The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
OHIO STATE NEWS.

was the state boards work the other
day.
Mrs JonN A. Lone, the wife of
prominent and wealthy farmer residing
five miles east of Dennison, was almost
instantly killed near Dennison. She
was struck by n passenger train, frac-
turing her skull and both limbs She
lived about an hour. She leaves a hus-
band and three young children.
The state democratic central commit
tee has selected the GLOWING executive
committees; John Z. ielty, Canton; W.
A. Mays Miamisburg; Charles f.
Brown, Cincinnati; NJ. NJ. Eppstein,
Toledo; Henry Apthrop, Cleveland; A.
l.. L. Carlisle, Salem; Tom j.. Johnson,
Cleveland; Leo Ebert, Ironton; w.
Stillwell, Millersburg; NJ. V. Ream,
Uhrichsville; w. b. Richie, Lima; Homer
Hood, Toledo; Theodore Leonard, Co.
lumbus, and James Il. Seward, Mans
field. James T.. Neal was chosen chair
man with power to select u secretary
and treasurer.
GREEN countys real estate foots up
to S13, 155, $50 according to the as
SCISSORS.
The permanent Ohio militan camp
ground will likely be located at New
ark.
The seven-year-old daughter of Geo.
Baker, of Rising Sun, was burned to
death, her clothing catching from burn
ing oil. This makes the fifth child to
meet similar fate in that vicinity
within the last six weeks
WELLsvILLE has sixty cases Of
measles.
ToLEDo's new directory contains Al
006 names.
MALIGNANT diphtheria is raging at
Portsmouth.
AT Fostora Katie, the four-year-old
daughter of Albert Landsberg, was
fatally burned, caused by her clothing
igniting from fire around which she
was playing.
AT Youngstown Judge Robinson
overruled the motion for new trial in
the case of VIM. Fitzgerald convicted
of numbering Policeman Freed and SEN
fenced him to be executed November
10. The prisoner refused to make any
statements and laughed when the court
concluded its sentence.
SIXTY-EIGHT of Ohio's cighty-eight
counties have Farmers Alliance organ
izations.
ED GILCHRIsT, a colored man of Della
ware, died Il few days ago Atthe post
mortem his heart was found to be four
times and the liver twice the regular
size.
NED HUNT, colored over 100 years
old, died at New Philadelphia.
THE Fourteenth Regiment will go into
camp at Marion August Z.
IN Muskingum county 1901 children
attend Sunday school.
OHIO will have a new fish car to dis
tribute small fry in its waters.
CANTON will hereafter treat its drunlxs
and other prisoners to rides in patrol
wagon.
EDWARD CoNLEY, a Franklin county
convict, became suddenly insane. He
left his work and made dash for the
door He was captured and taken to
the hospital, where he sits like statue
and refuses to eat or to say anything.
oracle, the six-year-old grand -daugh-
ter of Rev. DR.. Butts, OF the M. +.
church, Cadiz, died from the effects of
a scare, received a week before. Some
, boys were having display of fireworks,
when rocket lighted near the child,
, frightening her into insensibility, and
she had remained in like state
until her death.
PORTSMOUTH citizens have organized
, a vigilance committee, and they will
make it as hot for firebugs as they have
made it for them.
A RATTLEsNAKE four feet long was
exhibited in Portsmouth. He was cap
tured on the John II. Miller farm near
town, and is the fourth one found with
, in month, all his mates being larger
= by about foot.
, The bridge spanning the Wabash
: river east of Ft. Recovery collapsed
while Peter King was driving over it.
> King had an arm broken and received
a internal injuries, while one of the
horses was killed outright
i SECRETARY of State Ryan has receiv-
: ed proof of the new ballot so far as
v it relates to the candidates for state of
fees. He will have 5, 900 of them print
ed and sent to the county election
|. boards as models for them in having
| their ballots printed. The form and
q size of the model must be strictly ad-
n hered to. The ballot as it is now con-
tains the republican, democratic and
prohibition tickets. The labor ticket
: to be nominated at Springfield next
. month will be added as soon as it is fin
: ished. With the constitutional amend
ment question, the ballot is nine
, inches long and nine and one-half
wide The width of the complete
: ballot with the four tickets will be
!, about twelve inches Nine-siXto cDths
. of an inch is allowed for each name,
the columns being about two and three
quarter inches wide. A space of FIVE
eighths of an inch is provided between
d each column or ticket being filed in
Il with thick lathe-worls, so that the
II designating star to be stamped by the
It voter in front of the name of the candi-
y date voted for can not by mistake be
d placed in the sspace. Mr.. Ryan says
d that the ticket to be voted in Hamilton
e county will be about three times as
T. long as the sample, or thilty-six OF
thirty-eight inches.
NATURAL GAS has given out al
Troy.
A PET CAT went mad and attacked the
!. five.year- child of VIM. Bensinger
, st. Marys, lacerating its face in ter
- rible manner