The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-05
OHIO STATE NEWS.


man, serving n one-year sentence for
horse-stealing, died in the penitentiary
the other afternoon from typhoid fever.
FARMERS complain that English spar.
rows have suddenly taken n liking for
tomatoes
JAMES MACK, of Cuyahoga county,
convict in the penitentiary, attempted
suicide by drowning and with case.
knife
THERE are $4,000 G. A. r. men in
Ohio.
THE poor little mosquitoes life is
hardly worth living in this state. The
nights are too cool for him.
JOHNNY REARDoN, aged three, OF
West Norwood, Hamilton county, was
so badly scalded few days ago by
falling into a kettle of catsup his
mother was preparing that he died in
a few hours. The pot had been put
out in the yard to cool, and the luck
less boy backed into it while his
mothers back was turned.
THE Bellaire Stamping Co., next to
the largest manufacturing establish.
ment in the city, employing four hun
dred hands, will move to Chicago Jan.
uary l. The company has received a
bonus of 100000 and ten acres of land.
JOHN LAUER, one of the oldest and
most respected liquor dealers in Tiffin,
was arrested by United States Mar
shall b. +. Wade and taken to Toledo
on warrant sworn out by deputy
collector, charging him with the Of
fense of falling to keep his license dis
played in a conspicuous position
CHAs. w. FRENCH, president of
stone company at Mansfield, proposes q
plan for supplying Columbus and Gin.
cinnati with pure water from Lake
Erie. The idea is to tap the lake near
Sandusky and pump the water to the
vicinity of Shelby, the summit, from
whence gravity will do the rest. A
company with $40, 600 is said to be farm.
ing to make the survey.
ADAM SCHULTZ, of Millersburg,
war veteran, was relieved of u minnie
ball that had been in his knee since the
battle of Shiloh, April Z, 1862.
FRED WELSH, an old man living near
Millersburg, committed suicide by tax
ing paris green.
CARDINGToN now has streets lighted
by natural gas.
| Mrs. FANNIE POWELL, of Findlay,
has sued the city for $1,000 damages
because she was run over by a patrol
wagon.
A wAGoN-LoAD of nitro-glycerine
broke down at Van Buren and frighten-
ed citizens so that the teamster had
hard work to procure assistance to fix
up his wagon.
JUDGE MILLS, of the common pleas
court of Sandusky, is the youngest Judge
on the bench in Ohio. He was born in
1858.
THE crop of hickory nuts in Ohio this
season is immense.
CHARLES SMITH, a ten-year prisoner
from Colum biana comfy, who is near
deaths door from loathsome disease
was pardoned from the penitentiary by
Gov. Campbell.
THR post Office at Gallipolis was en-
tered by burglars the other night, They
pried open a back window, unlocked
the safe-a large-sized improved one,
with combination lock-and took be-
tween 81, 200 and 81, 500 in stamps, mon.
ey and registered mail.
A RUNAWAY horse fractured the skull
of Joel White at Limaville.
ROBBERS broke into q Baltimore &5
Ohio box car at Mansfield and were
locked in by trainmen. They kicked
door out of the end of the car and es.
capped.
EMMA ERHART, of Cleveland, while
fishing, fell into the lock gate at Zoar
and was drowned.
A PERFORMANCE of "The Messiah" by
200 voices will be given at Springfield
during the Christmas holidays
THE Hamilton county democratic
convention nominated the following
ticket: Common pleas Judges, John R.
Sayler, Moses f. Wilson, Robert Kuehn.
ert, Milton Safer, John A! Slattery
county clerk, John b. Peaslee; county
treasurer Reuben b. Brooks; county
recorder, Con j. Heating; county prose.
cutor, John w. Schrage; county com
missioner, Andrew j. S. Rice; mem mbers
board of control, Henry Detmer, Henry
d. Lemon, Thomas ii. G. Allen, John
Mueller; state senator's, James Brown,
Thomas Mclaughlin, James w. Utter;
representatives, John j. Rooney, Chas.
I'll. Ames, William Ukotter, Charles Z.
Dalton, John J. O'Dowd, Henry I'M
vale, Anthony j. McCaffery John
Bolton, Walter w. Warwick, Charles
Lamott; infirmary director, James p.
Sedan.
EAST LIVERPOOL will have board of
trade.
MONTGOMERY county has S4,4s7 vot-
ers, gain of 1896 in four years.
STARK and Columbiana counties want
a work house, and a petition is being
circulated for the same.
SOUTHERN Mahoning county is being
surveyed for new railroad, said to he
in the interest of the, b. & O.
GALLON and Bucyrus will he Joined
by an electric road if the money can be
raii ID.
ABOUT all of the flint-glass factories
in the state are again in operation
CANTON, Alliance and Massillon will
join in building mile race track.
WELLsToN claims to pay out more
money for labor than any town of its
size in the state
FROM reports it is learned that there
is an unusually large number of thieves,
skin-game and sure-thing men follow
ing county fairs Don't run up against
a strangers game, no matter how
tempting it looks, is good advice.
YOUNGSTOWN is laying lots of asphalt
pavement,
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