very little hope is entertained for his re-
coyerY.
Gov. Campbell has announced the
following appointments: Z. L. Ly-
barger, Coshocton County, Trustee Girls
Industrial Home; A. V. Rice, Putnam
County, Trustee Soldiers and Sailors
Orphans Home; Charles Krone, Butler
County, member Ohio Board of Phar-
macy; j. T. Cummins, Greene County,
Trustee Dayton Insane AsY5&m; G. N.
Schmick, Columbiana County, Trustee
Cleveland Insane Asylum.
j. Frank Smith, the brazen young
express train robber, was sentenced To
the Penitentiary by Judge Geiger at Ur,
bana, for period of seven years, and TO
pay the cost of prosecution. Smith
asked form arov on account of hio vorfh
but after sentence said he wouldn't haye
cared had he got ten years. Detectives
and officers as well as friends urged him
to give up the name of his accomplice,
but he stolidly refused to do so, claiming
that he was stranger to him, and he
had not seen him before nor since.
Two men were badly injured by q
firedamp explosion, in fy-wheel pit, at
the Standard Mill, Martins Ferry, one
probably fatally. Samuel Nezum, engi-
neer, entered the pit, with torch in hand,
to ascertain the depth of water from the
flood. An explosion occurred and he
was frightfully burned and thrown out.
Charles johnson, standing at the top
and looking down, was hurled into the
air thirty feet and badly injured. This
is the first iredamp explosion of the kind
that ever occurred here.
While James Glasscock, of Cleve-
land, was cleaning some clothing With
benzine, the gas from the benzine ex-
ploded, setting fire to the liquid and
hurting it about the room in all direc-
tions. The clothing of Mrs. Glasscock,
who was present, took fire, and before
the blaze could be extinguished she had
been burned so severely that the charred
flesh dropped from her arms and legs. A
3-year-old boy was also seriously burned.
The two sufferers were taken to hos
pital, and the mother will die.
I'm letting the water out of the fore
bay at the McCray Mills, near Clarks-
vile, the dead body of George Harris
was washed out. Mr.. Harris was o
bachelor, about sixty-two years of age,
and resided with a relative near Clarks-
ville. He had been in the habit OF re-
turning home from the town in an in
toxicated condition, and it is supposed
that, on the evening before, in attempt
ing to cross the bridge over the race, he
had fallen into the water. Deceased, al
though peculiar in his manners, was D
man of considerable intelligence.
Secretary of State Ryan has COM
pIeted his settlement with the Auditor Of
State, the transactions of which depart
ment for the quarter ending January IL,
1891, are as follows:
Total amount of fees collected So, ,O94 50
Amount received from sale of geologies 50 so
Total. s33, ,O67 90
There was retained by the Secretary
from this amount, including fees of the
Secretary and amounts paid under pro-
test pending the testing of the constitu-
tionality of the law under which the
same was collected, the sum of $6, ,940,
and the balance, $26, 127, was converted
into the treasury.
Nine persons were terribly burned
at Martins Ferry, by an explosion of
natural gas in the house of VIM. Kuntz,
corner of First and Penn streets, two
fatally. A break in the street main
was caused by the food. The gas crept
through into the cellar, became ignlted
and terrible explosion occurred. The
house was demolished and took fire.
Those fatally burned were Mrs. VIM,
Kuntz and Edna Groves, aged IA. The
others burned were Mr.. Kuntz, Mrs.
John r. Thomas and Mrs. III. Fl.
Groves, Eddie Groves, aged IL; Carrie
Thomas, aged 10, and George Thomas,
aged IL. The house was occupied by
three families.
The Ohio Retail Merchants Asscia-
tion, in session at Columbus, elected the
following officers: President, Henry
Heinmiller, Columbus; First Vice Presi-
dent, B. c. Herrick. Akron; Second, j. G.
Finney, Youngstown; Third, Thomas
Penton, Cincinnati; Fourth, w. L. Lent
zey, Mansfield; Fifth, F. s. Winship,
Conneaut; Sixth, j. P. Weston, Kenton;
Secretary, O. D. Houck, Columbus;
Treasurer, w. A. Jewett, Lorain. Di-
rectors, r. F. Ison, Cincinnati; j. G.
Grimes, Cleveland; Chris Hare, Column
bus; E. P. Croft Mansfield; J. F. Diehn,
Akron. Grievance Committee, 0. 4.
Thorn, Youngstown; George Wickens,